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The Globe and Mail reports Fairfax injecting funds instead of buying BlackBerry Instead of proceeding with a buyout deal, Fairfax and a group of unnamed investors – which sources say includes a Middle Eastern sovereign wealth fund – agreed to pump $1-billion into the smartphone maker, giving it more money to work with as it…

It feels like it wasn’t too long ago that BlackBerry was a major player in the smartphone market and a status icon. BlackBerry CEO steps down as company secures $1 billion funding from investors Today was always going to be a momentous day for BlackBerry, with a looming deadline for its proposed takeover deal with…