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What Did He Do With All His BlackBerry Stock?

CP | David Friend, The Canadian Press | Posted 04.16.2013 | Canada Business
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TORONTO, Cananda - Jim Balsillie once re-mortgaged his house to help build the BlackBerry company, but by the end of last year, the smartphone maker's...

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Former RIM Co-Chiefs Get $12 Million To Leave Company

CP | David Friend, The Canadian Press | Posted 08.14.2012 | Canada Business
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TORONTO - The former co-CEOs of BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion (TSX:RIM) will receive a combined $12 million in payouts for leaving their roles a...

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RIM Co-Founder Says Goodbye As Company's Earnings Tank

The Huffington Post Canada | Posted 05.29.2012 | Canada Business
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Research In Motion co-founder and ex-CEO Jim Balsillie has resigned from the company's board of directors, the company announced Thursday as it missed...

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Not Many Suitors For RIM?

CP | LuAnn LaSalle, The Canadian Press | Posted 04.07.2012 | Canada Business
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MONTREAL - Research In Motion may not have many suitors at home or abroad especially with Prime Minister Stephen Harper's comments that he would like ...

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New Gig For RIM Chief

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 03.06.2012 | Canada Politics
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OTTAWA - Canada has identified the team of business executives who will head efforts to enhance trade with Brazil.The Canadian team in the so-called j...

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RIM Has 'Lost It,' Investor Says As Pressure Mounts For Change

The Huffington Post Canada | Daniel Tencer | Posted 01.03.2012 | Canada Business
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UPDATE: Research In Motion stock jumped 6 per cent Thursday as investors took in reports the company is planning to shake up its top management. RIM s...

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Business Newsmakers Of The Year: Notorious RIM

CP | LuAnn LaSalle, The Canadian Press | Posted 03.02.2012 | Canada Business
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MONTREAL - A long, slow slide into notoriety made 2011 a sorely trying year for Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis, the two men at the top of BlackBerry...

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New Phones RIM's Last Chance To Compete With iPhone, Android

CP | LuAnn LaSalle, The Canadian Press | Posted 12.18.2011 | Canada Business
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Research In Motion has unveiled a new mobile operating system that will power its next-generation BlackBerry smartphones and PlayBook tablets to bette...

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Can RIM's Reputation Survive This PR Disaster?

The Huffington Post Canada | Daniel Tencer | Posted 12.13.2011 | Canada Business
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Could there be a more bitter irony than a company that built an empire on smartphones and instant messaging standing accused of being no good at commu...

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Canada's Tech Leaders Pay Tribute To Steve Jobs

CP | David Friend and LuAnn LaSalle, The Canadian Press | Posted 12.06.2011 | Canada
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TORONTO - A stream of fans and passersby stopped outside Apple stores across the country on Thursday to pay their respects to founder Steve Jobs, with...

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RIM Shares Spike On Rumours Carl Icahn Taking A Stake

CP | LuAnn LaSalle, The Canadian Press | Posted 11.27.2011 | Canada Business
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MONTREAL - One of Research In Motion's Canadian shareholders says it would support activist investor Carl Icahn buying into the struggling BlackBerry ...

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Disconnect Yourself From Your Devices: Why You Need To Take a Technology Break

The Huffington Post Canada | Martha Edwards | Posted 11.21.2011 | Canada Living
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If you have a moment, spare a thought for Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis, the co-CEOs and largest shareholders of Research In Motion, Ltd., also kno...

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RIM Chiefs Make List Of '9 CEOs Who Should Be Fired'

Daily Finance | Posted 10.08.2011 | Canada Business
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Market research shows that RIM is the no. 3 or no. 4 smartphone company in both the U.S. and abroad, and that its piece of those markets has continued...

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BlackBerry Maker RIM To Cut 11 Per Cent Of Work Force

The Globe and Mail | Posted 09.24.2011 | Canada Business
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THE CANADIAN PRESS -- WATERLOO, Ont. -- Research In Motion says it will cut about 11 per cent of its workforce this year, eliminating 2,000 jobs world...

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How Much Is He Worth Now?

Financial Post | Posted 08.24.2011 | Canada Business
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Shareholders of Research In Motion Ltd. have taken a beating over the past few months, though none worse than the BlackBerry maker's two chief executi...

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Research In Motion Layoff 200 To Cut Costs: Report

The Canadian Press | Posted 08.21.2011 | Canada
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THE CANADIAN PRESS -- MONTREAL - Research In Motion is moving to cut costs by laying off a reported 200 employees in its hometown, as the BlackBerry m...

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Too Slow? RIM Falls Behind In Smartphone Wars

The Canadian Press | Posted 08.18.2011 | Canada Business
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MONTREAL - Research In Motion seems to have become a victim of timing on the launch of its new BlackBerry smartphones, causing investor selloffs and r...

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Should RIM Look To Reboot Its Structure?

CP | Posted 08.16.2011 | Canada Business
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THE CANADIAN PRESS -- MONTREAL - Expectations are high that Research In Motion will spell out how it will fend off competition from Apple and Android ...

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