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16:55 ET Novellus sees tentaive behavior by customers (NVLS) 27.35 +0.70: -- Update -- Says it is seeing very tentaive behavior on the part of customers who are being impacted by the war and SARS... latter has contibuted to a sense of reluctance on the part of its customers and its own employees to interact with one another... NVLS at 26.20 -1.15

16:54 ET Sharper Image updates FY02 outlook; announces acctg "corrections" (SHRP) 19.70 -0.41: Says final FY02 results will "increase to a diluted earnings per share of $1.21 from its preliminary reported $1.12 diluted earnings per share" and The increase in results from those previously reported "primarily relates to three accounting corrections which are reflected in the current year." In addition to the impact in fiscal 2002, the effect of these accounting corrections was to increase fiscal 2000 diluted earnings per share to $1.34 from the reported $1.33. The correction will also decrease fiscal 2001's both diluted and basic earnings per share to $0.09 from the reported $0.10 and $0.11 respectively.