Lenovo Buys IBM&#39;s PC Business for $1.25 Billion
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Lenovo Group Ltd. agreed to pay $1.25 billion for International Business Machines Corp.&#39;s personal computer business, making the Chinese company the world&#39;s third- largest PC maker and giving it a globally recognized brand.
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Lenovo will pay $1.25bn (Â£647m) in cash for the business, which is expected to transform it into the world&#39;s number three PC maker.
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NEW YORK, December 8  - International Business Machines (IBM.NYS) has decided to sell its personal computers business to Chinaâs Lenovo Group for $1.75 billion in a cash and stock deal.
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Lenovo Group Ltd.&#39;s purchase of IBM Corp.&#39;s PC business solves problems for both companies, but it also could benefit their rivals, at least in the short term.
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Lenovo Group&#39;s takeover of IBM&#39;s personal computer business is a giant step in a multibillion-dollar foreign expansion by China, which is buying auto, television and telecommunications companies abroad.
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HONG KONG/SAN FRANCISCO  - IBM is selling its  PC-making business to China's largest personal computer  company, Lenovo Group Ltd., for $1.25 billion, marking the U.S.  firm's retreat from an industry it helped pioneer in 1981.
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In unloading its personal computer business for $1.75 billion to a Chinese company, IBM managed to keep the division's most profitable pieces -- services and support. The onus is now on buyer Lenovo Group Ltd. to improve the businesses' notoriously thin profit margins, and the skeptics are many.
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China's biggest computer maker, Lenovo Group, said Wednesday it has acquired a majority stake in International Business Machines Corp.'s personal computer business for &#36;1.75 billion, one of the biggest Chinese overseas acquisitions ever.
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IBM, the pioneer of the personal computer, is selling its PC hardware business to Chinese firm Lenovo.
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In a highly anticipated announcement, IBM (Quote, Chart) confirmed late Tuesday it is selling its PC division to China&#39;s Lenovo Group.
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BEIJING/SAN FRANCISCO  - IBM is selling its  PC-making business to China's largest personal computer  company, Lenovo Group Ltd., for $1.25 billion, marking the U.S.  company's retreat from an industry it helped pioneer in 1981.
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IBM has reached an agreement in principle to sell its personal computer business to Lenovo, China&#39;s largest PC maker, in a deal valued at between $1 billion and $2 billion, people close to the negotiations said Monday.
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IBM and Lenovo Group plan to create a new US personal computer company that would own IBM&#39;s PC business, according to a report published Tuesday.
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Although virtually unknown in the United States, Lenovo--said to be in talks to buy IBM&#39;s personal computer business--is China&#39;s largest PC maker and the world&#39;s fastest-growing one.
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IBM is discussing selling its PC business to Lenovo Group Ltd., China's largest maker of personal computers, and at least one other potential buyer, according to The New York Times.
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Dec. 3--NEW YORK -- International Business Machines Corp. is negotiating with Lenovo Group Ltd. to sell its personal computer business to China&#39;s largest PC maker, the New York Times reported Friday.
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BEIJING/SAN FRANCISCO  - China's largest personal  computer maker, Lenovo Group Ltd. 0992.HK, said on Wednesday  it is buying control of IBM's PC-making business for $1.25  billion, capping the U.S. tech giant's gradual withdrawal from  the business it helped pioneer in 1981.