BlackBerry (BB.TO) is considering equipping an upcoming smartphone with Google Inc.'s (GOOGL.O) Android software for the first time, an acknowledgement that its revamped line of devices has failed to win mass appeal, according to four sources familiar with the matter.
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BBM lets Canadian users send and receive money by integrating with PayPal
Digital payment app has become a trend and BlackBerry Messenger now allows its user to send money online by integrating with PayPal.
Trouble in the North: Canada's economy continues to shrink
Canada is now facing its worst dilemma - a mild contraction, according to Stephen Poloz, governor of the Bank of Canada.
BlackBerry to acquire crisis communications provider AtHoc
Ontario-based BlackBerry Ltd has decided to acquire AtHoc to enhance its software offerings and increase its revenue. California-based AtHoc is a privately-held provider of secure, networked crisis communications.
BlackBerry appoints Cisco’s warhorse Carl Wiese as its new global chief of sales
BlackBerry Limited announced Carl Wiese as the president for its global sales operations. Wiese will lead the company's global market sales stratagem in an attempt to throttle the declining sales for BlackBerry.
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Founder Guy Laliberté has agreed to sell control of Cirque du Soleil, the world's largest theatrical production company, for about $1.5 billion, the Globe and Mail reported, citing sources familiar with the matter.
Technology companies pose a competitive threat to established lenders, the head of Royal Bank of Canada said on Friday, adding he was keen to work with start-ups to improve the company's mobile offerings.
Cirque du Soleil is in advanced talks with two private equity consortia about selling a majority stake in what is the largest theatrical production company in the world, according to people familiar with the matter.
Japan and Taiwan have imposed trade restrictions on poultry and poultry products from Ontario, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said on Tuesday, a day after bird flu was confirmed in the Canadian province.
Nexen Energy, a wholly owned subsidiary of China's CNOOC Ltd (0883.HK), is closing its crude oil trading division following a round of job cuts announced last week, four market sources said on Monday.
Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz said recent evidence suggests damage from the oil shock is hitting the economy earlier and spreading faster than anticipated, but that this could also point to an earlier rebound, the Globe and Mail reported on Friday.
BlackBerry Ltd said on Monday it plans to offer a cloud-based version of its device management platform BES12, a move that will make the service more accessible to small- and medium-sized businesses that need to secure devices on their own networks.
Canadian National Railway Co (CNR.TO) on Saturday again urged Unifor, the union representing 4,800 of its mechanical, clerical and intermodal staff, to agree to binding arbitration and renewed its threat to lock out those workers on Monday.
Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd, a Canadian property and casualty insurer, said it would buy Brit Plc, a specialty insurer and reinsurer, for about $1.88 billion to gain a significant presence in the Lloyd's of London market.
