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frames- [ARG0 Compound yields] [rel assume] [ARG1 reinvestment of dividends and that the current yield continues for a year] .
- He also said that after the charges , and [ARG0 *-1] `` [rel assuming] [ARG1 no dramatic fluctuation in interest rates] , the company expects *-1 to achieve near-record earnings in 1990 . ''
- In the first three months of 1990 , the Treasury estimates that it will have *-1 to raise between $ 45 billion and $ 50 billion *U* , [ARG0 *] [rel assuming] that [ARG1 it decides *-2 to aim for a $ 10 billion *U* cash balance at the end of March] .
- [ARG1 His duties as chief executive] [ARGM-MOD will] be [rel assumed] *-121 by [ARG0-by Chairman Jay B. Langner] .
- [ARG0 *-1] [rel Assuming] [ARG1 that post] [ARGM-TMP at the age of 35] , he managed by consensus , as * is the rule in universities , says 0 *T*-3 Warren H. Strother , a university official who *T*-2 is researching a book on Mr. Hahn .
- [ARG0 *-1] [rel Assuming] 0 [ARG1 it was n't one of those columns that you clipped *T*-2 and put *T*-2 on the refrigerator door] , I 'll review the facts .
- We -LRB- [ARG0 I] [rel assume] 0 [ARG1 you 're in this with me at this point] -RRB- need *-1 to get three words -- `` for examination only '' -- eliminated from the law .
- If Congress takes the dispute to the Supreme Court -LRB- [ARG0 *-2] [rel assuming] 0 [ARG1 it can establish standing 0 * to sue *T*-1] -RRB- , President Bush might win .
- Ray Shaw , chairman of American City , said 0 [ARG0 he] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel assume] [ARG1 Mr. Russell 's responsibilities] [ARGM-ADV if a successor is n't found *-1 this month] .
- [ARG0 Primerica] , [ARGM-DIS as * expected] , [ARGM-DIS also] acquired certain assets of the agency and [rel assumed] [ARG1 certain of its liabilities] .
- The senior of [ARG0 the three executives] who *T*-1 [ARGM-MOD will] [rel assume] [ARG1 Mr. Reupke 's duties] is Nigel Judah , 58 , finance director and a Reuters board director .
- The thrift said that `` after these charges and [ARG0 *] [rel assuming] [ARG1 no dramatic fluctuation in interest rates] , the association expects *-1 to achieve near record earnings in 1990 . ''
- [ARG0 Sony] is paying $ 27 *U* a share , or $ 3.55 billion *U* , cash and is [rel assuming] [ARG1 $ 1.4 billion *U* of long-term debt] .
- [ARG0 James R. Lees , 51 , vice president of Newport 's European operations ,] was named *-121 executive vice president and chief operating officer of European operations , *-121 [rel assuming] [ARG1 some former duties of Mr. Weekes] .
- While they are n't backed *-1 by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government , as Treasury bonds are *?* , it *EXP*-2 is [ARGM-LOC widely] [rel assumed] that [ARG1 the government would support them if necessary] .
- But one Bush administration official knowledgeable about the summit plan cautioned against [ARG0 *] [rel assuming] that [ARG1 there will be bold new initiatives on the Soviet economy or other issues] .
- [ARG0 *] [rel Assume] [ARG1 a neighborhood demonstration 0 *T*-1 to protest speeding on a certain road or a careless accident involving a police car] .
- [ARG0 *] [rel Assume] that [ARG1 someone caught * in the jam has a heart attack] .
- [ARG0 *] [rel Assume] that [ARG1 a TV network is airing a celebrity interview program with a live audience] .
- [ARGM-ADV On Cambodia] : `` * Let [ARG0 's] [rel assume] that [ARG1 -LCB- former Cambodian leader Prince Norodom -RCB- Sihanouk does what the press wants him to do *T*-1 and joins up with -LCB- Vietnamese-backed Cambodian leader -RCB- Hun Sen] .
- -- Chemical named [ARG0 James Kennedy , a trader in swaps contracts for the bank ,] to [rel assume] [ARG1 Mr. Edelson 's duties] and to be trading manager for derivative products , including swaps and interest-rate options .
- On Wall Street , [ARG0 takeover stock traders] bid Nekoosa 's stock well above the Georgia-Pacific bid , *-1 [rel assuming] that [ARG1 Nekoosa 's will either be sold *-2 to a rival bidder or to Georgia-Pacific at a higher price -- as much as $ 75 *U* a share , according to some estimates] .
- [ARG0 *-1] [rel Assuming] [ARG1 final enactment] [ARGM-TMP this month] , the prohibition will take effect 96 days later , or in early February .
- [ARG0 [_ Cilcorp] ] [ARGM-MOD will] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel assume] [ARG1 $ 22 million *U* of Hunter 's existing debt] .
- [ARGM-TMP When the Supreme Soviet passed laws on workers ' rights in May 1987 and on self-managing cooperatives a year later *T*-4] , [ARG0 some Western observers] [rel assumed] 0 [ARG1 Mikhail Gorbachev had launched the Soviet Union on a course that *T*-1 would lead inevitably to the creation of a market economy] .
- Termination means that [ARG0 the agency 's insurance] [rel assumes] [ARG1 the liabilities] and pays the pension benefits already owed * under the plans , but workers do n't accrue new benefits .
- [ARG0 Jaguar] [rel assumed] [ARG1 its recently customary place on the OTC most active list] [ARGM-TMP as its American depository receipts gained 1\/4 to 11 7\/8 on volume of 1.2 million shares and Daimler-Benz joined the list of companies interested in the British car maker] .
- [ARG0 He] [rel assumed] 0 [ARG1 the missing piece contained a gene or genes whose loss *T*-1 had a critical role in * setting off the cancer] .
- [ARG0 Charles D . Way , president of this restaurant operator ,] [rel assumed] [ARG1 the additional post of chief executive officer] .
- [ARG0 Charles R. Simpson Jr. , 46 , president and chief operating officer] , [ARGM-MOD will] [rel assume] [ARG1 the chief executive 's post] .
- James Gatward , TVS 's chief executive , said in a statement that [ARG0 he] [ARGM-MOD will] `` [rel assume] [ARG1 overall responsibility '' for MTM 's operations] [ARGM-TMP until a successor is named *-1] .
- [ARG0 WPP] , which *T*-1 [rel assumes] [ARG1 financial control of its businesses] [ARGM-MNR in a hands-on way] , instituted a new financial system and plans *-2 to sublet some floors in Ogilvy 's new headquarters building to outsiders .
- [ARG0 Peter Georgescu , president of Y&R 's ad operations ,] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel assume] [ARG1 Mr. Klein 's day-to-day role] .
- `` Mr. Semel said absolutely nothing 0 *T*-2 to indicate 0 Warner would have any objection to [ARG0 our] [rel assuming] [ARG1 management positions] [ARGM-LOC at Columbia] , '' Mr. Guber says *T*-1 .
