BlackBerry confirms 250 layoffs in Waterloo, Ont.
… the company announced plans last year to cut about 5,000 employees jobs as part of its restructuring efforts. The company is trying to regain its footing in a highly competitive global smartphone market, going head-to-head against technology giants …
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Change the subject: what happened when our critics swapped jobs
As for the boy who plays Superman — the unheard-of Englishman Henry Cavill — he is the victim of the film's overwhelming technology and very little acting is required of him. When he is not zooming about the Universe like Jeremy Clarkson in a Zonda, …
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US builders start work on fewer homes in June
U.S. builders started work on fewer homes in June, mostly because apartment construction fell sharply. But applications for permits to build single-family houses rose to the highest level in five years, suggesting the housing recovery will continue …
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Inslee pushes Everett site for 777X wing facility
As Boeing work in Washington state increasingly trickles away to other company sites in South Carolina and California, it's vital for the state to keep hold of the 777X program, expected to formally launch with major orders this fall at the Dubai Air Show.
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Surprise: Obama's 'green jobs' stimulus was a flop
This broad definition also pokes holes in Obama's campaign promises of millions of new green jobs. It's all well and good to green existing jobs—teach new techniques, incorporate better, more efficient technology, etc.—but that doesn't add new jobs …
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