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Earnings
PCs, not printers, boost HP results

By Owen Thomas, 5:00 PM on Tue May 20 2008, 116 views (Edit, to draft, Top, Slurp)

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Sales at Hewlett-Packard grew 11 percent, year-over-year in the second quarter, to $28.26 billion. Notebook sales jumped 31 percent, while earnings in its cash-cow printer unit were flat. [WSJ]

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