Hope springs eternal!!!!!!!!!!!
"Gavin Scott" <[log in to unmask]> wrote in message
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> Wirt writes:
> > While I tend to believe that this merger is a very poor idea, the
> > reaction so far from the stockholders and the regulators,
> > especially in the EU, would seem to make it likely that it will
> > never happen and is already less of a concern with me.
>
> Yep.  In fact the stock looks like a pretty good buy right now if you
assume
> that the deal is actually going to be canceled before too long and that it
> might just take Carly and her friends along with it!
>
> If it comes down to a shareholder vote then not only might the merger be
> rejected but Ms. Fiorina and the entire board might just find themselves
out
> of a job.
>
> At that point the shareholders might actually call for a return to a more
> staid, conservative HP, and after agreeing that bringing in an outsider
was
> a big mistake, the new President and CEO could end up being Ann Livermore,
> who would likely toss all of Carly's recently hired ex-Lucent cronies out
> one their collective ear and bring back just a little of the "old HP".
>
>
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