meg whitman, as always appreciate your time.hank you. >> thank you. >> meg whitman, chairman and ceo of hewlett-packard. >> what do you think? >> what do i think? >> i mean stock wise, the quarter sort of not going to move anybody one way or the other. guidance was a bit -- you know, when you take that high end of the guidance and lower end, some saying well moving in into next year they sort of lowered it a bit. currency head winds something our colleague sara talks about a great deal is going to figure prominently into hewlett-packard i think, carl, and so many others. something we have to start to get used to here with this violent move in the dollar and, of course, the split is the big thing for hewlett-packard. we can sit and talk all we want about flat revenues which have been the case for many years now and lack of revenue growth but that's what investors have focused on. >> our surprised review of the sprout, one of their desk tops, "usa today" calling it cool and promising. to quote ed baig, potentially the most excitin

you had meg whitman coming in in between. out to be a disaster for hp shareholders towards the end. what remains from the old guard? >> at this point, probably very little. >> you blink and they go by relatively quickly at hp. certainly the old school, innovative, relatively hard-working nose to the grind stone mentality that made hp successful for so long -- they try to move away from that, be aggressive and more businesslike from that perspective. that forced out a number of people that would -- that were not happy in that environment. they brought in a new set of cultural identities. given the challenges that top management team had and the board had, i think we can pretty safely say there has been significant cultural challenges in there. i believe the split will be an opportunity to try and solve that. these major reorganizations provide a chance to move people around, separate people who have been fighting within the top management team. in order to create a more coherent culture in the firm. that will probably leave be

on the conference call, meg whitman said turn arounds aren't linear and the company is right where it should be at this point. right now, trading down 1.5% in frankfu frankfurt. shares in hp up about 6.5% in the last three months. this is the first earnings report from hp since they announced that split. investors want more clarity. how do you unlock shareholder value, making both companies profitable and meaningful to the world? >> notebook computers. they're saying that this was kind of a one-trick pony in terms of the results we've seen already. but whether it can continue or not, we simply don't know. it's too early to say. cash dollars looking very, very good for them at the moment. meg whitman seemed to underline that, breaking up as well as a chance to get on top of the cost cutting measures that need to be taken. it's a complete overhaul for the company. >> you were just mentioning pcs. pcs are seeing somewhat of a stabilization or recovery, if you will. that's been one of the reasons we've been seeing intel beating street expectations. hp citing growth in its decision up 4% y

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it appears that meg whitman still has her work cut out for her. the tech giant sales fell short during the fourth quarter. they fell short again. whitman,st noted meg who oversees a split in the company next year, faces and everest like climb. bring the company back to growth it enjoyed before. joining me, paul. there are a lot of questions. capable ofman preening hp back to growth? >> no. but i do not think anyone is. it is one of the most difficult questions running a technology question -- technology company. countrieso not take of this size and return them to growth. there is a reason why they are the size they are. there is a reason they stopped growing. the markets they dominated and grew with also start -- stopped growing. it is difficult to see any of the markets where they have got presents. energyclearly thinks the software,, services, that will be the big driver for hp. you have doubts? >> i do. that is an old playbook. they made a similar transition away from hardware. information technology services company, you are already seeing tha

ceo meg whitman warned more layoffs are on the way. she did ensure investors the company's turn around will accelerate next year. and chrysler is ditching its iconic logo. the pentastar is being replaced by the letters fca. which is short for fiat, chrysler, automobile. that's the latest from the fox business network giving you the power to prosper melissa: bad weather is making the busiest travel day of the year even more hectic. hopefully we can look forward to some nice weather tomorrow. janice has the latest details. janice, please make that weather work. give us good news. >> did i tell you i if i had a magic wand i'd make it go away? does that make sense. melissa: okay. >> tomorrow for the actual turkey day and the big macy's day parade. improved weather. let's get through this. this low pressure center winding up all along the mid-atlantic coast bringing rain and wind and snow and a mixture of the two. so things are sloppy. we have a lot of delays at the airport. there's what we're looking at. light snow and rain for philadelphi

meg whitman did a great job talking about the quarter and the future so she's managing the process veryand that is key to any stock, setting expectations. i think she's done a good job. i think it is range bound here. i wouldn't buy or sell. actually i'd probably take a little off the table would you be a buyer given they expect to take 7 billion in capital next year. >> we were both talking about it being a buy on the dip last yiegt because mel of the breakup. there are a lot of people who want to own both pieces because upstream/downstream. when you separate the companies like we have in the oil patch, that's what i was addressing with upstreamdo downstream. you want to own both pieces. i think the same group wants to hold both piece os of hewlett because they believe cash freed up. >> herbal life. >> went public at 14 and he could exercise it as 775 or something like that. smart man. he's held till here. could he have sold before here? yeah but they were about to expire. it's near session highs now. >> and the war of words continues. ackman says he has to hold it because all the inve

