4 Merger and Acquisition Stock Stories to Spark Friday Chatter

Dell (NASDAQ:DELL): Current price $13.55

Dell is said to be almost to the point of selling itself to Michael Dell and the private equity firm Silver Lake Partners in a transaction that is likely to become official over the weekend, according to inside sources. Michael Dell is the founder and chief executive of the company, which is currently the third largest computer maker in the world, and has a market value of about $23 billion. No purchase price has been reported thus far, but this deal is expected to be the largest leveraged buyout since the global financial crisis.

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