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| Aug. 19 |
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Hewlett-Packard Beats Street Fiscal 3rd-quarter profit jumped 14%, as strong laptop sales and a robust international presence continued to lift the technology bellwether
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| May.12 |
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HP in talks to buy Electronic Data Systems Hewlett-Packard is in advanced talks to buy Electronic Data Systems for about $12 billion to compete with IBM in the business info
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| Feb.19 |
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1Q Profit Rises 38 Percent
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| Aug. 19 |
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Hewlett-Packard Beats Street| Fiscal 3rd-quarter profit jumped 14%, as strong laptop sales and a robust international presence continued to lift the technology bellwether | |
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| May.12 |
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HP in talks to buy Electronic Data Systems| Hewlett-Packard is in advanced talks to buy Electronic Data Systems for about $12 billion to compete with IBM in the business info. Technology | |
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| Feb.19 |
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1Q Profit Rises 38 Percent Hewlett-Packard delivered a fiscal 1st-quarter profit above analyst expectations and brightened its outlook for the rest of the year
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| Jan.20 |
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HP families protect vast ranch. San Jose
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| Nov.19 |
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4Q Profit Up 28%, Beating Estimates
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| Oct.9 |
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Fiorina Joins New Fox Business Channel
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| Jul.23 |
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HP to Buy Opsware for $1.6 Billion HP is offering $14.25 per share in cash in a tender offer for data center automation software company
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| Jul.20 |
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Acer Files Suit Against Hewlett-Packard
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| May.18 |
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House where HP founded becomes historic. Palo Alto
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| May.16 |
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2Q Profit Down, But Sales Up Hewlett-Packard's profit fell 7% because of a big tax gain recorded last year. The tech giant narrowly beat Wall Street's forecast
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| May.8 |
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Hewlett Packard Hikes 2Q Outlook
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Reports: Microsoft Pursuing Yahoo
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| Mar.14 |
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Investors vote down sharehold. Proposal
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| Feb.22 |
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HP tightens belt as profit rises
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| Jan.24 |
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CEO Cashes In $8.6 Million Bonus |
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| Jan.20 |
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CEO replies to House probe
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| Dec.13 |
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Congress Asks CEO To Explain Cashout
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| Dec.12 |
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CEO says more cost-cutting ahead |
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| Dec.11 |
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CFO Bob Wayman to retire Wayman, 61, will be succeeded by Cathie Lesjak, 47, the treasurer and senior VP
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| Dec.7 |
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$14.5M To Settle State Pretexting Lawsuit Hewlett-Packard agreed to settle a lawsuit brought by state Attorney General accusing the company of unfair business practices
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| Nov.30 |
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Shareholder Suit Claims Insider Trading
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| Nov.18 |
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Thompson picksed as board director |
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| Nov.16 |
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Hewlett-Packard Q4 Results Surge
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| Oct.19 |
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Security firm went through trash |
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Google buys YouTube for $1.65bn
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| Sep.28 |
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General counsel resigns from company
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| Sep.22 |
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CEO Offers Apology; Chair Resigns Now Mark Hurd announced that the fallout over the scandal also appeared to take down 2 senior HP employees
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| Sep.21 |
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Stock Drops As CEO Linked To Spy Probe |
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E-mails Suggest CEO Had Role In Scandal Mark Hurd played a more direct role in an investigation of media leaks than previously disclosed
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| Sep.19 |
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Army 10 years' contract valued at $5B |
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| Sep.12 |
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Dunn to Step Down Patricia Dunn will step down as chairwoman amid a widening scandal. She will be succeeded by CEO Hurd
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| Sep.8 |
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Chairwoman Tries To Save Her Job |
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| Sep.6 |
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HP Sought Director Records in Leak Probe Investigators sought private telephone records while hunting for leaks to the media of confidential information
| HP ousts veteran member of board George Keyworth. The techniques of the investigation relied on an illegal data mining method known as 'pretexting'
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| Aug.16 |
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HP Beats Forecast As Sales Up 5%
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| Jul.25 |
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HP to buy Mercury Interactive for $4.5b Mountain View: The all-cash price works out to $52 per share, a 33% premium above Mercury's closing price of $39
in the over-the-counter market
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| Jul.17 |