- Mr. Carpenter says that when [ARG0 he] [rel assumes] [ARG1 full control] *T*-1 , Kidder will finally tap the resources of GE .
- A spokesman for Scott says that [ARG0 *] [rel assuming] 0 [ARG1 the price of pulp continues *-1 to soften] , `` We should do well .
- [ARGM-PRP Because municipal bonds yields have risen at a time when interest rates generally have fallen *T*-1] , [ARG0 some portfolio managers] are [rel assuming] that [ARG1 bonds bought * now will appreciate in value as the municipal bond market rebounds] .
- He suggests , for example , that [ARG0 investors] [ARGM-MOD may] have [rel assumed] that [ARG1 just because UAL could n't get financing , no leveraged buy-outs can get financing] .
- [ARGM-ADV *-4 Carried *-2 even further] , [ARG0 some investors] [rel assumed] that [ARG1 since leveraged buy-outs are the only thing propping up stock prices , the market would collapse if no more LBOs could be done *-1] .
- The Pentagon 's strategists produce budgets that *T*-2 simply can not be executed *-1 because [ARG0 they] [rel assume] 0 [ARG1 a defense strategy depends only on goals and threats] .
- [ARG0 The 1990 plan] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel assumes] 0 [ARG1 inflation will decline to 1.7 % by 1994] .
- [ARG0 Most forecasters , including those in the Congressional Budget Office ,] [rel assume] 0 [ARG1 inflation will be in excess of 4 % in each of those five years] .
- The graph on the right -LRB- [ARG0 which] *T*-1 [rel assumes] [ARG1 a 4 % rate of inflation] -RRB- , places these scenarios in the context of recent appropriations -LRB- * see accompanying illustration -- WSJ Oct. 30 , 1989 -RRB- .
- * Note how [ARG0 the baseline program] [rel assumes] [ARG1 a sharp increase in future appropriations] *T*-1 .
- The couple 's first dog , Homer , was named *-1 after the Great Event , though [ARG0 unwitting friends] [rel assumed] 0 [ARG1 he was the namesake of the poet] .
- [ARG0 The Fed] has [rel assumed] [ARG1 a similar responsibility in the market for government securities] .
- It *EXP*-1 is only logical [ARG0 *] to [rel assume] that [ARG1 the enactment of this provision will lead to increased litigation] .
- Hassan Kamel Ali is a card shark and dope dealer who *T*-1 has a simple creed : `` [ARG0 I] live in this world , *-2 [rel assuming] that [ARG1 there is no morality , God or police] . ''
- [ARG0 The issue] has [rel assumed] [ARG1 some of the character of past civil-rights debates] and reopens old regional divisions in the Democratic majority .
- All of this is what history will note *T*-2 , [ARG0 *] [rel assuming] that [ARG1 events do n't make it seem *-3 a bad joke , when the record of this time is put *-1 down *T*-4] .
- The quotes could not be found *-1 on the tapes , and the two judges who *T*-2 decided the case for Ms. Malcolm and her publishers conceded that , [ARGM-PRP for the purpose of their decision] , `` [ARG0 we] [rel assume] 0 [ARG1 the quotations were deliberately altered *-3] . ''
- In his eloquent dissent , Judge Alex Kozinski observed that when a writer uses quotation marks in *-3 reporting what someone has said *T*-1 *T*-2 , [ARG0 the reader] [rel assumes] that [ARG1 these are the speaker 's precise words or at least his words purged * of `` uh '' and `` you know '' and grammatical error] .
- [ARG0 Legal controversies in America] have a way of * [rel assuming] [ARG1 a symbolic significance far exceeding what *T*-2 is involved *-1 in the particular case] .
- [ARG0 The new offer] [rel assumes] [ARG1 just five years of 5.5 % rate increases , 0 *T*-2 to be followed *-1 by state-approved increases under the usual hearing procedure] .
- [ARG0 The bids and rate proposals] [ARGM-TMP generally] [rel assume] 0 [ARG1 the Seabrook nuclear power plant , which *T*-2 is completed *-1 , will go into operation] .
- [ARG0 The average seven-day compound yield] , which *T*-2 [rel assumes] that [ARG1 dividends are reinvested *-1] and that [ARG1 current rates continue for a year] , fell to 8.47 % , its lowest since late last year , from 8.55 % the week before , according to Donoghue 's .
- But , [ARG0 *] [rel assuming] 0 [ARG1 those problems can be overcome *-1] , they should allow for memory chips that *T*-3 could approach one billion bits of information -- 250 times as much as *?* is contained *-2 in the four-megabit chips that *T*-4 are just reaching the market and a million times what *T*-5 was possible in the mid-1970s .
- The group controls [ARG0 795,900 H.H. Robertson common shares] , * [rel assuming] [ARG1 exercise of an option *ICH*-2 0 it acquired *T*-1 from Executive Life Insurance Co. * to buy 497,400 shares] .
- [ARGM-DIS Also] , [ARG0 * maintaining current demand] [rel assumes] [ARG1 no significant slowdown in world economies] .
- [ARG0 IMA] [ARGM-DIS also] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel assume] [ARG1 $ 1.4 billion *U* in debt] .
- Adolph Coors Co. said 0 [ARG0 William K. Coors , chairman ,] [rel assumed] [ARG1 the additional responsibilities of president] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 succeeding Jeffrey H. Coors] .
- They do n't like [ARG1 the risks] 0 [ARG0 they] are forced *-2 to [rel assume] *T*-1 when prices swing so drastically *T*-3 .
- [ARGM-LOC Under the new Northeast Utilities plan] , [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD would] pay $ 1.65 billion *U* in cash to creditors and [rel assume] [ARG1 $ 100 million *U* in pollution control bonds] .
- [ARG0 *-3] [rel Assuming] [ARG1 full operation of the Seabrook nuclear power plant , which *T*-1 is completed *-2 but is n't yet operating ,] equity holders would receive up to $ 500 million *U* in cash , preferred stock and new 10-year Seabrook bonds .
- He said 0 1989 's net income could be 11 % to 13 % *U* of revenue , which , [ARG0 *] [rel assuming] [ARG1 current expectations] , *T*-1 would be 40 % to 45 % *U* below 1988 's level .
- [ARG0 Carlos A. Salvagni , vice president , pharmaceutical manufacturing ,] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel assume] [ARG1 responsibility for manufacturing in Kalamazoo , Mich. , effective Nov. 1] .
- Reebok added that [ARG0 Mr. Fireman] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel assume] [ARG1 the title of president] .
- `` It *EXP*-1 's pretty safe [ARG0 *] to [rel assume] 0 [ARG1 we can bring the cost *ICH*-2 down of these systems by 30 % to 40 % a year] , '' said *T*-3 Edward McCracken , the company 's chief executive officer .
- [ARG0 He] [rel assumed] that [ARG1 principal and interest were `` fully insured *-1 up to $ 100,000 *U*] , '' he adds *T*-2 .
- `` [ARG0 I] [rel assumed] 0 [ARG1 I was buying a CD as a CD] , '' he says *T*-1 .
