Hampered by news of a slump in personal computer shipments, the Nasdaq Composite Index rose 2.90 points, or 0.1%, to 3300.16.

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There is little doubt that the boys had loaded up their computer toys with sell programs each time either index managed to spend a few minutes across the line.

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These questions have raised fears in the financial services industry that the department will put a government stamp of approval on one type of investing--index mutual funds--and mandate that computer modeling ignore past performance, considering only past costs.

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The global slowdown in the personal-computer industry has taken a toll on expected earnings for Seoul Composite Index stocks, says the Peregrine analyst.

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All of these off-shoot predictions supplement the official computer model used by the NCAA, which is called the Rating Percentage Index.

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