That's what i thought also which is why I was curious it was considered top performing. I suppose there are metrics other than profitability to define performance.
It seems to me that if one were desperately looking for an objective measurement of what the lab was currently accomplishing, it would involve looking at the quality and retention of its hires. It sounds like they dropped the ball.
Basically Alcatel-Lucent was broke and was bought out by Nokia with Microsoft money. Nokia is now also broke and they're pawning the good silver.