Links for August 14th
- Talking Business - The Real Reason for Ousting H.P.’s Chief - NYTimes.com - Then there were the company’s employees. The consensus in Silicon Valley is that Mr. Hurd was despised at H.P., not just by the rank and file, but even by H.P.’s top executives.
- Talking Business - The Real Reason for Ousting H.P.’s Chief - NYTimes.com - The stand-up thing would have been to fire Mr. Hurd on the altogether legitimate grounds that the directors didn’t have faith in his leadership. But of course Wall Street would have had a conniption if the board had taken such a step. So instead, it ginned up a tabloid-ready scandal that only serves to bring shame, once again, on the H.P. board.
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