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To: SirRealist who wrote (115)	5/22/2000 5:51:00 PM
From: marquis103	Respond to of 24256

The CEO of Hughes Electronics was on CNBC about 20 minutes ago and gave an incredibly bullish view of the Direct TV satellite subsidiary in my opinion. Just thought I'd remind everyone that a little company with the symbol WGNR has the exclusive contract to supply all the necessary equipment to give Direct TV's customers local broadcasts. As always, please do your own DD. Russ

To: SirRealist who wrote (115)	5/22/2000 6:34:00 PM
From: baddtiming	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24256

Can you get me some AVNX for $35? :)

To: SirRealist who wrote (115)	5/22/2000 8:53:00 PM
From: rowrowrow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24256

ELON was a great trader today Sorry for not posting it.....new to the thread <gg> Great trading range and 2 nice dips. Finished fairly strong and with healthy volume. Put it on your watch list for tomorrow. finance.yahoo.com

To: SirRealist who wrote (115)	5/22/2000 10:37:00 PM
From: 2MAR$	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24256

April chip equipment orders growth barely pauses MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., May 22 (Reuters) - Semiconductor equipment makers barely saw a pause during April in the torrid growth in orders for the machinery used to manufacture and test computer chips, capping a string of record-breaking months. North American semiconductor equipment makers posted $142 in orders for every $100 of products shipped, according to preliminary data reported late on Monday by trade group Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI). By contrast, an average of $145 in orders was received for every $100 in shipments during March, outstripping all previous records in the notoriously boom-to-bust-to-boom-again industry. Investors use this ``book-to-bill'' data, which reflects a three-month moving average of the ratio of bookings to billings, to gauge the industry's growth prospects. Bookings rose to $2.7 billion, up 10 percent from March's $2.45 billion, SEMI said. The industry has been on a strong upward growth trend since late last year, reflecting a rebound from a slump that stretched back to November 1997, the previous industry highpoint before an equipment sales glut socked the industry. Chipmakers have been increasing capital budgets to buy, build and equip production facilities. Several Wall Street analysts had said ahead of the release of Monday's data that a let-up in order growth was expected after five months of new records. With demand for computer chips far outstripping production capacity, especially for circuitry used in products such as cellphones, analysts believe that any pause in growth for the underlying equipment used to produce electronics will prove temporary and regain momentum during the course of this year. Semicondutor equipment makers include companies such as Applied Materials Inc. (NasdaqNM:AMAT - news), the dominant player in the industry, Novellus Systems Inc. (NasdaqNM:NVLS - news), Lam Research Corp. (NasdaqNM:LRCX - news) and Teradyne Inc. (NYSE:TER - news). ..Looks like the Chipmakers are ---->"making book"... there could be less of slow-down than is normally anticipated for the sector now , but we'll see more growth in the future and another very robust year for the chippy's.