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The article focuses on the dominance of the International Business Machines Corp. (IBM), and on several computer companies competing against the global business revenue of IBM in the U.S. computer market. It mentions that two of the world's biggest corporations, General Electric Co. (GE) and Radio Corp. of America (RCA), have dropped out its computer manufacturing sales in 1970 wherein each of them had lost more than 100 million dollars. It states that Honeywell International Inc. in Minneapolis, Minnesota bought GE plants in the U.S. and became the competitor of IBM in three categories. The executives of Honeywell claims that the purchase will extend their research and marketing efforts that will allow the company to match IBM.

The article reports on the boom of the electronics industry in Scotland in July 1970, which is mostly in the form of U.S. companies. It says that U.S. firms like National Cash Register and Honeywell have invested in computers, while firms like Sprague Electric and Hewlett-Packard have focused on instruments. The author adds that Scotland now features 17 U.S. electronics companies, the total investments of which are close to 100 million U.S. dollars. The declining industries in Scotland are also discussed.

The article presents the advertisements for computer company Honeywell and Southern Railway.

The article looks at U.S. conglomerate Honeywell as of October 1, 1973, with particular focus given to its partnership with electricity supplier General Electric (GE), the company's computer producing division Honeywell Information Services, and the compatibility between GE's and HIS' computers.