HP公司在1998财年度第三季度(截止到7月31日)的财务报告显示,尽管遭受了从今年年初开始的亚洲金融危机的冲击,HP公司在该财政季度的净利润仍获得1%的增长,收入增长5%,在全球疲软的经济中取得了较好的业绩。据统计,与去年同期6.17亿美元比,本季度的净利润达6.21亿美元。就此,HP公司主席、总裁兼首席执行官Lewis E.Platt说:“在亚洲,尽管我们面临着经济衰退和一个较艰难的经济环境,我们仍尽最大努力实现了收入和利润的增长。虽然我们对这两项指标的增 HP’s financial results for the third quarter of fiscal year 1998 (ended July 31) show that HP suffered a 1% net profit in the fiscal quarter, despite the impact of the Asian financial crisis that began earlier this year Growth, revenue growth of 5% in the global weak economy has achieved good results. According to statistics, compared with 617 million U.S. dollars in the same period last year, this quarter’s net profit reached 621 million U.S. dollars. In this regard, Lewis E. Platt, chairman, president and chief executive officer of HP, said: ”In Asia, we are doing our best to achieve revenue and profit growth despite our economic downturn and a difficult economic environment. We have increased these two indicators