- [ARG0 Francis D. John , 35-year-old president ,] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel assume] [ARG1 the additional job of chief executive officer] .
- Even if [ARG1 it] is [rel assumed] *-1 that productivity rose no more than half as quickly in the rest of the nonbusiness sector , this Labor Department estimate indicates a downward bias in the real GNP estimates of 0.2 percentage point a year , on average .
- On a pro-forma basis , [ARG0 *] [rel assuming] 0 [ARG1 the merger was effective Jan 1 , 1988] , including the results from both Time Inc. and all of Warner , that cash flow figure would be $ 526 million *U* for the latest quarter , more than double the comparable figure a year ago , or $ 242 million *U* , according to Time Warner .
- And if [ARG0 Congress] is going *-1 to [rel assume] [ARG1 authority to micromanage foreign policy] , it 's going *-2 to have *-3 to take some of the responsibility too .
- The certificates have an estimated average life of 1.8 years , [ARG0 *] [rel assuming] [ARG1 monthly prepayments at 1.3 % of the original balance] .
- Westamerica said 0 [ARG1 Mr. Decker 's posts] were [rel assumed] *-1 by [ARG0-by David Payne , Westamerica 's chairman , who *T*-2 at 34 years of age becomes one of the youngest chief executives of a sizable bank in the country] .
- The Miami-based environmental engineering concern said 0 [ARG0 GSX Chemical] [ARGM-DIS also] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel assume] [ARG1 about $ 1.6 million *U* in debt related * to those divisions] .
- `` If you want the presidency of the company , this is n't the firm 0 * to work for *T*-4 , '' says *T*-3 [ARG0 James Mogan , 45 ,] who *T*-2 was named *-1 senior vice president of sales , *-1 [rel assuming] [ARG1 some of the responsibilities of Mr. Lesk] .
- [ARG0 The other scenario] [rel assumes] that [ARG1 Beijing takes effective actions * to curb imports in the coming months] .
- [ARG0 The Western government report 's first scenario] [rel assumes] [ARG1 a 30 % reduction in foreign borrowing and a 5 % contraction in foreign direct investment] .
- That would be comforting to fixed-income investors , [ARG0 many of whom] *T*-1 were badly burned in the third quarter by *-2 [ARGM-MNR incorrectly] [rel assuming] that [ARG1 the Fed would ease] .
- That would require fourth-quarter net of more than about 22 cents to 24 cents a share , [ARG0 *] [rel assuming] that [ARG1 Mr. Stein 's third-quarter estimate proves accurate] .
- And *-1 using [ARG0 liquidation value] [rel assuming] [ARG1 the sale of all UAL assets] , First Boston estimated 0 the airline is worth $ 253 to $ 303 *U* a share .
- `` [ARG0 I] [rel assume] 0 [ARG1 those accounts are closed] , '' says *T*-2 Mr. Smalling , *-3 referring to the accounts of the canceled checks .
- [ARG0 Most brokers] [rel assume] that [ARG1 all orders are day orders unless * specified *-1 otherwise] .
- Though it *ICH*-2 's probably safe [ARG0 *] to [rel assume] that [ARG1 the majority of financial planners are honest and even reasonably competent] , the fact remains that , as one wag puts it , `` anybody who *T*-1 can fog a mirror '' can call himself a financial planner .
- Since [ARG0 the formula] [rel assumes] [ARG1 an 8 % before-tax return in a mutual fund] , there would also be $ 16,500 *U* in taxes 0 * to pay *T*-1 over the 12 years .
- [ARG0 Figures] [rel assume] [ARG1 a 7 % annual rise in tuition , fees , room and board and an 8 % annual investment return] .
- [ARGM Also] , [ARG0 some policy illustrations] [rel assume] that [ARG1 mortality costs will decline] or that I will get some sort of dividend bonus after the 10th year .
- [ARGM-DIS Also] , [ARG0 some policy illustrations] [rel assume] that [ARG1 mortality costs will decline] or that [ARG1 I will get some sort of dividend bonus after the 10th year] .
- At age 65 , when I 'd stop *-2 paying premiums *T*-1 , the Ameritas offering would have a projected cash value $ 14,000 *U* higher than the other , even though [ARG0 the Equitable 's policy illustration] [rel assumed] [ARG1 a fractionally higher interest rate] .
- Leading up to the speech was *T*-2 a drumroll of economic statistics suggesting that the British war on inflation will be more bruising than [ARG0 *] [ARGM-TMP previously] [rel assumed] [ARG1 *-1] .
- But he cautioned that Westmoreland 's third quarter is typically better than the fourth , so [ARG0 investors] `` should n't just multiply the third quarter by four '' and [rel assume] 0 [ARG1 the same rate of improvement can be sustained *-1] .
- [ARG0 Investors] , [ARGM-DIS for instance] , [ARGM-MOD may] [ARGM-MNR mistakenly] [rel assume] that [ARG1 the bank or company that *T*-1 originally held the assets is guaranteeing the securities] .
- That debt is part of the $ 2.1 billion *U* of [ARG1 Holiday debt] that Bass PLC of Britain said 0 [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD would] retire or [rel assume] *T*-1 when it agreed *-2 to buy the Holiday Inn business in August *T*-3 .
- [ARG0 The newly chartered bank] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel assume] [ARG1 about $ 125.7 million *U* in 10,300 deposit accounts] and pay the FDIC a purchase premium of $ 2.9 million *U* .
- In addition , the $ 3 billion *U* bid includes [ARG1 $ 1 billion *U*] of debt that *T*-3 [ARGM-MOD will] be [rel assumed] *-1 by [ARG0-by IMA] , $ 600 million *U* of high-yield junk bonds that *T*-4 will be sold *-2 by First Boston Corp. and $ 285 million *U* of equity .
- [ARG0 Compound yields] [rel assume] [ARG1 reinvestment of dividends and that current yields continue for a year] .
- The decision * to put the entire collection on the block stunned many , since Mr. Dorrance had served as chairman of the Philadelphia Museum of Art , and [ARG1 it *EXP*-3] had been [rel assumed] *-1 0 many of the works would be donated *-2 to the institution .
- [ARG0 *-1] [rel Assuming] 0 [ARG1 modern audiences readily understand that Moliere 's social indictment covers their world as well as 17th-century Paris] , Mr. Wilbur concentrated his formidable artistry on *-1 rendering the Alexandrine French verse into sprightly and theatrical English iambic pentameter .
- Is n't it *EXP*-2 reasonable [ARG0 *] to [rel assume] that [ARG1 the asset 0 you own *T*-1 would be worth more if the government suddenly announced that if you sold it , you would be able *-3 to keep 30 % more of its gain than you previously believed 0 *?*] ?
- Morgan Grenfell said 0 [ARG0 Michael Dobson , currently group deputy chief executive ,] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel assume] [ARG1 the chief executive position] .
- [ARG1 Nothing] , [ARG0 I] [rel assumed] 0 *T*-1 , would be more hopelessly dated than a political satire on the Iran-Contra affair .
