BlackBerry rejected proposals to break-up and sell all or parts of the Canadian company. BlackBerry Ltd's board rejected proposals to break-up the Canadian smartphone company, saying that it is currently not in the best interest of all of its stakeholders.
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Co-founder abandons bid to acquire BlackBerry
BlackBerry co-founder Mike Lazaridis has officially dropped his plans to purchase the firm via a joint bid with a fellow co-founder as new management struggles to turn the troubled company around.
BlackBerry's outsourcing plan with Foxconn paves way for transformation to a services firm- report
The deal that BlackBerry has made with Foxconn Group to outsource the making of its handsets is a sign that the smartphone company is evolving into a services firm, Bloomberg reported.
Jabil Circuit to exit aftermarket services for $275M, to part ways with BlackBerry as revenue falls
Jabil Circuit, whose customers include Apple and Cisco Systems, will put up for sale its aftermarket services for $275 million. The contract electronics maker also looks to part ways with BlackBerry as its revenue declines.
BlackBerry extends option deadline of its $1 billion convertible debt offering
BlackBerry Ltd released a brief statement late Thursday that it has extended its deadline for debtholders who would like to purchase additional shares to January 13 next year.
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Investors such as Qatar Holding and Fairfax Financial have picked up sizeable amounts of BlackBerry's USD1 billion convertible debt offer.
BlackBerry's cash reserves may only last until 2014. Beleaguered smartphone maker BlackBerry had planned to issue convertible notes worth USD1 billion after the collapse of its Fairfax Financial Holdings bid.
BlackBerry Interim CEO John Chen stressed his experience to be able to turn around the firm. in light of the pull out of Fairfax Financial Holdings and the removal of their CEO, BlackBerry did damage control in appointing John Chen as its interim CEO and executive chairman.
Following the exit of BlackBerry's CEO, the company's shares dropped to 16%. On Monday, BlackBerry Ltd had abandoned plans to sell and its CEO had stepped down.
Smartphone pioneer BlackBerry dropped its plans for a buyer search and fired its CEO Thornsted Heins.
SAP CFO Werner Brandt squashed rumors of SAP's interest in BlackBerry through an interview with Euro am Sonntag.
The Canadian government, under the Investment Canada Act, has the right to review bids for Canadian flagship industries such as BlackBerry for national security issues.
