Shareholders opposed to the proposed marriage of Hewlett-Packard and Compaq Computer should be careful what they wish for: Undoing the $20 billion deal would unleash problems for both companies that ...

COMMENTARY--Like many others, the announcement that Hewlett Packard and Compaq intended to merge initially caught me by surprise. As a member of the technical advisory committees for both HP and ...

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 altogether and ...

Tradition holds that one-year anniversary presents should be made of paper, but executives at Hewlett-Packard no doubt could have done without the papers presented just a couple of weeks before the ...

Hewlett-Packard plans to hold employee celebrations worldwide this week to mark the first anniversary of the Compaq merger. Janet Stashak won't be going to the party. She lost her job two weeks ago, ...

Hewlett-Packard will maintain the consumer PC lines from both Compaq Computer and HP for now, an unexpected twist in a merger that in general will lead to fewer product lines. HP will continue to sell ...

Walter B. Hewlett was doing something totally out of character last week when he went public with his opposition to Hewlett-Packard Co.'s proposed merger with Compaq Computer Corp. Although he has ...

The new company will be the second biggest PC company with a significant presence in nearly every market and country in the world, but life isn't going to be easy. Michael Kanellos is editor at large ...

With a shareholder vote two weeks away, Hewlett-Packard Co. got a crucial endorsement for its $22 billion acquisition of Compaq Computer Corp., increasing the companies' chances of completing the ...

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 ...

HP has strapped a speedy Sandy Bridge CPU into an antiquated system design, delivering strong performance for a business-class desktop, but not much else. Here’s one reason why you should be ...