Meg Whitman Says HP Was Defrauded By Autonomy; HP Stock Plunges

Posted by timothy on Tuesday November 20, 2012 @05:15AM from the damn-english-ravines dept.

McGruber writes "CNBC is reporting that Meg Whitman claims HP was defrauded in its purchase of Autonomy. 'We believed there is a willful effort on the part of certain members of Autonomy management to mislead shareholders when Autonomy was a publicly traded company, and to mislead potential buyers including HP,' Whitman said. 'We stand by the forensic review that we've seen,' she added. I wish her the same level of success I had when I filed an eBay claim." Also covered at SlashBI, which names the write-down damage: $8.8 billion.

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Corp looking to committ suicide? Hire female CEO! by Anonymous Coward · 2012-11-20 05:33 · Score: 0, Troll

Seriously, I hate to be sexist about this, but how often now do we have to see this pattern repeat before we acknowledge that hiring a catty, spoiled, narcissistic bitch to lead your company is a HORRIBLE FUCKING IDEA!
Re:Meg, Carly by slashmydots · 2012-11-20 06:38 · Score: 0, Troll

I don't think you're going to stop women from buying things on emotion and then regretting it later when they actually look into the technical details, lol. That's been going on for centuries.