The Separation Agreement provides Mr. Apotheker will receive the following benefits … reasonable relocation expenses, including return airfare, for Mr. Apotheker and his spouse to France or Belgium.
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That’s my favorite line in HP’s regulatory filing about Leo Apotheker’s severance deal. Because clearly, the $9.6 million in cash HP is coughing up can’t be expected to stretch far enough to cover plane tickets. Also: Ow. When the company pays for your ticket out of the country, they really really want you gone. -Stacy (via cnnmoneytech)
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Don’t use Twitter for those important messages
cnnmoneytech:
As Newt Gingrich just found out, when you have 1.3 million followers your just-unveiled campaign site may not be able to handle the traffic. - Matt
HP has secretly contracted with Intel to keep churning out Itaniums so that HP can maintain the appearance that a dead microprocessor is still alive. The whole thing is a remake of Weekend at Bernie’s.
It’s take your kids to work day at Google
cnnmoneytech:
A report from the inside says there is no kangaroo this year. (Yes, last year there were kangaroos. Two of them.) But this exchange made me giggle, relayed via IM from the scene:
Engineer: Remember, it’s not like this everyday. We don’t have face painters and balloon mans here all the time.
His son: And you don’t have Legos all the time.
Engineer: No, actually we do.
-Stacy
