http://www.mail.com/companies/12210-dell-inc.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/companies/12210-dell-inc.html http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2089750-asia-stocks-mixed-holidays-thin-trade.html BANGKOK (AP) — Asian stock markets were mixed in holiday-thinned trading Friday as investors digested a slew of disappointing economic data and corporate results from the U.S. Applications for unemployment benefits jumped to their highest level in six weeks, the U.S. Labor Department reported Thursday, while manufacturing slowed in the mid-Atlantic region... Fri, 17 May 2013 05:12:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2089750-asia-stocks-mixed-holidays-thin-trade.html 2013-05-17T05:12:30Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2091540-dells-dismal-1q-illuminates-pc-makers-challenges.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Dell's financial decay worsened during its latest quarter as the company slashed its personal computer prices in response to the growing popularity of smartphones and tablets. The dismal performance announced Thursday provided the latest evidence of a technological shift that is making it difficult to sell laptop and desktop machines.... Thu, 16 May 2013 22:34:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2091540-dells-dismal-1q-illuminates-pc-makers-challenges.html 2013-05-16T22:34:40Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2084934-dell-raises-intrigue-rescheduling-1q-report.html ROUND ROCK, Texas (AP) — Struggling personal computer maker Dell will report its latest quarterly earnings ahead of schedule in a move likely to spur speculation that the results will be dismal. The schedule change announced Tuesday means Dell Inc. will release its fiscal first-quarter earnings after the market close this Thursday. The Round Rock, Texas, ... Tue, 14 May 2013 18:03:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2084934-dell-raises-intrigue-rescheduling-1q-report.html 2013-05-14T18:03:33Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2084492-update-to-address-windows-8-confusion-will-free.html NEW YORK (AP) — A planned Windows 8 update to address complaints and confusion with Microsoft's new operating system will be made available for free this year, the company said Tuesday. Microsoft also announced a name for the update: Windows 8.1. Not charging extra for Windows 8.1 is consistent with the company's practice of offering "decimal point" updat... Tue, 14 May 2013 16:58:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2084492-update-to-address-windows-8-confusion-will-free.html 2013-05-14T16:58:15Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2081608-dell-board-committee-seeks-info-icahn-plan.html Dell board members say they need more details from investor Carl Icahn if he wants them to seriously consider his latest challenge to Michael Dell's $24.4 billion plan to take the computer maker private. Icahn and prominent Dell shareholder Southeastern Asset Management said last week they want to keep Dell Inc. publicly traded and give shareholders $12 i... Mon, 13 May 2013 22:27:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2081608-dell-board-committee-seeks-info-icahn-plan.html 2013-05-13T22:27:41Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2076398-icahn-southeastern-challenge-dell-takeover-plan.html One of the biggest critics of Michael Dell's plan to take the company he founded private has launched a fresh challenge to that $24.4 billion bid and says the slumping PC maker needs new leadership. Billionaire investor Carl Icahn has teamed with Dell's largest independent shareholder, Southeastern Asset Management, to pitch a deal that would let Dell sha... Fri, 10 May 2013 22:25:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2076398-icahn-southeastern-challenge-dell-takeover-plan.html 2013-05-10T22:25:59Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2076710-us-stocks-rise-third-week-row.html NEW YORK (AP) — Small was beautiful this week. The Dow Jones industrial average closed above 15,000 for the first time on Tuesday, then held above that milestone for the next three days. But an index of small-company stocks has been putting the blue-chip gauge to shame. On Friday, the Russell 2000 closed the week up 2.2 percent, more than double the Dow's... Fri, 10 May 2013 21:45:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2076710-us-stocks-rise-third-week-row.html 2013-05-10T21:45:39Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2067690-microsoft-touching-up-windows-8-to-address-gripes.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Microsoft is retooling the latest version of its Windows operating system to address complaints and confusion that have been blamed for deepening a slump in personal computer sales. The tune up announced Tuesday won't be released to consumers and businesses until later this year. The changes, part of a software package given the coden... Tue, 07 May 2013 18:44:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2067690-microsoft-touching-up-windows-8-to-address-gripes.html 2013-05-07T18:44:31Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2041200-sk-hynix-posts-159m-profit-chip-prices-rise.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix Inc. on Wednesday reported its third consecutive quarterly profit as prices for PC memory chips rose. Its net profit totaled 178.7 billion won ($159 million) in the January-March quarter compared with a net loss of 271.2 billion won a year earlier. The results cemented a return to profit for Hynix ... