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Lenovo (OTC: LNVGY) and BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY) might be on the verge of the biggest merger the smartphone industry has ever seen. Lenovo has been toying with a possible union for several months. Company executives have hinted at a potential buyout on multiple occasions. Little has come from...

Lenovo (OTC: LNVGY) is on the verge of a major shift that could change the landscape of outsourced manufacturing. According to DigiTimes, the Chinese tech giant wants to produce 60 percent of its notebooks in-house next year. In 2013, the company outsourced 75 percent of its notebook production to...

Lenovo (OTC: LNVGY) is making headlines this morning after reiterating its mission to acquire major businesses within the smartphone and PC sectors. In January, a Lenovo CFO Wong Wai Ming revealed that the company was looking at "all opportunities" -- including BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY), which was...

BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY) might be up for sale. The company is reportedly looking for a large, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG)-type company to take the helm through a massive buyout. If all goes as planned, the deal would be similar to the one Motorola scored when Google acquired its electronics...

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) rarely comes close to attaining the most sales in the PC market. That's because the Mac, which achieved record sales in 2011 and 2012, rarely sells more than five million units per quarter. In 2013, Mac sales began to decline, creating some concern among market watchers. To...

In the ongoing battle for supremacy in PC manufacturing, Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) and Lenovo continue to fight a heated battle. On a quarterly basis, either of these firms could emerge as the world's largest producer in any particular category. During the second quarter, Lenovo took the lead...

Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) may be getting rave reviews for its Haswell-based notebooks, but consumers and retailers could be too distracted to notice. According to DigiTimes, most channel retailers had expected the penetration of touch screen notebooks (specifically those using Haswell) to fall within...

Samsung is on its way to becoming the top smartphone vendor in China this quarter. According to DigiTimes, the South Korean tech giant led the Chinese market in April, outselling China-based vendors with 18.8 percent of the market. Coolpad came in second place with 11.5 percent, followed by...

Chromebook manufacturers are gearing up for their next round of upgrades. According to DigiTimes, Acer will release a new 11.6-inch model in July. The new machine is expected to follow in the footsteps of its predecessor, the C7, and will be geared toward students. Acer's new Chromebook is set to...

If Sony's (NYSE: SNE) oversized all-in-one PC/tablet combo was not big enough for consumers, Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) might have the perfect replacement. According to DigiTimes, Intel has begun to push its so-called adaptive all-in-one PC concept -- which provides a platform to build semi-portable...

This weekend in Barron's online: the annual list of the best chief executives in the world, and the prospects for Darden Restaurants, Sarepta Therapeutics and Seacor Holdings. Cover Story "World's Best CEOs" by Andrew Bary. Barron's ninth annual list of the 30 best chief executives in the...

Earlier this week BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY) gained a much-needed boost after the company announced the domestic release date for the Z10. The smartphone maker also benefited from renewed speculation of a Lenovo takeover. Lenovo and BlackBerry have been rumored to merge since last year. While the...

With the Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) buyout expected to occur in the second quarter of 2013 at $13.65 per share, a $0.23 premium over Monday's close, what implications does this transition have on Hewlett Packard (NYSE: HPQ)? In a statement on Tuesday, Hewlett Packard announced: “Leveraged buyouts tend to...

Not yet, at least. According to a statement issued to The Next Web, Lenovo is downplaying reports that it is looking at BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) as a possible acquisition target. "In general, we do not comment on M&A rumors or speculation," the statement read. "We...

Eight years ago, IBM (NYSE: IBM) sold its personal computer business to Lenovo. In the years since, Lenovo has become the world's second-largest PC manufacturer behind Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ). For a brief time, Lenovo actually took the lead. Now Lenovo hopes to imitate that success with its...