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HP board faces lawsuit over Hurd resignation

...the board asked for Hurd's resignation, and Hurd agreed to a severance package worth approximately $28m (£18m). For more on this ZDNet UK-selected... Read more

13 August, 2010 by Erica Ogg
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BulleTrain .45 1.07

...tough hombre who refuses to give into the man and accept his severance package. Miles Stone was the owner of a small shipping company on... Read more

21 July, 2011
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BulleTrain .22 1.06

...tough hombre who refuses to give into the man and accept his severance package. Miles Stone was the owner of a small shipping company on... Read more

20 March, 2011

PeopleSoft expands severance packages

PeopleSoft has quadrupled the size of the minimum severance package for its employees and doubled it for executives, as Oracle's... Read more

20 September, 2004 by Dawn Kawamoto

Conway to get $16m from PeopleSoft

Craig Conway, PeopleSoft's former CEO, has received a severance package in excess of $16m, after being fired earlier this month from... Read more

19 October, 2004 by Dawn Kawamoto

Axed Siebel CEO walks away with $4.5m

...a year in the job, Mike Lawrie received a multi-million dollar severance package from Siebel when he left earlier in the month Read more

21 April, 2005 by Mike Ricciuti

Dell cuts 1,900 Irish jobs in production switch

...production will be completed by January 2010. Workers will receive a competitive severance package and career outplacement assistance from the company, the company added. Dell... Read more

8 January, 2009 by Colin Barker

Sprint forced to sell Nextel assets, cut costs

Three years after the $35bn acquisition, Sprint is having to sell some of its Nextel network as it struggles to get back on track with even more cost cutting Read more

14 November, 2008 by Marguerite Reardon
Former Oracle executive Wookey joins SAP

Former Oracle executive Wookey joins SAP

...And while most companies have non-compete clauses, as part of their severance package to executives, an SAP spokesman said that will not be a... Read more

12 November, 2008 by Dawn Kawamoto

Who's who on Microsoft's Yahoo wish list

...who could not be reached for comment, may have taken a voluntary severance package and is reported to be joining Google. Salim Ismail, one of... Read more

14 February, 2008 by Elinor Mills and Stefanie Olsen

Nokia's CDMA spat causes 500 job losses

...press reports. Those hit by the jobs cull will be offered a severance package or relocation within the company working on GSM projects. The layoffs... Read more

11 August, 2006 by Jo Best
Negotiate a good severance deal before you accept a job offer

Negotiate a good severance deal before you accept a job offer

...interviews. These pointers will help you prepare to negotiate for a good severance package the next time you're called in for an interview.Join... Read more

22 July, 2005

Women's advocates mourn Fiorina's loss

...s strategy, I respect their decision," Fiorina said in a statement. Her severance package is worth $21.1m. Many analysts have criticised Fiorina's leadership... Read more

10 February, 2005 by Ed Frauenheim

Fiorina steps aside

...decision," Fiorina said in a statement. Fiorina is eligible for a normal severance package from the company, Wayman said. HP is scheduled to report its... Read more

9 February, 2005 by Martin LaMonica

PeopleSoft case hears more details on CEO concerns

...not firing him "for cause", which allowed him to retain his multimillion severance package and accelerated vesting of stock options. Goldby testified that the board... Read more

4 October, 2004 by Declan McCullagh

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