Research In Motion Ltd. earlier this year turned down takeover overtures from Amazon.com Inc. and other potential buyers because the BlackBerry maker prefers to fix its problems on its own, Reuters reported Tuesday citing people with knowledge of the situation.

Amazon hired an investment bank this summer to review a potential merger with RIM, but it didn’t make a formal offer, one of the sources told Reuters.

RIM and Amazon declined to comment to Reuters.

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