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Calif Gov. Brown being treated for prostate cancer
Gov. Jerry Brown is being treated for early stage prostate cancer but will stay on the job throughout his nearly four-week treatment, his office said ...
Exec embroiled in HP-Autonomy mess lashes out
An executive vilified by Hewlett-Packard Co. on allegations of an accounting ruse is escalating his counter-attack on the company accusing him. In a ...
HP investor sues company for handling of 2 deals
Hewlett-Packard now has a legal headache to compound its misery as the company tries to recover from a series of setbacks that have hammered its stock ...
HP's Autonomy deal highlights pattern of bad ideas
Hewlett-Packard's $9.7 billion acquisition of Autonomy seemed like a bad idea long before Tuesday's allegations of an accounting scandal made clear ...
Stocks end flat after HP shocker and Fed warning
Falling oil prices and a surprise announcement from Hewlett-Packard weighed on technology and energy stocks Tuesday. HP plunged 12 percent after ...
HP claims fraud prompted $5B overpayment for co.
Hewlett-Packard Co. said on Tuesday that it's the victim of a multi-billion dollar fraud at the hands of a British company it bought last year that ...
HP's fiscal 4Q to close the books on dismal year
Hewlett-Packard's fourth-quarter earnings will provide the latest snapshot of a technology pioneer struggling to regain its edge as its personal ...
Gov't sues eBay over noncompetition agreement
The Justice Department alleged Friday that Meg Whitman, the former CEO of eBay Inc., was intimately involved in making an anticompetitive agreement ...
Bill Gates in Abu Dhabi: I'll never run for office
Microsoft founder and billionaire Bill Gates on Tuesday ruled out running for office, choosing not to join the parade of rich businessmen who have ...
Stocks edge up; H-P sinks on Whitman's outlook
A pair of encouraging economic reports helped nudge the stock market higher Wednesday. Measures of business activity in the service sector and job ...
HP CEO's turnaround message flops on Wall Street
Coming off the biggest quarterly loss in Hewlett-Packard's history, CEO Meg Whitman braced investors for even more trouble ahead as she methodically ...
HP's cost-cutting drive to dump 2,000 more workers
Hewlett-Packard Co. is planning to cut about 2,000 more jobs than it had previously announced as CEO Meg Whitman tries to turn the company around.
HP, Dell: PC makers in desperate need of a reboot
Hewlett-Packard Co. used to be known as a place where innovative thinkers flocked to work on great ideas that opened new frontiers in technology.
GOP: Show will go on in spite of storm's threat
Tuesday's brunch with former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and House Speaker John Boehner has been moved indoors. Schedules were rearranged to ...
Analysts cut 2012 PC, chip shipment forecasts
What once looked like a good year for computers and chips has now fizzled, say researchers. IHS iSuppli said Friday that global semiconductor chip ...
HP has $8.9B loss on expected charge for EDS flop
Hewlett-Packard absorbed the largest quarterly loss in its history as the Silicon Valley pioneer owned up to past mistakes that have left it ...
Correction: HP-Outlook story
In a story Aug. 8 about Hewlett-Packard Co.'s financial outlook, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the company is 83 years old. HP is 73 ...
Yahoo turns to former nemesis to be its CEO savior
As a top executive at Google for the past 13 years, Marissa Mayer played an instrumental role in developing many of the services that have tormented ...
PC sales fall by 6 pct to 11 pct in US during 2Q
Personal computer sales sagged during the spring as shifting technology trends, upcoming product releases and a shaky economy dampened demand for the ...
Romney's wife says woman being eyed for ticket
Mitt Romney's wife has confirmed a tidbit about the vice presidential search process her husband largely has been keeping secret: He's considering ...
Some GOP VP hopefuls face common personal issues
Not that they're a step away from the poor house, but some of Mitt Romney's potential vice presidential running mates are grappling with the same ...