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HP-Compaq Merger Gets ISS Approval
News We believe ISS has missed the point -- we believe that the HP-Compaq merger will destroy stockholder value," Hewlett said in a statement. Should ISS rightfully have such a large impact in determining the outcome of the (HP-Compaq) merger?
[March 6, 2002, 10:19]
HP-Compaq Merger Hits Home Stretch
News HP declares victory in Compaq merger Tue 19 Mar: Shareholders vote on the HP-Compaq merger on Tuesday, while cloak-and-dagger tactics have been instituted to protect thousands of already-filed proxy votes
[March 18, 2002, 17:35]
HP-Compaq Merger May Complicate Microsoft Relations
News Merger preparations--particularly as Compaq and HP work out differences in their manufacturing and distribution--could affect the companies' fourth-quarter sales. The Compaq-HP merger has also thrown into question several pending deals.
[September 5, 2001, 12:41]
HP Declares Victory In Compaq Merger
News About an hour after polling closed at a shareholder meeting here, HP issued a statement saying that "based on a preliminary estimate of shareowner proxies by its proxy solicitor, it believes it has received sufficient votes to approve HP's merger...
[March 20, 2002, 8:36]
HP, Compaq Set Dates For Merger Vote
News Hewlett-Packard and Compaq shareholders will vote on the proposed merger of their companies next month. The announcement comes just days after the European Commission decided to allow the merger to go ahead.
[February 6, 2002, 10:17]
HP-Compaq Merger: Communication Is Key
News We're quite pleased with our performance," said Clarke, who has shed his role as Compaq's chief financial officer and is now executive vice president of merger integrations at the new HP. Bear Stearns analyst Andrew Neff, who, just months before...
[September 3, 2002, 6:27]
HP-Compaq Merger Means More Job Cuts
News It's healthy, but it doesn't feel like enough to justify the merger," he said. See full coverage: "HP-Compaq: What happens now? HP and Compaq are not the only PC makers to wield the axe this year. The new 10 percent cut for the staff of the...
[September 5, 2001, 14:41]
EU Approves HP-Compaq Merger
News But antitrust attorneys say there's no guarantee that the commission's ruling on the HP-Compaq merger will sway a federal vote. European regulators on Thursday approved the pending mega-merger between Hewlett-Packard and Compaq Computer, leaving...
[February 1, 2002, 8:48]
Failed HP-Compaq Merger Would Be Painful
News Hewlett offered a laundry list of ills that would result from a merger: Acquiring Compaq would boost HP's exposure to the PC market, which he said is "neither growing nor profitable. The Commission's chief complaint about the HP-Compaq deal so far...
[November 12, 2001, 12:50]
Proxy War Darkens HP-Compaq Merger
News Walter Hewlett has fired off another round in his budding proxy war with Hewlett-Packard, this time highlighting the poor performance of HP and Compaq Computer since the companies announced plans to merge.
[December 6, 2001, 6:31]
HP To Announce Post-merger IPaqs
News The 3970 and the 3950, however, keep the Compaq brand but will be the last to do so -- all future iPaqs will be HP-branded, said the company. Hewlett-Packard is set to announce the first newly developed handheld devices to use the iPaq name since...
[June 21, 2002, 8:35]
HP Merger Means New Ticker
News HP expects to close its merger with Compaq on Friday and said it expects trading in Compaq shares to be suspended before trading on Monday. Though the merged company will bear the HP name, Fiorina has also said it plans to use the Compaq brand...
[May 3, 2002, 12:35]
HP To Buy Compaq For $25bn
News The acquisition will dwarf the last big merger between PC companies. Carly Fiorina, chairman and chief executive of HP, will become the new company's chairman and chief executive, while Compaq chairman and chief executive Michael Capellas will...
[September 4, 2001, 6:34]
HP Downplays Compaq Brand
News The Compaq corporate name all but disappeared as soon as the merger was closed, with one of the only concessions being the change of HP's stock ticker symbol from "HWP" to "HPQ". A year after completing its acquisition of Compaq Computer, HP is...
[June 17, 2003, 7:55]
Compaq Blade Servers Slice A Chip Off HP Block
News The proposed merger of the two makes the competition even more pointed, although the companies will only have hard-to-measure features such as "better management" to compete with. Compaq launched its blade servers on Monday.
[January 28, 2002, 11:09]
Carly Fiorina On The Post-merger 'HP Way'
News All the while, Fiorina is going about the refashioning of HP's company culture, a process that picked up steam with the Compaq merger. In fact, that's why during the great controversy of the merger, one of the things that was said was, "Why does HP...
[July 23, 2003, 8:37]
HP Merger Lawsuit Dismissed
News A Delaware judge ruled Tuesday that Hewlett-Packard's shareholder vote was legal, paving the way for the company to complete its merger with Compaq Computer. The judge also said that the "plaintiffs have failed to prove that HP management...
[May 1, 2002, 8:37]
HP Merger Gets Cautious Thumbs-up
News Visitors to Hewlett-Packard's ENSA@Work event in Amsterdam seemed broadly in favour of the HP-Compaq merger, although some people felt it was a merger that started at the surface and had yet to drive all the way through service and support...
[January 21, 2003, 13:40]
HP Labs Eyes Up Compaq's Clusters
News Hewlett-Packard researchers are keenly eyeing technology they hope to absorb from Compaq Computer as the companies work out their proposed merger. HP expects to complete the overall merger in the first half of 2002, a year after formal talks began.
[November 28, 2001, 12:52]
Mobilizing HP: Project Management As An Executive Priority
White Papers However, external events, such as Compaq's merger with HP, moved so quickly that Compaq's Program Management Office (PMO) was thrust into the limelight, reconstituted as the organization's PMO, and given multiple new responsibilities.
[May 4, 2006, 0:00]
