Applied Materials (AMAT)

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AMAT: Short Interest UP 456.2% to 150.1M in Oct 2006

Tuesday , October 24, 2006 16:15 ET

According to new short interest data from NASDAQ, short interest for Applied Materials, Inc. (NasdaqNM: AMAT) INCREASED 456.2% to 150,125,466 shares for the month ended mid-October, 2006.

SYMBOL         SEPTEMBER         OCTOBER          CHANGE       %CHANGE  DAYS/COVER 
 --------   -------------   -------------   -------------  ------------  ---------- 
 AMAT          26,991,658     150,125,466    +123,133,808      +456.19%           6