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Mark V. Hurd was fired by the board at Hewlett-Packard, but the veracity of a racy lawsuit raises some questions about his ouster at a time when the company was thriving.

Directors were said to be considering Meg Whitman, the former chief of eBay, to succeed Léo Apotheker.

At Hewlett-Packard, a new chief executive has taken the company in a different direction, and not everyone is pleased.

Wall Street was set to open lower Tuesday after disappointing data on housing and Hewlett Packard warned of another tough quarter ahead.

Hewlett Packard CEO Leo Apotheker confirmed to Businessweek earlier today that every Hewlett-Packard PC that ships in 2012 will include WebOS alongside Windows, adding some detail to HP's surprise announcement last month.

Hewlett-Packard had claimed that Oracle’s hiring of Mark V. Hurd would compromise H.P.

This report is an intraday check of some of the more notable stocks that have hit a 52-week high or low so far today. 52-Week High:

• 3PAR, Inc.
  
  (NYSE: PAR) high of 33.84. In the heat of an M&A battle earlier in the day today, shares jumped up to a 52-week high as Dell (Nasdaq: DELL) and Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) battled to gain control of the company.
  
  HPQ may ultimately win this battle with a $33 per share bid, which caused Dell to drop out of the running, and withdrawal its $32 per share bid.
  
  On the bright

Hewlett-Packard had hoped that Mark Hurd’s resignation would close this chapter, but a stream of leaks followed.

Hewlett-Packard blew past Wall Street's estimates in its second-quarter results and raised its fiscal 2010 guidance.

Hewlett-Packard was forced to cut its previously reported quarterly earnings by $73m after a UK court ordered the computer company to make another 70m payment to British Sky Broadcasting .