HP posts 3Q profit jump; faces stiff competition

Hewlett-Packard Co. weathered economic turbulence remarkably well in the fiscal third quarter but the technology bellwether faces another big challenge -- stiffer personal-computer competition -- that threatens to slow its steady growth.

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