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		<title><![CDATA[Canon cutting 700 jobs in Japan]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite news that we might have hit bottom, not everyone has recovered yet. Canon Inc. is cutting 700 jobs in Japan, specifically withinÂ chip equipment operations. While the company says it will move some workers to other jobs within the company, that's still a huge shift. Canon reps say that the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:35:11 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[North American chip equipment orders fall]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[North American chip equipment orders fallSadYet another sign that America is being reduced to a country that exports nothing more than Potato Chips and Soda Pop.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2007 07:25:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Chip equipment sales up 27.7 percent in 2006]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chip equipment sales up 27.7 percent in 2006Chip equipment sales up 27.7 percent in 2006[i]Demand for mobile phones and digital music players, as well as for computer memory ahead of Microsoft's launch of its new Windows Vista operating system, pushed chip makers to beef up spending on cutting-edge equipment last...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2007 07:49:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Global chip equipment sales to fall to $32.95 bln in 2005]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/ITFacts/?p=9684]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Global chip equipment sales in 2005 are projected to reach $32.95 bln, down from a 2004 when the market leaped 67% to $37.11 bln, according to SEMI. In 2006 sales of chip making machinery is expected to rise to $35.97 bln.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2005 00:10:01 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Chip equipment orders up 66% YTY in January]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/ITFacts/?p=5368]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[North American manufacturers of microchip-making gear reported their sixth straight month of increasing orders in January, demonstrating a broad recovery in capital spending by chip makers, a U.S. trade group said on Thursday. Orders rose 66% from last January to $1.22 bil, and rose 4% from a revised December level...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2004 15:34:17 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Global chip equipment sales rise 48 percent]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Global chip equipment sales rise 48 percentGoing Global is a big mistake, keep the jobs hereWhat is the benefit of American workers, going global is nothing more than shipping jobs overseas.What a farce!]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2004 15:30:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[SEMI: Chip equipment sales up]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/ITFacts/?p=4953]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The three-month average of worldwide orders in October was $871.1 mil, 12% above the revised September figure of $778.8 mil, and 12% above October 2002 orders of $775 mil, said Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International SEMI.The three-month average of equipment billings, or the value of chip-making gear accepted by customers...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2003 16:12:15 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Chip equipment: down in Q2 2003]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/ITFacts/?p=4797]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Worldwide semiconductor equipment sales, excluding test equipment, fell to $4.1 billion in the Q2, down 9% from the same period a year ago. And compared with the previous quarter, equipment sales fell a whopping 20%, according to Gartner. "The second quarter was far worse than we, or anyone else, thought...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2003 16:46:00 -0700</pubDate>
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