HP this week Published quarterly report . In particular, the computer maker was forced to write off about $ 13 billion spent in 2008 on the acquisition of EDS.
Current HP leadership with caution suggests the budgets allocated for absorption, but is not ready to completely give up on this activity type . As explained Meg Whitman in a television interview on CNBC, the company is willing to spend on the absorption up to $ 1.5 billion, but may be limited to the amounts and transactions of $ 100 million to $ 300 million .
The CEO sees the absorption as one of the ways to advance its strategic initiatives.