Anhui Expressway and Shenzhen Expressway, other H share road operators, recently reported turnover last year grew 22% and 32% respectively.

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Yet "investors treat us like every other H- share, " he says, referring to mainland companies with Hong Kong listings.

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Yet even if one does take that jaundiced view, the good news is that H-P has at least gained some critical breathing room despite share prices sinking to 10-year lows.

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The Wall Street consensus is 80 cents per share, up 2.6% from a year ago when H.

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H-P is still the undisputed king of the worldwide printer market and we only expect its market share to hover around 40% in the coming years.

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No deliberations over a Hurd or an Apotheker can mean much when the board is content to let a company like H-P lurch from pillar to post in hopes of quick revenue injections to stave off inevitable market share erosions.

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