Why a Lenovo BlackBerry buy looks like a nonstarter

[Wireless News]

http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/3DUuq.vipY.EQfZ_E_d5Mg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/BGR_News/bbry-hq.jpg (http://news.yahoo.com/why-lenovo-blackberry-buy-looks-nonstarter-151531479.html)BlackBerry’s shares got a slight boost on Thursday when rumors circulated for the 12,497th time that Chinese hardware manufacturer Lenovo was interested in buying the firm. But as The Globe and Mail points out, a deal to let Lenovo buy BlackBerry is probably a nonstarter since it’s highly unlikely that the Canadian and American governments would be comfortable letting a Chinese firm buy a company that is responsible for so much security infrastructure. The Globe and Mail notes that the Canadian government “has killed several foreign takeovers under the Investment Canada Act,” including a recent deal that would have sold a Winnipeg-based telecom company to an Egyptian-led group. “If the Egyptian company raised some red flags for the Canadian government,



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