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HWP -- Hewlett Packard
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2520 downside breakout, anyone? It seems most people here is fundamentalist (& Chihcheng Hsu-8/3/1998
2519 Nope, The best company to work for in that regard is a pre-IPO startup. Of coBelowTheCrowd-7/31/1998
2518 Sonny, The cut was for "Functional Managers" and above. That's BelowTheCrowd-7/31/1998
2517 Of course, the best company to work for to get options (both grunt, lowest leveVijay Mehta-7/31/1998
2516 Kirk, Even beyond the options plan, Intel has a very strong employee bonus plaBelowTheCrowd-7/31/1998
2515 I generally agree on the correct direction. Not sure if this is the end of PlaBelowTheCrowd-7/31/1998
2514 I think it's better to cut slower-growing, less-profitable product lines, aP.T.Burnem-7/31/1998
2513 Sorry to see for a jewel company like HWP to have to come down to this - 5% paySonny-7/31/1998
2512 <i>This illustrates one of the problems with HWP. Salaries are NOT variabKirk ©-7/31/1998
2511 PT, You think it's better to lay off a whole bunch of people THEN have to BelowTheCrowd-7/31/1998
2510 Sonny, One thing to consider is that HWP managers get a lot less variable compBelowTheCrowd-7/31/1998
2509 Terry, I think the whispers are somewhat exaggerated, but generally true. AprBelowTheCrowd-7/31/1998
2508 <i>...single-minded concentration on the bottom...</i> You been spOeconomicus-7/31/1998
2507 <i> I suppose your hero is Chainsaw Al. </i> Lew Platt's and CP.T.Burnem-7/31/1998
2506 <i> Paycuts in the computer business? Usually the only people who would aP.T.Burnem-7/31/1998
2505 PT, you are thinking short term. I suppose your hero is Chainsaw Al. eom Oeconomicus-7/31/1998
2504 <i> This is just another example of how HWP is not like other companies -P.T.Burnem-7/31/1998
2503 I bought HWP at 19.25 in 1993 and sold half my position at 76. I now have over Vijay Mehta-7/31/1998
2502 Sonny, consider another perspective. First, the pay cuts apply to a relatively Oeconomicus-7/31/1998
2501 You are right. Paycuts in the computer business? Usually the only people who Tom Markowski-7/31/1998
2500 MG - First - my thanks for your input here. You provide a valuable perspective Terry D-7/31/1998
2499 In this booming economy and plenty of jobs with 30% pay-increases as a routine Sonny-7/31/1998
2498 I totally agree. Susanne. Sueponine-7/30/1998
2497 Sue, Unfortunately, I think that at this point Hewlett and Packard's legacBelowTheCrowd-7/30/1998
2496 Frank, I wish I could tell you that I had a system which pointed to 78 as the BelowTheCrowd-7/30/1998
2495 I am no expert on this stock market. I've been in it for 10 years though aSueponine-7/30/1998
2494 >>I sold out the last of my position a few weeks ago at 78 and I'm inUncle Frank-7/30/1998
2493 Tom, I wasn't really trying to "win you over" to investing in HPBelowTheCrowd-7/30/1998
2492 Michael, thanks very much for your post on PC business model. I never looked atThomas Haegin-7/30/1998
2491 news.com: HP managers to take pay cut news.com David <b>WallStreet Lindavid jung-7/30/1998
2490 To understand how the PC business works, you can think in terms of the followinBelowTheCrowd-7/30/1998
2489 Nathan, I saw the interview with HWP's CEO Platt on CNBC Business Center yDale J.-7/30/1998
2488 I went to www.cnbc.com to see the program schedule and found nothing on HWP andNathan Higdon-7/30/1998
2487 <i>The way out of the commodity trap is new products and value added busKirk ©-7/30/1998
2486 Kirk-I gather you are an HP employee? My sympathies. I work for a hard drivinmark bailey-7/30/1998
2485 Michael, thanks very much for your info on low-end margins and strategy etc. I Thomas Haegin-7/30/1998
2484 <i> -just hope it is being pushed internally as well. </i> EVERY rKirk ©-7/29/1998
2483 HWP to be on CNBC Thursday AM. Only heard part of the promo, but I thought themark bailey-7/29/1998
2482 Tom, I can't answer in specifics, but to give a general idea: > My conBelowTheCrowd-7/29/1998
2481 Kirk, We still sell through Circuit City. I don't deal directly with the BelowTheCrowd-7/29/1998
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