Hewlett-Packard will announce today that it is acquiring Compaq Computer for $25 billion in stock in a bold move to grow as the computer business struggles with shrinking sales, executives close to ...

Hewlett-Packard Co., the fabled Silicon Valley computer maker, announced last night that it will purchase rival Compaq Computer Corp. for $25 billion in stock, as the two companies struggle to survive ...

Hewlett-Packard is buying Compaq Computer for $25 billion, a pairing that brings together two of the largest makers of personal computers. The move comes at a time of deep retrenchment in the computer ...

Hewlett-Packard Co. announced Tuesday several products developed by the former Compaq Computer Corp., whose acquisition by HP was finalized May 7. New versions of the AlphaServer family were announced ...

Shareholders opposed to the proposed marriage of Hewlett-Packard and Compaq Computer should be careful what they wish for: Undoing the $20 billion deal would unleash problems for both companies that ...

The new company will be the second biggest PC company with a significant presence in nearly every market and country in the world, but life isn't going to be easy. Michael Kanellos is editor at large ...

If the U.S. Department of Justice and the European Commission approve the planned merger between Hewlett-Packard Co. and Compaq Computer Corp.—and that’s a big if, since the EC squashed the planned ...

PALO ALTO, CA and HOUSTON, TX – Hewlett-Packard Company and Compaq Computer Corporation announced a merger agreement to create an $87 billion global technology leader. The new HP will offer the ...

After one of the harshest and closest proxy fights in American business history, Hewlett-Packard Co. officially closed its $19 billion acquisition of Compaq Computer Corp. on Friday. On Monday, Compaq ...

File this one away in the Holy Cow Dept: Hewlett-Packard is buying Compaq for US $25 billion in stock. This puts HP in the #2 spot, and leaves me wondering just what's going on. Personally, I've never ...