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frames- [ARG0 Newsweek] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 trying *-2 to keep pace with rival Time magazine] , [rel announced] [ARG1 new advertising rates for 1990] and said 0 it will introduce a new incentive plan for advertisers .
- [ARG0 U.S. News] has [ARGM-TMP yet] *-1 to [rel announce] [ARG1 its 1990 ad rates] .
- [ARG1 However , five other countries -- China , Thailand , India , Brazil and Mexico -- will remain on that so-called priority watch list as a result of an interim review] , [ARG0 U.S. Trade Representative Carla Hills] [rel announced] 0 *T*-1 .
- The offer is being launched *-45 pursuant to a [ARGM-TMP previously] [rel announced] [ARG1 agreement] between the companies .
- [ARGM-LOC In happier news] , [ARG0 South Korea] [ARGM-MNR , in *-1 establishing diplomatic ties with Poland yesterday ,] [rel announced] [ARG1 $ 450 million *U* in loans to the financially strapped Warsaw government] .
- The `` one-yen '' controversy first came to a head [ARGM-TMP last week] when [ARG0 the city of Hiroshima] [rel announced] [ARG1 that Fujitsu won a contract * to design a computer system 0 *T*-2 to map its waterworks] *T*-1 .
- [ARGM-TMP When] [ARG0 Warren Winiarski , proprietor of Stag 's Leap Wine Cellars in Napa Valley ,] [rel announced] [ARG1 a $ 75 *U* price tag for his 1985 Cask 23 Cabernet] [ARGM-TMP this fall] *T*-1 , few wine shops and restaurants around the country balked .
- Michael Basham , deputy assistant secretary for federal finance , said 0 [ARG0 the Treasury] may wait until late Monday or even early Tuesday *-2 to [rel announce] [ARG1 whether the autions are *-1 to be rescheduled *-106] .
- [ARGM-TMP Only this week] , it *EXP*-1 was [rel announced] [ARG1 *-118] that Mitsubishi Estate Co. had acquired a 51 % stake in Rockefeller Group , which *T*-192 owns New York 's prestigious Rockefeller Center .
- 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 Robert L. Bernstein , chairman and president of Random House Inc. ,] [rel announced] [ARG1 his resignation from the publishing house 0 he has run *T*-1 for 23 years] .
- [ARG0 Robert J. Danzig , vice president *RNR*-1 and general manager *RNR*-1 of Hearst Newspapers ,] stood up in the paper 's newsroom yesterday and [rel announced] [ARG1 that no buyers had stepped forward and that the paper would fold , *-2 putting more than 730 full-time employees out of work] .
- [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 .
- Equitable of Iowa Cos. , Des Moines , had been seeking a buyer for the 36-store Younkers chain since [ARGM-TMP June] , when [ARG0 it] [rel announced] [ARG1 its intention * to free up capital * to expand its insurance business] *T*-1 .
- [ARG0 Nissan Motor Co. , Japan 's second-largest car maker ,] [rel announced] [ARGM-TMP Wednesday] [ARG1 that the parent concern 's pretax earnings in the first half ended last Sept. 30 rose 14 % to 88.32 billion yen -LRB- $ 618.1 million *U* -RRB- from 77.6 billion yen a year earlier] .
- [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] [ARG1 that it was soliciting bids * to sell TXO 's oil and gas reserves] .
- The [rel announced] [ARG1 sale] of the reserves was followed *-1 by news that investor Carl Icahn had increased his stake in USX to 13.1 % and threatened a takeover or other business combination .
- [ARGM-ADV *-1 Clad in his trademark black velvet suit] , [ARG0 the soft-spoken clarinetist] [rel announced] [ARG1 that his new album , `` Inner Voices , '' had just been released *-9 , that his family was in the front row , and that it was his mother 's birthday , so he was going *-2 to play her favorite tune from the record] .
- 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] .
- [ARG0 International Lease Finance Corp.] [rel announced] [ARG1 a leasing contract with charter carrier American Trans Air Inc. , in a transaction involving six Boeing Co. 757-200s] .
- [ARG1 The figure excludes a record number employed * by extraordinary government work programs] , [ARG0 the Labor Directorate] [rel announced] 0 *T*-2 [ARGM-TMP Tuesday] .
- [ARG0 Giovanni Agnelli & Co.] [rel announced] [ARG1 a transaction that *T*-114 will strengthen its indirect control of Fiat S.p . A. and will admit Prince Karim Aga Khan as its first non-family shareholder] .
- [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] .
- [ARG0 The closely held Sunnyvale , Calif. , company] [ARGM-DIS also] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel announce] [ARG1 an agreement * to supply computers to Control Data Corp. , which *T*-137 will sell Mips machines under its own label] .
- `` Suddenly CDC -LRB- Control Data -RRB- has a competitive product 0 *T*-2 to fight back against the VAX9000 , '' [ARG1 a machine] 0 [ARG0 Digital] [rel announced] [ARGM-TMP last month] *T*-3 , he added 0 *T*-1 .
- Talks between the two sides could unravel , of course , as they have more than once since [ARG0 Sony] [rel announced] [ARG1 its plans * to hire Mr. Guber and Mr. Peters] .
- `` [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 .
- [ARG0 U.S. District Judge Julian A. Cook Jr.] [rel announced] [ARG1 the settlements] [ARGM-TMP as the jury trial was *-1 to begin] [ARGM-TMP yesterday] .
- [ARGM-TMP Earlier this year] , [ARG0 Venezuela] [rel announced] [ARG1 0 it was opening up debt-equity swaps to foreign investors] but said 0 the program would be limited to a net disbursement of $ 600 million *U* a year .
