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frames- [ARGM-LOC In a letter to Georgia Gulf President Jerry R. Satrum] , [ARG0 Mr. Martin] [rel asked] [ARG2 Georgia Gulf] [ARG1 *-1 to answer its offer by Tuesday] .
- Vice Chancellor Maurice A. Hartnett III of Delaware 's Court of Chancery heard arguments for more than two hours here , but [ARG0 he] made no comment and [rel asked] [ARG1 no questions] .
- The major question , said 0 *T*-2 [ARG2 one holder] who *T*-1 [rel asked] [ARG1 *-3 not to be named *-4] , is whether New York investor Bennett S. LeBow , whose Brooke Partners *T*-5 controls Western Union , is willing *-6 to offer a large enough equity stake * to entice bondholders into *-7 agreeing to a new swap .
- Mr. Carver says that [ARGM-LOC at a recent Dain-sponsored conference in New York] , [ARG0 he] [rel asked] [ARG2 Michael 's chief executive officer] if [ARG1 the fourth quarter would be down] .
- `` [ARG1 The break-even point for next year is much lower , but is it low enough ?] '' [ARG0 he] [rel asked] *T*-1 .
- `` How many shares *T*-1 will be around in 1995 ? '' [ARG0 he] [rel asked] *T*-2 .
- *-2 Urging LIN directors *-3 to conduct `` a fair auction on a level playing field , '' [ARG0 McCaw] [rel asked] how well the public interest would be served *-1 *T*-4 `` with the Bell operating companies controlling over 94 % of all cellular -LCB- potential customers -RCB- in the nation 's top 10 markets .
- [ARG2 A Kellogg officer] , who *T*-2 [rel asked] [ARG1 not *-3 to be named *-1] , said 0 the Memphis project was `` pulled *-4 in for a reconsideration of costs , '' an indication that the ambitious plans might be scaled *-5 back in any future construction .
- According to individuals familiar with Mr. Antar 's case , prosecutors issued their warning this week after [ARG0 one of Mr. Antar 's attorneys] [rel asked] whether [ARG1 legal fees might be subject to seizure] .
- It received more offers , but the auction was surprisingly won *-2 by [ARG0 IMA] , which *T*-1 bid $ 28 *U* a share and [rel asked] [ARG2 Mr. Gilleland] [ARG1 *-3 to stay on as an equity participant] .
- Because of those concerns , some manufacturers say 0 [ARG0 they] [ARGM will] [rel ask] for letters of credit [ARGM-TMP before *-1 shipping spring merchandise] .
- `` We 're being paid *-1 today , but we 're worried about tomorrow and will want '' letters of credit , says 0 *T*-4 the sales director at [ARG2 one major dress maker] who *T*-3 [rel asked] [ARG1 *-5 not to be identified *-2] .
- If [ARG0 I] need *-1 to [rel ask] for money up front later , I will *?* . ''
- `` We expect 0 they will be current with their debts by the end of the week , but [ARG0 we] are considering *-1 [rel asking] [ARG1 them] for [ARG2-for letters of credit] [ARGM-TMP before we take more orders] . ''
- Bertin Nadeau , newly appointed chairman and interim chief executive of Provigo , would n't say if [ARG2 Mr. Lortie] was [rel asked] [ARG1 *-1 to leave] .
- [ARGM-TMP Just this past week] , [ARG0 a leading Japanese bank] [rel asked] for a meeting with the machinists ' union leaders 0 * to determine where the union would stand *T*-2 if another bid or recapitalization became possible *T*-1 .
- A committee of outside directors for the Garden City , N.Y. , unit is evaluating the proposal ; [ARG0 the parent] [rel asked] [ARG2 it] [ARG1 *-1 to respond by Oct. 31] .
- [ARG0 StatesWest] [rel asked] [ARG2 Mesa] [ARG1 *-1 to repond by Oct. 31] .
- Johnnie Johnson , who *T*-1 worked for Mr. Corry in strategic planning , recalls how [ARG0 his boss] would routinely [rel ask] [ARG2 a subordinate] [ARG1 *-2 to research an entire industry *-3 to target acquisition candidates] *T*-4 .
- [ARG2 Mr. Berry , 58 ,] had resigned after *-2 being [rel asked] *-1 by [ARG0 Ogilvy 's chairman and chief executive officer , Kenneth Roman ,] [ARG1 *-3 to give up his title as creative head of the New York office and to take a fuzzier international role] .