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 10:49:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2041200-sk-hynix-posts-159m-profit-chip-prices-rise.html 2013-04-24T10:49:19Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2030180-suitors-dell-bids-amid-pc-slump.html Buyout specialist Blackstone Group LP is dropping its effort to acquire Dell, and billionaire investor Carl Icahn is reportedly unlikely to follow through on his preliminary acquisition offer, as suitors digest studies showing a staggering decline in PC sales. The Wall Street Journal said Icahn will now likely wait to see if shareholders approve a Februar... Fri, 19 Apr 2013 21:40:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2030180-suitors-dell-bids-amid-pc-slump.html 2013-04-19T21:40:53Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2031210-stocks-recover-slightly-tough-week.html NEW YORK (AP) — Strong earnings from a pair of technology giants helped the stock market recover some of its losses Friday, a positive end to Wall Street's worst week in five months. Microsoft and Google both beat earnings expectations, yields of government bonds ticked up and copper — a key industrial metal — continued its fall, losing 2 percent. Microso... Fri, 19 Apr 2013 21:19:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2031210-stocks-recover-slightly-tough-week.html 2013-04-19T21:19:11Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2022828-dell-icahn-agree-share-ownership-cap.html Dell Inc. and Carl Icahn have agreed to cap his stake in the personal computer maker while a special board committee considers competing takeover bids from the billionaire investor, a group led by CEO Michael Dell and buyout specialist Blackstone Group. The Round Rock, Texas, company said Tuesday that its board approved the agreement with Icahn under whic... Tue, 16 Apr 2013 20:10:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2022828-dell-icahn-agree-share-ownership-cap.html 2013-04-16T20:10:26Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2011506-pc-outlook-darkens-sales-slump-deepens-1q.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The ailing personal computer market is getting weaker, and it's starting to look as if it will never fully recover as a new generation of mobile devices reshapes the way people use technology. The latest evidence of the PC's infirmity emerged Wednesday with the release of two somber reports showing unprecedented declines in sales of d... Thu, 11 Apr 2013 04:06:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2011506-pc-outlook-darkens-sales-slump-deepens-1q.html 2013-04-11T04:06:11Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2008668-major-dell-shareholder-favors-buyout-offers.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Dell's largest independent shareholder is leaning toward supporting one of the two bidders trying to scuttle the slumping personal computer maker's proposed $24.4 billion sale to a group including CEO Michael Dell. Southeastern Asset Management expressed its preliminary support for the alternative offers in a letter sent Tuesday to th... Tue, 09 Apr 2013 21:58:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2008668-major-dell-shareholder-favors-buyout-offers.html 2013-04-09T21:58:09Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1987476-dell-opens-window-efforts-to-sell-company.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Dell 's financial advisers tried to persuade 71 potential bidders to make an offer for the troubled personal computer maker before two of them emerged to challenge a proposed $24.4 billion deal with the company's founder, according to documents filed Friday. The wide-ranging efforts to ignite a bidding contest for Dell Inc. are among ... Fri, 29 Mar 2013 23:46:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1987476-dell-opens-window-efforts-to-sell-company.html 2013-03-29T23:46:52Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1987328-portfolio-manager-accused-insider-trading-case.html NEW YORK (AP) — A senior portfolio manager for one of the nation's largest hedge funds was arrested Friday, accused of joining an insider trading conspiracy that the government said made more than $6 million illegally for the powerhouse investment company founded by billionaire businessman Steven A. Cohen. The arrest broadens the government's probe of tra... Fri, 29 Mar 2013 20:30:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1987328-portfolio-manager-accused-insider-trading-case.html 2013-03-29T20:30:33Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1977980-us-stocks-fall-broad-concern-europe.html Stocks reversed an early rise on Wall Street Monday as traders returned to worrying about the European economy. Optimism about a deal to prevent financial collapse in Cyprus had briefly pushed the Standard & Poor's 500 index to within a quarter-point of its record closing high, but stocks soon turned negative. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq composite index both c... Mon, 25 Mar 2013 22:57:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1977980-us-stocks-fall-broad-concern-europe.html 2013-03-25T22:57:48Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1977674-dell-drama-takes-twist-with-2-buyout-bids.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The two new suitors pursuing Dell have a message for Wall Street: Don't allow Michael Dell to hoard potential gains from the PC maker's expansion into more profitable technology products and services. Competing bidders Carl Icahn and the Blackstone Group LP are wooing Dell shareholders with an offer of a little more money today couple... Mon, 25 Mar 2013 21:03:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1977674-dell-drama-takes-twist-with-2-buyout-bids.html 2013-03-25T21:03:42Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1977762-us-market-futures-rise-cyprus-bailout-deal.html NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock market futures are rising following a deal in Europe for a 10 billion euro ($13 billion) bailout for Cyprus that will shrink its banking sector, but keep the nation using the euro. Dow Jones industrial average futures are up 39 to 14,498. Nasdaq 100 futures added 14.2 to 2,807.8. S&P 500 futures are up 6.50 to 1,558.50. Dell Inc... Mon, 25 Mar 2013 13:09:46 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1977762-us-market-futures-rise-cyprus-bailout-deal.html 2013-03-25T13:09:46Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1975420-report-dell-to-receive-takeover-bids.html Michael Dell may face some competition in his effort to take over the computer maker he founded. The Wall Street Journal reported on its web site Saturday that buyout specialist Blackstone Group and activist investor Carl Icahn have both notified a special committee of Dell Inc.'s board that they are working on bids for the company. Mi... Sat, 23 Mar 2013 20:57:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1975420-report-dell-to-receive-takeover-bids.html 2013-03-23T20:57:42Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1971920-deal-to-sell-dell-to-face-competition.