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To: JGreg who wrote (58560)	1/14/2000 8:34:00 PM
From: Jon Cave	Respond to of 95453

"Companies have no pricing power" We hear this time after time on CNBC by so called analysts. Well folks, take a look at this! PC prices on the rise After dipping below $800 from August through October, the average price for consumer computers reached a six-month high of $844 in December, according to market researcher PC Data Inc. Among the leading brand names, Hewlett-Packard's lowest-priced Pavilion costs $100 more than an equivalent did four months ago, while Compaq?s lowest-priced Presario desktop now costs $200 more than its predecessor did last fall. Mark Bates, senior analyst at PC Data, says the new pricing aims to put the bulk of home PC sales at between $700 and $900 this year. Analysts say the price hikes are being driven by a huge drop-off in competition, a healthy economy and the PC's growing role in home entertainment. A detailed report is available at zdnn.com.

To: JGreg who wrote (58560)	1/16/2000 1:48:00 PM
From: JGreg	Respond to of 95453

More "gas guzzlers" news: Saturday January 15 11:51 PM ET Paper: Honda to Make, Sell Big SUVs in U.S. TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese automaker Honda Motor Co. (7267.T) plans to start manufacturing and selling large sports utility vehicles (SUV) in the United States from 2002, a Japanese financial daily reported on Sunday. Honda planned to produce about 120,000 vehicles -- tentatively called SUV MD-X -- a year at a plant in the state of Alabama, which would start operations in 2002, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported citing company sources. The SUV would have engines with a capacity of more than 3.0 liters and the platform of a Honda luxury car, the paper said. The Japanese carmaker expected annual sales of about 100,000 vehicles and the new SUV would be sold through Honda's local dealer network, the paper said. Honda was gradually switching production of its SUVs to North America to meet growing demand, it said.