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  • Top five tech takeovers that shook the world

    Microsoft last week launched a hostile US$44.6bn takeover bid to buy Web giant Yahoo. If the deal goes ahead it will be the latest in a line of multibillion-dollar mergers and acquisitions the tech sector has witnessed in recent years.

  • HP deal: Some get layoffs, others bonuses

    Although it plans to lay off thousands of workers if its merger with Compaq Computer goes through, Hewlett-Packard is also offering hefty bonuses to some 6,000 key employees it wants to keep.

  • HP deal set to get go-ahead

    Experts predict that in the current slowdown, US regulators will be loath to cause further economic upheaval by blocking the proposed $25bn merger of rivals HP and Compaq.

  • HP-Compaq to run antitrust gauntlet

    The merger between Hewlett-Packard and Compaq Computer is expected to go through stiff regulatory review, with regulators taking an especially close look at PC distribution, say legal specialists.

  • AMD takes antitrust case to the masses

    Advanced Micro Devices launched a marketing campaign against Intel on Wednesday, running full-page ads in newspapers to outline the reasons for its antitrust lawsuit and to issue a call to action.

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  • Intel: Friend or foe?

    Although AMD has painted Intel as a bully, execs who've dealt with company draw a more ambiguous picture.

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