2 posts and columns on James Balsillie

Why Verizon’s iPhone Won’t Be So Bad for RIM

in Enterprise on January 10, 2011 at 9:29 am PT

A year ago, an iPhone on Verizon would have been a disaster for Research In Motion. This year, it will only sting, which says a lot about how RIM’s business has improved.

Backdating Settlement in Motion, Redux

in News on February 17, 2009 at 3:52 pm PT

Two weeks after Canadian regulators dropped the hammer on Blackberry maker Research-In-Motion for its stock option backdating scheme, the Securities and Exchange Commission has dropped it again. Today, the agency charged four RIM execs with illegally granting stock options to company employees over an eight-year period from 1998 through 2006.
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