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frames- While many of the risks were anticipated *-19 [ARG0 when] [ARG0 Minneapolis-based Cray Research] [ARGM-TMP first] [rel announced] [ARG1 the spinoff] [ARGM-TMP in May] *T*-1 , the strings 0 it attached *T*-2 to the financing had n't been made *-3 public until yesterday .
- In August , the company took a $ 343 million *U* pretax charge against fiscal 1989 earnings [ARG0 when] [ARG0 it] [rel announced] [ARG1 a world-wide restructuring plan] *T*-1 .
- [ARG0 The Chicago Mercantile Exchange , a major futures marketplace ,] [ARGM-TMP yesterday] [rel announced] [ARG1 the addition of another layer of trading halts designed * to slow program traders during a rapidly falling stock market] , and the Big Board is expected today *-70 to approve some additional restrictions on program trading .
- [ARG0 First of America , which *T*-1 now has 45 banks and $ 12.5 billion *U* in assets ,] [rel announced] [ARG1 an agreement * to acquire the Peoria , Ill. , bank holding company] [ARGM-TMP in January] .
- [ARG0 USX] [rel announced] [ARGM-TMP in October] that [ARG1 it was soliciting bids * to sell TXO 's oil and gas reserves] .
- The topic that *T*-79 attracted participants ' attention was [ARG1 Mitsubishi Estate 's purchase] of 51 % of Rockefeller Center Properties , [rel announced] * [ARGM-TMP late Monday] [ARGM-LOC in New York] .
- [ARGM-TMP Yesterday] , [ARG0 Armstrong] [rel announced] [ARG1 an agreement * to sell its small Applied Color Systems unit to a subsidiary of the Swiss company , Brauerei Eichof Ltd] .
- `` [ARG1 The terms] [rel announced] [ARGM-TMP today] are strictly between the United States and Gulf Power , '' said *T*-1 U.S. Attorney Robert L. Barr .
- Although [ARG0 the Treasury] is expected *-1 to [rel announce] [ARG1 details of its November quarterly refunding operation] [ARGM-TMP today] , the Nov. 79 schedule could be delayed *-2 unless Congress and the president act soon *-4 to lift the nation 's debt ceiling .
- [ARGM-TMP Monday] , [ARG0 MCI] [rel announced] [ARG1 a $ 27 million *U* multiyear contract with the investment bank Stuart-James] .
- [ARG1 LTV 's planned increase] , which *T*-101 was [rel announced] *-1 [ARGM-LOC in an Oct. 26 memo to district managers] , does n't affect electrogalvanized steel or tin plate .
- [ARG0 Steelmakers] [rel announced] [ARG1 a round of base-price increases] [ARGM-TMP last year] , but began *-1 offering sizable discounts over the summer .
- [ARG0 Courtaulds PLC] [rel announced] [ARG1 plans * to spin off its textiles operations to existing shareholders in a restructuring * to boost shareholder value] .
- The stock jumped 9 1\/2 Friday , [ARG0 when] [ARG0 the company] [rel announced] 0 [ARG1 it was in takeover talks] *T*-1 .
- When [ARG0 the company] [ARGM-TMP this month] [rel announced] [ARG1 lower-than-forecast sales of Easy Eggs] *T*-1 , the stock dropped nearly 19 % .
- [ARG0 Michael] [ARGM-TMP late yesterday] [rel announced] [ARG1 a $ 3.8 million *U* stock buy-back program] .
- [ARG0 Priam Corp.] said 0 it filed for protection under Chapter 11 of the federal Bankruptcy Code and [rel announced] [ARG1 a 35 % reduction in its world-wide employment] .
- [ARG1 The 200-person staff cutback] [rel announced] * [ARG0 yesterday] will bring Priam 's employment to about 380 workers , less than half of what it was *T*-1 before a similar , 230-person reduction in August .
- [ARG0 Nashua] [rel announced] [ARG1 the Reiss request] [ARGM-TMP after the market closed] .
- [ARG0 Control Data] [ARGM-TMP recently] [rel announced] [ARG1 an agreement *ICH*-1 with MIPS Computer Systems Inc. * to jointly develop machines with simplified operating software] .
- Polly Peck 's chairman , Asil Nadir , echoed the official Japanese view of [ARG1 the accord] , which *T*-2 was [rel announced] *-1 [ARGM-TMP Friday] .
- [ARGM-TMP In September] , [ARG0 it] [rel announced] [ARG1 plans * to acquire the tropical-fruit business of RJR Nabisco Inc. 's Del Monte foods unit for # 557 million *U* -LRB- $ 878 million *U* -RRB-] .
- But under [ARG1 new terms] of the agreement , [rel announced] * [ARGM-TMP Friday] , LIN holders would receive a special cash dividend of $ 42 *U* a share , representing a payout of about $ 2.23 billion *U* , shortly before the proposed merger .
- Ford got a similar go-ahead earlier in October , and [ARGM-TMP on Friday] , [ARG0 Jaguar] [rel announced] that [ARG1 the No. 2 U.S. auto maker had raised its stake to 13.2 % , or 24.2 million shares , from 12.4 % earlier in the week] .
- Jaguar officials have indicated 0 they are close to *-3 wrapping up a friendly alliance with GM that *T*-2 would preserve Jaguar 's independence , but [ARG0 no deal] has been [rel announced] *-1 .
- [ARG0 Sun Microsystems Inc. , a computer maker ,] [rel announced] [ARG1 the effectiveness of its registration statement for $ 125 million *U* of 6 3\/8 % convertible subordinated debentures due Oct. 15 , 1999] .
- [ARG0 The thrift] [rel announced] [ARG1 the plan] [ARGM-TMP Aug. 21] .
- [ARG0 Norton] [rel announced] [ARGM-TMP earlier this month] that [ARG1 it was exploring the possible sale of all or part of Eastman Christensen] .
