The mighty has fallen. Fairfax to acquire Blackberry for $4.7 b

Fairfax Financial Holdings has agreed to acquire BlackBerry in a deal worth $4.7 billion, both companies announced Monday.

The Toronto-based financial holdings conglomerate has agreed to pay $9 per share for the beleaguered mobile company — a premium of about 9%. Shares of BlackBerry were trading at $8.23 per share before a freeze was initiated.

Nigerian Blog Award 2013

Please I need your nomination for the ongoing 2013 Nigerian Blog Award.

Login to the site http://nigerianblogawards.com and nominate me in the following categories:

For ucheude.blogspot.com

Best Entertainment Blog

Best News Blog

Best New Blog

While for 9jaherald.blogspot.com

Best New Blog

The selected nominees of the 2013 Nigerian Blog Awards will be announced on November 4 and the voting period for the nominees commence on November 11 to December 8.