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Prince George Goes Unnoticed in Park

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It can't be easy being one of the most famous babies in the world. But while on a casual park outing during the recent royal tour in New Zealand, Prince George managed to go unnoticed, keeping his...

Fairfax ups investment in troubled BlackBerry

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Fairfax Financial ups investment in troubled BlackBerry TORONTO (AP) — Fairfax Financial Holdings said Wednesday it is buying another $250 million of convertible debt in BlackBerry in...
    






BlackBerry Co-Founder Ends Takeover Bid, Sells Off Shares

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BlackBerry’s rare good week has come to an end. Michael Lazaridis, co-founder and former CEO of the embattled cellphone maker, officially ended his exploration of a takeover bid while cutting his...
    






Tesla Torched The Shorts In 2013, While JC Penney Proved A Winner

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This is a guest post by Karl Loomes, market analyst at Astec Analytics, part of SunGard. The views expressed are those of the author. It has been an interesting and busy year for short sellers in...
    






BlackBerry Still Bleeding, Posts $4.4 Billion Third Quarter Loss

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The battered and beaten BlackBerry isn’t any closer to a turnaround, according to its third quarter earnings report. The company behind the once-ubiquitous smartphone posted a larger-than-expected...
    






BlackBerry loses CEO, gets $1 billion for emergency investment

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News is out that the companies had offered to buy the patents or intellectual properties of BlackBerry only. However, there was news that Fairfax Financial Holdings had proposed a takeover proposal...

Blackberry refuses to be sold in pieces

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According to sources of Reuters, the reason of the buy-off rejection came as the companies were mainly interested to bid for the various assets of BlackBerry separately though the specifics of the...

Blackberry Z30 Fails But BlackBerry Completes $1 Billion Investment

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Blackberry has announced on Wednesday that it has completed the US $1 billion investment. The Canadian firm has announced previously to sale US $1 billion debentures to private companies. Yesterday,...

Android Jelly Bean Market Share, Xbox One DLNA Compatible, BlackBerry Ousts CEO and More

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The numbers are in for the month of November for the overall Android market and they show that Android Jelly Bean is the most popular version of the operating system when all three versions of Jelly...

BlackBerry-Fairfax Deal Ends, Replaces Thorsten Heins

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The suitors of BlackBerry will have to return to their relative positions empty-handed. All their wooing has not resulted in the down and out company selling itself off. Rather, BlackBerry has chosen...