An erroneous reading of a Hong Kong regulatory filing late Thursday mushroomed into a panoply of stories suggesting that Google had bought $750 million worth of Lenovo shares.

Let's be clear. Google didn't buy anything. Not only that, but the search giant doesn't yet own any Lenovo shares, despite what you may have read.



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