To: sam  who wrote (13 ) 7/11/2000 6:33:14 PM From: sam     Read Replies (2)  | Respond to    of 106  I'm pretty sure I'm the only shareholder left in this one.  And its a crying shame imho. Company Press Release SOURCE: Rudolph Technologies Rudolph Technologies Joins Russell 3000(c) Index FLANDERS, N.J., July 11, 2000 (PRIMEZONE)-- Rudolph Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:RTEC - news) today announced that it has been selected for inclusion in the Russell 3000(c) Index. The latest Index was published after the close of market yesterday by the Frank Russell Company.  ``Rudolph's inclusion in the Russell 3000 less than a year after the Company went public is an excellent measure of our success to date,'' said Paul F. McLaughlin, Chairman and CEO. ``Clearly, we have achieved our objective of delivering the right solutions at the right time to leading semiconductor manufacturers throughout the world. With the semiconductor industry experiencing a resurgence of strength, we see excellent prospects for the growth of our metrology tools and our Company.'' The Russell 1000(c), Russell 2000(c) and Russell 3000(c) indices rank the performance, respectively, of the top 1000, 2000 and following 3000 largest public U.S. companies by market capitalization. Revised annually, they are widely used as benchmarks for investment consideration by the investment community. Rudolph Technologies is a worldwide leader in the design, development, manufacture and support of high-performance process control metrology systems used by semiconductor device manufacturers. The Company provides a full-fab solution through its families of proprietary systems for both transparent and opaque thin film measurement. Rudolph's product development has successfully anticipated and addressed many emerging trends that are driving the semiconductor industry's growth. The Company's success in creating complementary metrology applications through aggressive research and development is key to Rudolph's strategy for continued technological and market leadership.biz.yahoo.com