- [ARG0 U.S. . AND BRITISH LAW FIRMS] [rel announce] [ARG1 rare joint venture in Tokyo] .
- [ARG0 Sidley & Austin , a leading Chicago-based law firm , and Ashurst Morris Crisp , a midsized London firm of solicitors ,] are scheduled today *-208 to [rel announce] [ARG1 plans * to open a joint office in Tokyo] .
- Mr. Bush said that [ARG1 the December meeting] , which *T*-1 was [rel announced] *-227 [ARGM-TMP simultaneously] [ARGM-LOC in Moscow] , will be held *-226 in the unusual setting of ships at sea * to hold down the `` fanfare '' and force the two sides to limit participation to just small groups of advisers .
- In [ARG0 *] [rel announcing] [ARG1 the meeting] [ARGM-TMP yesterday] , Mr. Bush told reporters at the White House that neither he nor Mr. Gorbachev expects any `` substantial decisions or agreements . ''
- [ARGM-TMP This week] , [ARG0 New York City] [rel announced] [ARG1 a 10-point policy patterned * on the federal bill of rights for taxpayers] .
- [ARG0 Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew , Singapore 's leader and one of Asia 's leading statesmen for 30 years ,] [ARGM-TMP recently] [rel announced] [ARG1 his intention * to retire next year -- though not necessarily to end his influence] .
- 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-TMP previously] [rel announced] [ARG1 capital] restructuring program .
- [ARG0 Shearson Lehman Hutton] gave small investors some welcome news by *-1 [rel announcing] [ARG1 that 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] .
- [ARG0 Steelmakers] [rel announced] [ARG1 a round of base-price increases] [ARGM-TMP last year] , but began *-1 offering sizable discounts over the summer .
- [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 .
- [ARGM-TMP In late May] , [ARG0 Newmark & Lewis] [rel announced] [ARG1 a plan * to cut prices 5 % to 20 % and eliminate what it called *T*-166 a `` standard discount-retailing practice '' of * negotiating individual deals with customers] .
- [ARG0 Tokyu Group] [rel announced] [ARGM-TMP during the weekend] [ARG1 that each Group company will buy the others ' stocks *-1 to defend themselves against a rumored takeover] .
- [ARG0 Courtaulds PLC] [rel announced] [ARG1 plans * to spin off its textiles operations to existing shareholders in a restructuring * to boost shareholder value] .
- Although [ARG0 the Treasury] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel announce] [ARG1 details of the November refunding] [ARGM-TMP tomorrow] , it could be delayed *-1 if Congress and President Bush fail *-2 to increase the Treasury 's borrowing capacity .
- [ARG0 Mr. Bush] [rel announced] [ARGM-TMP several weeks ago] [ARG1 that he intended *-1 to send such a mission , composed * of top government aides and business and labor leaders] .
- [ARGM-LOC In remarks at a White House ceremony marking Polish Heritage Month] , [ARG0 Mr. Bush] [rel announced] [ARG1 that Agriculture Secretary Clayton Yeutter , Commerce Secretary Robert Mosbacher and Labor Secretary Elizabeth Dole will lead the U.S. group] .
- [ARG0 Kidder , Peabody & Co. , a unit of General Electric Co. ,] [rel announced] [ARG1 0 it would stop *-1 doing stock-index arbitrage for its own account] , and Merrill Lynch & Co. pulled out of the practice altogether .
- [ARG0 Other large firms , including Bear , Stearns & Co. and Morgan Stanley & Co. ,] [ARGM-TMP last week] [rel announced] [ARG1 a pullback from index arbitrage , but only for the firms ' own accounts] .
- [ARGM-ADV Among other happy news bulletins from the German Democratic Republic] , [ARG0 the Leipzig Museum of Fine Arts] [rel announced] [ARG1 that it has recovered `` Cemetery in the Snow , '' a painting by the German Romantic painter Caspar David Friedrich] .
- [ARG0 He] knows that * making George Bush look silly in a photograph with him will trigger Noriegan fulminations , and that * [rel announcing] [ARG1 an end to the liberals ' cease-fire] will produce mainly their concern over the Contras ' military activities in northern Nicaragua .
- The stock jumped 9 1\/2 Friday , when [ARG0 the company] [rel announced] [ARG1 0 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] .
- [ARG0 Michael] [ARGM-TMP late yesterday] [rel announced] [ARG1 a $ 3.8 million *U* stock buy-back program] .
- 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 % .
- [ARGM-TMP In February] , [ARG0 Mr. Thornburgh] [rel announced] [ARG1 his plan * to abolish the units] .
- He says 0 27 lawyers have left and 21 have been hired *-1 since [ARG0 Mr. Thornburgh] [rel announced] [ARG1 his plan] .
- At [ARGM-TMP the time] 0 [ARG1 the plan] was [rel announced] *-1 *T*-2 , there were 135 lawyers .
- While Allianz officials were n't willing *-2 to comment in any detail on their plans , they said 0 Allianz currently holds between 5 % and 10 % *U* of Navigation Mixte , an apparent increase from [ARG1 the 5 % stake] that [ARG0 Navigation Mixte officials] had [ARGM-TMP earlier] [rel announced] *T*-1 .
- It was the first day of trading following the suspension of Navigation Mixte shares last Monday , [ARGM-TMP when] [ARG0 Paribas] [rel announced] [ARG1 its plan * to pay 1,850 francs for each Navigation Mixte share] *T*-1 .
- Allianz 's statement stressed the company 's [ARGM-TMP previously] [rel announced] [ARG1 position] that Paribas 's offer price is too low .
- The move comes a week after [ARG0 Paribas] [rel announced] [ARG1 that it was preparing *-1 to bid for 66.7 % control of Navigation Mixte] .
