31.   The move is a necessary step before AMR can sell or spin off part of its Sabre information technology group.

32.   The respected Stamford, Conn. technology research group previously awarded its annual prize to chiefs of such companies as Ford, United Parcel Service, Caterpillar and Xerox.

33.   The situation was further complicated by a hostile bid for the London exchange from OM Gruppen, a Swedish technology group that runs the Stockholm stock exchange.

34.   Those businesses will be supported by a worldwide technology group, the company said.

35.   Toward that end, Plotkin has struck an alliance with TechNet, a technology trade group based in Palo Alto, Calif., with similar priorities in Washington.

36.   As biotech stocks fell, other technology groups succumbed to profit-taking.

37.   Broad-market measures also rallied into the close, led by the technology group, which had been struggling after a disappointing profit report from Hewlett-Packard.

38.   But the broader technology group was mixed.

39.   But there were still signs of discomfort in the broader technology group.

40.   Dozens of information technology groups have opposed the law, and many Turkish Web sites blacked out their home pages in protest.