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 ...

Compaq CEO Michael Capellas says the proposed merger between Hewlett-Packard and Compaq Computer will stand on its merits, with the keys being strategy and profitability. Written by Larry Dignan ...

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 ...

Compaq, meanwhile, fell 10%, also to 1996 levels, as investors saw little benefit from a union with HP, whose personal computer business is weaker than Compaq's.

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 ...