An unusually high number of options traded on RadioShack stock over the past couple of days have led some to speculate (hallucinate?) that Dell might be interested in purchasing the struggling consumer electronics chain. As would be expected, neither company had any comment over a rumor that first got started last May in a column entitled Why Dell Needs RadioShack on the BusinessWeek website. Assuming it were to happen, what would a Dell acquisition of RadioShack mean for the two companies?

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