http://money.cnn.com/2002/01/31/deals/hp/
Report: EU to appprove HP-Compaq - Jan. 31, 2002
"NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - European regulators are set to approve
Hewlett-Packard Co.'s planned $25 billion acquisition of Compaq
Computer Corp. without conditions, a report said Thursday.
The European Commission has concluded that a combined HP and Compaq
would face effective competition in all the markets in which the
company competes, The Wall Street Journal said, citing people familiar
with the case.
A spokesman for the commission in Brussels said it would rule later
Thursday afternoon about the deal, Reuters reported..."
--Jerry Leslie (my opinions are strictly my own)
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