Fox News hires ex-CEO of HP Carly Fiorina

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Fox News hires Carly Fiorina, ex-chief of HP

SAN FRANCISCO: Carly Fiorina, the former chief executive of computer and printer maker Hewlett-Packard, has signed on as a contributor with the soon-to-start Fox News business news channel.

Fiorina was one of the most divisive figures in corporate America during nearly six years at HP. Fox did not specify her role at the new channel.

"We are proud to have her join FBN as a contributor," Kevin Magee, executive vice president of Fox News, said in a statement Tuesday. "Carly Fiorina is one of the foremost business leaders of our time."

HP severed its ties with Fiorina in February 2005 amid concern that benefits from her hard-won $24.2 billion acquisition of Compaq Computer in 2002 were not materializing quickly enough.

Speaking as one who used to work at HP, you have no idea how much she is HATED there. She spent her entire tenure running HP into the ground with the buyout of Compaq, constant layoffs, and destruction of the HP Way and replacing it with the usual corporate ruthlessness. Workers at HP were literally jumping for joy, cheering and singing "Ding Dong the Witch is Dead" when her departure was announced.

Good luck, Carly. May you bring the same magic to FOX News that you brought to HP...

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1. Good news! Maybe she will bring them down too!

I'm being optimistic!

[mudesi]

2. Sounds like she'll fit right in (nm)

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

3. Unfortunately, she's not going to be a CEO there, just a mouthpiece.

I follow tech news and remember how much of a train wreck she was at HP. I didn't know she was a right-winger, but it all fits so perfectly.

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4. Yeah, tis a shame.

Though if we're lucky, maybe she'll work her way up the ranks...

[NC_Nurse]

5. She screwed up Lucent before HP. My dad is one of their retirees.

He hates her.

[WinkyDink]

6. She has a knack for killing businesses:

"Prior to joining HP, Fiorina spent nearly 20 years at AT&T and Lucent Technologies, where she held a number of senior leadership positions and directed Lucent's initial public offering and subsequent spin-off from AT&T."
http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/execteam/bios/fiorina.html