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"BlackBerry co-founders Mike Lazaridis and Douglas Fregin are considering bidding for the smartphone manufacturer. Speculation on the two businessmen joining forces arose when a published SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) filing confirmed that a bid from the duo for &amp;quot;all or a portion of the assets or equity interests&amp;quot; is on the cards.  According to the document, Lazaridis and Fregin, who currently own 8% of BlackBerry Ltd, have lined up their investment companies to &amp;quot;work exclusively with each other with respect to any potential acquisition of all or a portion of the assets or equity interests&amp;quot;. The co-founders are exploring their options and have enlisted assistance from Goldman Sachs and Centreview Partners aiming towards &amp;quot;a potential acquisition of all the outstanding shares of the issuer that they do not currently own, either by themselves or with other interested investors&amp;quot;. BlackBerry&amp;#039;s troubles were revealed when the company posted a quarterly loss of almost $1 billion. The smartphone giant is slashing some 40% of its work force and retreating from the consumer market due to fierce competition from Apple, Google&amp;#039;s Android system and Samsung&amp;#039;s Galaxy range. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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