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RIM, Hewlett-Packard lead tech sell-off

RIM, Hewlett-Packard lead tech sell-off

H-P HPQ -4.53% sank more than 4%, the top decliner on the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA -1.16% , which lost more than 100 points on new concerns over the financial crisis in Europe. The S&P 500 was down nearly 1%. Read Market Snapshot. The Nasdaq Composite Index COMP -0.98% slipped by 1% to 2,642 [...]

Meg Whitman Will Succeed Apotheker as CEO

Meg Whitman Will Succeed Apotheker as CEO

Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ) Chief Executive Officer Meg Whitman plans to stick by strategies set in motion by her predecessor, Leo Apotheker, betting that investors prefer steady leadership to another unsettling change of course. Whitman, in her first interview as Hewlett-Packard’s CEO, said the company stands by plans to acquire U.K. software marker Autonomy Corp. for [...]