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Top IBMers Turned HP Job Down: Reuters

HP’s search for a replacement for ousted CEO-gone-to-Oracle Mark Hurd is now in its sixth week
By Maureen O'Gara
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October 1, 2010 08:45 AM EDT
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In a exercise in futility, HP first tried to get both the immovable head of IBM software and now systems Steve Mills as well as its $95 billion global sales chief Ginni Rometty for its CEO, according to Reuters.

HP's search for a replacement for ousted CEO-gone-to-Oracle Mark Hurd is now in its sixth week. Gartner analyst Dave Cearley told CNNMoney.com that he heard HP had fixed on a candidate and is in contract negotiations. An announcement is dependent on how quickly they come to terms.

Cearley thinks it'll be by the end of October, also the end of HP's fiscal year, which frankly doesn't sound all that hopeful.

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