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| Jan.18 |
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Sun beats expectations
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| Feb.4 |
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Quarterly results will beat forecasts
| Feb.13 |
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HP earnings soar First-quarter profits more than tripled on strong computer and printer sales and beat Wall Street expectations
| Feb.14 |
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PayPal prices IPO at $13 per share Online payment provider is overcoming legal and regulatory worries
| Feb.15 |
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PayPal to net $61.3 million from IPO
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Shoplifters steal $42,800 diamond ring
| Feb.19 |
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Free e-mail service ends |
| Feb.22 |
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HP Fires Back at Walter Hewlett
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Premature infant had heart surgery
| Feb.26 |
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Potential windfall for CEOs is hidden
| Feb.28 |
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Memos to back up CEO pay claims |
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| Mar.3 |
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Investors Discuss Fiorina Replacement |
| Mar.5 |
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Research firm recommends merger A highly influential proxy research firm recommended investors to approve the proposed $22 billion acquisition of Compaq
| Mar.6 |
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Regulators Approve HP-Compaq Deal Antitrust regulators have given their okay to the biggest merger in high tech history
| Mar.7 |
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Sun reaffirms outlook |
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Standard & Poor's cuts credit ratings |
| Mar.8 |
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Sun sues Microsoft Sun Microsystems is claiming $1 billion in damages from the decision to make Windows XP incompatible with Sun's Java
| Mar.9 |
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Pre-med scholarship |
| Mar.10 |
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Walter Hewlett Confident Merger to Fall |
| Mar.11 |
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Board might resign if merger rejected |
| Mar.13 |
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Lawsuit against PayPal
| Mar.14 |
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2 more big investors shun merger
| Mar.17 |
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Merger contest too close to call
| Mar.18 |
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Last-minute bids for support on vote
| Mar.19 |
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CEO claims victory in merger vote Dissident board member W. Hewlett insisted the vote remained too close to call
The turbulent shareholder meeting drew more than 2,000 mom-and-pop investors, current and past Hewlett-Packard employees. The 15,000 layoffs that are expected if the deal goes through. HP shares fell 45 cents, more than 2 percent, to $18.80
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| Mar.22 |
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Stock sags on report of low sales |
| Mar.25 |
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Sun to Bring Web Services to Wireless |
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Wi-Fi wireless 'hot zone' |
| Mar.28 |
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Walter Hewlett sues HP
| Mar.29 |
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Startups Moxi Digital, digeo to merge |
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Police expressed sympathy and concern |
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| Apr.1 |
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Merger opponent Hewlett not in board
| Apr.2 |
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HP asks judge to dismiss Hewlett lawsuit |
| Apr.5 |
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Fiorina Set for Pay Hike on Compaq Deal |
| Apr.6 |
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Deputiy's wife hurt in 101 crash |
| Apr.9 |
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Server Computer Aimed at Corporations |
| Apr.10 |
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'Extraordinary' steps before merger vote
| Apr.17 |
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Independent: investors approve vote 51.4% of those cast, were voted in favor of acquisition of Compaq, though the result still is not final
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PayPal reports first quarterly profit |
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Diffie named to chief security officer |
| Apr.18 |
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Narrower third-quarter loss
| Apr.25 |
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CFO retires |
| Apr.26 |
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Walter Hewlett Thrown Off Board
| Apr.30 |
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Judge rules Compaq deal can continue A judge cleared Hewlett-Packard of allegations it acted improperly in the vicious proxy fight over the acquisition
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Hewlett gives up after judge OKs deal |
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| May.1 |
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Sun president stepping down President and chief operating officer Ed Zander, 55, will be replaced by the company's chief executive, Scott McNealy
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Limit on schools raise and spend money |
| May.3 |
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Compaq acquisition officially closed Investors will receive 0.6325 shares of HP for every Compaq share they own. Ticker symbol will change from HWP to HPQ
| May.6 |
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Shares Up After Merger, New Symbol |
| May.7 |
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Merger Layoffs Will Hit At Least 15,000 CEO Carly Fiorina says she will try to keep the lid on layoffs | |
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SJ Arena going to be HP Pavilion
| May.9 |
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Teacher convicted of sex crimes
| May.11 |
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94-year-old woman fights off attacker The victim fought back and may have wounded an young Hispanic male
| May.12 |
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Five arrested in prostitution bust Japanese Acupuncture Center, the Hong Kong Health Center and Oriental Health Center were part of a prostitution ring
| May.13 |
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Sun to Offer Yahoo Content |
| May.14 |
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Earnings expectations met
| May.22 |
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New version of Solaris operating system |
| May.23 |
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Orders Lag but Targets June Profit |
| May.30 |
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Overtures Extends Pact with AltaVista |
