31.   Such arrangements were common at Credit Suisse First Boston, whose technology investment banking group often presided over technology stock research.

32.   Technology investment is credited with boosting American productivity, keeping inflation in check and prolonging the expansion that may soon become the longest in history.

33.   Technology stock investments tend to carry more risk than other industries because earnings growth can be inconsistent, Stansky said.

34.   The cuts will be made without curtailing product development and technology investments, it said.

35.   The changes in job categories appear to reflect an emphasis on tightening operations and justifying past technology investments, rather than staffing increases in anticipation of new business.

36.   The rest of the world will have to make major technology investments this year if it expects to keep pace with the United States.

37.   The upward trend in technology investment has been mirrored in stock prices.

38.   There is still interest in new technology investments, particularly in infrastructure, but at this time there is high fear and less patience.

39.   They may not see earnings growth for some time to come, and growth is what usually fuels technology investments.

40.   This year, the boom in technology investments has spread to stocks of all sizes.