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SAN JOSE, California-- High-tech giant Hewlett-Packard Co. is buying rival Compaq Computer Corp. for about $25 billion in a blockbuster merger that should shake up the struggling computer industry.

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Hewlett-Packard Co. shocked the slumping technology world yesterday, announcing plans to buy Houston computer maker Compaq Computer Corp. in a $25 billion stock swap that would create one of the world ...

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Perhaps taking a cue from the calendar, Compaq Computer Corp. shareholders on the first day of spring voted overwhelmingly for a new beginning. By a margin of 90 percent, those who voted in what could ...

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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 ...

On Monday, the Houston-based company will effectively retire its Deskpro, Armada and Professional Workstation brands to create a new line called Evo. "Evo is for evolution, as computing evolves away ...

Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HWP) and Compaq Computer Corporation (NYSE: CPQ) announced today a definitive merger agreement to create an $87 billion global technology leader. The new HP will offer ...

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 ...

Compaq Computer Corp. said in a statement late today that its shareholders had handily approved the company’s proposed $21 billion acquisition by Hewlett-Packard Co. The Compaq merger vote carried by ...