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    2 Rivals Complicate Deal for Dell

    March 24, 2013 Chip East/ReutersThe activist investor Carl Icahn. Two rival bids for Dell Inc. have emerged, threatening to complicate or change — or upend — an effort to take…

    Morning Take-Out

    June 13, 2013JPMorgan Chief Is Expected to Play Down Trade Risks at Hearing  |  When JPMorgan’s chief executive, Jamie Dimon, appears Wednesday on Capitol Hill, he plans to play down…

    Penney Enlists Blackstone to Help It Raise Money

    April 11, 2013 J. C. Penney has hired the Blackstone Group to help it raise much-needed cash, people briefed on the matter said on Thursday, as the embattled retailer seeks…

    A Tax That May Change the Trading Game

    February 21, 2013 To the dismay of the United States government — not to mention Wall Street — much of Europe seems poised to begin taxing financial trading as soon…

    Private Equity Antitrust Lawsuit Goes Forward

    March 14, 2013 A federal judge refused to dismiss a lawsuit accusing private equity firms of colluding to lower the prices of deals during the buyout boom, paving the way…

    4 Years After Crisis, Ireland Strikes Deal to Ease a Huge Debt Load

    February 7, 2013 Elizabeth Dalziel for The New York TimesCranes work around the empty building that was to be the headquarters of the failed Anglo Irish Bank in Dublin. LONDON…

    A Coffee Deal for the Long Haul

    April 12, 2013 Bart Becht’s $10 billion coffee run has a dash of Warren E. Buffett about it. Mr. Becht, the former Reckitt Benckiser boss, is leading an agreed buyout…

    How Dell Tried to Avoid Potential Buyout Pitfalls

    February 8, 2013 If a runner is the only person in a race and runs really hard, can there still a winner? That’s the feeling I had reading through the…

    Do Your Board Members Represent Your Interests?

    February 5, 2013 Whenever small-business owners and entrepreneurs come to me looking for capital, I encourage them to think about the trade-offs involved in choosing debt or equity. Sometimes there…

    Dell in $24 Billion Deal to Go Private

    February 5, 2013 Kimihiro Hoshino/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesMichael S. Dell, 47, has amassed a fortune estimated at $16 billion since starting the computer firm in his dormitory room at…