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World Business Report: Huge deal sees Dell go private

Huge deal sees Dell go private

05/02/2013

BBC World Service - World Business Report, Huge deal sees Dell go private

Computing giant Dell returns to its founder in a $25bn deal.

The computing giant Dell has returned to its founder in a $25bn deal, the biggest deal of its sort since the financial crisis. We ask what flexibility it'll give Michael Dell to turn the company's fortunes around as it faces tough competition from tablet makers. Former Spanish economy minister Jose Manuel Campa tells us the government must tackle the current corruption scandal speedily to maintain the support of the public. And why art theft is such big business.

(Dell at Cebit tech fair, AFP)

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