HP to keep PC business, future of webOS still uncertain

Release Date 28 Oct, 2011 in Apple Insider

 
   

HP move to keep PC business a positive analysts

Moneycontrol.com - 28 Oct, 2011
REUTERS - Hewlett-Packard Co's about-turn on spinning off its PC business is a step in the right direction for the company, but the decision hardly came as a surprise, said Wall Street analysts on Friday. HP, under the leadership of its new Chief ...

HP move to keep PC business a positive: analysts

Reuters India - 28 Oct, 2011
A man walks past the Hewlett Packard logo at its French headquarters in Issy le Moulineaux, western Paris, September 16, 2005. REUTERS - Hewlett-Packard Co's about-turn on spinning off its PC business is a step in the right direction for the company, ...

HP scraps plans to spin off PC business

Livemint - 28 Oct, 2011
PTI New York: Technology giant HP has scrapped the plans to spin off its personal computer unit, about a month after the ouster of its former CEO Leo Apotheker who had mooted this proposal in August last as part of the strategic overhaul. ...

HP, ready for PC price wars, crumbling margins?

CBS News - 28 Oct, 2011
The HP Compaq 8200 Elite all-in-one PC. Hewlett-Packard says it's going all in on PCs. Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman crunched the numbers and determined that the company had to keep its PC division. The big question now is how far HP will go on ...

HP to focus on Windows tablets

Washington Post - 28 Oct, 2011
Hewlett-Packard pulled a Netflix Thursday by backtracking on its plan to spin off its PC business â€" called its personal systems group. But it also announced that it's charging back into the tablet game after discontinuing its TouchPad slate this summer ...

Hewlett-Packard stock rises after decision to forego PC spinoff

San Jose Mercury News - 28 Oct, 2011
Investors reacted warmly Friday morning to Hewlett-Packard's (HPQ) decision to not separate its core personal computer business from the rest of the company. HP stock rose 3.6 percent in the opening minutes of trading in New York ...

Acer welcomes HP's decision to hold on to PC division

eTaiwan News - 28 Oct, 2011
Taipei, Oct. 28 (CNA) Taiwan's Acer Inc. said Friday that it is optimistic about a decision made by Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) a day earlier to hold on to its personal computer division. "I welcome HP making such a decision in light of increasing ...

Hewlett-Packard New CEO Unwinds Apotheker's Criticized Moves

BusinessWeek - 28 Oct, 2011
Oct. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Hewlett-Packard Co. Chief Executive Officer Meg Whitman, by abandoning a proposal to spin off the company's market-leading personal-computer unit, took a step toward unwinding the moves that led to her predecessor's ouster. ...

HP Keeps Making PCs: Now What?

PCWorld - 28 Oct, 2011
Hewlett-Packard's reversal of its plan to drop its consumer division means we'll soon see new HP tablets and ultrabooks, and WebOS may find a home on additional devices, HP executives suggested in a late ...

HP back in the PC game. Now what?

CNET - 28 Oct, 2011
Hewlett Packard reaffirmed its commitment to the computer business yesterday, bringing to a close three months of dramatic upheaval. Since August, when HP and then-CEO Leo Apotheker outlined ...

HP move to keep PC business a positive - analysts

Reuters UK - 28 Oct, 2011
A woman walks past the Hewlett Packard logo at its French headquarters in Issy le Moulineaux, western Paris, in this September 16, 2005 file photograph. (Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard Co's about-turn on spinning off its PC business is a step in the right ...

HP <3 PCs; Meg's 180 chatter curated

Computerworld (blog) - 28 Oct, 2011
Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ) is all-in on PCs, baby. New CEO Meg Whitman has nixed Leo Apotheker's plan to spin off the HP's PC business. In IT Blogwatch, it's bloggers' heads that are spinning. ...

HP CEO to focus on hardware

Times of India - 28 Oct, 2011
SAN FRANCISCO: Hewlett-Packard co chief executive Officer Meg Whitman, who scrapped a proposal to spin off the company's personal-computer unit today, says she has split up operational duties with executive chairman Ray Lane. ...

HP will keep its PC business

Inquirer - 28 Oct, 2011
HARDWARE, SERVICES AND PRINTER INK FIRM HP has made a decision about the future of its Personal Systems Group - the part that makes PCs - and will keep it. The firm was not sure what it would do with the PC business while software and ...

HP to hold on to PC division â€" but sources say it will finally kill webOS

The Guardian - 28 Oct, 2011
Hewlett-Packard is to keep its PC division rather than selling it off, the company has announced, reversing a plan first aired by former chief executive Leo Apotheker - who was fired in September after a boardroom row over his plans for the business. ...

