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BlackBerry (BBRY) Founders Fregin, Lazaridis May Submit Joint Bid

October 10, 2013 2:00 PM EDT

Mr. Lazaridis is a founder and former President, Co-Chief Executive Officer and Co-Chair of BlackBerry (Nasdaq: BBRY) and Mr. Fregin is a founder and former Vice President, Operations of the Issuer. Each of Mr. Lazaridis and Mr. Fregin acquired the Shares he beneficially owns for investment purposes, including upon founding of the Issuer and through the exercise of options and other equity grants received by him during his prior term of employment with the Issuer.

In light of the Issuers recent announcement that its board of directors has formed a Special Committee to... More

BlackBerry (BBRY) Founders Fregin, Lazaridis May Submit Joint Bid

October 10, 2013 2:00 PM EDT

Mr. Lazaridis is a founder and former President, Co-Chief Executive Officer and Co-Chair of BlackBerry (Nasdaq: BBRY) and Mr. Fregin is a founder and former Vice President, Operations of the Issuer. Each of Mr. Lazaridis and Mr. Fregin acquired the Shares he beneficially owns for investment purposes, including upon founding of the Issuer and through the exercise of options and other equity grants received by him during his prior term of employment with the Issuer.

In light of the Issuers recent announcement that its board of directors has formed a Special Committee to... More

BlackBerry (BBRY) Founders Fregin, Lazaridis May Submit Joint Bid

October 10, 2013 2:00 PM EDT

Mr. Lazaridis is a founder and former President, Co-Chief Executive Officer and Co-Chair of BlackBerry (Nasdaq: BBRY) and Mr. Fregin is a founder and former Vice President, Operations of the Issuer. Each of Mr. Lazaridis and Mr. Fregin acquired the Shares he beneficially owns for investment purposes, including upon founding of the Issuer and through the exercise of options and other equity grants received by him during his prior term of employment with the Issuer.

In light of the Issuers recent announcement that its board of directors has formed a Special Committee to... More

Paradigm Downgrades BlackBerry (BBRY) to Hold

September 23, 2013 8:41 AM EDT

Paradigm downgraded BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY) from Speculative Buy to Hold with a price target of $10.50 (from $15.00).

For an analyst ratings summary and ratings history on BlackBerry click here. For more ratings news on BlackBerry click here.

Shares of BlackBerry closed at $8.73 yesterday, with a 52 week range of $8.01-$17.22.... More

No Liquidity Issue at BlackBerry (BBRY) Anytime Soon, But No Upside Either - Bernstein

September 23, 2013 8:17 AM EDT

Uber-bearish BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY) analyst Pierre Ferragu of Bernstein is taking a victory lap following Friday's warning and subsequent collapse in the stock price.

"This fully supports our negative perspective on the name: Literally no traction for Blackberry 10 devices with... More

Baird Upgrades BlackBerry (BBRY) to Neutral

September 23, 2013 8:00 AM EDT

Baird upgraded BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY) from Underperform to Neutral.

For an analyst ratings summary and ratings history on BlackBerry click here. For more ratings news on BlackBerry click here.

Shares of BlackBerry closed at $8.73 yesterday, with a 52 week range of $8.01-$17.22.... More

BlackBerry (BBRY) Needs to Accept a Lower Offer 'Quickly' - Macquarie

September 23, 2013 7:43 AM EDT

Macquarie analyst Kevin Smithen reiterated an Underperform rating and cut its price target on BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY) from $9 to $7 following Friday's warning.

"We believe BBRY's Board, management, major shareholders and the Canadian government will need to accept a low offer quickly before liquidity... More

BlackBerry (BBRY) Post 'Worst Miss Ever' in Tech - Nomura

September 23, 2013 7:37 AM EDT

Nomura Securities analyst Stuart Jeffrey reiterated a Neutral rating on BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY) and cut his price target from $10 to $9 following Friday's warning.

BlackBerry pre-announced Q2 headline results, saying that revenues will be around $1.6bn (consensus was $3.1bn), that an inventory... More

BlackBerry (BBRY) Updates Outlook: Sees Wider than Expected Q2 Loss; Will Cut 4,500 Jobs

September 20, 2013 3:16 PM EDT

BlackBerry (Nasdaq: BBRY) reports preliminary Q2 results:

-- Company expects GAAP net operating loss of approximately $950 million to $995 million; loss includes a primarily non-cash, pre-tax inventory charge of approximately $930 million to $960 million resulting from the increasingly competitive business environment impacting BlackBerry smartphone volumes, and a pre-tax restructuring charge of $72 million

-- Company expects to report revenue for the second quarter of approximately $1.6 billion; recognizes sales of approximately 3.7 million smartphones in the second quarter

-- Company to refocus on enterprise and prosumer market, offering end-to-end solutions, including hardware, software and services... More