IBM Selling PC Unit to China's Lenovo
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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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BEIJING - Lenovo Group has agreed to pay US$1.25 billion ($1.75 billion) for IBM&#39;s personal computer business, lifting China&#39;s largest PC maker to third in global rankings and giving it a globally recognised brand.
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IBM&#39;s (IBM.N: Quote, Profile, Research) PC unit piled up nearly $1 billion in cumulative losses in recent years, the company said in a filing on Thursday detailing the planned sale of the business to China&#39;s Lenovo Group.
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, 12/8/2004. IBM&#39;s awaited personal computing division sale to Lenovo Group Ltd. became official this morning with an announcement that Big Blue will pass the unit to China&#39;s number one PC maker for $1.75 billion.
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BEIJING: IBM is selling its personal computer making business to China&#39;s largest PC producer, Lenovo Group Ltd, for US$1.25bil, marking the US giant&#39;s retreat from an industry it helped pioneer in 1981.
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IBM&#39;s personal computer business, which it is selling to Lenovo Group of China, has lost money for the past 3 1/2 years. International Business Machines Corp.
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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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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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TOKYO - China's Lenovo Group Ltd. signed a definitive agreement on Wednesday to acquire IBM Corp.'s personal computing division. Lenovo will pay US$1.25 billion in cash for the business, which is expected to transform it into the world's number three PC maker, the companies announced.
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IBM is expected to announce Tuesday after the close of the market an historic pact to sell its $11.5 billion PC business to China PC giant Lenovo, sources said.
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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.
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IBM said late Tuesday that it will sell its personal computer division, transferring an iconic brand to a Chinese rival that also will absorb about 2,000 local workers.
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A Chinese company has become the third largest PC seller in the world by buying IBM&#39;s personal computer business. Lenovo has bought the business for USD 1.25 billion, of which USD650m is in cash and the rest in Lenovo shares.
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Description: China&#39;s largest computer maker, Lenovo, is buying IBM&#39;s personal computer division for an estimated $1.75 billion.
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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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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.
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IBM's personal computer business, which it is selling to Lenovo Group of China, has lost money for the past 3 1/2 years.