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Dell’s Customer Support Lifted It Above Its Rivals

Dell rose from dorm-room startup to global giant during the 1990s as a PC maker stayed focused on businesses with its build-to-order, direct sales model. That’s not to say it didn’t try to tap the retail market. “Even though we were tempted and did venture off into some areas that didn’t prove very attractive for us, the core direct-business model was so powerful that it kept chugging along and did very well for us,” founder Michael Dell told IBD

Oracle Growth Story Rolls On The Way To The Cloud

Larry Ellison has had a knack for anticipating the next critical need in business technology. The legendary technology executive’s sharp business acumen was on full display soon after his company, Oracle (ORCL), finished its first database software project in the early 1980s. The U.S. Air Force hired Oracle, then a consulting company, to design database software to be used on its Amdahl mainframe computers. Almost immediately, Ellison, Oracle’s

Biotech IPOs Adamas, Cerulean Slump In Trading Debut

Adamas Pharmaceuticals (ADMS) and Cerulean Pharma (CERU) launched IPOs Thursday, two of four biotechs expected to debut this week. Adamas priced at 16, the low end of its range. In late afternoon trading, the stock was near 15.30 on the stock market today. Adamas is developing new formulations of existing drugs for central nervous system disorders such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s. It raised $48 million by offering 3 million shares. The