Does H-P need an investor like Icahn?
December 11, 2012 at 06:00 AM EST
Unsubstantiated rumors swirl that activist investor Carl Icahn was buying up shares of embattled Hewlett-Packard Co. Even if Icahn is able to amass enough of H-P’s stock to have a voice, would he help or hinder its effort at a turnaround? writes Therese Poletti.