*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.
*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.
*Dell shares soar after Bloomberg reports in talks to go private. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 14- Shares of Dell Inc soared 13 percent to a near eight-month high on Monday after Bloomberg reported the world's No. 3 PC maker is in talks with at least two private equity firms about going private.
*Dell shares soar after Bloomberg reports in talks to go private. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 14- Dell Inc is in talks with private equity firms to go private, Bloomberg reported on Monday, sending the personal computer maker's shares soaring 15 percent.
BOSTON, Jan 7- Michael Dell has lost of one of the key lieutenants he recruited to help him turn around his ailing computer company. David Johnson, Dell Inc's senior vice president for corporate strategy, has left to take a senior position with investment company Blackstone Group LP, according to Dell spokesman David Frink.
"We all think we will be happy when we finally have some downtime – when we can get away, disconnect, shut down. You may even daydream about withdrawing from the rat race full-time. What you don’t know is that all that peace and quiet will ruin your state of mind," writes former White House Economic Adviser Todd Buchholz in this guest blog for his new book, "RUSH."