11.   Honda may try to jointly develop some parts with foreign components makers as well as sell parts they currently have on the market, Wada said.

12.   JDS UNIPHASE COMPLETES ACQUISITION The big fiber optic equipment maker JDS Uniphase completed its takeover of SDL Inc., a rival component maker.

13.   Kurlak cut his investment ratings on six component makers.

14.   Last year, Spinner profited by sticking with favorites like Plantronics, which makes lightweight telephone headsets, and the Newport Corp., an optical component maker.

15.   Local optical component makers are reveling in the business opportunities opened up by the new technology.

16.   Michigan stocks advanced, as industrial components maker Federal Screw Works and bank holding company Chemical Financial Corp. rose with the broader stock market.

17.   Minnesota stocks rose to close the week at an all-time high, led by electrical components maker Innovex Inc. and H.B. Fuller Co.

18.   Natsteel Electronics, the electronic component maker of Natsteel, also declined for the first time since its debut on Friday.

19.   Q. What about the components makers?

20.   Shares of optical communications providers, including once-soaring component makers like Corning and JDS Uniphase, have plunged this winter.