- [ARGM-TMP When] [ARG0 it] [rel announced] [ARG1 the planned breakup] [ARGM-TMP in May] *T*-1 , Cray Research said 0 development costs of several competing projects were squeezing its earnings growth .
- [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 .
- [ARG1 American Airlines will expand its trans-Atlantic service 30 % beginning next year with six new daily flights between the U.S. and Europe] , [ARG0 officials] [rel announced] 0 *T*-2 [ARGM-TMP yesterday] .
- Analog also said that [ARG1 a one million share buy-back program] [rel announced] * [ARGM-TMP in March] is substantially complete .
- Kellwood Co. said 0 it completed a [ARGM-TMP previously] [rel announced] [ARG1 acquisition] of Crowntuft Manufacturing Corp. , a New York-based maker of chenille robes and lounge wear .
- [ARG0 Nashua] [rel announced] [ARG1 the Reiss request] [ARGM-TMP after the market closed] .
- [ARGM-ADV *-1 Bowing to a mounting public outcry] , [ARG0 three more major securities firms -- Bear , Stearns & Co. Inc. , Morgan Stanley & Co. and Oppenheimer & Co. --] [rel announced] [ARGM-TMP Friday] [ARG1 0 they would suspend stock-index arbitrage trading for their own accounts] .
- [ARG0 PaineWebber Group Inc.] [rel announced] [ARG1 a pullback *ICH*-1] [ARGM-TMP on Thursday] from stock-index arbitrage , a controversial program-trading strategy blamed * by many investors for * encouraging big stock-market swings .
- But Akzo is still slimming down : [ARG0 It] [ARGM-TMP recently] [rel announced] [ARG1 plans * to eliminate about 1,700 fiber-related jobs in the Netherlands and West Germany] .
- Mr. Phillips also hopes *-1 to finally implement [ARG1 a reorganization] [rel announced] * [ARGM-TMP earlier this year] but put * on hold by the WPP takeover .
- `` There is little or no integration of our work , quality is spotty , there is no single focus , '' Mr. Phillips complained *T*-2 to staffers in March , when [ARG1 the reorganization] was [rel announced] *-1 *T*-3 .
- And with [ARG1 its new venture] with Japan 's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. , [rel announced] * [ARGM-TMP last week] , it is poised *-1 to penetrate growing markets overseas .
- [ARGM-TMP In February 1988] , [ARGM-DIS for example] , [ARG0 Merrill Lynch 's weekly commentary] [rel announced] [ARG1 that `` the economy is likely *-1 to fall into recession in early 1989] . ''
- [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] .
- [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-] .
- 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] .
- 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 .
- [ARG0 All of the firms except Kidder , which *T*-1 is the second-biggest program trader on Wall Street ,] [ARGM-MNR quickly] [rel announced] [ARG1 pull-backs from index arbitrage] .
- [ARGM-TMP Last week] , the strategy of * playing the two experts off each other blew up : Mr. Lawson quit in exasperation and [ARG0 Sir Alan Walters , the adviser ,] [rel announced] [ARG1 his resignation] [ARGM-TMP within an hour] .
- 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 . ''
- [ARG1 The agreement] was [rel announced] *-1 by [ARG0-by Costa Rican President Oscar Arias] [ARGM-TMP Friday] , [ARGM-TMP as President Bush and other leaders from the Western Hemisphere gathered in the Central American nation for a celebration of democracy] .
- Costa Rica had been negotiating with the U.S. and other banks for three years , but [ARG1 the debt plan] was rushed *-1 to completion in order * to be [rel announced] *-2 [ARGM-LOC at the meeting] .
- [ARG0 The Treasury] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel announced] [ARG1 details of this week 's unusual bill auction , which *T*-1 has been changed *-2 *-3 to accommodate the expiration of the federal debt ceiling at midnight tomorrow] .
- 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 .
- Ford got a similar go-ahead earlier in October , and [ARGM-TMP on Friday] , [ARG0 Jaguar] [rel announced] [ARG1 that 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] .
- Shearson 's application is the first since [ARG0 the Taiwan Securities and Exchange Commission] [rel announced] [ARGM-TMP June 21] [ARG1 that it would allow foreign brokerage firms to do business in that country] .
- [ARG1 A total of 672 transactions] were [rel announced] *-1 [ARGM-TMP during the latest quarter] , [ARGM-ADV up 13 % from the year-earlier period 's 597] , Grimm said 0 *T*-3 .
- [ARGM-TMP In the first nine months] , [ARG1 1,977 transactions] were [rel announced] *-1 , [ARGM-ADV up 15 % from 1,716 in the year-earlier period] .
- Since [ARG0 few insurers] have [rel announced] [ARG1 what amount of losses *ICH*-5 they expect *-1 to see *T*-3 from the earthquake] , it *EXP*-2 's impossible * to get a clear picture of the quake 's impact on fourth-quarter earnings , said 0 *T*-4 Herbert Goodfriend at Prudential-Bache Securities Corp .
- [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 Mr. Ortega] [rel announced] [ARGM-TMP on Friday] [ARG1 that he would end the cease-fire this week in response to the periodic Contra assaults against his army] .
- [ARGM-TMP On Friday] , [ARG0 the Merc 's board] [rel announced] [ARG1 that it had approved Sabine Pipe Line Co. 's Henry Hub in Erath , La. , as the delivery site for its long-awaited natural gas futures contract] .
- The charge is offset *-1 by an after-tax gain of about $ 30 million *U* in the quarter from the [ARGM-TMP previously] [rel announced] [ARG1 pact] * to sell National Aluminum 's rolling division .
