To: Jeff Jordan who wrote (32100 ) 1/26/1998 8:09:00 AM From: Jeff Jordan Respond to of 61433
U.S. HEADLINE ISSUES - Stocks to watch January 26 Reuters Story - January 26, 1998 07:48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NEW YORK, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Stocks to watch this morning: -- U.S. stocks in London were steady in quiet trade as investors waited for a slew of fourth quarter corporate earnings, and the latest developments in the sex scandal hitting the White House. -- Compaq Computer Corp is proposing to buy Digital Equipment for $9.6 billion by offering $30 per share in cash plus 0.945 Compaq shares. Compaq closed Friday at 31-3/4. Digital closed at 45-7/16. -- --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Compaq Chief Executive Office Eckhard Pfeiffer will brief press on Monday, January 26, 1998 in the Cotillion Room of the Pierre Hotel at 11:30 a.m., New York. The briefing is scheduled to begin at approximately 11:30 a.m. Eastern Time. The briefing will be available via satellite and by phone for those unable to attend the event in New York, NY. The satellite coordinates and dial-in numbers for the press are listed below. PRESS CONFERENCE INFORMATION WHO: Eckhard Pfeiffer, Compaq Chief Executive Officer Robert P almer, Digital Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Earl Mason, Compaq Chief Financial Officer John Rose, Compaq Senior Vice President WHERE: Pierre Hotel Fifth Avenue, New York, NY WHEN: 11:30 a.m. Eastern Time SATELLITE BROADCAST INFORMATION C-Band: Telstar 4, transponder 9 Ku-Band: Telstar 5, transponder 24 For technical information about this broadcast, call (212) 833-9230 PHONE: (800) 215-4598 - U.S. (212) 346-6574 - International REPLAY: (800) 633-8284 - US The recorded replay of this call will be available at the replay numbers listed about until 7:00 p.m. ET on Monday, January 26, 1998 Call-In Instructions: 1. When you call in, you will automatically go to "music on hold" Please stay on the line (do not put the call on hold) until the first available operator acknowledges you. The operator will ask for your name and company and place you on the call. 2. To help ensure that the conference call starts on time, please call at least 10 minutes prior to the start of the call. 3. To ask questions, press * (star). The operator will ask your name and publication/organization. You will be put into the queue, which will be addressed first come, first serve. CONTACT: Angela Goodwin Miller/Shandwick Technologies (281) 514-0688 or For Broadcast/Radio Information: Allison Kutner 212-980-9019