41.  Law enforcement officials agree that investigators have gained the most from the USA PATRIOT Act, which makes it easier to obtain search and surveillance tools like nationwide wiretaps.

42.  Lightly regulated companies operating in an outright fraudulent manner may gain the most from mandatory arbitration.

43.  MCI Communications Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc. and Microsoft Corp. were among shares that gained the most.

44.  Mazda stood to gain the most.

45.  Microsoft Corp. and Intel Corp., the leaders in a seven-month rally by technology shares, gained the most.

46.  On cable the election news clearly drove up viewing on every news channel, but the established leader, CNN, gained the most.

47.  Oracle Corp., Cisco Systems Inc. and America Online Inc. gained most.

48.  Oracle Corp., Linear Technology Corp. and Adaptec Inc. gained the most.

49.  Ruben Sierra, the man who might have gained most from the theatrics, was long gone already.

50.  Shares of large, established companies are likely to gain most, traders said.