Reporting by Thomas Hals editing by Dave Zimmerman Stocks Mergers & Acquisitions Bonds Japan Bankruptcy

(Reporting by Thomas Hals; editing by Dave Zimmerman) Stocks Mergers & Acquisitions Bonds Japan Bankruptcy. It said it retained Cowen and Co to explore a sale of itsbusinesses and received preliminary indications of interest Asyst’s shares were up 22 percent at 14 cents The sharespeaked at $5.20 per share in 2008 Asyst and Cowen could not be reached for comment The case is In re Asyst Technologies Inc, U.S BankruptcyCourt, Northern District of California, 09-43246. The company, which employs 280 people, also filed forsimilar protection from creditors for its units in Japan. Asyst reported a net loss of $7.3 million for the finalthree months of 2008. It blamed the industry downturn and said itexpects revenues in the current fiscal year to fall 46 percentfrom an expected level of $347 million for the year that endedMarch 31. The company said earlier this year it expected to break thecovenants of its loan agreement with KeyBank, which has alreadybeen modified.

In addition, the company has a multicurrency senior securedfacility with KeyBank, which currently has an outstandingbalance of $74.9 million. Asyst, which was founded in 1984 and listed on Nasdaq in1993, said in the Monday filing it had assets attributed to theunit in bankruptcy of $30.5 million and liabilities of $25.2million. Stocks  |  Mergers & Acquisitions  |  Bonds  |  Japan  |  Bankruptcy The supplier to Intel Corp and Toshiba Corp listedFlextronics Manufacturing Ltd of Singapore as its largestunsecured creditor, with a claim of $3.3 million, followed by PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP, Sauaro Technologies Inc (SGUJ.PK)and Jenoptik (JENG.DE) of Germany with unsecured claims of$515,000 or less. NEW YORK, April 22 (Reuters) – Chip equipment maker AsystTechnologies Inc ASYT.O has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy,citing the rapid decline in the semiconductor market, and saidin court filings it hopes to sell the company.

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Joseph’s Hospital.”We are proud of these excellentresults, which come directly from doctors’ recommendations.”About BayCare Health SystemBayCare Health System is the largest community-based health system in theTampa Bay region, providing expert medical care for a patient’s lifetime. Joseph’s Hospital was one of 10 hospitals in Florida included in the listof top 10 hospitals in Florida, with 70 percent of doctors rating the hospitalas very good or excellent.Results from the study are now available online.”The Consumers’ Checkbook study rates hospitals throughout the country basedon patient safety and outcomes, and recognizes our efforts to provide the bestpossible care for our community,” said Isaac Mallah, president and chiefexecutive officer of St. Joseph’sHospital as the most highly rated hospital in the Tampa Bay area with the nextclosest facilities being in Sarasota and Orlando.St. Itwill be published in the May/June issue of AARP The Magazine.Consumers’ Checkbook is a nonprofit research organization that surveyeddoctors from across the country to identify the most highly regarded hospitalsand medical facilities in the nation.The poll, which collected 140,000 ratings of hospitals, listed St. Joseph’s Hospital, amember of BayCare Health System, has been recognized as one of the leadinghospitals in the United States, in a study led by Consumers’ Checkbook. Joseph’s Hospital in Tampa Named One of the Leading Hospitals in AmericaTAMPA, Fla., April 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — St. St.