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Thu Oct 30, 2008 1:36pm EDT

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Oct 30 (Reuters) - Motorola Inc (MOT.N): * Motorola (MOT.N) co-CEO Brown says cost cutting to include 3,000 layoffs, more than two thirds of which will come from Mobile Devices unit * Motorola co-CEO Jha says hopes Mobile devices sales grow meaningfully in second half of 2009 from first half * Motorola co-CEO Brown says Mobile devices unit's bottom line needs to improve dramatically before a spinoff

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