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T-Mobile USA has named the former CEO of Global Crossing, John Legere, as its new CEO. Legere, 54, takes over the post from interim CEO Jim Alling, who has served in that position since June.

Oak Bay is pre-qualifying general contractors for a planned upgrading and expansion of the Henderson Recreation Centre. The goal is to add 800 square feet to the centre.

Transport Canada has issued a safety recall on 40,000 cars over a potential problem with automatic transmissions. The recall affects 2008-10 Chevrolet Malibu and Pontiac G6 cars as well as 2007-2010 Saturn Auras.

A new poll suggests many Canadian boomers could be surprised about the timing of their retirement. The Ipsos-Reid survey of people aged 50 or older found that 62 per cent of the retired respondents had chosen the time when they left the workforce.

The B.C. government is investing $17 million for skills-training equipment at post-secondary schools around the province.

A program aimed at helping Canadian veterans find jobs in the construction industry was launched Tuesday by the federal government.

New smartphone sales numbers from research firm IDC show BlackBerry lagging far behind Android and Apple devices in global second-quarter sales.

Research In Motion has signed a patent licensing agreement with Microsoft Corp. to use the software company's latest file system technology on its smartphones.

Smartphone surge behind fed's call for public input