By Dominic Jones on October 19, 2006
By Dominic Jones WARREN BUFFETT wrote recently in a memo to his managers that just because everyone else is doing something shady, doesn’t make it acceptable. He could have been writing about the Web today, where deception and dishonesty are rife. Of course, this is nothing new. The Web has been a hunting ground for [...]
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By Dominic Jones on September 21, 2006
By IR Web Report Staff AFTER initially shrugging off the dirty tricks scandal at Hewlett-Packard Co., investors took fright this morning when they awoke to news articles suggesting CEO Mark Hurd was actively consulted throughout the firm’s spying campaigns. Both the Washington Post and the New York Times quoted emails between HP managers, chairwoman Patricia [...]
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By Dominic Jones on September 12, 2006
By Dominic Jones IN AN ambiguous gesture, Hewlett-Packard’s embattled chairwoman Patricia Dunn will relinquish her seat as chair in January but will stay on the board as a director. And in a step backwards for the company’s corporate governance practices, CEO Mark Hurd will become both Chairman and CEO, a practice widely considered to place [...]
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