- However , [ARG0 Mr. Davis] could pressure the board by *-1 [rel asking] that [ARG1 the agreement be waived *-3] , or letting it *EXP*-2 be known *-4 that he has financing for an offer at a lower price .
- [ARG0 Credit Agricole] [rel asked] [ARG2 a Milan court] [ARG1 *-1 to sequester the Nuovo Banco shares] , the Italian news agency ANSA reported 0 *T*-2 .
- [ARGM-TMP Soon after the merger] , [ARGM moreover] , [ARG0 Federal 's management] [rel asked] [ARG2 Tiger 's pilots] [ARG1 *-2 to sign an agreement stating that they could be fired *-1 any time , without cause or notice] .
- [ARG2 One analyst] , who *T*-1 [rel asked] [ARG1 not *-2 to be identified *-3] , said 0 he believes that the UAL pilots and management can put together a bid `` in the $ 225 *U* area , '' but that it could take three to four months * to close .
- [ARGM-ADV Although the pilots are expected *-2 to continue *-3 to pursue the bid] , [ARG2 UAL Chairman Stephen Wolf] [ARGM may] be [rel asked] *-1 [ARG1 *-4 to withdraw from the buy-out effort , at least temporarily , and to return to *-5 running the company full time] .
- [ARGM-LOC In another setback] yesterday , [ARG0 United 's machinist union] [rel asked] [ARG2 the Treasury Department] [ARG1 *-1 to investigate whether certain aspects of the original buy-out proposal violated tax laws] .
- But though `` [ARG0 people in town] [ARGM may] [rel ask] why Guber needs Peters *T*-2 , it *EXP*-3 's good * to have a partner , and obviously the chemistry works , '' says 0 *T*-4 Steven Tisch , a producer who *T*-1 once worked for Mr. Guber .
- [ARGM In effect] , [ARG0 Holiday] is [rel asking] [ARG1 holders] for [ARG2-for permission for Bass to buy their debt] .
- [ARG0 Avondale] [rel asked] [ARG2 Travelers] [ARG1 *-1 to defend it in the state proceeding] , but the insurer did n't respond .
- Equitec Financial Group said 0 [ARG0 it] [ARGM will] [rel ask] [ARG2 as many as 100,000 investors in 12 of its public real-estate limited partnerships] [ARG1 *-1 to give approval to *-2 rolling them up into a new master limited partnership] .
- When it made the offer *T*-1 , [ARG0 StatesWest] declined *-2 to disclose details and [rel asked] [ARG2 Mesa] [ARG1 *-3 to do the same] .
- In response to the specific offer , Gary Risley , Mesa vice president , said 0 [ARG0 management] [ARGM will] [rel ask] [ARG2 directors] [ARG1 *-1 to employ a financial consultant 0 *T*-2 to advise them] .
- [ARG0 Mr. Sherry] declined *-1 to comment when * [rel asked] about [ARG1-about the sales] *T*-2 .
- Of the combined $ 114.4 million *U* 0 the two men were scheduled *-1 to reap *T*-2 under the buy-out , they agreed *-3 to invest in the buy-out just $ 15 million *U* *T*-5 , * angering many of [ARG2 the thousands of workers] [rel asked] * [ARG1 *-4 to make pay concessions] so the buy-out would be a success .
- [ARG0 DFC] [rel asked] [ARG2 the central bank] [ARG1 *-1 to appoint managers] [ARGM-TMP after it revised loan-loss provisions to around the same level of shareholders ' funds of 180 million New Zealand dollars -LRB- US$ 105.4 million *U* -RRB-] .
- Newport said 0 [ARG0 Mr. Hollander] is [rel asking] [ARG2 shareholders] [ARG1 *-1 to retain only one director , James R. Lees , a Newport vice president] .
- *-2 Adding insult to injury , [ARG0 United 's 25,000-member Machinists ' union , which *T*-1 helped *-3 scuttle financing for the first bid ,] yesterday [rel asked] [ARG2 UAL Chairman Stephen Wolf and other UAL directors] [ARG1 *-4 to resign] .
- [ARG0 The machinists] [ARGM also] [rel asked] for an investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission into possible securities-law violations in the original bid for UAL by Mr. Davis , as well as in the response by UAL .
- [ARGM-TMP Last week] , [ARGM-TMP just before the bank commitments were due] , [ARG0 the union] [rel asked] [ARG1 [ARG2 the U.S. Labor Department] to study whether the bid violated legal standards of fairness governing employee investment funds] .
