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Mobile phone giant Nokia is to cut 3,500 jobs and close a plant in Romania as part of a new restructuring plan.
移动电话巨头诺基亚将削减3500个工作岗位并关闭罗马尼亚一座工厂，以此开展一项新的重组计划。
The cuts are in addition to thousands of job losses already announced by Nokia, which in April unveiled a 1bn-euro cost-cutting programme.
Nokia said it would shut its plant in Cluj, Romania, and cut jobs in its location division, whose products include maps for mobile phones.
Nokia shares have halved1 this year, and opened down 1.7% on Thursday.
The company said in a statement: "Nokia plans to close its manufacturing facilities in Cluj, Romania, by the end of 2011... and plans to close its (locations and commerce development) operations in Bonn, Germany and Malvern, US," by the end of next year.
In July, the company plunged2 into the red as sales fell and margins3 were squeezed in the second quarter.
The firm made a net loss of 368m euros ($521m; £323m) in the three months to the end of June, compared with a profit of 227m euros a year earlier. Net sales fell by 7% to 9.3bn euros.
Nokia has lost ground（退却，后退） to competitors such as Apple's iPhone and phones using Google's Android operating system.
Earlier this year, Nokia announced 7,000 job cuts worldwide - with 3,000 of the posts being transferred to consultancy group Accenture - as part of strategy to focus on smartphones.
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| 边( margin的名词复数 )； 利润； 页边空白； 差数 | |
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