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| Jun.1 |
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School lunches to be organic |
| Jun.4 |
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Cost cuts achieved ahead of schedule |
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Same needle on multiple patients |
| Jun.6 |
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Walter Hewlett Planned to Sell Shares |
| Jun.17 |
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Low-End Server |
| Jun.18 |
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Free Software to Undercut Microsoft |
| Jun.20 |
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Contract workers to be fired
| Jun.24 |
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Layoffs allegedly favored foreign workers Federal authorities are investigating claims after a complaint filedl by Guy Santiglia, who lost his engineering job
| Jun.25 |
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Focus on Photos |
| Jun.27 |
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PayPal insiders sell 6 million shares at $19 |
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| Jul.5 |
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Standoff closes 101 after 100 mph chase
| Jul.7 |
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2 dead, 3 injured in head-on collision Man was driving a sedan eastbound in the westbound lanes and slammed into a minivan carrying a family of four
| Jul.9 |
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Pioneer of Gnutella dies at 25 Gene Kan, an unofficial spokesman for file-swapping Gnutella, found dead of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound | |
| Jul.15 |
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Infrastructure software lines discontinued |
| Jul.18 |
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Returns to profitability in fourth quarter Sun Microsystems posted earnings of $20 million, as it continued to struggle with the lingering economic downturn
| Jul.19 |
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Sun Shares Off 27% Shares dropped as low as $4.10, the lowest in more than 4 years, after the computer maker projected a slide back to losses
| Jul.25 |
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Cisco to Buy Ayr Networks |
| Jul.28 |
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Telstra Picks Sun Micro in Telecoms Deal |
| Jul.29 |
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New Line of Photo Printers |
| Jul.30 |
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HP Turned Down PWC Merger Again |
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| Aug.9 |
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Sun Microsystems Loaned $6.3 Million
| Aug.10 |
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DNA didn't match, rape charges dropped
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Low-end Linux machine |
| Aug.11 |
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2-alarm fire damages 2 homes |
| Aug.12 |
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Man Cleared Of Rape Wants Apology
| Aug.13 |
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New financial services unit |
| Aug.16 |
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Year in jail for using used needles |
| Aug.17 |
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U.S. executive homes priciest |
| Aug.19 |
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Business PC Market Deal with HP |
| Aug.20 |
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EBay-PayPal merger clears DoJ hurdle |
| Aug.22 |
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Classes in languages other than Spanish |
| Aug.27 |
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Combined HP reports first results |
| Aug.29 |
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Sun to hit bottom part of revenue Sun Microsystems expects to land in the 'bottom part' of its revenue target range for the current quarter
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| Sep.1 |
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Rape of girl, 15, treated as hate crime
| Sep.5 |
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Mysterious 10 Million Dollar Gift
| Sep.9 |
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Researchers Make Memory from Molecules |
| Sep.12 |
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HP Sees Higher Server Revenues |
| Sep.17 |
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$1.3 billion services deal with CIBC
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City police named anti-terror czar |
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Plans for Low-Cost Linux PC |
| Sep.18 |
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HP Leads in Data Storage Market |
| Sep.19 |
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Roadmap for Managing Networks outlined |
| Sep.20 |
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BEA and HP Team Up Against IBM |
| Sep.25 |
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HP to cut additional 1,800 jobs The company blamed the reductions on a continued market slowdown and to have a competitive structure | |
| Sep.30 |
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HP sues EMC, for Patent Infringement |
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Up to $2.2 Bln Qtr Charge for acquisitions |
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| Oct.1 |
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Feds investigating exports The U.S. Commerce Department accused Sun Microsystems of violating export rules in sales it made to Egypt and China
| Oct.8 |
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CEO Says HP Ready for Dell Competition |
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Teen killed by Caltrain -- likely suicide |
| Oct.10 |
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PC That Works Like a TV, Too |
| Oct.15 |
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Sun Micro May Cut 8,000 Jobs -Analyst |
| Oct.17 |
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Sun posts $111M loss, to cut 4,400 jobs Sun Microsystems will cut 11% of its work force to bring its expenses in line with sales, despite results that beat expectations | |
| Oct.18 |
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Sun shares slip |
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| Nov.1 |
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Sun to Pursue Billion-Dollar Microsoft Suit |
| Nov.10 |
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Died after hit-and-run |
| Nov.11 |
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Capellas to Leave |
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| Dec.6 |
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HP Plans Holidays Without Pay |
| Dec.11 |
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Impressive Progress After Merger |
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HP, NEC in Computer Services Deal |
| Dec.23 |
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Microsoft Ordered to Carry Sun's Java A federal judge ordered Microsoft to distribute Java programming language in its Windows operating system
| Dec.24 |
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Sun Rises After Microsoft Ruling |