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Rival Dell Buyout Plans Duke It Out

Posted by samzenpus on Monday May 13, 2013 @03:00AM from the last-bid-standing dept.

jfruh writes "Michael Dell's plan to take the company he founded private, with help from Microsoft, isn't going smoothly. Corporate raider and major Dell stockholder Carl Icahn has presented a rival plan that would shut Michael Dell out. Perhaps predictably, the Dell board isn't sold on Icahn's idea, saying it will leave the company short of cash, even though they haven't been able to fully evaluate it yet."

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Re:Icahn is bluffing by game+kid · 2013-05-13 03:16 · Score: 5, Funny

"Why am I making such a big offer for Dell that would drive out Mr. Dell? Because Icahn."

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conversation: by WilyCoder · 2013-05-13 03:29 · Score: 4, Funny

Icahn to Dell: "Dude, you're not getting a dell"
Re:Not supposed to do that? by Anonymous Coward · 2013-05-13 03:29 · Score: 3, Funny

Oh, you believed his promises? What next, you're going to marry a prostitute and rebuild a shipyard to make up for the fact that you've spent your life raping the world?