Description: Hewlett-Packard Co. reported personal-computer sales that topped some analysts’ estimates after the company took market share from Dell Inc. and benefited from surging demand in China.

Source: Bloomberg.com

Date: 11/23/2009

Link: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=a71EClbbvM6I

Questions for discussion: 

• Summarize HP’s financial improvements and Dell’s decline. Explain the reasons for these results.
• What do these results say about the current and future conditions for these competitors? Explain your answer.