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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator instructions Your first question comes from the line of C.J. Muse with Barclays Capital. Please proceed. Mr. Muse, your line is open, Please proceed. C.J. Muse &#8211; Barclays Capital Hello, can you hear me? Robert Halliday We can hear you now C.J. C.J. Muse &#8211; Barclays...]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions. Your first question comes from the line of Suresh Balaraman from ThinkEquity. Please proceed. Suresh Balaraman - ThinkEquity You talked about tool utilization going up from a few months ago to now. Can you put some numbers on it? Is it going from 20% to...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc. F1Q09 (Qtr End 01/02/09) Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator instructions Your first question comes from the line of C.J. Muse of Barclays Capital. Please proceed. C.J. Muse - Barclays Capital Hi, good evening. Thank you for taking my question. I guess first, first question on the cost-cutting side, can you talk about your plans I...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Varian: A Rare High-Tech Company With Unassailable Market Position]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Manual of Ideas submits: Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates VSEA is the undisputed leader in a small but important segment of the semiconductor cap equipment industry. Several years ago, the company positioned itself to take advantage of an industry shift to single wafer implanters. It gained market share as a...]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator  Operator instructions Your first question comes from the line of Stephen Chin with Capital. Please proceed. C.J. Muse - Barclays Capital  In terms of your PLAD opportunity, can you comment on one, have you made any traction in the non-view side of things and then...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Recovery of Demand for Semi Equipment Delayed - Pacific Crest]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eric Savitz (Barron's) submits:  Pacific Crest&#8217;s Weston Twigg Thursday morning trimmed his EPS estimates for a number of semiconductor equipment companies, asserting that a recovery in demand is likely to take longer than previously expected.  &#8220;Given the lingering imbalance between memory chip supply and demand, we expect new...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc. Q3 2008 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator  Operator instructions Our first question comes from the line of Stephen Chin with UBS. Please proceed. Stephen Chin &#8211; UBS Thanks. Hi, Bob. Hi, Gary. In the opening remark, I think you mentioned that there are additional shutdown plants for the rest of the calendar year. Can...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc. Q2 2008 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions.  And your first question comes from the line of C.J. Muse with Lehman Brothers.  Please proceed. C.J. Muse Yeah, good afternoon.  Thank you for taking my question.  I guess the first question is, I guess, given the backdrop for where we...]]></description>
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