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Hewlett-Packard Co raised its bid for data storage company 3PAR Inc to $1.8 billion (1.16 billion pounds), dealing a blow to Dell Inc's $1.6 billion effort to win a rapidly escalating bidding war.

Dell Inc raised its bid for data storage company 3PAR Inc to $1.6 billion, offering slightly more than bigger rival Hewlett-Packard Co, which is expected to respond with an even stronger bid.

Oracle Chief Executive Larry Ellison blasted Hewlett-Packard on Monday for forcing CEO Mark Hurd to resign.

The female contractor whose sexual harassment accusation against Mark Hurd led to his ouster as chief executive of Hewlett-Packard came forward on Sunday, saying she never intended for Hurd to lose his job.

Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard would not be amused.

Stocks were set for a higher open on Monday as investors shrugged off last week's dismal employment data and shifted focus to the Federal Reserve's assessment of the economy following a meeting of its policymakers later this week.

Stock index futures pointed to a higher open on Wall Street on Monday with futures for the S&P 500 up 0.42 percent, Dow Jones futures up 0.17 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures up 0.16 percent at 3:55 a.m. ET.

Hewlett-Packard Co said it has received an extremely supportive response from investors and customers following the surprising ouster of Chief Executive Mark Hurd for expense account irregularities.

Hewlett-Packard Co's former chief executive officer Mark Hurd has reached a legal settlement with the woman who accused him of sexual harassment, and she has also agreed to release HP from legal claims, according to sources familiar with the matter.

Hewlett-Packard Co CEO Mark Hurd resigned on Friday after an investigation found that he had falsified expense reports to conceal a close personal relationship with a female contractor.

Hewlett-Packard Co said Chief Executive Mark Hurd has decided to resign following a sexual harassment investigation.

Hewlett-Packard Co Chief Executive Mark Hurd resigned suddenly on Friday following an investigation of sexual harassment, the world's top computer maker said, stunning investors and sending shares down 10 percent.

Hewlett-Packard Co said on Monday it has agreed to settle a U.S. Justice Department probe into an alleged kickback scheme related to government technology contracts.

Hewlett-Packard Co said on Monday it has agreed in principle to a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice related to a contract with the General Services Administration.

Microsoft cloud computing platform Azure has found support among software giants like Dell, Fujitsu and Hewlett-Packard who are planning to embrace Azure for their data center products.

Hewlett-Packard Co was sued on Wednesday by a New Jersey company that accused it of stealing and using its trade secrets to make replacement laser printer cartridges, and threatening its survival.

Hewlett-Packard Co said it aims to boost margins by cutting jobs and reallocating spending to more profitable technology services, shrinking its workforce by a net 3,000 jobs, or 1 percent, over three years.

Hewlett-Packard plans to spend $1 billion to bolster its corporate services business, and will shrink its workforce by 1 percent, or 3,000 jobs, over three years.

Hewlett-Packard plans to spend $1 billion to bolster its corporate services business, and will shrink its workforce by 3,000 jobs over three years as it consolidates related operations.

Hewlett-Packard Co overtook IBM as the world's top server maker by sales during the first quarter as customers held off on buying equipment from IBM before new product launches, a research firm said on Tuesday.

Hewlett-Packard Co is preparing a broad push to make it easier to print images and information from the Internet, building an iPhone-style apps market in the process, the head of the company's imaging group said on Wednesday.

Hewlett-Packard Co on Wednesday named Microsoft Corp veteran Bill Veghte to lead its enterprise software business.

Hewlett-Packard Co is rolling out a back-to-school lineup of notebook personal computers in what will be its largest single launch of laptops featuring processors from Advanced Micro Devices.

Hewlett-Packard Co hopes its planned $1.2 billion acquisition of Palm Inc will not only give it solid foundation in the growing smartphone market, but also provide it with a platform for other mobile devices, including tablets.

Acer Inc, the world's No.2 PC vendor, plans to introduce four new smartphone models later this year to help boost profits, a day after rival HP set its sights in the fast-growing smartphone market.

Hewlett-Packard Co announced a $1.2 billion deal to buy Palm Inc , betting it can resuscitate the struggling smartphone maker to compete with the likes of Apple Inc and RIM .

Hewlett-Packard Co said it has struck a $1.2 billion deal for Palm Inc , offering a 23 percent premium to expand into the smartphone market.

German authorities say they have targeted nine suspects, including former staff of Hewlett-Packard Co , in a probe into whether the world's top PC maker paid bribes to win business in Russia.