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U.S. judge orders Hewlett-Packard to face shareholder lawsuit

(Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard Co <HPQ.N> must defend against a lawsuit accusing former management at the world's largest personal computer maker of defrauding shareholders by abandoning a business model it had long touted, causing more than $16 billion of market value to be wiped out.Full story

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Hewlett Packard executive chairman and Kleiner Perkins managing partner Ray Lane works on his computer at his home in Atherton, California November 11, 2011. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith

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File photo of Hewlett Packard executive chairman and Kleiner Perkins managing partner Ray Lane poses at his home in Atherton

Hewlett Packard executive chairman and Kleiner Perkins managing partner Ray Lane poses at his home in Atherton, California in this November 11, 2011, file photo. Hewlett-Packard Co Chairman Ray Lane, who has come under fire from shareholders for his role in the botched, costly acquisition of British