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Technology Stocks : Cymer (CYMI) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: FJB who wrote (21102)	2/14/1999 2:37:00 PM
From: acidman	Respond to of 25960

Looks like some stocks took a big hit this week. Dident we just see some upgrades just the other week. Looks like history is repeating itself. Anyways, I have no intrest in Cymer(at 25) but I like to stop by sometimes for a good laugh at the "Cymer at 100-200" posts.

To: FJB who wrote (21102)	2/17/1999 2:55:00 PM
From: BillyG	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25960

Japanese chip investment stalls news.com By Brooke Crothers Staff Writer, CNET News.com February 17, 1999, 11:00 a.m. PT Five leading Japanese semiconductor makers have stated that spending on plant and equipment in 1999 will be flat, according to Japan-based reports. The largest Japanese maker NEC, for example, will likely invest between 130 and 150 billion yen, compared with 150 billion yen this year, according to a report in the Nihon Keizai Shimbun, a major Japanese business daily. Total spending by all of the five biggest chipmakers is estimated at between 430-460 billion yen on plant and equipment in 1999, about the same level as the previous year, the report said. The top five are NEC, Toshiba, Hitachi, Fujitsu, and Mitsubishi. The paper says the five are firming up investment plans now and will decide on final figures by the middle of March. One of the most ominous figures cited in the report: The combined investment in plant and equipment hit 890 billion yen in 1995--compared to the projected 460 billion in 1999--and has fallen off each year since then. Moreover, the companies are all expected to report operating losses in their chip businesses in 1998.