Samsung to buy BlackBerry - report [update]

John Leonard
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BlackBerry shares leap on rumour of buyout

Samsung has offered to purchase Canadian smartphone vendor BlackBerry for $7.5bn, sources have told the Reuters news agency. While neither company has yet commented on the rumours, the source sa...

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