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Search for: Offline summarization (match summaries) Hybrid summarization Online summarization Offline summarization (match articles) U.S. World Finance Sci/Tech Entertainment Sports View Today's Images Back to Archive Index About Newsblaster About today's run Newsblaster in Press Academic Papers Article Sources: washingtonpost.com (254 articles) news.bbc.co.uk (162 articles) latimes.com (102 articles) baltimoresun.com (93 articles) cbc.ca (83 articles) boston.com (64 articles) dallasnews.com (58 articles) sfgate.com (47 articles) ft.com (44 articles) abcnews.go.com (39 articles) nypost.com (35 articles) foxnews.com (30 articles) suntimes.com (29 articles) msnbc.msn.com (18 articles) cnn.com (14 articles) usatoday.com (9 articles) wired.com (7 articles) cbsnews.com (6 articles) sportsillustrated. cnn.com (5 articles) nature.com (3 articles) ac360. blogs.cnn.com (2 articles) cowboysblog. dallasnews.com (1 article)	HP has eye on IBM as it discusses EDS acquisition Summary from multiple countries, from articles in English Hewlett-Packard Co. is negotiating to buy Electronic Data Systems Corp. in a deal that could help the world's largest personal computer maker win more consulting contracts with large companies and government agencies. (article 4) Palo Alto, Calif.-based HP and Plano, Tex.-based EDS, which provides information technology services, confirmed the talks Monday shortly after the Wall Street Journal reported a deal could be reached as early as Tuesday. (article 4) The deal, worth between $12- and $13 billion, according to the Wall Street Journal, would help shore up HP's services business, which generated $16.6 billion in fiscal year 2007. (article 5) Former IBM salesman H. Ross Perot left IBM to start EDS in 1962 and practically invented the business of running other companies' computer systems, now called information-technology or IT services. (article 7) For EDS, the deal represents a chance to cash in after years of cost cutting and reorganization failed to give the company's shares much of a lift. (article 8) Citing unnamed people familiar with the matter, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday that HP is willing to pay $12 billion to $13 billion und a price that translates to $24 to $26 per share. (article 3) Other summaries about this story: Summary from Canada, from articles in English (1 articles) [compare] Summary from United States, from articles in English (8 articles) [compare] Summary from the United Kingdom, from articles in English (1 articles) [compare] Event tracking: Track this story's development in time Story keywords EDS, HP, IBM, billion, Services Source articles HP confirms in talks to buy EDS (BBC News, 05/12/2008, 224 words) HP in talks to buy EDS to compete with IBM (Washington Post, 05/12/2008, 334 words) HP has eye on IBM as it discusses EDS acquisition (Washington Post, 05/12/2008, 371 words) HP in talks to buy EDS for up to $13 billion US (cbc.ca, 05/12/2008, 450 words) HP in talks to buy Electronic Data Systems for about $12 billion (sfgate.com, 05/12/2008, 710 words) Report: Hewlett-Packard nearing deal to buy EDS (dallasnews.com, 05/12/2008, 219 words) HP in talks to buy EDS, for reported $12B to $13B (boston.com, 05/12/2008, 374 words) Analysts see benefits in Hewlett-Packard's bid for EDS (dallasnews.com, 05/12/2008, 977 words) Technology and Telecom News (dallasnews.com, 05/12/2008, 8 words) Hewlett-Packard in Talks to Buy Electronic Data (L.A. Times, 05/12/2008, 244 words) blaster@cs.columbia.edu