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Technology Stocks : Hewlett-Packard (HPQ)
HPQ 24.73-2.2%3:59 PM EST

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To: The Duke of URL© who wrote (3870)7/11/2005 1:32:37 PM
From: Kirk ©  Read Replies (1) of 4345
 
7/11/05: KKR and Silver Lake Hold the Leading Bid For an Agilent Unit: "Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and Silver Lake Partners have emerged as the leading bidder for Agilent Technologies Inc.'s semiconductor-products business in an auction that is expected to fetch as much as $2.5 billion, according to people familiar with the matter."
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Wouldn't it be funny if they used the cash plus debt to buy out HP then toss out (sell) the Compaq and personal computer stuff to pay off the debt and return HP to what it was in the 1970's when it was a great instrument company that started the printer business by making a better plotter to chart data!
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