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Qatar Holdings will join other companies in investing in Blackberry. (Image credit: Shutterstock)

November 10th, 2013 - 05:44 GMT

Qatar Holding to invest in troubled Blackberry

Qatar Holding joined the group led by BlackBerry’s largest shareholder Fairfax Financial Holdings in making the cash infusion after the company abandoned hopes of finding a buyer earlier this month.

Last month alone, Blackberry reported a second-quarter net loss of $965m (Pictured: Blackberry Z10)

November 4th, 2013 - 03:42 GMT

Breaking: Blackberry no longer selling iself

The $4.7 billion offer from Fairfax, which already owns about 10 per cent of BlackBerry, is a powerful symbol of phone maker’s decline. In June 2008 — a time when BlackBerrys defined smartphones — the company had a stock market value of $83 billion.

September 24th, 2013 - 01:24 GMT

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Qatar Holding to invest in troubled Blackberry

Breaking: Blackberry no longer selling iself

Will the buy-out rescue Blackberry?