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- The offer follows [ARG0 an earlier proposal *ICH*-1] by NL and Mr. Simmons * to [rel help] [ARG1-PRD Georgia Gulf restructure or go private in a transaction that *T*-179 would pay shareholders $ 55 *U* a share] .
- Futures traders respond that [ARG0 low margins] [rel help] [ARG1-PRD *-1 keep their markets active] .
- Higher margins would chase away dozens of [ARG0 smaller traders] who *T*-72 [rel help] [ARG1-PRD larger traders buy and sell] , they say *T*-1 .
- [ARGM-DIS Also] , [ARG0 substantially lower Dutch corporate tax rates] [rel helped] [ARG1-PRD the company keep its tax outlay flat relative to earnings growth] , the company added 0 *T*-1 .
- Although takeover experts said 0 they doubted 0 Mr. Steinberg will make a bid by himself , the application by his Reliance Group Holdings Inc. could signal [ARG0 his interest] in * [rel helping] [ARG1-PRD *-1 revive a failed labor-management bid] .
- One investment banker said 0 Mr. Steinberg may be trying *-2 to position himself as [ARG0 a friendly investor] who *T*-1 [ARGM-MOD could] [rel help] [ARG1-PRD UAL Chairman Stephen Wolf revive a failed labor-management bid] .
- Some takeover experts were skeptical , *-1 saying 0 it *EXP*-2 was possible that [ARG0 Mr. Steinberg] made the filing [ARGM-ADV only] *-3 to [rel help] [ARG1-PRD *-4 boost the value of any remaining Reliance stake in UAL] .
- [ARG0 Mr. Wolf 's success in that job] [rel helped] [ARG1-PRD him land the top job with UAL in December 1987] .
- [ARG0 The move] boosts Intelogic Chairman Asher Edelman 's stake to 20 % from 16.2 % and [ARGM-MOD may] [rel help] [ARG1-PRD *-2 prevent Martin Ackerman from *-1 making a run at the computer-services concern] .
- Arbitrage-related trading during the session was confined *-1 largely to [ARG0 a round] of buy programs near the close , which *T*-2 [rel helped] [ARG1-PRD *-3 offset the impact of profit-taking among blue chips] .
- [ARG0 Higher crude oil prices] [rel helped] [ARG1-PRD *-1 boost operating profit for the Marathon Oil Co. unit to $ 198 million *U* from $ 180 million *U*] .
- On the Frankfurt Stock Exchange , share prices closed higher in fairly thin trading , as [ARG0 selective buying by foreigners] [rel helped] [ARG1-PRD *-1 propel prices] .
- [ARGM-DIS Moreover] , [ARG0 such a sale] [ARGM-MOD could] [rel help] [ARG1-PRD Armstrong reassure its investors and deter the Belzbergs , who *T*-129 own a 9.85 % stake in the Lancaster , Pa. , company] .
- At Backer Spielvogel , he will work with clients and potential clients on marketing strategies ; [ARGM-ADV aside from agency compensation issues] , [ARG0 he] [rel helped] [ARG1-PRD Nissan , for example , come up with its positioning and pricing for its new Infiniti line] .
- [ARG0 Our mission] is * to [rel help] [ARG1-PRD our clients grow] , and to use every tool of marketing communications * to accomplish that . ''
- [ARG0 Georgia-Pacific 's $ 3.18 billion *U* bid for Great Northern Nekoosa] [rel helped] [ARG1-PRD *-1 drive the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 41.60 points , to 2645.08] , [ARGM-LOC in active trading] .
- [ARG0 Technology stocks] woke up , * [rel helping] [ARG1-PRD the over-the-counter market rise from its recent doldrums] .
- The portfolio unit of the French bank group Credit Lyonnais told stock market regulators that [ARG0 it] bought 43,000 shares of Cie. de Navigation Mixte , [ARGM-ADV apparently] * to [rel help] [ARG1-PRD *-1 fend off an unwelcome takeover bid for the company] .
- Stock prices surged as [ARG0 a multibillion-dollar takeover proposal] [rel helped] [ARG1-PRD *-1 restore market players ' confidence about the prospects for further deal-making] .
