81.   As was the case at many technology companies, Teeples and his fellow plaintiffs had amassed sizable nest eggs through stock option grants earned at Microsoft.

82.   As local technology companies have grown, the need for good workers has ballooned, both on the factory floor and at the drawing board.

83.   Asia accounts for about one-quarter of all personal computer sales, so the economic crisis there has hit technology companies particularly hard.

84.   Ask Yevgeny G. Peskin, vice president of IBS Group, an information technology company based in Moscow.

85.   Aside from older companies like IBM, most technology companies have opened offices in only the last two years.

86.   Aside from selected technology companies, gold stocks had a very good day.

87.   At age forty-eight, Bethany finally got a job at a technology company with a profit-sharing plan.

88.   As the economy continues to soften, one of the biggest benefits for technology companies doing federal work may be security.

89.   As the U.S. rally sent shares of technology companies soaring, many looked to Canada, where similar businesses trade at lower prices.

90.   Aside from making investments to propel earnings, many technology companies made a habit of lending to smaller companies, their customers, that needed money to buy equipment.