There are serious areas of disagreement between the leadership teams at HP Inc. and Xerox over the details of how the two companies would be combined, according to a report.
Xerox—which has made a takeover offer for HP that is reportedly 23 percent higher than where HP shares started the month—may offer HP four weeks to perform due diligence on the deal, Bloomberg reported.
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The deal is somewhat unusual as Xerox is proposing to acquire its significantly larger rival, HP. Xerox's market capitalization was $8.62 billion as of Friday, compared with HP's market capitalization of $28.93 billion. read the rest here