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To: Ram Seetharaman who wrote (7233)	4/6/2000 10:53:00 PM
From: DJBEINO	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9582

Taiwan's United Micro March Sales +217% At NT$6.90B TAIPEI (Dow Jones)--United Microelectronics Corp. (2303.TW) posted a 217% jump in sales during March to NT$6.90 billion (US$1=NT$30.458) from NT$2.18 billion a year previously, the island's number two chipmaker said Friday. Accumulated sales for the first three months of the year amounted to NT$19.31 billion, up 197% from NT$6.50 billion during the same period in 1999. Most listed companies are required to disclose their March sales figures by April 10.

To: Ram Seetharaman who wrote (7233)	4/7/2000 12:43:00 AM
From: DJBEINO	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9582

UMC closed @ 116.00 -1.00 vol 60,501,213 +++++++++++++ TAIWAN WEIGHTED closed @ú 9921.03 -48.25 (-0.48%) ++++++++++++ Taiwan Business Briefs: UMC Hldrs Discuss ADR Issue TAIPEI (Dow Jones)--United Microelectronics Corp.'s (2303.TW) shareholders are discussing a proposed issue of American Depository Receipts on Friday, the company said. Taiwan's number two chipmaker will issue a maximum of 600 million shares in ADR form. +++++++ Taiwan's VIA Tech: No Comment On S3 Graphics Ops Deal TAIPEI (Dow Jones)--VIA Technologies Inc. (Q.VIA) declined to comment on local media reports Friday that the Taiwanese company has decided to acquire U.S chipmaker's S3 Inc.'s (SIII) graphics chip operations. VIA plans to announce the deal before next Monday, according to the report in the Chinese-language Economic Daily News. The report follows recent speculation in the U.S. that S3 would sell all or part of its operations. Last November, VIA and S3 set up a joint venture to produce integrated graphics and core logic chipsets. At 0245 GMT (10:45 p.m. EDT), VIA's stock was trading NT$23.00 (US$1=NT$30.455) higher at NT$503.00 on volume of 10.9 million shares.