HONG KONG, May 23- Lenovo Group Ltd's bold acquisitions in its flagship PC business, a foray into mobile gadgets, and a relatively light debt load are setting it apart from PC rivals as industry shipments take their steepest fall in decades.
Cisco Systems Inc. fell. 2 percent to $21.23 with 16,073,900 shares traded. Facebook Inc. fell. 8 percent to $26.86 with 14,183,400 shares traded. Groupon Inc. rose 4.9 percent to $7.23 with 20,733,300 shares traded.
*Empire State contracts to lowest level in four months. NEW YORK, May 15- U.S. stocks were set to dip at the open on Wednesday, indicating the S&P 500 may ease from its most recent record high after weaker-than-expected manufacturing data.
*Research in Motion falls after downgrade. NEW YORK, May 15- U.S. stock index futures were little changed on Wednesday, indicating the S&P 500 may hold near its most recent record high ahead of a glut of economic reports, including data on inflation and manufacturing.
*Research in Motion falls after downgrade. NEW YORK, May 15- U.S. stock index futures were little changed on Wednesday, indicating the S&P 500 may hold near its most recent record high, ahead of data on inflation and manufacturing. *Also at 8:30 a.m. the New York Federal Reserve releases its Empire State Manufacturing Survey for May.
Cisco Systems Inc. rose. 3 percent to $21.34 with 17,339,700 shares traded. Dell Inc. fell. 5 percent to $13.46 with 16,335,000 shares traded. Facebook Inc. rose 1.1 percent to $27.12 with 15,178,400 shares traded.
ORLANDO, Fla., May 14- BlackBerry announced plans on Tuesday to offer its popular instant messaging system on rival devices and introduced a new mid-tier smartphone targeted at countries where its faded brand remains strong.
BlackBerry, renamed from Research In Motion, had been the market leader but over the past few years has bled market share to Apple Inc's iPhone and Samsung Electronics Co's popular line of Galaxy devices powered by Google's Android operating system.