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Barton Biggs, The Man Who Predicted The Dot-Com Bust Dies At Age 79

The man who predicted the Dot-Com bust three years earlier, Barton Biggs, has died. At the time, he worked for Morgan Stanely and was their chief global strategist. He his prediction, he said the stocks of many of the tech companies were too expensive and would fail.

The market however, did not head his warnings and stocks for silicon valley tech companies continue their climb up until eventually failing in a dramatic failure that wiped many investors out.

Biggs died after a short illness according to a Morgan Stanely statement.

Dell Announces It Is Buying Quest Softeware For $2.4 Billion In Cash

Dell Inc has announced it will buy Quest Software for $2.4 billion in an all cash purchase, or $28 per share. The private investment firm Insight Ventures had originally offered $23 per share in March and a bidding war in June developed after Dell offered $25.50 per share for Quest Software. Insight Ventures later offered $25.75 per share for Quest, but was not enough against Dell's final offer.