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Brash billionaire: Tesla CEO Musk worlds wealthiest person Issued on: 3 min New York (AFP) Whether the topic is transforming the automobile or conquering the next frontier of space, Elon Musk has shown a knack for captivating an audience beyond investors and science geeks. The brash Tesla CEO, now the worlds wealthiest person following the electric automakers meteoric rise, was the quintessential Silicon Valley disruptor -- except he no longer lives in California. The norm-shattering entrepre...

COLUMN: Can Intel Regain The Dominance It Once Enjoyed? The Channel Company’s Executive Chairman Robert Faletra wonders if Intel, still an incredible company with world-class products, can remain the biggest player in an increasingly-crowded semiconductor market. By Robert Faletra December 14, 2020, 11:16 AM EST My early days of covering high-tech as a journalist were focused on the semiconductor industry in the early 1980s. Back then I wrote for electronics...

You say it was really dismal from her first big decision. >> no, it was. you know, the most astounding thing is that she bought a giant computer company, compaq computer, merged it into h.p. yet by the time she was fired profits were actually down. its almost inconceivable. its just t-- its a record of kind of failures of botched attempts to change strategy. and her leadership was very -- excuse me, her leadership was very alienating to an employee base where people believed in sharing credit an...

Computer company, compaq computer, merged it into h.p. yet by the time she was fired profits were actually down. its almost inconceivable. its just -- its a record of kind of failures of botched attempts to change strategy. and her leadership was very -- excuse me, her leadership was very alienating to an employee base where people believed in sharing credit and there wasnt a lot of ego, and she brought in a lot of ego and people really resented it. >> she came in to h.p., though, with, i mean, ...