Jon Rubinstein Joins Board of Qualcomm, as Mobile Chipmaker Ups Its Silicon Valley Cred

The longtime mobile exec is a high-profile appointment.
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The Toughest Decisions at HP Are Behind Meg Whitman Now

Also: A not-so-veiled shot at Dell.
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EMC 2013 Outlook Falls Short, Plans $75 Million Restructuring

Also, VMware plans a restructuring that will cost as much as $110 million.
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The Pressure Is on HP to Stand and Deliver in 2013

One more year of fixing things.
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At Sony, Share Slide Underscores Test for CEO

Sony Corp.’s stock price hit a 32-year low Thursday after falling nearly 9 percent, underscoring the test facing the company’s new chief executive, Kazuo Hirai.

In a High-Level Restructuring, Zynga Promotes David Ko and CFO Exits for Facebook

More on the revolving door at Zynga.
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PayPal Cutting 325 Employees as Part of Restructuring Plan

The restructuring plan is designed to narrow the number of product groups from nine to one.
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Why Zynga Is Foreclosing on The Ville After Four Months on the Market

Zynga decides to yank resources from The Ville as it struggles to come up with a new Facebook hit.
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Kodak Continues to Whittle Down Workforce

After this round of cuts, Kodak, which employed about 145,000 people at its height, will employ about 13,400.
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News Byte

HP Raises Job Cut Estimate to 29,000

Hewlett-Packard says it will cut 29,000 jobs between now and early 2014. That’s higher than the initial estimate of 27,000 the company predicted over the summer. The new estimate was disclosed in HP’s 10-Q filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission this morning. The new estimate comes on the heels of the disclosure last month that HP’s restructuring charge related to job reductions would be closer to $1.5 billion, up from $1 billion. CEO Meg Whitman attributed the change in part to a higher number of voluntary buyouts than had been anticipated.

More Layoffs Looming at RIM