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To: Amy J who wrote (101240)	3/21/2000 12:41:00 PM
From: Elmer	Respond to of 186894

Book-to-bill number matches record set 5 years ago Shares of Intel (INTC: news, msgs) are up 1 15/16 to 136 15/16. The chip giant's stock touched 138 1/4 in intraday trading, topping the 52-week high set on Monday. February book-to-bill ratios for the industry rose to a preliminary reading of 1.41 from January's revised 1.39 figure. SG Cowen analyst Tia-min Ping said that this could "ignite a short-term run-up in chip equipment stock that should last through earnings season. The PHLX Semiconductor Index ($SOX: news, msgs) is slipping 1.7 percent, hurt by the 27 1/2 point decline in the shares of Rambus (RMBS: news, msgs).