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Irving Is New U.S. HQ For BlackBerry Maker

Posted on December 17th, 2007 12:46pm by Glenn Hunter
Filed under Business, Local News, Science&Technology

Major economic news this morning out of Irving, a city that BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Ltd. said it’s selected to be the site of its U.S. headquarters, beating out at least two other unnamed cities. Two big reasons for Irving’s win: Dallas-Ft. Worth International Airport, and this area’s proximity to Mexico. The Waterloo, Ontario-based wireless company also said it would hire as many as 1,000 new employees here over the next five years in the likes of R&D, business operations and administration.

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One Comment to “Irving Is New U.S. HQ For BlackBerry Maker”
  • an optimist @ December 17th, 2007 at 5:19 pm

    maybe some of the folks from the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics (created by RIM’s founder) will make the move as well.

    But, I doubt it.