Dell Inc.

Dell, H-P feel impact from Intel sales warning - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 54 days 21 hours 7 minutes ago
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Fears of a recession, reports of lower-than-expected sales at major electronics retailers and a revenue warning from chip giant Intel Corp. on Thursday prompted several analysts to cut their forecasts for the entire computer industry, along with their earnings and sales expectations on the PC sector's two largest players.

Green Goal of 'Carbon Neutrality' Hits Limit
Wall Street Journal, The | 8 days 17 hours 23 minutes ago
ROUND ROCK, Texas -- Computer giant Dell Inc. said this summer that it has become "carbon neutral," the latest step in its quest to be "the greenest technology company on the planet."What that means, and what it doesn't, may surprise Dell customers and other consumers who have been bombarded with bold environmental promises from major corporations.

Dell Shakes Up Management as Turnaround Stalls
Wall Street Journal, The | 7 days 12 hours 16 minutes ago
Dell Inc. is preparing management changes that are expected to shake up an executive team that Chief Executive Michael Dell brought in as part of his turnaround plan for the big computer maker.As part of the moves, which are expected to be announced soon, Michael Cannon, president of global operations, and Mark Jarvis, Dell's chief marketing officer, will leave their roles, said people briefed on the matter. They expect Mr. Jarvis to leave Dell, while Mr. Cannon will likely stay on in a diffe...

Dell Elevates Insiders in Strategy Change
Wall Street Journal, The | 5 days 17 hours 42 minutes ago
The replacement of two top Dell Inc. executives could suggest that founder and Chief Executive Michael Dell is rethinking his two-year-old plan to revive the company with outside talent.The company announced the departure of global operations chief Mike Cannon, the former chief executive of Solectron Inc., and marketing chief Mark Jarvis, who had been at Oracle Corp., and replaced them with insiders.

Dell, Sun, other bellwethers gain, lifting technology sector - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 30 days 2 hours 40 minutes ago
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Technology stocks rose in early trading Monday, with most bellwethers gaining ground along with the broad market following reports that a deal could be near to help bailout the U.S. auto industry.

Dell's Revival Strategy Runs Into Trouble
Wall Street Journal, The | 39 days 13 hours 47 minutes ago
Michael Dell's plan to fix the company he founded, Dell Inc. -- once the biggest personal-computer maker in the world -- is stalling.Dell reported falling revenue and shrinking profits last week for its most recent quarter. And while profit margins grew, the gains resulted from painful cost cuts, including massive layoffs and decisions not to invest in launching products like portable music players and cellphones -- the kinds of gadgets Mr. Dell had described previously as building "brand lust."

Intel, H-P, Dell lead tech-sector losses - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 55 days 4 minutes ago
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Technology stocks trimmed their losses in late trading Thursday, but the sector remained on edge following a sales warning from semiconductor giant Intel Corp. and the broader market digested a report that new jobless claims reached their highest point in more than seven years.

How Green is Apple?
Wall Street Journal, The | 7 days 21 hours 9 minutes ago
SAN FRANCISCO – Apple Inc.'s eye-catching logo - an apple with a bite taken from it - has come in many colors in the past. Now, the iconic computer company is trying to prove its commitment to the color green.In recent advertising, the Cupertino, Calif., company presents itself as an environmental leader. Apple's Web site bills its new line of MacBook computers as "the world's greenest family of notebooks." It now makes iPods and iPhones free of polyvinyl chlorides and brominated flame ...

High-Tech Companies Take Up Netbooks
Wall Street Journal, The | 1 day 13 hours 44 minutes ago
A new breed of low-priced laptops called netbooks have been thriving during the downturn -- so well, in fact, that many high-tech companies are scrambling to adapt.The responses by these high-tech companies will be a hot topic at this week's Consumer Electronics Show. They include not only new netbooks -- which typically cost $300 to $500, and often use Intel Corp.'s Atom chip -- but products that address shortcomings of the new category and other portable PCs.

Top Dell execs leave as PC maker restructures
Yahoo! | 4 days 21 hours 34 minutes ago
Two top Dell Inc executives recruited to help turn around the No. 2 PC maker are leaving as part of the second major staff shake-up in the two years since founder Michael Dell returned as CEO. News, Headlines and Latest Stories on Yahoo! News