- [ARG0 Hewlett] [rel announced] [ARGM-TMP last week] that [ARG1 it planned *-1 to ship a computer based * on the 486 chip early next year] .
- `` The reason 0 this is getting so much visibility *T*-1 is that [ARG0 some] started shipping and [rel announced] [ARG1 early availability] , '' said *T*-2 Hewlett-Packard 's Mr. Archuleta .
- [ARG0 Compaq , which *T*-1 said 0 it discovered the bugs ,] still plans *-2 to [rel announce] [ARG1 new 486 products] [ARGM-TMP on Nov. 6] .
- That 's a break from Compaq tradition , because [ARG0 the company] does [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel announce] [ARG1 products] [ARGM-TMP until they 're actually at the dealers] .
- [ARGM-TMP A few days later] , [ARG0 American Medical] [rel announced] [ARG1 sharply lower earnings] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 taking charges of $ 24 million *U* for insurance reserves and canceled real estate leases] .
- [ARG0 Hudson 's Bay Co.] [rel announced] [ARG1 terms of a previously proposed rights issue that *T*-1 is expected *-2 to raise about 396 million Canadian dollars -LRB- US$ 337 million *U* -RRB- net of expenses] .
- [ARG0 Du Pont] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel announced] [ARG1 plans for a 3-for-1 stock split] , [ARGM-ADV although the initial higher dividend will be paid *-2 on pre-split shares] .
- [ARG0 The luxury airline and casino company , 98.6%-owned by investor Kirk Kerkorian and his Tracinda Corp. ,] [ARGM-TMP earlier this month] [rel announced] [ARG1 its agreements * to acquire the properties] , but did n't disclose the purchase price .
- [ARG0 Columbia Savings & Loan Association] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 reeling from thrift-accounting changes mandated * by Congress and the recent collapse of the junk-bond market] , [rel announced] [ARG1 a loss for the third quarter of $ 226.3 million *U* , or $ 11.57 *U* a share] .
- [ARG0 Columbia] [rel announced] [ARG1 the results] [ARGM-TMP after the close of the stock market] .
- [ARG0 Anheuser-Busch] [rel announced] [ARG1 its plan] [ARGM-TMP at the same time 0 it reported 0 third-quarter net income rose a lower-than-anticipated 5.2 % to $ 238.3 million *U* , or 83 cents a share , from $ 226.5 million *U* , or 78 cents *T*-1] .
- It was further helped *-2 by [ARG0 Ford] , which *T*-1 [rel announced] [ARGM-TMP after London 's close] that [ARG1 it had raised its stake to 12 % from just under 11 % on Tuesday] .
- [ARG0 Du Pont] , which *T*-2 [rel announced] [ARG1 plans for a 3-for-1 stock split] and raised its quarterly dividend by 14 % , jumped 2 1\/2 to 117 3\/8 .
- McCaw Cellular Communications Inc. must extend its offer for LIN Broadcasting Corp. because [ARG0 it] has `` [ARGM-NEG not] [ARGM-TMP yet] [rel announced] [ARG1 committed financing sufficient * to complete '' the bid] , LIN said 0 *T*-1 in New York .
- [ARGM-DIS But] [ARG0 Coniston , a New York partnership managed * by the firm of Gollust , Tierney & Oliver ,] [ARGM-TMP yesterday] [rel announced] that [ARG1 `` in view of unsettled conditions in securities markets '' the offering would be postponed and restructured *-1] .
- The hottest rivalry in the computer industry intensified sharply yesterday as [ARG0 Digital Equipment Corp.] [rel announced] [ARG1 its first line of mainframe computers] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 targeting International Business Machines Corp. 's largest market] .
- [ARG0 IBM , which *T*-1 gets about half its revenue and more than half its profit from mainframes ,] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel announced] [ARG1 upgraded operating system software that *T*-2 , together with the new hardware , lets customers do so-called batch processing as much as 60 % faster] .
- `` We have a good strong backlog for the fourth quarter even without '' [ARG1 the systems] that *T*-2 were [rel announced] *-1 [ARGM-TMP yesterday] .
- [ARGM-ADV In addition to the new mainframe hardware and software] , [ARG0 IBM] [rel announced] [ARG1 a magnetic-tape system for data storage that it said 0 *T*-1 occupies half as much floor space as older systems but can store five times as much data on a single cartridge] .
- [ARGM-DIS And] , [ARGM-TMP earlier this month] , [ARG0 he] [rel announced] [ARG1 the sale of the reserves of Texas Oil & Gas , which *T*-1 was acquired *T*-2 three years ago and has n't posted any significant operating profits since] .
- [ARGM-TMP When Mr. Jacobson walked into the office at 7:30 a.m. EDT *T*-1] , [ARG0 he] [rel announced] : `` [ARG1 OK , * buckle up] . ''
- [ARGM-TMP With 15 seconds of trading 0 *T*-2 to go] , [ARG0 Mr. Jacobson] , [ARGM-MNR with what voice he had *T*-1 left *-3] , [rel announced] to [ARG2-to the trading mob] : `` [ARG1 We 're going *-4 to trade one price on the bell] . ''
- Yesterday , just a day after [ARG0 Mr. Roman] [rel announced] 0 [ARG1 he would leave *-1 to take a top post at American Express] , WPP said 0 Mr. Berry would return *-2 to take an international role at the parent company .
- [ARG1 The board 's decision] , [rel announced] * [ARGM-TMP after the market closed Monday] , initially prompted a severe sell-off in UAL shares , which at midday *T*-1 traded as low as $ 145 *U* a share , down $ 33 *U* a share , in composite trading on the New York Stock Exchange .
- [ARG0 Digital Equipment] [rel announced] [ARG1 its first mainframe computers] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 targeting IBM 's largest market and *-1 heating up the industry 's biggest rivalry] .
- [ARGM-TMP Last month] , [ARG0 Ford] [rel announced] [ARG1 plans * to acquire as much as 15 % of Jaguar] .
