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Well, hooray! HP selected a manufacturing expert (Reuters) and a management expert (AP) instead of a marketeer. Prediction: unprecedented profits and growth at HP over the next five years. Now is the time to punt the advertisers, marketeers, accountants, and sales people out of the top spots and turn them over to real leaders who can actually run companies. Give me a maufacturing manager with machine grease stains on his (or her) white shirt over a "market savy" gadfly any day. Good move HP.

Posted by Mike at March 30, 2005 8:23 AM

On the Reuters vs AP question, Reuters leads with the facts (just the facts, ma'am), while the best one might say about the AP article is that it leads with some (flashy but unnecessary) context.

Posted by Frank Patrick at March 30, 2005 9:42 AM

The main thing is that Carly is history - she pillaged and plundered and tried to add style to the bottom line rather than substance - big mistake.

Posted by Sean at March 30, 2005 9:51 AM

The Reuters story gives me the feeling that the AP version is mostly made up or like the AP writer did a bad job of copying someone else's homework.

Posted by Jason Kerr at March 30, 2005 2:03 PM

I think people are missing the angles of the story.

Ruters published March 29th, 7:52 pm- it breaks the news of the new ceo

AP publishes a story March 30th, at 2:08 pm- it contrasts the initial Wall St reaction of what the new CEO's direction would be with what a company insiders says will be his mandate.

Sorry, not really a question of style.

Posted by glen at March 30, 2005 3:26 PM