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"Top chip gear maker Applied Materials Inc has reduced its full-year targets due to a sudden decline in orders from its biggest market towards the end of the current quarter. Concern about a declining trend in global technology spending has also hit Asian chip firms. "

"The World Trade Organization has declared that the US rules that force country-of-origin labels on Canadian products violate trade agreements. The decision in favor of Canada relates to a a long-running dispute over labeling beef and pork products produced in that country."