Monday, January 21, 2013

RIM shares rise to 13-month high on hopes strategic review



Shares of Research In Motion rose to a 13-month high on Monday after its chief executive said the company can. Strategic alliances with other companies that look after the introduction of new devices by Blackberry RIM provides 10 operating systemIn an interview with a German newspaper on Monday, said Thorsten Heins, the chief executive, ongoing review RIM could possibly be the sale of the mobile phone business or licensing its software rival smartphone companies lead."The main thing now is to successfully introduce BlackBerry 10. Then we'll see," Heins has been reported as saying.The company, on its new line of devices 30th Starting in January, played the role of the comments say that Heins comments were consistent with his earlier statements."We do not have anything new to our strategic review at this time report," said RIM spokesman Nick Manning.The opinions will be forwarded RIM Toronto-listed shares as much as 17.6 percent, with stock. 15.3 percent to C $ 18.12 at 1400 ET The Company is generally no longer active Nasdaq-listed shares were traded on Monday, as the U.S. financial markets were closed for a public holiday.RIM announced a wide-ranging strategic review in May last year in which it was expected to examine all the options, from software licensing deals. An outright sale of the companyThe company practically invented mobile email based with its first BlackBerry device more than a decade ago, but its market share evaporate as consumers to Apple Inc iPhone and devices on Google's Android operating system, flocked. RIM hopes its redesigned line of touch screen and keyboard helps it regain market share.RIM shares are approaching nearly 90 percent from a record high of more than C $ 150 in 2008, but the stock has been in the last four months of the introduction of the BlackBerry collected 10 units. The shares have almost tripled in value since dipping as low as C $ 6.10 in late September.The stock rose more than 6 percent on Friday alone after an influential analyst raised his rating on the company and said that the BlackBerry 10 operating system performed as well or better than competitors in recent tests.Byron Capital analyst Tom Astle on Monday raised its price target on RIM shares to C $ 18 from C $ 14"There are several emerging data points, this could be a successful product cycle than many expected to beat," Astle said in a note to clients.
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