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Politics : Ask Michael Burke -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Michael Bakunin who wrote (62083)	6/11/1999 11:52:00 AM
From: MileHigh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

yes it is true, it's called the gag rule. MileHigh

To: Michael Bakunin who wrote (62083)	6/11/1999 12:45:00 PM
From: Knighty Tin	Respond to of 132070

mb, Are you telling me that The Taco Bell chihuahua can't really talk? That is slander and you know it. <g>

To: Michael Bakunin who wrote (62083)	6/11/1999 2:11:00 PM
From: TheStockFairy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

Well thanks for that vote of confidence in my profession <g> My major slogan is "We suck the least."

To: Michael Bakunin who wrote (62083)	6/11/1999 7:15:00 PM
From: Michael Bakunin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

An object lesson in marketing: our friends at the SIA. Some history: December '97: "The global market for semiconductors will rise 17.1% in 1998 to $162.2 billion.." manufacturing.net January '98: "The overall semiconductor market will grow 16.8% to $162.6 billion in 1998.." manufacturing.net May '98: "..year-end global sales will decrease 1.8 percent.." semichips.org Feb. '99: "In total, 1998 sales of $125.61 billion decreased 8.4 percent.." semichips.org Some even older forecasts from '95, taken from an Appleton (MU) speech: semichips.org Recent history of current forecasts: Nov. '98: "..rebound next year from a sluggish 1998 and show overall growth of 9.1 percent.." semichips.org June '99: "1999 will be the first double digit year at 12.1 percent growth since the 41.7 percent spurt in 1995." semichips.org Ah, marketing! -mb