Michael Dell

Thursday is “supposed” to be the day that the much-talked about battle between Michael Dell et al and Carl Icahn et al takes place. But what are the possible outcomes in a battle that has turned into a war of words between the two sides? Shareholders Approve Michael Dell’s Offer If the vote...

Michael Dell and Silver Lake Management LLC finally said, “Enough is enough.” According to sources who told Bloomberg, CEO Dell and his partners at Silver Lake, who have offered $24.4 billion to take Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) private, have decided that their $13.65 per share offer represents a...

Influential investor group ISS Proxy Advisory Services Monday morning announced that it supports Michael Dell and Silver Lake's offer to take Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) private. The pair has previously offered to take the company private at $13.65 per share. "ISS recommends clients vote FOR this...

In a surprising turn of events Wednesday morning, Men's Warehouse (NYSE: MW), a specialty men's retailer, announced that its board of directors had terminated founder George Zimmer's executive chairman position. Many are familiar with Zimmer's gravely voice and white beard from the Men's Wearhouse...

In a move that redefines, “skin in the game,” Dole Food’s (NYSE: DOLE) Chairman and CEO David Murdock and his family made an offer to the Dole board to purchase the remaining outstanding shares of the company for $12 per share Tuesday morning. This implies a value of about $1.07 billion. Yahoo...

This weekend in Barron's online: the drama over a buyout for Dell, beneficial share buybacks, outraged Russian investors, and the prospects for Eaton, STMicroelectronics and Ruby Tuesday. Cover Story "Michael Dell's Folly" by Andrew Bary. Now that Blackstone Group (NYSE: BX) and activist...

The speculation and the waiting game is over: Dell has agreed to go private in a management buyout, led by founder Michael Dell, for $13.65 per share. Dell shares were halted on the announcement. The deal had been rumored for weeks and now is official. The deal, at $13.65 per share, represents a...

Computer manufacturer Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) will be taken private at $13.65 per share. Chairman, CEO and founder Michael Dell has partnered with private equity firm Silver Lake to to take the company private. Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) will chip in $2 billion to complete the deal as a loan. Shares of...

In 1984, 19-year-old Michael Dell founded PC's Limited in his dorm room with a startup budget of a mere $1,000. The company quickly exploded and, shortly after taking its current name, went public in 1988. It has been owned by stockholders around the world ever since, but those days appear to be...

The CEO of Dell, Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) Michael Dell, has said that its much easier to develop smart phones using Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) Windows 7 than Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android. Shares of Dell closed at $14.41 yesterday, up 1 cent.

According to Forbes, there are two Americas today: one where citizens desperately search for work against the annoyingly high unemployment and poverty rate, and another where big tech companies are booming with sales and fortunes are growing. The ten richest American technology billionaires saw a...