BlackBerry’s shares got a slight boost on Thursday when rumors circulated for the
12,497th time that Chinese hardware manufacturer
Lenovo was interested in buying the firm. But
as The Globe and Mail points out, a deal to let
Lenovo buy
BlackBerry is probably a nonstarter since it’s highly unlikely that the Canadian and American governments would be comfortable letting a Chinese firm buy a company that is responsible for so much security infrastructure.
The Globe and Mail notes that the Canadian government “has killed several foreign takeovers under the Investment Canada Act,” including a recent deal that would have sold a Winnipeg-based telecom company to an Egyptian-led group.
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