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• US STOCKS-Wall St surges to 5-year highs; Dow ends above 14,000

  More than 600 stocks on NYSE, Nasdaq combined hit 52- week highs. *Google shares hit an all-time high of $776.60. NEW YORK, Feb 1- U.S. stocks rose to five-year highs on Friday, with the Dow closing above 14,000 for the first time since October 2007, after jobs and manufacturing data showed the economy's recovery remains on track.

• US STOCKS-Wall St rises on jobs, factory data, Dow passes 14,000

  *Google shares briefly touch all-time high before retreating. NEW YORK, Feb 1- U.S. stocks rose to five-year highs on Friday after jobs and manufacturing data showed the economy's recovery remains on track.

• UPDATE 1-Dell nears buyout that could top $24 bln-sources

  NEW YORK, Feb 1- Dell Inc is edging closer to an agreement to sell itself to a buyout consortium led by Michael Dell, its founder and chief executive, and private equity firm Silver Lake Partners in a deal that could top $24 billion, people familiar with the matter said on Friday.

• Michael Dell negotiating buyout at $13-$14 per share-sources

  NEW YORK, Feb 1- Michael Dell, the chief executive and founder of the world's No. 3 PC maker, is negotiating taking Dell Inc private together with his partners at $13 to $14 per share, two people familiar with the matter said on Friday.

• US STOCKS-Wall St rallies on upbeat data

  *Dow hits 14,000 for first time since Oct 2007. NEW YORK, Feb 1- U.S. stocks hit five-year highs on Friday after jobs and manufacturing data showed the economy's sluggish recovery is still on track. "All the data seems to keep pointing to a slowly, steadily improving economy," said Eric Kuby, chief investment officer at North Star Investment Management Corp in Chicago.

• US STOCKS-Wall St gains on payrolls, S&P positive for 5th week

  NEW YORK, Feb 1- U.S. stocks rose on Friday, with indexes turning positive for the week as the latest payroll report indicated the economic recovery remained on track. "What was really positive was significant revisions up," said Darrell Cronk, regional chief investment officer for Wells Fargo Private Bank in New York. "

• Dell shares rise on report of buyout plans

  NEW YORK-- Shares of Dell Inc. rose 7 percent in premarket trading on new reports that the computer company is nearing a deal to sell itself to a group including its CEO, a major private equity firm and Microsoft Corp. in a deal that could mark the largest leveraged buyout since the Great Recession.

• Dell Buyout Deal Could Come as Soon as Monday

  

  Dell is nearing an agreement to sell itself to a buyout consortium led by its founder and Chief Executive Michael Dell and private equity firm Silver Lake Partners.

• Dell nears buyout, deal could come as soon as Monday -sources

  NEW YORK, Feb 1- Dell Inc is nearing an agreement to sell itself to a buyout consortium led by its founder and Chief Executive Michael Dell and private equity firm Silver Lake Partners, possibly announcing a deal as soon as Monday, according to two people familiar with the matter.

• US STOCKS-Wall Street surges to five-year highs on data

  *Dow hits 14,000 for first time since Oct 2007. NEW YORK, Feb 1- U.S. stocks climbed to five-year highs on Friday in the wake of jobs and manufacturing data that showed the economy's sluggish recovery is still on track.

• Dell founder may control PC maker after buyout-Bloomberg

  NEW YORK, Jan 30- Dell Inc's founder and chief executive may pay as much as $1 billion out of his personal fortune to assume control of the world's No. 3 PC maker in a leveraged buyout, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday citing people familiar with the matter.

• ANALYSIS-Dell LBO talks reveal other leverage options

  NEW YORK, Jan 29- A bid to take Dell Inc private by buyout firm Silver Lake and its partners underscores the financing market's willingness to lend up to $15 billion to the world's No.3 PC maker-- money that could be used to buy back shares and pay dividends even if the deal doesn't come together.

• Michael Dell's Empire Stretches Far Beyond Hardware

  

  Talk of a deal to take Dell computers private has shed a spotlight on founder Michael Dell's vast financial empire with an estimated value of $16 billion, The New York Times reports.

• UPDATE 3-Silver Lake hunts for investors in Dell deal-sources

  *Canada pension fund manager CPPIB in talks to join bid-sources. NEW YORK/ SINGAPORE, Jan 17- Silver Lake Partners, trying to finalize a bidding group to take Dell Inc private, is in talks with the manager of Canada's pension plan and other potential investment partners, people familiar with the matter said.

• UPDATE 2-Temasek won't join Silver Lake for Dell buyout - source

  *Dell stock up 1.7 percent at $12.82. Jan 17- Singapore state investor Temasek Holdings Pte Ltd is not interested in investing in Dell Inc as part of a consortium led by private equity firm Silver Lake Partners, a source with knowledge of the matter said.

• Can Dell Click Better Private? 

  

  "Going private gives you time," explains Carly Fiorina, former HP chairman & CEO, weighing in on whether the tech giant will fare better if taken private.

• Dell Buyout Talks Advance, Banks Line Up Funds

  

  Talks to take Dell private are at an advanced stage with at least four major banks lined up to provide financing, two sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters.

• UPDATE 2-Dell buyout talks advance, Silver Lake lines up banks-sources

  *Silver Lake Partners tapped major banks for financing- sources. NEW YORK/ SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 15- Talks to take Dell Inc private are at an advanced stage with at least four major banks lined up to provide financing, two sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters, propelling shares of the No. 3 computer maker 7 percent higher.

• UPDATE 1-Silver Lake in advanced Dell buyout talks- sources

  *Silver Lake Partners tapped major banks for financing- sources. NEW YORK/ SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 15- Talks to take No. 3 computer maker Dell Inc private are in an advanced stage with at least four major banks lined up to provide financing, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

• What's Behind Facebook's Big Reveal? 

  

  Dennis Berman, Wall Street Journal, provides a look at what Facebook could possibly be up to now.