1. Consilient Technology, a success story in the local information technology sector closed its doors today. The office is closed and the furniture is gone, according to CBC news.
In his report for 2006, issued early in 2008, Auditor General John Noseworthy raised concerns about the conditions attached to an infusion of provincial public money.
2. Wabush Mines is slashing production in response to the global economic downturn. Production forecast for 2009 is about half of what it was in 2007/2008. Layoffs are expected.
Other factors are influencing the Wabush Mines decision in addition to the demand drop:
"We are now going through the most difficult time in the history of Wabush Mines, with, from what I perceive to be, an unfavourable work climate at the plants, the worst cost structure in North America and a plant that is aged," he said.
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