Lenovo reigns as king of the hill

Brand | Mike Bastin

As China's economic indicators ebb, the nation's flagship personal computer maker, Lenovo Group Ltd, provided extremely optimistic news recently, overtaking Hewlett-Packard Co as the world's leading PC producer by volume.

This is all the more impressive given HP's seven-year reign, during which time it appeared to have cemented its position as the world's PC leader.