Activist Investors Backed by Large Funds Take on Big Targets

The world’s biggest fund managers are giving shareholder activists the muscle to take on larger companies from Dell Inc. (DELL) to Microsoft Corp. (MSFT)

Silver Lake Investors Said to See Dell as Mixed Blessing

After their hard-won victory in yesterday’s shareholder vote, Michael Dell and Silver Lake Management LLC face the sterner test of turning around Dell Inc. (DELL), the computer maker they are acquiring for $24.9 billion in the largest buyout of a technology company ever.