Mentor's Q4 revenue up 11.5%.

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, OR -- Mentor Graphics Mentor Graphics, Inc (NASDAQ: MENT) is a US-based multinational corporation dealing in electronic design automation (EDA) for electrical engineering and electronics, as of 2004, ranked third in the EDA industry it helped create. reported fourth-quarter revenue rose 12% to $201.9 million, from $180.1 million a year ago. The company forecast record sales in 2004.

For the December quarter, net income fell to $13 million, from $18.7 million last year. The $202 million in fourth-quarter sales set a company record.

Bookings grew 85%, but PCB PCB: see polychlorinated biphenyl.

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in full polychlorinated biphenyl

Any of a class of highly stable organic compounds prepared by the reaction of chlorine with biphenyl, a two-ring compound. sales did not keep pace. Mentor Mentor, in Greek mythology
Mentor (mĕn`tər, –tôr'), in Greek mythology, friend of Odysseus and tutor of Telemachus. (mentor.com) guided for 2004 revenue of $722 million, up 7%.

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Title Annotation:	Design
Author:	Buetow, Mike
Publication:	Printed Circuit Design & Manufacture
Date:	Mar 1, 2004
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