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HP to jettison up to 30,000 jobs as part of spinoff
KXXV ^ | 9/16/15 | MICHAEL LIEDTKE

Posted on 09/16/2015 3:09:48 PM PDT by jimbo123

Hewlett-Packard Co. is preparing to shed up to another 30,000 jobs as the Silicon Valley pioneer launches into a new era in the same cost-cutting mode that has marred much of its recent history.

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Things began to change at the outset of this century under former CEO Carly Fiorina, now a candidate for the Republican Party's nomination in the 2016 race for president. Fiorina engineered a $25 billion acquisition of PC maker Compaq that angered many shareholders, including heirs of the company's founders. She cut more than 30,000 jobs before she was fired a decade ago.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: fiorino; goldenparachute; hp; layoffs; spam

1 posted on 09/16/2015 3:09:48 PM PDT by jimbo123
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Jimbo, just figured out you must have lost money on HP.


2 posted on 09/16/2015 3:46:10 PM PDT by X-spurt (CRUZ missile - armed and ready.)
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I wonder how many jobs the Obama Department of Labor has cost American citizens by their Communist sympathies and decisions that favor H1B workers over Americans?


3 posted on 09/16/2015 3:50:08 PM PDT by VeniVidiVici (Notice the illegal aliens from Mexico are a different color than the people on Mexican TV)
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To: VeniVidiVici

Aw crap. It’s HP Enterprise. Bye bye holdings. They couldn’t wait another 3 weeks till I was vested.


4 posted on 09/16/2015 4:19:29 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Establishmentistas - RINO's that are for Amnesty. (I think it is worthy of FR Lexicon")
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To: jimbo123

The Chairman of the Board of HP said that Fiorina was instructed by the board to craft the CP deal, that she was against it fought it but was forced to see it through.

I wish I knew the truth.


5 posted on 09/16/2015 4:40:29 PM PDT by traderrob6
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They each get $42 million severance.... like Carly.


6 posted on 09/16/2015 6:37:52 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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