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HP Affirms Higher-End Layoffs Figure

Michael Calia and Mark Taylor, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on December 31, 2013 at 9:38 am PT

Hewlett-Packard Co. confirmed it has increased by 5,000 the number of layoffs it plans to implement under the restructuring plan it adopted in May 2012, bringing the expected number of job cuts to 34,000.

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LG to Unveil webOS-Powered TV

Min-Jeong Lee, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on December 30, 2013 at 5:00 am PT

South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc. will soon take the veils off a television model that will run on the webOS operating system, highlighting its ambition of creating a prominent operating system for so-called smart TVs.

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PC Makers Fight Back Against Mobile Devices

Don Clark and Eva Dou, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on June 2, 2013 at 5:30 pm PT

Rocked by the mobile-device movement, personal-computer makers and their partners are planning a counterattack that leans heavily on two weapons: Lower prices and power consumption.

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H-P Seeks to Sell Stake in India’s Mphasis

Kenan Machado and Dhanya Ann Thoppil, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on June 2, 2013 at 11:00 am PT

Hewlett-Packard is looking to sell its stake Indian software company Mphasis in a deal it hopes will fetch at least $1 billion, a person familiar with the matter said.

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ISS Urges “No” Votes on Three HP Directors

Joann S. Lublin, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on March 5, 2013 at 10:24 am PT

A major proxy-advisory firm is urging Hewlett-Packard Co. shareholders to oppose the re-election of Chairman Ray Lane and two other directors, citing lapses in supervision around the company’s $11 billion acquisition of U.K. software company Autonomy.

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HP’s Board Signals Closer Oversight of CEO

Joann S. Lublin, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on February 26, 2013 at 6:30 am PT

Hewlett-Packard Co.’s board is investigating the company’s flawed $11 billion acquisition of software firm Autonomy Corp., and has set up an informal committee to provide strategic advice to Chief Executive Meg Whitman.

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HP Moves to Head Off Investor Revolt

Joann S. Lublin and Ben Worthen, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on February 25, 2013 at 6:30 am PT

The board of Hewlett-Packard Co. is on the hot seat again.

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Inside HP’s Missed Chance to Avoid a Disastrous Deal

Ben Worthen and Justin Scheck, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in Enterprise on January 22, 2013 at 5:30 am PT

Days before Hewlett-Packard Co. dived into an $11 billion software deal it almost instantly regretted, it missed a chance to back away.

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HP Chief Counting on Tech Exec to Whip Cost Structure Into Shape

Clint Boulton, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on January 11, 2013 at 5:15 pm PT

Hewlett-Packard Co. CEO Meg Whitman, in the midst of a massive turnaround at the struggling tech company, has turned to her senior technology executive in an effort to cut $3.5 billion in costs from a bloated budget by the end of next year.