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NEW YORK (AP) - Shares of FEI Co., which makes microscopes to analyze semiconductors, fell Wednesday after the company swung to a fourth-quarter loss and said it broke off talks with Germany's Carl Zeiss SMT, which had expressed interest in buying FEI.
Shares of FEI closed at $20.48, down $3.46, or 14 percent on the Nasdaq Stock Market.
The shares had risen 10 percent Friday on word that Carl Zeiss was in talks with the company about a putative buyout offer. The shares set a 52-week high of $26 on Monday.
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