Article: Xtremepicks.com Alerts for Nov 11, 2009 include- H-P (HPQ) & 3Com (COMS).

M2 PRESSWIRE-12 November 2009-xtremepicks.com: Xtremepicks.com Alerts for Nov 11, 2009 include- H-P (HPQ) & 3Com (COMS)(C)1994-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS

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Hewlett-Packard Co. said late Wednesday that it will acquire 3Com Corp. for $2.7 billion in an effort to build up the computer giant's offerings in networking, servers and storage.

The move also will pit H-P (HPQ 49.51, -0.49, -0.98%) more directly against networking-equipment kingpin Cisco Systems Inc. (CSCO 23.70, -0.22, -0.92%) Th The deal, which values 3Com (COMS 7.66, +1.97, +34.62%) at $7.90 a share, had ...

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