Nokia (NOK) is cutting 1,600 jobs and closing its main China R&D hub, with reports of a near-total mainland exit by year end
Nokia is closing its Hangzhou research center and cutting about 1,600 jobs, and the South China Morning Post reports it plans to shut almost all of its mainland China sites by the end of 2026. Its China revenue has fallen more than 58% since 2018.
Nokia (NOK) has halved since June. Five insiders bought $2.2 million of it in the past week.
Three Nokia insiders bought on July 24, including board chair Timo Ihamuotila. Two more bought on July 29, another 7 percent lower. The stock is down about 50 percent from its June peak even as second quarter profit grew.
The Close, July 14: IBM lost a quarter of its value, and SK Hynix's Nasdaq stock jumped 27%
IBM lost about a quarter of its value in a single session after a weak preliminary report, and the damage spread across enterprise software. SK Hynix's brand-new Nasdaq stock went the other way, jumping 27% on a day chips broadly rallied.
Nokia and BlackBerry got AI multiples. Ericsson (ERIC) still hasn't, and earnings are July 14
Nokia and BlackBerry made real AI bets and the market paid up for them. Ericsson chose custom silicon over Nvidia and has barely budged in 2026. Here is the gap in the numbers and what to expect from Ericsson's July 14 earnings.
BlackBerry (BB) surged on its AI pivot while Nokia (NOK) and Qualcomm (QCOM) sold off
BlackBerry (BB) jumped on a QNX-led earnings beat while Nokia (NOK), Qualcomm (QCOM) and the chip suppliers fell. The old phone names are no longer one trade.
Your old phone brands are AI stocks now: Nokia (NOK), BlackBerry (BB), Qualcomm (QCOM)
The brands that ruled the 2000s, Nokia, BlackBerry, Qualcomm and Ericsson, mostly got crushed by the iPhone. The survivors reinvented themselves around AI, from data-center networking to the software in your car to chips taking on Nvidia. What each does now, and the catch.