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• Research In Motion (Nasdaq: RIMM) bids farewell to co-chief executives Jim Balsallie and Mike Lazaridis in a management shift that the company hopes will make it more competitive against Google's (Nasdaq: GOOG) Android and Apple's (Nasdaq: AAPL) iPhone devices.
• Apache (NYSE: APA), one of the biggest U.S. gas producers, is buying privately held oil and gas company Cordillera Energy Partners III for $2.85 billion in cash and stock.

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