BlackBerry Maker Posts $125 Million Loss

DEPARTURES

Updated Apr. 21, 2017 5:19PM EDT / Published Mar. 29, 2012 8:18PM EDT

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Calling in some bad news for Research In Motion, the Canadian tech company that makes BlackBerrys. RIM lost $125 million last quarter despite a record number of people owning BlackBerrys and is now doing some serious soul-searching to face the challenges of the market. The bad news was compounded as former chief executive Jim Balsille resigned from the board of directors. (He quit his CEO post in January.) Jim Rowan, the chief operating officer, and David Yach, chief technology officer, are leaving the company as well.

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BlackBerry Maker Posts $125 Million Loss

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