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Microchip size of pencil dot |
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| Feb.15 |
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Fiscal First Quarter Profit Jumps 30%
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Google censors itself for China
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| Jul.19 |
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Hewlett-Packard cuts 14,500 staff HP is to lay off about 10% of its workers over the next 18 months as part of its long-awaited restructuring
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| Mar.29 |
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Mark Hurd named as new CEO Hewlett-Packard named Mark Hurd, 48, the leader of the computer services company NCR to succeed Carly Fiorina
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| Feb.9 |
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CEO Fiorina out| Hewlett-Packard Chairman and CEO Carly Fiorina leaving after fight with board; will walk away with $21m | |
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| Jan.24 |
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Board considers shifting Fiorina duties
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| Aug.12 |
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3rd-quarter earnings below expectations Computer giant reported a 9% jump in third-quarter revenues. An execution by server and storage business is 'unacceptable'
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| May.18 |
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Profit jumps 34%, but analysts cautious Hewlett-Packard Co. improved its outlook for the second half of the year
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| Feb.19 |
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Profit jumps 30%
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| Nov.19 |
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Earnings more than double
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| Aug.19 |
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3rd-quarter earnings miss expectations
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| May.20 |
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Jobs cut as earnings beat expectations
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| Feb.25 |
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Quarter earnings beat expectations
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| Sep.25 |
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HP to cut additional 1,800 jobs
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| May.7 |
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Merger Layoffs Will Hit At Least 15,000 CEO Carly Fiorina says she will try to keep the lid on layoffs
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| May.3 |
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Compaq acquisition officially closed
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| Apr.30 |
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Judge rules Compaq deal can continue
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| Apr.17 |
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Independent: investors approve vote
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| Mar.19 |
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CEO claims victory in merger vote Dissident board member W. Hewlett insisted the vote remained too close to call
| The turbulent shareholder meeting drew more than 2,000 mom-and-pop investors, current and past Hewlett-Packard employees. The 15,000 layoffs that are expected if the deal goes through. HP shares fell 45 cents, more than 2 percent, to $18.80
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Sun sues Microsoft
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| Mar.6 |
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Regulators Approve HP-Compaq Deal |
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| Mar.5 |
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Research firm recommends merger
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| Feb.13 |
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HP earnings soar |
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| Dec.7 |
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Packard Foundation against merger |
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| Nov.6 |
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Founder family oppose Compaq deal The family and foundation of William Hewlett will vote their 5% stake against the takeover
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| Sep.3 |
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HP buying Compaq for $25 billion The new company with annual earnings of $3.9 billion and 145,000 employees would rival IBM
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| Aug.16 |
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HP reports 89% drop in profit |
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| Jul.26 |
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HP cutting 6,000 jobs Hewlett-Packard Co. lowered its sales forecasts yet again and is slashing 6% of work force
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| Jul.17 |
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Molecular computers |
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| Apr.18 |
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HP to cut 3,000 jobs
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Cisco cut 8,000 jobs
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| Jan.12 |
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William Hewlett dead at 87 Palo Alto: He was an engineer who co-founded Hewlett-Packard Co. in a garage in 1938 and pioneered Silicon Valley
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| 2007 |
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| Jul.20 |
Acer Files Suit Against Hewlett-Packard
| 2006 |
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| Dec.7 |
$14.5M To Settle State Pretexting Lawsuit Hewlett-Packard agreed to settle a lawsuit brought by state Attorney General accusing the company of unfair business practices
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| Nov.30 |
Shareholder Suit Claims Insider Trading
| 2002 |
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| Apr.30 |
Judge rules Compaq deal can continue
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| 2008 |
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| May.12 |
HP in talks to buy Electronic Data Systems| Hewlett-Packard is in advanced talks to buy Electronic Data Systems for about $12 billion to compete with IBM in the business info. Technology | |
| 2007 |
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| Jul.23 |
HP to Buy Opsware for $1.6 Billion HP is offering $14.25 per share in cash in a tender offer for data center automation software company
| 2006 |
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| Jul.25 |
HP to buy Mercury Interactive for $4.5b Mountain View: The all-cash price works out to $52 per share, a 33% premium above Mercury's closing price of $39
in the over-the-counter market
| 2002 |
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| May.3 |
Compaq acquisition officially closed
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| Apr.17 |
Independent: investors approve vote
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| Mar.19 |
