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To: Sully- who wrote (24085)	1/23/2002 5:19:18 PM
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KLA-Tencor sees orders up sequentially in March qtr SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan 23 (Reuters) - Semiconductor test and equipment maker KLA-Tencor Corp.(NasdaqNM:KLAC - news) believes the worst of the business slowdown is over and expects orders in the current quarter to rise from the previous one, its chief executive said on Wednesday. ``We believe that the worst of this downturn is behind us,'' Ken Schroeder, the CEO, told investors in a conference call after releasing results for the fiscal second quarter, which ended in December. Strong holiday sales and personal computer sales indicated that customers' business could improve, he said. ``For our March quarter, we expect a modest sequential increase in our order pattern,'' he said. biz.yahoo.com