- [ARG0 This Brooklyn , N.Y. , generic-drug maker] [rel announced] [ARG1 a 5 % stock dividend payable Dec. 15 , to holders of record Nov. 15] .
- The airline 's share price already is far below the 210 pence -LRB- $ 3.33 *U* -RRB- level seen * after [ARG0 the company] [rel announced] [ARG1 the rights issue] [ARGM-TMP in late September] .
- [ARG1 The much-revised restructuring] , which *T*-3 was [ARGM-TMP first] [rel announced] *-2 [ARGM-TMP in October 1988] , must again be approved *-1 by shareholders and state casino regulators in Nevada and New Jersey .
- [ARG0 Some producers of polyethylene] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 figuring 0 the inventory reductions are near an end] , have [rel announced] [ARG1 price boosts] .
- Analysts said 0 some investors were disappointed that [ARG0 the cash-rich company] had failed *-1 to [rel announce] [ARG1 a special dividend] .
- Some analysts said 0 [ARG0 Inco , which *T*-1 had cash reserves of $ 272 million *U* as of Sept. 30 ,] [ARGM-MOD could] [ARGM-TMP still] [rel announce] [ARG1 a special dividend] [ARGM-TMP in the next few months] , [ARGM-ADV though it would be smaller than the $ 10-a-share special dividend 0 it paid *T*-2 last year] .
- The rebound in UAL stock during regular trading hours Monday was its first daily gain after six consecutive losses left the price 41 % below its level before Oct. 13 , the day 0 [ARG0 the group] [rel announced] 0 [ARG1 the bank financing could n't be obtained *-1 for the original deal] *T*-2 .
- Arbitragers said 0 they were disappointed 0 [ARG0 the company] did [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel announce] [ARG1 some recapitalization or other plan * to maximize value] .
- Generali , Italy 's biggest insurer , last month offered 5,500 lire a share for the Nuovo Banco stake held * by [ARG0 Banco Popolare di Milano , the bank 's largest shareholder ,] which *T*-1 [rel announced] [ARG1 plans * to sell the holdings] [ARGM-TMP earlier this year] .
- [ARG0 Qintex Australia Ltd. , a media and resorts concern controlled * by Australian entrepreneur Christopher Skase ,] [rel announced] [ARG1 a plan * to restructure and sell assets *-1 to try *-2 to ease its financial problems] .
- The shares traded at about A$ 1.50 *U* in [ARG0 March] , when [ARG1 the plan * to acquire MGM\/UA] was [rel announced] *-1 *T*-2 .
- Saab 's problems were underscored *-1 [ARG0 Friday] when [ARG0 the company] [rel announced] that [ARG1 its car division had a 1.2 billion kronor -LRB- $ 186.1 million *U* -RRB- loss during the first eight months of this year , slightly worse than Saab-Scania had forecast in its first-half report last month *T*-2] .
- [ARG0 He] quickly cut the team 's bloated administrative staff by half , shut down a Cowboys-owned dance academy and , [ARGM-TMP in July] , [rel announced] [ARG1 plans * to sell Valley Ranch , the team 's 30-acre practice camp and the most lavish training facility in the NFL] .
- `` [ARG0 Most of our competitors] are [rel announcing] [ARG1 products based * on our -LRB- older -RRB- products] , '' said 0 *T*-2 Finis Conner , chief executive officer and founder of the firm that *T*-1 bears his name .
- He cites [ARG0 IBM] , which *T*-1 reported a 30 % earnings decline in the third quarter , and which [ARGM-TMP last week] *T*-2 [rel announced] [ARG1 a $ 1 billion *U* buy-back of its shares] .
- [ARG1 The directors ' action] , taken * Oct. 10 but [rel announced] * [ARGM-TMP Friday] , had little or no effect on the company 's stock , which *T*-1 stagnated at $ 4.75 *U* in light over-the-counter trading .
- As well as [ARG1 the M$ 1.23 billion *U*] in provisions [rel announced] * [ARGM-TMP on Oct. 6] , the restructuring package covers an additional M$ 450 million *U* in provisions made * in earlier years but never reflected * in a reduction of the bank 's paid-up capital .
- After [ARG1 the earnings] were [rel announced] *-1 , he raised his fiscal 1990 estimate to between $ 3.80 and $ 4 *U* a share .
- The charges consist of : a $ 25 million *U* after-tax charge 0 *T*-1 to cover cost overruns in Ashland 's Riley Consolidated subsidiary ; a previously announced $ 38 million *U* after-tax charge resulting from a $ 325 million *U* settlement with National Iranian Oil Co. and a $ 15 million *U* after-tax charge from the [ARGM previously] [rel announced] sale of its Ashland Technology Corp. subsidiary .
- As part of [ARG1 a restructuring] [rel announced] * [ARGM-TMP earlier this year] , the company proposed in August *-1 to exchange 168 newly issued common shares for each $ 1,000 *U* face value of debt .
- [ARGM-TMP In the period] , [ARG0 the company] completed the sale of its European cosmetics businesses , sold a majority interest in its Brazilian affiliate , and [rel announced] [ARG1 the reorganization of its over-the-counter drug businesses into a new unit , Schering-Plough Health Care Products] .
- [ARG0 Bank Building , which *T*-1 builds and equips banks ,] had [rel announced] 0 [ARG1 it would restate the first-three quarters of this fiscal year , which *T*-2 ends Oct. 31] .
- The addition to reserves comes on top of [ARG1 a provision] of $ 199.7 million *U* that *T*-2 was [rel announced] *-1 [ARGM-TMP in June] .
- Commodore said that its announcement is based *-1 on preliminary information and that the situation could look different by [ARGM-TMP the time] 0 [ARG1 final results] are [rel announced] *-2 [ARGM-TMP early next month] *T*-3 .
- [ARG1 The decision] was [rel announced] *-1 [ARGM-TMP after trading ended] .
