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IDG News Service - After Oracle and Hewlett-Packard enjoyed a long and fruitful partnership in enterprise IT, it's hard to find anything that hasn't gone wrong with their relationship over the past two years.

According to the data gurus at Dow Jones , today's decline in the Nasdaq Composite Index of 79.86 points, or almost 3%, was the worst point drop and the worst percentage drop since November 9th of last year.

The PC market continues to shrivel. International Business Machines missed sales estimates in April, Hewlett-Packard whose fortunes have been tied to the personal computer and is the world's largest computer maker said that consumer PC sales in the three-month period ended April 30 dropped more than 20% from the same quarter last year startled ... (more)

Shares of Hewlett-Packard Co. fell on Friday after an analyst downgraded the stock because of worries that tablet computers and smartphones could hurt some of the technology company's businesses.

Hewlett-Packard opened at 22.68 on Friday. Hewlett-Packard has a 52-week low of $20.57 and a 52-week high of $37.70. The company has a market cap of $44.884 billion and a price-to-earnings ratio of 8.82. Hewlett-Packard last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May 23rd.

Planned layoffs in May are at their highest level since September thanks to cuts at Hewlett Packard Co., according to a highly watched report released Thursday.

An audit prepared by Comptroller John Liu A reveals work performed by Hewlett-Packard Co .

Ann Livermore, a member of Hewlett-Packard's board of directors and a longtime head of the company's enterprise business, will be the first witness called when a court in San Jose, California, hears HP's lawsuit against Oracle for ending future development on the Itanium platform.

Hewlett-Packard Co. will continue assisting Oklahoma's State and Education Employees Group Insurance Board's claims processing and other services under a five-year contract valued at $90 million.

The directors of a company tend to have a unique inside view into the business, so when directors make major buys, investors are wise to take notice.

From left to right: Mark Malekpour, , Uwe Schulz , Christof Ludwig and Wolfgang Kochan... From left to right: Mark Malekpour, , Uwe Schulz , Christof Ludwig and Wolfgang Kochan in front of an HP T410 Color Inkjet Web Press at drupa 2012.

Hewlett-Packett CEO Meg Whitman WASHINGTON - When Meg Whitman was appointed CEO of Hewlett-Packard last September, her longtime personal and political support for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney was well known.

The research shows how the architecture, combined with holistic energy-management techniques, enables organizations to cut total power usage by 30 percent, as well as dependence on grid power and costs by more than 80 percent.

On Wednesday, Hewlett-Packard Co. elevated the head of its software business to become chief operating officer.

Zadak, a 20-year veteran of the IT industry, will report to John Visentin , executive vice president and general manager, HP Enterprise Services.

A contractor hired by New York City to overhaul its 911 system may have received as much as $163 million in unjustified payments, city Comptroller John Liu announced Wednesday, saying he had asked prosecutors to investigate whether there had been any criminal fraud.

When I was younger, as a kid, I was amazed by advances in technology, although the definition of technology was very different from what it is today.

Kadifa most recently was operating partner for the value creation team at the Silver Lake private equity firm.

There are several HP locations locally, including a campus in Roseville as well as office space in Sacramento and Folsom, with an estimated 3,000 employees.

The agreement, which takes effect Jan. 1, 2014, is for one year with four one-year renewals.