Under the terms announced Tuesday, Palo Alto-based HP will pay $25 per share in cash for EDS, which pioneered the concept of running computer systems and providing other high-tech help for large companies and government agencies. HP's technology services revenue will more than double to more than $38 ...
HP confirms in talks to buy EDS
news.bbc.co.ukFound 53 days, 52 minutes, and 50 seconds agoHewlett-Packard confirms that it is in talks to buy the IT services provider Electronic Data Systems.
Driver buckles beer in car
cnn.comFound 52 days, 21 hours, 28 minutes, and 48 seconds agoAn Australian driver who secured a carton of beer in his car with a seat belt but left a 5-year-old child unrestrained was fined 750 Australian dollars ($710; ?460), police said Tuesday.
Unsteady consumers rattle Rona's profit
reportonbusiness.comFound 52 days, 18 hours, 58 minutes, and 34 seconds agoThe poor business conditions were compounded by poor weather, which sent Rona's first-quarter profit plunging to $1-million from $9-million a year earlier and reduced same-store sales by 5. While average ticket prices had increased 1 per cent in the first quarter, the number of transactions was down ...
HP to acquire EDS for $13.9 billion
news.comFound 52 days, 20 hours, 46 minutes, and 3 seconds agoHewlett-Packard said Tuesday it will acquire computer services firm EDS for $25 per share, or $13. 9 billion, in a deal intended to boost HP's services revenue. HP said the deal, which has been unanimously approved by the HP and EDS boards of directors, will close in the second half of the year.
HP buys EDS for $13.9 billion
networkworld.comFound 52 days, 19 hours, 2 minutes, and 15 seconds agoHere, we look specifically at audit and recovery capabilities for Active Directory and learn where Windows Server 2008 toolset leaves off, and where the right third-party solution can provide broader coverage and enhanced management capabilities. HP's Network Lifestyle Management can help you automate ...
Oil hits another record high
theglobeandmail.comFound 52 days, 15 hours, 28 minutes, and 43 seconds agoLight, sweet crude for June delivery rose as high as a record $126. Cordier doubts Iran will actually cut oil production. Many analysts have predicted prices will surge much higher, and may breach the psychologically important $4 level on a national basis within the next couple of months.
HP to buy EDS for about $13.2 billion in cash
news.yahoo.comFound 52 days, 18 hours, 7 minutes, and 57 seconds agoRiding a hot streak that has doubled its stock price in the past three years, Hewlett-Packard Co. is rolling the dice on a $13.2 billion acquisition of technology services provider Electronic Data Systems Corp.
Driver belts in beer, not boy
ananova.comFound 52 days, 15 hours, 28 minutes, and 43 seconds agoAustralian police who pulled over a driver were shocked to find he had secured a load of beer with a seat belt - but not a five-year-old boy. Officers were appalled to find the man was more concerned about his 30 "tinnies" than the child travelling with him. "But this is the first time that the beer ...
blogs.zdnet.com
Updated: Hewlett-Packard CEO Mark Hurd said Tuesday he plans to use a familiar playbook to integrate Electronic Data Systems: Leverage scale, squeeze costs -- and underpromise and overdeliver.
"We're running the playbook we know how to run very well," said Hurd, on a conference call with analysts. ...
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A court in Jordan sentences a man to 10 years in jail for killing his sister - a long term by Jordan's standards.
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eweek.com
HP and EDS combined would be about the same size as IBM Global Services....
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All the cuteness you need today.
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theglobeandmail.com
HP to buy EDS for $12.6-billion
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theglobeandmail.com
CRTC sides with Bell in throttling complaint, for now
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blogs.herald.com
They have priorities .
(Thanks to sjhaller and Jeff Meyerson and Siouxie and Keli Minick and Amanda Austin)
Posted by Dave on May 13, 2008 at 09:07 AM
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reportonbusiness.com
HP to buy EDS for $12.6-billion
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theglobeandmail.com
HP to buy EDS for $12.6-billion
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rssfabriek.nl
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We're not usually too down with enterprise-services action, but it's hard not to notice HP's $12-13B bid to buy out rival Electronic Data Systems. EDS is best remembered for that "Herding Cats" Super Bowl commercial, but things have been rough lately -- the company just posted 62 percent decline in first-quarter profits. Still, EDS is still a leader in technology outsourcing, and HP seems to think that it'll be better able to take down Big Blue's powerhouse services and consulting group if they merge.
