Nokia eyes turnaround with new CEO, dividend

Published April 29, 2014 3:51pm ET



HELSINKI (AP) — Nokia is planning for a turnaround now that it has sold its lossmaking handset business to Microsoft, naming on Tuesday a new CEO, promising to pay dividends again and laying out its vision for its remaining operations.

For the first quarter — the last for which it will include figures for its cellphones unit — Nokia said its net loss was 239 million euros (173 million) compared with a loss of 272 million a year earlier. Revenue fell to 2.6 billion euros from 3.1 billion euros, with mobile device sales plunging 30 percent.

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