- [ARGM-DIS Instead] , [ARG0 the Treasury] [rel announced] [ARG1 0 it would sell $ 2 billion *U* of 51-day cash management bills today] and said that the weekly sale of $ 15.6 billion *U* of three-month and six-month bills will take place today , as usual , but the sale will settle tomorrow instead of Thursday .
- [ARG0 Nashua] strengthened its poison-pill plan after *-1 [rel announcing] [ARG1 0 a Dutch firm is seeking *-2 to buy up to 25 % of the New Hampshire copier company] .
- [ARGM-TMP Last month] , [ARG0 Whittle] [rel announced] [ARG1 0 it had sold $ 150 million *U* in advertising time on the network to national advertisers] .
- [ARG1 September sales at major Japanese retail stores rose 9.4 % from a year earlier to 1.388 trillion yen -LRB- $ 9.81 billion *U* -RRB- , * marking the fifth-consecutive monthly increase] , [ARG0 the Ministry of International Trade and Industry] [rel announced] 0 *T*-1 .
- Trinova Corp. said 0 it will resume *-1 buying back as many as three million of its common shares under [ARG1 a program] [rel announced] * [ARGM-TMP two years ago] .
- [ARG0 The thrift] [rel announced] [ARG1 the plan] [ARGM-TMP Aug. 21] .
- [ARGM-TMP This month] , [ARG0 Exxon Corp.] [rel announced] [ARG1 plans for a 400-day project drilling for gas about five miles underground in the Anadarko Basin of western Oklahoma -- the deepest drilling project in the U.S.] .
- For example , the proposed overhaul of prices -- an extremely sensitive political topic -- is far more precise than [ARG1 the vague plans] [rel announced] * by [ARG0-by Mr. Gorbachev] [ARGM-TMP in 1987] and later dropped * .
- [ARG0 Norton] [rel announced] [ARGM-TMP earlier this month] [ARG1 that it was exploring the possible sale of all or part of Eastman Christensen] .
- [ARG0 Mr. Koch] [ARGM-TMP already] has [rel announced] [ARG1 0 he will drop 3,200 jobs from the city payroll] , but that wo n't be enough .
- [ARGM-DIS Also] [rel announcing] [ARG1 his resignation] [ARGM-TMP Thursday] was *T*-2 [ARG0 Alan Walters , Mrs. Thatcher 's economic adviser and Mr. Lawson 's nemesis] .
- The talks may drag on for weeks before [ARG1 any concrete result] is [rel announced] *-1 , people familiar with them said 0 *T*-2 .
- Yesterday , even before [ARG1 the resignations] were [rel announced] *-1 , the index dove 32.5 points *-2 to close at 2129.4 .
- The pound immediately began *-2 to take a buffetting after [ARG1 the resignations] were [rel announced] *-1 .
- His remarks were distributed *-1 to the press before [ARG0 Chancellor of the Exchequer Nigel Lawson] [rel announced] [ARG1 his resignation] [ARGM-TMP last evening] .
- `` 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] .
- [ARG0 Hewlett] [rel announced] [ARGM-TMP last week] [ARG1 that it planned *-1 to ship a computer based * on the 486 chip early next year] .
- [ARG0 The California thrift] has [ARGM-TMP just] [rel announced] [ARG1 a $ 226 million *U* third-quarter loss] .
- [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] .
- [ARGM-TMP When] [ARG0 President Corazon Aquino , whose command of Filipino *T*-1 is spotty ,] [rel announced] [ARGM-TMP last year] [ARG1 that the language would be used * in official communications] *T*-2 , there was an uproar from many legislators , who *T*-3 continue *-4 to conduct debates mostly in English .
- [ARG0 The company] is still negotiating the sales of the other four units and expects *-1 to [rel announce] [ARG1 agreements] [ARGM-TMP by the end of the year] .
- The company 's stock plunged [ARGM-TMP when] [ARG0 it] [ARGM-TMP first] [rel announced] [ARG1 that it planned *-1 to acquire Emhart] *T*-2 .
- [ARG0 The company] did [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel announce] [ARG1 the sale] [ARGM-TMP until after the close of the market] .
- [ARG1 Former President Richard Nixon is *-1 to visit China at the invitation of the government beginning Saturday] , [ARG0 the Foreign Ministry] [rel announced] 0 *T*-2 .
- [ARG0 The Canadian government] , with a view to * becoming more politically active in Latin America , is expected *-1 to [rel announce] [ARGM-TMP tomorrow] [ARG1 its application * to join the Organization of American States , a Washington-based regional agency] .
- [ARG1 The Canadian application] is expected *-3 to be [rel announced] *-1 [ARGM-LOC in San Jose , Costa Rica ,] by [ARG0-by Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney , who *T*-2 is attending a centenary celebration of Costa Rican democracy] .
- [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] .
- [ARGM-ADV While American aid efforts have been limited *-1 by budget problems] , [ARGM-TMP yesterday] [ARG0 France] [rel announced] [ARG1 a three-year , four billion French franc -LRB- $ 650 million *U* -RRB- aid plan for Poland] .
- [ARG0 The Soviet State Bank] [rel announced] [ARG1 a 90 % devaluation of the ruble against the dollar for private transactions] , [ARGM-LOC in an apparent attempt * to curb the nation 's rapidly growing black market for hard currency] .
- [ARG0 Moscow] has already tacitly admitted that the ruble is n't worth much , *-2 [rel announcing] [ARGM-TMP in August] [ARG1 that it will pay Soviet farmers in hard currency for grain and other produce that they grow *T*-1 in excess of state-plan quotas] .
- [ARG0 Two West German chemical companies] [rel announced] [ARG1 steps that apparently *T*-1 are designed *-2 to boost the chemical industry 's standing among environmental groups and the general public] .
