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Dell eyes shipment milestone
By Corey Grice
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
September 18, 1998, 1:20 p.m. PT
In an industry fraught with turmoil, Dell Computer continues to do well as it races toward a new shipment milestone, selling lines of highly profitable computers and making strides internationally.
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is on track for 2 million sales this quarter, according to various estimates, a torrid growth rate that is partly being fueled by $6 million per day in transactions over the Internet. Dell reached the 1 million quarterly sale plateau in June 1997, almost a decade after going public.
Wall Street's faith in the company seems exemplified by Dell's stock price. During the recent stock market turmoil, the PC maker slid 18 points from a near historical high. But accounting for an intervening split, it is now back to where it started.
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