- [ARG0 It] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel announced] [ARG1 an initial public offering of 18 % of its gas exploration and production subsidiary] .
- Dow officials were signaling that the company would earn less than $ 15 *U* a share this year even before [ARG0 they] [rel announced] [ARGM-TMP in July] [ARG1 a plan * to acquire 67 % of Marion Laboratories Inc] .
- [ARG1 The buy-back , which *T*-2 was n't a complete surprise ,] was [rel announced] *-1 [ARGM-TMP after the stock market had closed] .
- [ARG0 WCRS Group] [rel announced] [ARG1 a major restructuring that *T*-1 largely removes it from the advertising business] .
- [ARGM-LOC On the corporate front] , [ARG0 Ford Motor] [rel announced] that [ARG1 it raised its stake in U.K. luxury car maker Jaguar to 10.4 % from 5 %] .
- [ARG0 It] [rel announced] [ARG1 a 52 % plunge in pretax profit for the latest year] .
- [ARG1 The final proration factor] [ARGM-MOD will] be [rel announced] *-1 [ARGM-TMP Monday] .
- [ARGM-LOC At the recent meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund] , [ARG0 the Bush administration] [rel announced] [ARG1 its intention * to decide by yearend the size of the next increase in the IMF 's capital base] .
- After [ARG0 Mr. Ackerman] [rel announced] 0 [ARG1 he was soliciting consents from shareholders in order * to wrest control of Datapoint from Mr. Edelman] , the corporate raider purchased 30 % of Datapoint 's shares .
- He thinks 0 [ARG0 Saab-Scania AB] [ARGM-TMP on Friday] [ARGM will] [rel announce] [ARG1 the sale of 50 % of its car division to Ford] ; the companies have been discussing closer cooperation for months .
- [ARG1 The offering for the language school unit] was [rel announced] *-1 by [ARG0-by Robert Maxwell , chairman and chief executive officer of London-based Maxwell Communication Corp. , which *T*-2 owns Macmillan] .
- IBM is expected *-1 to get a boost soon when [ARG0 it] [rel announces] [ARG1 some new versions of its mainframes] .
- [ARG0 Dataproducts , which *T*-1 had been seeking a buyer for several months ,] [rel announced] [ARG1 a restructuring plan] [ARGM-TMP in September] and took itself off the auction block .
- [ARGM-ADV As part of the plan] , [ARG0 Dataproducts] [rel announced] [ARG1 a pact * to sell $ 63 million *U* of its real estate holdings to Trizec Properties Inc. , a unit of Canada 's Trizec Corp] .
- Ripples from the strike by 55,000 Machinists union members against Boeing Co. reached air carriers Friday as [ARG0 America West Airlines] [rel announced] 0 [ARG1 it will postpone its new service out of Houston because of delays in * receiving aircraft from the Seattle jet maker] .
- [ARG0 They] [ARGM-TMP recently] [rel announced] [ARG1 increases of a few cents a pound 0 *T*-1 to take effect in the next several weeks] .
- [ARG0 Salomon Brothers International Ltd. , a British subsidiary of Salomon Inc. ,] [rel announced] 0 [ARG1 it will issue warrants on shares of Hong Kong Telecommunications Ltd] .
- Most analysts and thrift executives had expected a decision on [ARG1 the proposed transaction] , which *T*-2 was [rel announced] *-1 [ARGM-TMP in July] , long before now .
- Inland said 0 [ARG1 its third-quarter results] [ARGM-MOD will] be [rel announced] *-1 [ARGM-TMP later this week] .
- Tomorrow [ARG0 the company] is scheduled *-1 to [rel announce] [ARG1 its most powerful computer ever , which *T*-2 for the first time will bring it into direct competition with makers of mainframe computers] .
- [ARG0 Dresdner Bank AG of West Germany] has [rel announced] [ARG1 a friendly tender offer for control of Banque Internationale de Placements , a French bank whose main shareholder *T*-1 is France 's Societe Generale ,] the Societe de Bourses Francaises said *T*-2 .
- [ARG0 The group trying * to buy UAL] [rel announced] [ARGM-TMP Friday] that [ARG1 it could n't arrange the $ 7.2 billion *U* in bank loans 0 it needs *T*-1 * to buy the parent of United Airlines for $ 300 *U* a share] .
- [ARG1 The results] were [rel announced] *-1 [ARGM-TMP after the stock market closed] .
- While many of the risks were anticipated *-19 when [ARG0 Minneapolis-based Cray Research] [ARGM-TMP first] [rel announced] [ARG1 the spinoff] [ARGM-TMP in May] *T*-1 , the strings 0 it attached *T*-2 to the financing had n't been made *-3 public until yesterday .
- In August , the company took a $ 343 million *U* pretax charge against fiscal 1989 earnings when [ARG0 it] [rel announced] [ARG1 a world-wide restructuring plan] *T*-1 .
- [ARG0 The Chicago Mercantile Exchange , a major futures marketplace ,] [ARGM-TMP yesterday] [rel announced] [ARG1 the addition of another layer of trading halts designed * to slow program traders during a rapidly falling stock market] , and the Big Board is expected today *-70 to approve some additional restrictions on program trading .
- [ARG0 First of America , which *T*-1 now has 45 banks and $ 12.5 billion *U* in assets ,] [rel announced] [ARG1 an agreement * to acquire the Peoria , Ill. , bank holding company] [ARGM-TMP in January] .
- [ARG0 USX] [rel announced] [ARGM-TMP in October] that [ARG1 it was soliciting bids * to sell TXO 's oil and gas reserves] .
- The topic that *T*-79 attracted participants ' attention was [ARG1 Mitsubishi Estate 's purchase] of 51 % of Rockefeller Center Properties , [rel announced] * [ARGM-TMP late Monday] [ARGM-LOC in New York] .
