The Delaware Supreme Court denied former Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) CEO Mark Hurd’s attempt to shield from the public a letter reportedly accusing him of sexual harassment, the basis of a scandal that forced him out of the Palo Alto tech giant’s top seat. (more)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — It may be one of the technology world’s most expensive efforts to give something away: Hewlett-Packard Co. said Friday that it’s making its webOS mobile system available as open-source software that anyone can use and modify freely. (more)
It’s OK to say you were wrong. If a company as big as Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX ) can backpedal on an ill-conceived move, so can Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ ) . (more)
Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ) directors were concerned that plummeting shares would make the company vulnerable to a bid from Oracle Corp. (ORCL) when they replaced Leo Apotheker with Meg Whitman, two people close to the board said. (more)
The Hewlett-Packard board of directors named Meg Whitman its president and CEO Thursday, ousting Leo Apotheker after 11 months on the job. (more)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Hewlett-Packard is set to name Meg Whitman, the former eBay CEO and California candidate for governor, as its new CEO, forcing aside Leo Apotheker after just 11 months on the job. (more)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Hewlett-Packard Co.’s decision to fire CEO Leo Apotheker after just 11 months and replace him with former eBay chief Meg Whitman is another dizzying turn of the executive merry-go-round at a company whose leadership issues are tearing it apart. (more)
Former eBay CEO Meg Whitman is poised to be named CEO of Hewlett-Packard later today after the markets are closed, said multiple sources close to the situation. (more)
Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ)’s board plans to meet to consider whether to oust Leo Apotheker as chief executive officer after less than 11 months on the job, two people familiar with the matter said. (more)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Mark Hurd may get his $100 million payday after all. (more)
Moody’s Investors Service on Friday cut the ratings outlook for Hewlett-Packard Co. to negative from stable, citing uncertainty surrounding the technology conglomerate’s plan to shut down its mobile devices business, try spinning off its PC business and pay about $10 billion for business software maker Autonomy Corp. (more)
Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ) fell the most in at least 31 years after issuing forecasts that missed analysts’ estimates and unveiling a set of strategic shifts that undermined confidence in the company’s management. (more)
Most consumers know Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) as a manufacturer of PCs and printers. Hewlett-Packard is also one of the largest manufacturers of servers for the enterprise. Sometime ago it acquired EDS, a very large technical services firm. Old timers may recognize EDS as a firm that made Ross Perot a billionaire. (more)
President Obama’s travel schedule this week says everything about which states will determine whether Democrats retain control of the Senate. (more)
Republicans need to take 10 seats currently held by Democrats in order to win back control of the Senate. Three weeks out from the midterm elections, this season’s pivotal Senate races can be divided into four categories. (more)
Thanks to a surge of support from the state’s Latino voters, two California Democrats in close mid-term election races — Jerry Brown and Barbara Boxer — may be slowly pulling away from their GOP opponents, according to recent polls. But with a large number of voters, including Latinos, still undecided, both contests, especially Brown’s, remain toss-ups. (more)
Hoping to arrest an ominous slide in two recent polls, California U.S. Senate candidate Carly Fiorina went on a full-scale attack against three-term incumbent Barbara Boxer as a tax-and-spend failure in a radio debate today in Pasadena, while Boxer painted Fiorina as an anti-environmental extremist out of sync with state voters. (more)
A pal of mine, a sports analyst for one of the TV networks, says that every time a star athlete gets involved in a scandal, that’s bad for the player but good for him. (more)
Everyone loves a happy ending, and with Mark Hurd joining his close pal Larry Ellison as president — or is it co-president — of Oracle late Monday afternoon, tears streamed down my cheek. It was like Lassie coming home; Tarzan saving Cheeta from the animal poachers; or George W. Bush finding a mentor in Karl Rove. (more)
