Samsung wants to buy BlackBerry for $7.5 billion: The history and future of the two brands

Now, according to Reuters, Samsung wants to "gain access" to BlackBerry's patent portfolio and has therefore offered to buy the company for as much as $7.5 billion. Executives from the two companies supposedly met last week to discuss the potential buyout.

Samsung wants to buy BlackBerry for as much as $7.5 billion, Reuters reports. And while the deal is far from done -- in fact, both companies are denying it -- the news was enough to send BlackBerry shares soaring in Wednesday afternoon trading. The stock jumped nearly 30 percent to close at $12.60.

Samsung wants to buy BlackBerry for $7.5 billion

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