Lenovo's Global Gambit

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Still, there may be opportunity. Dell is wounded, reeling from plummeting profits and a major laptop recall. Amelio's aggressive plan might be what Lenovo needs to become a global PC heavyweight. "Amelio is doing exactly what needs to be done," says Joseph Ho, an analyst at Daiwa Institute of Research in Hong Kong. And if Lenovo gets some breathing room, maybe He, the chief technology officer, can focus on learning how to tell a Tar Heel from a Blue Devil.

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President BARACK OBAMA, at NATO talks involving over 50 world leaders, describing the withdrawal of 130,000 combat troops from Afghanistan, planned for the end of 2014
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