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        Hitachi To Sell Business PCs Made by HP
        
        
        
        Japanese electronics maker Hitachi said Friday it will sell personal computers 
  made by Hewlett-Packard Co. that are designed for businesses under the Hitachi 
  brand in Japan.
The latest deal strengthens longtime cooperative ties with the California-based 
  computer and software company, Hitachi Ltd. said in a statement. HP already 
  provides Hitachi with servers,
The HP-made computers will replace the Flora line currently sold by Hitachi, 
  company spokesman Masayuki Takeuchi said. The consumer line called Prius will 
  continue with products manufactured by Hitachi, he said.
Hitachi sells about 350,000 business PCs and about 140,000 consumer-line personal 
  computers a year, he said.