Ailing BlackBerry agrees to $4.7bn buyout

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Canadian tech giant, BlackBerry, has agreed to a probable $4.7bn buyout by a consortium planning to take the struggling smartphone maker private.

The Ontario-based company said on Monday it had signed a letter of intent with a group led by Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited, which has offered to acquire the company.

Al Jazeera's Cath Turner reports from New York.