31.   The speculation intensified when CNBC correspondent Dan Dorfman said Sears was interested in buying Hechingers as it beefs up its hardware business.

32.   The Stewart family was in the hardware business, and Mr. Stewart, like his father, went to Princeton.

33.   With Sega announcing its departure from the hardware business, the possibility for another collector-edition console was looking bleak.

34.   A wealth of local engineering talent, entrepreneurial spirit and funding from venture capital companies have brought it to the forefront of the computer hardware business.

35.   It wants to concentrate on growing its electrical and hardware business.

36.   The technology company is exiting the hardware business, citing weak demand for its products, but will continue to make software.

37.   Previous victims include Richard Oetker, heir to the Oetker food giant and Lars and Meike Schlecker whose parents own a successful hardware business.