Compaq ousts Toshiba as no.1 in portable PCs

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Toshiba Corp. has been replaced by Compaq Computer Corp. as the number one firm in the European portable PC marketplace. Toshiba has been hurt by shortages of parts and by greater consumer demand.

Toshiba Corp., Compaq Computer Corp., CPQ

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Europe market for PCs plunged in third quarter

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The Europe market for PCs fell in the third quarter, which was the worst period since the recession of the early 1990s. Unit sales of PCs through dealers, corporate resellers, and retail chains in Germany, the U.K. and France had fallen 9.3% for the quarter versus the same period in the previous year.

United Kingdom, Germany, Sales & consumption, France, Finance

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Nokia's Communicator is hands-down winner in organizer race

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Nokia Corp. is now ahead of Palm Inc. and Compaq Computer Corp. as the leading supplier of personal organizers in Western Europe. The company shipped 152,000 personal organizers to distributors in the third quarter. Its new Communicator 9210 features a color screen and uses sophisticated software to run applications.

Finland, Shipments data, Abstract, Nokia Corp., NOK, Personal digital assistants

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