- [ARG1 A National Guard job] [rel assumed] * by [ARG0-by Capt. Noriega] [ARGM-TMP in 1964] -- as chief of the transit police in David City , capital of the Chiriqui Province -- was tailor-made for an aspiring super-spy .
- [ARG0 Robert H. Carlson , previous president and chief executive of Universal-Rundle ,] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel assume] [ARG1 the title of chairman of the unit , a vitreous-china maker] .
- Banc One said 0 `` it *EXP*-1 is contemplated *-2 '' that [ARG0 John B. McCoy , chairman and chief executive officer ,] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel assume] [ARG1 the additional position of president] [ARGM-TMP upon Mr. McKinney 's retirement] .
- Some experts say 0 markets are n't as volatile as [ARG0 *] [ARGM-LOC widely] [rel assumed] .
- Earlier this year , bankers and other investors were willing *-1 to provide financing because [ARG0 they] [rel assumed] 0 [ARG1 there would be major gains in both profitability and sales] , Mr. Rosenthal added 0 *T*-2 .
- [ARGM-TMP Since the crash] , [ARG0 many futures traders] have [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel assumed] [ARG1 large positions] [ARGM-PRP for fear that the S&P 500 market , with much of its customer order flow missing , would dry up if prices turned against them] .
- And [ARG0 *] [rel assuming] 0 [ARG1 their first investment is successful] , investors will have *-1 to pay taxes on their gains .
- [ARG0 *] [rel Assuming] that [ARG1 he paid a rough average price of $ 80 *U* a share] , and assuming 0 he did n't sell before his announcement reached the market , Mr. Trump could be sitting with a modest loss with the stock at $ 76.50 *U* .
- [ARG0 *] Assuming that he paid a rough average price of $ 80 *U* a share , and [rel assuming] 0 [ARG1 he did n't sell before his announcement reached the market] , Mr. Trump could be sitting with a modest loss with the stock at $ 76.50 *U* .
- [ARG0 *-1] [rel Assuming] that [ARG1 the market does n't head into a bottomless free fall] , some executives think 0 Friday 's action could prove a harbinger of good news -- as a sign that the leveraged buy-out and takeover frenzy of recent years may be abating .
- But are [ARG0 these four players , three of them in their 80s ,] ready *-1 to [rel assume] [ARG1 a different role] [ARGM-TMP after 88 years , collectively , of service on the high court] ?
- If [ARG1 the role] 0 [ARG0 these four dissenters] are [rel assuming] *T*-1 is a familiar one in modern Supreme Court history , it also differs in an important way from recent history , court watchers say 0 *T*-2 .
- [ARG0 Meridian] will pay a premium of $ 30.5 million *U* *-1 to [rel assume] [ARG1 $ 2 billion *U* in deposits] .
- Royal Trustco will pay [ARG0 the RTC] $ 25 million *U* *-1 to [rel assume] [ARG1 $ 989 million *U* in deposits] .
- `` [ARG0 We] all [rel assumed] 0 [ARG1 October '87 was a one-time shot] , '' said *T*-1 San Francisco attorney David Greenberg .
- Freddie Mac said 0 the principal-only securities were priced *-1 at 58 1\/4 *-2 to yield 8.45 % , [rel assuming] [ARG1 an average life of eight years and a prepayment of 160 % of the PSA model] .
- [ARG0 *] [rel Assuming] 0 [ARG1 the stock market does n't crash again and completely discredit yuppies and trading rooms] , American television audiences in a few months may be seeing Britain 's concept of both .
- [ARG0 Enthusiasts] [rel assume] that [ARG1 national service would get important work done cheaply : forest fires fought *-1 , housing rehabilitated *-2 , students tutored *-3 , day-care centers staffed *-4] .
- [ARG0 It] is prepared * to [rel assume] [ARG1 the same role 0 it played *T*-2 in October 1987 , * providing money to the markets if * necessary * to keep the financial system afloat] .
- [ARG0 Compound yields] [rel assume] [ARG1 reinvestment of dividends and that the current yield continues for a year] .
- He also said that after the charges , and [ARG0 *-1] `` [rel assuming] [ARG1 no dramatic fluctuation in interest rates] , the company expects *-1 to achieve near-record earnings in 1990 . ''
- In the first three months of 1990 , the Treasury estimates that it will have *-1 to raise between $ 45 billion and $ 50 billion *U* , [ARG0 *] [rel assuming] that [ARG1 it decides *-2 to aim for a $ 10 billion *U* cash balance at the end of March] .
- [ARG1 His duties as chief executive] [ARGM-MOD will] be [rel assumed] *-121 by [ARG0-by Chairman Jay B. Langner] .
- [ARG0 *-1] [rel Assuming] [ARG1 that post] [ARGM-TMP at the age of 35] , he managed by consensus , as * is the rule in universities , says 0 *T*-3 Warren H. Strother , a university official who *T*-2 is researching a book on Mr. Hahn .
- [ARG0 *-1] [rel Assuming] [ARG1 0 it was n't one of those columns that you clipped *T*-2 and put *T*-2 on the refrigerator door] , I 'll review the facts .
- We -LRB- [ARG0 I] [rel assume] 0 [ARG1 you 're in this with me at this point] -RRB- need *-1 to get three words -- `` for examination only '' -- eliminated from the law .
- If Congress takes the dispute to the Supreme Court -LRB- [ARG0 *-2] [rel assuming] 0 [ARG1 it can establish standing 0 * to sue *T*-1] -RRB- , President Bush might win .
- Ray Shaw , chairman of American City , said 0 [ARG0 he] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel assume] [ARG1 Mr. Russell 's responsibilities] [ARGM-ADV if a successor is n't found *-1 this month] .
- [ARG0 Primerica] , [ARGM-DIS as * expected] , [ARGM-DIS also] acquired certain assets of the agency and [rel assumed] [ARG1 certain of its liabilities] .
- The senior of [ARG0 the three executives] who *T*-1 [ARGM-MOD will] [rel assume] [ARG1 Mr. Reupke 's duties] is Nigel Judah , 58 , finance director and a Reuters board director .
- The thrift said that `` after these charges and [ARG0 *] [rel assuming] [ARG1 no dramatic fluctuation in interest rates] , the association expects *-1 to achieve near record earnings in 1990 . ''
- [ARG0 Sony] is paying $ 27 *U* a share , or $ 3.55 billion *U* , cash and is [rel assuming] [ARG1 $ 1.4 billion *U* of long-term debt] .
- [ARG0 James R. Lees , 51 , vice president of Newport 's European operations ,] was named *-121 executive vice president and chief operating officer of European operations , *-121 [rel assuming] [ARG1 some former duties of Mr. Weekes] .
- While they are n't backed *-1 by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government , as Treasury bonds are *?* , it *EXP*-2 is [ARGM-MNR widely] [rel assumed] that [ARG1 the government would support them if necessary] .
- But one Bush administration official knowledgeable about the summit plan cautioned against [ARG0 *] [rel assuming] that [ARG1 there will be bold new initiatives on the Soviet economy or other issues] .
