11.   The technology boom has helped the San Francisco Bay area to record the lowest unemployment rates in the state.

12.   The tuna boom helped persuade all of the rebel movements except the Abu Sayyaf splinter group to lay down their arms.

13.   Bernhard Jagoda, president of the labor office, said the export boom was helping western Germany, where the majority of export companies are based.

14.   He argues that the boom has helped make Chicago more livable, and dismisses the idea that architects are simply using the same design over and over.

15.   Officials said they expect the market boom to help companies raise funds and weather the economic slowdown.