Dell Inc.

Dell's earnings fall 79% as PC sales sag

2013-05-16 15:12:58

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'...

Icahn joins key shareholder to challenge Dell

2013-05-10 16:24:00

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...

Silicon Valley is beginning to see 'delight' in a new light

2013-05-10 07:00:00

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...

Blackstone drops out of race to buy Dell

2013-04-19 06:37:00

Blackstone Group is dropping its effort to acquire the computer maker Dell, citing slumping personal computer sales and Dell's "rapidly eroding financial profile." Blackstone and its partners said in a letter to Dell Inc. that they have ditched a plan...

Dell stock rises as company agrees to show books to Carl Icahn

2013-03-11 10:44:00

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...

Barnes & Noble Chairman Riggio plans retail bookstore buyout

2013-02-25 09:36:00

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...

Another investor slams Dell buyout deal

2013-02-12 13:24:00

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...

Dell Inc. to go private in $24.4-billion deal

2013-02-05 07:13:00

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...

Apple, Dell, Microsoft and life's little ironies

2013-02-05 16:05:00

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...

Viddy drops CEO Brett O'Brien, denies turning down Twitter offer

2013-02-05 10:34:00

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...

Shipping times for Apple's new 128 GB iPads listed as 1 to 3 days

2013-02-05 10:54:00

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...

Talk of Dell going private sends PC maker's stock soaring

2013-01-15 11:15:00

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...

Investors are slamming a proposed leveraged buyout of Dell Inc. led by Michael Dell, the computer maker's founder and chief executive.

2013-02-12 12:52:29

Michael Dell, the founder and chief executive of Dell Inc., is leading a leveraged buyout of the slumping personal computer maker.

2013-02-05 07:31:40

Dell Inc.'s stock has soared on reports that founder Michael Dell wants to take the company private.

2013-01-15 10:36:06