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RIM’s new leader raises doubts among investors

Reuters: Business News — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:43:19 +0000

TORONTO/LONDON (Reuters) – The new leader at Research In Motion said on Monday seismic change was not needed at the BlackBerry maker, a declaration seized on by impatient investors who say Thorsten Heins has only 12 to 18 months to turn RIM around.

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RIM’s new leader sees no need for radical change

Reuters: Business News — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:21:32 +0000

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RIM and BlackBerry on the edge under new CEO

Reuters: Business News — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:01:06 +0000

TORONTO/LONDON (Reuters) – Takeover talk swirled around Research In Motion on Monday as investors and analysts pondered whether new Chief Executive Thorsten Heins had been appointed to lead a turnaround of the struggling smartphone maker or prepare it for sale.

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BlackBerry maker’s CEOs hand reins to insider

Reuters: Business News — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 06:00:17 +0000

WATERLOO, Ontario (Reuters) – Research In Motion’s Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie have bowed to investor pressure and resigned as co-CEOs, handing the top job to an insider with four years at the struggling BlackBerry maker.

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BlackBerry maker CEOs step down as pressure mounts

Reuters: Business News — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 04:20:04 +0000

WATERLOO, Ontario (Reuters) – Research In Motion’s Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie have bowed to investor pressure and resigned as co-CEOs and co-chairmen, handing the top job to an insider with four years at the struggling BlackBerry maker.

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Samsung says no interest in buying troubled RIM

Reuters: Business News — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 02:10:19 +0000

SEOUL (Reuters) – Samsung Electronics Co said on Wednesday it was not interested in buying ailing Blackberry maker Research In Motion or licensing its operating system, refuting a tech blog report that RIM was seeking to sell itself to the South Korean technology giant.

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RIM shares jump on report of sale efforts

Reuters: Business News — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:50:30 +0000

(Reuters) – Shares of Research In Motion jumped more than 10 percent on Tuesday after a tech blog said the BlackBerry maker was actively seeking to sell itself to South Korean smartphone rival Samsung Electronics.

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RIM close to stripping CEOs of chairmanship: report

Reuters: Business News — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 21:41:27 +0000

TORONTO (Reuters) – Research In Motion is close to a decision on stripping its co-chief executives of their other shared role as chairman of the board, a newspaper said on Tuesday, a change that could meet a key demand from angry and disillusioned investors.

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BlackBerry delay darkens RIM’s future

Reuters: Business News — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:41:11 +0000

TORONTO (Reuters) – A months-long delay in Research in Motion’s new BlackBerrys and a dreary quarterly report sent RIM shares tumbling again on Friday and pushed some analysts to sound the death knell for the mobile device that once defined the industry.

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RIM delays QNX phones, offers dismal outlook

Reuters: Business News — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 08:51:03 +0000

TORONTO (Reuters) – Research In Motion posted a sharp drop in profit on Thursday, offered a dismal outlook for BlackBerry shipments around Christmas and delayed the likely arrival of a make-or-break overhaul of its smartphones, sending its shares tumbling.

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