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HP profit plummets as PC market struggles
Feb 23rd, 2012
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard Co's earnings fell nearly 44 percent and the world's No. 1 computer maker forecast a second-quarter profit below Wall Street estimates as it struggles with weak sales of PCs and printers. The storied Silicon Valley company, which has been trying to move past the internal upheaval that marked 2011, posted quarterly sales declines in three of its key units: personal computers, printers and enterprise equipment. ... (Source: Reuters) -
LONDON (Reuters) - Royal Mail said annual profit had more than doubled on the back of an online shopping boom, providing a timely boost ahead of a stock market listing expected later this year. An initial public offering (IPO) of the state-owned firm, which has 150,000 staff and sales of 9.15 billion pounds, is expected to value Royal Mail at betwe... [Full Article]
By Rodrigo Campos NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock index futures were little changed on Tuesday after the S&P 500 hit yet another intraday record in the previous session, with markets expected to drift sideways ahead of Congressional testimony from Fed chairman Ben Bernanke on Wednesday. The U.S. economic calendar is thin and the market will continue... [Full Article]
ISLAMABAD (AP) - The campaign posters for the Pakistan People's Party show both why it has been so popular for so long and why it's in trouble ahead of this Saturday's national election: two of the party icons on the posters are dead and a third is not old enough to be a candidate. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]