Market has got HP wrong on $14bn EDS purchase
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This is the rare deal where the numbers work: HP s returns will exceed its cost of capital. Yet the strategy of expanding into a lowergrowth business has led to a wipeout nearly equal to the purchase price. That s silly. After all, HP can always spin the thing off.
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