- Corroon said 0 [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel announce] [ARG1 a successor to Mr. Crane] [ARGM-TMP at a later date] .
- 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-TMP previously] [rel announced] plan [ARG1 * to reduce employment by at least 6,000 people by year end] .
- PWA said 0 [ARG0 it] also expects *-1 to [rel announce] [ARGM-TMP by Tuesday] [ARG1 whether it will take delivery of all 17 Airbus 320-200 aircraft 0 it previously ordered *T*-2] .
- [ARG0 This British banking and financial-services group 's investment-banking arm , Barclays de Zoete Wedd Group ,] [rel announced] [ARG1 the following appointments at its merchant-banking subsidiary Barclays de Zoete Wedd Ltd] .
- [ARG1 The proposed changes] , which *T*-2 are scheduled *-3 to be [rel announced] *-1 [ARGM-TMP today] , would apply to pesticides and other substances found * on fresh and processed foods , according to federal officials .
- [ARG0 The Bush administration] plans *-2 to [rel announce] [ARG1 a series of principles] and to work with congressional leaders [ARGM-LOC in *-3 writing specific legislative proposals that *T*-1 embody them] .
- [ARG0 Delmed , which *T*-1 makes and sells peritoneal dialysis products used * in * treating kidney disease ,] [ARGM-TMP on Tuesday] [rel announced] [ARG1 the resignations of Robert S. Ehrlich , chairman , president and chief executive officer , and of Leslie I. Shapiro , chief operating officer and chief financial officer] .
- The company 's ability * to respond to energy needs world-wide will be enhanced *-1 through a [ARGM-TMP recently] [rel announced] [ARG1 venture] with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries , Mr. Lego said 0 *T*-2 .
- [ARG0 L.J. Hooker , based * in Atlanta ,] filed for Chapter 11 protection in August and has [ARGM-DIS also] [rel announced] [ARG1 its intention * to sell its B. Altman & Co. department store chain] .
- [ARGM-TMP Last Monday] , [ARG0 Qintex Australia] [rel announced] [ARG1 a restructuring plan] and said 0 it would sell off assets .
- [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 K mart] [ARGM-TMP previously] had [rel announced] [ARG1 0 it would report its third consecutive decline in quarterly earnings for the period ended yesterday , the same day 0 the real estate deal was completed *-1 *T*-2] .
- [ARGM-TMP Since then] , [ARG0 the ministry] has [rel announced] [ARG1 50 bans on food imports from European countries , including Italy , Spain , Turkey , Greece and the Soviet Union] .
- [ARG1 Still other projects] that *T*-1 have been [rel announced] *-2 but not yet started *-2 could put expenditures above $ 3 billion *U* over the next few years .
- [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] [ARG1 that it had raised its stake to 12 % from just under 11 % on Tuesday] .
- By this time last year , he noted 0 *T*-2 , [ARG1 arrivals totaling 33,270 tons] had been [rel announced] *-1 .
- [ARGM-ADV Although conferees are still putting the finishing touches on the package] , [ARG1 the final agreement] [ARGM-MOD could] be [rel announced] *-1 [ARGM-TMP as early as tomorrow] .
- [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 .
- [ARG1 The final package] is expected *-2 to be [rel announced] *-1 [ARGM-TMP within the next week] .
- [ARG1 The changes] , which *T*-2 [ARGM-MOD could] be [rel announced] *-1 [ARGM-TMP as early as today] , would apply to pesticides and other substances found * on fresh and processed foods , officials said 0 *T*-3 .
- [ARGM-LOC In Moscow] , [ARG0 the Soviet State Bank] [rel announced] [ARG1 a 90 % devaluation of the ruble against the dollar for private transactions] , [ARGM-PNC in an apparent attempt * to curb a black market for hard currency] .
- 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] [ARG1 that `` in view of unsettled conditions in securities markets '' the offering would be postponed and restructured *-1] .
- All prime-time fare will be on tape-delay because of time differences with Norway , so [ARG1 the results] [ARGM-MOD can] be [rel announced] *-1 [ARGM-LOC on the 6 o'clock news] .
- [ARG0 A beaming Mr. Pilson] [rel announced] [ARG1 his lastest coup] [ARGM-LOC at a news conference] [ARGM-TMP that afternoon] .
- 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] .
- `` 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] .
- [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] .
- AT&T said 0 it expects *-2 to beat to the marketplace [ARG0 two rivals] , Northern Telecom Ltd. of Canada and France 's Alcatel N.V. , which *T*-1 [ARGM-DIS also] have [rel announced] [ARG1 Sonet-based products] .
- It added that it *EXP*-2 is apparent that any terms of a combination `` would be substantially less favorable than [ARG1 those] [ARGM-TMP previously] [rel announced] * . ''
- Fiat 's rejection of partnership with Saab means that [ARG0 the Swedish company] , which *T*-1 [rel announced] [ARGM-TMP last Friday] [ARG1 that its pretax profit for the first eight months plummeted 49 %] , will have *-2 to look for a partner among other car manufacturers as both Ford Motor Corp. and Fiat have turned down the offer .
- [ARG0 The venture] plans *-1 to [rel announce] [ARG1 a final site] [ARGM-TMP by late November] .
- [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] .
- [ARG0 Sheraton Corp. and Pan American World Airways] [rel announced] [ARG1 that they and two Soviet partners will construct two `` world-class '' hotels within a mile of Red Square in Moscow] .
- U.S. companies account for less than 8 % of [ARG1 the 1,000 or more Soviet joint ventures] that *T*-2 have been [rel announced] *-1 [ARGM-TMP since the Soviets began encouraging such undertakings in 1987] .
