Motorola Inc., the world's second-largest maker of cell phones, said Friday its fourth-quarter profits fell 48 percent despite record sales as operating results stumbled during the key holiday selling season.The earnings drop came two weeks after the Schaumburg, Ill.-based company warned that both sales and...

Billionaire investor Carl C. Icahn told Motorola Inc. he hopes to be elected to one of 13 seats on the cell phone maker's board of directors, company officials said Tuesday. Motorola shares rose more than 6 percent in late morning trading on the disclosure.Paul Alfieri,...

Billionaire investor Carl C. Icahn told Motorola Inc. he hopes to be elected to one of 13 seats on the cell phone maker's board of directors, company officials said Tuesday. Motorola shares rose more than 6 percent in late morning trading on the disclosure.Paul Alfieri,...

Motorola Inc.'s investors were placated for at least a day — and sent its battered stock soaring 10.3 percent Friday — after the company signaled it may get out of its trademark cell-phone business.Industry analysts said the handset maker could get at least $5 billion...

A business case study about Motorola and how it is trying to overcome continued lost of market share by using total quality management (TQM) to produce better financial results.