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Lenovo Group Ltd. is negotiating with an unidentified third party to buy Packard Bell.

If successful, Lenovo by way of Packard Bell will gain a 10% market share in Europe.

The owner of Packard Bell, John Hui, says Lenovo has exclusive negotiation rights to a controlling stake in the company.

Lenovo became the world's third largest PC maker by buying the

Why can't the company buy up another PC maker? And, then another and another?

If you can't beat them, buy them.

I am sure somebody said that somewhere, sometime.