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Dell Buyout Battle Approaches Heated Phase

Telis Demos, Shira Ovide and David Benoit, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on May 28 at 10:27 pm PT

The battle for control of Dell Inc. is about to move into a new, heated phase, when the company and the group trying to buy it will for the first time be able to press their case directly to shareholders.

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Blackstone Ends Pursuit of Dell

Sharon Terlep, David Benoit and Shira Ovide, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in Voices on April 18 at 9:35 pm PT

Blackstone Group has ended its pursuit of Dell Inc., less than a month after the private-equity firm said it would try to top a leveraged buyout by the computer maker’s founder and a rival investment firm.

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Icahn Agrees to Restrict Himself in Talking With Dell Holders

David Benoit, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on April 16 at 6:07 am PT

Carl Icahn can talk to other Dell Inc. shareholders about his ideas, but won’t be allowed to form a formal group that would be bigger than the stake held by founder and CEO Michael Dell.

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Dell Board Defends Actions, Looked at Breakup and Leveraged Recap

David Benoit, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on March 6 at 10:28 am PT

Dell Inc.’s board of directors, facing steady criticism from shareholders, defended its actions in selling the company to founder Michael Dell in a statement Wednesday.

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Larry Ellison Buys Hawaii’s Island Air

David Benoit, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on February 27 at 10:45 am PT

First Larry Ellison bought the island. Now he is buying the airline to get there.

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T. Rowe Price Opposes Dell Buyout

Telis Demos and David Benoit, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on February 12 at 10:12 am PT

T. Rowe Price Group Inc., one of Dell Inc.’s largest investors, said Tuesday it won’t support Michael Dell’s proposal to take the computer maker private at the current offer price.

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Dell Defends Deal: “Offers an Attractive and Immediate Premium”

David Benoit, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on February 11 at 10:20 am PT

The board of Dell Inc., facing criticism from some of its biggest holders, says it looked at other options before deciding to take the all-cash offer from founder, Chairman and CEO Michael Dell and his private equity partners.

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Investor Aims High With Price for Dell

Sharon Terlep, David Benoit and Telis Demos, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on February 11 at 8:30 am PT

Dell Inc.’s largest outside shareholder faces an uphill battle in its effort to squeeze billions more out of the planned $24.4 billion deal to take the tech giant private.

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Deals Year in Review: Only Facebook Lifted the Tech World

David Benoit, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on December 29, 2012 at 8:18 am PT

Global mergers and acquisition volume in the tech industry slid 10% from the prior year to $198 billion, according to Dealogic.

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Analysts Hit the Tepid Button on Facebook

Alexandra Scaggs, Telis Demos and David Benoit, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on June 27, 2012 at 4:50 pm PT

Wall Street gave Facebook Inc. an unusually lukewarm reception, with research analysts offering up a higher number of “hold” ratings for the company’s shares than “buys.”