Bloomberg reported that Hewlett-Packard’s $8.8 billion writedown tied to the purchase of software maker Autonomy Corp. is fueling concern that CEO Meg Whitman and her board aren’t up to the task of engineering a turnaround.

The article said the allegations about Autonomy come just three months after Hewlett-Packard announced an $8 billion writedown related to an earlier acquisition, and it follows years of strategy shifts and management missteps that Whitman has yet to rectify.

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Previously on monitordaily: HP Books $8.9B Q3 Loss; HP Financial YTD Earnings Higher, published August 23, 2012