Hewlett-Packard Close to ArcSight Deal

HP is close to a deal to buy security software maker ArcSight (ARST). The transaction would be worth about $1.5 billion, or a little more that $43 a share. That’s a 24% premium over where ArcSight’s shares traded on September …

Larry Ellison’s Endgame: Buy HP to Fight IBM?

Now that Oracle CEO Larry Ellison has HP’s Mark Hurd, he could be getting ready to make his next move — and go for all of HP. Sounds crazy, but at least one respected tech analyst thinks it’ll happen. And he notes that Ellison…

As HP and Apple Show, CEO Succession Planning Is Key

It might be a scandal. Or an illness. Or the CEO could simply quit. Regardless of the cause, major companies can’t afford to wait until a sudden crisis dictates the search for a new CEO. Korn/Ferry’s Ana Dutra explains.

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