Ace in the hole: Taiwan's Acer makes surprising comeback in America

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The US branch of Taiwan's Acer computer maker has turned around its stagnant market position with aggressive marketing and an emphasis on flexibility. Acer America's sales reached $851 million in 1994, with revenues doubled from 1993, and market share rose from 1.7% to 2.5%, making it the #9 computer vendor in the US. It anticipated the demand for home systems with Pentium chips and multimedia equipment, as did Packard Bell. An initial public offering for the US subsidiary should take place by 1997.

Personal & Home Computers, Management, Microcomputers, Marketing, Computer games, Acer America Corp.

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By design: India's software houses lure foreign money

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Software companies in Bangalore, India, now seek to compete globally on quality as well as cost, and hordes of Silicon Valley venture capitalists seem to think they can succeed. William Draper, who has launched several US computer companies, and others have lined up Non-Resident Indian advisers and gotten backing from the US Overseas Private Investment Corp. India is already the world's number two software exporter, after the US, and tighter visa rules there may help India hold onto its top talent.

Prepackaged software, Computer Software, Computers, Software Publishers, Computer software industry, Software industry, Software, India

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Appetite for chips: Samsung bites into U.S. hi-tech

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Samsung announced in late Feb its purchase of 40% of US computer maker AST Research for $378 million. The Korean high-tech firm has long sought a market outside Korea's, which it dominates, while AST offers the vision and global reach Samsung offers but needs cash. AST also gets a ready source of various computer components. The deal may move Samsung into the global high-tech market, but analysts are skeptical about how well the two management styles will mesh.

Semiconductors and related devices, Semiconductor and Related Device Manufacturing, Random Access Memory Circuits, Microcomputers, Semiconductor industry, Investments, Securities, Samsung Electronics Company Ltd., RAM (Random access memory), AST Research Inc., ASTA

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