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RBC highlights what they feel RIM needs to do in order to get back on track
To put it bluntly, for the most part -- I really don't pay too much attention to what analysts say. I likely should, but I don't. Most of the time when I read articles related to analysts, the information gets absorbed into my brain -- but to me, they feel like the weathermen of the technology industry in this respect. They could be right, they could be wrong, but most of time it all...
RIM Co-CEO's given 6 months to prove value of Co-CEO position
The tech and business world has been reporting on the value of a Co-CEO position at RIM for quite some time. But the chatter really picked up steam with inventor Northwest & Ethical Investments LP called for the roles to be split up last month. At the annual shareholders meeting this week in Waterloo there was to be a vote on this proposal, but Northwest withdrew their motion and...
RIM shareholder blasts analysts for beating down on RIM while typing out their notes on a BlackBerry
If you tuned into Research In Motions's Annual Meeting of Shareholders, you no doubt heard the statements directed at Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis from a former Queens University student who has an MBA degree in marketing. To put it bluntly, he put RIM on blast for their marketing efforts but he also took the time to go ahead and blast analysts for some of their practices when...
Research In Motion vs. BlackBerry - Which name is better?
A few days ago, BlackBerry CEO John Chen sat down with Bloomberg to discuss his briefings with the White House, MDM and most notable for this post, the changing of the company name from Research In Motion to BlackBerry. Chen noted he liked the name Research In Motion better but alas, was not there when the change over happened so he wasn't able to weigh the pros and cons of it all....