- The Division expects that [ARG0 the prosecutor] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel announce] [ARG1 these principles] [ARGM-TMP either at the time 0 the indictment is returned *-1 *T*-2 or , at the latest , at the first proceeding before the court concerning the TRO] .
- [ARGM-ADV Although the half-hour situation comedy seen * Mondays at 9:30 p.m . Eastern and Pacific time is n't a candidate for cancellation] , it is slated *-1 for fine-tuning and [ARGM-TMP by next week] [ARG0 the network] [ARGM-MOD may] [rel announce] [ARG1 0 `` Teddy Z '' is moving to 8:30 p.m. from its 9:30 time slot , *-4 replacing `` The People Next Door , '' which *T*-3 became the first network show 0 *T*-5 to be canceled *-2 this season] .
- [ARG0 The company] made its 1990 projection -- an unusual event for Cray -- in *-1 [rel announcing] [ARG1 improved net income for the third quarter] .
- Mr. Miller said that Wang has already sold some $ 12 million *U* of miscellaneous assets and disclosed that it had received $ 13 million *U* from Compaq Computer Corp. , Houston , in the [ARGM-TMP previously] [rel announced] [ARG1 sale] of its Stirling , Scotland , plant .
- [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] . ''
- Honeywell Inc. , Minneapolis , said 0 it completed its [ARGM-TMP previously] [rel announced] [ARG1 sale] of 16 % of the shares outstanding in its Japanese joint venture , Yamatake-Honeywell , for $ 280 million *U* .
- 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 .
- [ARG0 Directors of Bergen Bank and Den Norske Creditbank , two of Norway 's leading banks ,] [rel announced] [ARG1 0 they had agreed to the formal merger of the banks] .
- [ARGM-DIS But] [ARGM-TMP yesterday] , [ARG0 Manhattan Cable] [rel announced] [ARG1 0 it will launch Showtime on Nov. 1 to over 230,000 subscribers] .
- [ARGM-DIS But] [ARG0 Showtime] has continued *-2 to sign new contracts with Hollywood studios , and [ARGM-TMP yesterday] [rel announced] [ARG1 0 it will buy movies from Columbia Pictures Entertainment Inc. , which *T*-1 currently has a non-exclusive arrangement with HBO] .
- 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] [ARG1 0 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 .
- [ARG1 The sale to the Chinese government of 330,000 metric tons of wheat under the government 's export enhancement program] was [rel announced] *-1 [ARGM-TMP after the close of trading Monday] , but the sale was expected *RNR*-3 and failed *RNR*-3 *-2 to buoy prices yesterday , said 0 *T*-4 Dale Gustafson , a futures analyst with Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc. in Chicago .
- [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] .
- [ARG0 Consumers Power and Bechtel Power Corp.] [ARGM-TMP last year] [rel announced] [ARG1 a joint venture * to buy the plant , currently owned * completely by the utility] .
- But several analysts and Japanese scientists familiar with [ARG1 the study] , which *T*-2 was [rel announced] *-1 [ARGM-LOC at a conference in Nagoya] [ARGM-TMP yesterday] , expressed skepticism over the significance of the results .
- 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 .
- Within the same nine months , News Corp. closed down In Fashion , a once-promising young woman 's fashion magazine , Drake Publications Inc. has folded the long-troubled Venture magazine , and [ARG0 Lang Communications] has [rel announced] [ARG1 0 Ms. magazine , after 17 years , will no longer carry advertising as of January] .
- As part of a [ARGM-TMP previously] [rel announced] [ARG1 transaction] , Federal Mogul Corp. has bought approximately 565,000 shares of its common stock from Nortek Inc. at $ 23.50 *U* a share .
- [ARGM-DIS Thus] [ARGM-LOC at the recent governors ' conference on education] , [ARG0 Gov. Bill Clinton of Arkansas] [rel announced] [ARG1 that `` this country needs a comprehensive child-development policy for children under five] . ''
- [ARG0 Some producers of polyethylene] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 figuring 0 the inventory reductions are near an end] , have [rel announced] [ARG1 price boosts] .
- [ARG0 The investment bank] has [ARGM-TMP previously] [rel announced] [ARG1 that as part of its punishment it would create an independent foundation 0 *T*-1 to promote ethical behavior in the securities industry] .
- [ARGM-TMP Just yesterday] , [ARG0 New Hampshire] [rel announced] [ARG1 0 it made a $ 75,000 *U* settlement with Drexel , a record-tying fine for a securities-law matter in that state] .
- 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] .
- 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] .
- 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] [ARG1 0 the bank financing could n't be obtained *-1 for the original deal] *T*-2 .
- Mr. Kane said 0 he expects [ARG0 two or three major corporations] to [rel announce] [ARG1 their participation in U.S. Memories] [ARGM-TMP soon after the group finishes a business plan , probably late this week] .
- [ARG0 Goodson] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel announced] [ARG1 that it hired the former president and senior vice president of Ingersoll 0 *T*-1 to run the Goodson papers] .
- [ARG0 Mr. Roman , 59 years old ,] [ARGM-MNR abruptly] [rel announced] [ARG1 0 he will leave the venerable ad agency , whose largest client *T*-1 is American Express , *-2 to become American Express 's executive vice president for corporate affairs and communications] .
- Both [ARG0 Saatchi & Saatchi] , which *T*-1 [rel announced] [ARG1 its intention * to sell off most of its consulting business in June] , and Cleveland Consulting declined *-2 to comment on the proposed sale .
- Activity in derivative markets was strong with [ARG1 four new real estate mortgage investment conduits] [rel announced] * and talk of several more deals in today 's session .
