Saw this one coming

When I first heard about the deal to sell IBM's computer unit to a Chinese company, I thought two things 1.) Who would buy a computer from a company called Lenovo and 2.) Would regulators torpedo the deal because of security concerns? No one knows the answer to the first question yet, although its probably a lock that IBM (or Lenovo) will lose a ton of market share in the process) but reglulators are eyeing the deal right now for those security concerns.

Part of the concern is due to a research facility that would be sold as part of the deal and that facility is involved with some military research, raising concerns that the Chinese could steal security secrets that way.

Here is a link to the story:
http://triangle.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2005/01/24/daily4.html