HP Says Goodbye To Drama

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IT WAS APRIL.R.TODD BRADLEY was sitting on the beach near his San Diego home when his mobile phone rang.A friend was calling to urge him to get in touch with Mark V.Hurd,the newly appointed chief executive of Hewlett-Packard Co.The computer and printer giant was looking for someone to run its US25 billion PC unit.Bradley,fresh off a tough turnaround at handheld maker Palm Inc.,was a reluctant recruit."I was ready to lay on the beach for a while-both literally and figuratively," he says.