Strumors - DELLhttp://strumors.com/symbol/dellhttp://strumors.com/1879According to the Wall Street Journal, Dell maybe be prepared to launch a high-end smart phone as early as next month. The report indicated that the mobile phone will feature a touch screen similar to Apple's iPhone.Tue, 02 Dec 2008 05:02:02 -0500http://strumors.com/1879http://strumors.com/1687In January, Dell's Chief Technology Officer Kevin Kettler plans to leave the company after 13 years. Kettler will leave the company to spend more time with his family and focus on personal interests. Last week Dell asked its employees to consider taking up to five days unpaid vacation as its continues to struggle with lackluster consumer demand.Thu, 01 Nov 2007 14:01:08 -0400http://strumors.com/1687http://strumors.com/1653Dell Inc. who continues to struggle to cut costs has asked its employees to consider taking up to five days of unpaid vacation. In order to help reduce costs, the company is asking its employees to voluntary take up to five days unpaid time-off within the next three months. Dell is having to deal with a much slower global demand for personal computers due to recent economic events.Thu, 01 Nov 2007 04:02:00 -0400http://strumors.com/1653http://strumors.com/1422Dell Inc. is planning to make less computers itself and to rely on contracts with manufactures in order to cut costs. Dell plans to sell most of its factories within the next 18 months; however, in current market conditions it may be difficult for the company to sell off the factories. Dell will most likely have to enter long-term production contracts with the buyers hurting potential cost savings.Sun, 09 Dec 2007 05:01:08 -0500http://strumors.com/1422http://strumors.com/1407Dell is looking to regain its market share by promoting sales in emerging economies. Currently, over 75 percent of the U.S. population already has a computer; however, in India only 5.1 percent of the population currently owns a personal computer. With competitors such as Lenovo already doing well in the Chinese market, Dell is hoping that lower competition in India will allow it to rapidly gain market share.Sun, 09 Dec 2007 07:01:00 -0500http://strumors.com/1407http://strumors.com/1397Dell Inc reported that for its third physical quarter earnings fell 17 percent compared to the same period a year prior. The company announced nearly $16 billion in revenues; however, lower profit margins led by increased cost cutting measures severely hurt the company's earnings. Overall, Dell reported earnings of $616 million or 33 cents per share.Sun, 09 Dec 2007 04:02:01 -0500http://strumors.com/1397http://strumors.com/1396Dell plans to sell four new low cost PC models across China and 20 other emerging markets. The two laptop and two desktop lines named Vostro will sell for between $400 and $500. Dell will be offering the Linux operating system as well as Microsoft's Vista. Sun, 09 Dec 2007 03:01:06 -0500http://strumors.com/1396http://strumors.com/1338According to CNN Money, Dell is scheduled to reveal a new series of ultra compact notebook computers or "netbooks" next week. The new product is part of Dell's massive effort to turn the company around.Sat, 08 Dec 2007 08:01:07 -0500http://strumors.com/1338http://strumors.com/1241Michael Dell has made a huge bet that he will be able to turn his company around. The CEO bought nearly $100 million in shares just as the company began to hit its 6 year low. Shares of Dell traded up 4 percent for the day on the news.Fri, 07 Dec 2007 07:02:00 -0500http://strumors.com/1241http://strumors.com/1111Dell's earnings are up nearly 4 percent over last year as the company reported growth in both its consumer and commercial product lines. Dell third quarter reported earnings of 38 cents a share or $16.08 billion in revenues compared to 34 cents a share for the same period a year prior.Thu, 06 Dec 2007 05:02:01 -0500http://strumors.com/1111http://strumors.com/1107A court in New York has found Dell engaged in fraud, by luring consumers with no interest or no payment financing options, but then its financial arm would then charge higher rates. The court is expected to hold further meetings to discuss how much Dell will be required to pay to its customers under the lawsuit.Thu, 06 Dec 2007 03:02:01 -0500http://strumors.com/1107http://strumors.com/899As part of its plan to revitalize the company, Dell announced that it plans to focus on its core notebook business. Dell currently only has a 9 percent share of notebook sales. This is just one element of Dell's plans. The company also plans to cut costs across the board by outsourcing manufacturing costs and eliminating over 10 percent of its workforce. Tue, 04 Dec 2007 03:01:09 -0500http://strumors.com/899http://strumors.com/883Dell is planning to cut costs by $3 billion annually over the next three years, by closing its manufacturing plant in Texas. Dell also repeated its goal of cutting nearly 8,800 jobs or 10 percent of its current workforce. The company has already cut 3,200 jobs. It also looking at its Financial Services division for potential cuts. Dell is currently the second largest PC manufacture.Tue, 04 Dec 2007 07:01:09 -0500http://strumors.com/883http://strumors.com/850Dell