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FILE - In this Sept, 24, 2008 file photo, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, right, and (then) Hewlett Packard CEO Mark Hurd, on screen, smile during the Oracle Open World conference in San Francisco. As co-president at Oracle Corp., ousted Hewlett-Packard Co. CEO Mark Hurd will have to adapt to a new role playing second fiddle to one of Silicon Valley's most domineering bosses _ Larry Ellison. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)
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FILE - In this March 6, 2008 photo, (then) Hewlett Packard Company CEO Mark Hurd speaks at HP headquarters in Palo Alto, Calif. Oracle Corp. plans to pay newly appointed co-President Mark Hurd a base salary of $950,000 annually and said Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010, the ousted Hewlett-Packard Co. CEO is eligible for a target bonus of $5 million in the current fiscal year. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)
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FILE - In a March 3, 2010 file photo then Hewlett-Packard Company Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Mark Hurd speaks at the dedication ceremony of HP's customer service and technical support center in Conway, Ark. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston, file)
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Nokia's new Chief Executive, Stephen Elop, during the press conference Friday, Sept. 10, 2010, in Espoo, Finland. Nokia Corp, said on Friday that Chief Executive Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo will be replaced by Head of Microsoft's Business Division Stephen Elop on Sept, 21. (AP Photo/Lehtikuva, Markku Ulander)
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Fashion from the Vena Cava Spring 2011 collection is modeled Thursday Sept. 9, 2010, during Fashion Week in New York. (AP Photo/Vena Cava) NO SALES
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Family members, including the youngest, clean silkworm cocoons in Kokand, Uzbekistan, in June 2009. The silkworm business is a state monopoly, and farmers facing fines or the loss of land leases if they miss quotas need the whole family to work. (Associated Press)
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Associated Press photographs House Republican leader Rep. John A. Boehner (left) outlined a GOP alternative to President Obama's proposal for more economic stimulus spending.
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"What happens to the oil revenues?" Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said. "And if you're in the north and all of a sudden you think a line's going to be drawn and you're going to lose 80 percent of the oil revenues, you're not a very enthusiastic participant. What are the deals that can possibly be made that will limit the potential of violence?" (Associated Press)
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WWW.COLBERTRALLY.COM Stephen Colbert might stage a parody of Glenn Beck's rally at the Lincoln Memorial in October.
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Associated Press Greg Moore, a local business owner, rides a recreational water vehicle down a flooded street in Belton, Texas, on Wednesday, after Tropical Storm Hermine deluged the region.
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FILE - In this July 27, 2010 file photo, Peter Chou, chief executive officer of Taiwan's High Tech Computer Corp., or HTC Corp., talks about the introduction of the brand into China's market during a press conference held in Beijing, China. East Asia is the world's electronics factory, yet unless they are Japanese, producers are anonymous. Now HTC Corp., the Taiwanese maker of smart phones, is moving out of the shadows and trying to establish its own brand name as it competes with Apple's iPhone. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)
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In this file photo made March 3, 2010, Hewlett-Packard Company Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Mark Hurd speaks during an appearance in Conway, Ark. Mr. Hurd was appointed co-president of Oracle Corp. Tuesday. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston, File)
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In this photo released by VisMedia, the newly announced Barclays PLC Chief Executive Robert E. Diamond Jr., center, poses for a photograph with outgoing Barclays CEO John Varley, left, and Barclays chairman Marcus Agius, right, at Barclays headquarters in Canary Wharf, London, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010. Mr. Diamond, who built Barclays PLC into a global powerhouse in investment banking and has been criticized for his lavish pay, will become chief executive next year, the company announced Tuesday. (AP Photo/VisMedia, Daniel Lewis)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS President Barack Obama rallies the crowd Monday in Milwaukee, where he proposed more spending to create jobs and berated the GOP as the "party of no."
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Edem "Archie" Archibong, 57, of Aurora, Colo., is trying to start a cab company to serve Greater Denver, but local regulations have stalled those plans. "Competition is good for us, good for the industry and good for the public, as well," he said. (Christian Toto/Special to The Washington Times)
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** FILE ** In a Monday, July 21, 2008, file photo, Blackwater Worldwide's headquarters is seen in Moyock, N.C. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)
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President Barack Obama, center, delivers a statement on the monthly jobs number on Friday, Sept. 3, 2010, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. From left are, outgoing Council of Economic Advisers Chair Christina Romer, Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, the president, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, Small Business Administrator (SBA) Karen G. Mills and National Economic Council Director Lawrence Summers. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division for the Justice Department Tony West speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010, regarding a major settlement with a pharmaceutical company for False Claims Act and off-label marketing violations. Allergan Inc., the maker of wrinkle-smoothing Botox, has agreed to pay $600 million to settle a years long federal investigation into its marketing of the top-selling drug. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia Sally Yates, speaks to reporters during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Wednesday, Sep. 1, 2010, regarding a major settlement with a pharmaceutical company for False Claims Act and off-label marketing violations. Allergan Inc., the maker of wrinkle-smoothing Botox, has agreed to pay $600 million to settle a yearslong federal investigation into its marketing of the top-selling, botulin-based drug. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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A sign reads in Greek "Smoking room" as employees smoke at a state-run bank in central Athens, on Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010. Greece will implement a comprehensive ban on all indoor public places starting Wednesday, Sept. 1. Greece has among the highest smoking rates among developing countries around the world. (AP Photo/Alkis Konstantinidis )
