H-P chief defends planned merger with Compaq

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Carly Fiorina, the chief executive of Hewlett-Packard (H-P), defended her company's planned acquisition of Compaq Computer Corp. at a IDC Forum presentation. Fiorina said that those who were concentrating on the personal computer aspect of the deal were wrong to do so.

Planning, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes

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Packard, Hewlett heirs join to oppose Compaq acquisition; as opposition mounts, future of deal comes into question

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David Packard has joined Walter Hewlett, friends since childhood, in opposing the acquisition of Compaq Computer Corp. Also, the 25 million shares of Packard Humanities Insititute will vote against it. The William R. Hewlett Revocable Trust and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation will vote against, as well. The company, under Carly Fiorina's leadership, remains committed to the deal.

Asset sales & divestitures, Management, Hewlett, Walter, Packard, David

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H-P offers $300 million for tech firm Synstar

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Hewlett-Packard Co. is making an offer to acquire British information technology services company Synstar PLC as part of the computer company's overall goal to expand in the field of information technology services . Synstar shareholders will have 60 days to consider the offer which is being made by the Hewlett-Packard European subsidiary H-P Global Investments B.V.

United Kingdom, Acquisitions & mergers, Foreign operations, Computer and Data Processing Services, Parent-to-subsidiary activities, Subsidiary-to-parent activities, Microcomputer industry, Company acquisition/merger, Computer services industry, Information technology services industry, Aims and objectives, HPQ, Subsidiaries, divisions and units, Synstar International

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