CEO claims victory in merger vote Dissident board member W. Hewlett insisted the vote remained too close to call
| The turbulent shareholder meeting drew more than 2,000 mom-and-pop investors, current and past Hewlett-Packard employees. The 15,000 layoffs that are expected if the deal goes through. HP shares fell 45 cents, more than 2 percent, to $18.80
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| Mar.6 |
Regulators Approve HP-Compaq Deal |
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| Mar.5 |
Research firm recommends merger
| 2001 |
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| Dec.7 |
Packard Foundation against merger |
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| Nov.6 |
Founder family oppose Compaq deal The family and foundation of William Hewlett will vote their 5% stake against the takeover
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| Sep.3 |
HP buying Compaq for $25 billion The new company with annual earnings of $3.9 billion and 145,000 employees would rival IBM
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| 2007 |
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| Jan.24 |
CEO Cashes In $8.6 Million Bonus |
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| Jan.20 |
CEO replies to House probe
| 2006 |
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| Dec.13 |
Congress Asks CEO To Explain Cashout
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| Dec.11 |
CFO Bob Wayman to retire Wayman, 61, will be succeeded by Cathie Lesjak, 47, the treasurer and senior VP
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| Nov.18 |
Thompson picksed as board director |
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| Sep.28 |
General counsel resigns from company
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| Sep.22 |
CEO Offers Apology; Chair Resigns Now Mark Hurd announced that the fallout over the scandal also appeared to take down 2 senior HP employees
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| Sep.12 |
Dunn to Step Down Patricia Dunn will step down as chairwoman amid a widening scandal. She will be succeeded by CEO Hurd
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| Sep.8 |
Chairwoman Tries To Save Her Job |
| 2005 |
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| Mar.29 |
Mark Hurd named as new CEO Hewlett-Packard named Mark Hurd, 48, the leader of the computer services company NCR to succeed Carly Fiorina
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| Feb.9 |
CEO Fiorina out| Hewlett-Packard Chairman and CEO Carly Fiorina leaving after fight with board; will walk away with $21m | |
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| Jan.24 |
Board considers shifting Fiorina duties
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| 2007 |
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| Mar.14 |
Investors vote down sharehold. Proposal
| 2006 |
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| Sep.21 |
Stock Drops As CEO Linked To Spy Probe |
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| 2008 |
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| Jan.20 |
HP families protect vast ranch. San Jose
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| 2008 |
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| Feb.19 |
1Q Profit Rises 38 Percent Hewlett-Packard delivered a fiscal 1st-quarter profit above analyst expectations and brightened its outlook for the rest of the year
| 2007 |
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| Nov.19 |
4Q Profit Up 28%, Beating Estimates
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| May.16 |
2Q Profit Down, But Sales Up Hewlett-Packard's profit fell 7% because of a big tax gain recorded last year. The tech giant narrowly beat Wall Street's forecast
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| May.8 |
Hewlett Packard Hikes 2Q Outlook
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| Feb.22 |
HP tightens belt as profit rises
| 2006 |
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| Nov.16 |
Hewlett-Packard Q4 Results Surge
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| Aug.16 |
HP Beats Forecast As Sales Up 5%
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| Feb.15 |
Fiscal First Quarter Profit Jumps 30%
| 2004 |
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| Aug.12 |
3rd-quarter earnings below expectations Computer giant reported a 9% jump in third-quarter revenues. An execution by server and storage business is 'unacceptable'
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| May.18 |
Profit jumps 34%, but analysts cautious Hewlett-Packard Co. improved its outlook for the second half of the year
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| Feb.19 |
Profit jumps 30%
| 2003 |
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| Nov.19 |
Earnings more than double
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| Aug.19 |
3rd-quarter earnings miss expectations
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| Feb.25 |
Quarter earnings beat expectations
| 2002 |
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| Feb.13 |
HP earnings soar |
| 2001 |
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| Aug.16 |
HP reports 89% drop in profit |
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| 2007 |
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| Oct.9 |
Fiorina Joins New Fox Business Channel
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| 2005 |
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| Jul.19 |
Hewlett-Packard cuts 14,500 staff HP is to lay off about 10% of its workers over the next 18 months as part of its long-awaited restructuring
| 2003 |
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| May.20 |
Jobs cut as earnings beat expectations
| 2002 |
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| Sep.25 |
HP to cut additional 1,800 jobs
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| May.7 |
Merger Layoffs Will Hit At Least 15,000 CEO Carly Fiorina says she will try to keep the lid on layoffs
| 2001 |
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| Jul.26 |
HP cutting 6,000 jobs Hewlett-Packard Co. lowered its sales forecasts yet again and is slashing 6% of work force
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| Apr.18 |
HP to cut 3,000 jobs
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| 2001 |
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| Jan.12 |
William Hewlett dead at 87 Palo Alto: He was an engineer who co-founded Hewlett-Packard Co. in a garage in 1938 and pioneered Silicon Valley
|
|
| 2008 |
|
| Aug. 19 |
Hewlett-Packard Beats Street| Fiscal 3rd-quarter profit jumped 14%, as strong laptop sales and a robust international presence continued to lift the technology bellwether | |
| 2007 |
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| May.18 |
House where HP founded becomes historic. Palo Alto
| 2006 |
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| Sep.19 |
Army 10 years' contract valued at $5B |
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| Jul.17 |
Microchip size of pencil dot |
| 2001 |
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| Jul.17 |
Molecular computers |
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| 2006 |
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| Dec.12 |
CEO says more cost-cutting ahead |
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