IBM mulls sale of PC business
224778
IBM, seeking to exit an industry it helped pioneer two decades ago, hired Merrill Lynch to find a buyer for its personal-computer unit.
302626
IBM&#39;s expected decision to sell its $11.5 billion PC business would mark the end of an era and dramatically reshape the systems landscape, posing
52378
IBM has reached an agreement in principle to sell its personal computer business to Lenovo Group, China&#39;s largest PC maker, in a deal valued at $1 billion to $2 billion, people close to the negotiations said.
174335
NEW YORK - We may soon add IBM to the long, long list of companies exiting the thankless business of selling personal computers. According to a report in The New York Times, IBM (nyse: IBM - news - people
140094
BEIJING/SAN FRANCISCO  - IBM is selling its  PC-making business to China's largest personal computer maker,  Lenovo Group Ltd., for $1.25 billion, marking the U.S. giant's  retreat from an industry it helped pioneer in 1981.
691167
Purchasers of IBM&#39;s desktops and laptops were shocked to learn last week that IBM may be putting its PC business up on the auction block.
259250
idril writes &quot;According to The New York Times (free registration required), China&#39;s largest PC maker is reportedly in talks to buy IBM&#39;s PC business.
233650
IBM Corp. is selling its personal computer business to China&#39;s largest PC maker in a $1.25 billion deal that marks the end of an era for the company that made &quot;PC&quot; a household word.
212122
IBM may need to do some creative deal making in order to sell PC business to China&#39;s Lenovo. By Robert Cyran, Breakingviews. LONDON (Breakingviews) - It&#39;s no surprise IBM is in talks to sell its PC business
452209
IBM appears close to signing a deal to turn its PC business over to Lenovo Group of China. Industry experts say it makes sense for IBM to get out of the low-margin PC business, but caution that
397647
IBM IBM.N is looking to sell its personal computer business in a deal that could be worth up to $2 billion, The New York Times reported on Friday, capping a gradual withdrawal from the business it pioneered.
588107
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.
347158
IBM (IBM) said Tuesday that it would sell its PC business to Lenovo, China&#39;s No. 1 PC maker, in a $1.75 billion deal that marks the end of an era.
30673
The immediate future of the computer industry -- and its biggest players -- took center stage Tuesday after IBM announced it is selling its PC business to a Chinese technology giant.
571557
IBM reportedly is selling its personal computer business for some $2 billion, possibly to China&#39;s Lenovo. Big Blue currently ranks a distant third in PC sales with a 6 percent market share, trailing
136715
(KAAL) -- Last week it was announced that IBM might be selling part of it&#39;s company, and now that appears to have happened. China&#39;s biggest computer maker says it&#39;s acquired a majority stake in IBM&#39;s personal
441654
IBM's deal to sell its personal computer business to China's Lenovo, a move likely to reshape the industry, signals the PC has evolved into a mass consumer item with little profit, analysts say.