It's just one of those "interesting facts", at least I hope so.
20 Freescale Semiconductor employees on missing Malaysian flight - NASCAR - Sporting News
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Freescale Semiconductor, a Texas-based company that plays a role in the performance of every NASCAR Sprint Cup car, announced it had 20 employees on missing Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370...........................
Freescale is a global provider of data-gathering components for vehicles and other devices. It provides the processors to McLaren that are part of the electronic control units that run the fuel-injection systems of all Cup cars.
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I would be interested in what business they are doing in China, from a automotive and business perspective.
http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/overview.jsp?code=CHINA
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Freescale began its business in Tianjin, China in 1992. Today, we have over 4,000 employees in China, and our operations include an assembly and test plant in Tianjin, nine sales offices, as well as design and development resources in five Chinese cities, namely Beijing, Suzhou, Tianjin, Shanghai and Chengdu.
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You cannot do business in China without the government being an interested partner in some way, right?
Freescale named a Top 100 Global Innovator
http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/homepage.jsp?code=COMPANY_INFO_HOME
Well, sick thing to say, but we know they have at least 20 new job openings now. Condolences to all the families and friends.
We really have no idea what they were carrying on that plane, bet it upsets a lot of their business plans for a while.
http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/homepage.jsp?code=IFNWNTWRKNG1
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With the #1 position* for wired and wireless markets and over 300 million communications processors shipped, Freescale is leading innovation in next generation networking infrastructure and mobile networks. With Power Architecture® technology and recently announced ARM® technology based devices including PowerQUICC, QorIQ processing platforms, DSPs and RF devices, our networking portfolio is unmatched in breadth. Combined with our enablement ecosystem and Freescale Connect partners, we can help you build full system solutions to accelerate your network's IQ.
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