- [ARGM-TMP Yesterday] , [ARG0 Armstrong] [rel announced] [ARG1 an agreement * to sell its small Applied Color Systems unit to a subsidiary of the Swiss company , Brauerei Eichof Ltd] .
- `` [ARG1 The terms] [rel announced] [ARGM-TMP today] are strictly between the United States and Gulf Power , '' said *T*-1 U.S. Attorney Robert L. Barr .
- Although [ARG0 the Treasury] is expected *-1 to [rel announce] [ARG1 details of its November quarterly refunding operation] [ARGM-TMP today] , the Nov. 79 schedule could be delayed *-2 unless Congress and the president act soon *-4 to lift the nation 's debt ceiling .
- Coast Savings Financial Inc. reported a third-quarter loss , *-1 citing a [ARGM previously] [rel announced] capital restructuring program .
- [ARG0 Shearson Lehman Hutton] gave small investors some welcome news by *-1 [rel announcing] that [ARG1 it would no longer handle index-arbitrage-related program trades for its accounts] .
- [ARGM-TMP Monday] , [ARG0 MCI] [rel announced] [ARG1 a $ 27 million *U* multiyear contract with the investment bank Stuart-James] .
- [ARG1 LTV 's planned increase] , which *T*-101 was [rel announced] *-1 [ARGM-LOC in an Oct. 26 memo to district managers] , does n't affect electrogalvanized steel or tin plate .
- [ARG0 Steelmakers] [rel announced] [ARG1 a round of base-price increases] [ARGM-TMP last year] , but began *-1 offering sizable discounts over the summer .
- [ARG0 Courtaulds PLC] [rel announced] [ARG1 plans * to spin off its textiles operations to existing shareholders in a restructuring * to boost shareholder value] .
- The stock jumped 9 1\/2 Friday , when [ARG0 the company] [rel announced] 0 [ARG1 it was in takeover talks] *T*-1 .
- [ARG0 Abraham Lincoln Federal Savings Bank] sank 4 to 13 1\/2 after *-2 [rel announcing] [ARG1 a shakeup that *T*-1 will change senior management and reorganize the bank 's mortgage business as a separate unit] .
- When [ARG0 the company] [ARGM-TMP this month] [rel announced] [ARG1 lower-than-forecast sales of Easy Eggs] *T*-1 , the stock dropped nearly 19 % .
- [ARG0 Michael] [ARGM-TMP late yesterday] [rel announced] [ARG1 a $ 3.8 million *U* stock buy-back program] .
- [ARG0 Priam Corp.] said 0 it filed for protection under Chapter 11 of the federal Bankruptcy Code and [rel announced] [ARG1 a 35 % reduction in its world-wide employment] .
- [ARG1 The 200-person staff cutback] [rel announced] * [ARGM-TMP yesterday] will bring Priam 's employment to about 380 workers , less than half of what it was *T*-1 before a similar , 230-person reduction in August .
- [ARG0 Nashua] [rel announced] [ARG1 the Reiss request] [ARGM-TMP after the market closed] .
- [ARG0 Control Data] [ARGM-TMP recently] [rel announced] [ARG1 an agreement *ICH*-1 with MIPS Computer Systems Inc. * to jointly develop machines with simplified operating software] .
- Polly Peck 's chairman , Asil Nadir , echoed the official Japanese view of [ARG1 the accord] , which *T*-2 was [rel announced] *-1 [ARGM-TMP Friday] .
- [ARGM-TMP In September] , [ARG0 it] [rel announced] [ARG1 plans * to acquire the tropical-fruit business of RJR Nabisco Inc. 's Del Monte foods unit for # 557 million *U* -LRB- $ 878 million *U* -RRB-] .
- But under [ARG1 new terms] of the agreement , [rel announced] * [ARGM-TMP Friday] , LIN holders would receive a special cash dividend of $ 42 *U* a share , representing a payout of about $ 2.23 billion *U* , shortly before the proposed merger .
- In [ARG0 *-1] [rel announcing] [ARG1 the plant delay] , Kellogg Chairman William E. LaMothe said , `` Cereal volume growth in the U.S. has not met our expectations for 1989 . ''
- Ford got a similar go-ahead earlier in October , and [ARGM-TMP on Friday] , [ARG0 Jaguar] [rel announced] that [ARG1 the No. 2 U.S. auto maker had raised its stake to 13.2 % , or 24.2 million shares , from 12.4 % earlier in the week] .
- Jaguar officials have indicated 0 they are close to *-3 wrapping up a friendly alliance with GM that *T*-2 would preserve Jaguar 's independence , but [ARG1 no deal] has been [rel announced] *-1 .
- [ARG0 Sun Microsystems Inc. , a computer maker ,] [rel announced] [ARG1 the effectiveness of its registration statement for $ 125 million *U* of 6 3\/8 % convertible subordinated debentures due Oct. 15 , 1999] .
- The charge is offset *-1 by an after-tax gain of about $ 30 million *U* in the quarter from the [ARGM previously] [rel announced] pact * to sell National Aluminum 's rolling division .
- [ARG0 Nashua] strengthened its poison-pill plan after *-1 [rel announcing] 0 [ARG1 a Dutch firm is seeking *-2 to buy up to 25 % of the New Hampshire copier company] .
- [ARG0 The thrift] [rel announced] [ARG1 the plan] [ARGM-TMP Aug. 21] .
- [ARG0 Norton] [rel announced] [ARGM-TMP earlier this month] that [ARG1 it was exploring the possible sale of all or part of Eastman Christensen] .
- [ARG0 Hewlett] [rel announced] [ARGM-TMP last week] that [ARG1 it planned *-1 to ship a computer based * on the 486 chip early next year] .
- `` The reason 0 this is getting so much visibility *T*-1 is that [ARG0 some] started shipping and [rel announced] [ARG1 early availability] , '' said *T*-2 Hewlett-Packard 's Mr. Archuleta .
