Well, I heard on the way home that the deal is a long way from done. It
has to go through regulatory approvals in both the US and Europe. The
speculation was that these wouldn't be a walk over.
HP was forecasting about 14,000 would be laid off but not for two years
(time needed to sort things out???).
Gerry
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"The lyfe so short, the craft so long to learne" Geoffrey Chaucer
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