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Nextel to cut 20% of jobs at Virginia headquarters Wednesday 7 November 2012 | 11:09 CET | News NII Holdings, which operates mobile services under the Nextel brand in Latin America, announced that it is taking actions to realign certain resources and roles between its headquarters and market units in order to create a stronger and more agile organization, and to facilitate future growth. As part of this strategy, the company is reassigning select positions located at its headquarters to its operations in Latin America and eliminating certain positions at its corporate headquarters in Virginia (US). In total, the company...

. Price Chopper 400 Sunday 1:00 pm on ESPN from Kansas Speedway SPEED Pre-race show at 10:00 EasternESPN2 Pre-race show at 12:00 Eastern Green Flag 1:16 The FR Canteen God Bless Our Troops Please pray on this day, and every day, for our Patriot Armed Forces standing in harm's way around the world in defense of our liberty, and for the families awaiting their safe return.

. Sunday 1:00 pm ET on FOX from Atlanta Motor Speedway SPEED Race Day at 10:00 ETFOX Pre-race show at 12:00 ETGreen Flag approx 1:16 ET Please visit the FR Canteen - Dedicated to our troops, veterans, and their families: The FR Canteen God Bless Our Troops Please pray on this day, and every day, for our Patriot Armed Forces standing in harm's way around the world in defense of our liberty, and for the families awaiting their safe return.

. The Coca-Cola 600 Sunday 5:00 pm Eastern on FOXSpeed Prerace show 3:00 pm Green flag 5:35 pm from Lowe's Superspeedway Please give your support to the FR Canteen - Dedicated to our troops, veterans, and their families: The FR Canteen God Bless Our Troops

Pep Boys 500 Sunday 2:00 pm ET on ABC Atlanta Motor Speedway SPEED Raceday at 11:00 ETABC Pre-race show at 1:00 ETGreen Flag approx 2:17 ET Please visit the FR Canteen - Dedicated to our troops, veterans, and their families: The FR Canteen God Bless Our Troops Please pray on this day, and every day, for our Patriot Armed Forces standing in harm's way around the world in defense of our liberty, and for the families awaiting their safe return.

. Camping World RV 400 Sunday 2:00 pm on ABC from Kansas Speedway SPEED Pre-race show at 11:00 EasternABC Pre-race show at 1:00 Eastern Green Flag 2:15 Please give your support to the FR Canteen - Dedicated to our troops, veterans, and their families: The FR Canteen God Bless Our Troops Please pray on this day, and every day, for our Patriot Armed Forces standing in harm's way around the world in defense of our liberty, and for the families awaiting their safe return.

. The 3M Performance 400 Sunday 2:00 pm Eastern Speed Pre-Race at 11:00, ESPN Nascar Countdown 1:00, Green flag 2:17 from Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, MI The FR Canteen God Bless Our Troops

. The Coca-Cola 600 Sunday 5:00 pm Eastern on FOX Green flag 5:45 pm from Lowe's Superspeedway Please give your support to the FR Canteen - Dedicated to our troops, veterans, and their families: The FR Canteen God Bless Our Troops

I'd like to see NEXTEL return to its roots. Maybe Sprint sells off NEXTEL and its originator buys the system back, along with the rf spectrum and the iDEN technology Make it into a NO FRILLS system for jobsites and RedNecks Keep the 2-way, text messaging, and phone patch; ditch all the junk: fancy ring tones, internet, graphics, -- all that stuff that is only for geeks offer only high performance, MIL-spec phones like the i305 and guarantee restricted access to keep advertising thugs out

Sprint Nextel yesterday reported a $29.45 billion fourth-quarter loss and said legions of subscribers continue to abandon its service, many because they can't pay their bills. The nation's third-largest wireless carrier last year courted people with poor credit to boost its number of subscribers. Now the company is feeling the pain disproportionately as the economy weakens and consumers default on their debts. Sprint said it expects 1.2 million wireless subscribers to drop their service in the current quarter, roughly the same number that left in all of 2007. The company offset losses by signing up new customers, but it has...

. The Ford 400 from Homestead-Miami Speedway SPEED Pre-race show at 12:30 EasternABC Pre-race show at 3:00 EasternGreen Flag 3:50 Please visit the FR Canteen - Dedicated to our troops, veterans, and their families: The FR Canteen God Bless Our Troops

FREE REPUBLIC NASCAR THREADThe Chase for the NEXTEL CUPcontinues with the Checker Auto Parts 500 Welcome all to the Nextel Cup race atPhoenix International Raceway. (Click on the Pics, Graphics, & Links for related news & info.) The field for the Chase has narrowed.Here are the top 6 drivers, # wins, current points: 1) Jimmie Johnson, 9, 63822) Jeff Gordon, 6, 63523) Clint Bowyer, 1, 6201 4) Kyle Busch, 1, 60435) Carl Edwards, 3, 60256) Tony Stewart, 3, 6009 Dale Earnhardt Jr. to Appear at PIR'sRaceway Club on Saturday, November 10 "America's Toughest Sheriff" Joe Arpaio to Drive Pace...

