May 31- Dell Inc said it will hold a special meeting for shareholders on July 18 to vote on a proposed $24.4 billion buyout led by founder and Chief Executive Michael Dell. A special committee of Dell's board also issued a letter to shareholders recommending that they vote to approve the deal.
The New York- based company said it was cooperating with the request in the May 6 subpoena. A spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney's Office in New York also declined to comment. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, was noted briefly in the company's annual 10- k filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
May 23- Forest Laboratories Inc said on Thursday that Howard Solomon, who has led the biotech firm since 1977, will retire as chief executive officer at the end of this year and the company will name a successor by that time. Forest Labs adopted a shareholder rights plan last year after investor Carl Icahn built up a more than 10 percent stake in the company.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 22- Hewlett-Packard Co raised its 2013 earnings outlook after quarterly results beat low expectations, as CEO Meg Whitman's turnaround plan helped offset shrinking personal computer sales with enterprise computing services.
ZUG, Switzerland, May 17- Transocean Ltd said shareholders voted out Chairman Michael Talbert at the annual meeting on Friday and backed a nominee of activist investor Carl Icahn to replace him on the board of the world's largest offshore drilling contractor.
ZUG, Switzerland, May 17- Transocean Ltd said shareholders voted out Chairman Michael Talbert at the annual meeting on Friday and backed a nominee of activist investor Carl Icahn to replace him on the board of the world's largest offshore drilling contractor.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 16- Dell Inc, the subject of a takeover battle between activist investor Carl Icahn and the company's billionaire founder, reported a 79 percent slide in profit as personal computer sales continued to shrink.
BOSTON, May 15- Several top stock-picking hedge funds bought about 30 million shares of PC maker Dell Inc in the first quarter, possibly increasing pressure on company founder Michael Dell to improve his bid to take the company private.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 14- Dell Inc, mired in a battle between activist investor Carl Icahn and co-founder Michael Dell over its future, said it will report quarterly results on Thursday, May 16, five days ahead of schedule.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 14- Dell Inc, mired in a battle between activist investor Carl Icahn and co-founder Michael Dell over its future, said it will report quarterly results on Thursday, May 16, five days ahead of schedule.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 14- Dell Inc, mired in a battle between activist investor Carl Icahn and co-founder Michael Dell over its future, said it will report quarterly results on Thursday, May 16, a week ahead of schedule.
NEW YORK, May 13- Dell Inc's special board committee on Monday asked activist investor Carl Icahn for details of his plan to buy the computer maker, including how he would finance a cash payout to shareholders and who would run the company if his preferred slate of board directors was installed.
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