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Dell Looks to China for Growth

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Michael Dell, CEO and founder of one of the world’s largest PC companies, expects that the Chinese market will remain hot, according to quotes attributed to him by Reuters. “We are bullish on markets like China, India, Brazil,” the chief executive of Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) said. His optimism about emerging markets may be misplaced. Ample evidence suggests that traditional growth rates in these countries has slowed, and slowed considerably.

At the same time, more consumers have turned to smartphones and tablets for computing needs. Growth challenges and new technology have battered Dell, which has been unable to lift earnings partly because it has no smartphone products. Emerging markets, which do not hold the promise that they did before the recession, will not cure the lack of Dell products.

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Douglas A. McIntyre is the co-founder, chief executive officer and editor in chief of 24/7 Wall St. and 24/7 Tempo. He has held these jobs since 2006.

McIntyre has written thousands of articles for 24/7 Wall St. He is an expert on corporate finance, the automotive industry, media companies and international finance. He has edited articles on national demographics, sports, personal income and travel.

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A magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College, McIntyre also was president of The Harvard Advocate. Founded in 1866, the Advocate is the oldest college publication in the United States.

TheStreet.com, Comps.com and Edgar Online are some of the public companies for which McIntyre served on the board of directors. He was a Vicinity Corporation board member when the company was sold to Microsoft in 2002. He served on the audit committees of some of these companies.

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