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BlackBerry to “explore strategic alternatives” including sale of company

BlackBerry to “explore strategic alternatives” including sale of company

BlackBerry Ltd. (TSX:BB; Nasdaq:BBRY) has formed a committee to look into alternatives to both enhance the company’s value and increase scale to facilitate a more accelerated Blackberry 10 deployment – which could include the sale of the company, BlackBerry announced August 12.
Avigilon posts 61% quarterly revenue growth

Avigilon posts 61% quarterly revenue growth

High-definition surveillance camera-maker Avigilon Corp. (TSX:AVO) posted second-quarter results August 8 that showed that the company's revenue growth is continuing at a brisk clip.
UBC's TRIUMF scientists partner with Indian colleagues on medical isotopes

UBC's TRIUMF scientists partner with Indian colleagues on medical isotopes

Scientists at UBC's TRIUMF nuclear physics lab have partnered with counterparts in India to produce medical isotopes.
B.C. Business Council urges Ottawa to change telecom policy

B.C. Business Council urges Ottawa to change telecom policy

The Business Council of British Columbia (BCBC) has written a letter to Industry Minister James Moore to urge him to change federal telecommunications policy.
Telus posts 6% growth in revenue in Q2

Telus posts 6% growth in revenue in Q2

Telus saw its second-quarter revenue increase by 6% to $2.83 billion compared with last year, the company reported today (August 8).
Vancouver tech entrepreneur targets oceans of plastic

Vancouver tech entrepreneur targets oceans of plastic

Plastic Bank will reward people in developing countries to collect waste plastics to be recycled using new sorting technology
Texas company buys Vancouver's Partnerpedia

Texas company buys Vancouver's Partnerpedia

Partnerpedia, a Vancouver software company that developed an app store for enterprise, has been acquired by Houston-based BMC Software (Nasdaq:BMC).
Canada's North in dire need of better wireless, broadband services: report

Canada's North in dire need of better wireless, broadband services: report

While Ottawa and Canada's telecoms duke it out over wireless competition in Canada, both may want to pay attention to a new report by the Conference Board of Canada, which has identified high costs and lack of broadband and wireless telecommunications in Canada's resource-rich North as a curb on regional economies.
Telus warns Verizon’s entry into wireless market could be dire

Telus warns Verizon’s entry into wireless market could be dire

Big Three have launched all-out offensive against U.S. giant becoming a competitor
Ballard, Westport still haven’t turned profit corner

Ballard, Westport still haven’t turned profit corner

Ballard Power Systems Inc. (TSX:BLD) still hasn’t turned the profit corner, but has seen revenues increase enough to put the company at the “tipping point,” according to second-quarter financials.