- [ARG0 That] 's [rel helping] [ARG1-PRD *-1 put pressure on both the market 's winners and its losers] .
- The decision reflects the Fed 's tougher stance on * enforcing the Community Reinvestment Act , [ARG0 a federal law] passed * in 1977 * to [rel help] [ARG1-PRD low-income residents obtain loans] .
- In *-3 deferring action on the merger , the Fed said 0 *T*-1 , `` The Board does not believe that there is sufficient information in the record at this time * to allow -LCB- it -RCB- to reach a final conclusion on [ARG0 First Union 's] record of * [rel helping] [ARG1-PRD *-4 to meet the credit needs of the communities 0 it serves *T*-2 in Florida and North Carolina , including low to moderate-income neighborhoods in those communities] . ''
- [ARG0 The sale] , [ARGM-ADV at a higher price than some analysts had expected *?*] , [rel helps] [ARG1-PRD the food and tobacco giant raise funds 0 * to pay debt *T*-2] and boosts Nestle 's 7 % share of the U.S. candy market to about 12 % .
- Unisys said 0 [ARG0 that] [ARGM-PRD should] [rel help] [ARG1-PRD it save $ 500 million *U* a year in costs , again at the high end of the previously reported range of $ 400 million to $ 500 million *U*] .
- *-1 Noting that the company is offering *-2 to buy back $ 154.2 million *U* in senior notes paying 12 3\/4 % , he said 0 [ARG0 the response] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel help] [ARG1-PRD *-3 determine future debt-reduction efforts] .
- James E. Ousley , computer products group president , said 0 [ARG0 such arrangements] [ARGM-MOD could] [rel help] [ARG1-PRD *-1 slash Control Data 's computer research and development costs in half by the end of 1990] .
- [ARG0 The accord] [rel helps] [ARG1-PRD RJR pay off debt] and boosts Nestle 's 7 % share of the U.S. candy market to 12 % .
- But tremors are likely in [ARG0 the junk-bond market] , which *T*-1 has [rel helped] [ARG1-PRD *-2 to finance the takeover boom of recent years] .
- [ARG0 Yesterday 's announcements] [rel helped] [ARG1-PRD *-1 spark a midday wave of program selling in the stock market] .
- [ARG0 The diversified operations] [rel helped] [ARG1-PRD GM build its cash reserves , exclusive of its financial subsidiary , to $ 5.5 billion *U* as of Sept. 30 , a 22 % increase from a year earlier] .
- [ARG0 Lawrence Insurance , based * in Albany , N.Y. ,] plans *-1 to use the $ 22.5 million *U* in proceeds *-2 to [rel help] [ARG1-PRD *-3 finance the acquisition of United Republic] .
- [ARG0 Their opposition] [rel helped] [ARG1-PRD *-1 scare off some Japanese banks] .
- He maintains that [ARG0 the information from the FBI] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel help] [ARG1-PRD him get his 1968 conviction vacated *-1 and his bail-jumping indictment dismissed *-2] .
- The Portland , Ore. , thrift said 0 [ARG0 the restructuring] [ARGM-MOD should] [rel help] [ARG1-PRD it meet new capital standards from the Financial Institution Reform , Recovery and Enforcement Act] .
- [ARG0 That] [ARGM-MOD should] [rel help] [ARG1-PRD IBM address the damage that a resurgent Storage Technology Corp. has inflicted *T*-1 in that market] .
- [ARGM-DIS Yet] , [ARG0 the unassuming Mr. Corry] [rel helped] [ARG1-PRD *-1 chart USX 's transition from Big Steel to Big Oil] .
- [ARG0 MORGAN STANLEY , THE ONCE STODGY investment house ,] [ARGM-TMP in 1974] [rel helped] [ARG1-PRD a corporate client complete a hostile takeover] .
- [ARG0 A subsequent rally in UAL] [rel helped] [ARG1-PRD the staggering stock market stage an astonishing recovery from an 80-point deficit *-1 to finish only slightly below Monday 's close] .
- A GM spokesman yesterday reiterated [ARG0 the company 's interest] in * acquiring a minority stake *-1 to [rel help] [ARG1-PRD Jaguar remain independent] .
