HP profit drops 17 pct; PC, ink sales stumble

(AP) -- Hewlett-Packard Co.'s quarterly profit dropped 17 percent on lighter sales of personal computers and printer ink, two of its biggest sellers and a sign that the woes in consumer technology spending dragged on beyond the miserable holiday season.

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news161970633.html">HP profit drops 17 pct; PC, ink sales stumble</a></p> <p>(AP) -- Hewlett-Packard Co.'s quarterly profit dropped 17 percent on lighter sales of personal computers and printer ink, two of its biggest sellers and a sign that the woes in consumer technology spending dragged on beyond the miserable holiday season.</p>