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BlackBerry Scores Key Upgrade from Morgan Stanley

BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY) is getting a key Wall St. analyst upgrade this Wednesday. Morgan Stanley raised the turnaround and still troubled smartphone maker to Overweight. What stands out is that ...
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Former RIM Co-CEO Sells All RIM/BlackBerry Shares

BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY) has gone through quite a lot of changes, including a name change from Research In Motion. What is interesting is that its former co-CEO Jim Balsillie is ...
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The New BlackBerry Hits the Tape

One of the side benefits of changing both your name and your ticker symbol is that it is like getting a fresh start on stock price ranges. BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY), ...
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RIM Deathwatch: CEO Remains In Absolute Denial (RIMM, AAPL, GOOG, NOK, MSFT)

It is no secret that the world of smartphones has consolidated and continues to consolidate.  Research in Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) was the smartphone just a few years ago for ...
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Today’s Market Winners and Losers

The stock market is up Friday on plans for the European Union plans to directly lend to targeted banks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up 1.66%, the S&P 500 is up 1.80% and the ...
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RIM Deathwatch: Maria Bartiromo Dumps BlackBerry for iPhone

Research in Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) just lost one of its biggest fans. If you have been watching CNBC for years, you know by now that many of the anchors ...
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Apple Will Continue to Rule Tablet Market (AAPL, IT, RIMM, HPQ, DELL, NOK, SSNLF, MSFT, GOOG, AMZN)

Just in case anyone believed that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) was being seriously threatened by competitors to its iPad tablet, that belief can probably be put to rest for a ...
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Patent Wars Cost Society $500 Billion (AAPL, GOOG, RIMM, SSNLF, SNE, ERIC, NOK, MMI, EK, RMBS, ACTG, IDCC, TSRA, WILN)

When news hits the street of another patent lawsuit, the characteristic reaction of some investors is to dump the defendant's stock as quickly as possible. Those sales inevitably depress the ...
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E-Reader Explosion, Changing Behavior (AMZN, BKS, AAPL, SNE, RIMM)

The number of adults using e-readers like the Kindle from Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) and the Nook from Barnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE: BKS) has nearly doubled in the past year, ...
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Research in (Slow) Motion (RIMM, AAPL, GOOG)

Mobile phone maker Research in Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) reported second quarter fiscal 2012 earnings after the market closed today. The company posted revenue of $4.2 billion and adjusted EPS ...
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iPhone — Cool, But Outta School? (AAPL, GOOG, RIMM, HP, MSFT, T)

Smartphone adoption in the US market has reached 35% of US adult mobile phone users, and 42% of all mobile phone owners. In Europe's five leading markets (France, Germany, Italy, ...
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Apple, Google Increase Mobile Phone Shares (AAPL, GOOG, SSNLF, MMI, RIM, MSFT, NOK)

The rich are getting richer in the mobile handset and mobile platform market. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) now claims 9.5% of the handset market with its iPhone, and Google Inc. ...
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Pandora Grabs Ears, Makes Money (P, SIRI, AAPL, AMZN, GOOG, RIMM)

Internet radio company Pandora Media Inc. (NYSE: P) reported that listeners spent 1.8 billion hours tuned in last quarter, an increase of 125% from the same period a year ago. ...
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Marvell Still Relies Too Much on Blackberry (MRVL, RIMM, WDC, AAPL, GOOG, MMI, MSFT)

Any good news is rewarded on a day when equities fall nearly 4%. One of yesterday's bright spots was Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (NASDAQ: MRVL), which reported second quarter 2012 ...
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Patent Trolling: Kodak Next Up (EK, GOOG, MMI, AAPL, MSFT, RIMM, EMC)

The next round of smartphone patent buying may focus on Eastman Kodak Co.  (NYSE: EK), the 130-year old photography giant that missed the digital bus. The $12.5 billion acquisition by ...
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