Carl Icahn Wants to Fire Michael Dell (Video)

A lively TV lunch hour with a corporate raider.
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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.

Former Yahoo Security Head Somaini Lands at Cloud Startup Box

One of three high-profile hires for the IPO-bound startup.
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Southeastern Comes Out Against “Inadequate” Dell Buyout Plan

An unhappy shareholder.
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HP Senior VP Ajei Gopal Leaving for Silver Lake Partners

He’ll be taking George Kadifa’s old job.
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Dell’s Depressing Proxy Makes Analysts Cringe

A dark picture, clear at last.
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What’s Dell’s Bidding Process Really About? (Clue: It’s Not About Fixing Dell)

Money doesn’t buy a fix for what ails the troubled computer company.
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Dell’s Go-Private Case Emerged as Business Eroded

A filing shows the process of going private started much earlier than anyone knew.
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Oracle Blames Third-Quarter Miss on Sales Execution

Also, chatter about Hurd may be weighing things down a bit.
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Security Firm Endgame Lands $23 Million From Paladin Capital

Carl Icahn and Dell Enter Confidentiality Agreement Over Buyout Deal

Silver Lake Contributed $1.4 Billion to Dell Buyout Offer, Filings Show

Dell Confirms Plan to Go Private in $24.4 Billion Buyout Deal

Dell Could Announce Deal to Go Private as Soon as Monday

No, HP Will Not Be Selling Autonomy or EDS or Anything Else

A Look at Two Dell Buyout Scenarios

Dell Considers Going Private, Again

AMD Prepares for January Reorganization, Including More Job Cuts

Insight Leads $165 Million Round in Cloud-Based Energy Database Company Drilling Info

Google, Private-Equity Firms Mull Bid for Yahoo