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Canada veto complicates BlackBerry, telecom deal making
Fptechno • 11 years agoWhen Canada blocked the sale of a fiber optic network to a company backed by an Egyptian telecom tycoon this week, it telegraphed its resolve...
BlackBerry shares rise on interest from strategic buyers
Fptechno • 11 years agoShares of BlackBerry Ltd rose more than 4 percent in trading before the bell on Monday, following news of interest from strategic buyers in the embattled...
BlackBerry hit with securities shareholder class action
Fptechno • 11 years agoA shareholder of BlackBerry Ltd sued the company and its executives on Friday, accusing them of inflating the stock price by painting a misleadingly...
BlackBerry's Heins, Fairfax's Watsa and the $55 million handshake
Fptechno • 11 years agoMonths before Fairfax Financial Holdings Inc bid $4.7 billion for BlackBerry Ltd , Fairfax boss Prem Watsa played a role in securing a golden parachute...
Google looks for talent in BlackBerry's backyard
Fptechno • 11 years agoWith Blackberry Ltd shedding staff in its hometown of Waterloo, Ontario, other tech companies, including Google Inc's Motorola Mobility unit...
Fairfax says it won't walk from BlackBerry bid
Fptechno • 11 years agoThe head of Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. said Wednesday he has every intention of completing the acquisition of BlackBerry, despite doubts...
By going private, BlackBerry may buy time to fix itself
Fptechno • 11 years agoA tentative deal to take BlackBerry Ltd private will not necessarily resolve challenges that pushed the smartphone maker into a corner in the...
BBM for iOS and Android unlikely to be released this week
Nishtha • 11 years agoEven as BlackBerry announced that it has signed a letter of intent with a group led by Fairfax Financial in a bid to go private, the company also updated users
An investor with a long view: India-born Prem Watsa
Fptechno • 11 years agoAs soon as Prem Watsa stepped down from Blackberry's board in August, speculation that he would launch a bid for the troubled smartphone...
BlackBerry set to go private in a $4.7 billion deal with group led by Fairfax Financial
Nishtha • 11 years agoClose on the heels of BlackBerry pausing the global rollout of its BlackBerry Messenger app for iOS and Android, the company announced....