H-P hired a law firm to do its own investigation and has exonerated Mr. Hurd of sexual harassment, saying he didn't violate H-P's guidelines, even while refusing to disclose Ms. Fisher's allegations or H-P's findings.
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Mr. Schultz, H-P's general counsel, said H-P was shown "significant documentation from former Autonomy executives refuting the allegations" of any accounting issues.
Ms. Whitman: I'm sorry about the state of the Oracle-H-P relationship because for many years Oracle and H-P were the best demonstrated practice of collaboration between a software company and hardware company.
As a result, H-P shareholders have no way of evaluating the validity of H-P's claim.
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As CEO, he attended meetings where H-P's plans for future products were discussed, H-P's lawsuit alleges.
Speaking at a conference Wednesday, H-P's interim CEO, Cathie Lesjak, said H-P's relationship with Oracle has been "strained" by Mr. Hurd's hiring.
The death rate more than doubles for pedestrians when speed increases from 25 to 35 m.p.h.
At low speeds, below about 15 miles per hour (m.p.h.), risks are low and increase relatively slowly with small increments in speed.
Because he was still recovering from the surgery, his fastball didn't hit top speed (more than 90 m.p.h.) until July, but his forkball was lethal.
The study estimated that the risk of death for a 70-year-old pedestrian struck at any given speed is roughly equal to the risk of death for a 30-year-old struck by the same vehicle traveling 10 m.p.h. faster.
It revived its fortunes by retargeting itself as a productivity tool for warehouses, security teams at airports and other specialized locations where on-the-job effectiveness did require the ability to glide quietly along a smooth surface at 12 m.p.h.
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The only serious accident I've had in my life didn't involve a distraction at all, but a patch of unexpected black ice and a sudden crosswind that sent me fishtailing at 70 m.p.h. off the interstate into an Iowa ditch filled, thankfully, with two feet of snow.
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Most likely, he said, the case will end in a monetary settlement in which H-P receives some compensation from Oracle, effectively recouping some of the money it paid Mr. Hurd when he left H-P.
Four years ago, the SEC chided H-P's board for failing to disclose that a director resigned after a dispute over the "pretexting, " or snooping into personal phone records, of board members and reporters by H-P contractors.
On his first day at H-P in 2005, he held an all-company meeting and, without notes, proceeded to outline on a white-paper flip chart the current and expected numbers for each H-P business unit and their strategic goals.
Merck announced today that the HPS2-THRIVE ( H eart P rotection S tudy 2- T reatment of H DL to R educe the I ncidence of V ascular E vents) study did not meet its primary endpoint.
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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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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.
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.
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