"John R. Wolff" <[log in to unmask]> wrote in message news:a7vkt10449@enews3.newsguy.com... > <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... ;-} * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *