31.   Morton is the former senior vice president of operations for Home Depot and former chairman and CEO of computer retailer CompUSA.

32.   Microsoft said the keyboard would be broadly available through computer retailers in early October.

33.   Microsoft, computer retailers, hardware manufacturers and independent software companies who are geared up for the launch reacted with a loud sigh of relief.

34.   Next add in the fact that Christmas has become the busiest time for computer retailers.

35.   On Thursday, CompUSA, a large computer retailer, said that sales for the last three months of the year were far below expectations.

36.   Other companies, including Insight, a Tempe computer retailer, say a large number of employees still takes the safe route.

37.   Romney made his fortune investing in such companies as Staples, an office supply chain, and Babbages, a computer software retailer based in Texas.

38.   Schachter said investors should avoid shares of computer retailers, because of their slim margins and stiff price competition.

39.   Shares of computer, software and semiconductor stocks led decliners in New York yesterday after computer retailer Circuit City Stores Inc. reported weaker-than-expected earnings.

40.   Shares of computer, software and semiconductor stocks led decliners in New York yesterday after computer retailer Circuit City Stores Inc. reported weaker-than- expected earnings.