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Partners to run entertainment centers COLUMBUS, Ga. - Carmike Cinemas Inc. and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. saidThursday they formed an equal partnership to develop and run familyentertainment centers. Financial terms weren't disclosed.Carmike, a Columbus, Ga.-based movie theater operator, said thecenters will have movie theaters, skating rinks, arcades, restaurantsand other attractions. The first center will open in Goshen, Ind.,late this summer and will be followed by a fall opening inValparaiso, Ind., and a spring, 1998, opening in Dekalb, Ill.Compaq to acquire MicrocomHOUSTON - Compaq Computer Corp. grabbed for a larger share of theexpanding market for Internet equipment Thursday, agreeing to buynetworking company Microcom Inc. for $280 million. Compaq, theworld's biggest maker of personal computers, will pay $16.25 a sharefor all the Microcom shares outstanding in a direct offer to Microcomstockholders. Microcom, based in Norwood, Mass., providesremote-network access technology enabling remote users to communicatewith online services, the Internet and corporate networks.Accord near on Apple clonesApple Computer Inc. and Macintosh clone makers are closer toresolving a dispute over how much Apple can charge them for sellingcomputers based on its Macintosh operating system, people familiarwith the talks said Thursday. Financially struggling Apple hadwanted to sharply increase the fees to the licensees, which includeIBM Corp., Motorola Inc. and Power Computing Corp. Apple, based inCupertino, Calif., has grown concerned that the increasing popularityof the inexpensive clones is diminishing its own Macintosh sales.Meanwhile, Apple Computer and Sun Microsystems are talking aboutthe possible sale of Apple's Newton division to Sun. Apple, in a bidto cut costs, is exploring several options for Newton and has talkedwith others, including Inventec, a Taiwanese company.Web site lists executive salariesThe AFL-CIO opened a World Wide Web site Thursday that will providesalary and other compensation information for the chief executiveofficers of all the Fortune 500 companies. Currently, information onabout 125 CEOs is available. Later, the site will provide access toproxy information for hundreds of companies outside the Fortune 500.The Executive Paywatch site may be found at www.paywatch.org.