Acer gobbles up 75% of Packard Bell
Filed under: Desktops, Laptops
Just like expected, Acer has formally bought into Packard Bell, snapping up 75% of PB Holdings, Packard Bell’s parent company. Things got a bit hairy for a bit there when Packard Bell started speaking with Lenovo as well, since Acer fears losing its strength in Europe to the Chinese giant. Luckily for Acer, Gateway was the real clincher here, since Gateway started talks with Packard Bell before getting bought by Acer itself, and had nabbed the right to counter any offers Packard Bell might get from other companies. The deal officially went through on Wednesday for $45.8 million. Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
Thank you for reading this post. You can now Leave A Comment (0) or Leave A Trackback.
Post Info
This entry was posted on Thursday, January 31st, 2008 and is filed under Home Repair.You can follow any responses to this entry through the Comments Feed. You can Leave A Comment, or A Trackback.
Previous Post: SanDisk pushes SDHC to 32GB »
Next Post: Sony planning new DSC-XXXX Cyber-shot? »
- iPhone firmware 2.2 gets QuickPwn and PwnageTool, of course
- G1 multi-touch a reality, integrated headphone jack still just a dream
- Pasen is dead, long live Pasen’s new REI-16 PMP
- Jobo introduces 8.4-inch PDJ800 / PDJ801 digital photo frames
- BlackBerry Storm: the aftermath
- UT Austin creates world’s highest resolution tiled display: Stallion
- Oklahoma town provides real-time streaming from cop cars, free WiFi to residents
- Meizu M8 Flash demo hits the scene, looks mighty familiar
- ClarionMiND MID on sale in the US for $649.99
- Dell adds $100 32GB SSD option to Inspiron Mini 9
