Security software maker Symantec Corp (SYMC.O) is in advanced talks to split its business into two entities - one that sells security programs and another that does data storage, Bloomberg reported, citing people with knowledge of the matter.
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Once Most Underachieving CEO Meg Whitman’s Pay Package Slashed By 13% In 2015
HP's business started to tatter since inception of Meg Whitman in 2011. In 2013, Bloomberg has named her as one of the ‘Most Underachieving CEO’ in the corporate world. To hold HP in its business path, she has spit HP into two independent entities which is believed to reduce her pay package by 13% compared to the previous year.
Box raises full-year forecast as more customers sign up for cloud storage
As the company enjoys a rapidly growing subscribers for its content-sharing platform, Box Inc, the cloud storage provider, raised its full-year forecast. Share value of the company increased by 8.7 per cent in the extended trading on Wednesday.
Four Hewlett-Packard patents invalidated in ServiceNow case
A federal judge in California on Tuesday invalidated four Hewlett-Packard Co patents for being too abstract, marking a setback in the company's patent infringement lawsuit against competitor ServiceNow Inc.
HP seeking buyers for corporate-networking business in China
Hewlett-Packard Co (HPQ.N) has begun sounding out private-equity firms in China to buy its corporate-networking business in the country, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the situation.
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Hewlett-Packard Co's (HPQ.N) Chief Executive Officer Meg Whitman appeared to be banking on growth markets like 3D printing and a trickle back in PC sales when she announced on Monday a spin-off for the company's computer and printing business. But some on Wall Street are skeptical.
The California Public Employees' Retirement System has asked a U.S. judge to reject a proposed settlement between Hewlett-Packard Co and shareholders over the computer maker's botched acquisition of Autonomy Plc.
Data storage products maker EMC Corp (EMC.N) held merger talks with rivals Dell Inc [DI.UL] and Hewlett-Packard Co (HPQ.N), the Wall Street Journal reported citing people familiar with the matter.
Hewlett-Packard Co is exploring the sale of its web-based photo sharing service Snapfish, and has held discussions with multiple private equity and industry buyers, a person with knowledge of the situation said.
According to analysts interviewed by Bloomberg, Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ) and Seiko Epson Corp may want to consider acquiring growing 3D printer company Stratasys as oppose to building their own printers if the former wants to tap the growing 3D printing market real soon.
Elliott Management Corp., a hedge fund run by activist investor Paul Singer, has made an offer to acquire network equipment maker Riverbed Technology Inc. for $3.08 billion. Riverbed was reportedly working with Goldman Sachs Group Inc. in November on a potential sale.
The acquisition by dual location-based chip manufacturer Avago Technologies Ltd of LSI Corp marked the second biggest acquisition in the semiconductor industry for this year, said a Businessweek report.
iPhone maker Foxconn Technology Group said it plans to invest USD40 million in Pennsylvania for the development of robotics and a high-tech manufacturing facility for telecom and internet equipment.
In a meeting with analysts, HP CEO Meg Whitman said she is confident of the firm's direction with an expectation that revenues would stabilize in the long run.
