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Michael Dell to 'consider' Blackstone LBO only with CEO guarantee

Negotiations are ongoing and the two sides may not reach an understanding

Gold advances for second time in three days

The precious metal declined for two straight quarters, the longest slump in 12 years, on concern that the US may end stimulus measures as the economy recovers

Copper at 8-month low in New York on China manufacturing

Prices fell as speculators reduced their positions

Authors irked by Amazon

Authors' group says Amazon is gaining too much control in publishing industry with its purchase of Goodreads, a book-review site

Cyprus 'not an example' for Europe

EU President says the plan will not threaten other nations

Dell expects slow growth in 2014

Sales for the year ending January might slip to $56.5 billion

Foxconn plant shows labour eroding China edge

UPS pays $40 mn to end illegal drug shipment probe

Nestle joins Mars in vow to aid female farmers after criticism

Next Facebook might come from China as sites innovate, not copy

PaPa notched 10 million downloads in five months from iPhone and Android users

Pfizer loses bid to have Celebrex investor suits dismissed

Only 6% applicants make the Harvard cut this year

Yale accepts 6.7%, Princeton offers admission to 7.3% and Columbia accepts 6.89% freshman applicants

FY13 IPOs: The Story In Numbers

Sugar output in India to drop on dry weather

The harvest will fall 6.5% to 23 mn tons in the year starting October 1 from 24.6 mn tons this year

Gold headed for worst quarterly run since 2001

Prices have fallen 4.1% this quarter; the metal touched $1,555.55 on Feb 21, the cheapest since July 2012

Millions may be affected by web disruption in online attack

The interruptions came after Spamhaus, temporarily added CyberBunker to a blacklist that is used by email providers to weed out spam

EU govts approve banker pay curbs

Deutsche Bank declines after S&P says debt rating might be cut

Obama inks funding Bill

UK banks have $38-bn capital shortfall, says BoE

BoE is pushing banks to increase resilience so they can boost lending and fund an economic recovery