BlackBerry shares were halted in trading less than an hour before the close of the U.S. stock markets on Friday afternoon. According to CNBC, there is pending news coming.
BREAKING: BlackBerry halted, news pending. $ BBRY—
(@CNBC) September 20, 2013
It’s no secret that BlackBerry has been looking for a buyer so this could be the prelude to an official deal announcement for the company. Earlier this week, it was reported that the company would be cutting up to 40 percent of its workforce before year end.
After the trading halt, Bloomberg tweeted information about job cuts, saying 4,500 will be let go. Bloomberg is also reporting a $ 930m-$ 960 million pretax inventory charge an operating expenses cut of 50 percent by 2015.
MORE: BlackBerry sees $ 930m-$ 960 million pretax charge on inventory; to cut operating
expenditures by 50% by 2015—
Bloomberg News (@BloombergNews) September 20, 2013
The company has put out a press release confirming Bloomberg’s information.
This post was updated several times as new information became available.
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