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  • Face-off: The struggle for HP

    Authors of new books on the intrigue surrounding the HP-Compaq merger, Peter Burrows and George Anders, assess the personal battle between Carly Fiorina and Walter Hewlett.

  • Vote of confidence for merger: HP holder

    Putnam Investments, a large institutional holder of Hewlett-Packard shares, publicly announced that it will vote in favor of HP's US$22 billion merger with Compaq Computer.

  • HP board letter bashes Walter Hewlett

    Hewlett-Packard on Friday released a letter to shareholders bashing dissident board member Walter Hewlett for his opposition to the company's planned acquisition of Compaq Computer

  • Walter Hewlett: Opening up about HP

    Amid an escalating war of words with Hewlett-Packard's board, Walter Hewlett tells the inside story behind his opposition.

  • Can Fiorina sell it?

    With less than a week remaining before the HP shareholder vote on the proposed acquisition of Compaq, CEO Carly Fiorina is making an all-out effort to persuade fence sitters to support the deal.

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  • Can Fiorina sell it?

    With less than a week remaining before the HP shareholder vote on the proposed acquisition of Compaq, CEO Carly Fiorina is making an all-out effort to persuade fence sitters to support the deal.

  • HP, Compaq: A meritocracy of dunces?

    HP believes that retaining executive talent is what will make the Compaq merger succeed. But history shows that heroes with lofty resumes aren't always enough to turn things around.

  • Compaq shareholders approve HP union

    Compaq Computer shareholders have voted 9-to-1 in favour of a deal which may see Hewlett-Packard acquire Compaq, however, the struggle is not over, with the Hewlett family continuing to campaign vigorously against any merger.

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