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To: AugustWest who wrote (1002)	12/12/2001 9:32:24 PM
From: Stoctrash	Respond to of 1063

pee wee player in the SUX says...biz SUX!! LOL No Bart Simpson stamps this week...just the eye-dropper!< Applied Materials to Cut 1,700 Jobs By Duncan Martell SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Applied Materials Inc. (NasdaqNM:AMAT - news) on Wednesday said it will slash about 1,700 jobs, or 10 percent of its work force -- its second round of cuts this year -- amid the worst-ever slump in the microchip industry. ADVERTISEMENT Applied Materials, the world's biggest maker of semiconductor-manufacturing equipment, said the cuts include 450 positions at its Silicon Valley operations in California and 600 positions in Austin biz.yahoo.com