- [ARG0 Compaq , which *T*-1 said 0 it discovered the bugs ,] still plans *-2 to [rel announce] [ARG1 new 486 products] [ARGM-TMP on Nov. 6] .
- That 's a break from Compaq tradition , because [ARG0 the company] does [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel announce] [ARG1 products] [ARGM-TMP until they 're actually at the dealers] .
- [ARGM-TMP A few days later] , [ARG0 American Medical] [rel announced] [ARG1 sharply lower earnings] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 taking charges of $ 24 million *U* for insurance reserves and canceled real estate leases] .
- [ARG0 Hudson 's Bay Co.] [rel announced] [ARG1 terms of a previously proposed rights issue that *T*-1 is expected *-2 to raise about 396 million Canadian dollars -LRB- US$ 337 million *U* -RRB- net of expenses] .
- [ARG0 Du Pont] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel announced] [ARG1 plans for a 3-for-1 stock split] , [ARGM-ADV although the initial higher dividend will be paid *-2 on pre-split shares] .
- Profit at the unit fell to $ 110.6 million *U* , or 37 cents a share , from $ 142.4 million *U* , or 45 cents a share , largely because of a $ 24 million *U* one-time charge associated * with [ARG0 Hughes 's] [ARGM previously] [rel announced] plan [ARG1 * to reduce employment by at least 6,000 people by year end] .
- The company 's ability * to respond to energy needs world-wide will be enhanced *-1 through a [ARGM recently] [rel announced] venture with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries , Mr. Lego said 0 *T*-2 .
- [ARG0 The luxury airline and casino company , 98.6%-owned by investor Kirk Kerkorian and his Tracinda Corp. ,] [ARGM-TMP earlier this month] [rel announced] [ARG1 its agreements * to acquire the properties] , but did n't disclose the purchase price .
- [ARG0 Columbia Savings & Loan Association] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 reeling from thrift-accounting changes mandated * by Congress and the recent collapse of the junk-bond market] , [rel announced] [ARG1 a loss for the third quarter of $ 226.3 million *U* , or $ 11.57 *U* a share] .
- [ARG0 Columbia] [rel announced] [ARG1 the results] [ARGM-TMP after the close of the stock market] .
- [ARG0 Anheuser-Busch] [rel announced] [ARG1 its plan] [ARGM-TMP at the same time 0 it reported 0 third-quarter net income rose a lower-than-anticipated 5.2 % to $ 238.3 million *U* , or 83 cents a share , from $ 226.5 million *U* , or 78 cents *T*-1] .
- It was further helped *-2 by [ARG0 Ford] , which *T*-1 [rel announced] [ARGM-TMP after London 's close] that [ARG1 it had raised its stake to 12 % from just under 11 % on Tuesday] .
- [ARG0 Du Pont] , which *T*-2 [rel announced] [ARG1 plans for a 3-for-1 stock split] and raised its quarterly dividend by 14 % , jumped 2 1\/2 to 117 3\/8 .
- McCaw Cellular Communications Inc. must extend its offer for LIN Broadcasting Corp. because [ARG0 it] has `` [ARGM-NEG not] [ARGM-TMP yet] [rel announced] [ARG1 committed financing sufficient * to complete '' the bid] , LIN said 0 *T*-1 in New York .
- But [ARG0 Coniston , a New York partnership managed * by the firm of Gollust , Tierney & Oliver ,] [ARGM-TMP yesterday] [rel announced] that [ARG1 `` in view of unsettled conditions in securities markets '' the offering would be postponed and restructured *-1] .
- The hottest rivalry in the computer industry intensified sharply yesterday as [ARG0 Digital Equipment Corp.] [rel announced] [ARG1 its first line of mainframe computers] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 targeting International Business Machines Corp. 's largest market] .
- [ARG0 IBM , which *T*-1 gets about half its revenue and more than half its profit from mainframes ,] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel announced] [ARG1 upgraded operating system software that *T*-2 , together with the new hardware , lets customers do so-called batch processing as much as 60 % faster] .
- `` We have a good strong backlog for the fourth quarter even without '' [ARG1 the systems] that *T*-2 were [rel announced] *-1 [ARGM-TMP yesterday] .
- [ARGM In addition to the new mainframe hardware and software] , [ARG0 IBM] [rel announced] [ARG1 a magnetic-tape system for data storage that it said 0 *T*-1 occupies half as much floor space as older systems but can store five times as much data on a single cartridge] .
- And , [ARGM-TMP earlier this month] , [ARG0 he] [rel announced] [ARG1 the sale of the reserves of Texas Oil & Gas , which *T*-1 was acquired *T*-2 three years ago and has n't posted any significant operating profits since] .
- [ARG0 The company] made its 1990 projection -- an unusual event for Cray -- in *-1 [rel announcing] [ARG1 improved net income for the third quarter] .
- [ARGM-TMP When Mr. Jacobson walked into the office at 7:30 a.m. EDT *T*-1] , [ARG0 he] [rel announced] : `` [ARG1 OK , * buckle up] . ''
- [ARGM-TMP With 15 seconds of trading 0 *T*-2 to go] , [ARG0 Mr. Jacobson] , [ARGM-ADV with what voice he had *T*-1 left *-3] , [rel announced] to [ARG2-to the trading mob] : `` [ARG1 We 're going *-4 to trade one price on the bell] . ''
- Proceeds will be used *-1 * to repurchase as many as 10 million shares of Honeywell stock , as [ARG0 [ARG1 *] ] [ARGM-TMP previously] [rel announced] *-2 .
- Shortly after [ARG0 *] [rel announcing] [ARG1 its quarterly loss] , USAir 's stock tumbled $ 3 *U* a share .
- In [ARG0 *-2] [rel announcing] [ARG1 the results] , USAir cited many of the same problems that several other industry officials have named *T*-1 recently .
