Google’s Motorola eyes BlackBerry employees

TORONTO: With Blackberry shedding staff in its hometown of Waterloo, Ontario, other tech companies, including Google’s Motorola Mobility unit, are moving to take advantage of a growing pool of local talent. Motorola Mobility said it plans

Prem Watsa confident BlackBerry deal will succeed

TORONTO: Fairfax Financial chief executive Prem Watsa said he is confident the consortium he leads can find the money to fund its $4.7 billion bid for smartphone maker BlackBerry. “We wouldn’t put our name

BlackBerry mimicking Palm’s decline

BlackBerry reported a more than 40% plunge in sales and vowed to cut a third of its workforce, raising concern that it’s on the same downward spiral as Palm, though without prospects for