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To: Night Writer who wrote (30726)	8/10/1998 12:06:00 AM
From: Pruguy	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 97611

NW, what did U see that has you worried? I mioght have not been looking at it correct, but I saw early asian prices down about 1%, similar to last week, but not an amount that I would consider troubling, particularly so early in their day. explanation would be great....txs mike

To: Night Writer who wrote (30726)	8/10/1998 6:13:00 AM
From: Elwood P. Dowd	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 97611

NW..... Don't know if this has been posted yet. El Taiwan's Inventec Buys Digital's R&D Business From Compaq for US$32.8 Mln Bloomberg News August 9, 1998, 7:49 p.m. PT Taipei, Aug. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Inventec Co., moving to strengthen ties with Compaq Computer Corp., said it bought the research and development division of Digital Equipment's Taiwan branch from Compaq for NT$1.13 billion ($32.8 million). Inventec, which sells all of its notebook personal computers to the Houston-based Compaq, will produce computer servers and work stations -- which Digital had made -- in the newly acquired plant. ''The purchase has a good chance to brighten our outlook,'' said an official in Inventec's finance department who declined to be named. ''We'd like to take this chance to prosper with Compaq,'' among the top three PCs makers in the U.S. Compaq said in June it will close eight facilities around the world in an effort to meld its businesses with those of recently acquired Digital. Its factory here is scheduled to be closed by December. On the Taiwan Stock Exchange, Inventec share dropped as much as NT$3 to NT$112 as July sales fell short of expectations. Some 10 million shares changed hands, making them the third-most active by value. --Faith Hung in Taipei (8862) 2547-5525 through the Hong Kong