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French-speaking operations. The transaction was completed on July 10, 2006, and saw the appointment of
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Ontario and Quebec. This created the significant challenges involved with merging English-speaking operations with
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2013:Walter Houser Brattain
1958:Edwin Howard Armstrong
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