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To: Stitch who wrote (5494)	8/16/1998 11:38:00 PM
From: DJBEINO	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7841

Western Digital reportedly lays off 41 at disk drive plant SINGAPORE (AFX-ASIA) - Western Digital has laid off 41 employees at its disk drive manufacturing plant in Tuas, the Business Times quoted a company spokeswoman as saying. "Our high-end (disk) drive growth is expected to flatten in the next few quarters. We had to make a small adjustment in the workforce to fit the current business model," she said. In May, Western Digital laid off 439 employees at its desktop disk drive manufacturing facility in Chai Chee.

To: Stitch who wrote (5494)	8/16/1998 11:52:00 PM
From: DJBEINO	Respond to of 7841

SEAGATE Partner of Choice Rick Cook Last year's first-place winner in the hard drive subcategory, Seagate Technology Inc., tied for third place in this year's APEX awards survey with Quantum. Seagate was rated second overall in the partnership subcategory, behind Western Digital. It was third in the products/pricing subcategory and tied for third with Maxtor in the support subcategory. techweb.com