Lenovo will build a think pad for R & D.

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Lenovo, part of Beijing-based Lenovo Group, will spend $84 million to build a research-and-development center in Morrisville and create 400 jobs over the next five years. Lenovo is based in Purchase, N.Y., and was formed last year by Lenovo Group's purchase of IBM's personal-computing division. It received incentives from the state that could be worth more than $9 million. The average salary for the new jobs--mostly in research, development, sales...