In the words of Lew Platt, former ceo of Hewlett-Packard, “If H-P knew what it knows, we would be three times as profitable.”

用惠普公司前首席行政官刘·普拉特的话说，“如果惠普知道自己的知识专长是什么，我们将盈利三倍。”

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Last Wednesday, tech giant Hewlett-Packard was preparing to fire its CEO, Leo Apotheker. The reports emerged from a variety of sources with connections on H. P. 's board.

上周三科技龙头惠普准备要解雇CEO李艾科。报导来自和惠普董事会相关的多个来源。

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Louis Allen Worldwide CEO J. P. Miller said he knows companies might be scared to spend money on surveys during a recession.

路易全球首席执行官艾伦太平绅士米勒说，他知道公司可能害怕把钱花在调查过程中时陷入衰退。

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Or take Carly Fiorina, who on becoming CEO of H-P in 1999 became the first female CEO of a Dow Jones 30 company.

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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.

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The difference this second time around, is that Whitman was not the CEO of H-P when the decision of acquiring Autonomy was made, merely one of its board director.

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