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• Stocks Dip on Revised GDP; Fed's View Curbs Loss

  Reuters - 2009-11-24

  By Rodrigo CamposNEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks fell on Tuesday on lackluster economic data in a session marked by low volume and choppy trading, but losses eased after the Federal Reserve raised its expectations for growth in 2010.Stocks fell early in the session as revised government data on gross...

  Tags: Gross Domestic Product, Federal Reserve Board, Stock, Dell Computer Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., US, Zephyr Management

• Dell Bets on Corporate Spending For Recovery

  Reuters - 2009-11-20

  By Kelvin SohSINGAPORE (Reuters) - Dell DELL, the world's No.3 PC brand, said on Friday that its core business of selling computers to companies was returning, after a sharp drop-off during the global downturn led to disappointing quarterly results.Dell's commercial business has traditionally made up the bulk of its revenue,...

  Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Recovery, PC, Microsoft Windows 7, Sales Strategy, Desktops, Hewlett-Packard Co., Microsoft Corp.

• Dell's Q3 profit slides 54%

  BNET - 2009-11-20

  IDG News Service - Dell reported third-quarter profits on Thursday that were down 54% from this time last year, though the company said it was encouraged by a slight uptick in sales from the prior quarter. Dell's net income for the three months to Oct. 30 was $337 million, or...

  Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co.

• Dell Results Miss Expectations

  ReutersUK - 2009-11-19

  By Gabriel MadwaySAN FRANCISCO (Reuters UK) - Dell Inc's DELL quarterly profit plunged 54 percent on lower-than-expected sales as it lost market share to competitors engaged in a budding price war in the PC market.Shares of Dell, the No. 3 maker of personal computers, tumbled 6 percent following the results,...

  Tags: Dell Computer Corp., PC, Analyst, Quarter, Sales Strategy, Sales, Hewlett-Packard Co., Microsoft Corp.

• Dell Results Miss Expectations, Shares Drop

  Reuters - 2009-11-19

  By Gabriel MadwaySAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Dell Inc's DELL quarterly profit plunged 54 percent on lower-than-expected revenue as its sales to large businesses suffered, driving its shares down 6 percent.The weak results from the No. 3 PC maker reflect the growing divide between it and larger rival Hewlett-Packard Co HPQ,...

  Tags: Dell Computer Corp., PC, Analyst, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Hewlett-Packard Co., Microsoft Corp.

• HP, SGI, Cray and Dell Show Off New Systems at Supercomputing 2009

  BNET - 2009-11-19

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  Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., Cray Inc., Silicon Graphics Inc., Supercomputing

• Dell Looks to 2010 For Pickup in PCs

  ReutersUK - 2009-11-17

  By Gabriel MadwaySAN FRANCISCO (Reuters UK) - Dell Inc DELL will on Thursday report quarterly results for the first time as the No. 3 maker of personal computers -- unfamiliar territory for a company that not so long ago was the world's largest PC maker.In the midst of a push...

  Tags: Dell Computer Corp., PC, Analyst, Desktops, 3Com Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., Microsoft Corp.

• HP Acquires 3Com, Tweaks Cisco's Nose, Tosses Gauntlet to IBM, Dell

  BNET - 2009-11-11

  Hewlett-Packard HPQ has announced that it is acquiring networking company 3-Com (3COM) for $2.7 billion. The aggressive move counters expansions by Dell into services and sometimes partner, sometimes rival Cisco into servers and just about every aspect of network-related offering it can acquire, as well as taking on IBM on...

  Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., 3Com Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., IBM Corp., Networking, Erik Sherman

• PC shipments rise 2.3% as HP recaptures lead in US and Acer moves ahead of Dell worldwide, says IDC

  BNET - 2009-10-18

  Global PC shipments rose 2.3% on year in the third quarter of 2009, according to IDC. The increase was an important continuation of recovery from yearly declines of 6.8% in the first quarter and 2.4% in the second quarter of the year. All regions except Japan either met or surpassed...

  Tags: growth, PC, Hewlett-Packard Co., shipment, International Data Corp.

• Apple Mac Shipments Grew in Q3, but HP, Acer, Dell Dominate

  BNET - 2009-10-15

  Apple, which does not participate in the netbook trend, shipped 1.6 million mobile computers in the third quarter, according to Gartner. The overall PC market also unexpectedly grew in the third quarter of 2009, though still saw a revenue loss due to falling prices.In the third quarter of 2009, Apple's...

  Tags: Apple Inc., PC, shipment, Gartner Inc.