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EU: regulators to rule on $67 billion Dell, EMC next month

By  |  January 26, 2016

European Union antitrust regulators will decide by Feb. 29 whether to nod through US computer maker Dell Inc’s $67-billion bid for data storage company EMC Corp or open a full-scale investigation.

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    The deal would enable world No. 3 computer maker Dell to better compete with rivals Cisco Systems, IBM and Hewlett-Packard in managing and storing corporate data on the cloud.

    Dell sought EU approval on Monday, according to a filing on the European Commission website. The EU competition watchdog can either clear the deal with or without conditions in the preliminary review or launch a five-month investigation if it has serious doubts.

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