Microsoft Said to Examine BlackBerry Takeover Bid: Betaville
2015-05-15 18:56:14.44 GMT
By Joshua Fineman and Clyde Eltzroth
(Bloomberg) -- Microsoft asking Deutsche Bank, Goldman to
consider whether it should potentially bid for Blackberry,
Betaville said, citing unidentified City sources.
* MSFT hasn’t made approach for BBRY; in early stages of
examining BBRY; very possible BBRY decides against bid
* MSFT may want to get BBRY patents
* BBRY up as much as 7.4%, most intraday since Jan. 22
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2015-05-15 18:56:14.44 GMT
By Joshua Fineman and Clyde Eltzroth
(Bloomberg) -- Microsoft asking Deutsche Bank, Goldman to
consider whether it should potentially bid for Blackberry,
Betaville said, citing unidentified City sources.
* MSFT hasn’t made approach for BBRY; in early stages of
examining BBRY; very possible BBRY decides against bid
* MSFT may want to get BBRY patents
* BBRY up as much as 7.4%, most intraday since Jan. 22
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Joshua Fineman in New York at +1-212-617-8953 or
jfineman@bloomberg.net;
Clyde Eltzroth in New York at +1-212-617-1879 or
celtzroth1@bloomberg.net
To contact the editors responsible for this story:
Arie Shapira at +1-212-617-1488 or
ashapira3@bloomberg.net
Chapin Wright