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		yuhong on Aug 19, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Leo Apotheker will be fired from Hewlett Packa... Judging companies just by stock price is a horrible idea.

masklinn on Aug 19, 2011 [–]

If your goal is to make a quick buck on your shares, it's perfect.

And that's all these CEOs are brought in for. So by that metric, Hurd was a stellar CEO.

ramy_d on Aug 19, 2011 | [–]

I don't get it, didn't HP finally benefit from Carly Fiorina's decision to merge with Compaq?

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