[Am-info] Money-Losing HP Wringing Costs From PC Business

[Paul Rickard]

========== On 2002.08.28 10:15 AM, Fred A. Miller typed: ============

>Hewlett-Packard reported a net loss of $2 billion for its first 
>quarter of combined operations with Compaq, as the company 
>absorbed $3 billion in expenses related to layoffs and other 
>merger costs. But execs promised better performance for the 
>current quarter as the newest HP wrings costs from its 
>money-losing PC and server businesses. 

   This explains the earlier story about swapping Office (or Works) for 
WordPerfect.



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