- [ARG0 The provision] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel help] [ARG1-PRD *-2 provide for tax liabilities that *T*-1 may stem from the restructuring] .
- Prudential-Bache Securities analyst Leslie Steppel said 0 [ARG0 reduced labor costs] [rel helped] [ARG1-PRD *-1 boost margins] , [ARGM-ADV although she doubted `` 0 that kind of performance is sustainable] . ''
- [ARG0 The machinists ' criticisms of the labor-management bid and their threats of a strike unless they received substantial wage increases this year] [rel helped] [ARG1-PRD *-1 cool banks ' interest in * financing the transaction] .
- Mr. Bryant and other analysts hope 0 [ARG0 all those moves] will combine *-1 to [rel help] [ARG1-PRD Tandy 's results improve in the important Christmas quarter] .
- That 's an important distinction because some analysts and brokers , who *T*-1 perennially predict that small stocks are about *-2 to outperform bigger issues , may use [ARG0 any spurt in growth issues] *-3 to [rel help] [ARG1-PRD them sell all small stocks] .
- McCaw said 0 it has secured [ARG0 commitments *ICH*-1] from three banks * to [rel help] [ARG1-PRD *-2 finance its $ 125-a-share *U* bid for 22 million of Lin 's shares] .
- `` We 're picking up steam , '' insists *T*-2 Roger Ailes , Mr. Giuliani 's media consultant , [ARG0 whose last big campaign] *T*-1 [rel helped] [ARG1-PRD *-3 put George Bush in the White House] .
- In addition to those measures , the company spent heavily earlier this year *-2 to install displays at its customers ' retail outlets -- [ARG0 a strategy] that Mr. Stein said 0 *T*-1 has [rel helped] [ARG1-PRD *-3 bolster awareness of the company 's brands] .
- In addition to the need for another cash equity investor , the other moving parts include : the pilots themselves , who *T*-1 can scuttle rival deals by * threatening *-4 to strike ; the machinists union , the pilots ' longtime rivals who *T*-2 helped *-5 scuttle the pilots ' deal ; and regulators in Washington , [ARG0 whose opposition to foreign airline investment] *T*-3 [rel helped] [ARG1-PRD *-6 throw the deal into doubt] .
- One advantage 0 the buy-out group intends *-2 to press *T*-1 with the board is that [ARG0 pilots] have agreed *-3 to make $ 200 million *U* in annual cost concessions *-4 to [rel help] [ARG1-PRD *-5 finance a bid] .
- But it was [ARG0 broad-scale rejection by Japanese banks] that *T*-1 [rel helped] [ARG1-PRD *-2 seal the fate of the attempt * to buy UAL] .
- I think 0 some people may believe 0 [ARG0 they] 're [rel helping] [ARG1-PRD *-1 fund a massive TV and print campaign] , but we could n't find that the charity does anything except write these letters , '' he says *T*-2 .
- For example , he noted 0 *T*-1 , operating profit was weaker than he had anticipated *?* , [ARGM-DIS but] [ARG0 nonoperating earnings of $ 14.6 million *U* and a lower tax rate] [rel helped] [ARG1-PRD *-2 boost net income] .
- [ARG0 U.K. composite , or non-life , insurers , which some equity analysts said 0 *T*-2 might be heavily hit *-1 by the earthquake disaster ,] [rel helped] [ARG1-PRD *-3 support the London market by *-3 showing only narrow losses in early trading] .
- [ARGM-DIS But] [ARG0 technical factors , including modest gains in the value of the pound ,] [rel helped] [ARG1-PRD *-1 draw buying back into the market and reverse losses posted * a day earlier] .
- [ARG0 Mr. Stevens 's remarks] , [ARGM-ADV *-2 confirming a report *ICH*-3 in The Wall Street Journal that British Air wants *-1 to start from scratch in any new bid for the nation 's second-largest airline] , [rel helped] [ARG1-PRD *-2 push UAL stock lower for the fourth straight day] .
- [ARG0 Proceeds] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel help] [ARG1-PRD *-1 pay for a planned buy-back of 10 % of its shares and a 50 % dividend increase] .
