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HP scores CEO, Compaq still searching

Hewlett-Packard names a chief exec after unprecedentedly difficult conditions in its search. Compaq is still on the hunt.

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Hewlett-Packard and Compaq faced a CEO market tighter than any in memory, but HP has named a new chief executive, while Compaq is still on the hunt.

"At the top 20 technology-based companies, every No. 2, 3, 4, and 5 person has been approached."

- J. Richard, head of executive pay consultant J. Richard & Company

 
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