{"id":548474,"date":"2010-04-30T13:32:53","date_gmt":"2010-04-30T17:32:53","guid":{"rendered":"tag:contentnext.com,2010-04-30:article\/419-are-nokia-investors-itching-for-a-new-executive-regime"},"modified":"2010-04-30T13:32:53","modified_gmt":"2010-04-30T17:32:53","slug":"are-nokia-investors-itching-for-a-new-executive-regime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/548474","title":{"rendered":"Are Nokia Investors Itching For A New Executive Regime?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Nokia (NYSE: NOK<\/a>) may be the largest handset maker in the world, and lay claim to 40 percent of the smartphone market<\/a>, but investors are unhappy that the economic recovery seems to be passing them by. <\/p>\n

The unrest could result in a replacement for Nokia’s CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo in the near future, Reuters reports<\/a>. Several analysts believe that a new leader would allay investors’ concerns. <\/p>\n

Last week any uneasiness about the company’s future gained momentum when Nokia said it was delaying<\/a> its next-generation operating system. And this week, its chances didn’t improve after another well-funded powerhouse was formed<\/a> after HP (NYSE: HPQ<\/a>) purchased Palm (NSDQ: PALM<\/a>).\n<\/p>\n

To be sure, there’s no hard evidence that a management change is occurring anytime soon. But it does seem to be a sentiment shared among several analysts. <\/p>\n

Alan B. Lancz, president of wealth management firm Alan B. Lancz & Associates, which holds Nokia stock, told Reuters: “Symbian 3 really concerns me. If next quarter we see these delays and declines in margins—the management will feel more and more pressure.”  Independently, Gartner’s Carolina Milanesi, said a management change: “feels like it would please the investors.”<\/p>\n

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