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RCR Wireless News, October, 2006

Research In Motion Ltd.'s co-chief executive officer, Jim Balsillie, is dabbling in the world of professional sports. Balsillie reportedly has signed an agreement to buy the Pittsburgh Penguins National Hockey League franchise for about $175 million. The team's current owner, Mario Lemieux, put the team up for sale this summer.

The communications sector has identified 400,000 employees in the management, operations and engineering fields as critical to continuity during a pandemic outbreak, according to a report presented to the National Infrastructure Advisory Committee. NIAC is sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security and has members for a variety of industries, including high-tech, that advise the Homeland Security Department on a wide-ranging...

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