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Insiders Claim BlackBerry Routinely Hands Over BBM Messages To Help Police Forces 'Kick Ass'
Thursday, June 9, 2016 - 1:48pm | 289Read More...Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) dominated the headlines when the company refused to give into the FBI's request to help it unlock the iPhone used by a terrorist involved in the San Bernardino shooting. On the other hand, a new report suggests BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ: BBRY) has been "enthusiastically"...
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BlackBerry Just Has 'Too Many Headwinds'; Macquarie Starts Coverage At Underperform
Wednesday, May 18, 2016 - 2:48pm | 428Read More...Macquarie has initiated coverage on BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ: BBRY) at Underperform, with a target price of $6.90, saying the company has "too many headwinds." Macquarie is concerned over BlackBerry's high margin service business "going to zero" and the viability of handset business and messenger...
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BlackBerry Loses 1% Despite Announcement Of New BBM Features
Tuesday, April 5, 2016 - 11:28am | 232Read More...BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ: BBRY) announced on Tuesday it has launched a new BBM (BlackBerry Messenger) release on Android, iOS and BlackBerry devices. The company touted the platform's new security features that allow users to control messages and content they share without a subscription fee...
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BlackBerry Is Winning In Indonesia
Tuesday, March 1, 2016 - 12:47pm | 331Read More...BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ: BBRY)'s popularity in the North American market has certainly faded over the past few years, but the company is seeing success elsewhere— particularly in Indonesia. According to The Wall Street Journal, the Indonesian market continues to show loyalty toward BlackBerry...
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BlackBerry's BBM Reportedly Helps Expose Corruption Scandal In Brazil
Tuesday, April 7, 2015 - 11:42am | 201Read More...According to several media outlets, BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ: BBRY) has played a major role in helping Brazilian prosecutors expose a major corruption scandal at Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras SA (ADR) (NYSE: PBR). Apparently, the people allegedly involved in this graft ring had exchanged...
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BlackBerry: 'There Is No Reason We Will Not Bring BBM API To Developers'
Tuesday, March 3, 2015 - 9:04am | 134Read More...Following BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ: BBRY) delivering its keynote presentation at the Mobile World Congress 2015, the company answered a question relating to the "BlackBerry Experience." According to N4bb.com ("News for BlackBerrys"), BlackBerry was asked a question if it ever plans on opening up an...
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BlackBerry CEO John Chen: We Could Monetize BBM To $100 Million For The Fiscal Year
Thursday, January 8, 2015 - 8:06am | 356Read More...BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ: BBRY) had a busy day on Wednesday as the company came out with back-to-back announcements. One being AT&T (NYSE: T)will now sell Blackberry's Classic phone along with redesigned Passport; the other being integration of BBM to support wearable technology....
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Deutsche Bank Unconvinced Following BlackBerry Analyst Day
Friday, November 14, 2014 - 1:21pm | 195Read More...Brian Modoff of Deutsche Bank is skeptical of BlackBerry Ltd's (NASDAQ: BBRY) prospects of a full turn-around following the company's analyst day in San Francisco on Wednesday. "We came away slightly more encouraged on the overall plan for the company," Modoff wrote in a note to clients on...
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Market Wrap For March 25: Markets Snap Two-Day Losing Steak On Confidence Data
Tuesday, March 25, 2014 - 4:24pm | 1840Read More...U.S. stocks rebounded from a two-day losing streak as investors found plenty of positives in consumer confidence data which hit a six-year high in March. According to the Fed's Philadelphia chief Charles Plosser the Fed sees its bond purchasing program ending in October or November with rate...
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Market Wrap For February 25: Markets End The Day Relatively Flat
Tuesday, February 25, 2014 - 5:38pm | 2952Read More...U.S. stocks fell on Tuesday as investors found a decline in consumer confidence as reason enough to keep stocks from moving higher. The S&P 500 retreated from its record all time high set yesterday but took a run above the 1,850 level in the late morning. The all time high for the index is...
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Market Wrap For Febuary 20: S&P 500 Inches Closer To New Highs
Thursday, February 20, 2014 - 5:46pm | 3262Read More...U.S. stocks overcame mixed economic data and earning reports as the S&P 500 inches towards new all time highs and the Dow recorded an almost triple digit point gain. Jobless claims declined less than expected while consumer prices met expectations and rose slightly. Data from the...
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Top Trending Tickers On StockTwits For February 20
Thursday, February 20, 2014 - 12:45pm | 835Read More...Here's a look at the top tickers trending on StockTwits.com Facebook: $16 billion acquisition On Wednesday, Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) announced that is acquiring mobile messaging leader WhatsApp for $16 billion in stock and cash in addition to $3 billion worth of restrict stock units. WhatsApp has...
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BlackBerry's Andrew Bocking Leaves Company
Tuesday, February 11, 2014 - 12:15pm | 204Read More...Andrew Bocking, the chief executive vice president in charge of BlackBerry's (NASDAQ: BBRY) BlackBerry Messenger has decided to leave the company, according to the BGR. BGR also reports that according to a source, Bocking was let go and was not pleased with BlackBerry as a whole, even using an...
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Market Wrap For February 10: Markets Cautious Ahead Of Yellen Testimony
Monday, February 10, 2014 - 5:47pm | 3302Read More...U.S. stocks traded mixed today as investors are anxiously waiting for Tuesday's testimony from Janet Yellen. Yellen will make her first appearance before the U.S. House of Representatives with a Senate session scheduled for Thursday. Elliot Spar, market strategist at Stifel told CNBC that "...
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BlackBerry Workforce May be Cut Up to 40 Percent (BBRY)
Friday, September 20, 2013 - 9:32am | 669Read More...Things are not going well at BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY). Everybody knows that. The company is getting ready to cut its workforce by as much as 40 percent by the end of the year, according to The Wall Street Journal. As of March, BlackBerry had 12,700 employees. Under the worst-case scenario, by...
