Dell customers have shown mixed reactions to the firm’s decision to go private, and are watching developments closely as they consider the next steps in their product procurement plans. Some of Dell’s customers think ...
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HP has come out fighting. Following the announcement that Dell had finalised its buyout deal, the technology giant criticised its rival and claimed that it will go after Dell’s customers. On Tuesday, Dell, the world’s ...
DELL has unveiled plans to go private in a $US24.4 billion ($23.4bn) deal which would give founder Michael Dell a chance to reshape the former number one PC maker. "I believe this transaction will open an exciting new chapter for Dell, ...
PC manufacturer Dell has announced that it is to be acquired by its founder Michael Dell, and his private equity investment partners Silver Lake. In a statement on Dell's website, the firm explained that Dell stockholders will receive ...
How Dell will fare in private hands – if a buyout is indeed imminent – depends entirely on how the company’s management will react to the declining revenues from its PC business, and how it will develop other areas of its ...
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Following news that Dell was in negotiations for a private equity buyout, analysts said on Tuesday that multiple private equity firms would have to invest in Dell for a buyout to be possible. The analysts pointed toward the company’s ...
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Dell may be sold to private equity, reports Bloomberg, with the computer company said to be talking to two private equity companies - Texas Pacific Group and Silver Lake. The reports surfaced after Dell's corporate strategy boss left to ...
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Despite a major push by rival Lenovo, Hewlett-Packard has held onto its position as the top seller of PCs worldwide, according to IDC. The researcher Thursday reported that HP maintained its worldwide PC lead in the fourth quarter despite ...
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Despite a major push by rival Lenovo, Hewlett-Packard has held onto its position as the top seller of PCs worldwide, according to IDC. The researcher Thursday reported that HP maintained its worldwide PC lead in the fourth quarter despite ...
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IDG News Service - Lenovo is reorganizing its operations into two business groups, in an apparent move to leverage the company's ThinkPad brand to better compete in the market. The reorganization, which will be completed on April 1, seeks ...
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HP has confirmed that it will wield the axe on those of its businesses that don't meet targets, official documents have revealed. As first reported by Bloomberg, HP told the US Securities and Exchange Commission in a 27 December filing ...
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Computerworld - In its 73 years, Hewlett-Packard has had bad quarters, but perhaps none like the one it posted Wednesday. Its $8.9 billion loss was huge, but there was little drama about it. HP's CEO, Meg Whitman, is already deep into a ...
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Apple will manufacture one of its Mac lines exclusively in the U.S. by the end of 2013, CEO Tim Cook told NBC and BusinessWeek in interviews made public today. Analysts saw the move as primarily a public relations ploy, a reaction to ...
Dell, once the world's biggest PC maker, has seen its quarterly profits slump by 47 per cent year on year to $475m (£300m), with sales to both consumers and businesses down. Third-quarter revenues from consumers were hit ...
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Microsoft's upcoming Surface Pro tablet sums up the company's seeming strategy with Windows 8: That business users can do with one device what they currently accomplish with two. "The Surface Pro is designed for people who want a premium, ...
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