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…
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…
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