Goolgle just snagged the Palm WebOS Director. What does this mean for #HP’s big plans now?
The evening before the HP acquisition was announced… “More than 8,000 3Com calls changed hands on November 11, which is 17 times the four-week average.”
“HP, the world’s biggest technology company by sales, has said it expects to close the deal early in the fiscal second quarter. It has acquired more than 30 companies since 2005.”… Can you say “too big to fail?”
Former EDS CEO Ron Rittenmeyer’s newest company, RH Donnelley, emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on February 1 under the name Dex One Corporation. Note it was announced that he joined the board of RH Donnelley in April 2009.
Former HP CEO Carly Fiorina has launched a demonsheep video campaign against California Senate challenger Tom Campbell. This is really bold and is asking for someone to create something creative in response, don’t you think?
Here is the famous I Have A Dream speech of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. America and the world has come a long way since then but we have so much farther to go. Much like the chains of slavery, many people are living in economic slavery while corrupt corporate leaders are making obscene amounts of money off the hard work of oppressed people around the world.
Great article from the Harvard Business Review. Is the “Maximizing Shareholder Value” model going to be replaced by something less short-sighted?
HP CEO Mark Hurd made $30 Million in compensation in 2009. This is down from 2008 but still $5 Million more than 2007. Less than $22 million away from pulling in $100 Million between 2007-2009!
