Dell Computers' profits surge by 30% to $561m during third-quarter

DELL COMPUTERS, employing 4,700 in Ireland, reported a 30% increase in net income for the third-quarter yesterday and is expected to announce more good news concerning it Irish operation on Monday.

The world's biggest seller of personal computers for the four months ending November 1, Dell posted net income of $561 million, or 21 cents a share, compared with profit of $429 million, or 16 cents a share, a year earlier.

The company employs 4,700 people in Ireland and are recruiting staff in Limerick where new storage devices built to an EMC design are to be built.