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To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (28525)	2/23/1999 3:29:00 PM
From: Sun Tzu	Respond to of 70976

And how much do you think were the Koreans buying at the height of their financial plights?

To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (28525)	2/23/1999 7:38:00 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 70976

After the close, CFM Technologies (CFMT -1/8 at 11 1/2) reported a Q1 net loss of $0.37 a share, $0.03 cents narrower than expected, versus year-ago loss of $0.09 a share, and Q4 loss of $0.43 a share... Like other chip equipment makers, year-ago comparisons not all that important... CFMT showed sequential improvement in earnings and net sales which were up 9% to $6.1 mln from Q4... Gross margins also improved to 20.1% from 2.2% in Q4, but were down from 44.2% in prior-year period.