Icahn gets confidential look at Dell's books

(Reuters) - Dell Inc has agreed to give Carl Icahn a closer look at its books, less than a week after the activist investor joined a growing chorus of opposition to founder Michael Dell's plan to take the world's No. 3 personal computer maker private. Dell shares were up 1.5 percent at $14.37 in afternoon trading, well above the take-private offer price of $13.65, after Icahn said on Monday his Icahn Enterprises LP had reached a confidentiality agreement with the company and looked forward to "its review of Dell's confidential information." Investors, including No. 2 and No. ...

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