Dell Posts 99% Growth in India 4/9/2008

Leading personal computer maker Dell Inc grew 99 percent in the Indian market during the first quarter of 2008-09, a top official here said Wednesday. Speaking on the sidelines of the launch of new Dell business laptops, Michael Dell, the founder and chief executive officer of the company, said the economic slowdown put pressure on firms to perform better and employ cost-effectively. 'Dell has faired tremendously in the last one year. On the global scale, we grew by about 50 percent faster than the industry in the last nine months alone,' he said. ...