September 05, 2001 (vol. 111, iss. 137) • Page Image 7
… BUSINESSThe Michigan Daily - Wednesday, September 5, 2001-7A *Hewlett-Packard buying Compaq for $25 billion Deal would allow merged companies to surpass industry leader Dell Computer Corp. SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - High-tech giant Hewlett-Packard Co. is buying Compaq Com- puter Corp. for about $25 billion in a block- buster merger bringing together two rivals struggling to survive in the battered computer industry. The stock swap announced Mon...…