HEWLETT PACKARD'S BUY OF 3COM CLEARED.

• Position: Company overview

The European Commission authorised, on 12 February, the proposed acquisition of 3Com Corporation by Hewlett-Packard (HP), both of the United States. HP is a leading provider of products, technologies, software, solutions and services to individual customers and businesses, including the public and the education sector. 3Com is active in the research and development, production and marketing of communications equipment that provide network solutions for businesses. The Commission found that the entity created by the merger...