Dell goes from strength to strength everywhere - except Germany. Even the mighty Dell is struggling in Europe's toughest PC market, where it accounts for a measly 5.9 per cent of shipments.

Now the company is to cut 180 jobs, around a quarter of the payroll in Germany, by the end of September, FT Deutschland reports (http://quote.bloomberg.com/fgcgi.cgi?ptitle=Technology%20News&T=markets_box.ht&middle=ad_frame2_all&s=APjo3EhU8RGVsbCBD) (by way of Bloomberg).

Dell describes this as a 're-organisation' ®'