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An Australian driver who secured a carton of beer in his car with a seat belt but left a 5-year-old child unrestrained was fined 750 Australian dollars ($710; €460), police said Tuesday.
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mikepower.net
Pupils sent home for turf 'prank'
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news.slashdot.org
netbuzz writes "Following yesterday's spate of heated rumors, the announcement comes this morning that HP has completed a deal to buy EDS for just under $14 billion. The acquisition has been approved by the boards of both companies, according to HP. EDS CEO Ron Rittenmeyer has issued an e-mail to his employees promising that the company brand will continue and, "We are - and will remain - EDS."
Found 52 days, 19 hours, 2 minutes, and 14 seconds ago
singlemind.net
In my first job out of college, I was an Engineering Systems Engineer for EDS. At the time, they were a $5 billion company, with a vision of becoming a $25 billion company. Hewlett-Packard is offering to purchase EDS for about half that . This will be a premium for any current EDS stockholders, and a bargain for HP.
Heck, I might apply for a position with them where I live.
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yeahrightwhatever.blogspot.com
John Hagee is going to apologize to Catholics . If that's really what he believes, based on his interpretation of the Bible, then why should he apologize? I mean, until recently, the Catholic Church thought Hagee was going to hell, too.
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amcgltd.com
Nothing like a video report on a dog helping foster newborn kittens to start the day off right. Head.Explode(Candy);
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thebiglead.com
Because Transformers is now showing on Cinemax … Megan Fox. In dire need of a cellphone upgrade - who knows when the new iphone comes out? We heard next month, but can't find verification anywhere.
Why on earth would the Suns trade Diaw and Barbosa for Stephon Marbury? And the expiring contract isn't nearly enough. ( NY Daily News )
Steinberg calls himself "moderately successful." Ha. The most well-known newspaper blogger listened to Colin Cowherd, and he's confused with Cowherd's advice for Ozzie Guillen.
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Aussie straps in beer, not child
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chickengirl.net
BBC: Aussie straps in beer, not child
Constable Wayne Burnett said: "I haven't ever seen something like this before.
"This is the first time that the beer has taken priority over a child… The child was sitting in the lump in the centre, unrestrained."
When Constable Burnett handed over the fine he said the driver "just looked at me blankly".
"He didn't get it," Constable Burnett said.
"I asked him about the fact the child was unrestrained and the beer was, and he said he didn't know anything about it.
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Driver buckles beer in car -- but not child
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Pupils sent home for turf 'prank'
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A court in Jordan sentences a man to 10 years in jail for killing his sister - a long term by Jordan's standards.
Read the full article (BBC News | World | UK Edition)
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claretblog.vox.com
This is cute:
1 2 3 .... Awwww http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7397247.stm
Well, my folks have just put the house in Norfolk on the market:
http://agents.home-sale.co.uk/asp/PropertyDetails.asp?hssid={D2DA0E1B-2FB5-452C-98A8-5BCF94733668}&Property_ID=537&Supplier_No=45443&Colours=2278&page=1#pictures
Kind of sad, although I don't have any emotional attachment to that house, but I love the county. We shall still holiday there though and stay in B&Bs or with friends.
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dialagranny.com
"I asked him about the fact the child was unrestrained and the beer was, and he said he didn't know anything about it." Superintendent Sean Parnell of Alice Springs police said the incident was a "timely reminder" to ensure "all passengers are secured".
Thanks to the BBC World News .
Stunning. At least he has his priorities straight.
Pete
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smoothspan.wordpress.com
It's not a bad deal for HP. Protestations about acquiring Accenture to the contrary, they now become the #2 IT Services provider. Apparently there is some synergy in the area of automating data centers- EDS was the largest customer for HP's OpsWare suite . Automating data centers is a good cost reduction move for IT, but it still can't compare to the 16:
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