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Whatever is Meg Thinking?

Board went and upped HP dividend 10% - that’s not much but evidently HP needs the money elsewhere
By Maureen O'Gara
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March 27, 2012 08:30 AM EDT
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The sound of Meg Whitman’s voice telling HP stockholders that the company’s has “real financial challenges” and that its “cost structure is not sustainable” was still in the air Friday when the board went and upped HP dividend 10%.

At the current 12 cents a share, that’s not much but evidently HP needs the money elsewhere.

Published March 27, 2012 – Reads 1,451
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