Make Blackberry reported a record loss, the company may be sold

The manufacturer of BlackBerry smartphones RIM will published financial report, which led to a sharp drop in its stock price immediately on 10%. Because of poor record-breaking results of the place will lose several top managers, including operational and technological Directors RIM.
Thorsten Hines, who in January took over as head of RIM instead of Jim Bales and Mike Lazaridis, admitted the possibility of selling the company, after reports were published about the catastrophic fall in sales. Revenue fell to the producer 25% last quarter, including the Christmas period - a time when Apple was selling millions of iPhone and iPad.

Heins has recognized that the situation with Research in Motion has deteriorated. Companies' need to learn to be a partner, "rather than assume that it can do to develop the phones and the operating system itself, he said.

"Revision of the strategy will consider measures to reduce costs, not excluded the possibility of selling the company, if there was a potential buyer," - he added.

After the news the company's shares have fallen by 10%. Revenues for the quarter ended March 3, fell from 5.6 last year to 4.2 billion dollars. Over the past year, RIM has lost almost 80%, in what analysts have accused management of the company.

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