[Wine] DO you know, HP revenue outlook dims as PC sales drop 20%?

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Thu May 19 04:21:41 CDT 2011


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The world's largest computer maker (http://www.laptopspark.com/products/HP-G62-340US-NoteBook-AMD-Athlon-II-Dual-Core-P340220GHz-156-3GB-Memory-320GB-HDD-5400rpm-DVD-Super-Multi-ATI-Radeon-HD-4250-laptop-2047.html) startles analysts by scaling back its revenue forecast for the second time in as many quarters. It cites weak demand for desktops and notebooks, manufacturing problems in Japan and growing interest in tablets, a market in which HP has lagged rivals.A Hewlett-Packard printer is displayed for sale while a customer browses at a Best Buy store in Orem, Utah. HP (http://www.laptopspark.com/products/HP-ProBook-4520s-Notebook-Intel-Core-i5-480M266GHz-156-4GB-Memory-DDR3-1066-500GB-HDD-7200rpm-DVD-Super-Multi-Intel-HD-Graphics-laptop-2045.html)said it earned $2.3 billion in its fiscal second quarter, up 5% from a year earlier, but lowered its revenue forecast for the year as demand for PCs (http://www.laptopspark.com/products/HP-EliteBook-8440p-Notebook-Intel-Core-i7-640M280GHz-14-4GB-Memory-DDR3-1333-320GB-HDD-7200rpm-DVD-Super-Multi-NVIDIA-Quadro-NVS-3100M-laptop-2041.html)wanes. (George Frey, Bloomberg / May 18, 2011)







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