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If Microsoft's Windows-based tablets aren't doing so well, maybe it's because they have been competing head-to-head when they should be doing something different.

Hewlett-Packard is a name that has provided spectacular returns year to date, with the shares appreciating 75% over the last five months.

It appears that the advancement in technology that has brought us "the cloud" has also created new competition where it didn't exist before for many of the large techie companies.

Since the rise of the tablet consumers have gotten used to swiping and the art of the pinch and zoom in everything from the 7 inch to 11 inch touchscreens .

Hewlett-Packard may be the right stock to contemplate over Memorial Day. It's like a good mystery novel, a real "beach read." Only we don't know how it ends.

The firm currently has a "neutral" rating on the stock. Several other analysts have also recently commented on the stock.

On the heels of reporting earnings that soundly beat expectations despite business conditions that are about as bad as anyone can remember , tech giant Hewlett-Packard today announced a shake-up in its financial office.

Few companies have had more drama in the past few years than Hewlett-Packard . Not only was CEO Mark Hurd fired in 2010 amid a sexual harassment investigation, but his successor, Leo Apotheker, also got the boot just a year later.

Hewlett-Packard did something that practically defies the laws of physics: It reported a 10% revenue decline for its fiscal second quarter ended April 30, along with correspondingly soft earnings -- yet saw its stock rocket ahead 17%, to $24.86. The quick explanation was that relieved investors had braced for even worse results.

New home sales increased 2.3% in April. The median price for a new home rose 14.9% from a year ago, indicating continued strength in the housing market.

"You thought they were going to miss big and they didn't," Cramer said. He also noted there were a lot of short-sellers in the name who expected some bad numbers because of Dell's recent woes.

Good day, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the second quarter 2013 Hewlett-Packard earnings conference call.

Hewlett-Packard Co. was the star on Wall Street Thursday, as the stock rallied on the tech giant's results despite a broad market slump - closing the day with its biggest one-day gain in more than a decade.

U.S. stocks edged down on Thursday but rebounded sharply from their session lows as a rally in Hewlett-Packard's shares offset worries about weak Chinese manufacturing data and the prospects of the Federal Reserve reducing its monetary stimulus.

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Hewlett-Packard Co raised its 2013 earnings outlook after quarterly results beat low expectations, as CEO Meg Whitman's turnaround plan helped offset shrinking personal computer sales with enterprise computing services.

Hewlett-Packard Co raised its 2013 earnings outlook after quarterly results beat low expectations, as CEO Meg Whitman's turnaround plan helped offset shrinking personal computer sales with enterprise computing services.

U.S. stocks fell, with benchmark indexes retreating from record highs, as concern grew that the Federal Reserve will scale back its stimulus efforts if the labor market continues to improve.