[Ipg-smz] [Ipg-l] Oracle's Mark Hurd passed away

[Christine Hall]

Oracle. Hurd was ousted as CEO at HP in 2010. Wink, wink.

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On 10/18/19 2:31 PM, Dana Blankenhorn via Ipg-l wrote:
> It's sad, but I'm reminded of Steve Jobs' liver surgery in 2009. Apple 
> didn't talk about it. He was CEO, he was the company, and they didn't 
> talk about it. I didn't like that.
> 
> I still. don't like it. Hurd is less important a figure, he was only 
> Co-CEO at HP, but this is an event of material significance to the 
> company and the company, apparently, still hasn't talked about it.
> 
> I don't think that's right.
> 
> I'm sad for Mr. Hurd and his family, of course. I'm not being a ghoul 
> when I suggest we should have been told. The only clue was about a week 
> ago when I read HP was looking into replacements for him.
> 
> When you're a public company, there are some things that trump your 
> personal privacy is all. What if I knew Larry Ellison was giong to die 
> next week? I could trade on that, make a lot of money when he passed, 
> selling short, buying them back after things calmed down.
> 
> 
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> Dana Blankenhorn
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> On Fri, Oct 18, 2019 at 12:06 PM Pam Baker via Ipg-l <ipg-l at netpress.org 
> <mailto:ipg-l at netpress.org>> wrote:
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>     Alan is on top of things, as usual!!
> 
>     Reports are just coming out now, Todd.
> 
>     Here's one:
>     https://techcrunch.com/2019/10/18/former-oracle-co-ceo-mark-hurd-has-passed-away/
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>     On Fri, Oct 18, 2019 at 11:49 AM Todd R. Weiss via Ipg-l
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>         Hmmm...
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>         Where did you hear this?
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>         I see no reports of this anywhere online.
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>         Thanks,
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>         Todd
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>         On Fri, Oct 18, 2019 at 11:42 AM Alan Zeichick via Ipg-l
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>             May he rest in peace; his memory is a blessing.
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>             -A
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