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Santa was kind to RIM

WATERLOO – Stockings around the world were stuffed with BlackBerrys, Research In Motion said this morning.The smart phone manufacturer provided an update on forecasted net subscriber account additions for the fiscal fourth quarter ending March 1, 2008, saying it now expects net subscriber account additions for Q4 to be approximately 15-20% higher than the 1.82 million net subscriber account additions forecasted by RIM on December 20, 2007. The total BlackBerry subscriber account base is expected to be approximately 14 million at the end of the quarter. "BlackBerry smart phones proved to be a big hit throughout the holiday selling season...