Friday, March 27, 2015

BlackBerry turns a profit, but it's still not selling more smartphones

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BlackBerry is back in the black, but despite numerous attempts at reinvention, the company is still flailing.


The smartphone maker surprised Wall Street by posting a profit of $28 million or $0.05 per share, meeting the expectations of analysts polled by Thomson Reuters. That was enough to help send BlackBerry shares up about 3% in early trading on Friday.



Yet BlackBerry's profit is not a clear business victory. The company's sales continue to slump badly and it did well by cutting costs. The company reported revenue of $660 million for the quarter, well below analyst estimates for revenue of $786 million and down about a third from the $976 million it reported in the same quarter a year earlier Read more...


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