As they approach the new millennium, organizations are striving to realize new levels of competitiveness, productivity and customer service through the use of leading-edge information technologies. |
We have already taken major steps toward these goals by slashing our debt by more than $600 million in the fourth quarter. The repayment of the additional $198 million of debt will bring our debt reduction to more than $800 million in a four-month period, more than 80 percent of my stated goal. |
We move into the second half of 1999 confident that we can meet our earnings goals for the year. |
We were not generating the volume needed to compete effectively and profitably in the PC business. |