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To: Q. who wrote (3187)	12/13/2000 9:58:56 AM
From: Philip W. Dunton, Jr	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3661

From Briefing.com 09:00 ET Chip Equipment Stocks : Merrill Lynch is reducing its near-term rating on the front-end process equipment companies where estimate reductions imply that the downside risk is not recognized. Firm lowers the following stocks to ACCUMULATE from BUY: ASML, ENTG, TWAV, MTCH, ESIO, CYMI. Lowered to NEUTRAL from ACCUMULATE were AEIS, LRCX, KLAC, AMAT. Cut to NEUTRAL from BUY was NVLS. 08:57 ET Chip Equipment Stocks : After recent trip to Asia, Merrill Lynch expects semiconductor capital equipment to slow more dramatically in 2001 than its previous forecast. Now sees growth of only 6% vs its Oct. forecast of 12%.