EU to examine HP-Compaq merger

The European Commission's antitrust services will examine the proposed merger of computer giants Hewlett-Packard and Compaq. Competition commentators do not expect any real antitrust problems for the merger because there is still lots of competition in the global computer industry.

The European Commission’s antitrust services will examine the proposed merger of computer giants Hewlett-Packard and Compaq. Competition commentators do not expect any real antitrust problems for the merger because there is still lots of competition in the global computer industry.