HOUSTON — Compaq Computer Corp. needs to move quickly to find a replacement for ousted Chief Executive Officer Eckhard Pfeiffer as the No. 1 personal computer maker grapples with its PC strategy and ...

Sometime this quarter, Dell Computer will likely surpass Compaq Computer as the world's largest computer company, according to a recent study. Round Rock, Texas-based Dell is expected to ship ...

SAN FRANCISCO – Robust demand and increased sales through “free PC” plans fueled a 27 percent worldwide personal computer unit growth in the second quarter, International Data Corp. said Monday. IDC, ...

Compaq stunner: Compaq Computer Corp. dismayed Wall Street for a second time in two months by disclosing an unexpected quarterly financial loss and a restructuring aimed at slashing $2 billion in ...

Compaq Computer on Tuesday squeaked past diminished expectations for the fourth quarter and fiscal year 2000. But a massive write-off on investments sideswiped what otherwise would have been a ...

From a December 2000 low of $14.30, shares of Compaq Computer have enjoyed a 64% bounce. But with all the gloom surrounding the PC industry, can the Houston computer manufacturer's shares continue to ...

Its ousted CEO set high goals, but fell short in the competitive, fast-changing computer industry. Compaq's chief executive, Eckhard Pfeiffer, told the world he would outdo himself. After building his ...

Compaq Computer Corp., the world’s leading maker of personal computers, said Tuesday that sales and profit will miss its forecasts in the fourth quarter and 2001 because of weak PC sales to consumers ...

A Compaq 7000 series laptop computer worth $3,100 was reported stolen Monday from a home in the 1000 block of Crabtree Lane, Libertyville police said. The computer was taken sometime over the weekend ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Hewlett-Packard will announce today that it is acquiring Compaq Computer for $25 billion in stock in a bold move to grow as the computer business struggles with shrinking sales, ...

Compaq wasn't waving a white flag on Monday when it made a series of news announcements about restructuring its business, but it might as well have. And across the battlefield somewhere would be Dell ...