is gearing its efforts towards both China and India in order to boost profits and regain the lead in personal computers. Dell reported at its news conference that it plans to release at least 50 percent more notebook models overseas then it did last year and also design its products specifically with Chinese and Asians needs in mind. Mon, 03 Dec 2007 23:01:01 -0500http://strumors.com/850http://strumors.com/761Dell continues to struggle to reclaim market share despite Michael Dell returning. The stock tumbled over 4% after the company reported weaker then expected earnings of 35 cents a share. Dell has been attempting to change their sales model to a traditional retail approach shifting their focus away from direct sales. Mon, 03 Dec 2007 04:01:09 -0500http://strumors.com/761http://strumors.com/686Dell Inc. reported that it will cut its online sales of computers using AMD chips. The company plans to continue selling AMD based systems through its retail channels and over the phone; however, it is drastically scaling back its online AMD models. In fact, Dell plans to only offer one model the Inspiron 531 through the Internet. Sun, 02 Dec 2007 08:01:08 -0500http://strumors.com/686http://strumors.com/671Following its decision to reduce its work-force by 10 percent, Dell announced that is cutting another 1,200 jobs. 900 of these jobs are from one of Dell's main call center located in Canada, reducing its sales and support units. Dell employed 88,500 employees at the time it decided to reduce its staff by 10 percent, and is still planning on laying off thousands more.Sun, 02 Dec 2007 04:01:09 -0500http://strumors.com/671http://strumors.com/546Sales of personal computers remained strong during the third quarter, while other consumer technology products reported slower sales. The IDC Channel Panel reported that PC sales rose by 3% for the quarter, driven mostly by laptop sales.Fri, 03 Nov 2006 07:01:00 -0500http://strumors.com/546http://strumors.com/460Dell is moving away from its direct-to-customer sales model and experimenting with the more traditional retail sales method. The company is set to start selling computers at Best Buy stores in January. Thu, 02 Nov 2006 07:01:06 -0500http://strumors.com/460http://strumors.com/451Dell reported that it had authorized the buyback of $10 billion of stock. This is the first time Dell has set aside funds to repurchase shares since March 2005. Thu, 02 Nov 2006 04:01:07 -0500http://strumors.com/451http://strumors.com/430After posting that Q3 earnings were up 27 percent, the company issued a warning that rising production costs may impact future results. CEO, Michael Dell, mentioned "words of caution in certain financial customers," and took a cautious outlook towards the company's future profits. The stock dropped over 10% in after hours.Thu, 02 Nov 2006 05:01:09 -0500http://strumors.com/430http://strumors.com/385Dell launched a new web site Friday, www.yoursishere.com, which allows users to create a virtual piggy bank where friends and family contribute a portion of the preselected gift's overall price. The new ad campaign allows users to create e-mail lists, and it even allows users embedded the request on social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace. Wed, 01 Nov 2006 17:00:09 -0500http://strumors.com/385http://strumors.com/379Dell announced Thursday that it plans to acquire Everdream Corp. Everdream Corp is currently a privately held desktop management software company. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Dell reported that the acquisition would help the company extend its current remote management services. Wed, 01 Nov 2006 15:02:02 -0500http://strumors.com/379http://strumors.com/337Dell announces plans to acquire virtualization company, EqualLogic, for $1.4 billion in cash in order to improve its position in the virtualization market. EqualLogic specializes in data storage systems designed for small and medium sized companies to outsource their data storage.Wed, 01 Nov 2006 05:01:09 -0500http://strumors.com/337http://strumors.com/243Dell Inc. reported a deal Monday, that would allow Dell to sell its personnel computers in stores of China's largest electronics retailer as it continues to gain market share of China's booming market. Dell currently has approximately 18% of all PC sells in China and 10% of all PC sells worldwide. Sun, 10 Dec 2006 00:01:09 -0500http://strumors.com/243http://strumors.com/194Dell reported earnings of $733M or 32 cents a share for Q2 beating analysts expectations of 31 cents a share. Last year Dell reported earnings of 22 cents a share; however, those earnings are still in the process of being restated.Sat, 09 Dec 2006 01:01:06 -0500http://strumors.com/194http://strumors.com/175Dell reported Thursday that it will have to restate earnings for the past 4 years. This comes after internal auditors found that the company had manipulated financial statements in order to meet the performance goals set by the company.Fri, 08 Dec 2006 18:00:09 -0500http://strumors.com/175http://strumors.com/43Dell announced a deal with Bic Camera to sell laptops throughout its 22 stores in Japan.Fri, 08 Dec 2006 05:01:04 -0500http://strumors.com/43