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Lotus Development (LOTS-OTC) is up 28 1/5 to 60 1/4 at 2:33 Eastern, on news that IBM has launched an apparently hostile bid to acquire the company.
First Boston is advising Lotus.
IBM says the acquisition has nothing to do with OS/2.
Follow the story on the web at http://www.sjmercury.com/whatsnew.htm.
Dave