Courtesy BlackBerrySale hopes for BlackBerry Ltd. (NASDAQ: BBRY) may have just died and been sent to purgatory. BlackBerry has announced that it has received a $1 billion investment from Fairfax Financial and…
Jon C. Ogg Courtesy of BlackBerryBlackBerry Ltd. (NASDAQ: BBRY) faces its last stand as a public company, while three or four financiers and corporations prepare bids for assets that some analysts think are worth nothing.…
Courtesy of BlackBerryIf you are still among the rumored hordes considering a bid for smartphone maker BlackBerry Ltd. (NASDAQ: BBRY), you have until Monday to get your bid in. Or maybe not,…
courtesy of Google Inc.The consortium that bought a portfolio of more than 6,000 patents from bankrupt Nortel has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) and seven other Android…
courtesy of SamsungDuring the third calendar quarter this year 11% of mobile phone subscribers decided to replace or upgrade their phones. Of that number, nearly 80% chose a smartphone. According to research…
Courtesy BlackBerryBlackBerry Limited (NASDAQ: BBRY) is a merger story that just refuses to go away. Fairfax is the interested party at $9.00 per share, and there have been published rumors and written…
courtesy of SamsungGlobal shipments of smartphones grew 45% year-over-year in the third quarter of 2013 to a record 251 million units. The quarter also marks the first time total shipments topped a…
ThinkstockA deal between Democrats and Republicans has supposedly been reached in Washington, D.C., to end the government shutdown and to end the debt ceiling expiration. While many people expect that this will…
ThinkstockBlackBerry Ltd. (NASDAQ: BBRY) is highly troubled. News that more possible bidders are interested in competing against Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. (NYSE: FFH) to take the company private is surprising and obvious…
Jon C. Ogg Courtesy BlackBerryThe $4.7 billion buyout offer for BlackBerry Ltd. (NASDAQ: BBRY) from Canada’s Fairfax Holdings could be in trouble. The investment firm, led by former BlackBerry chairman Prem Watsa, apparently is having…
ThinkstockClass action lawsuits are now an integral part of the game on Wall Street. With all the troubles that BlackBerry Ltd. (NASDAQ: BBRY) has seen and with all the company’s missteps, it…
Jon C. Ogg Jon OggInvestors and traders are dealing with the stress of a government shutdown and the upcoming debt ceiling debate. With such uncertainty, they also are wondering whether they should be buying or selling…
Courtesy of BlackBerryReuters has come out with a story, which, if true, would seem improbable. Apparently Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO), Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Europe’s SAP A.G. (NYSE: SAP) have…
courtesy of SamsungHTC, once viewed as a real contender against Apple Inc.’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone franchise and the Galaxy line built by Samsung, lost money last quarter. Its potential, which was so…
Jon OggWith the government shut down and with the debt ceiling debate breathing down everyone’s neck, investors have to be wondering what they should buy, sell and hold (or even avoid). Stocks…
