Courtesy Research in Motion Ltd.It is no longer a secret that Blackberry Ltd. (NASDAQ: BBRY) is in trouble. It is also no secret that Fairfax Financial has entered into an expression of…
courtesy J.C. Penney Co. Inc.How long is too long before the shutdown of the federal government begins to batter U.S. gross domestic product and the fortunes of a number of industries? In…
Douglas A. McIntyre Courtesy of BlackBerryThe $4.7 billion offer from Fairfax Financial Holdings for smartphone maker BlackBerry Ltd. (NASDAQ: BBRY) was viewed almost immediately by investors as too high. The day the offer was made, the…
JoeInQueens, via Wikimedia CommonsThe Android operating system from Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) claims about 70% of the market in the five large European economies: the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy and Spain.…
Courtesy of BlackBerryJust one week ago, BlackBerry Ltd. (NASDAQ: BBRY) issued a warning on second-quarter results that sent the stock plunging. The stock closed Thursday down nearly 25% since that announcement. The…
Paul Ausick TwitterIn among the major and minor celebrities, news media outlets, the Pope and President Obama, there are no huge corporations with substantial followings on Twitter. As a matter of fact, among the…
Courtesy BlackBerryBlackBerry Ltd. (NASDAQ: BBRY) has only one hope at the current time: its buyout. That buyout may come with some unfortunate implications. Fitch Ratings has issued a report that should bring…
Jon C. Ogg Courtesy of BlackBerryProspective buyers have not exactly been lining up to challenge the $9 per share offer to take smartphone maker BlackBerry Ltd. (NASDAQ: BBRY) private. The offer, from Fairfax Financial Holdings,…
Paul Ausick Jon OggStocks have seen some profit taking off of their recent all-time highs. Now investors and traders are wondering which stocks they should buy and which ones they should sell or avoid.…
Courtesy BlackBerryTwo provisions in the Fairfax Financial Holdings deal to buy BlackBerry Ltd. (NASDAQ: BBRY) for $9 a share could alter the deal, or end it altogether. The more important of these…
Douglas A. McIntyre Courtesy of BlackBerryBlackBerry Limited (NASDAQ: BBRY) is in serious trouble on its own. The company’s only hope is a buyout under its search for strategic alternatives, and now have the first summation…
Jon C. Ogg Jon OggStocks finally pulled back a bit from a three-week rally, and now investors have to wonder which stocks they should buy and which ones they should sell or avoid. Each morning…
ThinkstockMaybe it just feels like it (or looks like it), but the upcoming layoff of 4,500 people at BlackBerry Ltd. (NASDAQ: BBRY) had some company this past week. A number of other…
Courtesy of BlackBerryTrading in BlackBerry Ltd. (NASDAQ: BBRY) was halted at about 3:00 p.m. ET on Friday as the smartphone maker slipped in a preliminary report on its fiscal second quarter 2014…
Paul Ausick Courtesy of BlackBerryBlackBerry Ltd. (NASDAQ: BBRY) has released its new Z30 smartphone. And at about the same time, The Wall Street Journal reported that the company may fire 40% of its staff.…
