"惠普宣布裁員"

這家科技公司的利潤遠比預期還好。

惠普上週宣布，2014年底前將削減27,000份工作。這家世界最大的個人電腦製造商將減少8%的勞動力，此舉將每年為其節省35億美元。據該公司的說法，此決定是「設計用來簡化業務流程的生產力初步行動」的一部分。

剛剛公佈最新季度的數字後，公司立即發布了這項公告。儘管惠普的表現優於市場預期，廣泛的裁員報告在很大程度上掩蓋了這個鼓舞人心的結果。這家科技龍頭透露，其利潤在第二季下降了31%到達16億美元。三個月期間的收入比上一年下降3%，為307億美元。

九月份被任命為惠普公司執行長的梅格惠特曼談到相關結果，評論道，「本季我們超越了先前的預期，並且正在執行我們的策略，但我們還有很多事要做。」財務數字和裁員公佈引起市場反應不一。惠普公司的股票當天收盤下跌3%，但在尾盤上漲6.6%。

(Business)HP Announces Job Cuts

The tech companys profits were better than expected.

Hewlett-Packard announced last week that it will cut 27,000 jobs by the end of 2014. The worlds biggest personal computer maker is going to reduce its workforce by 8%, a move that will save it $3.5 billion a year. According to the company, the decision is one part of a productivity initiative designed to simplify business processes.

The announcement came immediately after the company released its most recent quarterly figures. Although HP outperformed market expectations, the encouraging results were largely overshadowed by the reports of widespread job cuts. The technology giant revealed that its profits fell 31% to US$1.6 billion in the second quarter. Revenue in the three-month period was down 3% on the previous year and stood at $30.7 billion.

Meg Whitman, who was appointed HPs chief executive in September, spoke about the results, commenting: This quarter we exceeded our previously provided outlook and are executing against our strategy, but we still have a lot of work to do. The financial figures and job cut announcement brought a mixed reaction from the market. HPs shares closed the day down 3%, but were up 6.6% in late trading.

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