Reply #9: Peres promotes Dell center in Jerusalem:

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Peres promotes Dell center in Jerusalem: Peres to Michael Dell: I invite you to set up a world-class laboratory in this field in Jerusalem. Dell to Peres: Mr. President, I pick up the gauntlet.

Jan 29, 2009 (Globes - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) --
Dell Inc. (Nasdaq: DELL) founder and CEO Michael Dell may soon decide to expand the company's operations in Israel. Dell today met President Shimon Peres at the World Economic Forum in Davos, and Peres invited him to set up an R&D and business center in Jerusalem that will focus on interactive learning methods.

Dell told Peres, "Mr. President, I pick up the gauntlet."
Dell and Peres agreed that the President's office will submit to Dell a list of the Israeli companies in the sector, and Dell will then examine how to promote the idea.

One of Dell's largest recent projects is the computerization of classrooms in Mexico at a cost of $800 million. Dell has expressed interest in running similar projects in other countries. Peres told Dell, "I invite you to set up a world-class laboratory in this field in Jerusalem. Israel has leading companies in the computer peripherals industry."

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