- Mr. Hall of the Colnaghi gallery says 0 $ 1.15 million *U* `` would have been [ARG1 an impossible price] 0 for [ARG0 anyone] to [rel ask] *T*-1 for [ARG2-for a Preti] [ARGM-TMP four years ago] . ''
- [ARGM-TMP At about 10:40 a.m.] [ARGM-LOC on the over-the-counter trading desk at a major brokerage firm] , [ARG0 a veteran trader who *T*-1 buys and sells some of the most active stocks] looked at a senior official and [rel asked] , `` What 's *T*-2 going on ?
- [ARG0 LIN] is [rel asking] [ARG2 McCaw] [ARG1 *-2 to clarify its tender offer , which *T*-1 challenges an agreement *ICH*-3 between BellSouth Corp. and LIN * to merge their cellular-telephone businesses] .
- But Shepard Goldfein , an attorney for the NFL , says 0 [ARG0 his client] will consider *-1 [rel asking] for another hearing or appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court .
- [ARGM-LOC In a letter to Georgia Gulf President Jerry R. Satrum] , [ARG0 Mr. Martin] [rel asked] [ARG2 Georgia Gulf] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to answer its offer by Tuesday] .
- Vice Chancellor Maurice A. Hartnett III of Delaware 's Court of Chancery heard arguments for more than two hours here , but [ARG0 he] made no comment and [rel asked] [ARG1 no questions] .
- Separately , UAL stock rose $ 4 *U* a share to $ 175 *U* in composite trading on the New York Stock Exchange on reports that [ARG0 Los Angeles investor Marvin Davis] has [rel asked] [ARG2 United Airlines unions] [ARG1 if they 're interested in * cooperating with Mr. Davis in a new bid for UAL] .
- The major question , said 0 *T*-2 [ARG0 one holder] who *T*-1 [rel asked] [ARG1-PRD *-3 not to be named *-4] , is whether New York investor Bennett S. LeBow , whose Brooke Partners *T*-5 controls Western Union , is willing *-6 to offer a large enough equity stake * to entice bondholders into *-7 agreeing to a new swap .
- Mr. Carver says that [ARGM-LOC at a recent Dain-sponsored conference in New York] , [ARG0 he] [rel asked] [ARG2 Michael 's chief executive officer] [ARG1 if the fourth quarter would be down] .
- `` [ARG1 The break-even point for next year is much lower , but is it low enough ?] '' [ARG0 he] [rel asked] *T*-1 .
- `` [ARG1 How many shares *T*-1 will be around in 1995 ?] '' [ARG0 he] [rel asked] *T*-2 .
- [ARGM-ADV *-2 Urging LIN directors *-3 to conduct `` a fair auction on a level playing field] , '' [ARG0 McCaw] [rel asked] [ARG1 how well the public interest would be served *-1 *T*-4 `` with the Bell operating companies controlling over 94 % of all cellular -LCB- potential customers -RCB- in the nation 's top 10 markets] .
- [ARG0 A Kellogg officer] , who *T*-2 [rel asked] [ARG1-PRD not *-3 to be named *-1] , said 0 the Memphis project was `` pulled *-4 in for a reconsideration of costs , '' an indication that the ambitious plans might be scaled *-5 back in any future construction .
- According to individuals familiar with Mr. Antar 's case , prosecutors issued their warning this week after [ARG0 one of Mr. Antar 's attorneys] [rel asked] [ARG1 whether legal fees might be subject to seizure] .
- It received more offers , but the auction was surprisingly won *-2 by [ARG0 IMA] , which *T*-1 bid $ 28 *U* a share and [rel asked] [ARG2 Mr. Gilleland] [ARG1-PRD *-3 to stay on as an equity participant] .
- `` [ARG1 Where 's the bid *T*-1] ? '' [rel asked] *T*-2 [ARG0 Pierre Panet-Raymond , an analyst and broker with Toronto securities dealer McDermid St. Lawrence Ltd] .
- Because of those concerns , some manufacturers say 0 [ARG0 they] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel ask] for [ARG1-for letters of credit] [ARGM-TMP before *-1 shipping spring merchandise] .
- `` We 're being paid *-1 today , but we 're worried about tomorrow and will want '' letters of credit , says 0 *T*-4 the sales director at [ARG0 one major dress maker] who *T*-3 [rel asked] [ARG1-PRD *-5 not to be identified *-2] .
