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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101106143434/http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2010/11/05/dell-cfo-says-company-could-still-go-privatesome-day/">Dell CFO Says Company Could Still Go Private…Some Day….</a></h2>  <cite class="postAuthor">Posted by Eric Savitz</cite> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101106143434/http://money.cnn.com/2010/11/05/technology/dell_cfo/index.htm">In an interview with CNNMoney.com</a>, <strong>Dell</strong> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101106143434/http://online.barrons.com/quotes/main.html?name=&symbol=dell">(DELL)</a> CFO <strong>Brian Gladden</strong> said the company has given serious though to the notion of CEO <strong>Michael Dell</strong> taking the company private - and though he did not rule out the idea, he suggested that it was “not something we think is going to happen anytime soon.”</p> <p>Here’s an excerpt from the interview:</p> <blockquote><p><em><strong>Q:</strong> There has been some talk that Michael Dell would take the company private. Is there any truth to that rumor?</em></p> <p><em><strong>A:</strong> We spend a whole lot of time thinking about this. There are many options for us, and we have lots of cash on hand. We talk about everything from keeping everything the same, to doing a bigger and broader buy back while still keeping the company public, all the way to doing a leveraged buyout and taking the company private with [CEO] Michael [Dell] as the primary shareholder.</em></p> <p><em>Every option has its plusses and minuses. The key element of taking the company private is that our cash will be tied up in the deal. It would be hard to complete our transformation if that were the case. If the company were strategically where we wanted it, however, then we’re having a different conversation.</em></p> <p><em>This all started when a shareholder asked Michael about this, and he said that we’re looking into it. Well, of course we’re looking into it. We always explore all of our options, and we’ll discuss it again in December when we meet with the board.</em></p> <p><em>After Michael talked about it, it got a lot of ink in the press, and 26 banks called my office offering to help us get the deal done. 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Drake Johnstone</strong> this morning cut his rating on <strong>RF Micro Devices</strong> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101106143434/http://online.barrons.com/quotes/main.html?name=&symbol=rfmd">(RFMD)</a> to <strong>Neutral from Strong Buy</strong>, mostly on a valuation basis. He notes that the stock is up 58.5% year to date.</p> <p>Johnstone expects the smart phone chip maker to post December results that meet or beat the Street, but he adds that the March quarter could be more challenging.</p> <p>“Given the tremendous number of new smart phones being introduced this fall (including nine new smart phones based on Microsoft’s Windows Mobile 7 software), we believe that there is potential risk that excess inventory could build up in the wireless handset supply chain,” he writes in a research note.</p> <p>Adds johnstone: “<strong>Qualcomm</strong> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101106143434/http://online.barrons.com/quotes/main.html?name=&symbol=qcom">(QCOM)</a> recently indicated that the wireless supply chain was increasing inventory levels. If consumer demand for smart phones remains strong (smart phone unit sales increased between 65-95% year-over-year in the September quarter) it is possible that handset inventories will be at the appropriate level at the end of the December quarter. 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Imagine what an injection of hundreds of billions of dollars in capital could do for the country? </em></p> <p><em>Almost all projections for job growth next year have unemployment staying at extremely high levels, higher than 9%. This proposal will obviously not solve the problem alone, but it is a very good start and costs the American taxpayer nothing. Our leadership must embrace this program along with other ideas to gain the momentum necessary to break us out of this challenging and even dangerous lack of job creation environment that we find ourselves in today.</em></p> <p><em>Cisco currently has more than half of its employees – more than 38,000 – in the United States, despite the fact that the majority of our sales growth is occurring overseas. We have been one of the few companies creating jobs during this difficult economic period, and in the last year alone we added over 3,000 jobs right here in the United States. 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But he also thinks that IC companies under-shipped demand in Q3 and will do so again in Q4, “which should bode well for 2011.”