Acer Inc, Taipei, Taiwan expects to report $221m in net profit, or $0.16 per share, for 1996 on predicted turnover of $2,946m, against 1995’s $2,302m; in the first three months of 1996, Acer saw sales of $613m, up 49.2% from the same period in 1995; shareholders approved a 1995 bonus issue equal to $0.15 of stock for every existing share.