- [ARG0 *] [rel Assume] [ARG1 a neighborhood demonstration 0 *T*-1 to protest speeding on a certain road or a careless accident involving a police car] .
- [ARG0 *] [rel Assume] that [ARG1 someone caught * in the jam has a heart attack] .
- [ARG0 *] [rel Assume] that [ARG1 a TV network is airing a celebrity interview program with a live audience] .
- On Cambodia : `` * Let [ARG0 's] [rel assume] that [ARG1 -LCB- former Cambodian leader Prince Norodom -RCB- Sihanouk does what the press wants him to do *T*-1 and joins up with -LCB- Vietnamese-backed Cambodian leader -RCB- Hun Sen] .
- -- Chemical named [ARG0 James Kennedy , a trader in swaps contracts for the bank ,] to [rel assume] [ARG1 Mr. Edelson 's duties] and to be trading manager for derivative products , including swaps and interest-rate options .
- On Wall Street , takeover stock traders bid Nekoosa 's stock well above the Georgia-Pacific bid , [ARG0 *-1] [rel assuming] that [ARG1 Nekoosa 's will either be sold *-2 to a rival bidder or to Georgia-Pacific at a higher price -- as much as $ 75 *U* a share , according to some estimates] .
- [ARG0 *-1] [rel Assuming] [ARG1 final enactment] [ARGM-TMP this month] , the prohibition will take effect 96 days later , or in early February .
- [ARG0 Cilcorp] [ARGM-MOD will] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel assume] [ARG1 $ 22 million *U* of Hunter 's existing debt] .
- When the Supreme Soviet passed laws on workers ' rights in May 1987 and on self-managing cooperatives a year later *T*-4 , [ARG0 some Western observers] [rel assumed] 0 [ARG1 Mikhail Gorbachev had launched the Soviet Union on a course that *T*-1 would lead inevitably to the creation of a market economy] .
- Termination means that [ARG0 the agency 's insurance] [rel assumes] [ARG1 the liabilities] and pays the pension benefits already owed * under the plans , but workers do n't accrue new benefits .
- [ARG0 Jaguar] [rel assumed] [ARG1 its recently customary place on the OTC most active list] [ARGM-TMP as its American depository receipts gained 1\/4 to 11 7\/8 on volume of 1.2 million shares and Daimler-Benz joined the list of companies interested in the British car maker] .
- [ARG0 He] [rel assumed] 0 [ARG1 the missing piece contained a gene or genes whose loss *T*-1 had a critical role in * setting off the cancer] .
- [ARG0 Charles D . Way , president of this restaurant operator ,] [rel assumed] [ARG1 the additional post of chief executive officer] .
- [ARG0 Charles R. Simpson Jr. , 46 , president and chief operating officer] , [ARGM-MOD will] [rel assume] [ARG1 the chief executive 's post] .
- James Gatward , TVS 's chief executive , said in a statement that [ARG0 he] [ARGM-MOD will] `` [rel assume] [ARG1 overall responsibility '' for MTM 's operations] [ARGM-TMP until a successor is named *-1] .
- [ARG0 WPP] , which *T*-1 [rel assumes] [ARG1 financial control of its businesses] [ARGM-MNR in a hands-on way] , instituted a new financial system and plans *-2 to sublet some floors in Ogilvy 's new headquarters building to outsiders .
- [ARG0 Peter Georgescu , president of Y&R 's ad operations ,] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel assume] [ARG1 Mr. Klein 's day-to-day role] .
- `` Mr. Semel said absolutely nothing 0 *T*-2 to indicate 0 Warner would have any objection to [ARG0 our] [rel assuming] [ARG1 management positions] [ARGM-LOC at Columbia] , '' Mr. Guber says *T*-1 .
- Mr. Carpenter says that when [ARG0 he] [rel assumes] [ARG1 full control] *T*-1 , Kidder will finally tap the resources of GE .
- A spokesman for Scott says that [ARG0 *] [rel assuming] 0 [ARG1 the price of pulp continues *-1 to soften] , `` We should do well .
- [ARGM-PRP Because municipal bonds yields have risen at a time when interest rates generally have fallen *T*-1] , [ARG0 some portfolio managers] are [rel assuming] that [ARG1 bonds bought * now will appreciate in value as the municipal bond market rebounds] .
- He suggests , for example , that [ARG0 investors] [ARGM-MOD may] have [rel assumed] that [ARG1 just because UAL could n't get financing , no leveraged buy-outs can get financing] .
- *-4 Carried *-2 even further , [ARG0 some investors] [rel assumed] that [ARG1 since leveraged buy-outs are the only thing propping up stock prices , the market would collapse if no more LBOs could be done *-1] .
- The Pentagon 's strategists produce budgets that *T*-2 simply can not be executed *-1 because [ARG0 they] [rel assume] 0 [ARG1 a defense strategy depends only on goals and threats] .
- [ARG0 The 1990 plan] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel assumes] 0 [ARG1 inflation will decline to 1.7 % by 1994] .
- [ARG0 Most forecasters , including those in the Congressional Budget Office ,] [rel assume] 0 [ARG1 inflation will be in excess of 4 % in each of those five years] .
- [ARG0 The graph] on the right -LRB- which *T*-1 [rel assumes] [ARG1 a 4 % rate of inflation] -RRB- , places these scenarios in the context of recent appropriations -LRB- * see accompanying illustration -- WSJ Oct. 30 , 1989 -RRB- .
- * Note how [ARG0 the baseline program] [rel assumes] [ARG1 a sharp increase in future appropriations] *T*-1 .
- The couple 's first dog , Homer , was named *-1 after the Great Event , though [ARG0 unwitting friends] [rel assumed] 0 [ARG1 he was the namesake of the poet] .
- [ARG0 The Fed] has [rel assumed] [ARG1 a similar responsibility in the market for government securities] .
- It *EXP*-1 is only logical [ARG0 *] to [rel assume] that [ARG1 the enactment of this provision will lead to increased litigation] .
- Hassan Kamel Ali is a card shark and dope dealer who *T*-1 has a simple creed : `` [ARG0 I] live in this world , *-2 [rel assuming] that [ARG1 there is no morality , God or police] . ''
- [ARG0 The issue] has [rel assumed] [ARG1 some of the character of past civil-rights debates] and reopens old regional divisions in the Democratic majority .
- All of this is what history will note *T*-2 , [ARG0 *] [rel assuming] that [ARG1 events do n't make it seem *-3 a bad joke , when the record of this time is put *-1 down *T*-4] .
- The quotes could not be found *-1 on the tapes , and the two judges who *T*-2 decided the case for Ms. Malcolm and her publishers conceded that , [ARGM-ADV for the purpose of their decision] , `` [ARG0 we] [rel assume] 0 [ARG1 the quotations were deliberately altered *-3] . ''
- In his eloquent dissent , Judge Alex Kozinski observed that when a writer uses quotation marks in *-3 reporting what someone has said *T*-1 *T*-2 , [ARG0 the reader] [rel assumes] that [ARG1 these are the speaker 's precise words or at least his words purged * of `` uh '' and `` you know '' and grammatical error] .
