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      <title>Applied Materials Announces Cash Dividend</title>
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      <description>SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Applied Materials, Inc. today announced that its Board of Directors has approved a quarterly cash dividend of $0.06 per share payable on the</description>
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      <title>Applied Materials' New SEMVision G4 System Sets the Benchmark with Defect-Per-Second Review at 2nm Resolution</title>
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      <description>SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Applied Materials, Inc. today unveiled its most advanced defect review SEM1, the Applied SEMVision</description>
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      <description>NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Applied Materials, Inc. today announced it was named Green Energy Innovator of the Year for its pioneering work on the Applied SunFab</description>
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      <description>KYOTO, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SOKUDO Co., Ltd. today announced its new RF3T system, the company&amp;#8217;s highest productivity, lowest</description>
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      <title>Applied Materials Takes CMP Process Control to 45nm and Beyond With FullVision Endpoint System</title>
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      <description>SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Applied Materials, Inc. today announced its new Applied FullVision&amp;#8482; system that enables</description>
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      <description>SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Applied Materials, Inc. today unveiled its Applied UVision&amp;#174; 3 system, the industry</description>
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      <title>Applied Materials to Hold Special Conference Call on November 19, 2007 at 4:30 p.m. ET</title>
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      <description>SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Applied Materials, Inc. (Nasdaq:AMAT) will hold a special conference call on Monday, November 19, 2007, at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time (1:30 p.m. Pacific</description>
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      <title>Applied Materials to Accelerate Its Solar Roadmap with Acquisition of Baccini</title>
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      <description>SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Applied Materials, Inc. today announced an agreement to acquire Baccini S.p.A., a leading supplier of automated metallization and test systems for</description>
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      <description>SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Applied Materials, Inc. reported results for its fiscal year and fourth quarter ended October 28, 2007. Fiscal 2007 net sales were a record $9.73</description>
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      <title>Applied Materials and Elpida Sign Major Service Agreement to Increase Fab Productivity</title>
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      <description>SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Applied Materials, Inc. has signed a five-year contract with Elpida Memory, Inc., a leading provider of DRAM chips for mobile, digital consumer product</description>
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      <description>--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The third annual Applied Materials Silicon Valley Turkey Trot takes place in downtown San Jose on Thanksgiving Day with some 4000 people expected to run or walk in a</description>
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      <title>Applied Materials Acquires Kachina Assets from Edwards</title>
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      <description>SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Applied Materials, Inc. today announced that it has completed the acquisition of certain assets of Edwards Vacuum, Inc.&amp;#8217;s</description>
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      <description>SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Applied Materials, Inc. (Nasdaq:AMAT) will hold its quarterly conference call to discuss its results for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2007 and its</description>
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      <description>SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Applied Materials, Inc., a global nanomanufacturing technology leader dedicated to social responsibility, today announced it named Mark Walker to be</description>
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      <title>Applied Materials Opens SunFab Technology Center to Accelerate Solar Innovation</title>
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      <description>ALZENAU, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Applied Materials, Inc. is pioneering a new era in photovoltaic (PV) research and development with the opening of its SunFab Technology Center, one of the</description>
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      <description>SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Applied Materials, Inc. announced today that it has named Dr. Hans Stork as chief technology officer (CTO) and group vice president of its Silicon</description>
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      <description>TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Applied Materials, Inc. today expanded its solutions for TFT-LCD(1) flat panel display (FPD) manufacturing, with the launch of its breakthrough AKT-PiVot</description>
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      <title>Symposium: New Frontiers in Memory Technology</title>
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      <description>SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--IEEE SCV-EDS(1) and Applied Materials will host a full-day technical symposium to discuss the critical innovations that will be required to scale memory</description>
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      <description>SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Applied Materials, Inc. (Nasdaq:AMAT) has released its 2007 Environmental Responsibility Report that showcases the company&amp;#8217;s</description>
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      <description>SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Applied Materials, Inc. today announced the appointment of Dennis D. Powell to serve on its Board of Directors, effective immediately.</description>
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      <description>MILAN, Italy--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Applied Materials, Inc. today introduced its revolutionary Applied SunFab&amp;#8482; Thin Film Line, the world</description>
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      <description>SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Applied Materials, Inc. today announced an agreement to purchase from BOC Edwards, Inc. certain assets of its Kachina semiconductor equipment parts</description>
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      <description>SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Applied Materials, Inc. today announced that it has completed the acquisition of HCT Shaping Systems SA (HCT), the world&amp;#8217;s</description>
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      <description>SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Applied Materials, Inc. reported results for its third fiscal quarter ended July 29, 2007. Net sales were $2.56 billion, slightly up from $2.54 billion</description>
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      <description>SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Applied Materials, Inc. (Nasdaq:AMAT) will hold its quarterly conference call to discuss its results for the third fiscal quarter of 2007 and its</description>
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      <description>SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Applied Materials, Inc. today broadened its portfolio of advanced patterning solutions with the launch of its Applied Producer</description>
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      <description>FARIBAULT, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SAGE Electrochromics, Inc., the only provider of commercially viable, energy-saving electrochromic smart window products for buildings, today announced</description>
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      <description>SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Applied Materials, Inc. today turned up the heat in etching the world&amp;#8217;s most advanced transistors with the launch of its</description>
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