Blackberry: The day the thumbs stood still

Action on Wall Street has slowed to a crawl. Finance rolls on information, and the finance community’s favourite way of sending and receiving - the ubiquitous Blackberry mobile phone - is on the blink. Worse, Research in Motion, the Canadian tech company which operates the Blackberry system, has not given subscribers any updates on when it expects normal service to resume. Although it may seem horrid, it’s not the end of the world, neither for users, nor RIM. RIM is in a delicate state. Motorol...