Dell 2Q profit drops 17 percent and stock plunges

August 28, 2008 By JESSICA MINTZ , AP Technology Writer Dell 2Q profit drops 17 percent and stock plunges (AP)

Boxes containing Dell computers are stacked on an upper shelf of a Best Buy store in Seekonk, Mass., Aug. 16, 2008. Computer maker Dell Inc. says its fiscal second-quarter profit fell 17 percent Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008. Restructuring charges were partly to blame. (AP Photo/Stew Milne)

(AP) -- Computer maker Dell Inc. said Thursday its fiscal second-quarter profit fell 17 percent, hurt in part by PC price cuts. Both earnings and margins fell short of Wall Street estimates, and Dell shares plunged.

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Now Dell is selling off its factories. It is largely Atom-marketing-inflicted.
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