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Sun Loses $223M, Sees Sales Gain |
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| Feb.3 |
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Video Hints To A String Of Jewelry Thefts
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Salesmen Suspected In Crime Spree Rape and murder of a 90-year-old woman in Lafayette; the sexual assault of a 74-year-old woman in San Jose
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| Feb.14 |
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5-Year-Old Heart Patient Sets Record
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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%
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| Feb.23 |
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HP jumps into retail photo printing |
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| Mar.3 |
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Students Arrested For Gun Sale In Class
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Suicide Suspected In Caltrain Death
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| Mar.24 |
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Woman Dies After Highway Jump
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| Apr.7 |
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Products Tailored For India
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| Apr.14 |
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Two Girls Struck By Car, Driver Flees |
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| Apr.20 |
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Students Suspended Swastika Graffiti
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| Apr.21 |
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Protesters Block Bush From Meeting Plans to attend a private meeting at Hoover Institution were canceled when protesters blocked his motorcade
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| Apr.24 |
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McNealy steps down as CEO| Sun Microsystems' Scott McNealy replaced by Jonathan Schwartz, who had served as COO and president. Scott McNealy, 51, is ending a long career as one of Silicon Valley's most colorful and controversial CEOs. McNealy will rem... | |
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| May.12 |
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Sun seeks buyer for Newark site
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Armed Robbers Strike Stanford, Palo Alto| 2 suspects are at large after robbing 2 men in Palo Alto, 40 minutes after a similar robbery on the University campus | |
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| May.17 |
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2nd-quarter profit up 51%
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Schwartz appeared onstage at JavaOne |
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Sun to Cut Up to 5,000 Jobs Sun Microsystems planned to reduce 37,500-person work force by 11% to 13% to return to
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100 new printers unveiled |
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| Jun.1 |
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Shares Fall After Job Cuts Announced |
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| Jun.6 |
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Hewlett-Packard Revises 2Q Profit Upward |
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| Jun.9 |
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Sun has deal for its Newark site |
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| Jun.21 |
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Largest solar cell plant to be built |
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| Jun.26 |
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Police Search For Armed Suspect
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| Jul.6 |
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HP to close offices, cut real estate costs
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| Jul.12 |
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Hybrid server unveiled |
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| Jul.17 |
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Microchip size of pencil dot
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| Jul.22 |
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Possible Suicide On Train Tracks |
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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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Sun Microsystems Posts 4th-Quarter Loss |
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| Aug.8 |
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Police Crackdown On Red Light Runners
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| Aug.16 |
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HP Beats Forecast As Sales Up 5%
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| Aug.17 |
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Shares Soar on Strong 3Q, Outlook |
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| Sep.5 |
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Sun reclaimed No. 3 spot in server market |
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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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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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Yahoo May Buy Facebook For $1 Billion |
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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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Lawmakers Compare Scandal To Enron
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Yahoo Teams Up With HP To Boost Search
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| Oct.1 |
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Star attorney caught in spotlight |
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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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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.17 |
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Quake Maps Reveal New Danger Zones
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| Oct.19 |
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Security firm went through trash
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| Oct.24 |
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HP scandal references in OpenWorld
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| Oct.27 |
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Sun posts loss but revenue up |
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| Oct.31 |
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Google Acquires Wiki Tool Developer Google Inc. has acquired JotSpot Inc. that develops online collaboration tools known as wikis
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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
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Dog euthanized after mauling 5-year-old boy An Australian shepherd mix dog was attacking and injuring Sean Martin at a playground
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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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| Dec.14 |
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Debate Rages Over Stun Guns