PC business

CNET (blog) - 28 Oct, 2011
Hewlett Packard reaffirmed its commitment to the computer business yesterday, bringing to a close three months of dramatic upheaval. Since August, when HP and then-CEO Leo Apotheker outlined a plan to "explore strategic alternatives" for its Personal ...

HP not to shut PC unit

Times of India - 28 Oct, 2011
SAN FRANCISCO: Hewlett-Packard Co ditched a plan to spin off its personal computers unit, a month after the ouster of CEO Leo Apotheker whose idea would have cost billions of dollars in expenses and lost business. New Chief Executive Meg Whitman, ...

HP Chief,Meg Whitman, says PC division will remain

Economic Times - 28 Oct, 2011
SAN FRANCISCO: Meg Whitman is moving as fast as she can to figure out a strategy for Hewlett-Packard. For starters, she wants to keep selling personal computers. On Thursday, Whitman, HP's chief executive, announced that the company would retain its PC ...

Hewlett-Packard decides to keep PC unit

The Seattle Times - 28 Oct, 2011
Hewlett-Packard Co. Chief Executive Officer Meg Whitman scrapped a proposal to spin off the company's personal-computer unit, marking her first major decision since taking over last month. By Aaron Ricadela ELAINE THOMPSON / AP HP CEO Meg Whitman says ...

HP won't sell PSG department

eTaiwan News - 28 Oct, 2011
The rumor about HP will make the final decision for going or stay PSG department at the end October came out before. Some rumors revealed that HP might sell or reset up PSG department previously. But according to the announcement of HP's ...

Hewlett-Packard to Keep Its PC Business

New York Times - 28 Oct, 2011
By DEALBOOK Barely a month into Meg Whitman's tenure as chief executive, Hewlett-Packard announced Thursday that it would not sell the company's dominant personal computer business â€" closing off a strategic path offered by her predecessor, Bits reports ...

Now HP won't spin off computer unit

Chicago Sun-Times - 28 Oct, 2011
SAN FRANCISCO â€" Hewlett-Packard Co. has decided against spinning off or selling its PC division â€" a plan first brought to light in August by the technology conglomerate's now former CEO. HP said Thursday that it reached its decision after evaluating ...

Small surprise HP decides to retain PC unit

ZDNet Asia - 28 Oct, 2011
IT giant has backtracked on move to sell PC business and will instead keep the profit-making unit, saying decision is "right for customers". Analysts welcome announcement, while noting it ...

Meg Whitman's New HP: Taking A Page From Steve Jobs

Forbes - 28 Oct, 2011
This week Meg Whitman stepped forward and confirmed what many of us had known for weeks: that it made no sense for Hewlett-Packard to spin off their PC division. But in the discussion with analysts that happened after the announcement Whitman said ...

HP to keep PC division

GMANews.TV - 28 Oct, 2011
Multinational information technology corporation Hewlett-Packard has decided not to spin off its personal computer (PC) division amid a slowdown in that division's growth. The decision came two months after HP killed off its "TouchPad" WebOS tablet and ...

HP will make Windows 8 tablets, no WebOS plans yet

Los Angeles Times - 28 Oct, 2011
Hewlett-Packard announced Thursday that it has decided to keep its PC business, which is the world's largest, after considering a spinoff of its "personal services group." Such as separation was first proposed in August by HP's then-Chief Executive Leo ...

HP decides to remain in the PC business

Los Angeles Times - 28 Oct, 2011
The tech giant had said in August that it might stop making PCs, but that led to criticism and the ouster of its chief executive. New CEO Meg Whitman says a spin-off wouldn't benefit shareholders or customers. HP's new chief executive, Meg Whitman, ...

Summary Box: Hewlett-Packard says it decided not to spin off or sell its PC unit

Washington Post - 28 Oct, 2011
THE DECISION: Hewlett-Packard Co. said late Thursday that it decided not to sell or spin off its PC business, which is the world's biggest maker of desktop and notebook computers. The idea to do so was first brought up by the tech conglomerate's now ...

H-P to Keep PC Business

Wall Street Journal - 28 Oct, 2011
Meg Whitman wants Hewlett-Packard Co. to sell personal computers after all, a dramatic about-face by the HP chief executive only five weeks into the latest chapter of her sweeping career. Hewlett-Packard now says it will keep its ...

Summary Box: HP Says It Won't Remove off PC Unit

ABC News - 28 Oct, 2011
By AP THE DECISION: Hewlett-Packard Co. said late Thursday that it decided not to sell or spin off its PC business, which is the world's biggest maker of desktop and notebook computers. The idea to do so was first brought up by the tech conglomerate's ...

 

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