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Lenovo’s China Challenge

Lenovo is back in the black, recording its first net profit for three quarters in the three months to September. Its benefiting from a refocus this year on its domestic market in China - though with margins getting squeezed, that's not the solution to... ...full story at China Journal

from China Journal on Thu, Nov 05 2009

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