Mercury's management software added to the HP portfolio, while IBM launches promotion to win over HP clients. Written by Dawn Kawamoto, Contributor Nov. 7, 2006 at 1:26 p.m. PT ...

HP is paying a stock premium of about 33% to purchase Mercury shares — an amount Hurd called “not unusual.” “I think this premium accurately reflects the value of this property,” he said.

Hewlett-Packard Co. announced Tuesday that it signed a deal to acquire software maker Mercury Interactive Corp. for $4.5 billion. The Palo-Alto based computer and printer manufacturer would pay ...

San Fransico - Hewlett-Packard(HP) is biting off its biggest acquisition in four years with a $4,5-billion (about R31-billion) purchase of Mercury Interactive, a maker of business management ...

At $4.5bn (£2.29bn), HP's takeover of Mercury Interactive earlier this year was not only the biggest software acquisition in HP's history but "the biggest software acquisition for the entire ...