John Jackson, an analyst at CCS Insight in San Francisco, said he thinks that there will be a lot more takeovers in the mobile market, and that RIM could be a target.
At the same time, he said, investors could just be betting that RIM will make it through the turbulence.
“I absolutely think there’s a chance that RIM could turn it around and get back in there,” he said.
Still. A name change might not be such a bad thing.
Research In Motion jumps on job cut reports, takeover talk (Reuters)