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BLACKBERRY CEO THORSTEN HEINS IS OUT

BlackBerry accepted a $4.7 billion offer from private equity firm Fairfax Holdings to go private. H…

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BlackBerry Plans To Fire Up To 5,000 Employees

BlackBerry has largely failed to gain traction for its new mobile operating system called BlackBerr…

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Two Disappointing Bits Of BlackBerry News Came Out Today

The price drop follows news that the BlackBerry Z10 hasn't been selling very well. When BlackBerry …

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BlackBerry CEO: Tablets Won't Be Around In Five Years

It turns out there are advantages to having multiple devices. The computing power of a dedicated ta…

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The New BlackBerry Phone With A Keyboard Won't Launch Until May Or June In The US

Specific release dates and pricing will vary by carrier. Each carrier is currently testing the new …

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RIM's Next BlackBerry Operating System Could Show Up On Non-BlackBerry Phones Too

In a recent interview with the German publication Die Welt that was passed around a lot this weeken…

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The ex-CEO of BlackBerry is being sued by his board for allegedly creating a 'serious trust crisis'

Before Powermat, Heins was the CEO of BlackBerry. He stepped down in late 2013 after failing to tur…

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Ousted BlackBerry CEO Had $56 Million Golden Parachute - But It May Not Have Deployed

The plain English interpretation of the proxy seems to indicate that Heins has missed out on both b…

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Two More High-Level Executives Are Leaving BlackBerry

The company's vice president of global sales Rick Costanzo will be gone by early next year and merg…

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Alicia Keys Is Out As BlackBerry's Creative Director After One Year

Alicia Keys joined BlackBerry the day the company debuted its new BlackBerry 10 operating system. B…

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Incoming BlackBerry Chief Gets $88 Million Pay Package

It's still not clear what Heins' exit will cost the company. He has an exit package worth up to $56…

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BlackBerry CEO Gets A $56 Million 'Double Trigger' Payoff If He Sells The Company

Historically, the overwhelming majority of companies automatically vested time-based equity awards …

Jim Edwards   


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BlackBerry Fires Its Head Of US Sales Following Poor Sales Of Its New Smartphones

When BlackBerry reported its quarterly earnings a few days ago, it said it only sold 2.7 million de…

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BlackBerry Shares Halted, News Pending

Chief Executive Thorsten Heins and the company's board is increasingly coming around to the idea th…

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RIM Just Changed Its Name To BlackBerry

Heins explained that the company is changing its name in order to maintain one brand and one promis…

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BLACKBERRY: We're Killing It With These New Phones

"In Canada, yesterday was the best day ever for the first day of a launch of a new BlackBerry smart…

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BLACKBERRY CRASHES AFTER ITS DEAL TO GO PRIVATE DIES

It's falling because the Globe and Mail reports the deal to take Blackberry private died when its i…

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BlackBerry Poached A SAP Executive To Head Up Global Enterprise

Starting in January, John Sims will be BlackBerry's new president of Global Enterprise services. Jo…

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BLACKBERRY CEO: The Company Is No Longer For Sale

BlackBerry tried to sell itself earlier this year, but couldn't find a good offer. Instead, a priva…

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BlackBerry Fired 250 People Today

BlackBerry reported disappointing earnings for last quarter. It lost $84 million and reported poor …