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(From AP Worldstream)
Byline: BRIAN BERGSTEIN
Personal computer shipments grew roughly 10 percent in the second quarter despite soft sales in Europe, two influential research firms reported. Analysts found rivals continuing to gain on leading PC maker Dell Inc. and predicted that low prices would continue for the rest of 2006.
Researchers at IDC said Wednesday that worldwide PC shipments grew 9.7 percent. Analysts at Gartner Inc., who use slightly different measurement methods, pegged the increase at 11.0 percent.
Worldwide, Dell just managed to outgrow the broader market, with about an 11 percent jump in shipments. But other players grew…