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| Buyout to combine two of the largest names in PC world
By CNET News.com Staff September 5, 2001, 1:30 p.m. PST Analysts say HP faces a rocky road, as it works to survive a sour PC market while combining Compaq business units that are quite similar to its own. Meanwhile, investors send HP shares lower, pushing the total value of the proposed merger below $20 billion just a day after it was announced. |
Analyst skeptical of HP-Compaq mergerdocument On Sept. 4, 2001, Hewlett-Packard sent an e-mail message to all of its employees. This letter was obtained from a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
September 4, 2001
Merging is the easy part
news analysis Price pressures, slowing sales and a sour economy are just the beginning of challenges for HP and Compaq. Analysts frown at the large amount of overlap between the two. Will the companies make it work?
September 4, 2001
Fiorina: The quest continues
Only a month ago, pundits were speculating whether Carleton Fiorina would be dismissed as chief executive of Hewlett-Packard. Now she finds herself running the second-largest computer company behind IBM.
September 3, 2001
Compaq's short, turbulent history
The PC maker lived the Hank Williams life. It ran hard, got famous and died before its time.
September 4, 2001
