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Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Preliminary Injunction Hearing on the Sale of Ikon Office Solutions, Inc. to Ricoh Company, Ltd.

NEW YORK, Oct 23, 2008 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- The Brualdi Law Firm, P.C. announces a preliminary injunction hearing has been scheduled for Monday, October 27, 2008

The class action lawsuit was filed on September 23, 2008. The Complaint alleges that the proposed sale of Ikon to Ricoh protects the interests of Ikon's directors and Ricoh at the expense of Ikon's public shareholders. The Complaint also alleges that the directors concealed material information from plaintiff and Ricoh's other public shareholders in conjunction with the same.


HP IPG Re-Org

Leaner and Meaner?

I ran across this quick article about the IPG reorg.

As I have mentioned, there a lots of new faces. Faces from all over the world, current HP folks, who are now going to create "something from nothing" - a Value Added Printing channel. (wow)

All part of the Plan - “a printer company to a printing company,” according to IPG chief Vyomesh Joshi.

We are waiting for the year to end (October) to see what new "goodies" are waiting for "those who stayed..."


HP - Above the Fray...


HP Layoffs -


Selling and U of M Football



Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Carpou Goes to Profit Recovery Partners

IKON Veteran Joins Profit Recovery Partners

Posted by Apply Best Credit Card in Monday, October 27th 2008 under: News

All PR Newswire news

IRVINE, Calif., Oct. 27 /PRNewswire/ — Profit Recovery Partners (PRP)

announced today that Bill Carpou has joined the company’s senior executive

team as vice president of sales and marketing. An industry veteran with more

than 18 years of experience, Carpou most recently served as area vice

president and general manager for IKON Office Solutions’ Southern California

operations, headquartered in Irvine, Calif.

Carpou joined IKON in 1990 as vice president of sales for the company’s

Philadelphia operation, and later became vice president of sales and marketing

for the company’s Northeast region. After relocating to Laguna Niguel, Calif.,

in 1998, he assumed responsibility for IKON’s Southern California operation, a

position he held until March 2005 when he transferred to the company’s

headquarters in Malvern, PA, to become vice president of marketing for IKON

North America. Carpou accepted his most recent position as area vice president

and general manager after returning to California in August 2007.

“Bill’s experience and credibility will further support the growth

objectives of PRP over the next 10 years as we expand the services we provide

to our existing and new customers,” said Don Steiner, president of PRP.

Carpou added, “I am thrilled to be part of one of the fastest-growing

companies in Southern California. PRP’s business model, which combines the

expertise of our staff with our long-term verification and support system

program, allows us to fully understand and meet the requirements of each

customer, regardless of their size or industry.”

Summary

Profit Recovery Partners (PRP) is a national consulting organization

headquartered in Irvine, California. It specializes in the development,

implementation and support of administrative expense reduction solutions for

Fortune 1000 and other middle market companies. Since its inception in 1997,

PRP has served its clients by producing competitive, lean cost structures

through the application of proprietary procurement management methodologies,

and by leveraging unique vendor knowledge and purchasing power.

SOURCE Profit Recovery Partners

Copyright 2008 PR Newswire

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