Hewlett-Packard quickly doused any hope Tuesday that its planned acquisition of Compaq Computer would be a bloodless one. HP said Tuesday that the combined company plans to cut 10 percent of its work ...

PALO ALTO, CA and HOUSTON, TX – Hewlett-Packard Company and Compaq Computer Corporation announced a merger agreement to create an $87 billion global technology leader. The new HP will offer the ...

Before being bought, Digital trimmed subsidiaries in an effort to get smaller. Compaq Computer, meanwhile, keeps acquiring companies to bulk up. Michael Kanellos is editor at large at CNET News.com, ...

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 ...