- AEG AG and Siemens AG said 0 they will launch their [ARGM-TMP previously] [rel announced] [ARG1 joint] venture for power semiconductors in January .
- Emerson Electric Co. and Robert Bosch G.m.b.H. said 0 the Federal Trade Commission has requested additional information *ICH*-1 from the two companies about their [rel announced] [ARG1 intention] * to acquire Vermont American Corp. for $ 40 *U* a share , or about $ 440 million *U* .
- It also holds nearly 40,000 acres of raw land with development potential , but under a [ARGM-TMP previously] [rel announced] [ARG1 strategy] , the company has targeted * building on 5,400 acres in California , Arizona and the Chicago area .
- 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 .
- [ARGM-TMP On Friday] , [ARG0 the chief cabinet secretary] [rel announced] [ARG1 that eight cabinet ministers had received five million yen from the industry , including 450,000 yen -LRB- $ 3,175 *U* -RRB- by Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu] .
- Saab 's problems were underscored *-1 Friday when [ARG0 the company] [rel announced] [ARG1 that 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] .
- [ARGM-ADV In addition to aircraft from Boeing Co.] , [ARG0 Cathay] [rel announced] [ARGM-TMP earlier this year] [ARG1 an order for as many as 20 Airbus A330-300s] .
- [ARGM-ADV In a pattern 0 it aims *-2 to copy *T*-1 in several key U.S. destinations] , [ARG0 Cathay] [ARGM-TMP recently] [rel announced] [ARG1 plans *-3 to serve San Francisco by *-4 flying into American Airlines ' Los Angeles hub and routing continuing passengers onto a flight on the U.S. carrier] .
- `` [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 .
- [ARG0 Messrs. Lee and Bynoe] [ARGM-TMP last July] [rel announced] [ARG1 a deal that *T*-1 would have made them the first black principal owners of a major professional sports franchise] .
- When [ARG1 the size of the Refcorp offering] was [rel announced] *-1 [ARGM-TMP last week] and when-issued trading activity began *T*-2 , the bailout bonds were yielding about 1\/20 percentage point more than the Treasury 's benchmark 30-year bond .
- The holding of 13.6 million shares is up from [ARG1 a 6.7 % stake] 0 that [ARG0 Burmah] [rel announced] 0 SHV held *T*-1 as of last Monday .
- [ARGM-ADV Generally] , [ARG0 regulators] have [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel announced] [ARG1 enforcement actions] [ARGM-TMP in the past] .
- 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] .
- [ARG0 Grand Metropolitan PLC , the United Kingdom food and beverage group that *T*-1 owns Pillsbury Inc. of the U.S. ,] [rel announced] [ARG1 a reshuffling of board-level executive duties intended * to fit the company 's recent expansion] .
- But analysts reckon 0 underlying support for sterling has been eroded *-1 by [ARG0 the chancellor 's] failure * to [rel announce] [ARG1 any new policy measures] [ARGM-LOC in his Mansion House speech] [ARGM-TMP last Thursday] .
- [ARG0 Trucking , shipping and air-freight companies] have [rel announced] [ARG1 rate increases , scheduled * for this fall or early next year , reflecting higher costs and tightened demand for freight transport] .
- Consolidated Freightways plans *-1 to raise its rates 5.3 % late this year or early next year , and [ARG0 at least two competitors] have [rel announced] [ARG1 similar increases] .
- [ARG0 British Airways] rose initially after *-1 [rel announcing] [ARG1 its withdrawal from the UAL deal] .
- [ARGM-TMP On Tuesday] , [ARG0 Trelleborg 's directors] [rel announced] [ARG1 plans * to spin off two big divisions -- minerals processing , and building and distribution -- as separately quoted companies on Stockholm 's Stock Exchange] .
- [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 .
- [ARG0 The baseball commissioner] [rel announced] [ARG1 that the third game of the World Series between the Giants and the Athletics would n't resume until Friday] .
- Shimson Gottesfeld of Los Alamos National Laboratory said 0 [ARG0 researchers there] detected a burst of neutrons from an early cold fusion experiment last April but decided *-1 [ARGM-NEG not] to [rel announce] [ARG1 it] [ARGM-TMP until they could confirm it] .
- [ARG0 Dow Jones & Co.] [rel announced] [ARG1 Wall Street Journal advertising rates for 1990] .
- [ARG0 Hewlett-Packard Co.] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel announce] [ARGM-TMP today] [ARG1 a software program that *T*-1 allows computers in a network to speed up computing tasks by *-2 sending the tasks to each other] .
- CalMat said 0 the sale is part of its [ARGM-TMP previously] [rel announced] [ARG1 plan] * to sell much of its real estate holdings *-1 to focus on its core business of * mining and producing asphalt , concrete , rock and sand .
- [ARGM-TMP This week] , [ARG0 many carriers] are [rel announcing] [ARG1 cut-rate fares designed * to get people to fly on some of the most hallowed -- and slowest -- days of the year , including Christmas] .
- Hewlett-Packard Co. became [ARG0 the first company] world-wide 0 *T*-1 to [rel announce] [ARG1 a product based on the chip] earlier this month , but it wo n't start *-2 shipping the computers until early next year .
- [ARG1 Social Security benefits will rise 4.7 % next year *-1 to keep pace with inflation , *-1 boosting the average monthly benefit to $ 566 *U* from $ 541 *U*] , [ARG0 the Department of Health and Human Services] [rel announced] 0 *T*-2 .
- AT&T said 0 the expense increase will be largely offset *-1 by a gain from its [ARGM-TMP previously] [rel announced] [ARG1 plan] * to swap its holdings in Ing . C. Olivetti & Co. for shares in Cie . Industriali Riunite , an Italian holding company .
