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Politics : Formerly About Applied Materials
AMAT 301.11+6.9%Jan 9 9:30 AM EST

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To: brunn who wrote (41929)2/8/2001 10:31:23 AM
From: Kirk ©  Read Replies (2) of 70976
 
Applied Materials asks employees to take Fridays off without pay:
www0.mercurycenter.com


In past downturns, when AMAT announced layoffs, the price usually bottomed according to people here (I don't chart this). This workweek reduction serves the same purpose as a layoff but retains a workforce that was very hard to hire in the last up market. I like it!

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