51.   The technology group was also hurt after SoundView Financial Group, which closely tracks hi-tech issues, reportedly said that pricing of memory chips could be weakening.

52.   Those who embraced mutual funds for their promise of well-rounded, diversified assets now face a market driven almost entirely by a single sector -- the booming technology group.

53.   U.S.-based information and technology group Bay Networks plans to form bases in five Asia Pacific cities as part of its globalization bid.

54.   Wilke formerly worked in the information technology group at Andersen Consulting.

55.   German commodities and technology group Preussag AG said Monday it wanted to set up strategic alliances with Asian partners to exploit burgeoning business opportunities in the region.

56.   He said sales in the industries and technology group declined slightly from a year earlier, excluding a one-time contract accounting adjustment at Power Generation.

57.   Westinghouse said its media group posted flat earnings for the quarter, while sales of the information and technology group fell slightly against a year earlier.

58.   Swiss medical technology group Sulzer Medica has reached a settlement to compensate patients who received defective artificial joints, the company said Saturday.

59.   The German electronics group Siemens is taking a close look at the failed South Korean medical technology group Medison, a Siemens spokeswoman said on Tuesday.

60.   The exception is a magnetic levitation system proposed by Singapore Shipbuilding and Engineering, the marine arm of leading local technology group Singapore Technologies.