Why Carly and Meg will succeed
The business of America is business, as Calvin Coolidge once observed. And never has that been more clear than this morning, where two former business executives have moved one step closer to political...
View ArticleWhy Meg Whitman may not be the right CEO for HP
Amid speculation that Meg Whitman may be making her way to the CEO seat at HP, there are several red flags that shareholders ought to consider, and fast. By Eleanor Bloxham
View ArticleHP's sleight of hand
Yesterday's CEO change at HP was actually a sleight of hand. Board chair Ray Lane's consolidation of power at the company is the real story to watch. By Eleanor Bloxham
View ArticleThe 50 Most Powerful Women
Boardroom battles and power plays shaped this year's U.S. list, which boasts eight new faces and - surprise! - a new No. 1. By Beth Kowitt & Rupali Arora There's been plenty of turmoil atop...
View ArticleA hint of hope at HP
The designation of a lead independent director and the appointment of an activist investor to sit on HP's board bodes well for the long-troubled tech giant. By Eleanor Bloxham
View ArticleHP: Same issues, different year
It is a new year at HP with yet another CEO. But while things seem to change at the tech giant, they continue to face the same old governance problems. By Eleanor Bloxham
View ArticleHow HP's Meg Whitman is passing the buck
In the wake of the recent Autonomy acquisition mess, Whitman has outlined a multi-pronged defense of HP's board. But that defense has several holes. By Eleanor Bloxham
View ArticleWhat the HP board should do next
Ray Lane has stepped down as HP's chairman, but he needs to leave the board entirely. And interim chairman Ralph Whitworth needs to rework the board's composition. FORTUNE -- Ray Lane's reign at...
View ArticleHP, EMC mega-deal falls apart over lack of shareholder support
How would a mega-merger with massive data-storage company EMC Corporation have played into Meg Whitman’s ongoing turnaround project at Hewlett-Packard? The business world may never get an answer, with...
View ArticleHewlett-Packard to split into two companies
Technology giant Hewlett-Packard HPQ plans to break into two listed companies, separating its computer and printer businesses from its faster-growing corporate hardware and services operations. The...
View ArticleWhitman: New H-P will aim to be ‘two big Fortune 50 companies’
Meg Whitman is splitting up Hewlett-Packard, but she promised analysts Monday that the two tech companies will strive to be “two big Fortune 50 companies.” If the companies were to remain as large as...
View ArticleWhere Meg Whitman goes, company breakups often follow
Meg Whitman today blew up the notion of “One HP,” by announcing that Hewlett-Packard HPQ will split off its enterprise services business from its consumer-facing PC and printer business. Apparently a...
View ArticleHewlett-Packard breakup will be a bust
For Hewlett-Packard, breaking up, apparently, will be easy to do. At least that’s what investors seem to think. On Monday, shares of Hewlett-Packard HPQ jumped nearly $2, or 5.5%, to $37 on the news,...
View ArticleHP’s Meg Whitman on split: ‘Succession planning is absolutely essential’
Meg Whitman knows better than anybody that a company is only as strong as its team. When the CEO of Hewlett-Packard HPQ took over the struggling tech giant in 2011, she was one of a handful of new...
View ArticleWar of words: After H-P announces split, Dell doesn’t miss a chance for a...
Hewlett-Packard’s decision to split off its enterprise hardware and services unit from its computer and printer business represents a major turning point for a company in the midst of a multi-year plan...
View ArticleHP’s big split: The good, bad, and potentially ugly
On Monday, Hewlett-Packard announced that it plans to split itself into two public companies: Hewlett-Packard Enterprise and HP Inc. The move has potential benefits and problems. Companies that are too...
View ArticleFor Hewlett-Packard, some hopeful thoughts
In 2005, when Carol Loomis wrote one of her signature, exhaustive articles for Fortune, this one about Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina's troubled acquisition of Compaq, she quoted a Wall Street...
View Article5 CEOs who quit for the right reasons
Not many people are built for the long hours, high stress, target-on-your-back reality that comes with running a large company. You're constantly subject to the demands of the board of directors, upset...
View ArticleShould the chairman be the CEO?
It’s fairly clear that, at most companies, splitting the chairman and CEO roles saves money, improves performance, and can even potentially keep activist investors at bay. So why isn't Corporate...
View ArticleHP reports, the Pope talks and Twitter’s gaffe — 5 things to know today
Good morning, friends and Fortune readers. On the last day before many of you start heading out for Thanksgiving vacations, much of the news is focused on the events in Ferguson, Mo. That doesn’t mean...
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