The company added that gross margin for the December 2011 quarter will decline about 9 points sequentially, due to the lower revenue, lower factory utilization, and inventory reserves.

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The recent energy bill opened the door to this resource by directing Interior to conduct a complete inventory of reserves along the shelf, including the use of cutting-edge 3-D seismic imaging techniques.

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Without them, much of an economy's capital is held captive on balance sheets, tied up in inventory, working capital, and balance sheet reserves.

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While it is a good sign that the company has managed to generate cash despite reporting net losses in the last two quarters, we expect RIM to burn through some of these reserves in the next few quarters as it builds channel inventory ahead of the BB10 launch.

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