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To: Night Writer who wrote (67348)	9/7/1999 11:05:00 AM
From: Captain Jack	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 97611

NW --- here is a chuckle,, PC, chip stocks higher in trading Semiconductor Index up for fifth straight session By Janet Haney, CBS MarketWatch Last Update: 10:33 AM ET Sep 7, 1999 Silicon Stocks Join the Discussion Group NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Hardware shares were mostly higher Tuesday with semiconductor makers such as Motorola and Advanced Micro Devices posting positive gains. The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index rose 0.4 percent to 563.04, gaining speed for the fifth session in a row. Novellus Systems said it reorganized and created a new unit, Integration and Advanced Development, See press release. The restructuring also joins Novellus' dielectrics and metals product lines into one unit called Business Operations. Novellus (NVLS: news, msgs) was up 5/16 to 65 3/8. Advanced Micro Devices (NSM: news, msgs) jumped 1 3/16 to 22 3/16. Rival chip maker Intel (INTC: news, msgs) dipped 3/4 to 88 9/16. Motorola (MOT: news, msgs) was higher at 97 9/16 and Xilinx (XLNX: news, msgs) slid 1 5/8 to 73 1/8. The Goldman Sachs Computer Hardware Index advanced 0.6 percent. Gateway (GTW: news, msgs) added 1 7/8 to 100 3/8 ahead of a 2-for-1 stock split set for the close of trading Tuesday. Dell Computer (DELL: news, msgs) cut prices up to 18 percent on its OptiPlex business desktop personal computers with Intel Pentium II and Pentium III processors. Dell shares were up 5/16 to 49 3/4. See press release. Other PC makers were mixed in trading. Apple (AAPL: news, msgs) still traded above 70, gaining 2 3/16 to 75 11/16, Compaq (CPQ: news, msgs) fell 3/16 to 23 3/16, Hewlett-Packard (HWP: news, msgs) rose 1 7/32 to 110 13/16 and IBM (IBM: news, msgs) was up to 128 15/16.