Dell dissent

Dell disclosed in a reg ulatory filing that 25.1% of shareholder votes at its Aug. 12 annual meeting did not support the re election of CEO Michael Dell to the company’s board of directors.

Barclays

A federal judge ques tioned Barclays’ $298 mil lion settlement for alle gedly violating US financial sanctions against Cuba, Iran, Libya, Sudan and Burma and scheduled a hearing today to discuss it.

Green gone

Target is closing all of its 262 garden centers, finding the open-air de partments are not profita ble. The garden centers are located mainly in Florida, Nevada, Califor nia and Arizona.

Newark sale

Newark may sell its three-year-old Prudential Center arena to close a $150 million deficit. The $375 million venue, the home of the New Jersey Devils, is owned by the city’s housing authority.

Fed purchase

The Fed bought $2.551 billion of Treasuries in the first outright pur chase of government debt since October to prevent money from being drained from the finan cial system.