HP wins $784 million order for computer services
Princeton: Hewlett-Packard Co., the world's second-largest computer maker has won a US contract to manage computer networks at the Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers. The contract will be for a ten-year period and will be worth 784 million.

The departments' networks manage records at Its 170 medical centers in the US, Puerto Rico and the Philippines. Hewlett-Packard will maintain the software and hardware for these networks, the company has said in a statement.

Computer services work is boosting sales and profit as hardware demand slows. The company has already secured a 3 billion US dollar order last year to run consumer-products maker Procter & Gamble Co.'s computers.
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BHEL commissions gas turbine unit in Oman
New Delhi: State-owned Bharat Heavy Electricials (BHEL) has successfully commissioned a 70 MW gas turbine power unit in Oman, for Petroleum Development Oman, a joint venture between Oman government, Total and Partex.BHEL is also due to commission another 70 MW unit at Qarn Alam near Muscat.
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