Jim Balsillie articles

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  Former Blackberry co-CEO sells off entire stake in the company he helped build

  By Chris Welch on February 14, 2013 12:26 pm + 56 comments

  A document filed by BlackBerry today reveals that Jim Balsillie, who formerly served as co-CEO along Continue reading…

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  Jim Balsillie quit RIM over veto of radical reinvention, BBM expansion, says Reuters

  By Vlad Savov on April 13, 2012 07:42 am + 52 comments

  One half of RIM's former co-CEO pairing, Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis, is today reported to have Continue reading…

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  Jim Balsillie resigns from RIM's board as poor earnings loom

  By Chris Ziegler on March 29, 2012 04:53 pm + 36 comments

  Jim Balsillie has departed RIM just months after stepping down as co-CEO. "As I complete my Continue reading…

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  'Research, no motion' now available for Kindle

  By Joshua Topolsky on February 24, 2012 11:57 am + 93 comments

  If you haven't read our big feature on RIM yet (what? you haven't?) — we're now offering a new way Continue reading…

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  Research, no motion: How the BlackBerry CEOs lost an empire

  By Jesse Hicks on February 21, 2012 09:34 am + 371 comments

  Research In Motion, whose BlackBerry phones pioneered wireless email, no longer holds the commanding Continue reading…

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  RIM chairwoman Barbara Stymiest says board shakeup isn't over

  By Jeff Blagdon on February 3, 2012 06:33 am + 6 comments

  In an interview with Bloomberg Businessweek, RIM’s new chairwoman Barbara Stymiest made clear that Continue reading…

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  RIM: Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis step down, co-COO Thorsten Heins is the new CEO

  By Dieter Bohn on January 22, 2012 09:17 pm + 124 comments

  It looks like the shake up everybody has been expecting at RIM has finally come to pass. Jim Continue reading…

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  RIM replacing Balsillie and Lazaridis as chairmen of the board, Financial Post says

  By Chris Ziegler on January 3, 2012 10:17 am + 90 comments

  There's been no shortage of stockholder (and customer) discontent directed at RIM in the past year, Continue reading…

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  Turmoil at RIM: a new CEO, BlackBerry 10 delays, and buyout rumors

  By Dieter Bohn on December 26, 2011 11:59 pm

  It has been a tough year for RIM. The BlackBerry PlayBook has not seen much success, its co-CEO Continue reading…

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  WSJ: Pressure intensifying on RIM's co-CEOs

  By Dieter Bohn on December 26, 2011 11:58 pm + 36 comments

  RIM is just over a month away from the expected release of an "independent committee" report on Continue reading…