__/ [ Roy Schestowitz ] on Thursday 15 February 2007 06:48 \__
> Investors sue Dell on payments from Intel: WSJ
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> | An investor lawsuit seeking class-action status accuses Dell Inc. of
> | improper accounting in its relationship with chip giant Intel,
> | according to a media report published Thursday evening.
> |
> | [...]
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> | The suit alleges that Dell received at times as much as $1 billion
> | a year in "secret and likely illegal" kickbacks in the form of
> | "e-Cap" or "exception to corporate average pricing" payments"
> | from Intel to ensure that Dell used no other chip supplier,
> | according to The Journal.
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http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/investors-sue-dell-payments-intel/story.aspx?guid=%7B400315B0%2DE375%2D4920%2DB300%2D784220BEFE35%7D&siteid=yhoo&dist=yhoo
Update: Not just the investors are suing.
Dell sued by employees in call centre
"A couple of individuals have sued Dell in an employment dispute at its call
centre in Roseburg."
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=37629
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