Yes they should pay it back, if they are legally bound. As it is, it's much wiser to keep the money and run. They will need as much as they can muster to invest in RD to compete with the likes of Apples iPhone and Touch.
The only mistake Nokia made was an unfortunate timing. The announcement was made just a week before an election. Every self-respecting politician had no other alternative than to go ballistic. Should the announcement have been made one month later (i.e., after the election), no one would have noticed.
Germans complain that their economy is inflexible. No joking?!
Come'on my European friends. No jobs are eventually lost. They are just shipped to Romania. This *is* the idea of EU. Right?
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They should pay it back. That was kind of a messed up thing of them to do.
Yes they should pay it back, if they are legally bound. As it is, it's much wiser to keep the money and run. They will need as much as they can muster to invest in RD to compete with the likes of Apples iPhone and Touch.
The only mistake Nokia made was an unfortunate timing. The announcement was made just a week before an election. Every self-respecting politician had no other alternative than to go ballistic. Should the announcement have been made one month later (i.e., after the election), no one would have noticed.
Germans complain that their economy is inflexible. No joking?!
Come'on my European friends. No jobs are eventually lost. They are just shipped to Romania. This *is* the idea of EU. Right?