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Research in Motion
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Reaction Roundup: Jim Balsillie’s out, execs are getting fired…what the heck is going on at RIM?
After a few weeks of relative quiet from Research in Motion, the company dropped a big pile of news on the world yesterday: the...
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Jim Balsillie resigns, RIM earnings disappoint, share prices drop and Thorsten Heins starts firing people
Breaking Research in Motion news: today brought not only an expected fourth quarter earnings report (spoiler: the numbers were...
City News
Jim Balsillie finds giving away $30 million is tougher than he thought
Poor Jim Balsillie. First Research in Motion’ s board wanted some distance, and now over 270 professors at York University...
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Why Roger Martin believes the corporate world needs to be overhauled—starting with excessive CEO compensation
The head of Toronto’s most prestigious business school has a seditious idea, and it might save us from financial catastrophe...
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25 Canadians made Forbes’ billionaires list (and two notables did not)
We’re not sure if the “one-per-center” label is exclusive enough for the 25 Canadians who made it onto Forbes magazine’s...
City News
Another U.S. agency dumps RIM (despite its fancy PlayBook-integrated Porsche)
Once again, Research in Motion is having a rough week. First, Politico reported that the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms...
City News
Five things we learned from The Verge’s exhaustive feature on RIM
Given all the takeover rumours, bad behaviour and executive comings and goings, even the most dedicated Research in Motion watcher...
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BlackBerry is still Canada’s number-one smart phone—but it’s rapidly losing its share of the market
Canadians may see Apple as more “leading edge,” but Research In Motion remains the leader in Canada’s smartphone...
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Reaction Roundup: can the PlayBook software upgrade keep RIM in the tablet game?
With the PlayBook’ s Hail Mary software upgrade now out the door, Research In Motion can only wait and hope it’s enough to...
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Research in Motion finally releases the PlayBook’s make-it-or-break-it software upgrade
The much-anticipated software upgrade for RIM’s PlayBook is finally here (yes, the same one that we were told in April 2011...
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A new BlackBerry exhibit showcases primitive RIM products (no, not the PlayBook)
With RIM-bashing at a high (naturally, we’ve done our share), sometimes we need a reminder that Research In Motion still has...
City News
Five things we learned about RIM’s boardroom strategy from Roger Martin’s Globe and Mail interview
Roger Martin holds a lot of titles: Research In Motion board member, dean of business at the University of Toronto , Toronto Life...
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Pics of BlackBerry’s new operating system are leaked online
After enduring months of negative press, Research in Motion finally earned kudos from tech bloggers following leaked images of its...
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RIM is losing its hold on the security-conscious, including Halliburton and the U.S. military
While consumers and investors alike shunned Research in Motion last year, the BlackBerry’s reputation for security managed to...
City News
Not even superheroes (especially not these ones) can make the BlackBerry cool
Research in Motion has fallen into a classic high school Catch-22: the harder the BlackBerry maker tries to be cool, the less cool...
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RIM hopes NHL players (including one Maple Leaf) can make the PlayBook look cool
Hockey players and Research in Motion now have more in common than a tendency towards bouts of unresponsiveness —RIM has managed...
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Savvy rich guy Prem Watsa doubles his stake in RIM
As the tech and finance pundits sink their teeth into Research in Motion , Fairfax Financial CEO Prem Watsa is sinking his money...
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Jim Balsillie will be off RIM’s board by the summer—at least so says one activist investor
As if losing his job—and most of RIM’s value— wasn’t bad enough, former Research In Motion CEO Jim Balsillie is now being...
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RIM needs an image overhaul—but is Thorsten Heins the man for the job?
Although freshly minted Research in Motion CEO Thorsten Heins thinks “no drastic change” is needed to fix the Canadian tech...
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Reaction Roundup: the lowdown on RIM’s executive shuffle
We don’t expect analysts to go easy on Research In Motion just because co-CEOs Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie finally stepped...
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Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis are out—but will a new CEO be enough to save RIM?
In an attempt to halt Research In Motion’ s death spiral, executive duo Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis are stepping down as...
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Why rumours that Samsung was poised to takeover RIM were really quite silly right from the start
No matter how bad the news gets for Research In Motion, a juicy rumour—no matter how far fetched—seems to be all it takes to...
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RIM begins the battle that will decide the fate of its PlayBook tablet
We feel for the poor schlubs stuck manning the Research in Motion booth at this week’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas:...
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RIM’s share prices surge with rumours that co-CEOs might be turfed
Research in Motion may have found a quick way to shake off a dismal third quarter (and that whole rowdy drunken execs fiasco):...
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The Redemption Tour: The Blue Jays are back. Can they finish what they started?
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My Life as a True Crime Spectacle: My father’s crimes fractured our family. Then came the press
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Notes on an Academic Scandal: Why did TMU demote a leading advocate of DEI?
Pamela Sugiman, a former arts dean at Toronto Metropolitan University, was a key player in the school’s push for diversity, equity and inclusion. When the backlash against DEI arrived, she was demoted. The school says it was a coincidence. She disagrees
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