HP's 2Q offers hope even as revenue slump deepens SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Hewlett-Packard is still scrambling to meet the growing demand for more versatile and less expensive mobile devices as a slump in its personal computer sales deepens, but the company's cost-cutting measures and focus on more profitable areas of technology appear to be easing the pain....
Survey shows China manufacturing contracting BEIJING (AP) -- A survey shows China's manufacturing contracted this month, adding to signs a fragile economic recovery is slowing....
Asia stocks down as China factory output slips BANGKOK (AP) -- Asian stock markets fell Thursday, weighed down by a contraction in China's manufacturing that adds to signs a shaky recovery in the world's No. 2 economy is slowing....
Broke no laws, IRS official says _ then takes 5th WASHINGTON (AP) -- At the center of a political storm, an Internal Revenue Service supervisor whose agents targeted conservative groups swore Wednesday she did nothing wrong, broke no laws and never lied to Congress. Then she refused to answer lawmakers' further questions, citing her Fifth Amendment right not to incriminate herself....