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BlackBerry Maker Beats Own Forecast

Company earns $287.7M as gadgets reach beyond work world

By Lucas Laursen, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 5, 2007 8:00 AM CDT

(Newser) – BlackBerry maker Research In Motion beat its own forecasts for the second quarter, earning profits of $287.7 million, twice what it made the same quarter last year. Earnings were predicted to jump from 50 cents a share to between 59 and 63 next quarter.... Read full story »

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