11.   Analysts said a number of factors were helping to power big-name technology issues like Microsoft, Cisco Systems, EMC and Intel.

12.   Among the biggest decliners among technology issues was AST Research Inc.

13.   Analysts have said that much of the steep price appreciation in technology issues in the last few months has been the result of momentum investing.

14.   And Gore, who generally represents the administration on technology issues, has never commented at all.

15.   And the market for initial public offerings, many of them technology issues, is showing signs of cranking up again after a sharp slowdown this spring.

16.   And the Republican candidates have gone back and forth about technology issues regularly during their debates.

17.   And stocks fell in late trading, pulled down by a selloff in technology issues.

18.   And while blue-chip technology issues were only a trifle higher yesterday, smaller technology stocks soared.

19.   At the opening bell, technology issues slumped in reaction to a report, issued late Thursday, that showed weakness in semiconductor orders for June.

20.   Bargain shopping in technology issues also helped boost prices, he said.