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RSS fiorina in newsHP close to buying EDS for $12bn
News The potential acquisition was the first big move by then-CEO Carly Fiorina. The Wall Street Journal initially reported the two have been in talks for HP to buy EDS for $12bn to $13bn, citing unnamed sources. [13 May 2008]
Top five takeovers that shook the tech world
News HP boss Carly Fiorina became CEO of the new company. Microsoft last week launched a hostile $44.6bn takeover bid to buy web giant Yahoo! If the deal goes ahead it will be the latest in a line of multibillion-dollar... [04 Feb 2008]
HP board 'was split by battle for control'
News Perkins, though, credits the committee for engineering the ousting of former CEO Carly Fiorina and paving the way for HP's recovery. He said: "It had to do with replacing Carly Fiorina. Former HP... [28 Feb 2007]
HP veteran CFO calls it a day
News He also enjoyed a two-month stint - and reportedly a handsome bonus - as interim chief executive in 2005 after then-CEO Carly Fiorina resigned and before Mark Hurd was selected as her permanent replacement. [11 Dec 2006]
Fiorina, Dunn slam HP 'old-boy network'
News An old-boy network at HP contributed to the legal troubles of former HP chairman Patricia Dunn and undermined the leadership of former CEO Carly Fiorina, the women suggested on Sunday. In separate interviews on the CBS... [09 Oct 2006]
Fiorina keeps mum on HP's Dunn
News As a boardroom scandal casts a cloud over HP, former CEO Carly Fiorina has been talking about her own experience of being a high-flying female executive but has dodged questions about HP's embattled chairman, Patricia Dunn. [18 Sep 2006]
HP chairman to go after media leak scandal
News Dunn, who ranked 17 on Forbes magazine's "100 Most Powerful Women" list in 2005, replaced Carly Fiorina as the chairman of the computing giant last year. Dunn had been frustrated by media leaks dating back to articles in... [12 Sep 2006]
Reporters' phone records hacked in HP probe
News Among other HP stories, Tam wrote in January 2005 about the board's unhappiness with ex-CEO Carly Fiorina. A contractor hired by HP to uncover the source of boardroom leaks to the media has accessed the personal... [08 Sep 2006]
Fiorina: 'Tech will be invisible by 2030'
News The dot-com bust signalled the "end of the beginning" for technology, according to Carly Fiorina, ex-chief executive officer of HP. According to Fiorina, within 25 years, technology will be so integral... [22 Feb 2006]
HP set to sing Rhapsody for RealNetworks
News Then-CEO Carly Fiorina made much of the company's decision to distribute its own version of the iPod. After several years of distributing Apple's iTunes software with its new PCs, HP is shifting its allegiances to rival... [05 Jan 2006]
HP is on the road to recovery, says CEO
News Since taking the reins from former CEO Carly Fiorina, Hurd has focused on cutting costs. For the first time since taking the helm in March, Hurd directly addressed the Wall Street community, laying out the strategy for... [14 Dec 2005]
Former HP CEO dies at 64
News HP's board asked Fiorina to resign in February 2005. Platt was followed by Lucent Technologies alumna Carly Fiorina, who initially was widely praised but subsequently led HP into a merger with Compaq... [12 Sep 2005]
IBM shuffles its services deck
News The former head of Global Services, John Joyce - who was once seen by industry observers as a possible replacement for outgoing Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina - has resigned to join private equity investment firm... [20 Jul 2005]
HP bags Randy Mott as new CIO
News The divisional split follows recent moves to reverse the corporate consolidation that highlighted former HP CEO Carly Fiorina's tenure. Hewlett-Packard has named former Dell CIO Randy Mott as an executive vice president... [12 Jul 2005]
HP: Hurd takes the axe to groups merger
News His predecessor, Carly Fiorina, merged the PC and printer groups in January but was ousted in February. Five months after merging its PC business with its imaging and printing group, HP has split them up again and... [14 Jun 2005]
