BlackBerry Limited (BB)

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The SEC and Ontario Securities Commission are investigating a Reuters report that Samsung had offered about $7.5 billion to acquire BlackBerry

On January 14th BBRY shot up 30% to $12.60 on the news. Nearly 79 million shares changed hands that day; average trading volume was about 12 million. Shortly after the rumor, both sides denied they were in such talks and the stock fell about 15% after-hours. Regulators are attempting to determine whether someone deliberately fed Reuters the takeover story in order to manipulate shares of BlackBerry.