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The talented Mr. Munitz skates free
Almost lost amidst the media firestorm over California Attorney General Bill Lochyer's decision to prosecute former Hewlett Packard board chairperson Patricia Dunn was this news item that Lochyer's office has decided not to sue or prosecute former Getty Trust president...
The Dunn indictment
So, let's see if I've got this straight. Patricia Dunn, who was probably a bit over her head in her role as chairperson of the Hewlett-Packard board of directors, uses bad judgment in authorizing an investigation into fellow board members...
Dell in the crosshairs
Despite Hewlett-Packard's current problems with its board of directors, my sense is that Dell, Inc. would prefer to have H-P's problems rather than the ones that the Round Rock-based computer manufacturer faces (previous posts here and here). This NY Times...
HP's board under the microscope
The Wall Street Journal's Alan Murray reports in this article ($) (related NYT article here and Newsweek article here) about the internal investigation that ensued of the Hewlett-Packard board of directors after former HP CEO Carly Fiorina (previous posts here)...
More rumblings at Dell, Inc.
Following on this previous post from about a month ago, Round Rock-based Dell, Inc. announced late last week that -- as Jeff Matthews aptly notes -- it had "puked the quarter." Dell's announcement sent its shares sliding almost 10% for...
Rumblings at Dell
Things are not looking all that rosy these days at Austin-based computer powerhouse, Dell, Inc. While competitor Hewlett-Packard, Inc. is undergoing a revival of sorts, Dell's revenue growth has slowed considerably and profits have fallen. Not surprisingly, Dell's share price...
Rethinking H-P's merger with Compaq
The Wall Street Journal's Alan Murray is rethinking the conventional wisdom with regard to Hewlett-Packard's much-criticized 2002 acquisition of Houston-based Compaq Computer Company that many believe cost former HP CEO Carly Fiorina her job: At a meeting of H-P's board...
The "Carly-got-overpaid" lawsuit
So, two Hewlett-Packard shareholders filed the seemingly inevitable lawsuit yesterday against the company contending that a $21.4 million severance package provided to former CEO Carly Fiorina violated the company's policy on executive compensation. Previous posts on Fiorina's reign at HP...
Can SBC, er, I mean, AT&T swallow BellSouth?
Last year, San Antonio-based SBC Communications swallowed the much smaller AT&T Corp., but then started using the venerable AT&T brand for the merged company. This year, SBC/AT&T is attempting to eat BellSouth Corp. in an estimated $67 billion deal, which...
Carly Fiorina's Seven Deadly Sins
The best summary I have seen to date of why Carly Fiorina failed at Hewlett Packard is contained in this Rich Karlgaard op-ed today in the Wall Street Journal ($). Karlgaard, who is publisher of Forbes and author of Life...
News flash: Carly Fiorina steps down at HP
Carly Fiorina has stepped down as Hewlett-Packard's chairman and chief executive officer, effective immediately. Here's why. Here are previous posts on HP's saga over the past year. By the way, HP shares are surging in early trading....
Have we got a deal for you
The Wall Street Journal's ($) Holman Jenkins, Jr. notes in his Business World column today on the big mergers announced over the past week (P&G-Gillette, SBC-AT&T, and MetLife-Travelers) that management is coming up with ever more creative pitches to use...
What? You mean a board member has to work?
In this earlier post on the corporate case of the decade, it was noted that the outcome of the Disney-Ovitz trial may provide yet another reason for competent businesspersons to avoid serving as independent directors on boards in a business...
The end of the imperial CEO?
Don't miss the discussion between the two foremost corporate law experts in the blawgosphere -- Professor Bainbridge and Professor Ribstein (with an update here) -- over the implications to the corporate model of the Hewlett-Packard Co. Board's deliberations over limiting...
HP combines PC and printer units
Despite the fact that the market attributes virtually no value to its $19 billion acquisition of Houston-based Compaq Computer Corp two and a half years ago, Hewlett-Packard Co. announced today that it is combining its printing unit with its personal-computer...
Fourth time a charm?
So, the board of Hewlett-Packard Co. has discussed breaking up the company three different times, but decided to keep it intact, according to CEO Carly Fiorina. Asked at an analysts' conference in Boston yesterday how the company's board viewed a...
How much longer does Carly have?
Following on prior posts here and here, the NY Times' Gretchen Morgenson examines the latest carnage at Hewlett-Packard, Inc over the continued inability of the company to generate any economic benefit from spending almost $20 billion in buying Compaq almost...
HP bloodletting nails former Compaq exec
Continued lackluster corporate spending on technology is seperating the strong from the weak quickly in the high-tech industry. That was certainly apparent yesterday as Dell Inc. and International Business Machines Corp. detailed continued growth and new hiring, while Hewlett-Packard Co....
Two year update on HP-Compaq merger
This Wall Street Journal article ($) provides a good update on the now two year old merger between Hewlett-Packard Co. and Houston-based Compaq Computer Corp. The theory of the HP-Compaq merger was that it would remake HP. However, the new...
"The Raccoon" resurfaces
B2Day reports that former Compaq CFO Jeff Clarke, who gained the nickname "the Raccoon" for his tireless promotion of the Hewlett Packard-Compaq merger, has been named CFO at the troubled software company, Computer Associates....
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