Company: Nokia Corporation

A look at how selected makers of phones and other consumer-electronic gadgets are faring:

A look at how selected makers of phones and other consumer-electronic gadgets are faring:

Here is a summary of recent earnings and reports for selected technology companies and what they reveal about the state of spending and the overall economy:

A look at how selected makers of phones and other consumer-electronic gadgets are faring:

A look at how selected makers of phones and other consumer-electronic gadgets are faring:

Here is a summary of recent earnings and reports for selected technology companies and what they reveal about the state of spending and the overall economy:

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Nokia's new chairman Risto Siilasmaa defended its turnaround strategy on Thursday before meeting shareholders who are losing patience with the company's efforts to catch up in the smartphone market.

The lone engineer who was blamed by Google for its most controversial breach of online privacy told others in the company far more about the affair than Google has previously disclosed, according to the results of a damning US regulatory investigation released over the weekend. The FT reports.

Nokia is in advanced talks to sell the world’s most expensive mobile phone brand to Permira, the private equity group, as the Finnish company looks to dispose of non-core assets to help turnround its devices division, the Financial Times reports.

In the popular narrative of Nokia's eclipse, it is Apple's iPhone that steals the light, but the company is also losing its shine in the basic phone market, which had been a reliable generator of profits and carried the promise of years of strong growth in emerging markets. No more.

Here is a summary of recent earnings and reports for selected technology companies and what they reveal about the state of spending and the overall economy:

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THE MOVE: Standard and Poor's on Friday downgraded Nokia's credit rating by one notch and warned that it may reduce it again unless the company's performance improves.

Standard and Poor's on Friday downgraded Nokia's credit rating by one notch and warned that it may reduce it again unless the company's performance improves.

A surge in Galaxy smartphone sales fueled earnings at Samsung Electronics to a record high in the first quarter, usually a tough season for the global consumer electronics industry, outshining handset rivals such as Nokia Corp.