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Dell's earnings fall 79% as PC sales sag
ROUND ROCK, Texas — Dell Inc.'s earnings plunged 79% in the latest quarter as the shift to smartphones and tablets reduced demand for the company's personal computers. The dismal performance announced Thursday might work to the advantage of Dell'...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Leveraged Buyouts, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Quarterly or Semiannual Financial Statements, Companies and Corporations
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Icahn joins key shareholder to challenge Dell
One of the biggest critics of Michael Dell's plan to take the company he founded private has launched a fresh challenge to that $24.4-billion bid and says the slumping PC maker needs new leadership. Billionaire investor Carl Icahn has teamed up with...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Companies and Corporations, Michael S. Dell, Leveraged Buyouts
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Silicon Valley is beginning to see 'delight' in a new light
PALO ALTO — Ask Joshua Reeves about his online payroll service, and the last thing he'll want to discuss are its features and algorithms and software code and all that other cold jargon that usually comes pouring out of the mouths of Silicon...
Tags: Media Industry, Science and Technology, Marissa Mayer, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Invention and Innovation
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Dell stock rises as company agrees to show books to Carl Icahn
Dell Inc. saw its stock jump 1.26% in midday trading on Monday after the company reached an agreement to let shareholder activist Carl Icahn see its books. Icahn Enterprises disclosed that it had signed a confidentiality agreement with Dell that will...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Leveraged Buyouts, Companies and Corporations, Shareholders, Michael S. Dell
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Barnes & Noble Chairman Riggio plans retail bookstore buyout
Barnes & Noble Inc. Chairman Leonard Riggio is hoping to buy out the struggling retail side of the bookstore business he bought some 40 years ago as digital advances and online competition threaten the chain’s growth. In a Securities and...
Tags: Borders Group Incorporated (MI), The Wall Street Journal, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Barnes & Noble, Richard Schulze
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Another investor slams Dell buyout deal
Another large investor has lashed out against the proposed leveraged buyout of Dell Inc., saying the deal led by founder Michael Dell undervalues the computer maker. “We believe the proposed buyout does not reflect the value of Dell and we do...
Tags: Apple iPhone, Leveraged Buyouts, T. Rowe Price, Michael S. Dell
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Dell Inc. to go private in $24.4-billion deal
After struggling for years to remake itself, Dell Inc. has announced it will be taken private in a deal valued at about $24.4 billion. Under the terms of the agreement, the Round Rock, Texas, company will be acquired by Dell founder and Chief...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Microsoft Surface, International CES, Finance, Computing and Information Technology Industry
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Apple, Dell, Microsoft and life's little ironies
We would be remiss in our coverage of the Dell deal today if we did not point out some of the delicious ironies and coincidences contained therein. Let us flash back first to 1997. It's Aug. 6, at the Macworld conference in Boston. Apple's interim chief...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Corporate Officers, Finance, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Steve Jobs
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Viddy drops CEO Brett O'Brien, denies turning down Twitter offer
Viddy, a Los Angeles startup that has been described as the Instagram of video, has fired chief executive Brett O'Brien and is now looking for his replacement. The 42-million-member mobile video social network said O'Brien, who co-founded the company...
Tags: Media Industry, Social Media, Culture, Justin Bieber, Startups
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Shipping times for Apple's new 128 GB iPads listed as 1 to 3 days
Apple began selling its 128-gigabyte iPad on Tuesday, with shipping times listed as one to three days for online orders. That's good news for iPad buyers, but the short shipping time may suggest it is not selling as quickly as other versions of the...
Tags: Verizon Wireless, Microsoft Surface, Apple iPad
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Talk of Dell going private sends PC maker's stock soaring
Talk that Dell Inc. founder Michael Dell could announce a deal to take the company private has made investors giddy. Dell's stock soared 13% on Monday, the day the story broke, then jumped some more Tuesday. Late in the trading session, Dell share's...
Tags: The Wall Street Journal, Michael S. Dell
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Apple stock has biggest drop in four years. But why?
You know things have gotten bad for Apple Inc.'s battered stock price when analysts start pointing to something called a "death cross" as the best hope for salvation. Before I explain just what the morbid-sounding term means, let's review the carnage...
Tags: Apple iPhone, Media Industry, Apple Inc., CNBC (tv network), New Products
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