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To: Suresh who wrote (19618)	1/28/1999 10:04:00 AM
From: Clint E.	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 70981

Jan. effect in full swing. Two days left so the DOW has catching up to do....amazing how these split announcements are spaced out in time and arrive whenever the market weakens.

To: Suresh who wrote (19618)	1/28/1999 10:21:00 AM
From: Clint E.	Respond to of 70981

Three US companies 1/28/99 9:33 AM ET=====European PC Sales Jump 22.2 Pct In Q4 1998 LONDON (Reuters) - Sales of personal computers in Western Europe rose 22.2 percent in 1998's fourth quarter to 8.8 million compared with the same period the previous year, market researcher Context said Thursday. For all of 1998, sales grew 21.1 percent compared with the previous year to 24,995,185 PCs, according to Context. Compaq Computer Corp. (NYSE:CPQ - news) was market leader in 1998, raising its share to 16.9 percent from 16.3 percent the previous year. Including sales from Digital Equipment Corp, acquired in 1998, Compaq's share hit 17.3 percent. ''High growth rates were primarily achieved through soaring demand in most of Europe's consumer markets, fueled by bargain prices and attractive bundles,'' Context said. Context said that spending by large corporations trying to fix the millennium computer bug problem and introduction of the euro contributed to the strong growth. International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM - news) was in second place with 8.6 percent compared with 8.9 percent the previous year. Dell Computer Corp. (Nasdaq:DELL - news) was third with 7.9 percent vs 5.4 percent. ============================================================== It is good to know that just as NOKA is doing well here, three major PC mkrs are doing extremely well in Europe. Clint