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HP May Keep PC Albatross

Posted: October 12, 2011 at 6:41 am

There are news reports that Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) may not spin off its large PC business. The business is a financial drag on the company’s prospects. HP will be hurt ...
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Companies Where Employees Are Losing Hope

Posted: September 19, 2011 at 6:25 am

Some companies become so badly damaged because of changes in the competitive markets or due to poor management decisions that their employees lose hope. This may be due to the ...
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Hewlett-Packard Changes Management But Not Strategy

Posted: June 14, 2011 at 6:38 am

Any CEO can change his management team. But, chess is not won by the use of new pieces. It is won by a  strategy of attack and defense. Hewlett-Packard's hapless ...
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American Companies Burned Worst By The Media

Posted: June 14, 2011 at 4:43 am

One school of thought about negative publicity is that its impact dissipates over time. It is hard to disprove that theory, especially in the case of large companies.  And sometimes ...
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Hewlett-Packard’s Pipe Dream

Posted: March 15, 2011 at 5:53 am

Hewlett-Packard's (NYSE: HPQ) new CEO Léo Apotheker laid out a relatively simple formula for the expansion and improved profitability of the large technology firm that completely ignores the work of his ...
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America’s Ten Biggest Corporate Turnarounds

Posted: February 3, 2011 at 3:34 am

Corporate turnarounds are almost never engineered by a single person. A CEO who takes a failing company and makes it successful again obviously got help from management, a board, along ...
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HP’s Board Walks Out, Leaves A Void

Posted: January 21, 2011 at 5:25 am

Four members of the Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) board will leave and be replaced  by five new members. Those who will depart were at the center of the debate over the ...
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Meet HP’s New CEO (HPQ, SAP, ORCL)

Posted: September 30, 2010 at 4:18 pm

Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) was halted right after the close of trading this Thursday.  The halt was a NEWS PENDING status, and we all knew what was expected and what ...
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Mark Hurd Oracle Comp Worth A Modest $10 Million

Posted: September 8, 2010 at 10:25 am

Mark Hurd won't make much in salary as c0-president of Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL)--only $950,000. His bonuses will be relatively modest as well. In a letter from the company: "We offer ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report

Posted: September 8, 2010 at 9:15 am

Twitter has, by most estimates, 100 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have ...
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Oracle Says Mark Hurd Does Not Beat His Dog: An Ethical Issue

Posted: September 7, 2010 at 7:44 pm

Mark Hurd does not beat his dog. He did not sexually harass a Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) contractor. He would never disclose HP trade secrets to his new employer Oracle (NASDAQ: ...
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Hewlett-Packard Sues Mark Hurd (Update) For What He Will Do In The Future

Posted: September 7, 2010 at 2:43 pm

Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) has sued former CEO Mark Hurd who has just joined rival firm Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) as a co-president and member of the board of directors. Details of ...
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Media Digest (9/6/2010) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: September 6, 2010 at 9:00 am

Reuters:  Jobs data continues to push global equities up. Reuters:   Daimler will increase its dividend Reuters:   Nokia (NYSE: NOK) will release a new line of smartphones Reuters:   Craigslist will block ...
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Former HP CEO Mark Hurd May Join Oracle

Posted: September 5, 2010 at 8:34 am

Former Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) CEO Mark Hurd may join Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. Hurd was pushed out by HPs board, a move ...
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Will Mark Hurd Go To Dell?

Posted: August 19, 2010 at 6:00 am

Mark Hurd's exit from Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) was based on his bad judgment, bad manners, or bad behavior. None make him any less of a highly skilled technology CEO, perhaps ...
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