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To: hobo who wrote (10611)	4/24/2001 7:18:14 AM
From: Poet	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10876

This month's book-to-bill: (not too bloody good) North American Semiconductor Equipment Industry Posts March 2001 Book-to-Bill Ratio of 0.64 SAN JOSE, Calif., April 23, 2001 -- The North American-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted $1.3 billion in orders in March 2001 and a book-to-bill ratio of 0.64, according to the April 2001 Express Report published today by Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI). A book-to-bill of 0.64 means that orders were 36 percent lower than shipments for the month.