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Re: Blackberry share trading halted.

This is where a strong leader, with a vision, would have kept them on the right course...

Of course, it's esay to be an armchair quarterback - but turning into a services company, or at least deversifying into one, 4-5 years ago, would have been a brilliant move.

The way I see it, strong leader or not, if the "market" demands you compete with the iphone, you better compete or we'll punish your stock!

A few years back Apple had their best quarter to date, wasn't enough, punish the stock.

At some point the board/major shareholders are going to demand you do something to stop the stock slide.

It's a bullshit racket, BB has been a victim of its on ineptitude. As well as market forces
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Will be interesting to see if other bidders such as Mike Lazaridis for example, come in now, Fairfax has entered the starting bid