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Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) June 19--BlackBerry Thailand, the smartphone maker based in Canada, admits it is facing a leadership vacuum amid intensifying local competition.

Since the revelations of widespread intelligence-agency eavesdropping on the digital communications of millions of people in the United States and around the world, governments and technology companies have been under immense pressure to explain exactly how pervasive the monitoring has become.

Research In Motion Ltd was not implicated as having a role in the National Security agency PRISM online-surveillance program that was leaked in recent days - at least in the U.S. - but it has found itself embroiled in its own security- and intelligence-related controversy when a British newspaper revealed through documents released by NSA leaker ... (more)

A bug in the system designed to help users find their lost cell phone could be used to gain access to the phone, either physically or over Wi-Fi.

Research In Motion Ltd managed to buck last week's broad-market sell-off, and by the time the closing bell rang on Friday, the stock had tacked on more than 4% total over the five sessions.

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Research In Motion Ltd is not exactly making much headway in the smartphone wars among consumers, despite generating some generally positive reviews and buzz about its BlackBerry 10 operating system and its associated devices that have released so far this year .

Thorsten Heins, CEO of Research in Motion, introduces the BlackBerry 10, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013 in New York.

Meanwhile, data from the International Securities Exchange , Chicago Board Options Exchange , and NASDAQ OMX PHLX shows a 10-day call/put volume ratio of 3.82 for Research In Motion Ltd , confirming calls bought to open have nearly quadrupled puts during the past two weeks.

Safeway Inc, DRDGOLD, Men's Wearhouse, Research In Motion, Vanda Pharmaceuticals, J.C. Penney, QUALCOMM Inc and Siemens AG are among the companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trading on Thursday.

Editor's Note: Related tickers: Research In Motion Ltd , Apple Inc. , Microsoft Corporation , Intel Corporation , Nokia Corporation BlackBerry UK boss Rob Orr quits with immediate effect Research In Motion Ltd UK and Ireland managing director Rob Orr has quit with immediate effect The manufacturer said in a statement: "Rob Orr has resigned as ... (more)

Speculative players have been taking sides on BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd , commodity concern United States Steel Corporation , and blue-chip financial issue Bank of America Corp , according to data from the major options exchanges.

At this point, Research In Motion Ltd BlackBerry is well aware that it must do whatever it can to separate itself from the pack.

The next earnings season is only a few weeks away. A number of companies have racked up important questions since their last report, and I'm looking forward to their upcoming updates.

BlackBerry kept its promises to deliver a qwerty keyboard and a touch screen in a hybrid smartphone this week.

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Modern BlackBerrys with physical keyboards are now available in the U.S., months after the touch-screen versions went on sale.

Research In Motion Ltd has been spared from the broad-market bloodbath today, with the stock up 1.1% to trade at $13.68 .

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LET'S FACE it: the reign of buttons is over. BlackBerrys, once the hallmark of the corporate set, have become second rate as iPhones and Androids have overtaken the cellular market.