Activist investor Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management Inc have initiated talks with banks and asset managers to line up commitments for as much as $7 billion (4.6 billion pounds) in bridge loans to back their leveraged recapitalization proposal for Dell Inc <DELL. (5:21 am)

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HP Shares Soar as Struggling PC Maker Beats Estimates

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HP shares rose 12% in after-hours trading, as recovery plan kicks into gear. (9:29 pm)

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HP raises 2013 outlook as Whitman's plan takes hold

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Hewlett-Packard Co raised its 2013 earnings outlook after quarterly results beat low expectations, as CEO Meg Whitman's turnaround plan helped offset shrinking personal computer sales with enterprise computing services. (May 23)

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Dell Ships in July Thumb-Sized PC Project Ophelia

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U.S. PC-maker Dell said over the weekend that it would begin to ship in July a thumb-sized computer called Project Ophelia. The Android-based device as big as a USB stick, will sell for $100. (May 21)

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Dell says cannot disclose more information to Icahn yet

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Dell Inc said in a letter to suitors Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management that the company would not provide more information about itself unless the board determined that their proposal was "superior" to founder Michael Dell's. (May 20)

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Dell Profits Plunge on Lower PC Sales

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Net profit declines 79% to $130m amid investors' battle to takeover the company. (May 17)

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Dell's profit dives as billionaire battle rages on

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Dell Inc, the subject of a takeover battle between activist investor Carl Icahn and the company's billionaire founder, reported a 79 percent slide in profit as personal computer sales continued to shrink. (May 17)

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Dell's profit slides 79 percent as it seeks to go private

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Highfields, other funds dove into Dell fray in first quarter

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Several top stock-picking hedge funds bought about 30 million shares of PC maker Dell Inc in the first quarter, possibly increasing pressure on company founder Michael Dell to improve his bid to take the company private. (May 16)

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Hedge fund Highfields Capital dove into Dell fray in first quarter

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Hedge fund Highfields Capital bought 23 million shares of PC maker Inc in the first quarter, according to a securities filing by the fund on Wednesday. (May 16)