New York, March 22 (BridgeNews) - A late rally spearheaded by technology stocks helped the Dow Jones industrial average escape from the bear market in heavy trading. The Nasdaq erased its earlier 36-point loss to break a two-day slide. The Dow slipped 97.52, or 1.03%, to 9389.48 and the Nasdaq bounced back 67.48, or 3.69%, to 1897.71. The S&P 500 fell 4.56, or 0.41%, to 1117.58.