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Late British tech CEO Mike Lynch and his wife Angela Bacares. Photo: @PakistaniIndex/X

Who is Angela Bacares, the widow of ‘Britain’s Bill Gates’, Mike Lynch?

She lost her husband and 18-year-old daughter Hannah on a superyacht, and may still be liable to pay up to US$4 billion to Hewlett Packard.

8 Sep 2024 - 5:00AM

UK tycoon Mike Lynch’s wife ‘walked on broken glass’ to escape sinking yacht

22 Aug 2024 - 4:17AM

Tech boss Mike Lynch’s co-defendant in US trial critically hurt in road accident

20 Aug 2024 - 1:56AM

UK tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch missing, 1 dead after yacht sinks off Sicily

A person familiar with the rescue said Lynch and his daughter, 18, were among 6 people not accounted for. Lynch’s lawyer is also missing.

21 Aug 2024 - 9:59PM

Mike Lynch, is among several people missing after a luxury yacht capsized off the coast of Sicily. Photo: Getty

China’s supply chain under scrutiny amid report HP moving PC production

HP, the world’s second-largest personal computer vendor, has denied a report that it was shifting more than half of its production away from China.

8 Aug 2024 - 9:00PM

India approves subsidies for Apple supplier Foxconn, Lenovo, 25 other tech firms

New Delhi will provide subsidies under a scheme to boost domestic manufacturing and strengthen the South Asian country’s bid to become a major hub in the global electronics supply chain.

20 Nov 2023 - 10:30PM

Dell, HP and Apple supplier Foxconn apply for production incentives in India

Some 32 companies have applied for the laptop production incentives, which India hopes will replicate the success of smartphone incentives from 2020.

31 Aug 2023 - 11:03AMvideocam

A group of technicians working in a mobile manufacturing plant in Noida, India, on October 23, 2019. Photo: Shutterstock

World’s top PC maker Lenovo warns of job cuts after revenue tumbles 24 per cent

Lenovo saw a steeper-than-expected revenue decline to US$15.3 billion in the fourth quarter, as rivals HP and Dell also grappled with slowing PC sales after a work-from-home boom.

17 Feb 2023 - 3:51PM

US-China IT joint venture H3C to end as Tsinghua Unigroup to take full control

The proposed deal, subject to regulatory approval, comes one year after a semiconductor entity affiliated with H3C was added to the US Entity List.

4 Jan 2023 - 11:36PM

Lenovo keeps global PC crown amid domestic controversy

The world’s top PC maker beat HP, Dell and Apple in global shipments of desktops, notebooks and workstations in the third quarter.

30 Nov 2021 - 11:57PM

Lenovo and the global market saw PC shipment growth slowed in the third quarter from a year earlier. Photo: Shutterstock

Dell and HP see continued PC surge as schools and offices reopen

The American PC giants say customers will have to replace old office computers and work-at-home demand will continue after lockdown winds down.

26 Feb 2021 - 9:47AMvideocam

Dell and HP, two of the world’s top three PC makers, saw surging demand for notebooks during the pandemic. Photo: Getty Images

14 big money companies that started life in basements, sheds and dorms

From humble beginnings to a trillion dollars: how the likes of Walt Disney and Apple’s Steve Jobs created the world’s most successful companies in unlikely places, and why Jobs’ garage is now a designated historic site

16 Feb 2021 - 12:21PM

PC makers find new lease on life as Covid-19 changes work habits

The PC market is seeing record revenues – after seven straight years of shrinking sales growth – thanks to changing work habits brought about by the global pandemic

16 Nov 2020 - 9:07AM

United States asks UK to extradite tech billionaire Michael Lynch

Lynch, once hailed as Britain’s answer to Bill Gates, is currently battling American IT giant Hewlett Packard in London’s High Court.

2 Dec 2019 - 3:12AM

Lynch sold his company to Hewlett Packard in an ill-fated US$11.1 billion deal. Photo: EPA-EFE

Chinese intelligence ‘hacked Norway software firm to steal client secrets’

The alleged attack was part of a global effort by China’s Ministry of State Security to steal intellectual property and company secrets, say security experts.

7 Feb 2019 - 10:03PM

HP recalls computer batteries over fire risk

5 Jan 2018 - 9:15AM

Hewlett Packard Enterprise wins US$3 billion in lawsuit against Oracle

1 Jul 2016 - 11:26AM

Tech vet tells founders to pay attention to VC's stomachs

21 Jun 2016 - 12:06PM

Jean-Louis Gassée, who worked at Apple throughout the '80s, is now a columnist for tech business blog Monday Note. Photo: Jean-Louis Gassée Twitter

HP looks to Asia to drive growth as PC, printer demand weakens worldwide

11 Apr 2016 - 7:03PM

Hewlett-Packard has to win over sceptics on company split

Hewlett-Packard chief executive Meg Whitman appeared to be banking on growth markets like 3D printing and a trickle back in PC sales when she announced a spin-off for the company’s computer and printing business.

7 Oct 2014 - 11:10AM

Hewlett-Packard to split into two companies

Hewlett-Packard plans to split into two companies, becoming the latest technology company to seek a new structure in order to remain competitive.

7 Oct 2014 - 5:26AM

Meg Whitman has been introducing new products and cutting jobs to trim costs since she took over as chief executive in September 2011.

Hewlett-Packard pays US$58.8m for bribing Russian officials

A US judge has ordered computer giant Hewlett-Packard to pay US$58.8 million for bribing Moscow government officials to win huge contract with Russia's prosecutor general's office.

13 Sep 2014 - 3:14AM

HP boss on the prowl for acquisitions up to US$1.5b

23 Aug 2013 - 8:45AM

HP facing long road ahead for CEO's turnaround

Meg Whitman, hired as chief executive almost two years ago to revive the storied Silicon Valley computer maker, had said revenue would rise next year as sales of personal computers stabilised. She scrapped that prediction on Wednesday.

23 Aug 2013 - 3:03AM

HP replaces PC chief amid slump

Hewlett-Packard chief executive Meg Whitman is reorganising the personal computer business, replacing long-time head Todd Bradley with one of his deputies as she strives to overcome a worsening global industry slump.

20 Jun 2013 - 2:13AM

Meg Whitman, the chief executive of Hewlett-Packard, is battling to revive the firm after seven quarters of falling sales. Photo: Bloomberg

HP's earnings fall for seventh straight quarter

Hewlett-Packard's slump is deepening as the world's largest personal computer maker scrambles to meet the growing demand for more versatile and less expensive mobile devices.

24 May 2013 - 3:47AM

Hewlett-Packard tightens hiring rules for China suppliers

Working hours for students must be lower than the legal limit and the total number of student workers must also be limited, HP said yesterday.

12 Feb 2013 - 5:07AM

Lenovo PC sales growth best but loses top market ranking

12 Jan 2013 - 4:02AM

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Hewlett-Packard

Hewlett-Packard Company (HP) is an American multinational information technology corporation that provides products, technologies, software, solutions and services to consumers, small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and large enterprises, including customers in the government, health and education sectors.

Chairman / President

Enrique Lores

CEO / Managing Director

Enrique Lores

CFO / Finance Director

Karen Parkhill

Industry

IT / Computing

Website

investor.hp.com

Headquarters address

1501 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA

Stock Code

NYSE:HPQ

Year founded

1939

last updated:

30 September, 2024