Dell deal reminds me of Icarus

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Investors could get burnt if they try to fly high in this developing Dell situation, warns Victor Basta

A Dell deal has to be one of the riskiest tech buyouts ever. Dell, with it huge hardware bias, is a falling knife. The $24bn (£15.6bn) question is what any protagonist would be attempting to buy...

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