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Ray Lane 
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Interim Chairman Whitworth “Believes in HP’s Turnaround”
More skin in the game than other directors.
Hewlett-Packard Chairman Ray Lane Stepping Down
Ralph Whitworth takes over as chairman. Lane will remain on the board. Directors Kennedy and Thompson resigning.
HP Board Members Survive Shareholder Challenge
Despite shareholder rumblings, the current board survives.
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ISS Urges “No” Votes on Three HP Directors
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.Read the Letter Launching the Campaign to Unseat Three HP Directors
Demands include cutting ties with Ernst & Young.
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HP Moves to Head Off Investor Revolt
The board of Hewlett-Packard Co. is on the hot seat again.Former HP CEO Shifts Blame for Autonomy Deal to Chairman
Léo Apotheker wants you to know he wasn’t the only one at the table when HP closed its ill-fated deal to acquire Autonomy.
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Kleiner Perkins Refills Wallet With $525M for Early-Stage Companies
Sand Hill venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers has closed its 15th fund today, at $525 million. As had been previously reported, the fund will not be managed by KPCB’s Brook Byers, Bill Joy, Ray Lane and Aileen Lee (who is now doing a seed fund), though those partners will continue to be involved in ongoing investments. What’s new about the fund is a renewed emphasis on digital enterprise companies, in addition to digital consumer, green tech and life sciences.Filing: Without Itanium Chip, HP Is “Strategically Screwed”
But in HP’s view, Oracle sought to blow up its rival’s Business Critical Server business and lure customers to its Sun servers.