Will HP's Storyline Continue to Depress Its Shareholders?

The industry dynamic for PC makers seems perpetually grim at this point: the Hewlett-Packard storyline continues to go downhill, as evidenced by its most recent earnings report. With revenue down 5%, consumers are moving past PCs into a market that's merging more into mobile technology. Everyone in the tech space is well aware of the former innovator's fall from grace. However, with newly minted CEO Meg Whitman purportedly leading a multiyear turnaround, the question facing the company is: Can it change course and find a place at the table in the post-PC world?

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