Hewlett-Packard
Hewlett-Packard announces massive UK job cuts
06 Dec 2013
Autonomy acquisition ousts HP chairman, two directors
05 Apr 2013
Three members of Hewlett-Packard board, including its chairman Raymond J Lane have resigned, just two weeks following their narrow re-election
HP to sell webOS to S Korea's LG Electronics
26 Feb 2013
HP, the world's largest PC maker, yesterday said that it will sell its webOS unit, to South Korea's LG Electronics Inc, for an undisclosed sum
HP takes $8.8 bn charge on Autonomy acquisition
20 Nov 2012
HP, which bought Autonomy for over $10 billion in 2011, said more than $5 billion of the impairment charge has been due to serious accounting improprieties, misrepresentation and disclosure failures prior to the acquisition
Australian consumer watchdog takes HP to court
16 Oct 2012
Microsoft, HP among US firms that manoeuvred to avoid billions in taxes: Report
21 Sep 2012
A US senate committee memo says Microsoft Corp had resorted to aggressive international tax manoeuvres to avoid billions of dollars in taxes over the past three years
Hewlett-Packard to axe additional 2,000 jobs
11 Sep 2012
Oracle faces billions of dollars in damages claim from arch rival HP
02 Aug 2012
Oracle Corp may end up paying billions of dollars in damages for a breach of software development contract lawsuit bought by arch rival Hewlett-Packard
Hewlett Packard to eliminate 27,000 jobs
24 May 2012
The job reduction will save as much as $3-$3.5 billion annually and cost the company $1.7 billion in pretax charges related to the layoffs in 2012
Hewlett-Packard mulls selling webOS unit: report
09 Nov 2011
HP not to sell its $40.7-bn PC division
28 Oct 2011
CEO Meg Whitman of Hewlett-Packard (HP), the world's largest personal computer company, yesterday announced it had scrapped plans of selling its PC division
Hewlett-Packard rethinks spinning-off PC unit
14 Oct 2011
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