BlackBerry Ltd.’s shares soared Friday after its latest financial results topped expectations and it outlined plans for growth in autonomous driving, a push into health care and intentions to add significant engineering talent. “Transportation, especially when it comes to autonomous driven vehicles and connected car, that unit had done the best in the last quarter,” said John Chen, BlackBerry’s CEO. Chen said the company also plans to ramp up efforts in autonomous driving and other divisions. “It’s going to be multi-years, I mean you can’t find a thousand engineers because there’s such high demand and short supply. “I’m encouraged for the future, I just think that most people think it’s going to happen faster than I think it will.”Read more about:

Source: thestar September 28, 2018 16:07 UTC