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SAN FRANCISCO — Hewlett-Packard Co.’s profit dropped 19 percent in the latest quarter, dragged down by ongoing weakness in sales of personal computers and printer ink.
HP reported after the market closed that it earned $1.64 billion, or 67 cents per share, in the fiscal third quarter. A year earlier, the company made $2.03 billion, or 80 cents a share.
