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Eggs and analytics: Unscrambling flood of new market data

Eggs and analytics: Unscrambling flood of new market data

How business analytics are improving supply chain management
Lungpacer aims to help patients breathe easier

Lungpacer aims to help patients breathe easier

SFU spinoff has potential to replace mechanical ventilators in hospitals
QLT hiring spree turns to firing spree with 68% jobs axed

QLT hiring spree turns to firing spree with 68% jobs axed

Vancouver biotech company QLT Inc. ( TSX:QLT ) this week announced it is cutting 146 staff, reducing its head count from 214 to 68, following a proxy battle in which a Danish venture capital firm seized control of the board of directors.
Samsung moves into Lower Mainland’s Metrotown

Samsung moves into Lower Mainland’s Metrotown

Olympics feedback convinces Korean electronics giant to open first Canadian outlet in B.C.
Game studio's future unclear in wake of layoffs

Game studio's future unclear in wake of layoffs

Radical Entertainment will stop developing its own games, the studio's parent company confirms
GROW Conference to attract 800 techies to Vancouver in August

GROW Conference to attract 800 techies to Vancouver in August

The 2012 GROW Conference, which is projected to attract a record 800 tech founders and executives to Vancouver, is set to take place August 22 to 24.
MDA acquires U.S. satellite provider for US$875 million

MDA acquires U.S. satellite provider for US$875 million

Richmond-based MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (TSX: MDA) announced this morning that it has acquired 100% of Space Systems/Loral, Inc. (SS/L) for US$875 million.
Teachers reach tentative agreement with government

Teachers reach tentative agreement with government

The BC Teachers' Federation (BCTF) has signed a tentative contract agreement with the government's bargaining agent, the BC Public School Employers' Association , and recommended its ratification to all members.
BC genomics-based projects get $8.7 m injection

BC genomics-based projects get $8.7 m injection

Three B.C. labs doing genomics-based research in cancer detection and treatment and another lab researching drug resistance in pathogens are getting an $8.7 million injection to help them get their discoveries to market.

B.C.’s tech sector underachieving

Report finds province missing critical mass of mid-sized companies, underperforming in job creation, GDP and education