Weaker Opening

Stocks appear set to open flat to lower Monday.

Centillium Communications
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reaffirmed Q3 numbers of $46 million in revenue and earnings of 8 cents a share.

Barr Labs
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issued a statement
that several states are probing the settlement of its challenge to Astra
Zeneca’s patent for Tamoxifen.

Calpine
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said it will build a
540 megawatt power station in Wawayanda, New York.

Salomon Smith Barney reiterated its
Neutral rating on Homestore.com
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Hughes Electronics
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said it
plans to reduce its workforce by 10%.

Geron
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was highlighted in a
Sunday New York Times article on stem cell research.

In a report by the Wall Street
Journal
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PDA maker Palm
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has hired AT&T’s chief technology officer as the
company’s new chief executive of Palm Software.

Chip maker Intel
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began its
rollout of the Pentium 4 2Ghz chip.

SG Cowen upgraded Flextronics
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to a Strong Buy.

Astoria Financial
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reaffirmed guidance for 2001 earnings and raised its 2002 guidance above
analysts’ estimates.

Steelcase
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will acquire
Polyvision
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for approximately $73 million in cash and will assume
$103 million in debt.

Avigen
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said it has
received the exclusive worldwide license to an experimental therapy for treatment of
Parkinson’s disease.

First Horizon Pharmaceuticals
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said it set a three-for-two stock split which will be paid in the form of a
stock dividend.