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...Officer was dispatched to report on a stolen black IBM Thinkpad laptop computer worth $2,600 at Terry Terrace on 17 Everett...
Lenovo gets to use IBM's brand for the next 18 months on products such as ThinkPad. After that, goods will carry the combined Lenovo and IBM label. And in five years "there will be no more IBM personal computers," says Lenovo CEO Yang Yuanqing. That's fine by IBM, which gets to make a graceful strategic exit from an unprofitable commodity business. And if Lenovo proves better at selling PCs than IBM, the Yanks still benefit: IBM will keep a 19% stake. --By Matthew Forney. With reporting by Michael Schuman
...last Wednesday morning when the head of the Lenovo team sent a text message reading, "Everything is O.K.," to CEO Yang Yuanqing. Yang quickly approved a deal that gives Lenovo ownership of one of the world's most trusted brands. For the next 18 months, household-name products like ThinkPad will carry IBM's name. After that they'll switch to both the Lenovo and IBM brands, and in five years "there will be no more IBM personal computers," says Yang, who will leave his post to become chairman. Lenovo has already begun promoting its own brand name?a task...
...long run, Lenovo wants to turn its own name into a glamorous brand. But if its image in China is any indication, that'll prove tricky. Li Yong, a 35-year-old technician, spent last Friday shopping for an IBM ThinkPad in Beijing. It will be his third, and probably his last. "IBM's laptops are the most stable in the world. I won't take the risk of buying one with Lenovo technology." Lenovo will soon have to make the rest of the world think otherwise...
...Officers were dispatched to Lowell House to take a report of a stolen IBM ThinkPad laptop worth $2,000 and a stolen backpack valued...