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The SEMI book-to-bill is a ratio of three-month movingaverages of worldwide bookings and billings for NorthAmerica-based chip-equipment makers. The data contained in the report was compiled by DavidPowell Inc, an independent financial services firm, withoutaudit, from data submitted directly by the participants.Billings BookingsBook-to-Bill (Three-month avg)(Three-month avg) Jan 2009584.2 277.20.47 Feb 2009 525.5 258.40.49 March 2009438.3 245.60.56 April 2009385.7249.00.65 May 2009(final) 392.6 287.80.73 June 2009 (prelim.) 419.6 323.4 0.77 *Source: SEMI July 2009 Billings and bookings figures in millions of U.S. chip equipment makers include Applied Materials Inc(AMAT.O), the world’s biggest, testing tools firm KLA TencorCorp (KLAC.O), circuitry-etching tools company Lam ResearchCorp (LRCX.O) and Novellus Systems Inc (NVLS.O), whichspecializes in preparing the surface of a silicon wafer beforecircuits are laid down. June billings were $419.6 million, just over 7 percent upfrom May and about 72 percent less than a year ago. “We are seeing improvement to the book to bill ratio due toslight growth in bookings,” SEMI Chief Executive Stanley Myerssaid in a statement. “However for the equipment manufacturers, the marketremains extremely difficult as customers are not yet at a pointwhere additional capacity investments are needed,” he added U.S. The ratio is watched as an indicator of the demand pipelinefor the industry, as well as for hints about chip capacity andwhether the $300 billion semiconductor sector could be headedfor a glut.

July 21 (Reuters) – North American manufacturers ofequipment used to make semiconductors reported $323.4 millionin orders in June, up 12 percent from the previous month,reflecting a gradual recovery in demand for products such asmobiles and personal computers. The book-to-bill ratio was 0.77 in June, meaning that $77worth of orders were received for every $100 of productshipped, Semiconductor Equipment and Materials Internationalsaid in a preliminary report. 102 SOURCENAMMScott Robertson, APR, Director of Marketing and Communications of NAMM,+1-760-438-8007, ext 102, . For more information about NAMM, interested partiescan visit or call 800-767-NAMM (6266).* According to the April 2009 Gallup Poll entitled “2009 Public AttitudesToward Music”MEDIA CONTACT: Scott Robertson, APR Director of Marketing and Communications NAMM 760-438-8007, ext. NAMM’s activities and programs are designedto promote music making to people of all ages NAMM is comprised of more than9,000 Member companies. It’s never too late to learn to play a musical instrument, whether youare five or 85, and NAMM’s new game is a fun and easy first step to givemusic-making a try.”If you are interested in downloading the new mobile application for youriPhone, visit: NAMMThe National Association of Music Merchants, commonly called NAMM in referenceto the organization’s popular NAMM trade shows, is the not-for-profitassociation that unifies, leads and strengthens the $17 billion global musicalinstruments and products industry. “The ‘Wanna Play Music?’application combines amusement with quality resources to learn how to playmusic.

“The NAMM app lesson locator is the quickest and easiest wayfor iPhone users to find a trusted, local music teacher.”The launch of the free app by NAMM is part of the association’s national WannaPlay? public awareness campaign, which recognizes the vital role that musicand music education plays in people’s lives, and how recreational music makingcan directly impact the health and social well being of people in all stagesof life.”NAMM is consistently seeking new ways to connect people with the enjoymentand proven benefits of playing music and simple ways anyone can get involved,”said Joe Lamond, NAMM’s president and CEO. The NAMM app also features a music store and musiclessons’ search tool pulling from one of the largest databases of musicinstructors available on the Web with teacher data from NAMM, MTNA (MusicTeachers National Association) and TakeLessons , a nationwide provider oflessons.”TakeLessons was founded on the idea of influencing and inspiring an entiregeneration through music, and we’re pleased to partner with NAMM to helppeople learn to play and sing,” said Steven Cox, CEO and founder ofTakeLessons . Betting on proven research that anyone can play musicwith practice, NAMM hopes to encourage game players to take the next step toplaying a real instrument. With that finding in mind, NAMM developed the freegame app to help anyone easily get started.Free, fun and educational, NAMM’s “Wanna Play Music?” game app can be playedon an iPhone or iPod touch. It features a disc jockey’s turntable that testsplayers’ “musicality” – the ability to rhythmically match colored balls thatdrop onto a color-coded disc jockey turntable.Geared for those who say they”aren’t musical,” the NAMM app lets players “spin” the turntable as they maketheir color matches. Thefree iPhone game “app” called “Wanna Play Music?” is an entertaining way totest your music making skills, and features a handy tool to quickly findquality local music instructors.With interest in playing a musical instrument at an all-time high, a wave ofnew music-related iPhone applications has hit the iTunes virtual shelf.According to a recent Gallup poll*, playing music is an ability wished for by85 percent of Americans.

NAMM Launches Free ‘Wanna Play Music’ Mobile Application on iTunes, Game AppTests Players’ ‘Musicality’ and Features Music Lessons LocatorFree Music Game App from NAMM Available Now in iTunes StoreCARLSBAD, Calif., July 21 /PRNewswire/ — NAMM, the 108-year-old,not-for-profit trade association of the international music products industry,today launched its first mobile game application at Apple’s iTunes store. The slow steady (pace) wins, that’s what I believe.”(Editing by Jan Paschal ). It goes back to the tortoise and the hare,” Shive said, referring to one of Aesop’s fables “Most people think that the hare wins I believe the tortoise wins in the long run. That compared with a negative 2.22 percent for the reinvested returns of the S&P 500 index over the same decade.On an annual basis, that difference in rates of return appears small, yet over time, the difference is enormous.A $10,000 investment at the end of June 1999 in one of those three funds would have grown to more than $16,000 — a gain of over 60 percent — by June 30, 2009.Yet that same investment in an S&P 500 index fund would have declined more than 20 percent to about $7,987 over that same 10-year period.It’s the classic story of the tortoise beating the hare.”Here’s what I think. That, I believe, will be a trend.”The investor class of the Parnassus Equity Income Fund PRBLX.O has returned 5.48 percent annually over the 10 years ended June 30, while Wasatch-1st Source Income Equity Fund FMIEX.O returned 5.14 percent and American Century’s Equity Income Fund returned 4.92 percent.