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To: mr.mark who wrote (28281)	2/25/1999 12:55:00 AM
From: Mang Cheng	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 45548

"Downturn Over: Book-to-Bill at 1.10" "The equipment book-to-bill ratio reached 1.10 in January, rising above 1.0 for the first time since October, 1997, according to Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI; Mountain View, CA). A ratio of 1.10 means that $110 in orders were received for each $100 worth of products shipped. Values greater than 1.0 indicate equipment industry expansion. "This is the fourth month of sequentially greater order levels. Continuing improvement in semiconductor equipment booking figures convey further optimism for the equipment industry," said Stanley Myers, president of SEMI. "While we have not seen a rash of announcements for new semiconductor facilities to be built in 1999 and 2000, the January order level indicates that aggressive activity in both fab conversions and backend upgrades for the newest chip designs should continue to improve equipment industry business levels in 1999." news.semiconductoronline.com Mang (Very significant, worthy of posting)

To: mr.mark who wrote (28281)	2/25/1999 11:19:00 AM
From: Moonray	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 45548

3Com dishes up fast food, faster Web Teams with Burger King franchisee to hype products CBS MarketWatch - Last Update: 3:47 PM ET Feb 24, 1999 NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- 3Com, after striking out with a dwindling field of customers once seen as a surefire market for its wares, has finally found an adaptation of the much-heralded "cybercafe." While many of the once-promising rash of coffeehouses with Web access have gone bust in the past few years, a Burger King franchise owner on Wall Street has been hitting pay dirt. Buy a burger-fries-drink combo from Peter Allen Abramson and get a slip of paper with a number on it. Enter it into one of 20 personal computers mounted against a dining-room wall and get 20 minutes of free Web access. It's drawing more business, partly because consumer interest in the Internet is higher nowadays. Plus, unlike at the cybercafes of yesteryear, Web access at Abramson's Burger King is free. cbs.marketwatch.com o~~~ O