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- Salomon posted [ARG1 an unexpectedly big gain in quarterly earnings] , *-1 [rel aided] *-2 by [ARG0-by its securities trading and investment banking activities] .
- [ARG1 Procter & Gamble 's profit] surged 38 % in its latest fiscal quarter , *-1 [rel aided] *-2 by [ARG0-by a gain from a legal settlement and continued growth overseas] .
- [ARG1 Net] was [rel aided] *-1 by [ARG0-by a lower income tax rate] .
- Philadelphia-based Bell Atlantic said 0 [ARG1 net] rose 6.5 % , *-2 [rel aided] *-1 by [ARG0-by strong growth in the network-services business and an increase in the number of new telephone lines] .
- [ARG1 Net] [ARGM-DIS also] was [rel aided] *-1 by [ARG0-by a gain on the sale of the company 's equity interests in South Africa effective Sept. 1] .
- GTE said 0 [ARG1 net income] rose 18 % , *-1 [rel aided] *-2 by [ARG0-by higher long-distance calling volumes and an increase in telephone lines in service] .
- Newspaper publishers are reporting [ARG1 mixed third-quarter results] , [rel aided] * by [ARG0-by favorable newsprint prices] and hampered * by flat or declining advertising linage , especially in the Northeast .
aid.XX sub-ARG0 obj-ARG1
- [ARG0 An increase in production at some major oil fields in the North Sea , which *T*-2 had been knocked *-1 out by an explosion in July 1988] , [ARGM-DIS also] [rel aided] [ARG1 results] .
- One analyst noted that [ARG0 the company] often has better store locations than do its franchisees *?* , [ARGM-DIS thus] * [rel aiding] [ARG1 promotional efforts] .
aid.XX sub-ARG0 NP-ARG1-on obj-ARG2
- David Batchelder , [ARG0 a mergers adviser] in La Jolla , Calif. , who *T*-1 [rel aided] [ARG2 Los Angeles investor Marvin Davis] on [ARG1-on the bids which *T*-2 put both UAL and NWA in play as takeover candidates this year] , says that banks have been `` preparing *-3 to play a larger and larger role in acquisition financing . ''
aid.XX NP-ARG0-by sub-ARG2
- [ARG2 *-1] [rel Aided] by [ARG0-by a sharp gain in its travel business] , American Express said 0 net rose to $ 331.8 million *U* , or 77 cents a share , from $ 273.9 million *U* , or 64 cents a share .
aid.XX sub-ARG1 NP-ARG0-by
- The Weston , Mass. , utilities and marine-transport concern said 0 [ARG1 results for the third quarter , usually a money-losing one because of the seasonality of the gas business ,] were [ARGM-DIS also] [rel aided] by [ARG0-by higher gas sales and the May 1989 acquisition of Water Products Company] .