valley is a good place for women, ang attractive place for women they talk about sarah miller, and meg whitman and they talk about carly fiorina at hp. but we can't name ten well-known executives in silicon valley. i'm sure there are hundreds but we don't know of them. >> because they don't get depressed, another problem here that the media covers the boy's club. because these powerful investors are also investors in some of the tech blogs and their companies tentd to ge tends to l the attention. it distorts the image of who's important and what's right here. the wrong people get the attention, the wrong people get the funding and it really screws up the system. the venture capital system is on the decline. they invest the me too companies and throw the money in the wrong places. we need to hold the boards responsible and rein in the boys club and this will be a nicer place to be. us. >> thank you. >>> how disrupting the taxi industry has made uber a moving target. >> i'm joie chen, i'm the host of america tonight, we're revolutionary because we're going back to doing best of storytelling. we

meg whitman. >> no way. you are what your record says you are. the turn around underneath her control has been phenomenal. no way you get rid of her. >> how about eddy lamp ert. >>less like bezos. he owns the place. >> he knows he's on the hot seat. he may not care or give a damn but he's on the hot seat. >> activist shareholders control more capital than ever before. so theoretically everyone is on the hot seat. >> he has fireproof pants on because he's been on the seat a long time. . . >>> trader blitz now. first up is walmart. moving higher after beating on both top and bottom lines. strong back to school season. maybe this was a surprise to a lot of people today. >> well the first positive comp in seven quarters. >> sort of dour on our outlook. now they sound kind of upbeat. >> --. it's trading 15 times forward. a little ahead of itself. >> then kohl's. >> i like the hyper market trade. clearly walmart well, target -- >> jc penney. smaller than expected loss. stock selling off 8% today. >> county don't listen. if it can hold 7 dollars on reas

you had meg whitman in 2010. there were a couple of major -- texas governor's race, there's been some money spent but not the same in florida. new york was more of a competitive race at the time. cuomo had to spend real money. we have more money spent than ever before in this midterm and none in california, no major races in new york. only half of a major race in texas. it's even more rashgable. do you realize the saturation levels of what washgs if you were to saturate california in the same way iowa has been saturated, it would cost you $1 billion. just in california to do that. >> wow. >> these are all national -- >> what's interesting is, when i would talk to these republican candidates, and i'd say, you know, about the money, we talk about issues but then afterwards i would say, they all complained about the outside money, too. i'm wondering if some of these guys -- if the candidates themselves, you see a bipartisan coalition of maybe guys that won but feel as if their reputation is in the tatters because ev

not a bad year for meg whitman. michael, what i find interesting is clout.alking abody starts theme, all my radar goes up. how do you handle theme investing when you're trying to not lose money? >> it is a hard thing to do and a hard question. >> remember nanotechnology? 1999, lot of powerpoint slides and detailed excel spreadsheets to go along with those. it is hard because you have seen companies -- was a post on alibaba which is generating real cash flows. facebook is generating real revenues. these are new companies. they are themes -- >> but the cloud is a boom. my radar is up. am i wrong? >> i don't think there's anything wrong with the cloud per se, it is a matter of if you're going to succeed in the cloud. >> everyone is shifting -- >> cloud! >> it becomes this catchall. in the cloud, doesn't mean you deserve a higher p.e. it is more that this is sort of a new environment you have to work out of. >> you're looking for a way out. >> do we have a twitter question? >> we do. what are you most thankful for this angst giving? -- what are you most thankful

meg whitman comes to mind and certainly as well as men. it just needs to be someone who knows what he or she is doing and it's very very simple. yes. >> why do you think the fbi is so much better funded than the secret service? >> the fbi rightfully has been pushing to get more funding and has done a very good job of it where's the secret service not only has not been pushing for more funding because they could get it. if they want obama and said hey your life is at risk and we are screwing up. we had better double the budget which i think is what should happen you can be sure that money would be provided. $1.6 billion, it's ridiculous for this agency. and congress would go along as well. but as part of this greater culture they have the attitude that we make due with less. in my book i quote mark sullivan as saying that. we make due with less. they're actually proud to spend less money. i mean what are they thinking? this is a present of the united states we are talking about. if you have an assassination you nullify democracy. people rec

meg whitman comes to mind, and certainly within the government is the same, as well as men.it just needs to be someone who knows what he or she is doing and it's very, very simple. yes. >> why do you think that the fbi is so much better funded than the secret service? >> the fbi rightfully has been pushing to get more funding and has done a very good job of it, whereas the secret service not only has not been pushing for more funding, because they could get a. if he went to obama and save your life risk, we are screwing up, we better double the budget which is what i think should happen, boy, you can be sure that money would be provided. $1.6 billion, it's ridiculous for this agency. and congress would go along as well. but as part of this screwed up culture they have the attitude we make do with less. in my book i quote mark sullivan singh said, we make do with less. they are proud to spend less money. what are they thinking? this is the president we're talking about. if you have an assassination you know if i democracy. people sort of record of when you hear the word assas