Ross Perot

Analysis: 'Tea Party' coalition, an exercise in democracy but is it society-changing movement?. First, the independent Ross Perot contingent. Then, the liberal "netroots" mobilization. Now, the conservative "tea party" coalition.

"Tea party" agrees: too much government, too much spending, too much Obama; much else unclear. The "tea party" activists all agree: Government is too big. Spending is out of control. Individual freedom is at risk. And President Barack Obama's policies are making it all worse.

With Massachusetts win, Tea Party activists causing establishment candidates heartburn. A once-dismissed loose confederation of Tea Party activists opposed to big government, bailouts and higher taxes is causing heartburn for establishment candidates across the country.

Ex-employee of Perot Systems affilliate to return $8.6M to settle SEC insider trading charges. A former employee of a Perot Systems Corp. affiliate who had been charged with insider trading has agreed to return about $8.6 million in illicit profits, federal regulators said Tuesday.

US business executives say they urged North Korea in Pyongyang to abandon nuclear ambitions. U.S. business executives say they told North Korean leaders during a visit to Pyongyang last week that they must give up their nuclear ambitions if they want foreign investment in the isolated country.

'Run Sarah Run!': Palin fans push for 2012 presidential run as a wary GOP looks on. Lynn Giese calls Sarah Palin the best thing that's happened to the U.S. in a long time, and the 57-year-old housewife says she'd work tirelessly for the former Alaska governor were she to run for president in 2012.

Ross Perot Jr. to join Dell's board after $3.9 billion acquisition of Perot Systems. Computer maker Dell Inc. said Friday that Ross Perot Jr., son of former presidential candidate Ross Perot Sr. and chairman of Perot Systems Corp. before Dell bought the company this year, will join its board.

Counting his days in stadium and other forms of off-road racing and the time we rented a convertible to travel to the NASCAR race at California Speedway Òin styleÓ (snowed on while going over the Cajon Pass near San Bernardino), I probably have seen Jimmie Johnson race an off-road truck, buggy or full-fledged Cup stock car about 25 times in person.

Shifting gears, Obama eyes domestic spending freeze, cuts to 5 percent in deficit-cutting bid. The Obama administration, mindful of public anxiety over the government's mushrooming debt, is shifting emphasis from big-spending policies to deficit reduction. Domestic agencies have been told to brace for a spending freeze or cuts of up to 5 percent as part of a midterm election-year push to rein in record budget shortfalls.

Texas billionaire Ross Perot pledges $6.1M to Army college foundation in Fort Leavenworth. Texas billionaire and two-time presidential candidate Ross Perot has pledged $6.1 million to a private foundation to pay for programs at the Army's Command and General Staff College in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

Third party challenges in NJ, NY seen as a warning sign for both parties in 2010 and beyond. Third party candidates are shaking up two major races in elections Tuesday, and the success of those candidacies is a warning shot fired at both major parties by voters angry at government and disillusioned by politics as usual.

SEC charges Perot Systems worker with making illicit $8.6 million profit on Dell-Perot deal. The Securities and Exchange Commission said Wednesday it has charged Reza Saleh, an employee of a Perot Systems Corp. affiliate, with insider trading related to Dell Inc.'s offer to buy Perot Systems earlier this week.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charged a Texas man with insider trading for reaping $8.64 million of illegal profit related to Dell Inc's <DELL.O> planned purchase of Perot Systems Corp <PER.N>.

Hewlett-Packard re-brands EDS as HP Enterprise Services a year after $13.9 billion acquisition. Hewlett-Packard Co. is re-branding Electronic Data Systems as HP Enterprise Services, roughly a year after buying the company in a blockbuster $13.9 billion deal.

NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Dell Inc plans to buy Perot Systems Corp for about $3.9 billion, paying a steep 67.5 percent premium to expand its technology services business and compete with Hewlett-Packard Co and IBM.

(Reuters) - Dell to acquire Perot Systems for $3.9 billion, creating comprehensive, customer-focused it-solutions company

Computer giant Dell announced on Monday it has acquired computer services firm Perot Systems, founded by Texas billionaire Ross Perot, for 3.9 billion dollars.

Computer giant Dell announced on Monday it has acquired computer services firm Perot Systems, founded by Texas billionaire Ross Perot, for 3.9 billion dollars.

US computer giant Dell said Monday it is buying computer services firm Perot Systems for 3.9 billion dollars in a move seen as a bid to counter rivals IBM and Hewlett-Packard and expand beyond its core PC business.

Computer giant Dell announced Monday it has acquired computer services firm Perot Systems, founded by Texas billionaire Ross Perot, for 3.9 billion dollars.