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The HP Way: Shareholders get dividends, employees get pink slips

Posted May 23, 2012 - 1:28 pm

Hewlett-Packard is expected on Wednesday to announce the layoff of up to 30,000 workers, even as it continues to pay out regular dividends on 2 billion shares of common stock.
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And the highest employee-rated tech CEO is...

Posted April 3, 2012 - 3:27 pm

Several technology executives are among the 25 highest-rated CEOs as judged by anonymous employees, according to Glassdoor.com.
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HP's merging of PC, printer divisions a prelude to layoffs

Posted March 21, 2012 - 1:26 pm

Hewlett-Packard's announcement that it is merging its PC and printing divisions means layoffs are coming later this year.
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Amid a recovery, tech layoffs

Posted February 29, 2012 - 12:04 pm

The economy may be in a slow recovery and unemployment down, but layoffs in the tech sector are still a reality.
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HP's perilous PC dilemma

Posted February 28, 2012 - 3:00 pm

The longer Hewlett-Packard hangs onto its PC business, the less it will be worth. But can HP really afford to hack nearly 30% of its revenue without a strong, emerging business to replace it?
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HP's profit plunges in Q1; revenue down 7%

Posted February 22, 2012 - 7:13 pm

Hewlett-Packard reported fiscal first-quarter earnings on Wednesday that were 44% below last year as the company continues to struggle with declining PC sales.
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HP's Whitman lines up future scapegoat

Posted January 18, 2012 - 6:39 pm

HP names software EVP Bill Veghte as its chief strategy officer, reversing a decision made in October to eliminate that position.
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What tech company has the highest brand value? (Hint: It's not Apple)

Posted January 16, 2012 - 3:46 pm

Branding consultancy Interbrand's Best Global Brands 2011 report is loaded with tech companies, but Apple is not on top.
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Sure, now they tell us: Former Palm employees say webOS was fatally flawed

Posted January 2, 2012 - 7:51 pm

Fundamental flaws in the design of webOS pretty much doomed it from the start, according to former HP and Palm employees.
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No. 5 tech story of 2011: HP's meltdown

Posted December 28, 2011 - 12:14 pm

HP's disastrous year was about more than Leo Apotheker (though he didn't help).
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No. 6 tech story of 2011: Meet the new boss

Posted December 27, 2011 - 7:34 pm

An unusual number of major technology companies replaced their chief executives in 2011.
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Update: HP to go open source with webOS

Posted December 9, 2011 - 1:30 pm

HP chief executive Meg Whitman on Friday announced the company would turn over the fate of webOS to the open source community.
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IT stats in handy video format

Posted November 29, 2011 - 2:21 pm

A lot of enterprise IT vendors are using the term "Big Data" these days, much in the way they used the term "cloud" a few years ago, as the "next big thing" for IT. This video shows a ton of stats that will prove them right.
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HP shareholders better be patient, alright

Posted November 22, 2011 - 2:21 pm

Hewlett-Packard's fourth-quarter earnings were bad, but its foreseeable future doesn't necessarily look any better.
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Why Warren Buffett is betting big on IBM (and not Google, Microsoft or HP)

Posted November 15, 2011 - 1:52 pm

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett has purchased 64 million shares of IBM, despite a long-standing aversion to tech stocks. Here's why.
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A greener Apple, but still not the greenest of device makers

Posted November 9, 2011 - 2:01 pm

HP is judged the "greenest" electronics manufacturer in the world by Greenpeace International.
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Data center and cloud providers talk security, performance and easing concerns

Posted November 2, 2011 - 10:27 am

Worried that a data center in the cloud is too risky?
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HP’s decision to keep PC division won’t undo a lot of damage

Posted October 28, 2011 - 12:18 pm

In announcing it will keep its PC division, HP is trying to undo some serious damage. It may be too late.
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IBM shows tech industry how to make a CEO transition

Posted October 26, 2011 - 9:50 am

Long-time IBM executive Virginia Rometty takes over a company that's not in turmoil or falling apart. How refreshing!
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HP now open to idea that spinning off PC unit might be ill-advised

Posted October 12, 2011 - 9:51 am

After approving Leo Apotheker's plan to consider spinning of HP's PC unit, the company's leaders are having second thoughts.
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Activist RIM investor stokes shareholder uprising

Posted October 11, 2011 - 12:07 pm

Research in Motion investor Jaguar Financial wants big changes at the BlackBerry maker and says it is gathering support among shareholders.
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Whitman's political obsessions spell disaster for HP

Posted October 4, 2011 - 9:09 am

Meg Whitman's active obsession with politics means HP has a distracted CEO, just when it needs a fully focused one.
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It pays well to be a (failed) CEO

Posted September 29, 2011 - 7:28 pm

Fired HP chief executive Leo Apotheker is getting nearly $10 million in severance and bonuses, plus stock. All for 11 months of bumbling.
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Beginning of the end for RIM's PlayBook

Posted September 26, 2011 - 3:34 pm

With production lines cut and deep discounts being offered, RIM's BlackBerry PlayBook is headed down the TouchPad trail.
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HP, Yahoo boards set a new bar for bad

Posted September 23, 2011 - 2:29 pm

Shareholders of HP and Yahoo are paying for years of board dysfunction and poor CEO choices.
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