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Microsoft May Invest $1B-$3B In Dell Buyout
alexander_686 writes "We heard that Dell is in buyout talks with private equity firms. Now, the word is that Microsoft may invest one to three billion dollars in that buyout. For that amount of money, Microsoft isn't going for majority ownership, but it would be a significant stake. Dell is worth around $22-25 billion. Speculation is that investors would put up $5-7 billion in equity, borrowing the rest. As a point of reference, Michael Dell's stock is worth $3.6 billion."
YAY!!!! Let's have everything owned by the choppers and the dealers and the I-don't-give-a-long-term-fuckers!
Capitalism has never been worse.
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