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Google buys 5.94% stake in Lenovo [Bizcommunity (South Africa)](Bizcommunity (South Africa) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) HONG KONG: Google bought a 5.94% stake in Lenovo for US$750m having sold Motorola to the Chinese technology company. The US Internet firm bought 618.3m shares in the Lenovo at US$1.213 each after Lenovo bought Motorola for US$2.91bn last week, according to Dow Jones Newswires. The deal provides Lenovo with footholds in smartphone and tablet markets where it is eager to gain traction. It also came just a week after the Chinese firm said it will buy IBM's low-end server business for US$2.3bn, giving it a platform to compete in that sector with US giants Dell and Hewlett-Packard. However, Lenovo's Hong Kong-listed shares lost almost a quarter of their value after the Motorola news, with traders worried the technology company had bitten off more than it could chew by buying the unprofitable handset producer. Source: AFP via I-Net Bridge All rights reserved. (c) 2014 Bizcommunity.com Provided by Syndigate.info, an Albawaba.com company |