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May 27, 2012
 
 
 
 
 
 

Dell, HP profits rise, wave off slowdown fears

21 August 2010 / REUTERS, SAN FRANCISCO
Dell Inc and Hewlett-Packard Co dismissed worries about weakening technology demand, reporting broad-based strength from corporate customers and only hints of weakness from consumers.

Both faced questions on Thursday about the strength of the recovery in spending on technology, after Cisco Systems Inc CEO John Chambers’ warned last week about “unusual uncertainty” in the global economy.

Analysts said fears persisted about the strength of any recovery in consumer spending, as growth moderates in Europe and China as well as in the United States. But executives from the two largest US personal computer makers waved off such fears, even as shares of Dell fell 3 percent after it posted slightly weaker-than-expected growth margins and HP fell about 1 percent. “We saw better-than-normal quarterly seasonality, as well as good balanced performance across all of our three regions,” said Cathie Lesjak, HP’s interim chief executive, on a conference call with the media.

 
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