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Lenovo limbers up to target Packard Bell

By Mure Dickie in Beijing, Kathrin Hille in Taipei and Pan Kwan Yuk in Paris

Published: August 8 2007 03:50 | Last updated: August 8 2007 10:52

Lenovo, the Chinese personal computer manufacturer that acquired IBM’s PC unit two years ago, is in exclusive talks to buy European PC company Packard Bell.

Lenovo has been in discussion with Packard Bell owner John Hui, a Hong Kong-born entrepreneur, for “a few weeks”, Hugues Gontier, a spokesman for Packard Bell told the Financial Times Tuesday night.

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