New HP CEO Meg Whitman's accelerated review of the fate of its PC business may see her change her mind, insiders detailed Tuesday. Advisors on the subject have told the new executive that the costs of breaking out the group into a separate company might be more than the cost savings, the WSJ heard. Shedding the PC business would hurt HP's ability to get low prices on its remaining hardware and would cut into the profits of what was left.
