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Acer UK chief eyes mobile platform dominance

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Managing director Bobby Watkins tells assembled partners that embattled vendor will come out fighting

PC vendor Acer has spoken out about its recent channel inventory woes, claiming its decision to publicly address the issue will ensure the company is still around in 10 years' time. Speaking at ...

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