91.   Deysher resigned after three years with the computer networking equipment maker, saying she wanted to move on to something new.

92.   During that period, of course, the domestic energy industry imploded and equipment makers and sellers either found new markets or they were history.

93.   Duluth, Ga.,-based farm equipment maker AGCO is sticking with Andersen, following a call from the accounting firm.

94.   Dynatech, a communications equipment maker, is doing just that.

95.   Equipment makers, of course, hope to generate a new cycle of profits by selling a new generation of audio gear.

96.   Equipment makers are also placing huge bets on technology.

97.   Ericsson AB rose after the telecommunications equipment maker received its biggest order ever from China.

98.   Equipment makers typically introduce new chip tools piece by piece.

99.   Economically sensitive computer maker International Business Machines Corp. and construction equipment maker Caterpillar Inc. led the advance.

100.   Even the most skeptical analysts do not expect the equipment makers to face the same immediate pressures as their customers.