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To: Return to Sender who wrote (15411)	5/26/2004 11:32:00 AM
From: Donald Wennerstrom	Read Replies (2) of 95616

From Business Wire on AMAT home.businesswire.com <<CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 26, 2004--Today Zacks.com releases the names of 4 more stocks that are on their coveted Brokerage Buy List portfolio. This portfolio includes just those stocks that currently appear on the core recommended lists of at least three of the top 15 brokerage firms. These stocks are considered the best large cap stocks to own for the long term according the Wall Street's top players. In 2003 this portfolio gained +28.5% outpacing the S&P 500. Here are 4 stocks that are currently members of this prestigious list: Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT), ChevronTexaco Corporation (NYSE:CVX), IBM (NYSE:IBM) and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT).>> [snip] Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT) is a semiconductor equipment maker that has received nothing but upward earnings estimate revisions over the last couple of months. And last week the company reported net sales of $2.02 billion, up +30% from $1.56 billion for the first fiscal quarter of 2004, and up a whopping +82% from $1.11 billion for the second fiscal quarter of 2003. Net income for the second fiscal quarter of 2004 was $373 million, or 22 cents per share, up from a net loss of ($62 million) or (4 cents) per share, for the second fiscal quarter of 2003. New orders of $2.21 billion for the second fiscal quarter of 2004 increased +32% from $1.68 billion for the first fiscal quarter of 2004, and increased an even bigger +128% from $971 million for the second fiscal quarter of 2003. Analysts at three of the top brokerage firms feel the company is a cornerstone holding for the long-term.>> [snip]

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