ORANGE COUNTY ALMANAC : 1985’s Best Seller
Orange County’s best-performing company a decade ago was Irvine-based AST Research Inc.
The price of the computer company’s stock had risen by 237% during 1985, when AST had sold 3.2 million shares in two public offerings.
Analysts estimated that the company’s market value had soared 2,614% during the previous year.
Source: Times archives
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