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2 hrs ago | Forbes.com

Lafley At P&G, Ullman At Penney: When Does It Make Sense To Rehire The CEO?

It won't be easy, past experience suggests-though leaders like Steve Jobs and Harold Schultz have carried it off brilliantly Yesterday Procter & Gamble made the surprise announcement that A.G. Lafley, 65, who successfully ran the 175-year-old Cincinnati consumer products company from 2000 to 2009, would resume the top job, replacing CEO Bob ... (more)

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Related Topix: JC Penney, Retail, Steve Jobs, Procter and Gamble, Household Products, Plano, TX, Apple, Startups, Dell

Fri May 24, 2013

MSN Money

The only thing HP has to offer: Nostalgia

Hewlett-Packard may be the right stock to contemplate over Memorial Day. It's like a good mystery novel, a real "beach read." Only we don't know how it ends.

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Related Topix: Hewlett Packard, HP, Printers, Microsoft, Tellme, Startups, Amazon

Insider Monkey

Does a Huge Earnings Miss at Dell Inc. (DELL) Signal the End of the PC?

One of the biggest disappointments this earnings season came with the latest results from Dell Inc.

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Related Topix: Dell, Laptops/Notebooks, Startups, Personal Web Systems, Archive Systems, Scalent Systems, Force10 Networks

Myrtle Beach Online

A look at Netflix since stock plunged from peak

Here's a look at Netflix since its stock peaked in July 2011 at nearly $305. Netflix had just announced an unpopular price increase in the U.S., and investors got worried by the intensity of the customer backlash.

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Related Topix: Netflix, Startups, Financial Services, Coinstar, Business News

Business Wire

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The new division is responsible for enhancing Toshiba Group's presence and capabilities across a comprehensive range of social infrastructure businesses throughout the Philippines and will promote Toshiba's participation in major industrial projects.

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SFGate

Meg Whitman Isn't Worried About All That Server Market Share Dell...

Meg Whitman Isn't Worried About All That Server Market Share Dell Says It's Taking Away From HP Michael Dell has been taunting HP lately by claiming his company is gaining server market share at HP's expense.

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Related Topix: Dell, Startups, Intel

Bloomberg

Five Key Things About the SAC Insider Case

SAC Capital Advisors LP founder Steven A. Cohen has been subpoenaed to testify before a grand jury in New York as part of the U.S. government's five-year crackdown on insider trading.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Elan Corporation Plc, Financial Markets, Dell

WebWire

Nasa Ames Selects Sgi Uv™, the Big Brain Computer, for a Wide Range of Research

SGI , the trusted leader in technical computing, today announced that NASA's Ames Research Center has selected an SGI UVTM 2000 shared memory system to support more than a thousand active users around the country who are doing research for earth, space and aeronautics missions.

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Related Topix: SGI, CPU, Science / Technology, Computers, Space, NASA, High Performance Computing

Thu May 23, 2013

MSN Money

Icahn seeks up to $7 billion for Dell bid

Activist investor Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management Inc have initiated talks with banks and asset managers to line up commitments for as much as $7 billion in bridge loans to back their leveraged recapitalization proposal for Dell Inc, banking sources told Thomson Reuters LPC on Thursday.

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Related Topix: Dell, Venture Capital, Emerging Technology, Silver Lake Partners, Startups

The Globe and Mail

The close: Stocks weaker but sharply off session lows

U.S. stocks slipped on Thursday but finished sharply off their session lows as a rally in Hewlett-Packard's shares offset worries about weak Chinese manufacturing data and the prospects of the Federal Reserve reducing its monetary stimulus.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, HP, Hewlett Packard, Memorial Day, Life, Holidays, Toledo, OH

BroadcastNewsroom

HP Expands Thin Client Solutions for Mobility and Unified Communications

Many organizations provide desktop or mobile thin clients to their employees who work in remote offices, at multiple work sites or frequently travel on business.

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Related Topix: HP, Unified Communications, VoIP, Science / Technology, CPU, Wireless, Wi-Fi, Emerging Technology

The Campbell Reporter

HP earnings beat Wall Street expectations, even with lower sales and profit

Despite a continuing slide in sales and profit, Hewlett-Packard on Wednesday posted second-quarter earnings that beat Wall Street expectations for the second quarter in a row.

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Related Topix: Hewlett Packard, HP, Hewlett-Packard, Computers

India.com

Murthy Sex Row: CEOs Prone To - Misdemeanors'

Zee Research Group On May 21 the board of California based IT outsourcing company iGate Corp announcement the sacking of its President and CEO Phaneesh Murthy over alleged sexual harassment claims.

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Related Topix: Outsourcing, iGATE, IT Services, Software

Rediff.com

Araceli Roiz REVEALS details, Phaneesh Murthy to be sued

Sacked iGate Corp Chief Executive Phaneesh Murthy will be sued for sexually harassing the firm's investor relations head and allegedly making her pregnant, the law firm representing the victim said.

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Related Topix: iGATE, IT Services, Software, Fremont, CA

KSDK NewsChannel 5

Tech job growth in St. Louis means local companies conduct talent searches

World Wide Technology is the latest St. Louis company to announce it's adding information technology jobs.

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Related Topix: IT Services, World Wide Technology, Integrity

Business Journal

Pair of Cole REITs among most active in the nation

If you're looking to sell off your commercial real estate asset this year, chances are a real estate investment trust may show some interest, specifically Phoenix-based Cole Real Estate Investments.

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Related Topix: REIT, Personal Finance, CoStar Group, Media

Wed May 22, 2013

Bloomberg

U.S. Stocks Fall on Concern Fed Will Scale Back Stimulus

U.S. stocks fell, with benchmark indexes retreating from record highs, as concern grew that the Federal Reserve will scale back its stimulus efforts if the labor market continues to improve.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Retail, Saks, Goldman Sachs, Financial Services, Investment Services, HP, Ben Bernanke, Wyomissing, PA

Reuters

Clearwire, shareholders brace for fight over Sprint bid

Hewlett-Packard Co raised its 2013 earnings outlook after quarterly results beat low expectations, as CEO Meg Whitman's turnaround plan helped offset shrinking personal computer sales with enterprise computing services.

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Related Topix: Sprint Nextel, Telecom, IT Services, HP, Computers, PC, Science, Computer Science

AndhraNews

EVault Names Brett Flinchum as Vice President of Worldwide Operations

EVault , Inc., a Seagate Company , today announced the appointment of Brett Flinchum as vice president of worldwide operations.

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Related Topix: Seagate Technology

Burlington Times News

Audit: N.C. Medicaid claims system untested, flawed

An audit of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services released Wednesday says it has failed to fully test a new $484 million computer system scheduled to begin processing Medicaid claims on July 1. The report issued by the office of State Auditor Beth Wood raises serious questions about the process used to affirm that the complex ... (more)

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Related Topix: North Carolina Government, North Carolina, Computers, CSC, IT Services

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