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Top shareholder demands Dell open books as buyout looms
Reuters: Business News
Tue, 5 Mar 2013
(Reuters) - Dell Inc's largest external shareholder is demanding that the PC maker open its books, signaling it could become more active in opposing founder Michael Dell's proposal to take the company private for more than $24 billion.
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