Perot Sys News

If Lou Dobbs decides to make an independent bid for president in 2012, he will probably find the political climate as hospitable for an insurgent run - if not more so - as it was in 1992, when Ross Perot captured a fifth of the popular vote.

If this is a third party moment in American politics, then Dobbs has the right profile: He's a classic radical center populist , and thus a much more plausible heir to Ross Perot than, say, Michael Bloomberg .

Close NOVEMBER 25, 2009 By PETER WALLSTEN Former CNN anchor Lou Dobbs, pondering a future in politics, is trying to wipe away his image as an enemy of Latino immigrants by positioning himself as a champion of that fast-growing ethnic bloc.

Not a huge deal since, according to his spokesman, he's more inclined to challenge Menendez for New Jersey's Senate seat in 2012 than run for prez, but it's still worth flagging given the running debate we've been having about third parties.

Mickey Kaus alerts us to the latest Greenberg-Carville's Democracy Corps poll suggesting that 6% of likely voters might vote for Lou Dobbs in a Romney-Obama race in 2012.

Acer Chairman J.T. Wang pledged the Taiwanese computer brand will surpass Hewlett-Packard to be the No.

In the wake of radio and cable conservative commentator Glenn Beck's announcement of a "100 year plan for America" comes another bloviator who is taking his ratings perhaps a bit too much for granted as a mandate.

Concerns that Dell isn't leading the PC market recovery hurt Dell's stock despite increased earnings and solid expectations.

Both Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina are entering U.S. politics inA California where anything is possible.

Computer maker Dell is scheduled to report its fiscal third-quarter results after the market closes Thursday.

Now we know why Dell wanted Perot Systems . Dell's weak third-quarter numbers show that the No.

Two-thirds of the public is dissatisfied with the way things are going in the country” and voters' anti-incumbent mood is approaching 1994 and 2006 levels, when control of Congress changed hands.

President Clinton waited until his party lost control of Congress to propose a "middle-class bill of rights." Some leading Democratic thinkers believe that if President Obama moves more quickly on the latter, he will reduce the risk of the former.

Dell reported its third-quarter earnings results Thursday, showing a small improvement over the last quarter, but revenue was down 15 percent over the last year, and profits fell 54 percent.

Computer Sciences Corp. , the manager of networks for NASA and the U.S. Navy, plans to stay independent, bucking a trend of takeovers of rival computer- services providers.

November began with the good news that the national debt facing President Barack Obama and Congress may now be getting serious attention.

"I can give you anything but time." - Elvis Costello I'm sometimes critical of President Obama because it often seems to me that he doesn't understand people like me - an owner of a small business in a small town.

The rumor mill was abuzz with talk of insider trading after 3Com Corp. call trading jumped to a 26-month high four hours before Hewlett-Packard Co.

EDS Credit Union, a large Texas institution, took over insolvent Ensign Federal Credit Union today, which served 7,900 members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

U.S. President Barack Obama prepares to deliver his speech on Asian policy in Tokyo , Japan , Saturday, Nov.