http://www.mail.com/companies/11970-hewlett-packard-company.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/companies/11970-hewlett-packard-company.html http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2104582-lenovo-quarterly-profit-up-90-percent.html BEIJING (AP) — Computer maker Lenovo Group said Thursday its latest quarterly profit rose 90 percent as sales of smartphones and mobile computing technology expanded. Lenovo said it earned $127 million, or 1.22 cents per share, in the three months ending March 31. Revenue rose 4 percent over a year earlier to $7.8 billion. Lenovo ranks a close second behi... Thu, 23 May 2013 06:53:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2104582-lenovo-quarterly-profit-up-90-percent.html 2013-05-23T06:53:31Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2103804-hps-2q-offers-hope-revenue-slump-deepens.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Hewlett-Packard is still scrambling to meet the growing demand for more versatile and less expensive mobile devices as a slump in its personal computer sales deepens, but the company's cost-cutting measures and focus on more profitable areas of technology appear to be easing the pain. The conflicting signs of further deterioration and... Wed, 22 May 2013 23:09:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2103804-hps-2q-offers-hope-revenue-slump-deepens.html 2013-05-22T23:09:20Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2102412-ahead-bell-hps-2q-to-sag.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Hewlett-Packard will provide an update on its efforts to rise above the sinking PC market when it releases quarterly earnings Wednesday after the closing bell. The quarter will likely reveal how far HP still must go. Revenue is expected to fall, which would make it the seventh consecutive quarter of comparable declines. Management has... Wed, 22 May 2013 10:36:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2102412-ahead-bell-hps-2q-to-sag.html 2013-05-22T10:36:23Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2099768-apple-case-spur-to-tax-action.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Now that tech darling Apple Inc. has been dragged front and center into the debate over the U.S. tax code, lawmakers are hoping that the spotlight on such a high-profile company could be the catalyst for Congress to take action to close loopholes or reform the law. At a hearing Tuesday, members of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Inv... Wed, 22 May 2013 04:04:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2099768-apple-case-spur-to-tax-action.html 2013-05-22T04:04:57Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2098730-panel-apple-uses-firms-us-to-avoid-taxes.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Apple Inc. employs a group of affiliate companies located outside the United States to avoid paying billions of dollars in U.S. income taxes, a Senate investigation has found. The world's most valuable company is holding overseas some $102 billion of its $145 billion in cash, and an Irish subsidiary that earned $22 billion in 2011 paid o... Mon, 20 May 2013 23:47:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2098730-panel-apple-uses-firms-us-to-avoid-taxes.html 2013-05-20T23:47:58Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2091540-dells-dismal-1q-illuminates-pc-makers-challenges.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Dell's financial decay worsened during its latest quarter as the company slashed its personal computer prices in response to the growing popularity of smartphones and tablets. The dismal performance announced Thursday provided the latest evidence of a technological shift that is making it difficult to sell laptop and desktop machines.... Thu, 16 May 2013 22:34:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2091540-dells-dismal-1q-illuminates-pc-makers-challenges.html 2013-05-16T22:34:40Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2084492-update-to-address-windows-8-confusion-will-free.html NEW YORK (AP) — A planned Windows 8 update to address complaints and confusion with Microsoft's new operating system will be made available for free this year, the company said Tuesday. Microsoft also announced a name for the update: Windows 8.1. Not charging extra for Windows 8.1 is consistent with the company's practice of offering "decimal point" updat... Tue, 14 May 2013 16:58:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2084492-update-to-address-windows-8-confusion-will-free.html 2013-05-14T16:58:15Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2067690-microsoft-touching-up-windows-8-to-address-gripes.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Microsoft is retooling the latest version of its Windows operating system to address complaints and confusion that have been blamed for deepening a slump in personal computer sales. The tune up announced Tuesday won't be released to consumers and businesses until later this year. The changes, part of a software package given the coden... Tue, 07 May 2013 18:44:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2067690-microsoft-touching-up-windows-8-to-address-gripes.html 2013-05-07T18:44:31Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2067280-wal-mart-stores-takes-top-spot-fortune-500.html NEW YORK (AP) — Wal-Mart Stores Inc. once again leads Fortune's list of the 500 biggest U.S. companies by revenue, as the world's largest retailer succeeded in posting strong growth despite a challenging economy for its shoppers. The Bentonville, Ark., company's revenue grew nearly 6 percent in 2012 to $469.2 billion. Exxon Mobil Corp. dropped to the seco... Tue, 07 May 2013 00:19:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2067280-wal-mart-stores-takes-top-spot-fortune-500.html 2013-05-07T00:19:40Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2030180-suitors-dell-bids-amid-pc-slump.html Buyout specialist Blackstone Group LP is dropping its effort to acquire Dell, and billionaire investor Carl Icahn is reportedly unlikely to follow through on his preliminary acquisition offer, as suitors digest studies showing a staggering