Hp Board's Selection Of New Ceo Raises New Doubts

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE, Associated Press
Thu, 09/30/2010 - 10:35pm

HP board's selection of new CEO raises new doubts

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE 2010-10-01T05:35:34Z SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Hewlett-Packard Co.'s board upset many investors when it forced out Mark Hurd as CEO nearly two months ago. Now, those directors appear to have baffled Wall Street with its selection of HP's new leader - Leo Apotheker, who lost his job running German business software maker SAP earlier this year after he didn't live up to expectations....

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