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Michael Dell and Silver Lake Partners have been battling Carl Icahn for control of the firm

Dell founder seeks new path to privatise company

Dell founder Michael Dell has pushed for easier voting rules to help him win his battle to take the PC maker private, offering a token 10c more per share to sweeten his $24 billion bid.

Business • 24 Jul 13

Dell earned $130m in the latest quarter compared with $635m a year earlier

Dell's Q1 earnings fall 79% as PC sales sag

Dell's earnings plunged by 79% in the latest quarter as the shift to smartphones and tablets reduced demand for its personal computers.

Business • 17 May 13

Michael Dell facing another challenge to takeover plan

Investors challenge Dell takeover plan

Dell's largest independent shareholder has teamed with activist investor Carl Icahn in another challenge to Michael Dell's bid to take the computer maker private.

Business • 10 May 13

Blackstone drops out of race for Dell

The Blackstone Group is dropping its effort to acquire the computer maker Dell, citing slumping personal computer sales and Dell's "rapidly eroding financial profile."

Business • 19 Apr 13

Dell founder willing to work with third parties on alternate acquisition proposals

Dell board considers two new buyout offers

Dell plans to negotiate with Blackstone Group and investor Carl Icahn over new acquisition bids for the computer maker that rival an offer of over $24 billion from investors led by founder Michael Dell.

Business • 25 Mar 13

Carl Icahn wants Dell to pay a special dividend of $9 per share

Icahn signs confidentiality agreement with Dell

Billionaire investor Carl Icahn has entered a confidentiality agreement that would give him access to Dell's financial records.

Business • 11 Mar 13

Icahn proposes alternative to Dell buyout

Billionaire investor Carl Icahn wants Dell to remain a public company and reward shareholders with a large dividend payment instead of becoming private in a $24.4 billion buyout.

Business • 07 Mar 13

Dell's quarterly revenues again hurt by a shrinking consumer business

Dell's quarterly profits down 31%

Computer maker Dell has reported quarterly profits and revenues ahead of expectations, in what could be its last set of results as a public company.

Business • 20 Feb 13

Michael Dell will be able to change the company away from the glare of the markets

Analysis - What the Dell deal means

Dell’s founder will hope that taking the company private will allow him to realise a turnaround plan six years in the making, without having a nervous stock market looking over his shoulder, writes Adam Maguire.

Business • 05 Feb 13