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Hurd on the street, leaving HP less saucy

Mark Hurd, 53-year-old boss of the world’s largest computer company, is stepping aside due to what appear to be... Read more

7 August, 2010

Zander: Sun gains from HP merger

...annual technology conference at the Grand Hyatt Hotel here. Zander said the HP-Compaq merger has been "a positive" for Sun over the last 30... Read more

14 June, 2002 by Tiffany Kary

HP-Compaq merger hits home stretch

...HP's day of reckoning arrivesTue 19 Mar: Shareholders vote on the HP-Compaq merger on Tuesday, while cloak-and-dagger tactics have been instituted... Read more

18 March, 2002 by ZDNet UK

HP-Compaq merger gets ISS approval

...decision. We believe ISS has missed the point -- we believe that the HP-Compaq merger will destroy stockholder value," Hewlett said in a statement. "It... Read more

6 March, 2002 by Dawn Kawamoto and Ian Fried

Walter Hewlett dumped from HP board

As payback for his outspoken and vehement opposition to the HP-Compaq merger, Hewlett-Packard said it would not renominate dissident board member... Read more

2 April, 2002 by Dawn Kawamoto and Larry Dignan

Carly Fiorina on the post-merger 'HP Way'

The Hewlett-Packard chief executive on how her company plans to take on Dell, and whether innovation in IT really is dead Read more

27 July, 2003 by Charles Cooper

HP mixes it up with new UK management

Senior managers in the UK for the merged HP/Compaq will be drawn from both camps, the company said yesterday, with Compaq executives just outnumbering their former competitors Read more

24 May, 2002 by Matt Loney

HP tempers profit report with caution

There could be a muted recovery in the tech sector this autumn, according to HP, but the computing giant does not see any meaningful improvement until 2003 Read more

15 May, 2002 by Stephen Shankland

HP pushes imaging in new direction

Now that Hewlett-Packard has Compaq on its team, the computing giant expects to extend its lead in PC printers and push its imaging business in new directions Read more

15 May, 2002 by David Becker

HPQ: The new Hewlett-Packard is go

Hewlett-Packard and Compaq are now legally a single entity; now all the new company has to do is sort out its conflicting product lines. A ZDNet UK News Focus Read more

7 May, 2002 by ZDNet UK

Court gives go-ahead to Hewlett lawsuit

Walter Hewlett's campaign against the megamerger gets a boost as a Delaware judge allows the dissident director to pursue his vote-related lawsuit against Hewlett-Packard Read more

9 April, 2002 by Michael Kanellos

HP leadership picks hint at product fates

The choice of top 150 executives for the merged company indicate that Compaq people will reign over Intel-based servers and notebooks while HP phases out its own competing products Read more

4 April, 2002 by Ian Fried

HP explains Hewlett ousting

Hewlett-Packard had planned to renominate the son of its founder to the board - until he filed his lawsuit alleging systematic deception of shareholders Read more

3 April, 2002 by Ian Fried

HP, Compaq: What's in a name?

If the mega-merger goes through, it's highly likely that Hewlett-Packard will adopt many of Compaq's product-line names and computer designs as its own Read more

11 March, 2002 by Michael Kanellos

Failed HP-Compaq merger would be painful

If the HP-Compaq merger doesn't go through, the fallout could be extremely difficult... Read more

12 November, 2001 by Ian Fried, Rachel Konrad and Sergio G.Non

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