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To: Jenna who wrote (4520)	2/13/2001 4:20:33 PM
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STOR another nice one marketgems.com

To: Jenna who wrote (4520)	2/13/2001 4:29:37 PM
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Applied Materials Earnings-3: Backlog $3.9B At 1Q End Applied Materials didn't provide any further specific guidance for 2001, saying only that it is taking steps to manage the company through the near-term uncertainty of the business cycle. It noted that historically it has used slow periods to bolster its market position. For the first quarter, new orders were $2.43 billion, falling 33% from the $3.60 billion logged in the fourth quarter, and decreasing 1% from $2.45 billion for the year-ago first quarter. Backlog at the end of the first fiscal quarter of 2001 decreased to $3.9 billion from $4.38 billion at the end of the fourth fiscal quarter of 2000. Gross margin for the first fiscal quarter of 2001 was 48.8%, down from 51.7% for the fourth fiscal quarter of 2000, and down from 49.8% for the first fiscal quarter of 2000. (MORE) DOW JONES NEWS 02-13-01 04:27 PM