1.   It has also been appointed by cleaning equipment maker Karcher.

2.   Take electrical equipment maker Shinmei Electric, which makes switches for use in pagers and floppy disk drives.

3.   The telecommunications equipment maker also said it was named in a shareholder suit over the loss filed in a California court.

4.   While cellular subscription rates have been growing, the Market for equipment makers has been dwindling.

5.   Also last July, he bought shares of Emerson Electric, the electrical equipment maker.

6.   Also lower were telecommunications equipment maker Tamura Electric Works and battery maker Yuasa Corp.

7.   Among his favorite stocks now are chemical companies DuPont Co. and Dow Chemical Co. as well as heavy equipment makers Caterpillar Inc. and Ingersoll-Rand Co.

8.   American depositary receipts of phone equipment makers rose amid optimism that a U.S. telecommunications bill will pass by the end of the year and boost sales of the equipment.

9.   Analysts and investors disagreed over what significance, if any, weak sales at the specialty-chip makers held for networking equipment makers and other technology companies.

10.   Analysts ascribed the dips in large part to collateral damage from other telecom equipment makers missing their earnings estimates.