Was bringing Dell back to Dell the right answer after all?
It's been a rough few years for Dell, as competitors like HP and Apple have been chomping away at its market position and its stock is 40% off the highs it hit back late 2004. It got bad enough that early this year Michael Dell stepped back in as CEO after stepping down in 2004.
Based on the stock price at least, it'd be hard to call 2007 an extraordinary success as the stock is roughly flat for the year. Dell (Michael that is) has been active, though, and is bringing some interesting changes to the company. In the Spring the company announced that it would start selling computers at Wal-Mart, and since then it has announced that it will be entering other retailers, including Best Buy
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