SCIENCE / TECHNOLOGY
Compiled by Dean Takahashi, Times staff writer
Sale of AST Shares: Two AST Research Inc. founders plan to sell a small portion of their holdings in the Irvine personal-computer company. According to filings last week with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Thomas Yuen, AST’s chief operating officer and co-chairman, plans to sell 50,000 shares held in the name of a family trust. And Safi U. Qureshey, AST’s president, chief executive and co-chairman, wants to sell 10,000 AST shares that he owns. AST’s stock has risen sharply during the past several months, closing Friday at $23.625 per share.
