Word: compaq
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...least some members of the computer industry are taking the threat more seriously. Before the end of the year, Dallas-based Compaq will begin printing RSI warnings on all its keyboards. Other companies -- including Apple and Microsoft -- have started selling redesigned keyboards that they hope will cut the risk of RSI. The new equipment -- and the training necessary to use it - -- can be expensive. But the cost of doing nothing could be even higher, both for the employer, who may end up in court paying damages, and for the RSI sufferer, who may never type again...
Stocks rose sharply, as third-quarter earnings reports continued to come in above analysts' expectations. Some examples: Compaq's profits soared 88%; aircraft maker Northrop Grumman's earnings rose 50%; and AMR, the parent of American Airlines, reported a 74% profit gain. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 18.50 points, to 3936.04, on heavy trading (319 million shares on the NYSE). The S&P 500 climbed 2.62, to 470.28. NASDAQ stocks jumped 5.81, to 770.62. Bond prices declined, meanwhile, as the yield on the benchmark 30-year Treasury rose to 7.90% from 7.87%. The price of gold rose...
What the consumer doesn't know can hurt him because he could wind up with a computer chip that failed a quality-control test but still reached the market. This is less likely to happen to purchasers of big-name computers such as Apple, IBM or Compaq, however, since major companies either make their own chips or purchase them straight from the manufacturer...
...Compaq Computer...
...notebook computers, check out the IBM ThinkPad, the Apple PowerBook, and those manufactured by Compaq...