- If [ARG0 I] need *-1 to [rel ask] for [ARG1-for money up front] [ARGM-TMP later] , I will *?* . ''
- `` We expect 0 they will be current with their debts by the end of the week , but [ARG0 we] are considering *-1 [rel asking] [ARG2 them] for [ARG1-for letters of credit] [ARGM-TMP before we take more orders] . ''
- Bertin Nadeau , newly appointed chairman and interim chief executive of Provigo , would n't say if [ARG2 Mr. Lortie] was [rel asked] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to leave] .
- [ARGM-TMP Just this past week] , [ARG0 a leading Japanese bank] [rel asked] for [ARG1-for a meeting with the machinists ' union leaders 0 * to determine where the union would stand *T*-2 if another bid or recapitalization became possible *T*-1] .
- `` [ARG1 Who *T*-1 wants *-2 to be a public shareholder investing in a company controlled * by the pilots ' union ?] '' [rel asks] *T*-3 [ARG0 Candace Browning , an analyst at Wertheim Schroeder & Co] .
- A committee of outside directors for the Garden City , N.Y. , unit is evaluating the proposal ; [ARG0 the parent] [rel asked] [ARG2 it] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to respond by Oct. 31] .
- [ARG0 StatesWest] [rel asked] [ARG2 Mesa] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to repond by Oct. 31] .
- Johnnie Johnson , who *T*-1 worked for Mr. Corry in strategic planning , recalls how [ARG0 his boss] [ARGM-MOD would] [ARGM-MNR routinely] [rel ask] [ARG2 a subordinate] [ARG1-PRD *-2 to research an entire industry *-3 to target acquisition candidates] *T*-4 .
- [ARG2 Mr. Berry , 58 ,] had resigned after *-2 being [rel asked] *-1 by [ARG0-by Ogilvy 's chairman and chief executive officer , Kenneth Roman ,] [ARG1-PRD *-3 to give up his title as creative head of the New York office and to take a fuzzier international role] .
- However , one person familiar with UAL said 0 the signs pointed to Coniston because [ARG0 Mr. Trump] has [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel asked] for [ARG1-for permission * to buy more than $ 15 million *U* of stock] [ARGM-LOC under federal antitrust rules] .
- However , [ARG0 Mr. Davis] could pressure the board by *-1 [rel asking] that [ARG1-PRD the agreement be waived *-3] , or letting it *EXP*-2 be known *-4 that he has financing for an offer at a lower price .
- [ARG0 Credit Agricole] [rel asked] [ARG2 a Milan court] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to sequester the Nuovo Banco shares] , the Italian news agency ANSA reported 0 *T*-2 .
- [ARGM-TMP Soon after the merger] , [ARGM moreover] , [ARG0 Federal 's management] [rel asked] [ARG2 Tiger 's pilots] [ARG1-PRD *-2 to sign an agreement stating that they could be fired *-1 any time , without cause or notice] .
- [ARG0 A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel] has [rel asked] that [ARG1-PRD Medstone perform more studies on its device 0 * to treat gallstones *T*-1] .
- [ARG0 One analyst] , who *T*-1 [rel asked] [ARG1-PRD not *-2 to be identified *-3] , said 0 he believes that the UAL pilots and management can put together a bid `` in the $ 225 *U* area , '' but that it could take three to four months * to close .
- [ARGM-ADV Although the pilots are expected *-2 to continue *-3 to pursue the bid] , [ARG2 UAL Chairman Stephen Wolf] [ARGM-MOD may] be [rel asked] *-1 [ARG1-PRD *-4 to withdraw from the buy-out effort , at least temporarily , and to return to *-5 running the company full time] .
- [ARGM-LOC In another setback] yesterday , [ARG0 United 's machinist union] [rel asked] [ARG2 the Treasury Department] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to investigate whether certain aspects of the original buy-out proposal violated tax laws] .
- But though `` [ARG0 people in town] [ARGM-MOD may] [rel ask] [ARG1 why Guber needs Peters *T*-2] , it *EXP*-3 's good * to have a partner , and obviously the chemistry works , '' says 0 *T*-4 Steven Tisch , a producer who *T*-1 once worked for Mr. Guber .
- [ARGM-DIS In effect] , [ARG0 Holiday] is [rel asking] [ARG2 holders] for [ARG1-for permission for Bass to buy their debt] .
