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Michael Dell

Dell's Public Problem

AP | By MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted 04.01.2013 | Technology

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Dell's financial advisers tried to persuade 71 potential bidders to make an offer for the troubled personal computer maker befo...

What Might Stand In The Way Of The Dell Deal

AP | By MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted 05.22.2013 | Technology

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Is Michael Dell's attempt to gain more control over his company about to turn into a financial tug-of-war? The a...

Eleazar David Melendez

Billionaire Drama Over Dell As Corporate Raider Carl Icahn Threatens Company's Management

HuffingtonPost.com | Eleazar David Melendez | Posted 03.07.2013 | Business

Until Wednesday, troubled computer maker Dell Inc. seemed headed for a buyout that would have allowed a corporate restructuring. The deal would have g...

Dell's Midlife Crisis

Doug Olenick | Posted 04.13.2013 | Technology
Doug Olenick

When a person hits this stage in life he or she questions just about every aspect of their life. Did they make the right job choice, are they being a good parent and what is their next step? Dell is in the same position.

Dell Is Trying To Calm Everyone Down

AP | Posted 04.13.2013 | Technology

NEW YORK (AP) — Dell is trying to reassure shareholders about its proposed $24.4 billion acquisition by a group led by its founder, saying it consid...

Dell's Largest Investor Is Not Happy

Reuters | Posted 04.10.2013 | Technology

* Other investors chime in after Southeastern vows to fight buyout * Mike Dell, Silver Lake consortium standing firm on $13.65 offer ...

Dude, You're Gettin' Sued

AP | RANDALL CHASE | Posted 04.09.2013 | Technology

DOVER, Del. (AP) — A lawsuit challenging plans to take troubled personal computer maker Dell Inc. private is being filed in Delaware. ...

3 Charts That Explain Why Dell Is Going Private

The Huffington Post | Dino Grandoni | Posted 02.06.2013 | Technology

You’re forgiven if you haven’t thought much about Dell in a while. Not many people have. In fact, this past month has marked the first time in rec...

It's Official: Dell Goes Private

Reuters | Posted 04.07.2013 | Technology

* Parties paying $13.65/share in cash * Microsoft putting up $2 billion loan * Dell shares rise 1.1 percent, still below offer price ...

Has Dell Found Its Buyer?

Reuters | Nadia Damouni and Poornima Gupta | Posted 01.15.2013 | Technology

Talks to take No. 3 computer maker Dell Inc private are in an advanced stage with at least four major banks lined up to provide financing, two sources...

Dell's Potential Buyout Returns Spotlight To Founder

Reuters | Ben Berkowitz | Posted 03.17.2013 | Technology

By Ben Berkowitz (Reuters) - Michael Dell gave up day-to-day control of the computer company that bears his name once, an experiment th...

Dell May Be Going Private: Report

Reuters | Posted 01.14.2013 | Technology

Dell Inc is in talks with private equity firms to go private, Bloomberg reported on Monday, sending the personal computer maker's shares soaring 15 pe...

Founders To The Rescue!

The Fiscal Times | Yuval Rosenberg | Posted 08.15.2012 | Business

From the Fiscal Times: Can Richard Schulze make a good buy out of Best Buy? The billionaire founder and former chairman of the electronics retailer...

TMI! What Happens When Rich Kids Overshare On Social Media

The Huffington Post | Britney Fitzgerald | Posted 08.13.2012 | Technology

Talk about oversharing. CEO Michael Dell of computer company Dell Inc. spends nearly $2.7 million a year on security for his family, according to ...

Jason Cherkis

Rick Perry Faced Federal Scrutiny For Insider Trading, Criticism For Land Deals

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Cherkis | Posted 11.30.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Since announcing his run for the presidency, Texas Governor Rick Perry (R) has had to fend off allegations of crony capitalism. Such cri...

Five Mega Companies That Started in Garages (and Other Interesting Places)

InvestingAnswers | Posted 11.27.2011 | Business
InvestingAnswers

Some of the world's biggest companies came from the most humble of beginnings. Here are five major corporations who've each starred in their own rags-to-riches story.

Dell CEO: Tablets' Rapid Rise A Big Surprise

The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 06.25.2011 | Technology

Michael Dell, founder and chief executive of Dell, Inc., recently sat down with the Wall Street Journal to discuss the company's big challenges as it ...

We Don't Need No Education: Meet The Millionaire Dropouts

The Huffington Post/AOL Small Business | Lauren Drell | Posted 08.11.2011 | Small Business

As a biology major at the University of Texas, Michael Dell began upgrading computers in a dorm, in a bid to make some money. In 1984, he registered h...

PHOTOS: The Homes Of America's Top Tech Titans

The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology

We recently learned that Steve Jobs was planning to tear down his 1920s Spanish Colonial Revival mansion and build a more modest domicile in its place...

The 10 Biggest Brand Disasters Of 2010

DailyFinance | DOUGLAS MCINTYRE | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

It's been a rough year for those in the branding business at big corporations. SEC investigations, massive product recalls and oil spills (among more ...

Michael Dell Gets SLAMMED By Dell's Shareholders

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

SEATTLE — Stockholders representing a quarter of PC maker Dell Inc.'s outstanding shares did not cast votes to re-elect founder, Chairman and CE...

Dell To Pay $100 MILLION To Settle SEC Accounting Fraud Charges

AP | MARCY GORDON | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

WASHINGTON — Computer maker Dell Inc. is paying $100 million to settle civil charges that it fraudulently used payments from Intel to pump up it...

Nine CEOs Who Need To Be Fired In 2010: 24/7 Wall Street

24/7 Wall Street | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

By 24/7 Wall Street: Public companies dismiss CEOs all the time. The firings can be due to incompetence, malfeasance, or tensions with boards of direc...

Michael Dell: Dell Founder Attacks Netbooks, Microsoft Vista

Electronista | Electronista Staff | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology

Dell's namesake Michael Dell in a talk late Tuesday criticized both his own products and Microsoft. Despite his company offering multiple netbooks, in...

Best CEOs Of The Decade (PHOTOS, POLL)

Huffington Post | Grace Kiser | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

The 2000s certainly seem like a ghastly decade. The era's already fabled financial debacles -- among them, Enron's bankruptcy, the burst of the tech b...