Soros Fund Mgmt Reveals Stake In Apple Computer, 83 Other Firms (NewsTraders.com) -- Soros Fund Management LLC, led by billionaire investor George Soros, revealed holding 1.5 million Apple Computer Inc. (AAPL) common shares in the Fund's latest Form 13F covering the 1998 fourth quarter released yesterday after market close by the SEC.
The Fund's ownership of Apple was not disclosed in its previous 13F covering the third quarter.
Each of the stock holdings featured below are as of Dec. 31, 1998, and were not disclosed in the Fund's previous 13F filing:
Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF) -- Holds 46,000 Class A common shares Affymetrix Inc. (AFFX) -- Holds 45,000 shares Agouron Pharmaceuticals (AGPH) -- Holds 20,000 shares American Eagle Outfitters (AEOS) -- Holds 76,000 shares American Power Conversion (APCC) -- Holds 80,000 shares AnnTaylor Stors (ANN) -- Holds 294,200 shares Applied Power (APW) -- 1,142,400 Class A common shares Ascend Communications (ASND) -- Holds 26,000 shares AT Home Corp. (ATHM) -- 182,000 Series A common shares Bell & Howell Co. (BHW) -- Holds 61,300 shares Best Buy (BBY) -- Holds 148,700 shares Bindley Western Industries (BDY) -- Holds 66,000 shares Biochem Pharma (BCHE) -- Holds 450,000 shares Brinker International (EAT) -- Holds 107,900 shares CDW Computer Centers (CDWC) -- Holds 22,000 shares CVS Corp. (CVS) -- Holds 1,237,000 shares Century Telephone Enterprises (CTL) -- Holds 146,000 shares Chiron Corp. (CHIR) -- Holds 715,000 shares Cisco Systems (CSCO) -- Holds 396,000 shares Citrix Systems (CTXS) -- Holds 82,000 shares Comcast Corp.(CMCSK) -- Holds 855,000 Class A Special shares Comsat Corp. (CQ) -- Holds 414,100 shares Dell Computer Corp. (DELL) -- Holds 92,000 shares Echelon Corp. (ELON) -- 1,000,000 shares Enron Corp. (ENE) -- 170,000 shares Enron Oil & Gas Co. (EOG) -- Holds 2,160,000 shares Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. -- Holds 807,300 shares First Data Corp. (FDC) -- Holds 2,405,000 shares Ford Motor Company (F) -- Holds 2,942,500 shares Fossil Inc. (FOSL) -- Holds 19,300 shares Fox Entertainment Group (FOX) -- Holds 3,622,100 Class A common shares Gap Inc. (GPS) -- Holds 191,000 shares Gilead Sciences (GILD) -- Holds 375,000 shares W.R. Grace & Co. (GRA) -- Holds 982,400 shares Granite Construction (GVA) -- Holds 75,200 shares HBO & Co. (Now known as McKesson HBOC) (MCK) -- Held 1,918,400 shares prior to McKesson completing its acquisition of HBO & Co. Human Genome Sciences (HGSI) -- Holds 100,000 shares IDEC Pharmaceuticals (IDPH) -- Holds 311,000 shares Immunex Corp. (IMNX) -- Holds 20,000 shares Infoseek Corp. (SEEK) -- Holds 224,000 shares International Business Machines (IBM) -- Holds 1,032,000 shares KLA-Tencor (KLAC) -- Holds 5,000 shares Keebler Foods Co. (KBL) -- Holds 46,700 shares Kroger Co. (KR) -- Holds 795,000 shares Lattice Semiconductor (LSCC) -- Holds 12,300 shares Level 3 Communications (LVLT) -- Holds 20,000 shares Lexmark International Group (LXK) -- Holds 85,000 Class A common shares Lucent Technologies (LU) -- Holds 88,000 shares Maxim Integrated Products (MXIM) -- Holds 5,000 shares Maytag Corp. (MYG) -- Holds 98,000 shares McGraw-Hill Inc. (MHP) -- Holds 174,000 shares MediaOne Group (UMG) -- Holds 1,500,000 shares Northern Telecom (NT) -- Holds 4,900 shares Novell Inc. (NOVL) -- Holds 2,739,000 shares Octel Corp. (OTL) -- Holds 29,400 shares Oracle Corp. (ORCL) -- Holds 3,157,000 shares Pall Corp. (PLL) -- Holds 833,000 shares PepsiCo (PEP) -- Holds 4,973,000 shares Philip Morris (MO) -- Holds 2,570,000 shares Quantum Corp. (QNTM) -- Holds 22,500 shares Rational Software (RATL) -- Holds 94,000 shares Rubbermaid Inc. (RBD) -- Holds 1,303,000 shares St. Jude Medical (STJ) -- Holds 764,900 shares Seagate Technology (SEG) -- Holds 3,834,800 shares Solectron Corp. (SLR) -- Holds 94,000 shares Stanley Works (SWK) -- Holds 114,000 shares Staples Inc. (SPLS) -- Holds 66,000 shares Sun Microsystems (SUNW) -- Holds 1,688,000 shares SunAmerica Inc. -- 2,419,700 shares Symbol Technologies (SBL) -- Holds 84,000 shares Tele-Communications Inc. (LBTYA) -- Holds 800,000 shares Teradyne Inc. (TER) -- Holds 17,400 shares Texas Instruments (TXN) -- Holds 5,000 shares 3Com Corp. (COMS) -- Holds 25,400 shares Tricon Global Restaurants (YUM) -- Holds 2,210,000 shares US Foodservice (UFS) -- Holds 88,000 shares Unisys Corp. (UIS) -- Holds 362,000 shares USWeb Corp. (USWB) -- Holds 360,000 shares VISX Inc. (VISX) -- Holds 60,300 shares Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) -- Holds 152,000 shares Wall Data Inc. (WALL) -- Holds 59,200 shares Watson Pharmaceuticals (WPI) -- Holds 86,000 shares Xilinx Inc. (XLNX) -- Holds 14,800 shares |