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John Paczkowski in Mobile on December 26, 2013 at 1:14 pm PT
Evidently some folks really did believe BlackBerry co-founder Mike Lazaridis was going to swoop in like a deus ex machina and return the dilapidated smartphone pioneer to its former glory. Shares in the sadly diminished company closed down nearly nine percent at $7.05 on the revelation that Lazaridis has
abandoned his, let’s face it,
largely fantastical bid for the company, and reduced his combined stake with co-founder Doug Fregin to below five percent from eight percent.