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Controversial American bigwig in London... no, not Trump: HPE ex-CEO Meg Whitman to give Autonomy trial evidence

Wednesday 5th June 2019 15:24 GMT Arthur the cat

There are many other acquisitions that meet this pattern

I've seen two in my career, not at all pleasant. Fortunately I was in a position to bail out fast in both cases.

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