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| Dell India sales up 17% | 21-NOV-09 |
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| Even healthy growth in vibrant markets like India and China could not help global personal computer manufacturer Dell’s net profit from slipping 54 per cent to $337 million, from $727 million in the same quarter last year. Revenue also declined by 15 per cent to $12.9 billion, compared with $15.2 billion in the same period last year, it added. |
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| Dell Q3 net dips 54% despite better India, China sales | 20-NOV-09 |
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| Dell Inc, world's third largest personal computer maker, has reported a massive 54 per cent decline in its profit during the third quarter ended October 30, despite seeing an upswing in sales from emerging markers like India and China. |
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| Patni Computer promoters to take call on stake sale by January | 06-NOV-09 |
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| Reviving plans to offload part of their holdings in Patni Computer Systems, promoters are studying offers from various companies, according to market sources. A clear decision on bids from various contenders for the promoter holdings, added the sources, was expected by January. The three Patni brothers, non-executive chairman Narendra Patni and his younger brothers, Gajendra and Ashok, hold equal stakes totalling 48.3 per cent in India’s sixth-largest software exporter. |
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| Dell takes the SME path | 22-OCT-09 |
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| In October last year, personal computer manufacturer Dell’s market share in the small and medium enterprises (SME) segment was just 3.2 per cent. A year later, the figure has improved to 5.2 per cent – a creditable performance considering that PC sales have been south-bound in this period. |
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| Dell to close US plant, axe 900 jobs | 08-OCT-09 |
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| US computer giant Dell announced that it was closing a desktop computer manufacturing plant in the United States next year and laying off some 900 workers. |
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| Dell: Dell gets bigger | 06-OCT-09 |
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| Dell’s acquisition of Perot System for $3.9 billion is being seen by most analysts as a strategic call. This will give Dell an enlarged footprint. Both the companies will get a chance to diversify. Of course, it will make Dell a service powerhouse – globally and in the country too. |
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| State SMEs hike IT spending | 25-SEP-09 |
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| When the likes of Microsoft, IBM, and DELL launch a slew of products targeting the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Gujarat, they have a reason to do so. |
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| Rudderless in Texas | 23-SEP-09 |
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| Dell/Perot Systems: Dell is paying through its nose in its search for direction. The US computer maker is acquiring Perot Systems for $3.9 billion, a whopping 68 per cent premium. This is a muffled echo of rival Hewlett-Packard’s purchase of EDS for $13.9 billion last May. Both IT services companies even had the same Texan founder, one-time US presidential contender Ross Perot. The difference is that HP bought a leading firm and the numbers stacked up. Dell is paying too much for a second-string company. |
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| Dell to get bigger footprint in India with Perot buy | 22-SEP-09 |
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| Dell’s acquisition of Perot Systems for $3.9 billion, say analysts, will give the former an enlarged footprint in India, as well as give both the companies a chance to diversify, while making Dell a services’ powerhouse, globally and in the country, too. |
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| Dell agrees to acquire Perot Systems for $3.9 bn | 22-SEP-09 |
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| Dell Inc agreed to buy Perot Systems Corp for $3.9 billion, undertaking its biggest purchase ever to compete with International Business Machines Corp and Hewlett-Packard Co in computer services. |
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| Dell buys Perot Systems for $3.9 bn | 21-SEP-09 |
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| World's second-largest PC maker Dell Inc today entered into an agreement to acquire computer services firm Perot Systems for about $3.9 billion, making it one of the biggest deals in the IT space since global financial turmoil hit the sector. |
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| Dell, MTNL tie up for 3G wireless solutions | 08-SEP-09 |
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| Dell and MTNL have announced a partnership to offer 3G wireless mobility solutions on Dell’s select range of laptops and netbooks. These connected-by MTNL products would be available through Dell’s distribution channels in Mumbai and Delhi. |
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