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This is (was?) the largest company in Finland. It employs tens of thousands of people and directly factors into the country's well being. You can't just shut it
by hkmurakami 11y ago
This is (was?) the largest company in Finland. It employs tens of thousands of people and directly factors into the country's well being. You can't just shut it down in a snap. (sort of like how you can't just sell Blackberry to anyone due to national security reasons)
- fulafel 11y agoThis is long past. In the height of the dotcom bubble in 2000 they contributed ~4% to Finland's GDP, but aren't currently very significant. See http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-10/04/finland-and-nokia http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-10/04/finland-and-n... They do still seem to employ 5000+ in Finland according to their website. And probably left quite some cash in Finland in the company's hey day when global investors got into the stock.