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Hewlett-Packard Co is on the verge of naming former eBay Chief Executive Meg Whitman its new CEO, replacing Leo Apotheker at the helm of the largest U.S. technology company, two sources told Reuters on Thursday.

Directors of the company were considering Meg Whitman, the former chief of eBay, to replace Léo Apotheker, sources said.

Apple's board awarded new CEO Tim Cook 1 million shares of stock -- provided he stays with the company throgh 2021.

Joe Nocera observes in The New York Times today that Steve Jobs violated every rule of management. He was not a consensus-builder but a dictator who listened mainly to his own intuition. He was a maniacal micromanager. He had an astonishing aesthetic sense, which businesspeople almost always lack. He could be absolutely brutal in meetings: ...

Apple shareholders have rejected a plan requiring the company to disclose a succession plan for its chief executive.