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Mike Lazaridis

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  • BlackBerry-maker RIM unveils prototype

    to $13.64 in early afternoon trading.Heins made his first major speech since replacing longtime chiefs Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis in January. Lazaridis announced a month earlier that the often-delayed operating system would be delayed again until later   Read more »

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  • BlackBerry-maker RIM investors look for sale

    Research In Motion Ltd. investors see an outright sale as the best choice for the BlackBerry maker after a series of failed turnaround efforts led management to explore strategic options. RIM said this week it hired JPMorgan Chase & Co. and RBC Capital M 5/31/12 from Toronto Star Read more »

  • How the 'CrackBerry' cracked

    The bad news from BlackBerry owner Research in Motion just gets worse, as the Canadian group has warned of an operating loss in the second quarter to June. RIM, once the darling of the smartphone industry before being eclipsed by Apple and Samsung, appea   from The Independent Read more »

  • RIM: What the hell happened?

    FORTUNE -- If aliens had disembarked at Orlando's Marriott Hotel in early May, they would have probably thought the BlackBerry the latest and greatest technology on Earth. Everywhere, devotees tapped away at their glossy black smartphones' keyboards. Ban   from Fortune Read more »

  • Rumor: RIM drops plans to bring BBM to Android, iPhone

    Unnamed source disputes rumored BBM on other platforms Research in Motion may not open up its BlackBerry Messenger service as previously thought . Rumors that the BBM service would expand to Android handsets and iPhones, as evidenced by a photo of a beta   from Electronista Read more »

  • Time for compliments

    Former Research In Motion co-CEOs Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie have endured much criticism of late — both of them with regard to RIM, and Balsillie in relation to the Balsillie School of International Affairs and the school’s agreements with the Univ   from The Record Read more »

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About Mike Lazaridis

Mihalis "Mike" Lazaridis, OC, O.Ont (born March 14, 1961, Istanbul, Turkey) is the founder and co-CEO of Research In Motion (RIM), which created and manufactures the BlackBerry wireless handheld device. He is also a former chancellor of the University of Waterloo, and an Officer of the Order of Canada.

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