HP plans billions of dollars to buy autonomy and divest PC business

Sina Science and technology news Beijing time of August 19, said people familiar with the matter, HP plans to buy software company Autonomy 10 billion dollars, and plans to divest PC business. HP is likely to announce the plan as early as today, the person said.　　HP will release its second-quarter earnings after the close of today's U.S. stocks. In the afternoon of Thursday, with the news, Hewlett-Packard, a component of the Dow Jones, suddenly shifted its forces, from a fall of 6% to a 4.4% rise. A Bloomberg report said HP could release two big messages after the launch today: splitting up the PC division and spending about 10 billion dollars to buy autonomy. Led by HP, the Dow declined slightly. As of press, HP's share price was 30.51 dollars. (New anecdote)