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To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (36283)	8/5/2000 12:50:11 AM
From: Grashopper	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 70976

OT bUT IT INVOLVES amat and me ......and perhaps some poster can enlighten me on whether i have been had......last Wednesday i had a gtc to sell amat at 77 which was filled....later in the day i got back in at 73......today the broker called me and said the enforcer at their brokerage found i day traded when i was suspended for 90 days from daytradings about 70 days ago because i allegedly daytraded back then w/o money to pay for the trade...at the time of the alleged suspension i rec'd no written notice and didn't think about it too much because i dont daytrade anyway......well today they called me to say that i am subject to a fine of part of my gain about 4k because i daytraded in violation of my suspension and that this is a nyse rule and nothing can be done about it even tho neither myself or my broker considered my transaction daytrading since i had amat before the day started and when i sold it i had surplus credit to buy 150k of any stock .so when i re entered amat there was neither a free ride or a daytrade........another factor was the lack of any written notice and if the broker didn't consider this a daytrade then how could the consumer be charged with greater knowledge ......all in all the situation doesn't pass my smell test and i would appreciate any imput on whether this seizing of my profits is proper under the circumstances...TIA

To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (36283)	8/5/2000 7:14:00 PM
From: Jeffrey D	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 70976

I'd like to see this ad. <gg> Jeff Asyst Brings Martha Stewart Panache to Chip-Equipment World San Francisco, Aug. 5 (Bloomberg) -- It's hard to spice up the semiconductor-equipment industry, that enclave of ion implanter machines and plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition processes that built the world's 31.9 billion chips last year. Asyst Technologies Inc. is giving it a shot. Playing off the success of home-improvement aficionado Martha Stewart, the company commissioned a 30-second TV commercial that features a perky hostess crafting ruined silicon wafers into a vase for dried flowers and using chip rejects as serving platters for sauteed chickpeas. The point: Unlike stenciling a beat up driveway or whitewashing an aging Adirondack chair, there's no way to ``pretty up'' mistakes in chip-making. Asyst, whose automation tools prevent scratches on the wafers that form chips, ran the commercial on eight San Francisco Bay Area stations last month during the morning news and late-night shows such as David Letterman to draw techies to its booth at Semicon West, the industry's biggest new product showcase. ``It's a small part of the promotional budget, but as Martha would say, `It's got a lot more panache,' '' said Liz Baird, the consultant who crafted the idea. Asyst's shares fell 17/64 to 19 15/16 on Friday. With the stock price down 42 percent since the show started on July 10, the Fremont, California-based company may be considering how to best arrange potpourri and candles to dress up the shares. Aug/05/2000 10:02 ET