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To: Duker who wrote (1749)	1/6/1999 10:47:00 AM
From: Steve Fancy	Respond to of 3813

RESEARCH ALERT - BT Alex. Brown ups chip equipment Reuters, Wednesday, January 06, 1999 at 10:21 NEW YORK, Jan 6 (Reuters) - BT Alex. Brown said semiconductor equipment manufacturing analyst Erika Klauer upgraded seven companies within the sector Wednesday from market perform ratings to either buy or strong buy ratings. -- Klauer upgraded Veeco Instruments Inc. (NASDAQ:VECO) to a strong buy from a market perform rating. Share price was up 2-7/8 at 59-3/8 on the Nasdaq stock market. -- Upgraded KLA-Tencor Corp. (NASDAQ:KLAC) to a strong buy from a market perform. Share price was up 1-1/2 to 54-1/8. -- Upgraded Novellus Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:NVLS) to a strong buy from a market perform. Share price was up three to 61-9/16 on the Nasdaq stock market. -- Upgraded Applied Materials Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAT) to a strong buy from a market perform. Share price was up 2-13/16 to 52-1/2 on the Nasdaq stock market. -- Upgraded ATMI Inc. (NASDAQ:ATMI) to a buy from a market perform. Share price was down 1/16 to 27-5/16 on the Nasdaq stock market. -- Upgraded LAM Research Corp. (NASDAQ:LRCX) to a buy from a market perform. Share price was up one at 26-1/4 on the Nasdaq stock market. -- Upgraded Zygo Corp. (NASDAQ:ZIGO) to a buy from a market perform. Share price was up 1-1/8 to 11-1/8 on the Nasdaq stock market. Copyright 1999, Reuters News Service