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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…
Dell Nears a Buyout of More Than $23 Billion
February 4, 2013 Lucas Jackson/ReutersDell’s founder, Michael S. Dell, attended the unveiling of Microsoft’s Windows 8 operating system last year in New York. Dell Inc. neared an agreement on Monday…
Major Companies Push the Limits of a Tax Break
January 6, 2013 It began more than 90 years ago as a small tax break intended to help family farmers who wanted to swap horses and land. Farmers who sold…
Dell Shares Rise on News Company May Go Private
January 14, 2013 Public investors are excited about the prospect of Dell going private. Shares of Dell spiked nearly 13 percent on Monday after Bloomberg News reported that the beleaguered…
Reader’s Digest Files for Bankruptcy, Again
February 18, 2013 Executives at Reader’s Digest must be hoping that the magazine’s second trip to bankruptcy court in under four years will be its last. The magazine’s parent, RDA…
Fed Transcripts Reveal Concerns About Private Equity Boom
January 18, 2013 As the private equity bubble inflated during the first half of 2007, a period defined by record acquisitions by the world’s largest buyout firms, the Federal Reserve…
C.E.O.’s Now Free to Tweet
April 3, 2013 Sites like Twitter and Facebook are now considered legitimate ways for chief executives to communicate with their investors, but within certain limits. The Securities and Exchange Commission…
With or Without Bailout, Cypriots Lose Trust in Banks
March 25, 2013 NICOSIA, Cyprus — With her wedding day three months away, Despina Charalambous is desperate to gain access to her savings, which have been frozen at the Bank…
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