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To: Madharry who wrote (7630)	5/31/2000 12:59:00 AM
From: DJBEINO	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9582

May 31 is wednesday. still time to purchase tommorrow!!

To: Madharry who wrote (7630)	5/31/2000 1:47:00 PM
From: DJBEINO	Respond to of 9582

MSCI's increased Taiwan weighting to attract new foreign funds Taipei, May 30, 2000 (CENS)--Some additional US$11.5 billion foreign equity funds are expected to find their way into Taiwan's stock market after Morgan Stanley Capital International raise the market capitalization of Taiwan Index in its global indexes on Wednesday, analysts said. MSCI announced on May 17 that the planned increased weighting of Taiwan shares in MSCI Emerging Markets Free (EMF) index series and MSCI All Country (AC) World Free index series, will proceed as scheduled at the end of this month. As previously announced on Nov. 23, 1999, the market capitalization weight of the Taiwan Index in both MSCI EMF and AC Free Index series will be increased from 50% to 65% of its market capitalization as of the close of trade on May 31, 2000. After the market capitalization of Taiwan shares are adjusted upward, the weighting of the Taiwan Index in the MSCI EMF index series will be raised to 13.48% from the previous 12.6% and in the MSCI AC World Free index series to 1.47% from 1.16%. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. will be the most heavily weighed issue in a total of 76 underlying Taiwan stocks that make up the MSCI Taiwan Index, accounting for a 19.60% share. The other top issues include United Microelectronics Corp. with a 12.58% share, Asustek Computer (3.96%), Hon Hai Precision Industry (3.81%) and Winbond Electronics (3.66%). The market capitalization of Taiwan shares in MSCI global indexes will be raised to 80% in November this year and to 100% in January 2001. ++++++++++++++++++ Singapore, May 31 (Bloomberg) -- Singapore stocks may rise for the second time in ten days, led by Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd. on its inclusion in Morgan Stanley Capital International Inc.'s Singapore Index of stocks today. Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd. and other stocks that will be included into the MSCI Singapore Index may rise as fund managers who use the index to measure performance may buy the shares that are added.

To: Madharry who wrote (7630)	6/2/2000 9:08:00 AM
From: DJBEINO	Respond to of 9582

Chip sales hit record $15.2 billion in April as growth surpasses expectations By J. Robert Lineback Semiconductor Business News (06/02/00, 08:48:42 AM EDT) SAN JOSE -- The chip market sizzled in April, setting a record high $15.2 billion in sales for the month, according to data released today by the Semiconductor Industry Association here. The SIA's monthly sales report shows April chip revenues increasing 35.6% from $11.2 billion in April 1999, based on a three-month moving average. The $15.2 billion sales figure for April 2000 was 1.4% higher than $15.0 billion recorded in March, said the SIA. "April sales show continued industry growth and are surpassing our expectations for 2000," said George Scalise, president of the U.S.-based trade organization, which is slated to release is revised forecast for chip sales next week. "Coupled with strong PC sales, industry growth is being driven by an explosion of worldwide demand for cellular phones, and the wireless communications infrastructure," Scalise said. "While PCs and consumer electronics have strong seasonal demand trends, cellular phones are in demand year round." A number of market research firms have recently increased their worldwide forecasts for semiconductor sales growth in 2000. At the start of this year, most market observers believed chip sales would grow between 18-25% over 1999, but strong unit demand and the prospects of IC shortages have caused most forecasters to hike their original outlooks. For instance, Dataquest Inc. in San Jose now says worldwide chip revenues will increase 31% to $222 billion over sales in 1999 because of higher memory growth (see May 24 story). IC Insights Inc. last month increased its forecast to 32% growth in 2000 because of the likelihood that average selling prices will soon start to rise, said analyst Bill McClean, president of the Scottsdale, Ariz., research firm (see May 18 story) The SIA today said strong growth in chip revenues is being fueled by cellular phone shipments, PC demand, consumer product sales, and electronic-commerce over the Internet. The trade group also noted that flash memory and digital signal processing segments were especially hot in communication applications. Flash revenues jumped 193% in the first fourth months of 2000 compared to the same period last year, according to the SIA. Semiconductor sales in the Asia Pacific market grew 46% to $3.89 billion in April compared to $2.66 billion in the month last year, said the SIA report. The region's sales were up 1.6% from $3.82 billion in March, based on the three-month moving average. In Japan, chip revenues grew 41.1% to $3.43 billion in April compared to $2.43 billion in the month last year. The SIA said Japan's chip sales rose 2.2% from $3.35 billion in March. Chip sales in the Americas were up 25.7% to $4.57 billion in April vs. $3.64 billion in April 1999, said the SIA. Compared to March, American chip sales were up 0.7% from $4.54 billion in the previous month. Europe's semiconductor revenues jumped 33.6% to $3.32 billion from $2.48 billion in April 1999, said the SIA report. Sequentially, Europe's chip sales were up 1.1% from $3.28 billion in March, based on the three-month average semibiznews.com

