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Dell to Miss Profit Estimates, Beat on Revenue

Shira Ovide, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on May 14 at 12:26 pm PT

Dell Inc. plans to report quarterly financial results on Thursday that are significantly lower than Wall Street expectations of profit, but higher-than-expected in revenue, according to a person briefed on the results.

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Icahn, Southeastern Propose Alternative to Dell Buyout

Shira Ovide, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Voices on May 10 at 12:25 am PT

Two of Dell Inc.’s largest stockholders, investor Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management Inc., proposed an alternative offer to a $24.4 billion deal to buy out the company’s public stockholders.

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Large Dell Holder Sells Stake After Blackstone Pullout

Telis Demos, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on April 24 at 10:04 am PT

The Oakmark Funds, a group of mutual funds that was one of Dell Inc.’s larger shareholders, sold its stake after Blackstone Group LP withdrew its potential bid for the PC maker, Oakmark said Wednesday.

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PC Slide Doomed a Blackstone-Dell Tie

Sharon Terlep, Shira Ovide and David Benoit, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on April 19 at 3:13 pm PT

It really was that bad. That was the conclusion Blackstone Group LP reached about Dell Inc. after it set a small army off to decide whether the private-equity firm should bid for the computer maker.

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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 Plans to Double China Sales Outlets

Eva Dou, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on April 11 at 5:30 am PT

Dell Inc. plans to expand into smaller cities and double its sales outlets in China over the next two to three years to help cushion it against the steep fall in global personal-computer shipments.

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Blackstone Solicits Partners for Dell Bid

Sharon Terlep and Shira Ovide, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on April 10 at 5:30 am PT

Blackstone Group LP is talking to several technology companies about potentially joining its bid to take computer maker Dell Inc. private, people familiar with the matter said.

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Dell Buyout Is a Fee-for-All

Matt Wirz and Sharon Terlep, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on April 5 at 8:00 am PT

Wall Street has a lot more than bragging rights riding on the $24 billion-plus takeover battle for Dell Inc. Some of the biggest banks in the world are vying for fees that together could top $400 million for advising and financing the buyout of the computer group, according to people familiar with the negotiations.

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Blackstone Is Open to Keeping Michael Dell as CEO

Matt Wirz and Sharon Terlep, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on March 27 at 12:17 pm PT

Blackstone Group LP is open to keeping Dell Inc. founder Michael Dell as chief executive under its plan to gain control of the computer maker, people familiar with the matter said.