Dell's first quarter earnings to come in below expectations: WSJ

Dell Inc will report on Thursday fiscal first-quarter earnings below expectations, the Wall Street Journal cited a person briefed on the company's results as saying.

The world's No. 3 PC maker planned to report earnings excluding "some expenses" of 20 cents a share, lagging an average estimate for 35 cents, the Journal cited the unidentified person as saying.

(Reporting by Edwin Chan; Editing by Gerald E. McCormick)