</p> <p>Adds Chanda: “While Q1 is seasonally down normally, we believe that inventories in the channel are likely to be drained as we exit Q4.” And he adds that relatively low valuations suggest that “expectations have largely reset and stock downside is fairly limited at this point.”</p> <p>In today’s trading:</p> <ul> <li>INTC is up 26 cents, or 1.2%, to $21.24.</li> <li>MRVL is up 33 cents, or 1.6%, to $20.85.</li> <li>NDA is up 17 cents, or 1.4%, to $12.57.</li> </ul> </div> <div class="articleTools_c"> <ul class="aTools"> <li class="viewall"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101106143434/http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2010/11/05/chips-roth-upgrades-intel-marvell-nvidia-to-buy-ratings/#commentform">Post Comments »</a></li> <li class="share"> <div class="dropdown_container collapsed" id="abtt-28582.share.ddc"> <ul class="share-dropDown" 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Blackberries</a></h2>  <cite class="postAuthor">Posted by Eric Savitz</cite> <p>Both <strong>Bank of America</strong> and <strong>Citigroup</strong> are considering allowing their employees to use the <strong>Apple</strong> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101106143434/http://online.barrons.com/quotes/main.html?symbol=clwr&mod=aapl">(AAPL)</a> <strong>iPhone</strong> as an alternative to the <strong>Research In Motion</strong> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101106143434/http://online.barrons.com/quotes/main.html?symbol=clwr&mod=rimm">(RIMM)</a> <strong>BlackBerry</strong> for corporate e-mail, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101106143434/http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-11-05/bank-of-america-citigroup-said-to-test-iphone-as-blackberry-alternative.html">Bloomberg reports</a>, citing “three people familiar with the plans.” The story says the bank is testing software for the iPhone that is designed to make it secure enough for corporate use.</p> <p>Also today, <a 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<p><strong>Atmel</strong> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101106143434/http://online.barrons.com/quotes/main.html?symbol=clwr&mod=atml">(ATML)</a> shares are trading sharply higher following the company’s strong Q3 results.</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101106143434/http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2010/11/04/atmel-q3-tops-estimates/">As I noted in a post yesterday</a>, the company posted revenue of $444.3 million and non-GAAP profits of 18 cents a share, ahead of the Street consensus of $427.6 million and 12 cents.</p> <p>On the news, <strong>Needham analyst Rajvindra Gill</strong> upped his rating on the stock to Strong Buy from Buy, with a new price target of $13, up from $11. He notes that this was the third consecutive beat-and-raise quarter from Atmel.</p> <p>As Gill points out, the company on its post-earnings conference call said it expects Q4 revenues to be up 2%-6% sequentially, suggesting a range of $425 million to $442 million, above the old Street consensus at $397 million.</p> <p>“We believe ATML is executing well on three fronts: growing top line, accelerating gross margins and returning capital back to shareholders in the form of a share buyback,” Gill writes in a research note. “Importantly, ATML is at the forefront of one of the fastest growing secular trends in the semiconductor industry, which is the proliferation of capacitive touch across the handset, PC and CE markets.”</p> <p>ATML is up $1.21, or 13.6%, to $10.14.</p> </div> <div class="articleTools_c"> <ul class="aTools"> <li class="viewall"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101106143434/http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2010/11/05/atmel-spikes-on-strong-q3-upbeat-guide-needham-upgrades/#commentform">Post Comments »</a></li> <li class="share"> <div class="dropdown_container collapsed" id="abtt-28580.share.ddc"> <ul class="share-dropDown" id="abtt-28580.share"> <li class="selected"> <a href="#" rel="nofollow" id="abtt-28580.share.twitter"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20101106143434im_/http://s.wsj.net/img/icon_twitter.gif" alt=""/>Twitter</a> <a href="#" rel="nofollow" id="abtt-28580.share.arrow" class="expand"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20101106143434im_/http://s.wsj.net/img/art_share_arrow.gif" alt="more"/></a> </li> <li><a href="#" rel="nofollow" id="abtt-28580.share.ybuzz"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20101106143434im_/http://s.wsj.net/img/icon_buzz.gif" alt=""/>Yahoo! Buzz</a></li> <li><a href="#" rel="nofollow" id="abtt-28580.share.facebook"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20101106143434im_/http://s.wsj.net/img/icon_facebook.gif" alt=""/>facebook</a></li> <li><a