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	H-P Challenges IBM

Tina Russo

5-13-2008 7:58 AM

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hewlett-packard, ibm, eds, electronic data systems, ross perot, technology, it

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Get details of H-P's proposed acquisition of Electronic Data Systems. The move would make Hewlett-Packard the world's second-largest provider of technology services.

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