Shane Robison caused Fiorina's downfall, claim

A NIB (news in brief) item in the paper edition of Business Week made a claim that's certainly new to the INQ, so it may be new to you, too.

In an article which suggests 2005 is a year in which CEOs "live dangerously", the magazine said that HP's board wanted Carly Fiorina to cede her control of its corporate computing business to one Shane Robison.

But Carly dug her high heels in, according to the article, saying it was her job and not the board's to make such changes. She lost. She went.

So is Robison a candidate to be the King of Spain when its current ruler dies or abdicates? We suspect newly fledged CEO Mark Hurd will have the say so on that one. And on the two additional Gulf Streams that were apparently on order and waiting for HP uniforms for the flight attendants, before Carly got her pink slip. The ashtrays must have filled up on the old ones. µ

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