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To: jhild who wrote (15175)	5/4/1998 8:48:00 AM
From: Moonray	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 22053

U.S. HEADLINE STOCKS - Issues to watch May 4 Monday May 4, 8:00 am Eastern Time NEW YORK, May 4 (Reuters) - Issues to watch this morning: -- Dana Corp. (DCN - news) will buy Echlin Inc. (ECH - news) for about $55 per share in a deal valued at about $4.2 billion. Dana's shares closed Friday in New York at 59-3/16. Echlin closed at 47-9/16. -- Pfizer Inc. (PFE - news). has signed a deal with R.P. Scherer Corp. (SHR - news) to help develop a faster-acting version of Viagra, the hot-selling new anti-impotence drug, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday. Pfizer shares closed Friday at 112-11/16. -- Boeing Co. (BA - news) is expected Monday to announce it is taking an equity stake in the proposed $1.4 billion Ellipso satellite mobile-phone project and that it will become the project's prime contractor, the Wall Street Journal reported. Boeing shares closed at 51-9/16. -- Microsoft Corp. (MSFT - news). is warning Wall Street that any action by the U.S. Justice Department to delay the arrival of its Windows 98 operating system could have ''broad, negative consequences'' for the entire personal computer industry, the Wall Street Journal reported. Microsoft shares closed at 89-10/16. -- 3Com Corp. (COMS - news). said Monday that Tele-Communications Inc. (TCOMA - news).'s (TCOMB - news) TCI.NET division has chosen 3Com to provide high-speed cable modems and broadband networking equipment for TCI's rollout of residential market multimedia services. 3Com shares closed at 34-1/16. TCI ended at 34-6/16. o~~~ O