41.   All of that is good news in Austin, which is home to more domestic semiconductor factories than anyplace outside Silicon Valley and many equipment makers and suppliers.

42.   Brazilian stocks were little changed as concern about bellwether stock Telcomunicacoes Brasileiras SA was offset by gaining phone equipment makers and regional telecom companies.

43.   Brazilian stocks were little changed as concern over bellwether stock Telecomunicacoes Brasileiras SA was offset by gaining phone equipment makers and regional telecom companies.

44.   Broadcasters, computer companies, and equipment makers all now will vie for a piece of the new digital pie.

45.   But an official of one Japanese equipment maker said IBM was leading the effort.

46.   But even those equipment makers who admit that their research and development has taken longer than planned blame their predicament on factors beyond their control.

47.   But investors in equipment makers have not faced that reality, Sagawa said.

48.   But in the past year, the New Jersey-based telecommunications equipment maker has suffered a fall from grace every bit as dramatic as its rise.

49.   But other areas, like semiconductor capital equipment makers, have come down a lot and are becoming inexpensive by historical standards.

50.   But with the economy now slowing, some analysts wonder whether any office equipment maker can hold the line on prices.