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Hewlett-Packard Co. said Monday that it plans to slash 24,600 jobs over the next three years, nearly 8 percent of its workforce, as it combines operations with Electronic Data Systems Corp., the technology-services company it recently acquired for more...

As customers snatched American flags right out of the box at a jammed Flag Shop in Baltimore's Harborplace, clerk Lena Hamideh struggled to keep pace with the cash-register line and a telephone that rang every 30 seconds. "I need a 5-by-8 USA!" Hamideh...

Former Compaq Computer Corp. and Hewlett-Packard Co. boss Michael D. Capellas was named Friday as chairman and chief executive of troubled WorldCom Inc., the telecommunications giant that that admitted a $9 billion accounting fraud and is mired in the...

Ingram Micro Inc., the world's largest distributor of computer products, said Wednesday that it will cut 1,000 U.S. jobs, or about 6% of its work force, because of weak demand for computers and networking equipment. The company said it expects to save...

A father who left a simple note for his wife and children, expecting to return from a quick business trip. A husband whose oddly calm words are captured on an answering machine, saying his plane had been hijacked and he loved his family. A flight...

Thursday, March 2, 2000 Walt Disney World is about to boldly go where it has never gone before with a space-exploration attraction that has intrigued NASA. The Space Pavilion, expected to open at Epcot in 2002 or 2003, would feature a series of...

Friday, April 21, 2000 ++++++++++++++++++++ || || || An artist's rendering shows the new Mission:Space ride at Epcot. || ++++++++++++++++++++ Walt Disney World's next big attraction, billed as a ``one-of-a-kind astronaut experience,'' will lift...

Venture capitalist Jeffrey Ubben stepped down as chairman of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc., the company said Tuesday, ending his 14-month tenure as chairman in the wake of Stewart's stock trading scandal. Ubben said in a news release that the...

The following firms were accused of making unlawful trades from 1999 to 2003 in more than 30 different stocks. The fines that each firm is paying both penalties and is disgorging, or giving up profits, they made on trades in question: · Bear Wagner...

Despite its mounting troubles -- federal investigations, the dismissal of some executives and the indictment of former ones, and a stock price that has tumbled in the last few years -- Computer Associates International is unlikely to be an immediate...

Over the past six months, more than a dozen top executives at Computer Associates International have either resigned or been fired, leaving a leadership vacuum at the giant software company as it continues to be wracked by federal investigations into...