- Yesterday , just a day after [ARG0 Mr. Roman] [rel announced] 0 [ARG1 he would leave *-1 to take a top post at American Express] , WPP said 0 Mr. Berry would return *-2 to take an international role at the parent company .
- [ARG1 The board 's decision] , [rel announced] * [ARGM-TMP after the market closed Monday] , initially prompted a severe sell-off in UAL shares , which at midday *T*-1 traded as low as $ 145 *U* a share , down $ 33 *U* a share , in composite trading on the New York Stock Exchange .
- [ARG0 Digital Equipment] [rel announced] [ARG1 its first mainframe computers] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 targeting IBM 's largest market and *-1 heating up the industry 's biggest rivalry] .
- [ARGM-TMP Last month] , [ARG0 Ford] [rel announced] [ARG1 plans * to acquire as much as 15 % of Jaguar] .
- [ARG0 This Brooklyn , N.Y. , generic-drug maker] [rel announced] [ARG1 a 5 % stock dividend payable Dec. 15 , to holders of record Nov. 15] .
- The airline 's share price already is far below the 210 pence -LRB- $ 3.33 *U* -RRB- level seen * after [ARG0 the company] [rel announced] [ARG1 the rights issue] [ARGM-TMP in late September] .
- [ARG1 The much-revised restructuring] , which *T*-3 was [ARGM-TMP first] [rel announced] *-2 [ARGM-TMP in October 1988] , must again be approved *-1 by shareholders and state casino regulators in Nevada and New Jersey .
- [ARG0 Some producers of polyethylene] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 figuring 0 the inventory reductions are near an end] , have [rel announced] [ARG1 price boosts] .
- Analysts said 0 some investors were disappointed that [ARG0 the cash-rich company] had failed *-1 to [rel announce] [ARG1 a special dividend] .
- Some analysts said 0 [ARG0 Inco , which *T*-1 had cash reserves of $ 272 million *U* as of Sept. 30 ,] [ARGM-MOD could] [ARGM-TMP still] [rel announce] [ARG1 a special dividend] [ARGM-TMP in the next few months] , [ARGM-ADV though it would be smaller than the $ 10-a-share special dividend 0 it paid *T*-2 last year] .
- The rebound in UAL stock during regular trading hours Monday was its first daily gain after six consecutive losses left the price 41 % below its level before Oct. 13 , the day 0 [ARG0 the group] [rel announced] 0 [ARG1 the bank financing could n't be obtained *-1 for the original deal] *T*-2 .
- Arbitragers said 0 they were disappointed 0 [ARG0 the company] did [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel announce] [ARG1 some recapitalization or other plan * to maximize value] .
- Generali , Italy 's biggest insurer , last month offered 5,500 lire a share for the Nuovo Banco stake held * by [ARG0 Banco Popolare di Milano , the bank 's largest shareholder ,] which *T*-1 [rel announced] [ARG1 plans * to sell the holdings] [ARGM-TMP earlier this year] .
- [ARG0 Qintex Australia Ltd. , a media and resorts concern controlled * by Australian entrepreneur Christopher Skase ,] [rel announced] [ARG1 a plan * to restructure and sell assets *-1 to try *-2 to ease its financial problems] .
- The shares traded at about A$ 1.50 *U* in March , when [ARG1 the plan * to acquire MGM\/UA] was [rel announced] *-1 *T*-2 .
- Saab 's problems were underscored *-1 Friday when [ARG0 the company] [rel announced] that [ARG1 its car division had a 1.2 billion kronor -LRB- $ 186.1 million *U* -RRB- loss during the first eight months of this year , slightly worse than Saab-Scania had forecast in its first-half report last month *T*-2] .
- [ARG0 He] quickly cut the team 's bloated administrative staff by half , shut down a Cowboys-owned dance academy and , [ARGM-TMP in July] , [rel announced] [ARG1 plans * to sell Valley Ranch , the team 's 30-acre practice camp and the most lavish training facility in the NFL] .
- `` [ARG0 Most of our competitors] are [rel announcing] [ARG1 products based * on our -LRB- older -RRB- products] , '' said 0 *T*-2 Finis Conner , chief executive officer and founder of the firm that *T*-1 bears his name .
- He cites [ARG0 IBM] , which *T*-1 reported a 30 % earnings decline in the third quarter , and which [ARGM-TMP last week] *T*-2 [rel announced] [ARG1 a $ 1 billion *U* buy-back of its shares] .
- [ARG1 The directors ' action] , taken * Oct. 10 but [rel announced] * [ARGM-TMP Friday] , had little or no effect on the company 's stock , which *T*-1 stagnated at $ 4.75 *U* in light over-the-counter trading .
- As well as [ARG1 the M$ 1.23 billion *U*] in provisions [rel announced] * [ARGM-TMP on Oct. 6] , the restructuring package covers an additional M$ 450 million *U* in provisions made * in earlier years but never reflected * in a reduction of the bank 's paid-up capital .
- After [ARG1 the earnings] were [rel announced] *-1 , he raised his fiscal 1990 estimate to between $ 3.80 and $ 4 *U* a share .
- The charges consist of : a $ 25 million *U* after-tax charge 0 *T*-1 to cover cost overruns in Ashland 's Riley Consolidated subsidiary ; a previously announced $ 38 million *U* after-tax charge resulting from a $ 325 million *U* settlement with National Iranian Oil Co. and a $ 15 million *U* after-tax charge from the [ARGM previously] [rel announced] sale of its Ashland Technology Corp. subsidiary .
- In [ARG0 *-1] [rel announcing] [ARG1 a 1989 capital spending plan of $ 950 million *U*] [ARGM-TMP early this year] , Caterpillar said 0 full-year earnings would be flat compared with last year 's $ 616 million *U* , or $ 6.07 *U* a share .
- As part of [ARG1 a restructuring] [rel announced] * [ARGM-TMP earlier this year] , the company proposed in August *-1 to exchange 168 newly issued common shares for each $ 1,000 *U* face value of debt .
