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Sector Snap: Chips fall as AMD writes down $880M (AP: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:47:59 Etc/GMT) Semiconductor stocks fell dramatically Friday as investors contended with not only a sharp decline in the broader market, but a large writedown at Advanced Micro Devices Inc. |

Applied Materials downgraded at Citi (AP: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:32:20 Etc/GMT) An analyst downgraded semiconductor equipment maker Applied Materials Inc. on Friday, saying orders from chip makers such as Samsung appear to be falling. |


Citi cuts Applied Materials to hold (at MarketWatch: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:01:16 Etc/GMT) In a note on semiconductor equipment stocks, Citi cut its rating on Applied Materials to hold from buy, citing its 25% outperformance to rivals since Nov. 2007. It expects the gap to narrow as Samsung has downsized second-half orders. |

Advanced Energy to Report Second Quarter 2008 Financial Results (PR Newswire: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 13:00:00 Etc/GMT) Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. will release second quarter 2008 financial results on Wednesday, July 23, 2008. Management's quarterly company update will also be held on July 23, 2008, beginning at 3:00 p.m. |



S&P SmallCap 600 in Focus: GGC STSA (AP: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:04:23 Etc/GMT) The Standard & Poor's SmallCap 600 was nearly unchanged at midday Tuesday as investors considered a lower-than-expected reading on June consumer confidence and a spike in oil prices. |


Goldman ups Lam Research, Advanced Energy in sector note (at MarketWatch: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:24:00 Etc/GMT) In a note on the chip equipment sector, Goldman Sachs upgraded Lam Research to conviction buy from neutral and upgraded Advanced Energy Industries to buy from neutral, while cutting Formfactor and Entegris to neutral from buy. |

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