Canada, 24 March 2011 – Broadcasting giant Shaw Communications Inc. announced the layoff of 500 jobs across Canada with 140 of these cuts coming from hometown Calgary. While many may receive this news as surprise, it was expected with the CanWest buyout. Shaw has grown at such a rapid pace in the last two years [...]
March 24th, 2011 | Posted in Business,Headlines | Read More »
Canada, 18 March 2011 – Rigorous testing goes into the approval of over-the-counter and prescription drugs. Once approved, the public assumes they are safe. Unfortunately, unacceptable mistakes are made that can cause death. Such is the case with Mylan Pharmaceuticals who has now started a voluntary recall of two drugs after a pharmacist noticed a [...]
March 18th, 2011 | Posted in Headlines,Well-Being | Read More »
New York, NY, 15 March 2011 – iPad 2 is hot in demand by Apple fans. Given the (strategic) limited availability, fans are scrambling to get their hands on one after stocks seem to have depleted in the opening weekend. Apple store employees have been ‘not-so-secretly’ telling customers who walked out empty-handed that ‘secret’ stocks [...]
March 15th, 2011 | Posted in Headlines,Lifestyle | Read More »
US, 3 March 2011 – As Apple fans ready themselves for the second coming on March 11, the iPad 2, you would think that component suppliers Samsung, LG Electronics and Toshiba would be overjoyed. Well, it seems they’re green with envy even if they stand to gain heavily from the 33 million predicted sales in [...]
March 3rd, 2011 | Posted in Headlines,Wired | Read More »