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 the best…
Reuters: There do not appear to be any bids to rival BHP Billiton’s (NYSE: BHP) for Potash (NYSE: POT) Reuters: A US government agency is considering more self-regulation for oil Reuters: GM…
Updated throughout the day. Jodie Fisher may have lost consulting revenue because she did not sleep with Mark Hurd of Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) (various) GM may sell preferred shares as part of…
Usually sexual harassment settlements come with a confidentiality clause. That must not be the case with Jodie Fisher who had an undisclosed relationship with former Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) CEO Mark Hurd. The…
Douglas A. McIntyre Updated throughout the day. The board of Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) was angered when Mark Hurd made a private deal to settle sexual harassment charges made by a consultant (WSJ) Many Google (NASDAQ:…
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Reuters: Japan’s Q2 CGP was only .1% or a rate of .4% for the year. Reuters: Worries about growth have moved from Europe to the US. Reuters: Bank of America (NYSE: BAC)…
These days, chief information officers at Fortune 500 companies are spending a lot of their time saying “no.” The good ones are masters at it. They have to turn down pleas from…
Earnings season isn’t quite over yet. We still have some rather large, some giant, earnings on deck next week. We have an earnings duel between The Lowe’s Companies (NYSE: LOW) and The…
Reuters: The GM CEO will leave as the company has its IPO. ‘Reuters: Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) sued Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) over Android. Reuters: Germany raised its forecast for the second half…
The technology stock event of the week is about to happen. Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) has earnings today after the close, and every technology investor is going to be paying close…
Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) was ambushed by Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) when Jobs & Co. launched the iPad. It was close enough in price to the Amazon Kindle and had more features. Amazon…
Dell Computer (NASDAQ: DELL) has been a troubled company ever since founder Michael Dell returned as CEO. The company has fallen behind rivals in PC and server sales. Other large tech firms…
Reuters: Research In Motion will share some BlackBerry code with the Saudis. Reuters: The dollar hit a 15-month low compared to the yen Reuters: India will decide whether to restrict the BlackBerry.…
Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HPQ) had the most active trading day in more than a decade on Monday with some 199 million shares traded by the 4:00 PM Closing bell. The drop from…
Jon C. Ogg 