The Wall Street Journal-20080129-Business Technology- In Brief
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Business Technology: In Brief
Full Text (282 words)Nokia Targets Trolltech
To Boost Web Services
Nokia Corp. offered to buy Norwegian software company Trolltech ASA in a deal valued at 843.7 million kroner ($155 million), in a move to speed up development of programs for its wireless devices and desktop systems and to bolster its Internet services. Separately, the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia said it and Nokia will set up a task force to seek "innovative solutions" for a Bochum plant the company plans to close to cut costs. Nokia is in talks to sell a division that makes automotive electronics to Razvan Olosu, and Equity Partners GmbH.
LG Wins in Dispute Over
Mobile Chip Tariffs
South Korea's LG Electronics Inc. won a suit against the Seoul Customs Office over a mobile chip and expects to recoup 22.5 billion won ($23.7 million) it had paid in tariffs. The Seoul Administrative Court ruled in favor of LG, saying an 8% tariff on its imports of multichip-package products should be removed, an LG spokesman said. The tariffs were levied between 1998 and 2004, he said. The court ruled that the chip parts are integral to a handset and aren't subject to import duties, the spokesman said. Court officials weren't available for comment.
Medtronic to Begin Trial
Of MRI-Safe Pacemaker
Medtronic Inc. said it received Food and Drug Administration approval to begin a clinical trial to confirm the safety and efficacy of the Medtronic EnRhythm MRI SureScan pacing system. The maker of implantable biomedical devices said its product is the first pacemaker system developed specifically for use in Magnetic Resonance Imaging machines under controlled conditions. MRI scans can interfere with current models of pacemakers, prohibiting their use on patients with such devices.
