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Dell Inc is edging closer to an agreement to sell itself to a buyout consortium led by Michael Dell, its founder and chief executive, and private equity firm Silver Lake Partners in a deal that could top $24 billion, people familiar with the matter said on Friday.The buyout consortium is negotiating taking Dell private at $13 to $14 per share, two of the people said. This translates into an equity valuation for the Round Rock, Texas-based company of between $22.6 billion and $24.4 billion.Dell shares were up 2.5 percent at $13.57 in afternoon trading.http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/01/us-dell-buyout-idUSBRE91009K20130201$24 billion. Nice piece of change.