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RIM Gains on Report Samsung May Be Interested in Making Bid
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Research In Motion Ltd., maker of the BlackBerry smartphone, rose 8 percent after a report that Samsung Electronics Co. may be interested in buying the company.
RIM advanced to $17.47 at the close in New York. Samsung may be interested in buying RIM, and no deal has been made because Waterloo, Ontario-based RIM is asking too much, the blog BGR reported today, without identifying its sources.