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According to a Reuters report, Research in Motion has hired law firm Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP to work out a restructuring deal that could include selling assets, seeking joint ventures or licensing patents.

The report claims that RIM was “very far down the road” in discussions with carriers to implement Jim Balsillie’s plan of enabling RIM’s network services on low end smartphones which could have added as much as $4 billion in revenue.

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Video: Research in Motion on the Verge of Hiring a Bank to Weigh Options

by Robb Dunewood on April 18, 2012 · 2 comments

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by Robb Dunewood on March 19, 2012 · 0 comments

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Press Release: Research In Motion Names Thorsten Heins President and CEO

by Robb Dunewood on January 22, 2012 · 0 comments

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by Robb Dunewood on November 28, 2011 · 1 comment

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Word on the street is that Research in Motion is offering the 16 GB BlackBerry PlayBook to its employees for just $100. Each employee is eligible to snag up to 5 devices, so, if you know someone who works for RIM and you want to get an credibly cheap tablet, you may want to hit Read more...

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by Robb Dunewood on November 10, 2011 · 0 comments

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Research in Motions Official Statement on Internet Outage

by Robb Dunewood on November 8, 2011 · 0 comments

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Yesterday I started hearing that some BlackBerry users were having problems with delayed messages on Twitter, email, and browsing the web.  Rumors that Research in Motion was having some type of outage started to spread, but, as it turns out, there was actually a problem with the internet… There was a global Internet issue this Read more...

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by Robb Dunewood on October 13, 2011 · 5 comments

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by Robb Dunewood on October 12, 2011 · 6 comments

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