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Deja vu for Dole as CEO makes bid to take company private again
Billionaire David H. Murdock has made an unsolicited buyout offer for the 60% chunk of Dole Food Co. that he doesn't already own, valuing the Westlake Village company at nearly $1.1 billion. The bid of $12 a share marks the latest step in Dole's dance...
Tags: Larry Ellison, Prices, Companies and Corporations, Shareholders, Business Enterprises
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Dell board recommends Michael Dell's buyout offer
The Dell Inc. board is standing behind a buyout offer from Michael Dell, the company's chief executive and founder, and it has asked shareholders of the slumping PC maker to approve the deal in a July 18 vote. The company's announcement Friday is the...Tags: Prices, Companies and Corporations, Shareholders, Computing and Information Technology Industry, 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: Marketing, Human Interest, Apple iPod, Social Media, Steve Ballmer
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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: Companies and Corporations, Shareholders, Leveraged Buyouts, Economy, Business and Finance, 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), Barnes & Noble, The Wall Street Journal, Richard Schulze, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
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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: Leveraged Buyouts, T. Rowe Price, Michael S. Dell, Apple iPhone
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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: Hewlett-Packard Co., Computing and Information Technology Industry, IBM, Microsoft Surface, International CES
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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: Companies and Corporations, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Corporate Officers, Steve Jobs, Bill Gates
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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: Justin Bieber, Startups, Culture, Arts and Culture, Twitter, Inc.
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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: Microsoft Surface, Apple iPad, Verizon Wireless
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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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Hewlett-Packard tops Greenpeace Guide to Greener Electronics
GreenspaceHewlett-Packard Co. has claimed the No. 1 spot on the Greenpeace Guide to Greener Electronics released Wednesday. The Palo Alto-based manufacturer of printers, computers and other consumer electronics scored 5.9 out of a possible 10 points on the 17th...
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