decline in PC sales. The Wall Street Journal said Icahn will now likely wait to see if shareholders approve a Februar... Fri, 19 Apr 2013 21:40:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2030180-suitors-dell-bids-amid-pc-slump.html 2013-04-19T21:40:53Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2023088-hp-will-integrate-leap-motion-controllers-with-pcs.html NEW YORK (AP) — Leap Motion's 3-D motion controllers will be included in some personal computers from Hewlett-Packard Co. this year, a move that the San Francisco startup hopes is a first step toward bringing touch-free computing to the masses. Plugged into a computer, the 3-inch-long device tracks people's fingers and hand motions as they gesture, swipe ... Tue, 16 Apr 2013 18:22:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2023088-hp-will-integrate-leap-motion-controllers-with-pcs.html 2013-04-16T18:22:37Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2013850-investors-dump-microsoft-pc-stocks-bleak-news.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — If fewer people are interested in buying a new personal computer, then fewer investors want to own stakes in companies whose fortunes are tied to the sales of laptop and desktop machines. That logic ruled Thursday as Wall Street reacted to fresh evidence that PCs are turning into a dying breed of technology as consumers and businesses... Thu, 11 Apr 2013 20:58:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2013850-investors-dump-microsoft-pc-stocks-bleak-news.html 2013-04-11T20:58:35Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1999086-hps-chairman-steps-down-2-directors-to-depart.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Hewlett-Packard Co. Chairman Ray Lane is stepping down and two other board members are leaving in a shake-up spurred by disgruntled stockholders stung by the personal computer maker's downfall. The housecleaning announced Thursday comes just two weeks after HP barely rebuffed a shareholder rebellion aimed at Lane, the company's chairm... Fri, 05 Apr 2013 01:56:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1999086-hps-chairman-steps-down-2-directors-to-depart.html 2013-04-05T01:56:12Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1983214-book-shares-insights-steve-jobs-1st-boss.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — When Steve Jobs adopted "think different" as Apple's mantra in the late 1990s, the company's ads featured Albert Einstein, Bob Dylan, Amelia Earhart and a constellation of other starry-eyed oddballs who reshaped society. Nolan Bushnell never appeared in those tributes, even though Apple was riffing on an iconoclastic philosophy he emb... Wed, 27 Mar 2013 23:31:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1983214-book-shares-insights-steve-jobs-1st-boss.html 2013-03-27T23:31:14Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1977674-dell-drama-takes-twist-with-2-buyout-bids.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The two new suitors pursuing Dell have a message for Wall Street: Don't allow Michael Dell to hoard potential gains from the PC maker's expansion into more profitable technology products and services. Competing bidders Carl Icahn and the Blackstone Group LP are wooing Dell shareholders with an offer of a little more money today couple... Mon, 25 Mar 2013 21:03:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1977674-dell-drama-takes-twist-with-2-buyout-bids.html 2013-03-25T21:03:42Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1971920-deal-to-sell-dell-to-face-competition.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Is Michael Dell's attempt to gain more control over his company about to turn into a financial tug-of-war? The answer could come Friday. That's the end of a 45-day period that Dell Inc.'s board of directors set to allow for offers that might top a Feb. 5 deal to sell the personal computer maker to CEO Michael Dell and a group of inves... Fri, 22 Mar 2013 04:03:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1971920-deal-to-sell-dell-to-face-competition.html 2013-03-22T04:03:17Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1971276-dell-buyout-intrigue-heightens-deadline-looms.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Michael Dell is about to find out if other bidders think his company is worth more than he does. The answer could come Friday, which marks the end of a 45-day period that Dell Inc.'s board of directors settled on to allow for offers that might top a Feb. 5 agreement to sell the personal computer maker to CEO Michael Dell and a group o... Thu, 21 Mar 2013 22:09:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1971276-dell-buyout-intrigue-heightens-deadline-looms.html 2013-03-21T22:09:53Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1967942-hp-rebuffs-attempt-to-oust-2-directors-board.html MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — Hewlett-Packard Co. on Wednesday barely rebuffed a shareholder rebellion aimed at ousting the two longest-serving directors from personal computer maker's board. Shareholders had sought the board members' ouster as punishment for a series of botched acquisition and other pratfalls that have decimated HP's stock price. John Ham... Thu, 21 Mar 2013 00:49:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1967942-hp-rebuffs-attempt-to-oust-2-directors-board.html 2013-03-21T00:49:07Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1968604-hp-develops-glasses-free-3-d-mobile-devices.