de-RARED: Microsoft said to be in the early stages of examining multi-billion dollar takeover bid for BlackBerry - part 3

I have decided to "de-RARE" or rather remove the RARE tag from my Microsoft/BlackBerry story/series after speaking to a few more decent sources about the tale.

Don't, however, get too excited. I still believe Microsoft is in the "early stages" of looking at BlackBerry with its bankers at Deutsche Bank and Goldman Sachs.

RARE ALERT: Microsoft said to be in early stages of examining multi-billion takeover for bid for Blackberry - part 2

David Faber of CNBC fame has just released an interesting report on how Microsoft held $50 billion plus takeover talks with Salesforce in early May that eventually fizzled out over price. Here is a link to Faber's piece:

http://www.cnbc.com/id/102702029

RARE ALERT: Microsoft said to be in the early stages of examining multi-billion dollar takeover bid for BlackBerry

Wow - the RARE is coming in thick and fast today (see below).

I understand technology giant Microsoft has asked investment bankers to examine whether it should purchase BlackBerry, the device manufacturer.