- [ARG0 Legal controversies in America] have a way of * [rel assuming] [ARG1 a symbolic significance far exceeding what *T*-2 is involved *-1 in the particular case] .
- [ARG0 The new offer] [rel assumes] [ARG1 just five years of 5.5 % rate increases , 0 *T*-2 to be followed *-1 by state-approved increases under the usual hearing procedure] .
- [ARG0 The bids and rate proposals] [ARGM-MNR generally] [rel assume] 0 [ARG1 the Seabrook nuclear power plant , which *T*-2 is completed *-1 , will go into operation] .
- [ARG0 The average seven-day compound yield] , which *T*-2 [rel assumes] that dividends are reinvested *-1 and that [ARG1 current rates continue for a year] , fell to 8.47 % , its lowest since late last year , from 8.55 % the week before , according to Donoghue 's .
- [ARG0 The average seven-day compound yield] , which *T*-2 [rel assumes] that [ARG1 dividends are reinvested *-1] and that current rates continue for a year , fell to 8.47 % , its lowest since late last year , from 8.55 % the week before , according to Donoghue 's .
- But , [ARG0 *] [rel assuming] 0 [ARG1 those problems can be overcome *-1] , they should allow for memory chips that *T*-3 could approach one billion bits of information -- 250 times as much as *?* is contained *-2 in the four-megabit chips that *T*-4 are just reaching the market and a million times what *T*-5 was possible in the mid-1970s .
- [ARG0 The group] controls 795,900 H.H. Robertson common shares , * [rel assuming] [ARG1 exercise of an option *ICH*-2 0 it acquired *T*-1 from Executive Life Insurance Co. * to buy 497,400 shares] .
- [ARGM-DIS Also] , [ARG0 * maintaining current demand] [rel assumes] [ARG1 no significant slowdown in world economies] .
- [ARG0 IMA] [ARGM-DIS also] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel assume] [ARG1 $ 1.4 billion *U* in debt] .
- Adolph Coors Co. said 0 [ARG0 William K. Coors , chairman ,] [rel assumed] [ARG1 the additional responsibilities of president] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 succeeding Jeffrey H. Coors] .
- They do n't like [ARG1 the risks] 0 [ARG0 they] are forced *-2 to [rel assume] *T*-1 when prices swing so drastically *T*-3 .
- [ARGM-LOC Under the new Northeast Utilities plan] , [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD would] pay $ 1.65 billion *U* in cash to creditors and [rel assume] [ARG1 $ 100 million *U* in pollution control bonds] .
- [ARG0 *-3] [rel Assuming] [ARG1 full operation of the Seabrook nuclear power plant , which *T*-1 is completed *-2 but is n't yet operating ,] equity holders would receive up to $ 500 million *U* in cash , preferred stock and new 10-year Seabrook bonds .
- He said 0 1989 's net income could be 11 % to 13 % *U* of revenue , which , [ARG0 *] [rel assuming] [ARG1 current expectations] , *T*-1 would be 40 % to 45 % *U* below 1988 's level .
- [ARG0 Carlos A. Salvagni , vice president , pharmaceutical manufacturing ,] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel assume] [ARG1 responsibility for manufacturing in Kalamazoo , Mich. , effective Nov. 1] .
- Reebok added that [ARG0 Mr. Fireman] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel assume] [ARG1 the title of president] .
- `` It *EXP*-1 's pretty safe [ARG0 *] to [rel assume] 0 [ARG1 we can bring the cost *ICH*-2 down of these systems by 30 % to 40 % a year] , '' said *T*-3 Edward McCracken , the company 's chief executive officer .
- [ARG0 He] [rel assumed] that [ARG1 principal and interest were `` fully insured *-1 up to $ 100,000 *U*] , '' he adds *T*-2 .
- `` [ARG0 I] [rel assumed] 0 [ARG1 I was buying a CD as a CD] , '' he says *T*-1 .
- [ARG0 Francis D. John , 35-year-old president ,] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel assume] [ARG1 the additional job of chief executive officer] .
- Even if it is [rel assumed] [ARG1 *-1] that productivity rose no more than half as quickly in the rest of the nonbusiness sector , this Labor Department estimate indicates a downward bias in the real GNP estimates of 0.2 percentage point a year , on average .
- On a pro-forma basis , [ARG0 *] [rel assuming] 0 [ARG1 the merger was effective Jan 1 , 1988] , including the results from both Time Inc. and all of Warner , that cash flow figure would be $ 526 million *U* for the latest quarter , more than double the comparable figure a year ago , or $ 242 million *U* , according to Time Warner .
- And if [ARG0 Congress] is going *-1 to [rel assume] [ARG1 authority to micromanage foreign policy] , it 's going *-2 to have *-3 to take some of the responsibility too .
- The certificates have an estimated average life of 1.8 years , [ARG0 *] [rel assuming] [ARG1 monthly prepayments at 1.3 % of the original balance] .
- Westamerica said 0 [ARG1 Mr. Decker 's posts] were [rel assumed] *-1 by [ARG0-by David Payne , Westamerica 's chairman , who *T*-2 at 34 years of age becomes one of the youngest chief executives of a sizable bank in the country] .
- The Miami-based environmental engineering concern said 0 [ARG0 GSX Chemical] [ARGM-DIS also] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel assume] [ARG1 about $ 1.6 million *U* in debt related * to those divisions] .
- `` If you want the presidency of the company , this is n't the firm 0 * to work for *T*-4 , '' says *T*-3 [ARG0 James Mogan , 45 ,] who *T*-2 was named *-1 senior vice president of sales , *-1 [rel assuming] [ARG1 some of the responsibilities of Mr. Lesk] .
- [ARG0 The other scenario] [rel assumes] that [ARG1 Beijing takes effective actions * to curb imports in the coming months] .
- [ARG0 The Western government report 's first scenario] [rel assumes] [ARG1 a 30 % reduction in foreign borrowing and a 5 % contraction in foreign direct investment] .
- That would be comforting to fixed-income investors , [ARG0 many of whom] *T*-1 were badly burned in the third quarter by *-2 incorrectly [rel assuming] that [ARG1 the Fed would ease] .
- That would require fourth-quarter net of more than about 22 cents to 24 cents a share , [ARG0 *] [rel assuming] that [ARG1 Mr. Stein 's third-quarter estimate proves accurate] .
- And *-1 using [ARG0 liquidation value] [rel assuming] [ARG1 the sale of all UAL assets] , First Boston estimated 0 the airline is worth $ 253 to $ 303 *U* a share .
- `` [ARG0 I] [rel assume] 0 [ARG1 those accounts are closed] , '' says *T*-2 Mr. Smalling , *-3 referring to the accounts of the canceled checks .
- [ARG0 Most brokers] [rel assume] that [ARG1 all orders are day orders unless * specified *-1 otherwise] .
