21.   One of the companies at the Bear Stearns show was Micron Technology, a big maker of semiconductor products used in computers and other electronics.

22.   Shares of the big three auto makers also rose.

23.   Sun is the only big maker of high-powered workstations and servers that still uses proprietary technology rather than cheaper Intel chips and the Microsoft Windows NT operating system.

24.   The big PC makers are doing the same.

25.   The DSL market has already attracted the attention of big makers of communications gear.

26.   The Exxon-Shell venture could put pressure on other big makers of lubricant additives such as Lubrizol Corp. and Pennzoil Co.

27.   The pact joins AOL, a large media company, with Sony, a big maker of electronic devices.

28.   The orders are going primarily to the two big makers of regional jets, Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica, or Embraer, of Brazil and Bombardier of Montreal.

29.   The trend of the big PC makers getting bigger and the small ones dwindling continues, as large companies grab market share from smaller ones.

30.   The two big makers of financial software, Microsoft and Intuit Corp., have chosen vastly different strategies for PC banking.