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With its two co-CEOs Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis – who own 10 per cent stake in the company – under increasing pressure for changes in management, RIM shareholders are voting next month on the shared role of the two bosses.
Scaling back the outlook for the iconic company, RBC Dominion Securities of the top Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) described the BlackBerry maker as “bloody, but not broken” yet.
RBC analyst Mike Abramsky said, “Although it’s possible RIM fails to turn itself around, that outcome may be premature, given sustained positives like 68 million subscribers, service growth, enterprise leadership, #1 share in several markets, healthy margins, cash flow. Our estimates become $21.4-billion revenue and $5.60 (earnings per share).”
The warnings are also to occupy the top 20 percent of every advertisement of companies such as Altria Group Inc’s Philip Morris unit, Reynolds American Inc’s R.J. Reynolds unit and Lorillard Inc’s Lorillard Co.
The anti-smoking group Campaign for Free-Kids said the images represent a dramatic change from current health warnings.
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Journalist Miguel Angel Lopez Velasco and his family were shot inside their Veracruz home with a 9 mm handgun, said state prosecutor Jorge Yunis. Press freedom groups say Mexico is the most dangerous country in the Americas for journalists. More than 60 reporters have been killed in Mexico since 2000.
Iran’s foreign minister was under pressure Monday to dismiss his deputy, part of a burgeoning power struggle involving President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the parliament and the powerful Muslim clergy. Ahmadinejad is in danger of losing the backing of the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has the final say on all state matters in Iran. Experts say the conflicts are mostly about internal politics and not about overall policy.
7 Sudan pact: Northern and Southern Sudan agreed Monday to withdraw their forces from the disputed border region of Abyei, while Ethiopian peacekeepers will deploy in the area. Sudan’s army seized the main town in Abyei on May 21 after accusing Southern Sudan’s security forces of attacking its troops. The south is due to become independent on July 9.