1.  As the largest networking company, Cisco is the industry bellwether.

2.  Bay Network Inc. has acquired a small German networking company called Netserve.

3.  Bay has seen no sign of the slowdown reported by other networking companies, Rynne said.

4.  A consensus is growing that Ascend is one networking company facing problems this quarter.

5.  A consensus also is growing that Ascend is one networking company facing problems this quarter.

6.  But Thursday, the prices of other networking companies suffered.

7.  Cellular carriers and other networking companies are rushing to fix that.

8.  Cabletron is still growing at a much slower rate than most major networking companies, said Terry Murphy, an analyst at Smith Barney.

9.  Cisco said Tuesday it would buy two networking companies to expand its product lines.

10.  Companies that deal with voice communication are looking to catapultinto the fast-growing field of data communications, while computer networking companies are looking to reach new customers.