Solid quarter for HP on strong laptop sales (AFP)

November 24, 2008

Hewlett Packard on Monday reported a solid fourth quarter on strong laptop sales, taking net profit for the full fiscal year to 8.3 billion dollars, an increase of 15 percent over the previous year.(AFP/File/Jean-Pierre Clatot)AFP - Hewlett Packard on Monday reported a solid fourth quarter on strong laptop sales, taking net profit for the full fiscal year to 8.3 billion dollars, an increase of 15 percent over the previous year.


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HP 4Q results beat views; strong laptop sales help (AP)

November 24, 2008

In this Aug. 15, 2008 file photo, a shopper looks over Hewlett Packard desktop computers on display at Best Buy in Mountain View, Calif. Hewlett Packard is expected to release quarterly earnings Monday, Nov. 24. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)AP - Hewlett-Packard Co. edged past Wall Street's forecast for the latest quarter, showing some resilience in troubled times, as strong laptop sales helped offset falling printer orders and weakness in some server lines.


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Watchdog group cites video games for violence, sex (AP)

November 24, 2008
AP - Gang members slitting the throats of their rivals and beating up strippers. Combatants hacking away with chain saw-equipped assault rifles. Football players taking steroids and celebrating game victories with hookers.No tag for this post.