RIM CEO promises new strategy in "two weeks"

Mon Jan 30 2012, 12:14 PM

Research In Motion's (RIM) newly appointed CEO, Thorsten Heins, will deliver "significant" plans for the ailing manufacturer to the board in "two weeks", as he attempts to lead a major turnaround in the firm's fortunes. He is dismissing rumours that RIM is planning to split up or sell its business as "drastic", saying that such seismic changes would "tear the company apart". Shareholders will be looking for decisive leadership from Heins, with the unusual joint-stewardship of former co-CEOs, Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie, perceived as paralysing the decision-making process at the firm. "What I do with the company is my decision. The CEO runs the company," says Heins.

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