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"BlackBerry is reportedly planning to sell itself by this November. The company, which put itself up for sale in August, is hoping to sell at least parts of the firm in the next few months, says The Wall Street Journal.  According to the report, board members are concerned Microsoft&amp;#039;s recent acquisition of Nokia may affect BlackBerry&amp;#039;s value and therefore want a quick deal. Bert Nordberg, a former CEO of Sony Ericsson and currently a BlackBerry board member, said that there are &amp;quot;subsets within the company that it can get rid of&amp;quot;. &amp;quot;I think BlackBerry is able to survive as a niche company. But being a niche company means deciding to be a niche company,&amp;quot; he added. The launch of the BlackBerry 10 operating system and range of hardware has failed to make the impact the company was hoping for, with recent figures suggesting it has fallen behind Microsoft&amp;#039;s Windows Phone 8 in terms of users. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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