Article: AST Research outlines workforce reduction plans; Announces first quarter results.

IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 21, 1997--AST Research, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASTA) today announced that financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year 1997 were lower than anticipated.

The company's revenues were approximately $347 million and its net loss was approximately $110 million ($1.90 per share) for the first quarter of fiscal year 1997, ended March 29. These results compare with revenues of $530.0 million and a loss of $115.8 million ($2.59 loss per share) during the comparable prior year period.

In response to these financial results, AST announced plans for a reduction of approximately 25 percent of its work force worldwide. This ...

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