Meg Whitman's First Full Quarter at HP Didn't Go so Well
Meg Whitman has yet to prove herself, as Hewlett-Packard's Q1 earnings missed expectations, reporting first quarter net revenue of $30.0 billion, down 7% from the prior-year period.
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HP Is Firing A Whole Lot of People
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Hewlett-Packard announced Wednesday that they will cut about 27,000 jobs by the end of 2014 in order to save up to $3.5 billion, so that's obviously not great news for the economy.
HP Has the Perfect Funny Last Man Standing
As HP debates the fate of its dying webOS, the mobile operating system HP used in its failed tablet TouchPad, it has the perfect man defending the unpopular system: A tech savvy guy who has practiced self-deprecating humor for years.
The Proliferation of MacBook Ripoffs
Everybody loves Apple's sleek, hip industrial design — especially other laptop manufacturers trying to compete with the explosive success of the MacBook Pro.
Sell Cheap Tablets and the People Will Come
Tablets are the must have gadget of the past few years, but people aren't willing to fork over big money to own one.
Why Meg Whitman Changed Her Mind to Save Hewlett-Packard's PCs
Before she took office as HP CEO, as a board member Meg Whitman supported spinning off the company's PC division, yesterday, she pushed HP in the exact opposite direction.
Finally a New Way to Get Paper Magazines at Home
Condé Nast has partnered with Hewlett-Packard on print-at-home magazines
Meg Whitman Has a Steep Hill to Climb at HP
Replacing Leo Apotheker as CEO, the former eBay chief has to turn the company around quickly
HP Has Surrendered Mobile to Steve Jobs
The world wonders what the biggest PC maker will do in a post-PC world
HP Ditches webOS Phones, TouchPad, Maybe PCs Too
So it's pretty much back to printers, then?
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