- International Business Machines Corp. said 0 its board approved the purchase of $ 1 billion *U* of its common shares , [ARG0 a move] that *T*-1 [ARGM-MOD should] [rel help] [ARG1-PRD *-2 support its battered stock] .
- In *-1 fighting USAir , Mr. Steinhardt was pitted *-1 against another investor , [ARG0 billionnaire Warren Buffett] , who *T*-2 bought into USAir *-3 to [rel help] [ARG1-PRD *-4 fend off Mr. Steinhardt] .
- The company wants its business mix to more closely match that of AT&T -- [ARG0 a step] 0 it says 0 *T*-1 [ARGM-MOD will] [rel help] [ARG1-PRD *-2 prevent cross subsidization] .
- [ARG0 J.P. Morgan & Co. , New York ,] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel help] the statutory managers of DFC New Zealand Ltd. [ARG1-PRD * to evaluate the failed investment bank 's condition] .
- The managers said in a brief statement yesterday that [ARG0 Morgan] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel help] [ARG1-PRD *-1 evaluate DFC 's position] and help *-1 determine alternatives .
- The managers said in a brief statement yesterday that [ARG0 Morgan] [ARGM-MOD will] help *-1 evaluate DFC 's position and [rel help] [ARG1-PRD *-1 determine alternatives] .
- *-2 Adding insult to injury , [ARG0 United 's 25,000-member Machinists ' union ,] which *T*-1 [rel helped] [ARG1-PRD *-3 scuttle financing for the first bid] , yesterday asked UAL Chairman Stephen Wolf and other UAL directors *-4 to resign .
- [ARG0 Confusion about the two banks ' hurried efforts 0 *T*-1 to round up financing for a new bid that the UAL board has n't even seen *T*-2 yet] [rel helped] [ARG1-PRD *-3 send UAL stock spiraling downward] .
- He said 0 IBM has priced its leases aggressively , *-1 thinking 0 [ARG0 that] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel help] [ARG1-PRD *-2 win business] .
- [ARG0 The higher rates paid * on deposits] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel helped] [ARG1-PRD *-1 squeeze NCNB 's net interest margin in the Southeast to 3.38 % from 3.80 % a year earlier] .
- [ARG0 The moves] [ARGM-MOD may] [rel help] [ARG1-PRD the firm solidify its dominance of the U.S. temporary-help market] .
- Skipper 's said 0 [ARG0 the merger] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel help] [ARG1-PRD *-1 finance remodeling and future growth] .
- [ARG0 The answer] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel help] [ARG1-PRD *-1 determine whether Applied continues *-2 to reach the ambitious goals set * by Mr. Sim] .
- [ARG0 Strong earnings growth] [rel helped] [ARG1-PRD *-1 achieve that price far ahead of schedule , in August 1988] .
- He took the company public in an offering that *T*-1 netted Applied about $ 12.6 million *U* , [ARG0 which] *T*-2 [rel helped] [ARG1-PRD *-3 launch the company 's acquisition program] .
- [ARG0 It] also is sure *-1 to [rel help] [ARG1-PRD the machinists put added pressure on the company] .
- `` [ARG0 Improved paper prices] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel help] [ARG1-PRD * offset weakness in linage] , but the retailers ' problems have affected the amount of ad linage 0 they usually run *T*-1 , '' said *T*-2 Edward J. Atorino , industry analyst for Salomon Brothers Inc .
- *-2 Asked *-1 whether [ARG0 Friday 's action] [ARGM-MOD could] [rel help] [ARG1-PRD him avoid *-3 being Trumped *-4 by the New York real estate magnate] , Mr. Crandall smiled broadly and said : `` No comment . ''
help.XX sub-ARG0 VP-ARG1-PRD
- Magna International Inc. 's chief financial officer , James McAlpine , resigned and [ARG0 its chairman , Frank Stronach ,] is stepping in *-1 to [rel help] [ARG1-PRD turn the automotive-parts manufacturer around] , the company said 0 *T*-2 .
- The Financial Times 100-share index shed 47.3 points *-1 to close at 2082.1 , down 4.5 % from the previous Friday and 6.8 % from Oct. 13 , when [ARG0 Wall Street 's plunge] [rel helped] [ARG1-PRD spark the current weakness in London *T*-2] .
