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Politics : Formerly About Applied Materials -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Jeffrey D who wrote (31534)	7/21/1999 3:21:00 PM
From: Gottfried	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 70976

Jeffrey and Paul, Paul - thank you for the bp table! Jeff, yesterday I did a historic news search for Applied Materials on WSJ-online. An article about a 1998 layoff in Austin, Texas appeared on top. Could be some reporter in a hurry fell for it. Subscribers can do the search by pulling up the briefing book for AMAT and then clicking on the publications library. Here are the first few items: Headlines 1-20 of 200, sorted by relevance. Articles are US $2.95 each. See pricing for details. Applied Materials Plans to Cut Jobs in Austin, Texas KRTBN Knight-Ridder Tribune Business News: Austin American-Statesman, 05/27/1998, 536 words. May 27--Applied Materials said Tuesday it hopes to cut 1,000 jobs mostlyin Austin and California by offering severance packages to workers. The company, which has about 3,000 workers in Austin, said it ... The Forbes/IBES Report on Earnings Forecast The Forbes/Ibes Report On ... Forbes, 07/26/1999, 171 words. THE S&P 500 IS SELLING at a lofty 27 times estimated 1999 earnings, and security analysts are predicting a 16% gain--before writeoffs--in S&P profits. But Joseph Abbott, equity strategist at IBES ... Stocks Mostly Lower; Dow Industrials Fall 19.94, Nasdaq Gains 8.44 Dow Jones Business News, 07/21/1999, 743 words. NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Stocks were mostly lower Wednesday afternoon as blue chips were pressured by weak earnings from Goodyear, but investors cautiously returned to some technology issues following ... Gottfried