Mid-day Update

PODCAST: Dude, what’s in a Dell?

Jeremy Hobson Mar 22, 2013
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Mid-day Update

PODCAST: Dude, what’s in a Dell?

Jeremy Hobson Mar 22, 2013
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Can natural-gas companies and environmental groups together set standards for fracking that will win the public’s trust? An experiment in Pennsylvania will try.

Founder and CEO Michael Dell looks to take his company private. The deadline for competing bids is today. The big question is, what is the company worth?

It’s going to be another long weekend in Cyprus. The country’s leaders are putting the finishing touches on a new bailout plan today. Cyprus has until Monday to complete a deal and convince international lenders to keep pumping money into its ailing banking sector. Otherwise, the country risks economic collapse, which could force it to exit the euro.

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