...group led by its founder and CEO is being called a rotten deal by a major shareholder who estimates the slumping personal computer maker is really worth more $42 billion.The missive launched Friday by Southeastern Asset Management Inc. threatens...

...last week, so it's unlikely that the company's stock, or tech stocks in general, will get a boost when the personal computer maker posts its earnings Thursday afternoon. The company is expected to earn 39 cents per share, up from 33 cents...

...the 1,900 jobs at the plant as the thousands more that might spring up, experts say. The world's largest personal computer maker announced this month it will build its third U.S. manufacturing plant in the Triad. The plant work force ultimately...

...sales of printers, servers and notched double-digit gains in overseas markets. Dell, the world's largest personal computer maker, said Thursday it earned $799 million, or 31 cents a share, compared with $621 million, or 24 cents a share...

...its 12th loss in 13 quarters, a result of sharply declining sales and charges related to its makeover from a personal computer maker to a consumer electronics company. Last year, Gateway's PC shipments fell 24 percent to less than 2.1 million...

...agreed to acquire all of TSMC-Acer Semicon, its chipmaking joint venture with Acer Inc., Taiwan's largest personal computer maker. That deal and the Worldwide acquisition will solidify TSMC's position as the world's largest chip foundry...

...and focus on easy, quick Internet access for the novice. Dell's Webpc steers away from the nation's No. 1 personal computer maker's formula of bringing power and speed to business clients, instead demystifying computer use by offering the...

...not for a single event, that we should have a change," Benjamin M. Rosen, chairman of the world's largest personal computer maker, said Sunday in an interview. Rosen was named acting chief executive while the company searches for a permanent...

...supplier-manufacturer arrangements in the industry, where companies seeking the lowest price frequently switch suppliers. Personal computer makers buy many of the parts that go inside their machines from others. Intel Corp., the biggest maker of computer...

...the sources said. With Apple, investigators are looking at allegations that Microsoft tried to persuade the personal computer maker to stay out of the multimedia software market. In both cases, the sources said Microsoft threatened to retaliate...