Hardball in Hardware--The Computer Game Gets Rougher
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A May 1984 trade fair in Atlanta, Georgia, revealed several new computers to the public. After the show, IBM Corporation cut prices on most of their models. The new IBM PC-XT, which will cost $4,920, is expected to put pressure on the smaller makers of IBM compatible models. Supermicro computers were also shown at the trade fair. These small computers are the newest rage in the hardware market. IBM Corporation has not yet entered this market although it is rumored to be developing its own supermicro. Many analysts believe this would actually expand this market. Integrated software programs have also been the major news in computers during the spring of 1984.
Publication Name: Barron's
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 1077-8039
Year: 1984
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More than They Bargained for
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Lion Capital Associates and Blackburn Associates were government securities partnerships. Their purpose was to produce tax losses, while pushing gains into future years. The two partnerships recently filed for bankruptcy, leaving investors liable for up to as much as four times their original (lost) investment. The firms' problems are tied to their use of repurchase agreements, or repos. Repos are loans collateralized by government securities. The value of these securities have eroded as bond prices slid. These losses must be covered by the investors. Many famous and financially astute people invested in this scheme. The outcome is still in question.
Publication Name: Barron's
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 1077-8039
Year: 1984
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Origin of the Species
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Edward A. Markowitz and Charles A. Atkins are unsuccessful tax shelter dealers. Both men have been prosecuted for schemes that bear striking resemblances. This is because the two men were once partners who hatched a fraudulent government securities deal together in 1978. The two men since parted ways, both went on to develop similar schemes separately. The men are bitter enemies today as a result of a disagreement over the operation of the tax shelter plan they launched as partners. No criminal indictments have been filed as yet on that plan, though both men face massive civil suits from investors.
Publication Name: Barron's
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 1077-8039
Year: 1984
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