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To: Gottfried who wrote (6759)7/8/1999 12:21:00 PM
From: Mark Oliver  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 9256
 
Hard drive revenues lag behind shipments
By Jim Davis
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
July 7, 1999, 3:40 p.m. PT
More mixed news is on the horizon for hard drive makers as they prepare to report earnings this month.

A new International Data Corporation study said that while hard drive makers are projected to ship 166 million drives in 1999--an increase of 15.5 percent--revenue increases will not keep pace with shipment growth, as other studies are predicting.

IDC expects revenues to only grow 1 percent over last year, and that's a best case scenario, according to Danielle Levitas, a research manager with the firm.

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Mark