71.   In the dog days of summer, technology shares, more often than not, have been the dogs.

72.   In the stock market, several technology shares were among the most actively traded issues.

73.   In the U.S., surging demand for shares of Netscape Communications shares on their first day of trading boosted technology shares in the U.S. and London.

74.   Investors seized on some unexpected good news Friday from Intel, Oracle and National Semiconductor to drive technology shares higher.

75.   Intel led technology shares higher after an analyst at Robertson Stephens upgraded it.

76.   Investors once again piled into technology shares, the market leaders of recent weeks, after Texas Instruments reported strong second-quarter profits.

77.   Investors also bought up technology shares despite recent profit warnings.

78.   It is no surprise, then, that technology shares have been the crucial fuel inside the stock market rocket of the last three years.

79.   Japanese stocks traded mixed as a rise in the dollar prompted gains in technology shares, offsetting a decline in banking issues, traders said.

80.   Japanese stocks were little changed as technology shares rose on hope for better earnings and brokerage stocks slid on concern that trading will decline.