21.   Heavy machinery makers surged, helping lead the market higher.

22.   Heavy machinery makers surged, helping lead the market up.

23.   In August, steel, machinery makers and some transportation companies ordered more machines.

24.   Investment was strongest by auto and electrical machinery makers, and most noticeable in Vietnam and India.

25.   It was led down by shares of telecommunications companies such as DDI Corp. and electric machinery makers.

26.   Last summer, Melk Lehner resigned as chief executive of Saurer AG, an ailing Swiss textile machinery maker.

27.   Machinery makers are one group sprinting for China, said Paula Sugawara, an analyst with Lehman Brothers.

28.   Machinery makers may also see fewer sales overseas next year.

29.   Machinery maker Sulzer AG led the decline.

30.   Machinery makers also declined.