To: Madharry who wrote (7630)	6/2/2000 9:08:00 AM
From: DJBEINO	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9582

Chip sales hit record $15.2 billion in April as growth surpasses expectations By J. Robert Lineback Semiconductor Business News (06/02/00, 08:48:42 AM EDT) SAN JOSE -- The chip market sizzled in April, setting a record high $15.2 billion in sales for the month, according to data released today by the Semiconductor Industry Association here. The SIA's monthly sales report shows April chip revenues increasing 35.6% from $11.2 billion in April 1999, based on a three-month moving average. The $15.2 billion sales figure for April 2000 was 1.4% higher than $15.0 billion recorded in March, said the SIA. "April sales show continued industry growth and are surpassing our expectations for 2000," said George Scalise, president of the U.S.-based trade organization, which is slated to release is revised forecast for chip sales next week. "Coupled with strong PC sales, industry growth is being driven by an explosion of worldwide demand for cellular phones, and the wireless communications infrastructure," Scalise said. "While PCs and consumer electronics have strong seasonal demand trends, cellular phones are in demand year round." A number of market research firms have recently increased their worldwide forecasts for semiconductor sales growth in 2000. At the start of this year, most market observers believed chip sales would grow between 18-25% over 1999, but strong unit demand and the prospects of IC shortages have caused most forecasters to hike their original outlooks. For instance, Dataquest Inc. in San Jose now says worldwide chip revenues will increase 31% to $222 billion over sales in 1999 because of higher memory growth (see May 24 story). IC Insights Inc. last month increased its forecast to 32% growth in 2000 because of the likelihood that average selling prices will soon start to rise, said analyst Bill McClean, president of the Scottsdale, Ariz., research firm (see May 18 story) The SIA today said strong growth in chip revenues is being fueled by cellular phone shipments, PC demand, consumer product sales, and electronic-commerce over the Internet. The trade group also noted that flash memory and digital signal processing segments were especially hot in communication applications. Flash revenues jumped 193% in the first fourth months of 2000 compared to the same period last year, according to the SIA. Semiconductor sales in the Asia Pacific market grew 46% to $3.89 billion in April compared to $2.66 billion in the month last year, said the SIA report. The region's sales were up 1.6% from $3.82 billion in March, based on the three-month moving average. In Japan, chip revenues grew 41.1% to $3.43 billion in April compared to $2.43 billion in the month last year. The SIA said Japan's chip sales rose 2.2% from $3.35 billion in March. Chip sales in the Americas were up 25.7% to $4.57 billion in April vs. $3.64 billion in April 1999, said the SIA. Compared to March, American chip sales were up 0.7% from $4.54 billion in the previous month. Europe's semiconductor revenues jumped 33.6% to $3.32 billion from $2.48 billion in April 1999, said the SIA report. Sequentially, Europe's chip sales were up 1.1% from $3.28 billion in March, based on the three-month average semibiznews.com