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Sep 8, 2011 · When HP and Compaq announced a $25 billion merger agreement 10 years ago this week on Sept. 3, 2001, it shocked the industry and sent apprehension and anxiety rippling through the channel as...
Jun 1, 2007 · Michael Dell, CEO of rival Dell Computer, famously called it “the dumbest deal of the decade,” and Walter Hewlett, the son of one of the company’s founders, mounted an aggressive proxy fight to prevent the corporate marriage from being consummated.
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The proposed merger would: (i) dramatically increase Hewlett-Packard's market position in unattractive low-end, commodity businesses, such as PCs and low-end servers; (ii) not materially improve...
Mar 19, 2002 · At number three sits Compaq, which HP wants to acquire for more than $20 billion in order to compete with IBM by creating a new services and high-end computer powerhouse. Last fall, HP and Compaq...
Jan 23, 2002 · Walter Hewlett continued his battle Wednesday to stop the $24 billion merger of Hewlett-Packard Co. with Compaq Corp., claiming HP is misleading shareholders.
May 17, 2002 · Walter Hewlett continued his assault on the rationale behind the Hewlett-Packard merger with Compaq Computer, saying in a letter to the boards of both companies that the "unhappiness"...
Mar 7, 2002 · Federal regulators on Wednesday approved the proposed $22 billion merger of Hewlett-Packard Co. and Compaq Computer Corp. The merger would be the biggest in high-tech history but faces a...
