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"Lenovo&amp;#039;s plans to purchase BlackBerry were thwarted by the Canadian government before a bid could be tabled, according to a report. Ottawa made it clear that it would reject a buyout offer from the Chinese company due to national security concerns, according to The Globe and Mail.  BlackBerry, whose technology is integrated into Canada&amp;#039;s telecom infrastructure, is said to have understood this, and did not submit a proposal regarding a potential Lenovo deal. The phone maker has since shelved its plans to find a buyer, instead receiving $1 billion in investment from Fairfax Financial Holdings and other sources as part of a rescue bid. John S Chen has also been named as the company&amp;#039;s CEO, replacing the outgoing Thorsten Heins. BlackBerry is believed to have held talks with Cisco, Google, SAP, Samsung and Intel about selling all or part of its smartphone business before accepting Fairfax&amp;#039;s investment offer. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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