- It also was considering [ARG0 a restructuring] 0 *T*-1 to [rel help] [ARG1-PRD boost the stock price] .
- Traders credited Euro Disney 's share performance to the tremendous hyping of the project that [ARG0 the shares] are destined *-1 to [rel help] [ARG1-PRD finance *T*-2] : Walt Disney Co. 's 4,800-acre theme park 20 miles east of Paris .
- [ARG0 GM 's] interest in Jaguar reflects a desire * to [rel help] [ARG1-PRD diversify the U.S. company 's products in the growing luxury-car segment of the market] .
- [ARG0 The sale of a portion of refining and marketing operations to Saudi Arabia] [rel helped] [ARG1-PRD alleviate the decline in earnings from that business] .
- [ARG0 The United Kingdom carrier] had planned the issue *-1 to [rel help] [ARG1-PRD finance its $ 750 million *U* purchase of a 15 % stake in UAL] .
- *-1 Long considered a potential takeover target , Navigation Mixte had hoped 0 [ARG0 Allianz] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel help] [ARG1-PRD protect it from raiders] .
- [ARG0 Payment by Allianz for the insurance interests 0 it has just bought *T*-1] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel help] [ARG1-PRD swell the French concern 's treasury to an estimated 11 billion francs] .
- [ARG0 That] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel help] [ARG1-PRD reduce Santa Fe Pacific 's remaining debt to about $ 600 million *U* from a high of $ 3.7 billion *U* in early 1988] .
- [ARGM-ADV Besides *-1 creating a vehicle for investors] , [ARG0 money market funds] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel helped] [ARG1-PRD rewrite banking regulations] .
- But the machinists union , [ARG0 whose opposition] *T*-1 [rel helped] [ARG1-PRD scuttle the first buy-out bid] , is likely *-2 to favor a recapitalization with a friendly third-party investor .
- But healthy skepticism vanishes when [ARG0 they] are solicited *-1 by an organized charity *-4 to [rel help] [ARG1-PRD fight cancer , famine , child abuse , or what have *T*-2 you] *T*-3 .
- [ARG0 Proceeds] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel help] [ARG1-PRD pay for a planned buy-back of 10 % , or about 153 million , of its shares and a 50 % dividend increase] .
- [ARG0 Fulbright & Jaworski of Houston and Fenerty , Robertson , Fraser & Hatch of Calgary , Alberta ,] are affiliating *-1 to [rel help] [ARG1-PRD serve their energy-industry clients] .
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- [ARG1 The stocks of banking concerns based * in Massachusetts] were [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel helped] *-1 [ARGM-MNR much] by [ARG0-by the announcement] , traders said 0 *T*-2 , [ARGM-CAU because many of those concerns have financial problems tied * to their real-estate loan portfolios , * making them unattractive takeover targets] .
- Profit climbed to $ 98 million *U* from $ 71 million *U* in the petroleum segment , as [ARG1 Du Pont 's Conoco Inc. oil company] was [rel helped] *-1 by [ARG0-by crude oil prices higher than a year ago] and by higher natural gas prices and volume .
- Profit climbed to $ 98 million *U* from $ 71 million *U* in the petroleum segment , as [ARG1 Du Pont 's Conoco Inc. oil company] was [rel helped] *-1 by [ARG0-by crude oil prices higher than a year ago] and by [ARG0-by higher natural gas prices and volume] .
- [ARG1 It] was [ARGM-TMP further] [rel helped] *-2 by [ARG0-by Ford , which *T*-1 announced after London 's close that it had raised its stake to 12 % from just under 11 % on Tuesday] .
- Warner also contributed record results from its music business , where [ARG1 unit sales of compact discs] rose more than 50 % from a year ago , the company said 0 *T*-1 , [ARG0-by *-2] [rel helped] *-3 by Prince 's `` Batman '' soundtrack *T*-4 .
- Lucas Industries PLC , a British maker of industrial parts and systems , reported [ARG1 a 28 % rise in pretax profit for the year to July 31] , [rel helped] * [ARGM-ADV in particular] by [ARG0-by a 32 % jump in operating profit at its aerospace division] .
