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To: Margarita who wrote (13593)	12/18/1997 4:10:00 PM
From: Claude	Respond to of 70976

recent news - don't know if anyone's posted it: Japanese Chipmakers Reportedly Delaying Expansion Plans Dow Jones Newswires excerpt: "Hitachi Ltd. (HIT) will postpone opening new facilities at its Naka plant in Ibaraki Prefecture for a year. The 150 billion yen ($1.2 billion) line was scheduled to start commercial production of 64-megabit DRAMs from 300-millimeter wafers in fiscal 1999. Hitachi is also considering reducing capacity at the plant, the newspaper said. Toshiba Corp. plans to hold off on building a 130 billion yen plant in Iwate Prefecture, and Mitsubishi Electric Corp. and Fujitsu Ltd. (FJTSY) may cut capital spending in the next fiscal year by 10% to 20%." interactive.wsj.com you will need a subscription to view the whole story Claude