1:53 PM PC industry forecasts continue to head lower: IDC sees industry shipments falling 1.3% this year to 345.8M. That's below a prior forecast for a 2.8% increase, and a 2013, and comes in the wake of a 3.7% drop in 2012. Shipments to "mature markets" are seen falling 4%, while emerging market are expected to eke out 0.6% growth - that mix shift benefit Lenovo (LNVGY.PK) and Asus, and hurts H-P (HPQ) and Dell (DELL). For the record, IDC expects tablet shipments to hit 172.4M in 2013. Read comments
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