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| Feb.14 |
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HP splits handheld, notebook divisions
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| Feb.15 |
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Fiscal First Quarter Profit Jumps 30% Hewlett-Packard saw cost-saving benefits from a restructuring and strong sales in notebook computers
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| Feb.23 |
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HP jumps into retail photo printing
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| Apr.7 |
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Products Tailored For India
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| May.17 |
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2nd-quarter profit up 51%
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| May.31 |
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100 new printers unveiled
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| Jun.6 |
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Hewlett-Packard Revises 2Q Profit Upward
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| Jul.6 |
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HP to close offices, cut real estate costs
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| Jul.17 |
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Microchip size of pencil dot
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| Jul.25 |
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HP to buy Mercury Interactive for $4.5b 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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| Aug.16 |
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HP Beats Forecast As Sales Up 5% 3rd-quarter profit surged dramatically because of a tax adjustment on billions of dollars earned abroad
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| Aug.17 |
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Shares Soar on Strong 3Q, Outlook
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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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| Sep.8 |
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Investigation broke state laws| Attorney general: Crimes were committed after HP hired private investigators to obtain the phone records | |
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Chairwoman Tries To Save Her Job
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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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Attorney General: Indictments Are Likely
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| Sep.15 |
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Shares rising above the fray
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| Sep.16 |
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Congress summons HP execs for hearing
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| Sep.19 |
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Army 10 years' contract valued at $5B
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Leak Investigation Targeted Former CEO
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| Sep.21 |
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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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Stock Drops As CEO Linked To Spy Probe
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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.28 |
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Lawmakers Rip HP Tactics In Leak Scandal Lawmakers denounced the intrusive tactics as a congressional hearing launched
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General counsel resigns from company Ann Baskins announced her resignation shortly before the CEO expected to testified before Congress
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Yahoo Teams Up With HP To Boost Search Yahoo has struck a deal with Hewlett-Packard to plant its Internet search engine on millions of computers
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Lawmakers Compare Scandal To Enron Current and former board chairs readily agreed that the company had behaved horribly in trying ferret out leaks
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| Oct.1 |
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Star attorney caught in spotlight
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| Oct.4 |
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Criminal Charges Filed Against Dunn| California's attorney general filed charges against former HP Chairwoman Patricia Dunn and 4 others | |
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| Oct.5 |
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HP's Dunn Smiles In Court, Faces Charges Ousted Chairwoman smiled and held her husband's hand in court while facing felony charges
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| Oct.19 |
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Security firm went through trash Investigators dug through a WSJ reporter's trash as part of a now-discredited boardroom leak probe
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| Oct.24 |
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HP scandal references in OpenWorld Hewlett-Packard's CEO began his keynote address with some more subtle references to the embarrassing scandal
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| Nov.15 |
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Dunn Pleads Not Guilty In Spy Probe The Hewlett-Packard chairwoman pleaded not guilty to four felony identity theft and fraud charges
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| Nov.16 |
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Hewlett-Packard Q4 Results Surge The earnings are beating Wall Street expectations, on higher sales of laptops and printers
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| Nov.18 |
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Thompson picksed as board director
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| Nov.30 |
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Shareholder Suit Claims Insider Trading A lawsuit overis alleging that executives sold millions of dollars in stock just before the scandal broke
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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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| 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.12 |
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CEO says more cost-cutting ahead Hewlett-Packard still has more cost-cutting ahead, even after a massive restructuring that has sliced the work force by 10%
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| Dec.13 |
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Congress Asks CEO To Explain Cashout The panel has demanded that Hurd explain $1.37 million of options he exercised just before the scandal became public
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