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Technology Stocks : Scientific Atlanta -SFA- going up ??? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: E.J. Neitz Jr who wrote (197)	2/11/1998 3:59:00 PM
From: Robert Ling	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1045

Here's why: NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Prospects that digital set-top boxes made by Scientific-Atlanta Inc. will be used by the nation's cable television operators sparked a surge in the company's shares Wednesday. Shares rose 12% after Ragen MacKenzie analyst Mary Ryan issued a "buy" recommendation on Scientific-Atlanta (SFA) stock, which analysts say also was helped by the perceived easing of the Asian economic crisis. Scientific-Atlanta shares were trading at midafternoon up $1.975, or 12%, at $17.625 on volume of 1.4 million shares, compared with the daily average of 615,500. "Given their technological lead, Scientific-Atlanta could capture between 35% to 50% of the digital set-top market," Ryan said. "Longer-term, a resumption in growth in the U.K. and Asia would improve profit margins."