News on Dell Inc.

Dell sues 5 Asia tech firms, alleging LCD cartel

2010-03-15T04:15:34Z

<div><p>TOKYO (Reuters) - Dell Inc, the world's third-largest PC maker, has filed a lawsuit against Sharp Corp, Hitachi Ltd, Toshiba Corp ...

Dell to sell services for AMA's new e-records

2010-03-01T07:45:33Z

<div id="subtitle">Dell brings hardware, tech consulting to American Medical Association's e-health record plan</div><div><p>Dell Inc. hopes to expand a key part of its business through a deal to sell computer hardware and technology consulting to medical practices that want to use new electronic medical records and related services fro...

Penney, Dell, Huntsman, Intuit are big movers

2010-02-22T09:11:38Z

<div id="subtitle">Penney, Dell, Huntsman, Intuit, Apollo Group, CBS among big market movers Friday</div><div><p>Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Friday on the New York St...

Friday premarket (DELL, SLB, SII)

2010-02-19T20:00:10Z

Stock futures are down slightly before this morning's open, likely due to the Fed's nudge upward in interest rates after the close yesterday.

Dell - an AlphaNinja favorite for quite some time - is down 6.7% today, after reporting upside to earnings but terrible gross margins.

My initial rea...

Correction: Dell 4th-quarter earnings

2010-02-22T08:12:48Z

&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Correction: Dell 4th-quarter earnings&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;In a Feb. 18 story and summary box about Dell Inc.'s fiscal fourth-quarter earnings, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the company's net income fell 6 percent. It fell 5 percent.&lt;/p&gt;&am...

Dell shares slide on margin concerns

2010-02-22T08:15:02Z

&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Shares of Dell Inc &amp;lt;DELL.O&amp;gt; fell on Friday, as investors showed their frustration with the computer maker's margin performance for the January quarter.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Dell's shares fe...

On the Call: Dell CEO Michael Dell

2010-02-22T08:32:29Z

<div id="subtitle">On the Call: Dell CEO optimistic on corporate spending in current first quarter</div><div><p>Dell Inc., the third-largest computer maker in the world after Hewlett-Packard Co. and Taiwan's Acer Inc., rep...

Dell 4Q profit edges down 5 percent; stock falls

2010-02-22T08:37:35Z

<div id="subtitle">Dell 4Q profit edges down 5 percent despite consumer PC strength, corporate spending</div><div><p>Dell Inc. said Thursday its net income fell 5 percent in the last quarter despite early signs that businesses may be starting to buy new computers again.</p><p>Consumers snapped up low-cost laptops and smaller netbooks over the holidays, pushing Del...

Summary Box: Dell's fiscal 4Q

2010-02-22T08:32:32Z

<div id="subtitle">Summary Box: Consumers, businesses both got Dells in 4th quarter, but profit falls 5 percent</div><div><p>PROFIT SQUEEZE: Dell Inc.'s profit sank 5 percent despite rising revenue and computer shipments in the most recent quarter. Cheap consumer PCs and higher component prices ate into net income.</p><p>TURNING AROUND: Dell said corporations star...

Dell margins miss Street view, shares fall

2010-02-22T08:37:30Z

<div><p>SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Dell Inc's &lt;DELL.O&gt; quarterly gross margin missed Wall Street expectations, hurt by sales of lower-priced personal computers for consumers and a rise in costs for memor...

Dell profit dips as revenues climb

2010-02-22T08:33:27Z

<div><p>Dell on Thursday reported that its fourth-quarter profits slipped five percent despite revenues climbing to 14.9 billion dollars.</p><p>The US computer giant's net income for the fiscal quarter ending January 29 was 334 million dollars, or 17 cents per share, as compared to 351 million, or 18 cents per share, during the same period a year earlier.</p><p&a...

Business Highlights

2010-02-22T08:34:26Z

<div><p>Job market improvement may be slowing, data show</p><p>WASHINGTON (AP) — Layoffs aren't slowing as fast as some analysts had expected. That was the message Thursday in a government report that the number of people filing first-time claims for unemployment benefits rose unexpectedly last week. Jobless claims rose by 31,000 to a seasonally adjusted 473,000.</p><p>Further evidence that the pace of the econom...

Earns Dell

2010-02-18T14:17:32Z

FILE - In this March 1, 2007 file photo, a Dell computer logo is shown in Dallas. Dell Inc. on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010 said its net income fell 6 percent in the most recent quarter. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

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Despite the horror show put on in the consumer segment, Dell has more upside(WARNING: GRAPHIC, DISTURBING CONTENT)

2010-02-22T08:29:10Z

I didn't lie. This is disgusting.

On $3.547billion in fourth quarter revenue, Dell's consumer division made $9million dollars, for an operating income margin of .2%....

Dell Inc., the third-largest computer maker in the world behind Hewlett-Packard Co. and Acer Inc., is expected to say Thursday that its adj...

HP, Dell report results as Wall St bets on PC sales

2010-02-22T09:18:06Z

<div><p>SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - With computer hardware at the top of the shopping list for many companies this year, Hewlett-Packard Co &lt;HPQ.N&gt; and Dell Inc &lt;DELL.O&...

Earnings Preview: Dell to report 4Q Thursday

2010-02-22T09:14:32Z

<div id="subtitle">Dell 4th-quarter results Thursday likely another sign of slow tech spending by businesses</div><div><p>Dell Inc., the third-largest computer maker in the world behind Hewlett-Packard Co. and Acer Inc., reports its fiscal fourth-quarter results aft...

Court Reinstates Dell Class Action Over Faulty Parts

2010-02-22T10:25:13Z

<div id="subtitle">Arbitration clause ruled unenforceable</div><div><p>A class action alleging that Dell shipped faulty laptops is set to reopen, after a federal appeals court reversed a 2008 district court ruling dismissing the case.</p><p>The suit was brought by lead plaintiffs Michael Omstead,

Dell must defend suit alleging defective notebooks

2010-02-22T11:15:37Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal appeals court reinstated on Friday a proposed class-action lawsuit accusing Dell Inc of selling defective notebook computers.</p><p>A panel of the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in