- Though it *ICH*-2 's probably safe [ARG0 *] to [rel assume] that [ARG1 the majority of financial planners are honest and even reasonably competent] , the fact remains that , as one wag puts it , `` anybody who *T*-1 can fog a mirror '' can call himself a financial planner .
- Since [ARG0 the formula] [rel assumes] [ARG1 an 8 % before-tax return in a mutual fund] , there would also be $ 16,500 *U* in taxes 0 * to pay *T*-1 over the 12 years .
- [ARG0 Figures] [rel assume] [ARG1 a 7 % annual rise in tuition , fees , room and board and an 8 % annual investment return] .
- [ARGM-DIS Also] , [ARG0 some policy illustrations] [rel assume] that [ARG1 mortality costs will decline] or that I will get some sort of dividend bonus after the 10th year .
- [ARGM-DIS Also] , [ARG0 some policy illustrations] [rel assume] that mortality costs will decline or that [ARG1 I will get some sort of dividend bonus after the 10th year] .
- At age 65 , when I 'd stop *-2 paying premiums *T*-1 , the Ameritas offering would have a projected cash value $ 14,000 *U* higher than the other , even though [ARG0 the Equitable 's policy illustration] [rel assumed] [ARG1 a fractionally higher interest rate] .
- Leading up to the speech was *T*-2 a drumroll of economic statistics suggesting that the British war on inflation will be more bruising than * previously [rel assumed] *-1 .
- But he cautioned that Westmoreland 's third quarter is typically better than the fourth , so [ARG0 investors] `` [ARGM-MOD should] [ARGM-NEG n't] [ARGM-MNR just] multiply the third quarter by four '' and [rel assume] 0 [ARG1 the same rate of improvement can be sustained *-1] .
- [ARG0 Investors] , [ARGM-DIS for instance] , [ARGM-MOD may] [ARGM-MNR mistakenly] [rel assume] that [ARG1 the bank or company that *T*-1 originally held the assets is guaranteeing the securities] .
- That debt is part of the $ 2.1 billion *U* of [ARG1 Holiday debt] that Bass PLC of Britain said 0 [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD would] retire or [rel assume] *T*-1 when it agreed *-2 to buy the Holiday Inn business in August *T*-3 .
- [ARG0 The newly chartered bank] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel assume] [ARG1 about $ 125.7 million *U* in 10,300 deposit accounts] and pay the FDIC a purchase premium of $ 2.9 million *U* .
- In addition , the $ 3 billion *U* bid includes $ 1 billion *U* of [ARG1 debt] that *T*-3 [ARGM-MOD will] be [rel assumed] *-1 by [ARG0-by IMA] , $ 600 million *U* of high-yield junk bonds that *T*-4 will be sold *-2 by First Boston Corp. and $ 285 million *U* of equity .
- [ARG0 Compound yields] [rel assume] [ARG1 reinvestment of dividends and that current yields continue for a year] .
- The decision * to put the entire collection on the block stunned many , since Mr. Dorrance had served as chairman of the Philadelphia Museum of Art , and it *EXP*-3 had been [rel assumed] [ARG1 *-1] 0 many of the works would be donated *-2 to the institution .
- [ARG0 *-1] [rel Assuming] [ARG1 0 modern audiences readily understand that Moliere 's social indictment covers their world as well as 17th-century Paris] , Mr. Wilbur concentrated his formidable artistry on *-1 rendering the Alexandrine French verse into sprightly and theatrical English iambic pentameter .
- Is n't it *EXP*-2 reasonable [ARG0 *] to [rel assume] that [ARG1 the asset 0 you own *T*-1 would be worth more if the government suddenly announced that if you sold it , you would be able *-3 to keep 30 % more of its gain than you previously believed 0 *?*] ?
- Morgan Grenfell said 0 [ARG0 Michael Dobson , currently group deputy chief executive ,] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel assume] [ARG1 the chief executive position] .
- [ARG1 Nothing] , [ARG0 I] [rel assumed] 0 *T*-1 , would be more hopelessly dated than a political satire on the Iran-Contra affair .
- [ARG1 A National Guard job] [rel assumed] * by [ARG0-by Capt. Noriega] [ARGM-TMP in 1964] -- as chief of the transit police in David City , capital of the Chiriqui Province -- was tailor-made for an aspiring super-spy .
- [ARG0 Robert H. Carlson , previous president and chief executive of Universal-Rundle ,] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel assume] [ARG1 the title of chairman of the unit , a vitreous-china maker] .
- Banc One said 0 `` it *EXP*-1 is contemplated *-2 '' that [ARG0 John B. McCoy , chairman and chief executive officer ,] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel assume] [ARG1 the additional position of president] [ARGM-TMP upon Mr. McKinney 's retirement] .
- Some experts say 0 markets are n't as volatile as * widely [rel assumed] .
- Earlier this year , bankers and other investors were willing *-1 to provide financing because [ARG0 they] [rel assumed] 0 [ARG1 there would be major gains in both profitability and sales] , Mr. Rosenthal added 0 *T*-2 .
- [ARGM-TMP Since the crash] , [ARG0 many futures traders] have [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel assumed] [ARG1 large positions] [ARGM-PRP for fear that the S&P 500 market , with much of its customer order flow missing , would dry up if prices turned against them] .
- And [ARG0 *] [rel assuming] 0 [ARG1 their first investment is successful] , investors will have *-1 to pay taxes on their gains .
- [ARG0 *] [rel Assuming] that [ARG1 he paid a rough average price of $ 80 *U* a share] , and assuming 0 he did n't sell before his announcement reached the market , Mr. Trump could be sitting with a modest loss with the stock at $ 76.50 *U* .
- [ARG0 *] Assuming that he paid a rough average price of $ 80 *U* a share , and [rel assuming] 0 [ARG1 he did n't sell before his announcement reached the market] , Mr. Trump could be sitting with a modest loss with the stock at $ 76.50 *U* .
- [ARG0 *-1] [rel Assuming] that [ARG1 the market does n't head into a bottomless free fall] , some executives think 0 Friday 's action could prove a harbinger of good news -- as a sign that the leveraged buy-out and takeover frenzy of recent years may be abating .
- But are [ARG0 these four players , three of them in their 80s ,] ready *-1 to [rel assume] [ARG1 a different role] [ARGM-TMP after 88 years , collectively , of service on the high court] ?
- If [ARG1 the role] 0 [ARG0 these four dissenters] are [rel assuming] *T*-1 is a familiar one in modern Supreme Court history , it also differs in an important way from recent history , court watchers say 0 *T*-2 .
- [ARG0 Meridian] will pay a premium of $ 30.5 million *U* *-1 to [rel assume] [ARG1 $ 2 billion *U* in deposits] .
- Royal Trustco will pay [ARG0 the RTC] $ 25 million *U* *-1 to [rel assume] [ARG1 $ 989 million *U* in deposits] .
- `` [ARG0 We] [ARGM-ADV all] [rel assumed] 0 [ARG1 October '87 was a one-time shot] , '' said *T*-1 San Francisco attorney David Greenberg .
