November is starting fairly disastrously for the gentle giant of the north. Apart from crack-huffing mayors and bordello-visiting pop stars, Canada must now face another abrupt reversal of fortune regarding its most important tech company, BlackBerry. Many would argue that it’s no surprise BlackBerry did not find a buyer, but the 15% plunge in the company’s share price on Monday morning suggests otherwise. Wall Street was actually lulled into false hope about a consortium of buyers swooping in, most likely because there has been an extraordinary series of leaks about-potential buyers in recent weeks, from Apple’s former CEO and Facebook to Qualcomm and Cerberus. Day after day, the markets were fed a stream of tantalizing ideas about new buyers scooping



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