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Stock Futures Signal Higher Wall Street Open

Stock index futures pointed to a slightly higher open for equities on Wall Street on Wednesday, with futures for the S&P 500, the Dow Jones and the Nasdaq 100 rising 0.2 to 0.3 percent.

Halliburton to abandon BlackBerry, turn to iPhone

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Oil field services company Halliburton plans to stop issuing BlackBerry smartphones to employees and switch over to Apple's iPhone, which it said was better suited to its needs, marking another setback for Research In Motion.

RIM tells European developers it's ready to compete

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Next-generation software for BlackBerry's smartphones is ready to compete, Research In Motion's new chief executive, Thorsten Heins, told more than 2,000 technical developers on Tuesday, expressing confidence in RIM's long-term future.
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Super Bowl 2012 Drinks: Drinking Games And Recipes For Giants-Patriots Game

Super Bowl 2012: Top 9 Apps for New England Patriots vs. New York Giants Game

The 2012 Super Bowl will feature a heated game between the New England Patriots led by Tom Brady and the New York Giants led by Eli Manning. Sports fans in Indianapolis and at home will be able to follow the game closely with new mobile apps made for the 2012 Super Bowl. Follow the game closely with one of these nine top Super Bowl 2012 apps.
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Amazon Kindle Fire vs $265 Spark Tablet: A New Contender in the Economy Tablet Class?

Amazon's Kindle Fire tablet sold six million units in 2011, but a new contender in the economy tablet class has emerged. It's called the Spark tablet, and at $265, it's certainly much cheaper than almost any other seven inch tablet. Not as cheap as the $200 Kindle Fire, though. It's not a hybrid tablet, but the Spark runs an operating system called Plasma Active, an open-source OS by K Desktop Environment (KDE) and Germany based open-slx.
Research in Motion CEO Thorsten Heins is pictured during an interview with Thomson Reuters in New York, January 27, 2012.

RIM CEO Eyes 'Ssignificant' Plans for BlackBerry

Research in Motion's Thorsten Heins plans to waste no time in his new job. The BlackBerry maker's chief executive said he will present the board with his plan for company's future in just a matter of weeks.
Research in Motion CEO Thorsten Heins is pictured during an interview with Thomson Reuters in New York, January 27, 2012.

RIM's New CEO Preps 'Significant' Plans for BlackBerry Maker

Research In Motion Ltd.'s Thorsten Heins plans to waste no time in his new job. The BlackBerry maker's CEO said he will present the board with his plans for company's future in just a matter of weeks. The German-born executive, who took over last weekend, said his plans for RIM would be significant.
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RIM CEO eyes significant plans for BlackBerry

Research in Motion's Thorsten Heins plans to waste no time in his new job. The BlackBerry maker's chief executive said he will present the board with his plan for company's future in just a matter of weeks.
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Nokia Clawing its Way Into Smartphone War With Lumia Windows Phones

Before the iPhone debuted in 2007, Nokia was virtually alone in the smartphone world, and ever since then, it (and everyone else) has been chasing Apple. Nokia still sells more mobile phones than any other company, but mostly they are of the feature phone variety that don't have touchscreens and data plans. Nokia announced Jan. 26 they had lost over a billion dollars worth of business in the last three months of 2011, but their new line of Windows Phone-powered Lumia smartph...
Thorsten Heins poses for a portrait at Research in Motion headquarters in Waterloo

RIM Shares Bounce Back After Shuffle-Related Drop

Shares of Research In Motion rose 8.6 percent on Wednesday, rebounding after two days of declines on disappointment over the choice of an company insider as the BlackBerry maker's new chief executive.
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Prem Watsa brings hope to RIM's restless shareholders

The arrival of the man known as the Warren Buffett of North on Research In Motion's board this week offers a ray of hope to the BlackBerry maker's impatient shareholders after their disappointment that an insider was named new chief executive.
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Insider is Surprise Pick as New BlackBerry CEO

Insider Thorsten Heins, the new chief executive at BlackBerry maker RIM, is a surprise choice for those looking for a transformational leader from outside to turn around the Canadian group's fortunes.
Thorsten Heins poses for a portrait at the Research in Motion (RIM) company headquarters in Waterloo, Ontario, January 22, 2012.

RIM's New Leader Raises Doubts among Investors

The new leader at Research In Motion on Monday dismissed talk of drastic change at the BlackBerry maker, a declaration seized on by impatient investors who say Thorsten Heins has only 12 to 18 months to turn RIM around.
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RIM May Restructure as New CEO Takes the Helm

After conducting an in-depth study, Research In Motion Ltd.'s (NASDAQ: RIMM) new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Thorsten Heins will conclude that a significant restructuring is necessary, as the company cannot otherwise compete with Apple Inc. and Google Inc.'s Android operating system, said brokerage firm Jefferies.
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New RIM CEO Heins Takes Control of Sinking Ship

Here's a good one you may not have heard unless you are a (disgruntled) Research in Motion investor. It's about new Research in Motion (RIM) CEO Thorsten Heins, and his insistence that there will be no drastic change at the struggling maker of BlackBerry.

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