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The Precipitous Fall Of The Blackberry In One Graph
Tuesday, February 21, 2017 - 2:41pm | 359BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ: BBRY), formerly known as Research In Motion, was once the undisputed king of the cell phone market. But that was a full decade ago and now BlackBerry's market share of the smartphone market rounded to one decimal point is 0.0 percent. As noted by Statista, BlackBerry...
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How Has The Bull Market Treated 4 Of 2009's Biggest Tech Names?
Tuesday, March 10, 2015 - 7:26am | 583The bull market run turned six years old on Monday, and it seems appropriate to take a look back and see how far it has come since the S&P 500 hit a Financial Crisis low of 676.53 on March 9, 2009. The S&P itself has more than tripled in value, up about 207 percent in those six years....
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RapidMiner Gains $5 Million To Better Serve PayPal, Pepsi And Other Major Clients
Monday, November 4, 2013 - 5:22pm | 474Advanced analytics provider RapidMiner has received $5 million in a Series A round led by Earlybird Venture Capital and Open Ocean Capital. Formerly known as Rapid-I, the company made the decision to officially change its title to RapidMiner after releasing a successful product with the same name...
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The Case Against: BlackBerry
Monday, September 23, 2013 - 10:28am | 704'The Case Against' is a recurring analysis of why a company, person or other business venture is not a good long-term investment. All opinions are the author’s and are not a recommendation to buy or sell any stocks, bonds or other financial instruments. It seems almost unimaginable that at one...
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SLIDESHOW: Five Companies That Could Buy BlackBerry (BBRY)
Tuesday, August 13, 2013 - 3:24pm | 432BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY) might be up for sale. The company is reportedly looking for a large, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG)-type company to take the helm through a massive buyout. If all goes as planned, the deal would be similar to the one Motorola scored when Google acquired its electronics...
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How BlackBerry's Decline Could Make It a Better Takeover Target
Thursday, January 31, 2013 - 6:01pm | 481Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM), which is set to debut the BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY) name and ticker next Monday, is having a rough week. The stock is down again today, hovering between a three and four percent decline after dropping more than eight percent this morning. Jan Dawson, Ovum's Chief...
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76% of Investors Are Not Interested in BlackBerry 10
Thursday, January 31, 2013 - 1:13pm | 548It was supposed to be the mobile OS that would change everything, but the only thing that has changed is Research In Motion's (NASDAQ: RIMM) share price. The stock is down another six percent Thursday, signaling a potential end to RIM's golden child status on Wall Street. The company will...
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Research in Motion is Now BlackBerry; Do Investors Care?
Thursday, January 31, 2013 - 1:11pm | 606"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet," says Shakespeare’s Juliet, affirming her contention that names are less important than substance. A number of firms have changed their names – some of them quite well known. Before it was Xerox (NYSE: XRX), it was Haloid. Would sales have...
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BlackBerry 10 Debut Bombs, Lacks Key Features to Beat Apple's iPhone
Wednesday, January 30, 2013 - 2:08pm | 969Over the past few months, media attention has shifted from Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) to Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM). The assumption was that RIM could make a comeback and turn BlackBerry 10 into the next great mobile OS. With RIM shares now trading down well over 5 percent on Wednesday, it seems...
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BlackBerry 10 Has Secret Ponytail-Cutting Feature
Wednesday, January 30, 2013 - 1:45pm | 235Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM), which is in the process of changing its name to match the BlackBerry devices it produces, surprised the world this morning when it revealed a top-secret feature for BlackBerry 10. While consumers had been hoping to see new apps or a superior OS, they quickly...
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Lenovo Does Not Want to Buy Research In Motion
Monday, January 28, 2013 - 4:17pm | 433Not yet, at least. According to a statement issued to The Next Web, Lenovo is downplaying reports that it is looking at BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) as a possible acquisition target. "In general, we do not comment on M&A rumors or speculation," the statement read. "We...
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Will BlackBerry 10 Provide a "Steve Jobs Moment" for Research In Motion's CEO?
Monday, January 28, 2013 - 4:14pm | 561From now until the end of time (or at least the end of this century), the media will compare tech company CEOs to Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) co-founder Steve Jobs. Thorsten Heins, the head honcho at Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM), is one of many leaders to receive this comparison. Bloomberg's Hugo...
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Analyst: BlackBerry 10 Won't Save Research In Motion
Monday, January 28, 2013 - 1:49pm | 651Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) is only days away from revealing the full release details for BlackBerry 10, the company's long-awaited mobile operating system. The firm has been somewhat of a golden child on Wall Street, rising nearly 50 percent in January 2013 alone. Over the last six months...
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iPhone Shipments Soared 46% in 2012
Saturday, January 26, 2013 - 1:19pm | 517Shares of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) have declined more than 21 percent over the last six months. The company's losses have been so severe that they have diminished Apple's one-year gains to less than one percent. Based on this alone, it may appear that Apple is suffering. The firm's quarterly results...
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Research In Motion Could be the Next IBM
Thursday, January 24, 2013 - 4:33pm | 556Eight years ago, IBM (NYSE: IBM) sold its personal computer business to Lenovo. In the years since, Lenovo has become the world's second-largest PC manufacturer behind Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ). For a brief time, Lenovo actually took the lead. Now Lenovo hopes to imitate that success with its...