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Carl Icahn Wants to Fire Michael Dell (Video)
A lively TV lunch hour with a corporate raider.
Content Gains Allow Demand Media to Beat Wall Street Expectations on Q1 Earnings and Revenue
Strong performance of media properties added to the results.
Jon Rubinstein Joins Board of Qualcomm, as Mobile Chipmaker Ups Its Silicon Valley Cred
The longtime mobile exec is a high-profile appointment.
News Byte
Investor Group Offers $6.9 Billion to Take BMC Private
Software company BMC has agreed to be acquired by a group of four private equity firms. Together, Bain Capital, Golden Gate Capital, GIC Special Investments and Insight Venture Partners have offered to take BMC private at $46.25 a share, a deal that values the company at $6.9 billion, which amounts to a premium of less than 2 percent over BMC’s closing share price on Friday.Voices
Blackstone Ends Pursuit of Dell
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.News Byte
Silver Lake Finally Announces New $10.3 Billion Tech-Focused Fund
Silver Lakes Partners, the high-profile private equity which has been a big player in the tech space, has finally closed a new $10.3 billion large-cap technology investment fund. The firm said its Silver Lake Partners IV Fund was oversubscribed, surpassing a $7.5 billion target. Silver Lake now manages over $23 billion and is involved in a range of digital deals — most prominently of late, in the private takeover of Dell Computer.Former Yahoo Security Head Somaini Lands at Cloud Startup Box
One of three high-profile hires for the IPO-bound startup.
Southeastern Comes Out Against “Inadequate” Dell Buyout Plan
An unhappy shareholder.
HP Senior VP Ajei Gopal Leaving for Silver Lake Partners
He’ll be taking George Kadifa’s old job.
Dell’s Depressing Proxy Makes Analysts Cringe
A dark picture, clear at last.