Word: weil
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...million advertising and promotion budget, and it may yet correct some of the machine's deficiencies. Says Bill Wallace, co-president of the Dallas-based Compco computer-store chain: "IBM will do whatever fine tuning it has to do to make its product viable." In fact, says Ulric Weil, a computer analyst at Morgan Stanley, IBM could sell as many as half a million PCjrs by year's end if it cuts its price by at least 15%. Warns Weil: "It's premature to eulogize the Junior...
Defense Linemen Rick Bryan Oklahoma, William Perry, Clemson Don Thorp, II; Reggie White. Tennessee; Linebackers--Ricky Hunley, Arizona; Jeff Leiding, Texas; Ron Rivera, California; deep backs--Russell Carter, SMU; Jerry Gray, Texas; Terry Hoage, Georgia; Don Rogers, UCLA; Specialists--kicker--Luis Zendejas, Arizona State; punter--Jack Weil, Wyoming...
...tellingly frequent response from, among others, panelist Alfred Kahn, chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board under Jimmy Carter. An expert on the telephone industry, Kahn presided over the deregulation of U.S. airlines in the late 1970s and is now a professor of political economy at Cornell. Says Ulric Weil, telecommunications analyst for investment bank Morgan Stanley: "No honest observer can claim to know where this is all going." Agrees Peter J. Jadrosich, a vice president of Paine Webber Jackson & Curtis: "We believe historical performance may be nearly irrelevant to predicting future success...
...that will give users of IBM's desktop equipment access to the company's large mainframe computers. Since an estimated two-thirds of the 1,000 largest U.S. industrial firms use IBM mainframes, the new machines will make the company even tougher to beat. Says Ulric Weil, a computer-industry analyst for Morgan Stanley: "The 3270 could lock Apple, Tandy and other major personal-computer makers right out of the top corporate markets...
...Intel, a leading computer-chip maker based in Santa Clara, Calif. In June IBM paid $228 million for a 15% stake in Rolm, also of Santa Clara, a major producer of telecommunications equipment. IBM plans to use Rolm to help create the so-called electronic office. Says Ulric Weil, a top computer analyst for Morgan Stanley & Co.: "We're watching a total transformation of the corporation...