- Freddie Mac said [ARG0 0] the principal-only securities were priced *-1 at 58 1\/4 *-2 to yield 8.45 % , [rel assuming] [ARG1 an average life of eight years and a prepayment of 160 % of the PSA model] .
- [ARG0 *] [rel Assuming] [ARG1 0 the stock market does n't crash again and completely discredit yuppies and trading rooms] , American television audiences in a few months may be seeing Britain 's concept of both .
- [ARG0 Enthusiasts] [rel assume] that [ARG1 national service would get important work done cheaply : forest fires fought *-1 , housing rehabilitated *-2 , students tutored *-3 , day-care centers staffed *-4] .
- [ARG0 It] is prepared * to [rel assume] [ARG1 the same role 0 it played *T*-2 in October 1987 , * providing money to the markets if * necessary * to keep the financial system afloat] .
- He also said that after the charges , and [ARG0 *-1] `` [rel assuming] [ARG1 no dramatic fluctuation in interest rates] , the company expects *-1 to achieve near-record earnings in 1990 . ''
- [ARG0 Primerica] , [ARGM-DIS as * expected] , [ARGM-DIS also] acquired certain assets of the agency and [rel assumed] [ARG1 certain of its liabilities] .
- The senior of [ARG0 the three executives] who *T*-1 [ARGM-MOD will] [rel assume] [ARG1 Mr. Reupke 's duties] is Nigel Judah , 58 , finance director and a Reuters board director .
- The thrift said that `` after these charges and [ARG0 *] [rel assuming] [ARG1 no dramatic fluctuation in interest rates] , the association expects *-1 to achieve near record earnings in 1990 . ''
- [ARG0 Sony] is paying $ 27 *U* a share , or $ 3.55 billion *U* , cash and is [rel assuming] [ARG1 $ 1.4 billion *U* of long-term debt] .
- On Wall Street , [ARG0 takeover stock traders] bid Nekoosa 's stock well above the Georgia-Pacific bid , *-1 [rel assuming] that [ARG1 Nekoosa 's will either be sold *-2 to a rival bidder or to Georgia-Pacific at a higher price -- as much as $ 75 *U* a share , according to some estimates] .
- [ARG0 Cilcorp] [ARGM-MOD will] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel assume] [ARG1 $ 22 million *U* of Hunter 's existing debt] .
- [ARG0 Jaguar] [rel assumed] [ARG1 its recently customary place on the OTC most active list] [ARGM-TMP as its American depository receipts gained 1\/4 to 11 7\/8 on volume of 1.2 million shares and Daimler-Benz joined the list of companies interested in the British car maker] .
- He suggests , for example , that [ARG0 investors] [ARGM-MOD may] have [rel assumed] that [ARG1 just because UAL could n't get financing , no leveraged buy-outs can get financing] .
- *-4 Carried *-2 even further , [ARG0 some investors] [rel assumed] that [ARG1 since leveraged buy-outs are the only thing propping up stock prices , the market would collapse if no more LBOs could be done *-1] .
- [ARG0 The new offer] [rel assumes] [ARG1 just five years of 5.5 % rate increases , 0 *T*-2 to be followed *-1 by state-approved increases under the usual hearing procedure] .
- [ARG0 The bids and rate proposals] [ARGM-ADV generally] [rel assume] 0 [ARG1 the Seabrook nuclear power plant , which *T*-2 is completed *-1 , will go into operation] .
- The group controls 795,900 H.H. Robertson common shares , [ARG0 *] [rel assuming] [ARG1 exercise of an option *ICH*-2 0 it acquired *T*-1 from Executive Life Insurance Co. * to buy 497,400 shares] .
- [ARG0 IMA] [ARGM-DIS also] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel assume] [ARG1 $ 1.4 billion *U* in debt] .
- They do n't like [ARG1 the risks] 0 [ARG0 they] are forced *-2 to [rel assume] *T*-1 when prices swing so drastically *T*-3 .
- He said 0 1989 's net income could be 11 % to 13 % *U* of revenue , which , [ARG0 *] [rel assuming] [ARG1 current expectations] , *T*-1 would be 40 % to 45 % *U* below 1988 's level .
- On a pro-forma basis , [ARG0 *] [rel assuming] 0 [ARG1 the merger was effective Jan 1 , 1988] , including the results from both Time Inc. and all of Warner , that cash flow figure would be $ 526 million *U* for the latest quarter , more than double the comparable figure a year ago , or $ 242 million *U* , according to Time Warner .
- Westamerica said 0 [ARG1 Mr. Decker 's posts] were [rel assumed] *-1 by [ARG0-by David Payne , Westamerica 's chairman , who *T*-2 at 34 years of age becomes one of the youngest chief executives of a sizable bank in the country] .
- The Miami-based environmental engineering concern said 0 [ARG0 GSX Chemical] [ARGM-DIS also] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel assume] [ARG1 about $ 1.6 million *U* in debt related * to those divisions] .
- That would require fourth-quarter net of more than about 22 cents to 24 cents a share , [ARG0 *] [rel assuming] that [ARG1 Mr. Stein 's third-quarter estimate proves accurate] .
- And *-1 using liquidation value [rel assuming] [ARG1 the sale of all UAL assets] , First Boston estimated 0 the airline is worth $ 253 to $ 303 *U* a share .
- [ARG0 Most brokers] [rel assume] that [ARG1 all orders are day orders unless * specified *-1 otherwise] .
- But he cautioned that Westmoreland 's third quarter is typically better than the fourth , so [ARG0 investors] `` [ARGM-MOD should] [ARGM-NEG n't] [ARGM-ADV just] multiply the third quarter by four '' and [rel assume] 0 [ARG1 the same rate of improvement can be sustained *-1] .
- That debt is part of the $ 2.1 billion *U* of [ARG1 Holiday debt] that Bass PLC of Britain said 0 [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD would] retire or [rel assume] *T*-1 when it agreed *-2 to buy the Holiday Inn business in August *T*-3 .
- Some experts say 0 markets are n't as volatile as [ARG1 *] [ARGM-MNR widely] [rel assumed] .
- [ARG0 *] [rel Assuming] that [ARG1 he paid a rough average price of $ 80 *U* a share] , and assuming 0 he did n't sell before his announcement reached the market , Mr. Trump could be sitting with a modest loss with the stock at $ 76.50 *U* .
- [ARG0 *] Assuming that he paid a rough average price of $ 80 *U* a share , and [rel assuming] 0 [ARG1 he did n't sell before his announcement reached the market] , Mr. Trump could be sitting with a modest loss with the stock at $ 76.50 *U* .
- [ARG0 *-1] [rel Assuming] that [ARG1 the market does n't head into a bottomless free fall] , some executives think 0 Friday 's action could prove a harbinger of good news -- as a sign that the leveraged buy-out and takeover frenzy of recent years may be abating .
- `` [ARG0 We] all [rel assumed] 0 [ARG1 October '87 was a one-time shot] , '' said *T*-1 San Francisco attorney David Greenberg .