- [ARG1 Sentiment] was [rel helped] *-1 by [ARG0-by the small gain made * by New York stocks Wednesday] [ARGM-ADV despite anxiety over possible effects of the major earthquake that *T*-2 struck northern California Tuesday] .
- Ethyl Corp. reported that [ARG1 third-quarter net income] fell 12 % from a year-earlier quarter [ARG0-by *-1] [rel helped] *-2 by a gain from discontinued operations .
- At USA Today , ad pages totaled 785 for the quarter , down 9.2 % from [ARG1 the 1988 period] , which *T*-2 was [rel helped] *-1 by [ARG0-by increased ad spending from the Summer Olympics] .
- Washington Post Co. is expected *-1 to report improved earnings , largely because of [ARG1 increased cable revenue and publishing revenue] [rel helped] * by [ARG0-by an improved retail market in the Washington area] .
- [ARGM-ADV According to analysts] , [ARG1 profits] were [ARGM-DIS also] [rel helped] *-1 by [ARG0-by successful cost-cutting measures at Newsweek] .
- [ARG1 The company 's U.S. performance] was [rel helped] *-1 by `` [ARG0-by a record quarter for new customers] , '' he said 0 *T*-2 .
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- [ARG0 Mr. Achenbaum] [rel helped] [ARG1 Morgan] [ARGM-LOC in its recent agency search] , and he has a long relationship with Hyundai , which *T*-294 is having severe troubles , including declining sales .
- Mr. Carver , however , believes 0 [ARG0 the company 's egg product] [ARGM-MOD wo] [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel help] [ARG1 the bottom line] [ARGM-TMP in the short run] , [ARGM-ADV even though it `` makes sense -- it 's more convenient '' and justifies its price , which *T*-1 is higher than shell eggs , because of health and sanitation concerns] .
- [ARGM-ADV Maybe] [ARG0 she] [ARGM-MOD could] step across the plaza to the Met -- where she has still *-1 to make her debut *T*-2 -- and [rel help] out [ARG1 her Czech compatriot] [ARGM-MNR by *-3 singing the slow parts of `` Traviata] . ''
- [ARGM-LOC Under an agreement signed * last June] , [ARG0 the Soviets] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel help] [ARG1 Iran] [ARGM-LOC in oil exploration and other areas] [ARGM-ADV in return for exports of Iranian natural gas] .
- [ARG0 Higher earnings] [rel helped] [ARG1 some issues] .
- [ARG0 Stock-index arbitrage buy programs -- in which traders buy stock against offsetting positions in futures *-1 to lock in price differences *T*-2 --] [rel helped] [ARG1 the rally 's momentum] .
- [ARG0 The plan] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel help] [ARG1 the company] [ARGM-LOC in its existing joint manufacturing agreement with AT&T] .
- But [ARG0 USAir] might not want *-1 to [rel help] [ARG1 Mr. Steinhardt] , he adds 0 *T*-2 .
- IBM plans [ARG0 *-1] to buy back $ 1 billion *U* of its common shares , a move likely * to [rel help] [ARG1 the computer giant 's battered stock] .
- Mr. Zafris thinks 0 rates are heading down , [ARG0 *] [rel helping] [ARG1 small companies] .
- I just think 0 it *EXP*-1 's nonproductive at this point * to get into a debate if [ARG0 index arbitrage] [ARGM-MOD would] have [rel helped] or hurt [ARG1 things] . ''
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- [ARG1 Procter & Gamble Co.] , [ARG0 *-1] [rel helped] *-2 by a gain from a lawsuit settlement and continued growth overseas , posted a 38 % rise in fiscal first-quarter net income .
- [ARG0 One factor] [rel helping] [ARG1 sales and earnings] was a 3 % price rise for most P&G products , except coffee , analysts said 0 *T*-1 .
- [ARG1 Tribune Co.] , [ARG0 *-1] [rel helped] *-2 by a hefty boost in performance at its broadcasting and entertainment operations , said 0 net income jumped 21 % in its third quarter ended Sept. 24 on a 3 % increase in revenue .
help.XX sub-ARG0
- [ARG0 *] To [rel help] out [ARGM-TMP this week] , the White House is dispatching chief of staff John Sununu and three Cabinet members -- HUD 's Jack Kemp , Transportation 's Samuel Skinner and Treasury 's Nicholas Brady , according to Peter Powers , the Giuliani campaign manager .
