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To: Elwood P. Dowd who wrote (653)	5/29/2002 5:22:09 PM
From: Starlight	Respond to of 4345

Lagos, May 23, 2002 (This Day/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX) -- Days after legally closing its merger with Compaq Computer Corp., HP last week officially launched the new company with a focus on product and solutions offerings, go-to-market and brand plans, and recent customer wins signalling confidence and support for the merged company.... embeddedtechnology.com/read/nl20020527/515777

To: Elwood P. Dowd who wrote (653)	5/29/2002 9:08:10 PM
From: PCSS	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 4345

HP, Sun to shut down week of July 4 to save costs SAN FRANCISCO, May 29 (Reuters) - Computer makers Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ) and Sun Microsystems Inc. (SUNW) will close down for the week of July 4 in a reprise of an extended cost-saving holiday declared in much of Silicon Valley last year. Most U.S. employees of both companies have been asked to take vacation, and workers at Sun, which will turn off the lights for the week for the second year in a row, have the option of taking unpaid leave, a spokeswoman said. HP told employees in an internal memo obtained by Reuters that the "summer holiday closure" would "help improve efficiency and enhance our ability to execute through the current U.S. market softness". HP last year had asked employees to take time off of their choosing and also announced layoffs to save costs during the economic and technology downturn, and Compaq Computer Corp, acquired by HP earlier this month, had a similar closure in July last year. Many companies in the San Francisco Bay Area shut for the week around the July 4 U.S. Independence Day holiday.