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Four Tech Tales of Doom: Goodbye HP, Dell, Nokia and RIM

Jonathan Littman | Posted 05.31.2012

Read More: Meg Whitman, Nokia, Apple, Iphone, Lenovo, Hewlett-Packard, Ipad, Research in Motion, Google, Dell Computers, Technology News

The dynamic shift toward computing in the palm of your hand and storage in the cloud is bleeding four former Goliaths -- from creaky computing stalwarts like HP and Dell to recently pioneering mobile behemoths, Nokia and Rim. All four of these companies desperately need fresh strategies and narratives.

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HP To Cut 27,000 Jobs

AP | MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Hp, Video, Job-Cuts, Hewlett Packard Job Cuts, Hewlett Packard Jobs, Hewlett-Packard Job Cuts, Hewlett Packard, Hewlett-Packard Jobs, Technology News

SAN FRANCISCO — Hewlett-Packard Co. is cutting 27,000 jobs in an effort to recover from management missteps that hobbled the Silicon Valley pion...

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Romney Praises CEO Poised To Cut 30,000 Jobs

The Huffington Post | Dave Jamieson | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Meg Whitman, Video, Romney Campaign, California, Election 2012 Blog, 2012 Election, Mitt Romney 2012, Jerry Brown, Mitt Romney, Elections 2012, Hp-Layoffs, Hewlett-Packard, Politics News

GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney took some time, in an interview with National Review published Thursday, to praise Hewlett-Packard chief executiv...

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HP Layoffs Looming

AP | Posted 05.20.2012

Read More: HP Jobs, HP Layoffs, HP Job Cuts, Hewlett Packard, Hewlett-Packard, Hp, Ap, Technology News

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Hewlett-Packard is poised to eliminate as many as 30,000 jobs to compensate for dwindling demand for personal computers as more...

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Is The Era Of Cheap Chinese Labor Coming To An End?

Reuters | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Yuan, Nike, Wages, Faculty of Business and Economics, Dell Inc, Afl-Cio, Wintek, Hewlett-Packard, Sony Corp, Pegatron, Working Violations, Ipads, Labor, Video, University of Hong Kong, Apple, Iphones, Reuters, Free Labour Association, Foxconn, Sacom, China, Business News

* Apple, Foxconn deal adds to view low cost era is over * Deal coincides with rising wages, tighter labour force * Worke...

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Culture of Predation: That Goldman Sachs Exposé Barely Scratches the Surface

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Lloyd Blankfein, Goldman Sachs, Hewlett Packard, Greg Smith, Gillette, Corporate Culture, Corporate America, Wall Street, Business News

This week people have been buzzing about Goldman Sachs executive Greg Smith's high-profile resignation from Goldman and his description of the way tha...

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360* Marketing, Part 2: Reach Your Market

Michael Picard | Posted 05.12.2012

Read More: Customer Loyalty, Small Business, Diamond Resorts International, Apple, Startups, Marketing, Psychology, Facebook, Hewlett-Packard, American Idol, Customer Service, Business News

I used to hear a saying, which applies to business, "A mist in the pulpit is a fog in the pews." If you don't know your product inside and out, how do you expect your customers to?

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World's Largest PC Maker Sees Sales Fall

AP | ANICK JESDANUN | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Hp Earnings, Video, Hp, Hp Results, Hp Q1 2012, Hp Sales, Hp Q1 2012 Earings, Hewlett Packard, Technology News

NEW YORK — Hewlett-Packard Co. CEO Meg Whitman pleaded for patience Thursday as she described operational challenges and other internal problems...

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Reviewing the 23" HP TouchSmart 610 All In One PC

Ramon Nuez | Posted 03.24.2012

Read More: Review, Hp Touchsmart 610, Windows 7, Hp, Windows, HP Touchsmart, Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft Windows, Personal Computer, All-in-One Pc, Gameplay, Video, Technology News

Update: HP touch suite is called "Magic Canvas," not "Smart Canvas." Now a few weeks ago Zev and I took a look at the HP TouchSmart 310, which we li...

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Factory Worker Lights Himself On Fire To Protest Working Conditions At Hyundai Plant

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 01.19.2012

Read More: Mohamed Bouazizi, Pay, Labornotes, Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, Mass Suicide, Video, Labor, Self Immolation, Daily Show, Apple, South Korea, Hyundai, Work Conditions, Protest, Foxconn, This American Life, Business News

The auto industry saw a largely strong year in 2011 with U.S. sales rising 10 percent, but a recent incident at a Hyundai plant in South Korea may rai...

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Missed Opportunity

Ed Lawler | Posted 03.18.2012

Read More: Household Income, CEO Pay, Hewlett-Packard, Carol Bartz, CEO Compensation, Leo Apotheker, Executive Compensation, Hp, Yahoo, Business News

Executive compensation has gone from having no noticeable effect on corporate profits to having a significant impact. Simply stated, the rich have gotten much richer.

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Compassionate Capitalism: America's Easy Button?

Stuart Muszynski | Posted 03.18.2012

Read More: Declaration of Independence, Values, Freedom, Occupy Wall Street, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, American Values, Capitalism, Smuckers, Hewlett-Packard, Newt Gingrich, Business, Rick Perry, Corporate Values, Business News

To have a useful debate about America's economy, we need to be able to freely discuss these issues without being branded as unpatriotic or disloyal to our nation or any political party.

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America's Worst-Run Cities

24/7 Wall St. | Michael Sauter, Charles Stockdale, Ashley Allen | Posted 01.05.2012

Read More: Credit Ratings, Small Business, "Edge Cities", Employment Opportunities, Tech Industry, Dell, Boomtowns, Jobs, Hewlett Packard, Income, Moody's, Business News

Many qualities separate the best-run and worst-run cities. But perhaps the most important is access to jobs. The economies of the best-run cities fall...

