SAN FRANCISCO, May 20 (Reuters) - North American manufacturers of equipment used to make microchips reported orders of $1.07 billion in April, down 8 percent from the previous month, industry data showed on Tuesday.
The book-to-bill ratio was 0.81 in April, meaning $81 worth of orders were received for every $100 of product shipped, Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International said in a preliminary report. (Reporting by Scott Hillis)
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Time Warner Cable and News Corp's Fox Networks agreed to a brief extension of their current carriage contract on Thursday to avoid a blackout that would have prevented 13 million U.S. homes from seeing TV shows like "The Simpsons" and college and NFL football games.
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