. Pep Boy's 500 Sunday 2:00 pm Eastern on ABC from Atlanta Motor Speedway SPEED Pre-race show at 12:00 EasternABC Pre-race show at 1:00 EasternGreen Flag at 2:15 Eastern Please give your support to the FR Canteen - Dedicated to our troops, veterans, and their families: The FR Canteen God Bless Our Troops Please pray on this day, and every day, for our Patriot Armed Forces standing in harm's way around the world in defense of our liberty, and for the families awaiting their safe return.

. The Bank of America 500 Saturday Night 7:30 pm Eastern from Lowe's Superspeedway Speed Channel Pre-Race at 5:30ABC Pre-Race at 7:00Green Flag at 7:45 Please give your support to the FR Canteen - Dedicated to our troops, veterans, and their families: The FR Canteen God Bless Our Troops Please pray on this day, and every day, for our Patriot Armed Forces standing in harm's way around the world in defense of our liberty, and for the families awaiting their safe return.

. The UAW-Ford 500 Sunday 2:00 pm on ABC from Talladega Superspeedway SPEED Pre-race show at 1:00 EasternESPN Pre-race show at 1:00 Eastern Green Flag 2:15 R> Please visit the FR Canteen - Dedicated to our troops, veterans, and their families: The FR Canteen God Bless Our Troops Please pray on this day, and every day, for our Patriot Armed Forces standing in harm's way around the world in defense of our liberty, and for the families awaiting their safe return.

This week-end, Race #3 in the Chase for the Cup is at the Kanasas Speedway. We'll see ya there.

FREE REPUBLIC NASCAR THREADThe Chase for the NEXTEL CUPcontinues with the Dodge Dealers 400 Welcome all to the Nextel Cup race atDover International Speedway (Click on the Pics, Graphics, & Links for related news & info.) Current Standings: Rank-Car-Driver-Points1) #48 Jimmie Johnson 52102) #24 Jeff Gordon 52103) #20 Tony Stewart 52004) #07 Clint Bowyer 51955) #5 Kyle Busch 51756) #1 Martin Truex Jr. 51707) #17 Matt Kenseth 51568) #99 Carl Edwards 51479) #11 Denny Hamlin 512810) #29 Kevin Harvick 512211) #31 Jeff Burton 511912) #2 Kurt Busch 5108 DOVER INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY NEWS/RUMORS David Spade, R. Lee Ermey to kick...

FREE REPUBLIC NASCAR THREADThe Chase for the NEXTEL CUPbegins with the Sylvania 300 Welcome all to the Nextel Cup race atNew Hampshire International Speedway. (Click on the Pics, Graphics, & Links for related news & info.) The field for the Chase is set. Here are the top 12 drivers, # wins, reset points: 1) Jimmie Johnson, 6, 5,0602) Jeff Gordon, 4, 5,0403) Tony Stewart, 3, 5,030 4) Carl Edwards, 2, 5,0205) Kurt Busch, 2, 5,0206) Denny Hamlin, 1, 5,010 7) Martin Truex Jr., 1, 5,0108) Matt Kenseth, 1, 5,0109) Kyle Busch, 1, 5,010 10) Jeff Burton, 1, 5,01011) Kevin...

WELCOMEFREE REPUBLIC NASCAR RACING LEAGUE CHEVY ROCK & ROLL 400 Saturday Night ~ September 8, 2007 ON ABC ~ 7PM ET RICHMOND INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY - RICHMOND VIRGINIA ELVIS WILL RIDE WITH JR NEXTEL CUP EVENT SCHEDULE for this week. No truck race this weekend. This is a COT race and impound. ~THE TROPHY~ >

WELCOMEFREE REPUBLIC NASCAR RACING LEAGUE < The Sharp AQUOS 500 CALIFORNIA SPEEDWAY - FONTANA Race: September 2, 2007 - Scheduled Green Flag: 8:15pm/et ESPN TV: ESPN NASCAR Countdown: ESPN - 7:00pm/et Practice Dates/Times/TV Practice: Friday, August 31, 2:30 - 4:00pm/et TV-SPEED; and Saturday, September 1, 7:00 - 7:45pm/et TV-none Happy Hour Practice: Saturday, September 1, 8:10 - 9:10pm/et on TV-SPEED Qualifying: 2 laps for positions 1-43, Friday, August 31 at 6:10pm/et, TV-SPEED, re-air at 1:00am/et;