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Reports quarterly earnings for Hewlett-Packard that exceeded analyst expectations. Comments of Mark V. Hurd, the company's new chief executive; Details of the earnings report; How Hurd succeeded Carleton S. Fiorina, who was ousted by the Hewlett board; Views of analysts; Possible layoffs; Overview of the company.

When Mark V. Hurd took over as chief executive of Hewlett-Packard in 2005 and started looking at the company's businesses, he found a neglected little unit called ProCurve that made networking gear used to connect computing systems on corporate campuses. ProCurve had been stifled under H.P.'s former chief executive, Carleton S. Fiorina, who served on the board of Cisco Systems, the dominant player in the industry. Ms. Fiorina supported the traditional alliance between H.P. and Cisco, in which H.P. sold computers and Cisco sold network equipment to the same customers. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Examines the decision of the Hewlett-Packard computer company to fire chief executive Carleton S. Fiorina. Claim that Fiorina was dismissed when the company failed to improve their financial performance; Description of Fiorina's management style; View that Fiorina failed to adapt to Hewlett-Packard's egalitarian corporate culture; Comments of interim chief executive Robert P. Wayman on Fiorina's departure; Details of Fiorina's history with the company.

Reports on the resignation of Carleton S. Fiorina as chief executive of Hewlett-Packard Co. Estimation of severance pay; Citation of the failure of Fiorina to reverse the company's sagging stock price; Question made by Paul Hodgson, senior compensation analyst at the Corporate Library, over the amount of severance pay in the light of negative returns to investors.

Reports that Carleton S. Fiorina, one of the nation's best-known business executives and perhaps the most powerful woman in corporate America, was ousted as the chief executive of Hewlett-Packard, the giant computer and printer maker. Reference to her failure to build Hewlett into a reliable profit machine with the ability to challenge I.B.M. at the top of the industry; Impact of a disagreement between Ms. Fiorina and the directors on how to carry out a corporate strategy after the contentious $19 billion purchase of Compaq Computer in 2002 that failed to deliver the results she had promised; Suggestion from some analysts that this could be the first move in breaking up a company, founded in 1938, that helped give rise to Silicon Valley; Highlights of Ms. Fiorina's five-and-a-half year tenure as chief executive.

Reports on a partnership deal between Hewlett-Packard and Apple Computer. Sale of Apple's iPod digital music player and iTunes online music store with Hewlett-Packard personal computers. Extensive bargaining session between Carleton S. Fiorina and Steven P. Jobs; Relationship between Hewlett and its software partner, Microsoft; Details of the deal; Success of apple in the burgeoning digital music business.

Focuses on quarterly profits for computer company Hewlett-Packard, which fell short of analysts' predictions. Financial details of the report; Reasons, including weak sales and low prices of personal computers; Statement by Carleton S. Fiorina, the company's chief executive; Competition; Challenges; Views of analysts.

Discusses how top scientists and engineers from Hewlett-Packard gathered to discuss the company's focus on research and development. Views from Carleton Fiorina, the chief executive of Hewlett-Packard; Efforts to cut costs; Consideration of the company's ability to innovate in the computer industry; Plight to meet the company's quarterly financial targets; Role of researchers at big companies such as I.B.M and AT&T.

Focuses on quarterly results for Hewlett-Packard that suggest that the computer company's merger with Compaq Computer is producing the cost savings promised by management. Uncertainty for the company's outlook, due to revenue falling below expectations; Comments of executives, including Carleton S. Fiorina, chief executive of Hewlett-Packard; Financial details; Background on the company's transition from a loss to a profit; Views of analysts.

Discusses criticism of the proposed merger of Hewlett-Packard and Compaq Computer. Views of company executives on the advantages of the merger; Comments of industrial analysts; Outlook for shareholders; Highlights of the merger; Belief of Carleton S. Fiorina, chief executive at Hewlett-Packard, that the company will surpass competitors; Concerns over creating a company with heavy reliance on selling computers.