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Fiorina concedes she made mistakes but says she does not regret the decisions TAIPEI, Taiwan mdash; More than two years after completing its buyout of rival Compaq Computer Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co. HP has not done enough to take full advantage of the acquisition, according to HPrsquo chairman and chief executive officer CEO .We are not fully leveraging what we built, said Carly Fiorina, HPrsquo chairman and CEO, during a speech in Taipei on Friday.HP acquired Compaq in 2002 with the purpose of putting together a portfolio of technologies and products, spanning consumer and corporate applications, that would be different from that offered by other vendors, Fiorina said. Compaq, while it was a huge merger, was a tactic, not a strategy. The challenge now is to leverage what we have built, Fiorina said.She did not specify in which areas HPrsquo business needed improvement or where the compa stanley cup ny has fallen short of taking advantage of the merger.Fiorina conceded stanley cup that she made mistakes during her ten stanley thermobecher ure as HPrsquo top executive, but said she does not regret the decisions she made. In particular, Fiorina said she should have made certain people decisions sooner. She did not elaborate. Fiorinarsquo comments that the full potential of the Compaq acquisition have not been realized were most likely in reference to recent problems at HPrsquo Enterprise Servers and Storage Group.During a conference call with analysts and jou Axmy RSA rsquo head of UK and western Europe is to depart after 25 years
Monday 07 March 2016 12:01 amLondon housing commission calls for devolution to solve chronic lack of house buildingBy: Chris PapadopoullosShareFacebookShare on FacebookXShare on TwitterLinkedInShare on LinkedInWhatsAppShare on WhatsAppEmailShare on EmailLocal authorities need to be given more oversight of house building in the capital if London is to accommodate its growing population, the London housing commission said today.In return for greater powers over borrowing, property taxes and planning, the Mayor and boroughs would have to make a joint commitment to deliver significantly higher numbers of new homes. The commissionrsquo plans for devolving stanley termo housing rules from central government could double the number of new homes built in London each year from to 50,000.Read more:Construction sector slows as house building growth stallsThe housing commission also wants local authorities to be able to set a council tax premium on empty and second homes. But not all of the commission plans have been welcomed. One idea to allow local councilrsquo to set up licensing schemes, which would raise rev stanley romania enue and prevent landlord letting out lower quality homes has come under fire. Though we agree with the London Housing Commission that poor quality homes and rogue landlords need to be addressed, the introduction of individual licensing schemes for each Borough would place additional regulatory bu stanley cup rdens on landlords and local authorities and would penalize those that are providing a good |