Through its acquisition of computer consumables wholesaler Azerty Inc.
NCR, the second-largest acquisition in the computer industry, which was reversed after years of immense losses.
While others spend time trying to integrate disparate computer systems cobbled together via acquisition, Expeditors can add new services and expect them to work right away.
Similarly, Apple faired badly after Jobs was forced out in 1984, coming close to bankruptcy before he was brought back in 1996 with the acquisition of NeXT Computer.
Cico joins the ranks of fallen female executives that include Carly Fiorina , who was ousted from Hewlett-Packard last year following disagreements with the board stretching back to HP's 2002 acquisition of Compaq Computer.
Cico joins the ranks of fallen female executives that include Carly Fiorina , who was ousted from Hewlett-Packard (nyse: HPQ - news - people ) last year following disagreements with the board stretching back to HP's 2002 acquisition of Compaq Computer.
American William Amelio was hired with much fanfare in late 2005 to take charge of Chinese computer giant Lenovo--and integrate that company's acquisition of ibm's mammoth but moneylosing PC business.
In a recent case a computer company hired Mulvaney to look into the backgrounds of directors at an acquisition candidate.
In 1996, Sony Corp. had to break its no-comment policy on acquisition rumors when a fake e-mail purportedly from its chairman to Apple Computer's CEO started making the rounds.
The acquisition was not so much for Compaq's PC business-- Dell Computer 's (nasdaq: DELL - news - people ) relentless cost-cutting model has taken out most of its competitors' profits there--but in the hope of building a consulting business, particularly in managed services, that could complement HP's highly profitable printing business.
"In China we are jealous of our HR co-workers in the U.S., " where online recruiting platforms are more mature and can attract qualified candidates, said Willa Wang, talent acquisition director at Lenovo China, the Chinese unit of Hong Kong-based personal computer company Lenovo Group Ltd.
With the acquisition of Sun Microsystems in January 2010, Oracle began selling hardware products and services, primarily comprising computer server and storage products.
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