| Sumario: | Presents information on various companies in the personal computer (PC) industry. Strategy adopted by Eckhard Pfeiffer, chairman of Compaq Computer Corp., for the recovery of the company from a troubled phase; Introduction of a new range of PCs, by Compaq, that were a third cheaper than their predecessors--and which undercut the price of many rivals; Information that according to Dataquest Inc., Compaq overtook IBM Corp. and Apple Computer Inc. in 1994 to become the world's largest PC maker, with a 10% share of the global market by volume; Information that in the first half of 1994, Compaq made a profit of $423 m, more than double the level in the same period of 1993; Claim that this year, as IBM continues to lose market share to rivals such as Compaq, its PC unit is almost certain to lose money; Details of the recent mergers in the industry.
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