courtesy Dell Inc.Southeastern Asset Management intends to push harder against the buyout of Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) by founder Michael Dell and his partners. Southeastern, which owns a stake of about 8.44%…
Paul Ausick thinkstockWe have tracked the key short interest changes as of January 31 in the following large cap stocks: General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE), Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK), Bank of America Corp. (NYSE:…
courtesy Dell Inc.Management of Southeastern Asset Management, the largest outside investor in Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL), made the case that the personal computer company is worth $24 a share. That is a…
Douglas A. McIntyre ThinkstockApple Dividend Rumors The latest speculation about Apple Inc.’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) financial plans is that it will raise its dividend. That may be a way to fend off activist investor David Einhorn,…
courtesy of NetflixGermany continues to battle France over the use of stimulus to help jump-start the EU economy. (Reuters) U.S. Airways Group Inc. (NYSE: LCC) and AMR probably will close an $11 billion…
Southeastern Asset Management, which owns 8.5% of Dell’s shares outstanding, has filed documents and a letter to Dell Inc.’s (NASDAQ: DELL) board that objects to the planned LBO. The letter makes it…
Douglas A. McIntyre courtesy Dell Inc.In an exclusive report, Reuters revealed that the largest single independent shareholder of Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL), Southeastern Asset Management, has voiced objections to the price of the leveraged buyout. Because…
Douglas A. McIntyre ThinkstockA Bump in China’s Trade China’s trade received a boost in January from the traditional New Year holiday. Exports soared 25% from 14.1% in the previous month, while imports jumped to 28%,…
Douglas A. McIntyre thinkstockSoutheastern Asset Management, Dell’s (NASDAQ: DELL) largest shareholder, is unhappy with the price of the LBO. (Reuters) The Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) 787 has been approved for test flights. (Reuters) BMW says…
courtesy of Apple Inc.The cannibalization of the PC market caused by the overwhelming popularity of tablet devices might be even greater than you think. According to the latest data from analyst firm…
Jon OggThese are some of this Wednesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall S. research calls. We have calls in banks, solar, tech, biotech and more. Arch Coal Inc.…
courtesy of Hewlett-PackardHewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) is among the tech companies that had comments on the leveraged buyout of Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL). The comments mostly were directed at Dell customers and…
courtesy Dell Inc.Critics of Microsoft Corp.’s (NASDAQ: MSFT) $2 billion investment in the Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) $24.4 billion leverage buyout believe that the world’s largest software company could harm its relationship…
ThinkstockHackers Hit the Fed Hackers have scored another victory in a series that has extended from Google Inc.’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) China site, to the New York Times Co. (NYSE: NYT) site, to…
courtesy of Facebook Inc.Liberty Global Inc. (NASDAQ: LBTYA) will buy U.K. cable firm Virgin Media Inc. (NASDAQ: VMED) for $15.75 billion. (Reuters) Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (NYSE: RBS) expects LIBOR penalties in…
