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		<title><![CDATA[Applied Materials: Burned By The Sun [Voices]]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Applied Materials AMAT yesterday afternoon posted stellar results for the fiscal fourth quarter ended October 25; revenue of $1.53 billion was well ahead of the Street at $1.32 billion, and non-GAAP EPS of 13 cents a share crushed the consensus number at three cents. Likewise, the company said FY Q1...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:38:36 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Applied Materials Outperforms in Each Category]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ockham Research submits:  &#8220;Let&#8217;s get to the AMAT news because you see the stock reacting in rather nicely, up 3% on this news. Applied Materials just absolutely blowing through all forecasts here. The company reporting 13 cents a share against the 3 cents that Wall Street was anticipating on...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Applied Materials: Plans for Layoffs, Cautious Outlook on Solar]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Greentech Media submits:  By Ucilia Wang Applied Materials AMAT plans to cut about 10-12 percent of its workforce and expects it solar business to break even at least in the coming year. by Greentech Media]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:29:48 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Applied Materials Q3: Beats on Revenue and Margins]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Zacks.com submits:   Applied Materials&#8217; AMAT fourth quarter earnings beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 12 cents. Revenue beat the consensus by 15.6%. All the peer companies -- ASML Holdings ASML, KLA Tencor KLAC and Lam Research LRCX -- reported results that also beat the consensus. The general improvement...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:23:42 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Applied Materials, Inc. F4Q09 (Qtr End 10/25/09) Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator  Operator Instructions  Your first question comes from Stephen Chin &#8211; UBS. Stephen Chin &#8211; UBS  A question on the linearity for the fiscal 2010 sales, it looks like fiscal 2010 sales are pretty heavily front end loaded here with conservatism built in to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:04:08 -0800</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Caroline ValetkevitchNEW YORK (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=Reuters">Reuters</a>) - The Dow and the Standard & Poor's 500 index closed at 13-month highs on Wednesday as an upbeat forecast from a top homebuilder and data from China pointed to a strengthening global economy.The Dow's advance was its sixth straight as comments from top Federal...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Applied Materials Posts Lower Profit, to Cut Jobs]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=Reuters">Reuters</a>) - Applied Materials Inc AMAT, the world's largest producer of chip-making gear, posted lower quarterly profit on Wednesday, but beat Wall Street estimates and said it planned to cut jobs globally.The company also expects net sales to increase 30 percent in fiscal 2010, even as it plans...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Earnings Preview: Applied Materials]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Applied Materials AMAT is expected to report Q4  earnings after the market close on Wednesday, November 11, with a conference  call scheduled for 4:30 pm ET.  Guidance The consensus estimate is 3c for EPS and $1.32B  for revenue, according to First Call. Guidance provided by management...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Applied Materials: What Price History Can Tell Us]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[optionMONSTER submits:   By Bryan McCormick The chart of Applied Materials AMAT, which reports earnings tomorrow, is one of those trickier examples that at first appears to offer few hints as to possible price movement. by optionMONSTER]]></description>
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