href="#" rel="nofollow" id="abtt-28580.share.stumble"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20101106143434im_/http://s.wsj.net/img/icon_stumbleupon.gif" alt=""/>StumbleUpon</a></li> <li><a href="#" rel="nofollow" id="abtt-28580.share.digg"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20101106143434im_/http://s.wsj.net/img/icon_digg.gif" alt=""/>Digg</a></li> <li><a href="#" rel="nofollow" id="abtt-28580.share.fark"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20101106143434im_/http://s.wsj.net/img/icon_fark.gif" alt=""/>fark</a></li> <li><a href="#" rel="nofollow" id="abtt-28580.share.reddit"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20101106143434im_/http://s.wsj.net/img/icon_reddit.gif" alt=""/>reddit</a></li> <li><a href="#" rel="nofollow" id="abtt-28580.share.myspace"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20101106143434im_/http://s.wsj.net/img/icon_myspace.gif" alt=""/>MySpace</a></li> <li><a href="#" rel="nofollow" id="abtt-28580.share.linkedin"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20101106143434im_/http://s.wsj.net/img/icon_linkedin.gif" alt=""/>LinkedIn</a></li> <li><a href="#" rel="nofollow" id="abtt-28580.share.delicios"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20101106143434im_/http://s.wsj.net/img/icon_delicious.gif" alt=""/>del.icio.us</a></li> </ul> </div> </li> <li class="fbLike" id="postList"> <fb:like layout="button_count" width="85" height="21" show_faces="false" href="http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2010/11/05/atmel-spikes-on-strong-q3-upbeat-guide-needham-upgrades/?mod="></fb:like> </li> <li class=""><a class="icon_comments" rel="nofollow" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101106143434/http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2010/11/05/atmel-spikes-on-strong-q3-upbeat-guide-needham-upgrades/#commentform">Comments (1)</a></li> </ul> </div> </li> <li class="postitem"> <small class="timeStamp"> Nov 5, 2010<br/>12:30 PM </small> <div class="postContent"> <h2 class="postTitle"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101106143434/http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2010/11/05/dell-decides-to-eat-own-cooking-dump-25000-blackberries/">Dell Decides To Eat Own Cooking, Dump 25,000 BlackBerries</a></h2>  <cite class="postAuthor">Posted by Eric Savitz</cite> <p><strong>Dell</strong> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101106143434/http://online.barrons.com/quotes/main.html?name=&symbol=dell">(DELL)</a> has decided to give <strong>Research in Motion</strong> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101106143434/http://online.barrons.com/quotes/main.html?name=&symbol=rimm">(RIMM)</a> the boot.</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101106143434/http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704805204575594790702739822.html?ru=yahoo&mod=yahoo_hs">As the Wall Street Journal reports</a>, the PC maker is requiring its employees to dump their 25,000 <strong>BlackBerries</strong>, and to replace them with Dell-produced <strong>Windows Phone 7</strong>-based smart phones, in particular a model called the <strong>Dell Venue Pro</strong>. (Eventually, the company also will offer the option of using an <strong>Android</strong>-based Dell smart phone.) Dell claims the move will save the company about 25% in mobile communications costs.</p> <p>Here’s what I would keep in mind about this move: So, on the one hand, you can see why this news would be pressuring RIMM shares; the bear case on the stock in part is that corporate IT departments who have until lately sworn by the BlackBerry will begin to become more comfortable with employees using smart phones from other vendors. 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As <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101106143434/http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2010/11/04/international-rectifier-fy-q1-revs-eps-top-street-estimates/">I noted yesterday</a>, the chip maker reported revenue of $280.9 million and profits of 47 cents a share, or 42 cents before a one-time tax credit. The Street had expected $277.7 million and 35 cents.</p> <p>The solid results spurred plenty of upbeat commentary from the Street, including a pair of upgrades:</p> <ul> <li><strong>Citigroup analyst Terence Whalen</strong> raised his rating on IRF to <strong>Hold from Sell</strong>, boosting his price target to $28 from $17. He notes that the strong quarter was aided by gross margin expansion driven by favorable product mix. In raising his rating, he says that risk/reward in the stock is now well balanced.</li> <li><strong>Raymond James analyst J. 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