The techie in me could not pass this story up:
Carly Fiorina, dismissed as chairman and CEO of Hewlett-Packard last month, has emerged as a candidate to head the World Bank, according to published reports Tuesday.
The New York Times cited an unnamed Bush administration official as saying Fiorina is a strong candidate to assume the presidency of the international aid provider. The Wall Street Journal said the administration is in the early stages of considering Fiorina after Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz pulled out of contention for the job.
…The 50-year-old Fiorina was dismissed by the HP board Feb. 9 amid a dispute over the computer products company’s structure and the failure to meet performance goals following the 2002 acquisition of Compaq Computer Inc. (more…)
I really became puzzled about this scenario until I read the following line in the article:
She’s a Republican who supported President Bush’s re-election last year.
Ahh! It’s not what you know, but who you vote for. (sigh!) More politics as usual.
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