On 05/01/2016 04:10 PM, T wrote:
"Fiorina says in her autobiography that she pushed back against
the pressure for short-term growth at any cost, and two former Lucent
collegues with whom she remains friendly back her up. On the other hand,
this 2001 Fortune story, which described Lucent’s irresponsible growth
habits, cites sources saying Fiorina made it known that Wall Street
would generously reward companies that emphasized and delivered robust
revenue growth. And an executive who sat across the table from Fiorina
in a big vendor financing negotiation, when asked this week about what
he remembers of the bargaining, described Fiorina as being dead set on
chalking up a huge sale. He adds: “The press release was always very
important to her.”"

Unfortunately, she understood exactly how the game is played. Even Apple
immediately stopped being the idol of Wall Street when they missed their
projections.