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To: advocatedevil who wrote (60669)	2/16/2002 8:43:25 PM
From: advocatedevil	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 70976

"Look for SEMI book-to-bill to rise" siliconstrategies.com There could be some good news in store for semiconductor-equipment makers next week. On Tuesday (Feb. 19), the Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI) trade association is expected to release its January book-to-bill ratio for North American chip-equipment makers. Given the incremental improvement in order outlook by both frontend and backend equipment companies, SEMI's January book-to-bill ratio is expected to be between 0.80-to-0.85, according to a report from Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc. in San Francisco. This is a slight improvement over the previous month. For the month of December, SEMI reported a preliminary book-to-bill ratio of 0.78, according to Morgan Stanley.--M.L. AdvocateDevil