21.   Bank stocks and technology issues were strong.

22.   Bill Husted covers technology issues for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

23.   BLUE CHIPS UP, TECHNOLOGY DOWN Blue-chip stocks were the beneficiaries of a retreat by technology issues.

24.   Biggs warned that a bear market has begun for technology issues.

25.   A number of technology issues comprise the Value Line index.

26.   A rally in technology issues tempered the decline.

27.   A recovery in technology issues gave the rally enough momentum early in the day that even a continued retreat by computer chip stocks failed to stop it.

28.   A period of rising interest rates usually works against smaller stocks, and the coming summer months are rarely a strong season for technology issues.

29.   A recovery in technology issues gave the rally enough momentum early in the day that even a continued retreat by computer-chip stocks failed to stop it.

30.   A strong earnings report from a key technology issue, Applied Materials, helped stem the recent profit-taking in that sector.