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Canadian Blackberry looking for new buyers, according to a report the agency Reuters . The text reveals that the company is in contact with tech giants like Google, Intel and Samsung, to know if there is any interest in acquiring it. In late September, the company announced that it had received an offer of $ 4.7 billion of U.S. insurer Fairfax Financial Holdings, its largest shareholder. But, despite having shown interest, the Blackberry has not closed the deal, which shows that its executives are seeking new opportunities to increase the value of the company before selling it.
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The agency further states that the Canadian company analyzes a second option: a partial acquisition. In this case, only a portion of the equity would be negotiated with stakeholders, as their corporate security services, which are among the best in the world, according to market analysts.
In August, Blackberry announced that it was exploring new alternatives to face the crisis. Among these solutions, was the sale of the company, which would turn her into a private company again.
The company, which has come to be worth almost $ 100 billion in 2007, eventually losing out to rivals like Apple and Samsung, which now dominate the smartphone market. Two weeks ago, its executives issued a quarterly loss of nearly $ 1 billion. The losses resulting from bad decisions forced Blackberry cut 4,500 employees , or 40% of its workforce in the world.
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