Description: Dell Inc.’s proposed $3.9 billion buyout of Perot Systems Corp. reflects the second-largest personal-computer maker’s ambitions in the market for health- care information technology.
Source: Bloomberg.com
Date: 9/22/2009
Keys: Mergers and acquisitions, marketing
Link: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aQoF5RIBfpSY
Questions for discussion:
- Explain why this deal makes sense for Dell.
- How might it affect its financial metrics – particularlythose found in cash flows reports?
- Do you agree with the price offered? Explain your answer.
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