Hewlett-Packard will acquire Compaq Computer in a stock swap worth about $25 billion, the companies announced late Monday. HP and Compaq announced a stock-swap deal worth $25 billion. Because of ...

The merger proposal, despite widespread criticism of it, will stand on its own merits ... companies' product roadmap and said that HP and Compaq “can cover the entire market with little overlap.” ...

Janet Stashak won't be going to the party. She lost her job two weeks ago, joining the ranks of thousands of HP and former Compaq employees who were axed as part of the $19 billion deal.

Hewlett-Packard claimed victory Tuesday in its hotly contested battle to merge with Compaq ... HP board member Walter Hewlett refused to concede defeat. "We have released a statement and we stand ...

The report, released after the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange, sent HP shares down 2.7 percent to $20.05 in the extended session. Compaq shares rose 5 percent to $11.12 in after ...

Instead of profits, the new company piled up $2 billion in losses. And the prospects for Compaq and HP don't look any brighter. To arrive at their 2004 revenue estimate, the companies' well-paid ...

An HP spokesperson has confirmed to us this afternoon that the company will be shifting its strategy around the Compaq brand starting sometime in 2013, eliminating “HP Compaq” phrasing ...

But not that lucky: HP shares plunged 19% yesterday to their lowest point since 1996. The drop wiped out whatever premium Compaq shareholders might have expected, unless the deal is repriced.

The differences are intriguing: the largest category of HP partners (31.7 percent) and Compaq partners (43.5 percent) consider themselves total-solution VARs. HP partners likely consider ...