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The board of Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL) was to meet Monday night to vote on an offer to take the company private for about $24 billion, Bloomberg reported, citing “people with knowledge of the matter.”

Dell Inc., the No. 3 PC maker, remained mum on reports it was close to completing a leveraged buyout with Silver Lake Partners.

From Barclays to Goldman Sachs, check out our slideshow to see what the biggest players on Wall Street had to say about Apple’s disappointing Q1 2013 earnings report.

Most of the Asian markets rose as investor confidence was lifted amid the encouraging economic indicators from the U.S. and China.

Staff cuts and stronger investment banking operations are expected to boost Goldman Sachs fouth-quarter and full-year performance.

Asian stock markets were mostly advanced Monday but investors are cautious ahead of heavy data week and the U.S. earnings.

Asian stock markets mostly ended lower last week as sentiment was weighed down by the report that China’s inflation rate accelerated to a seven-month high in December, denting hopes of further stimulus measures to boost the ongoing recovery in the world’s second largest economy.

The financials sector is expected to have led all sectors in earnings growth during the fourth quarter of last year.

Goldman Sachs' move may have changed the money market fund industry's practice of only reporting prices every 60 days.

3D Systems Corp, Molycorp, Barclays, Deutsche Bank, Amazon.com, Bank of America Corp, Citigroup, Harman International Industries, Illumina and KeyCorp are among the companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trading Monday.

Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS), lead underwriter of the $109 billion initial public offering of Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) was fined $5 million by Massachusetts regulators.

ECB President Draghi faced a hostile reception at a monthly q-and-a session, as the media pressured him on Europe's economic woes.

Shares of Dell Inc. (Nasdaq: DELL), the No. 3 PC maker, soared nearly 9 percent Monday after an analyst suggested the company might go private.

Shares of BlackBerry developer Research in Motion soared 10 percent after an analyst at Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) boosted her outlook.

The Bombay Stock Exchange’s benchmark Sensex Thursday ended at its highest level since April 2011 after Goldman Sachs upgraded the Indian equities to an “overweight” rating and the government agreed to allow voting in the Parliament on its decision to allow Foreign Direct Investment in multi-brand retail.

India’s current account deficit is likely to narrow to 3.5 percent from the current 4.5 percent by the end of the fiscal year, Prime Minister's Economic Advisor Council Chairman Dr C Rangarajan has said.

Spotify has raised an additional $100 million in its latest round of fundraising including $25 million from high-profile investors like Coca Cola and Fidelity, the New York Times reports.

Spotify is reportedly close to closing a $100M round of financing that would value that company at just over $3B, a $1B drop from its rumored valuation just six months ago.

The Australian judiciary delivered a crushing defeat to credit-rating agency Standard & Poor's this week that may have global repercussions

Sheryl Sandberg, COO and director of Facebook (Nasdaq: FB), joined the parade of insiders who have cashed in on the company's public status.

Flip-flopping more than any presidential candidate on the campaign trail, the New York Stock Exchange actually will be closed Monday.