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To: Paul V. who wrote (26308)	11/16/1998 1:07:00 AM
From: Gottfried	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 70976

Paul, OTOT Y2K **** More Y2K info "Panic in 2000 Yet another reason to dread New Year's Eve" excerpt Some other predictions for 2000 are just as scary. Television stations will be unable to transmit their signals, causing massive outbreaks of literacy. The IRS will freeze up entirely and be unable to collect your taxes. 96.2 percent of all computers will crash regularly during 2000. These, of course, will be the ones using Windows. currents.net G.

To: Paul V. who wrote (26308)	11/16/1998 7:31:00 AM
From: blake_paterson	Respond to of 70976

More guidance for AMAT's September #'s? <<Sales Of Chipmaking Equipment Plunge 32.7% In April-Sept>> satellite.nikkei.co.jp Excerpts: <<TOKYO (Nikkei)-Sales of Japanese-made semiconductor production machinery, including exports, fell 32.7% year on year to 433.33 billion yen in April-September, the Semiconductor Equipment Association of Japan reported. Sales for fiscal 1998 are set to fall below 1 trillion yen for the first time in four years, and the rate of decline - 40-50% - is expected to be the sharpest since records were first compiled in fiscal 1988. It will be the first sales dip in six years...... ....Orders in the half-year ended September also plummeted 55.5% to 343.4 billion yen. In September, sales slumped 49.7% year on year to 89.18 billion yen, and orders dropped 63.4% to 56.35 billion yen. (The Nihon Keizai Shimbun Monday morning edition) >> BP