3D Printing News: 3D Systems Corporation (DDD)’s $250 Million Public Offering, Hewlett-Packard Company (HPQ) New Products For SMEs

…the customer’s face. They retail for $69.99 each. Customers can personalize their figurines with options such as Star Trek rank from ensign through captain, uniform color, and poses including the “live long and prosper” Vulcan gesture complete with Vulcan ears.

Hewlett-Packard faces $1bn lawsuit from shareholders over Autonomy deal (The Guardian)
Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ) tried to pull out of its $11bn (£7bn) takeover of British software firm Autonomy before the deal closed, according to claims in a $1bn shareholder lawsuit brought against the US computer maker. HP’s chief executive Meg Whitman, her predecessor Léo Apotheker, the company’s former chairman Ray Lane and Autonomy founder Mike Lynch are among eight defendants named in the class action suit, filed at California’s San Francisco district court, which accuses those who oversaw the botched deal of conducting “cursory due diligence on a polluted and vastly overvalued asset”. Whitman and Lane – who resigned as chairman in April after a shareholder revolt – are accused of ignoring damaging evidence from whistleblowers and hiding their full concerns about the Autonomy deal.

3D Systems Corporation (DDD): Stapling It All Together (Insider Monkey)
Now, Staples, Inc. (NASDAQ:SPLS) has become the first major U.S. retailer to carry 3-D printers by offering 3D Systems Corporation (NYSE:DDD)’s very own Cube printers online. Even better, curious customers should also be able to get their first glimpse of the printers in person, when they become available in a limited number of Staples, Inc. (NASDAQ:SPLS)’ bricks-and-mortar stores by the end of June. 3D Systems Corporation (NYSE:DDD) CEO Avi Reichental said, “We are absolutely thrilled that a leader and innovator of the caliber of Staples, Inc. (NASDAQ:SPLS) is making it easy to get our award-winning Cube 3D Printer family on-line and in their stores.”