- McCaw Cellular Communications Inc. said 0 it sent [ARG0 a letter *ICH*-1] to LIN Broadcasting Corp. clarifying its revised tender offer for LIN and [rel asking] [ARG2 LIN] [ARG1-PRD to conduct `` a fair auction] . ''
- [ARG0 Avondale] [rel asked] [ARG2 Travelers] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to defend it in the state proceeding] , but the insurer did n't respond .
- Equitec Financial Group said 0 [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel ask] [ARG2 as many as 100,000 investors in 12 of its public real-estate limited partnerships] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to give approval to *-2 rolling them up into a new master limited partnership] .
- [ARGM-TMP When it made the offer *T*-1] , [ARG0 StatesWest] declined *-2 to disclose details and [rel asked] [ARG2 Mesa] [ARG1-PRD *-3 to do the same] .
- In response to the specific offer , Gary Risley , Mesa vice president , said 0 [ARG0 management] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel ask] [ARG2 directors] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to employ a financial consultant 0 *T*-2 to advise them] .
- [ARG0 Mr. Sherry] declined *-1 to comment when * [rel asked] about [ARG1-about the sales] *T*-2 .
- Of the combined $ 114.4 million *U* 0 the two men were scheduled *-1 to reap *T*-2 under the buy-out , they agreed *-3 to invest in the buy-out just $ 15 million *U* *T*-5 , * angering many of [ARG2 the thousands of workers] [rel asked] * [ARG1-PRD *-4 to make pay concessions] so the buy-out would be a success .
- [ARG0 DFC] [rel asked] [ARG2 the central bank] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to appoint managers] [ARGM-TMP after it revised loan-loss provisions to around the same level of shareholders ' funds of 180 million New Zealand dollars -LRB- US$ 105.4 million *U* -RRB-] .
- Newport said 0 [ARG0 Mr. Hollander] is [rel asking] [ARG2 shareholders] [ARG1-PRD *-1 to retain only one director , James R. Lees , a Newport vice president] .
- [ARG0 It] has [ARGM-TMP since] [rel asked] [ARG2 holders] [ARG1-PRD *-1 not to immediately tender their shares under a recent $ 72-a-share *U* , or $ 104 million *U* , bid from AB SKF of Sweden , until McGill directors have completed their evaluation] .
- [ARGM-ADV *-2 Adding insult to injury] , [ARG0 United 's 25,000-member Machinists ' union , which *T*-1 helped *-3 scuttle financing for the first bid ,] [ARGM-TMP yesterday] [rel asked] [ARG2 UAL Chairman Stephen Wolf and other UAL directors] [ARG1-PRD *-4 to resign] .
- [ARG0 The machinists] [ARGM-MOD also] [rel asked] for [ARG1-for an investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission into possible securities-law violations in the original bid for UAL by Mr. Davis , as well as in the response by UAL] .
- [ARGM-TMP Last week] , [ARGM-TMP just before the bank commitments were due] , [ARG0 the union] [rel asked] [ARG2 the U.S. Labor Department] [ARG1-PRD to study whether the bid violated legal standards of fairness governing employee investment funds] .
- Mr. Hall of the Colnaghi gallery says 0 $ 1.15 million *U* `` would have been [ARG3 an impossible price] 0 for [ARG0 anyone] to [rel ask] *T*-1 for [ARG1-for a Preti] [ARGM-TMP four years ago] . ''
- [ARGM-TMP At about 10:40 a.m.] [ARGM-LOC on the over-the-counter trading desk at a major brokerage firm] , [ARG0 a veteran trader who *T*-1 buys and sells some of the most active stocks] looked at a senior official and [rel asked] , [ARG1 `` What 's *T*-2 going on] ?
- LIN Broadcasting Corp. said 0 [ARG0 it] wo n't take a position on a revised tender offer *ICH*-1 by McCaw Cellular Communications Inc. * to buy LIN and has [rel asked] for [ARG1-for clarification of the offer] .
- [ARG0 LIN] is [rel asking] [ARG2 McCaw] [ARG1-PRD *-2 to clarify its tender offer , which *T*-1 challenges an agreement *ICH*-3 between BellSouth Corp. and LIN * to merge their cellular-telephone businesses] .
- But Shepard Goldfein , an attorney for the NFL , says 0 [ARG0 his client] will consider *-1 [rel asking] for [ARG1-for another hearing] or appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court .