"John R. Wolff" <[log in to unmask]> wrote in message
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> <Quote>
> Deutsche Asset Management, which holds a 1.3 percent stake in HP and is
> among the company's top 10 institutional investors, initially was set to
> cast all of its shares against the deal. But on the morning of the
> shareholder vote, the firm changed its stance and cast a substantial
> portion of its shares in favor of the deal.
>
> Deutsche Bank, which is the parent to Deutsche Asset Management, had
> participated with a group of other banks in closing a $4 billion credit
> line for HP four days before the shareholder vote.
> <End Quote>
>
> I smell a rat!

Or perhaps one of those "Quidproquo" rodents... ;-}

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