31.   A sharp drop in the technology sector pulled the stock market lower Friday as investors got mixed signals from the January employment report.

32.   A whole group of companies in the networking field announced problems during the quarter, which depressed prices throughout the technology sector.

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

34.   A. Stabilization in the U.S. would be great, but the technology sector there is still declining.

35.   After rising to financial analyst, he jumped to Pacific Bell, where he moved into the technology sector, working on plans for digital phone lines.

36.   After slumping for much of the day, stock prices rebounded late in the afternoon on Monday, partly offsetting another broad selloff in the technology sector.

37.   Allen Sinai, chief economist at Decision Economics Inc., thinks the technology sector needs to scale back its expectations.

38.   All four of the leading candidates for the Republican and Democratic party nominations have been vocal and visible in their courtship of the technology sector.

39.   Business investment started dropping more than a year ago, especially in technology sectors.

40.   But Applied Magnetics is adopting a risky strategy in the technology sector with its hostile bid, said one mergers-and-acquisitions specialist.