Lenovo-IBM Deal a Giant Step for China
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Lenovo's acquisition of a business that iconic computer maker IBM pioneered declares China's desire for a place alongside the global corporate elite louder than ever before.
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China's Lenovo Group Ltd. has agreed to acquire IBM's personal computing division for $1.25 billion in cash and equity, a move expected to transform it into the world's No. 3 PC maker.
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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.
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IBM is selling its PC-making business to China's largest personal computer company, Lenovo Group Ltd., for &#36;1.25 billion, marking the U.S. company's retreat from an industry it helped pioneer in 1981.
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China&#39;s biggest computer maker says it is in acquisition talks with a major information technology company following a newspaper report that it might buy IBM&#39;s personal computer business.
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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.
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US technology giant IBM is selling its personal computing business to China&#39;s biggest PC maker. The deal highlights China&#39;s growing economic clout and global reach.
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China&#39;s largest manufacturer of personal computers, Lenovo Group, has bought IBM&#39;s PC business for $1.25 billion, making it the world&#39;s number three in the sector.
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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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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.
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(InfoWorld) - Lenovo Group has signed a five-year deal with IBMÂ to provide services and support to its customers. The deal, outlined in a filing with the Hong Kong stock exchange Tuesday, could be worth up to $245 million for IBM over the term of the contract. Lenovo plans to expand the services it offers customers with the addition of "fee-based technical support, installation, deployment and other PC-related services," the filing said. Lenovo did not reveal when the new services will be introduced, but they are likely to come soon: the company expects to make payments to IBM under this deal during its current financial year, which ends next month. In an e-mail statement, Lenovo spokeswoman Angela Lee declined to offer details of the new services, but said "many" of them are intended for consumers and small-business users -- markets that Lenovo is keen to crack outside China, and particularly in the U.S. After considering several service providers, Lenovo chose to outsource these functions to IBM, which is one of the company's largest investors, because the company has an established worldwide services organization and an existing business relationship with Lenovo. Lenovo expects the deal to generate payments to IBM of $15 million during its current 2006-2007 fiscal year, which ends March 31.That amount is expected to rise to $35 million during the company's next fiscal year, 2007-2008, and $45 million during 2008-2009. These payments may increase further to $50 million annually during the 2009-2010, 2010-2011, and 2011-2012 fiscal years, Lenovo said in the filing.
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China&#39;s largest personal computer maker, Lenovo Group Ltd., said on Tuesday it was in acquisition talks with a major technology company, which a source familiar with the situation said was IBM.
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Squeezed at home, China&#39;s biggest computer maker, Lenovo, is buying IBM&#39;s money-losing PC business. But venturing abroad is fraught with risk.
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China&#39;s largest personal computer maker, Lenovo Group Ltd. (0992.HK: Quote, Profile, Research) , said on Wednesday it is buying control of IBM&#39;s PC-making business for $1.25
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BEIJING - China&#39;s largest personal computer maker, Lenovo Group Ltd, announced on Wednesday that it is buying control of IBM&#39;s PC-making business for US$1.25 billion, capping the US tech giant&#39;s gradual withdrawal from the business it helped pioneer in
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Lenovo Group Ltd. of China would transform itself into one of the world&#39;s top three computer makers with the purchase of International Business Machines Corp.
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Squeezed at home, China's biggest computer maker, Lenovo, is buying IBM's money-losing PC business. But venturing abroad is fraught with risk