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Researchers at Hewlett-Packard Co. have developed a way to put glasses-free 3-D video on mobile devices with a viewing angle so wide that viewers can see an object more fully just by tilting the screen. Glasses-free 3-D is not unique. Nintendo Co. Ltd.'s 3DS handheld allows video game play in 3-D without glasses, but it requires players... Wed, 20 Mar 2013 22:10:46 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1968604-hp-develops-glasses-free-3-d-mobile-devices.html 2013-03-20T22:10:46Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1948718-uk-fraud-office-launches-inquiry-autonomy-case.html LONDON (AP) — Britain's Serious Fraud Office has launched an internal inquiry to determine if there is a conflict of interest in its use of software linked to a firm it is investigating. The SFO, the U.K. government department responsible for investigating complex fraud, acknowledged Tuesday that it had begun a probe into Hewlett-Packard's allegations tha... Tue, 12 Mar 2013 17:50:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1948718-uk-fraud-office-launches-inquiry-autonomy-case.html 2013-03-12T17:50:26Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1947574-hps-autonomy-allegations-trigger-inquiry.html PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) — British authorities have opened an investigation into Hewlett-Packard's allegations that the personal computer maker was duped when it bought business software maker Autonomy, according to regulatory documents filed Monday. The inquiry by the U.K. Serious Fraud Office is the latest legal fallout from a deal that has saddled Hewlet... Tue, 12 Mar 2013 00:17:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1947574-hps-autonomy-allegations-trigger-inquiry.html 2013-03-12T00:17:48Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1941848-correction-hp-shareholder-revolt-story.html NEW YORK (AP) — In a story March 8 about mounting opposition to several members of Hewlett-Packard Co.'s board of directors, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services is recommending HP's stockholders oppose the re-election of director Marc Andreessen at the company's March 20 annual meeting. ISS is recommending a vot... Mon, 11 Mar 2013 18:54:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1941848-correction-hp-shareholder-revolt-story.html 2013-03-11T18:54:31Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1918908-poland-emerging-major-european-outsourcing-hub.html KRAKOW, Poland (AP) — The first time Javier Bofarull Marques left Spain for Poland, it was for love. It was 2006, a boom time in Spain, and his friends thought he was crazy. He recently moved back to the Eastern European country and it was for a job this time because Spain's economic crisis left him unable to find work there. Now he is the envy of his fri... Wed, 27 Feb 2013 15:42:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1918908-poland-emerging-major-european-outsourcing-hub.html 2013-02-27T15:42:15Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1914680-hp-finally-parts-with-webos-lg-electronics-deal.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Hewlett-Packard is selling its webOS software to South Korean electronics company LG Electronics, securing a new home for a technological orphan. The deal announced Monday rids HP of the centerpiece of its ill-fated, $1.8 billion purchase of Palm Inc. three years ago. HP used webOS as its springboard into the smartphone and tablet com... Mon, 25 Feb 2013 23:51:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1914680-hp-finally-parts-with-webos-lg-electronics-deal.html 2013-02-25T23:51:07Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1911970-hp-to-169-android-tablet-eschewing-windows.html BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Hewlett-Packard Co. is making a tablet computer that uses Google's Android operating system, steering clear of Microsoft's latest tablet-oriented version of Windows, the company said Sunday. The HP Slate 7 will have a 7-inch screen, making it similar in size to the Amazon Kindle Fire. It will cost $169 when it goes on sale in April... Sun, 24 Feb 2013 18:03:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1911970-hp-to-169-android-tablet-eschewing-windows.html 2013-02-24T18:03:19Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1909162-hps-stock-soars-to-biggest-1-day-gain-2008.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Hewlett-Packard Co.'s stock surged to its biggest one-day gain since 2008 after the company's latest quarterly earnings report indicated the ailing personal computer and printer maker isn't quite as sick as many investors feared. THE SPARK: Chalk up Friday's 12 percent gain to a quintessential relief rally. After the stock market clos... Fri, 22 Feb 2013 21:47:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1909162-hps-stock-soars-to-biggest-1-day-gain-2008.html 2013-02-22T21:47:37Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1906746-hps-1q-offers-glimmer-hope-stock-surges.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Hewlett-Packard Co.'s latest quarterly results provided a glimmer of hope after months of gloomy news. The fiscal first-quarter numbers announced Thursday topped what the slumping personal computer maker's own management and stock market analysts had forecast. Like other PC makers, HP has been struggling to adapt to a shift toward sma... Thu, 21 Feb 2013 23:36:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1906746-hps-1q-offers-glimmer-hope-stock-surges.html 2013-02-21T23:36:45Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1886886-major-dell-shareholder-opposes-244b-sale.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A shareholder rebellion against Dell's proposed $24.4 billion sale to its founder and other investors is gaining more support, fueling a belief that the struggling personal computer maker will have to wrangle a higher price to get the deal done. Mutual fund firm T. Rowe Price joined the opposition Tuesday. T. Rowe Price and another sh... Wed, 13 Feb 2013 00:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1886886-major-dell-shareholder-opposes-244b-sale.html 2013-02-13T00:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1883348-uk-watchdog-launches-investigation-autonomy.html LONDON (AP) — Britain's accounting watchdog announced Monday that it is investigating the books of British business software maker Autonomy Corporation in the period before it was bought by Hewlett-Packard Co. in 2011. In a brief statement, the Financial Reporting Council said it had launched an investigation "into the published financial reporting of Aut... Mon, 11 Feb 2013 14:31:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1883348-uk-watchdog-launches-investigation-autonomy.html 2013-02-11T14:31:00Z