- [ARG0 Money] [rel helped] , [ARGM-DIS too] .
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- Another reason : *-1 Emboldened *-2 by their success in [ARG0 *] [rel helping] [ARG1-PRD *-3 to scuttle the previous transaction] , the machinists are likely *-1 to be more aggressive if a second buy-out attempt occurs .
- When Roger Birnbaum , an executive who *T*-1 worked for Guber Peters in the early 1980s , left *-3 to take a job as head of production at the United Artists studio *T*-2 , they made him forfeit all credits and financial interest in [ARG1-PRD the films] 0 [ARG0 he] had [rel helped] *-5 develop *T*-4 , including `` Rainman '' and `` Batman . ''
help.XX S-ARG0 S-ARG1-PRD
- However , * shedding steel would run directly counter to Mr. Roderick 's original rationale for * diversifying into oil and gas : [ARG0 * Having two major products] [ARGM-MOD would] lessen the company 's vulnerability to one market 's down cycle and [rel help] [ARG1-PRD *-1 smooth out the flow of cash and earnings] .
help.XX S-ARG0
- It *EXP*-1 [rel helped] that [ARG0 his inventory is a third smaller *ICH*-2 now than it was *?* two years ago] , he said 0 *T*-3 .
help.XX NNS-ARG0 S-ARG1-PRD
- Courtaulds ' restructuring is among the largest thus far in Britain , though it is dwarfed *-1 by [ARG0 B.A.T Industries PLC 's] plans * to spin off roughly # 4 billion *U* in assets * to [rel help] [ARG1-PRD *-2 fend off a takeover bid from Anglo-French financier Sir James Goldsmith] .
help.XX obj-ARG1
- [ARGM-DIS Moreover] , [ARG1 the Wilmington , Del. , company] is [rel helped] *-1 [ARGM-TMP when prices *ICH*-3 weaken on the commodity chemicals 0 it buys *T*-2 for its own production needs , such as ethylene *T*-4] .
help.XX sub-ARG0 obj-ARG2
- It *EXP*-1 is n't clear how much [ARG0 a restructuring] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel help] [ARG2 Columbia stockholders] *T*-2 .
help.XX NP-ARG0 VP-ARG1-PRD
- Recently , Gen-Probe received a broad U.S. patent for [ARG0 a technology] that *T*-2 [rel helps] [ARG1-PRD detect , identify and quantify non-viral organisms through the targeting of a form of genetic material called * ribosomal RNA] .
help.XX sub-ARG0 obj-ARG1-PRD
- [ARGM-TMP Since its inception] , [ARG0 Conner] has both benefited from *RNR*-1 and [rel helped] [ARG1-PRD *-3 make possible *RNR*-1] the rapid spread of portable computers [ARGM-MNR by *-3 selling storage devices that *T*-2 consume five to 10 times less electricity than drives used * in desktop machines] .
help.XX SBAR-ARG0
- [ARG0 It *EXP*-1] has [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel helped] that he 's waffled on abortion and gay rights , sought the support of both the Liberal and Conservative parties -LRB- he won the Liberal endorsement -RRB- and that he turned to comedian Jackie Mason for help with Jewish voters .
help.XX sub-ARG0 S-ARG1
- In addition to the need for another cash equity investor , the other moving parts include : the pilots themselves , who *T*-1 can scuttle rival deals by * threatening *-4 to strike ; the machinists union , [ARG0 the pilots ' longtime rivals] who *T*-2 [rel helped] [ARG1 *-5 scuttle the pilots ' deal] ; and regulators in Washington , whose opposition to foreign airline investment *T*-3 helped *-6 throw the deal into doubt .
help.XX sub-ARG0 NP-ARG1-with obj-ARG2
- [ARG0 Chugai] [ARGM-DIS also] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel help] [ARG2 Gen-Probe] with [ARG1-with its regulatory and marketing expertise in Asia] , Mr. Bologna said 0 *T*-1 .