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Die Analysten von Robertson Stephens haben heute nahezu die gesamte Computerbranche bei ihren abgegeben Statements positiv bedacht. Auch der Festplattenproduzent Western Digital (WDC) ging dabei nicht leer aus. Mit einem 12-Monats-Kursziel von 10$ und einer Heraufstufung von market performer auf buy sorgte man bei den Aktien für eine wahre Kursexplosion.

Die an der New York Stock Exchange gehandelten Titel des Unternehmens legten in der Spitze bis auf 6 3/4$ zu. Zur Zeit liegen sie mit 6 5/8$ noch nahe beim Hoch. Das Plus beträgt zur Zeit 1 7/16$ oder 27,71 Prozent.

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Und hier noch die neusten Infos:

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Tuesday March 21, 7:54 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
SOURCE: Western Digital Corporation
David Schafer Appointed To Western Digital Key Account Post
IRVINE, Calif., March 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Western Digital Corporation (NYSE: WDC - news) today announced that David W. Schafer has returned to the Company as key account executive, reporting to Arif Shakeel, executive vice president and general manager of Western Digital`s Hard Drive Solutions line of business. Schafer, who served as WD`s senior vice president of worldwide sales for many years before leaving the Company in September 1999, will develop, promote and maintain strategic relationships with Western Digital`s key customers.

David Schafer began his career with Western Digital Corporation in 1980 as a program manager. He served successively as vice president of southeastern sales; vice president, western region sales; vice president, North American sales; vice president and general manager of the Integrated Systems Business Unit; and vice president, worldwide sales.

Matt Massengill, Western Digital`s president and CEO commented, ``David has established an extensive network and strong relationships within our customer base. He will help ensure that Western Digital remains well connected with our key customers. He will be supporting sales in this role, and will continue to be the voice of the customer within Western Digital Corporation. We are delighted to have David`s talents, enthusiasm and initiative back in the WD organization.``

Western Digital Corporation is a leading manufacturer of hard drives used for information storage in desktop computers and home entertainment electronic products. Long known for its involvement in hard drive interface architecture, Western Digital created the Integrated Drive Electronics (IDE) interface that became the personal computer hard drive interface standard in 1986. Through its Connex subsidiary, the company serves users of network- attached storage systems and enterprise-wide storage area networks. Western Digital was founded in 1970 and is well recognized for its storage and end-market systems-level design knowledge. The company`s products are marketed to leading systems manufacturers and selected resellers under the Western Digital brand name. Its home page can be found at www.westerndigital.com.

SOURCE: Western Digital Corporation

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Hardware Stocks

Chip sector shines
Rambus, Intel, Micron lead gains

By Mike Tarsala, CBS MarketWatch
Last Update: 5:09 PM ET Mar 22, 2000

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In storage, Seagate Technology (SEG: news, msgs) rose 3 to 68 3/16 and Western Digital (WDC: news, msgs) added 1 3/8 to 8 1/2. Storage computer maker StorageTek (STK: news, msgs), meanwhile, fell 3/8 to 13 1/2, and EMC (EMC: news, msgs) lost 1 3/8 to 133 3/4.

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Ich denke, damit dürften die Aussichten für Western Digital wieder rosiger sein. Das Kursziel von 10$ könnte durchaus schon Ende dieses Monats erreicht werden.