11.   Houston-based Compaq, the biggest PC maker, said it plans to cut costs to offset the price declines.

12.   Houston-based Compaq, the biggest PC maker, said it plans to cut costs to offset the cuts in prices.

13.   IBM and H-P are also leaders in the market for more traditional workstations, and Sun Microsystems Inc. is the biggest maker of those machines.

14.   International Gaming is the biggest maker of slot machines.

15.   It will be second only to RMC Group Plc as a ready-mix concrete maker and the biggest maker of roof tiles.

16.   Loral is also among the biggest makers of air-traffic control systems at civilian airports.

17.   Manufacturers such as Dell and Compaq Computer Corp., the two biggest PC makers in the world, are still reliant on Windows.

18.   Meanwhile, Garrett Electronics Inc., the biggest U.S. maker of security metal detectors, said its products cause no harm to people with implantable heart devices.

19.   Meanwhile, Power Computing, the biggest maker of Macintosh clones, announced last month that it would begin making Windows-based computers.

20.   Microsoft, the biggest maker of personal computer software, makes the Windows operating system that runs most PCs.