The company remains a bit player in a printer market dominated by giants like H-P.
Take Meg Whitman, former CEO of eBay and now the boss of H-P.
The takeover of Autonomy is the latest in many missteps H-P has made through acquisition.
Apart from the expense-report issues, exactly what services was Ms. Fisher performing for H-P?
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As a result, H-P shareholders have no way of evaluating the validity of H-P's claim.
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Mr. McCartney said no competitors have attempted to woo Purdue away from H-P yet.
H-P on Tuesday sued Mr. Hurd for breach of contract for moving to Oracle.
H-P's board conducted an internal probe that concluded Mr. Hurd didn't violate the company's sexual-harassment policy.
By 2008, H-P stock had actually risen 163%, prompting some spirited defense of the transaction.
This trend is expected to benefit notebook manufacturers like Dell, H-P and Apple.
As CEO, he attended meetings where H-P's plans for future products were discussed, H-P's lawsuit alleges.
Mr. Hurd holds deep knowledge of H-P's operations that could prove useful at Oracle.
H-P's board has faced a backlash for the lucrative severance granted its former CEO.
It was destroyed in less than a year by the petty infighting at H-P.
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H-P said then that Autonomy was key to its transformation into a higher-margin seller of software.
On Tuesday, he blamed any problems at Autonomy on poor management by H-P and executive turnover.
Using H-P's new iMac adapter kit, the printer worked fine on both text and color graphics.
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Maybe H-P will win in court since it is big enough to afford the fight.
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Mr. Hurd "has put H-P's most valuable trade secrets and confidential information in peril, " the suit alleges.
On Monday morning, H-P executives hosted a company meeting that was webcast to employees across the globe.
So far, the SEC's requests for documents and information from H-P have been "informal, " this person said.
Half the respondents to a Wall Street Journal poll said they would not purchase H-P products.
H-P introduced its new tablet less than two months ago, ballyhooing it as a legitimate Apple competitor.
Why was H-P buying it, was the price realistic, would it fit into an existing business model?
Mr. Hurd was forced out last year in an incident that brought further criticism to H-P's board.
Also, Dell, like H-P, is faced with trouble at the top, which adds some uncertainty to its future.
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The H-P board isn't aware of any further allegations against Mr. Hurd, said people familiar with the matter.
Recruiters say Mr. Hurd may not lead another major public company anytime soon following all the H-P drama.
According to reports, financial analysts had raised questions that H-P only addressed after the internal audit began.
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