

TECHNOLOGY STOCKS: Market Report, Friday Aug 31
NEW YORK, NEW YORK, U.S.A., 1990 AUG 31 (NB) -- Wall Street
finally broke its four-day winning streak and fell, something
that is normally reserved for Mondays. The Dow Jones Industrial
average fell to 2593.23, down 39.11 for the day. The average
had risen by 17.58 on Wednesday.

The situation in the Middle East kept things quiet on the
Eastern front, but blue chips fared badly with IBM falling by
$2.125 to $101.75, AT&T down $1 to $31.50 and Nynex down
$1.375 to $70. Bell Atlantic fell by $2 to $41.125.

On the OTC market, include MCI Communications, down $1.675 to
$31.75, Microsoft down $2.375 to $60.50, a far cry from the
$70 level with which the company has been flirting. Intel is down
67.5 cents to $35 and Apple Computer is down 87.5 cents to
$37.25. 3Com took a dive and ended down $3.875 to $8.75.
Apparently the company is experiencing financial problems and
is extremely volatile.

Other issues include Oracle Systems down 75 cents to $11.675 and
Novell down $1 to $49.50.


TECHNOLOGY STOCKS: Quarterly Results, Friday Aug 31
NEW YORK, NEW YORK, U.S.A., 1990 AUG 31 (NB) -- Companies
in the news this week include: SULCUS COMPUTER, WARRANTECH,
ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY:

[] Trading was halted and later resumed on SULCUS Computer
pending certain news from the company. The price at the halt
was bid $1.125, ask $1.375. Later in the day, good news
about the financial state of the company arrived and stock
trading resumed.

[] WARRANTECH announced that the company's common stock
has been approved for trading in the NASDAQ national market
system, commencing on Tuesday, September 4. The company's
stock market price will be available in publications
such as Wall Street Journal, Newsbytes' business reports, and
in various National Market Systems listings. The company
administers service contracts for consumer electronic
products and home office equipment.

[] ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY acquires ACT II for $4.5 million. This
will add about $11 million in ACT sales to the financial
balance of ET which makes consolidated revenue stand at $21
million. Income would be in the range of about 70 cents per
share. The company manufactures high quality electronic
assemblies.



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