HP split will cost billions

Hewlett-Packard will absorb more than $2 billion (around £1.29 billion, or AU$2.56 billion) in costs as part of its move to split the company in two later this year.Speaking after a lukewarm results release, CEO Meg Whitman told analysts that "dis-synergy" costs for the split will total between $400 million (around £258.3 million, or AU$511 million) and $450 million (around £290.6 million, or AU$575 million) that will be "divided equally between the two companies," accordi