In a blow that could derail HP's proposed $25 billion takeover of Compaq, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation reaches a preliminary decision to oppose the deal. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET ...

Opposition to Hewlett-Packard's bid to buy Compaq Computer has gained ground as David Packard, son of the HP co-founder, said that he would back the Hewlett family's decision to oppose the acquisition ...

David Packard (1912-1996), the co-founder of the Hewlett-Packard Company. The foundation formed by him and his wife has provided hundreds of millions of dollars to support science and engineering over ...