While 2011 was a bad year for Hewlett-Packard, it was a good one for chairman Ray Lane, at least financially. Lane logged more than $10 million in total compensation mostly in stock and options — for the fiscal year, according to the HP proxy. Read More »
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Sorry Dell, Lenovo and Acer: HP’s not abandoning the PC business after all. The world’s largest maker of PCs announced moments ago that after thinking long and hard about it, they’re going to keep on making computers after all. Read More »
There are a lot of naysayers when it comes to the appointment of Meg Whitman as the new chief executive of the beleaguered technology giant, Hewlett-Packard. Scott McNealy, the co-founder and ex-CEO of Sun Microsystems, isn’t one of them. Read More »
Executives from eBay and Craigslist testified in a Delaware court this week over the auction giant’s stake in the classifieds leader. If you didn’t fork over $400 for today’s live stream of the culture clash between the folksy Craigslist and pragmatic eBay, here’s the wrap-up. Read More »
Meg Whitman, former chief executive officer of eBay, defended her decision to buy Skype in a radio interview with KTKZ’s Capitol Hour featuring Eric Hogue. Whitman is running for the office of the Governor of California on a Republican ticket, and is currently leading in… Read More »
The Financial Times thinks so. The British paper quotes eBay’s CEO John Donahoe as saying the online auction firm will test Skype for “synergies” this year and if those synergies aren’t strong, reassess the division. eBay purchased Skype in 2005 with a potential… Read More »
So it’s official: Meg Whitman, CEO of eBay, will retire in March, making way for her former Bain Capital colleague John Donahoe, who currently runs eBay’s Marketplaces business. The news of Whitman’s desire to leave the San Jose, Calif.-based auctions giant was first… Read More »
