CNBC, truly a pre-market report by Maria B. to remember this morning on the call out of Robbie Stephens on AMAT and the other gear guys.
She certainly has a way of "getting the scoop" (winky, winky) on calls out of Robbie Stephens.
Far be it from me to tell a "superstar" how to do her job, but it might not have been an entirely bad idea to include the other news on AMAT that also broke before the bell.
Friday October 23, 9:23 am Eastern Time Company Press Release Applied Materials Completes Restructuring Plan and Announces One-Time Charges SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 23, 1998--Applied Materials, Inc., the world's largest supplier of wafer fabrication systems and services to the global semiconductor industry, announced today the completion of the restructuring plan, originally announced on August 25, 1998, which was designed to better align the Company's cost structure with business conditions resulting from the industry downturn. The Company also announced that it will incur one-time charges of approximately $285 million, or $0.56 per share...
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