31.   Beckman Instruments Inc. said fourth-quarter profit was unchanged as it acquired medical equipment maker Coulter Corp.

32.   Baughman has also been considering adding to semiconductor equipment makers FSI International and Silicon Valley Group.

33.   Benchmarq makes non-volatile SRAM memory chips, or NVSRAMs, used by networking equipment makers and other technology manufacturers.

34.   BJ Services Co., a junk-rated oil and gas equipment maker, is also planning a bond sale.

35.   Bombardier Inc., the Canadian transportation equipment maker, has been named to a shortlist of potential rescuers for Dutch aircraft maker Fokker NV.

36.   A recent Fidelity study found many Japanese thought the company was a stereo equipment maker.

37.   A stronger dollar will also hurt companies that moved production abroad when the yen was rising, such as audio equipment maker Aiwa Co.

38.   A year ago semiconductor equipment maker Align Rite International Inc. went public just as Wall Street abandoned the technology sector.

39.   After striking a sour note in the recession, audio equipment maker Harman International Industries Inc. is back in tune.

40.   Alcatel, like other telecommunications equipment makers, has been hurt by the emerging deregulation in the European telecommunications market, once its mainstay.