RIM
RIM Secretly looking for a new CEO
2011 was a difficult year for Research in Motion (aka RIM) and it’s 2 CO-CEOs: Mike Lazaridis and Jim Blasillie. Now Canada’s Financial post is reporting that the firm may be searching for a new replacement CEO. The paper’s unnamed source believes Barbara Stymiest may be the frontrunner for the new job. She is a member of the RIM board, former head of the TSX Group Inc and the former Chief Operating Officer of Royal Bank of Canada. The market seemed to like the rumor since RIM stock edged up slightly after the news hit the market.
Blackberry Playbook fire sale at $99
In Canada, our major retailers have been selling the Playbooks for up to $300 MSRP for the last 2 weeks and some of them are now sold out (Best Buy and FutureShop). In addition to this promo, Research In Motion (RIM) is also giving away a free 16GB Playbook with the upgrade of an enterprise BES server to v5 until December 31. Rim seems to be in a very festive mood becauseThe Verge is reporting that Blackberry is hawking its 16GB tablet for $99 on its employee only portal.