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Is Michael Dell's attempt to gain more control over his company about to turn into a financial tug-of-war? The answer could come Friday. That's the end of a 45-day period that Dell Inc.'s board of directors set to allow for offers that might top a Feb. 5 deal to sell the personal computer maker to CEO Michael Dell and a group of inves... Fri, 22 Mar 2013 04:03:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1971920-deal-to-sell-dell-to-face-competition.html 2013-03-22T04:03:17Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1971276-dell-buyout-intrigue-heightens-deadline-looms.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Michael Dell is about to find out if other bidders think his company is worth more than he does. The answer could come Friday, which marks the end of a 45-day period that Dell Inc.'s board of directors settled on to allow for offers that might top a Feb. 5 agreement to sell the personal computer maker to CEO Michael Dell and a group o... Thu, 21 Mar 2013 22:09:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1971276-dell-buyout-intrigue-heightens-deadline-looms.html 2013-03-21T22:09:53Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1950082-dell-rejects-request-info-leading-to-buyout.html ROUND ROCK, Texas (AP) — Dell has rejected a request from a shareholder rights group seeking to review the internal information that led to a proposed $24.4 billion sale of the struggling personal computer maker. In a letter Tuesday, a Dell lawyer told the Shareholder Forum that it hadn't met the legal standard needed to gain access to confidential assess... Wed, 13 Mar 2013 01:47:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1950082-dell-rejects-request-info-leading-to-buyout.html 2013-03-13T01:47:01Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1945910-icahn-signs-confidentiality-agreement-with-dell.html Billionaire investor Carl Icahn, who is fighting Dell Inc. founder Michael Dell's plan to take the struggling company private, has entered a confidentiality agreement that would give him access to the computer maker's financial records. Michael Dell, who is also Dell's CEO, is planning a $24.4 billion buyout that would make the Round Rock, Texas, company ... Mon, 11 Mar 2013 23:45:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1945910-icahn-signs-confidentiality-agreement-with-dell.html 2013-03-11T23:45:58Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1937898-dell-buyout-turmoil-icahn-enters-fray.html A proposed buyout of computer maker Dell Inc. appeared less likely Thursday after activist investor Carl Icahn said Dell should remain a public company and reward shareholders with a big, one-time payout. The proposal further muddies a deal that already faced uncertain odds. Some of the company's biggest shareholders already had objected to the proposed b... Thu, 07 Mar 2013 22:53:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1937898-dell-buyout-turmoil-icahn-enters-fray.html 2013-03-07T22:53:36Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1936330-dell-committee-defends-244b-sale-best-choice.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Dell Inc. committee that negotiated the slumping PC maker's $24.4 billion buyout is standing behind the deal despite the misgivings of major shareholders who believe the price is too low. In a four-paragraph statement released Wednesday, the four directors who oversaw the discussions to sell Dell provided their most extensive defe... Wed, 06 Mar 2013 21:09:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1936330-dell-committee-defends-244b-sale-best-choice.html 2013-03-06T21:09:17Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1934390-rebel-dell-shareholder-demands.html ROUND ROCK, Texas (AP) — Dell's largest independent shareholder is turning up the pressure against the proposed $24.4 billion sale of the struggling personal computer maker to a group of investors that includes its CEO. In a letter Tuesday, Southeastern Asset Management demanded that Dell Inc. provide a list of the company's other stockholders. Obtaining ... Wed, 06 Mar 2013 00:55:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1934390-rebel-dell-shareholder-demands.html 2013-03-06T00:55:30Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1913736-barnes-noble-chair-wants-to-buy-retail-business.html NEW YORK (AP) — The last remaining national bookstore chain is being taken off the shelf and dusted off for sale. Barnes & Noble's founder Leonard Riggio disclosed in a regulatory filing Monday that he wants to acquire the company's stores and website, but not the business that makes the Nook e-reader or the company's college bookstores. No price was disc... Mon, 25 Feb 2013 22:36:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1913736-barnes-noble-chair-wants-to-buy-retail-business.html 2013-02-25T22:36:21Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1906746-hps-1q-offers-glimmer-hope-stock-surges.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Hewlett-Packard Co.'s latest quarterly results provided a glimmer of hope after months of gloomy news. The fiscal first-quarter numbers announced Thursday topped what the slumping personal computer maker's own management and stock market analysts had forecast. Like other PC makers, HP has been struggling to adapt to a shift toward sma... Thu, 21 Feb 2013 23:36:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1906746-hps-1q-offers-glimmer-hope-stock-surges.html 2013-02-21T23:36:45Z