How RIM can squeeze the shorts
With 38 million shares short as of the end of November (hat tip NBF research analyst Kris Thompson), and Research In Motion (RIM:TSX) potentially in play against its wishes, what’s a CEO to do?...
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NBF hits sell button a 2nd time on RIM
First they went to US$16 at National Bank Financial on tech giant Research In Motion (RIM:TSX, RIMM:Q), now Analyst Kris Thompson says US$10 is the right number. Here’s the skinny that comes with the...
Jimmy & MLSE: the pain of knowing what could have been
Like every shareholder of Research In Motion (RIM:TSX), Jim Balsillie, our favourite CEO, has suffered during the past 24 months. But Jimmy’s been particularly hard done by. There is the annoyance of missing the...
VenGrowth deal dead?
If my source is right, the proposed acquisition of VenGrowth by Covington Funds is dead. Given my affinity for the folks at Covington, GrowthWorks and VenGrowth, one can only have regret for the twists...
Dundee: RIM — Recession vs. Soft Landing
The headline caught my eye, I must admit. Although Canadian equity research analysts are maligned for not being sufficiently critical of our home-grown success story, Research In Motion (RIM:TSX, RIMM:Q), the following snapshot from...
Genuity Research on Mobile World Congress 2010
Let’s face it, visitng Spain is probably more fun than snowy Virginia this week, but you go wherever the deals take you in our business. In the meantime, thanks to the good work at...
RIM chooses share buyback over an 8.5% dividend
RIM has some spare change. Thanks to the fine work of Gary Will, I learned something very exciting today: Research In Motion (TSX:RIM) repurchased 12.3 million shares during the last quarter for the grand...
Worried about RIM part 2
It was just two weeks ago today that I was fussing about the huge Research in Motion advertising GRPs (see prior post “Worried about RIM” Oct 19-09), and what the omnipresent campaign must mean...
Worried about RIM
I suspect that, most days, I make errors in judgment of some form or another. Rarely do they hurt, fortunately, and we all hope to learn from previous mistakes. Like the time I made...
Ericsson’s deal for Nortel very much alive
It is far too quiet on the Ericsson / Nortel / Research In Motion front. No move at the Court of Appeal, no media leaks, no scrums, no industry lobbying, no evidence of any...
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