Hewlett-Packard CEO Whitman to Evaluate Sale of Small Businesses

Hewlett-Packard Co. Chief Executive Officer Meg Whitman said the world’s largest personal-computer maker will evaluate selling small businesses or projects that don’t fit its plans while keeping its main operating divisions.

Whitman’s remarks came in an on-stage interview with Katy Huberty, an analyst at Morgan Stanley, at the securities firm’s technology conference today in San Francisco. They echoed comments she made on the company’s quarterly earnings call on Feb. 21. In a regulatory filing Dec. 27, Hewlett-Packard said it would consider disposing of “assets and businesses that may no longer help us meet our objectives.”