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Dell shareholders approve $25 billion buyout

Molly Wood Sep 12, 2013
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Dell shareholders approve $25 billion buyout

Molly Wood Sep 12, 2013
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After months of deal-making with Dell’s board and battling activist investor Carl Icahn, Michael Dell has won the chance to take his company private. Dell’s shareholders approved a $25 billion buyout. Although the company has closed the book on this chapter, big questions about the future of Dell still remain. Carl Howe, vice president of research at the Yankee Group, joins Marketplace Tech host Ben Johnson to discuss.  

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