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Big 2011 Tech Stories About People, Not Products

Larry Magid | Posted 02.26.2012

Read More: Steve Jobs, Meg Whitman, David Packard, Hewlett-Packard, Wikileaks, Bill Hewlett, Hp, Social Media, Arab Spring, Anonymous, Social Networking, Remembering Steve Jobs, Lulzsec, Technology, Technology News

There were plenty of gadgets shipped in 2011, but the big stories of the year were about the people who made them and used them to change the world.

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HP Shows Off New Products After $12 Billion Acquisition

Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: Hp, Video, Hewlett Packard Autonomy, Hp Autonomy Deal, Autonomy Hp Deal, Hp Autonomy, Hewlett Packard, Hewlett-Packard, Autonomy, Autonomy Hewlett Packard Deal, Autonomy Hewlett-Packard Deal, Technology News

‪‬ By Arik Hesseldahl, HP Wants to Optimize Your Information, Whatever That Means via All Things D Ever since Hewlett-Packard announced that i...

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Svengalis, Bankers and the Role of Intermediaries

Robert Teitelman | Posted 01.14.2012

Read More: Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times, Frank-Quattrone, Hewlett-Packard, Business News

Sorkin's column this week raises a larger point that floats through much of the current discourse about Wall Street and its "investment bankers": the embattled, distrusted, even despised role of the intermediary both on Wall Street and beyond.

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HP Unleashes Brand New Tablet

The Huffington Post | Jason O. Gilbert | Posted 01.03.2012

Read More: Windows 8, Steve Ballmer, Windows 7, Windows 7 Tablet, Slate, Hp Slate 500, Microsoft, Touchpad, Hp Touchpad, Ipad, Video, Hp, Hp Tablet, Hp Slate 2, Ipad Rivals, Hp Slate, Ipad Alternatives, Slate 2, Hewlett Packard, Tablets, Technology News

Can't find one of those much coveted, discontinued Touchpads? Well, HP's got a new tablet coming out -- but it's going to cost you a little more than ...

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Meg Whitman Takes Charge to Help HP Find Its Way

Dr. Sasha Galbraith | Posted 12.31.2011

Read More: Ebay, Leadership, Women Leadership, Meg Whitman, Ceos, Hewlett-Packard, Women Leaders, Corporate Culture, Silicon Valley, Business News

If more women like Whitman, actually reach out and grab such a high profile job like CEO of HP then perhaps we are actually moving toward equality in the corporate (boy scout) world.

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America's 8 Most Overpaid CEOs

24/7 Wall St. | Douglas A. McIntyre | Posted 12.20.2011

Read More: CEO Bonuses, Sec, Capital IQ, CEO Compensation, Hewlett-Packard, 24/7 Wall St., Ceos, Business News

From 24/7 Wall St: It's that time of year again, when proxies are released and many business publications run lists of the highest paid CEOs at Americ...

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SEC Struggles Over Disclosing Which Companies Use 'Conflict Minerals'

Posted 12.16.2011

Read More: Dodd-Frank Financial Oversight Law, Securities Regulators, Conflict Mineral, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Hewlett Packard, Africa Sec, Securities and Exchange Commission, African Conflict Minerals, Business News

WASHINGTON (Sarah N. Lynch) - Securities regulators are struggling to craft a rule that sheds light on companies that use certain African "confli...

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Apple Stock Volatile In Morning After Ex-CEO Steve Jobs' Death

The Huffington Post | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: Steve Jobs, Google, Hp, Video, Apple, Motorola, Dell, Microsoft, Steven Jobs, Hewlett-Packard, Steven P. Jobs, Sony, Business News

Apple's share price fell after a morning of early gains following the death of their iconic former chief executive. In a move away from an initial ...

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Richard A. Moran: Let Go By Leakage -- How Not To Fire A CEO

Red Room | Posted 01.21.2012

Read More: Meg Whitman, Carol Bartz, Tech CEOs, Hewlett-Packard, Redroom, Leo Apothakar, Business News

Last week it was Carol Bartz. This week it is Leo Apothakar at Hewlett-Packard. Governing bodies just do not know how to fire CEOs and they don't seem to be learning anything. Each situation gets worse.

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HP Stock Plummets To Record Low

AP | Posted 11.23.2011

Read More: Hp Ceo, Hpq, Meg Whitman, Hp, Hewlett-Packard, HP Stock Plummets, New Hp Ceo, Hp Stock, Technology News

NEW YORK -- Hewlett-Packard Co.'s stock sank Friday to its lowest level in six years, as investors worried that new CEO Meg Whitman isn't the right pe...

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How to Fire a CEO

Penny Herscher | Posted 11.22.2011

Read More: Mark Hurd Resigns, Yhoo, Hpq, Meg Whitman, Mark Hurd, Cdn, Board of Directors, Ceos, Carol Bartz, Cadence Design, Hewlett-Packard, H-P, Business News

If you do have the misfortune to need to fire a CEO, at least make that a well-managed, dignified, confidential process.

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Meg Whitman to Run California (Icon)!

William Bradley | Posted 11.22.2011

Read More: Ebay, California Governor's Race, Meg Whitman, California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Technology, Jerry Brown, Hewlett Packard, Mitt Romeny, Rick Perry, Los Angeles, 2012 Presidential Race, Barack Obama, Los Angeles News

The 2010 Republican nominee for governor of California is back. She won't be running California, but she will be running a California icon.

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