RIM CEO Has Rocky Start as Steady Approach Disappoints Some

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Research In Motion Ltd.’s Thorsten Heins got off to a rocky start to his tenure as the BlackBerry maker’s chief executive officer.

Investors clamoring for a strategic shakeup were instead told by Heins on a conference call this morning that no “drastic change” is needed. The comments sent the stock sliding, more than erasing a gain of as much as 7.6 percent in early trading.