- [ARGM-TMP In the period] , [ARG0 the company] completed the sale of its European cosmetics businesses , sold a majority interest in its Brazilian affiliate , and [rel announced] [ARG1 the reorganization of its over-the-counter drug businesses into a new unit , Schering-Plough Health Care Products] .
- [ARG0 Bank Building , which *T*-1 builds and equips banks ,] had [rel announced] 0 [ARG1 it would restate the first-three quarters of this fiscal year , which *T*-2 ends Oct. 31] .
- The addition to reserves comes on top of [ARG1 a provision] of $ 199.7 million *U* that *T*-2 was [rel announced] *-1 [ARGM-TMP in June] .
- Commodore said that its announcement is based *-1 on preliminary information and that the situation could look different by the time 0 [ARG1 final results] are [rel announced] *-2 [ARGM-TMP early next month] *T*-3 .
- [ARG1 The decision] was [rel announced] *-1 [ARGM-TMP after trading ended] .
- [ARG0 It] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel announced] [ARG1 an initial public offering of 18 % of its gas exploration and production subsidiary] .
- Dow officials were signaling that the company would earn less than $ 15 *U* a share this year even before [ARG0 they] [rel announced] [ARGM-TMP in July] [ARG1 a plan * to acquire 67 % of Marion Laboratories Inc] .
- [ARG1 The buy-back , which *T*-2 was n't a complete surprise ,] was [rel announced] *-1 [ARGM-TMP after the stock market had closed] .
- [ARG0 WCRS Group] [rel announced] [ARG1 a major restructuring that *T*-1 largely removes it from the advertising business] .
- [ARGM-LOC On the corporate front] , [ARG0 Ford Motor] [rel announced] that [ARG1 it raised its stake in U.K. luxury car maker Jaguar to 10.4 % from 5 %] .
- [ARG0 It] [rel announced] [ARG1 a 52 % plunge in pretax profit for the latest year] .
- [ARG1 The final proration factor] [ARGM-MOD will] be [rel announced] *-1 [ARGM-TMP Monday] .
- [ARG0 The company] also pleased analysts by *-1 [rel announcing] [ARG1 four new store openings planned * for fiscal 1990 , ending next August] .
- [ARGM-LOC At the recent meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund] , [ARG0 the Bush administration] [rel announced] [ARG1 its intention * to decide by yearend the size of the next increase in the IMF 's capital base] .
- After [ARG0 Mr. Ackerman] [rel announced] 0 [ARG1 he was soliciting consents from shareholders in order * to wrest control of Datapoint from Mr. Edelman] , the corporate raider purchased 30 % of Datapoint 's shares .
- He thinks 0 [ARG0 Saab-Scania AB] [ARGM-TMP on Friday] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel announce] [ARG1 the sale of 50 % of its car division to Ford] ; the companies have been discussing closer cooperation for months .
- [ARG1 The offering for the language school unit] was [rel announced] *-1 by [ARG0-by Robert Maxwell , chairman and chief executive officer of London-based Maxwell Communication Corp. , which *T*-2 owns Macmillan] .
- IBM is expected *-1 to get a boost soon when [ARG0 it] [rel announces] [ARG1 some new versions of its mainframes] .
- [ARGM As part of the plan] , [ARG0 Dataproducts] [rel announced] [ARG1 a pact * to sell $ 63 million *U* of its real estate holdings to Trizec Properties Inc. , a unit of Canada 's Trizec Corp] .
- [ARG0 Dataproducts , which *T*-1 had been seeking a buyer for several months ,] [rel announced] [ARG1 a restructuring plan] [ARGM-TMP in September] and took itself off the auction block .
- Ripples from the strike by 55,000 Machinists union members against Boeing Co. reached air carriers Friday as [ARG0 America West Airlines] [rel announced] 0 [ARG1 it will postpone its new service out of Houston because of delays in * receiving aircraft from the Seattle jet maker] .
- [ARG0 They] [ARGM-TMP recently] [rel announced] [ARG1 increases of a few cents a pound 0 *T*-1 to take effect in the next several weeks] .
- [ARG0 Salomon Brothers International Ltd. , a British subsidiary of Salomon Inc. ,] [rel announced] 0 [ARG1 it will issue warrants on shares of Hong Kong Telecommunications Ltd] .
- Most analysts and thrift executives had expected a decision on [ARG1 the proposed transaction] , which *T*-2 was [rel announced] *-1 [ARGM-TMP in July] , long before now .
- Inland said 0 [ARG1 its third-quarter results] [ARGM-MOD will] be [rel announced] *-1 [ARGM-TMP later this week] .
- Tomorrow [ARG0 the company] is scheduled *-1 to [rel announce] [ARG1 its most powerful computer ever , which *T*-2 for the first time will bring it into direct competition with makers of mainframe computers] .
- [ARG0 Dresdner Bank AG of West Germany] has [rel announced] [ARG1 a friendly tender offer for control of Banque Internationale de Placements , a French bank whose main shareholder *T*-1 is France 's Societe Generale ,] the Societe de Bourses Francaises said *T*-2 .
- [ARG0 The group trying * to buy UAL] [rel announced] [ARGM-TMP Friday] that [ARG1 it could n't arrange the $ 7.2 billion *U* in bank loans 0 it needs *T*-1 * to buy the parent of United Airlines for $ 300 *U* a share] .
- [ARG1 The results] were [rel announced] *-1 [ARGM-TMP after the stock market closed] .
- While many of the risks were anticipated *-19 when [ARG0 Minneapolis-based Cray Research] [ARGM-TMP first] [rel announced] [ARG1 the spinoff] [ARGM-TMP in May] *T*-1 , the strings 0 it attached *T*-2 to the financing had n't been made *-3 public until yesterday .
- The offer is being launched *-45 pursuant to a previously [rel announced] agreement between the companies .