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To: Xpiderman who wrote (31209)	6/30/1999 11:30:00 AM
From: Gottfried	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 70976

Xy, re >Any news there to support this rally? Not in the San Jose Mercury NEWS. Instead they published this today... Sales decline again for chip-making tools. Worldwide sales of equipment used to make semiconductors fell almost 19 percent in April from the same month a year earlier, the 12th straight month of decline, as U.S. and Japanese chip makers scaled back capital spending, industry figures showed. Equipment sales slipped to $1.76 billion in the month, the Semiconductor Equipment Association of Japan said. mercurycenter.com Gottfried This isn't the first time a SJMN story has misled.