Acer sees return to profit this year -president in magazine

VIENNA (Reuters) - Taiwan's Acer, the world's fourth-biggest PC maker, will return to profit this year after writedowns and poor demand pushed it into the red in 2012, its president was quoted as saying in an Austrian magazine. Jim Wong told Austria's Format that Acer had underestimated the potential of tablet computers, which have led many consumers to ditch their laptops since the launch of the Apple iPad and its followers. "In the last two years, we have put very much energy into the development of new tablets, notebooks and smartphones. ...

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