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Politics : Formerly About Applied Materials
AMAT 230.92+3.1%Nov 24 3:59 PM EST

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To: Jacob Snyder who wrote (59379)1/25/2002 7:30:23 AM
From: advocatedevil  Read Replies (2) of 70976
 
"TSMC Q4 net profit points to better '02"

biz.yahoo.com

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"The company's closely watched capacity utilisation rate, which had risen to 50 percent in the fourth quarter of 2001, was expected to climb to 70-80 percent in 2002, TSMC Chairman Morris Chang told Reuters last week."...

"TSMC still expected steady growth in the computer and consumer chip sectors but was cautious about the demand pickup in the communications chip sector, said Rick Tsai, TSMC's chief operating officer. That uncertainty was among reasons why the microchip giant said 2002 capital expenditure would fall 25 percent from last year's US$2.2 billion."...

Even during the annual slack season in the first quarter, TSMC expected a 5-10 percent increase in sales over the fourth quarter last year...

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