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Microsoft Said to Examine BlackBerry Takeover Bid: Betaville 2015-05-15 18:56:14.36 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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