- 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 .
- [ARG1 Two new Remics totaling $ 900 million *U*] were [rel announced] *-1 by [ARG0-by Freddie Mac] [ARGM-TMP yesterday] .
- 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 [ARGM-TMP previously] [rel announced] $ 38 million *U* [ARG1 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 previously announced sale of its Ashland Technology Corp. subsidiary .
- 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-TMP previously] [rel announced] [ARG1 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 .
- Those rumors were confirmed *-1 after the end of trading yesterday [ARGM-TMP when] [ARG0 the U.S. Agriculture Department] [rel announced] [ARG1 that the Soviets had bought 1.2 million metric tons of U.S. corn , * bringing their U.S. corn purchases confirmed * so far this month to about five million metric tons] *T*-2 .
- [ARG0 Six partners in the Richmond , Va. , firm of Browder , Russell , Morris & Butcher] [rel announced] [ARG1 0 they are resigning] .
- [ARGM-TMP Meanwhile] , [ARG0 the FEMA] [rel announced] [ARG1 a toll-free telephone number -LRB- 800-462-9029 -RRB- 0 *T*-1 to expedite service to victims of the earthquake] .
- [ARG0 The White House] [rel announced] [ARG1 that Mr. Agnos , along with the mayors of Oakland and Alameda , are *-1 to accompany President Bush on a tour of the earthquake area today] .
- [ARG1 The fine and suspension] , [rel announced] * [ARGM-TMP in August] , are the stiffest sanctions 0 the Comex has ever ordered *T*-1 against one of its members .
- [ARG0 Senshukai Co. , a travel agent based * in Osaka , Japan ,] [rel announced] [ARG1 that it and Nissho Iwai Corp. , a major Japanese trading house , will jointly build a 130-unit condominium in Queensland , Australia] .
- [ARG0 International Business Machines Corp.] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel announce] [ARGM-TMP on Tuesday] [ARG1 a slew of software products aimed * at * eliminating some of the major problems involved in * computerizing manufacturing operations] , industry executives said 0 *T*-1 .
- [ARGM-DIS So] [ARG0 IBM] [ARGM-MOD will] be [rel announcing] [ARG1 more than 50 products that *T*-2 will be aimed *-1 at * letting even the dumbest machine tool talk to the smartest mainframe , or anything in between] .
- In Armonk , N.Y. , an IBM spokeswoman confirmed that [ARG0 IBM executives] [ARGM-MOD will] be [rel announcing] [ARG1 some computer-integrated-manufacturing plans] [ARGM-TMP next week] but declined *-1 to elaborate .
- [ARGM-TMP Last fall] , [ARG0 Ford] [rel announced] [ARG1 0 it would discontinue the XR4Ti in the U.S. at the end of the 1989 model year] .
- [ARG1 The move * to halt imports] -- [rel announced] * [ARGM-TMP 29 years and 11 months to the day after Henry Ford II declared that the Edsel division and its gawky car would be scrapped *-1] -- kills the four-year-old Merkur brand in the U.S. market .
- The latest period included the gain , which *T*-1 was $ 77 million *U* before tax , from the [ARGM-TMP previously] [rel announced] [ARG1 sale] of the institutional money management business of Lehman Management Co .
- [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 Renault and DAF Trucks NV] [rel announced] [ARG1 a preliminary agreement * to jointly manufacture a line of trucks in Britain and France] .
- [ARGM-TMP Earlier this year] , [ARG0 the government] [rel announced] [ARG1 plans * to foster increased competition in the industry] .
- [ARG0 Whitbread] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel announced] [ARG1 that Mr. Jarvis , who *T*-1 is 48 , will become the company 's chief executive March 1] .
- [ARG0 NEWHALL LAND & FARMING Co. , Valencia , Calif. ,] [rel announced] [ARG1 a 2-for-1 split in the real estate limited partnership 's units] and increased its regular quarterly cash distribution 33 % , to 40 cents a unit .
- Although [ARG0 Digital] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel announce] [ARG1 a full family of mainframes] [ARGM-TMP next week] , it is n't expected *-1 to begin *-2 shipping in volume until next year .
- [ARG0 The agency] plans *-1 to [rel announce] [ARG1 specific relief procedures] [ARGM-TMP in the coming days] .
- [ARG0 Bank Building , which *T*-1 builds and equips banks ,] had [rel announced] [ARG1 0 it would restate the first-three quarters of this fiscal year , which *T*-2 ends Oct. 31] .
- [ARG0 whose Della Femina McNamee WCRS agency *T*-1 created liar Joe Isuzu , among others] -- [rel announced] [ARG1 a massive restructuring that *T*-2 largely removes it from the advertising business and includes *-3 selling the majority of its advertising unit to Paris-based Eurocom] .
- But there were [ARG0 enough promoters] [rel announcing] [ARG1 the end of history -LRB- in this case suspension of normal laws of economic gravity -RRB-] for society to continue *-1 shielding its eyes .
- [ARG0 A licensed government intellectual , Francis Fukuyama ,] [ARGM-TMP recently] [rel announced] [ARGM-LOC in The National Interest] [ARG1 that history is , so * to speak *T*-1 , at an end since the course of human progress has now culminated in the glorious full stop of American civilization] .
- Federal Paper Board Co. said 0 it completed the [ARGM-TMP previously] [rel announced] [ARG1 purchase] of Imperial Cup Corp. , a closely held maker of paper cups based * in Kenton , Ohio .
- 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] .
- [ARG0 The chancellor] sometimes has used the occasion *-1 to [rel announce] [ARG1 major economic policy changes] .
- [ARG0 Hong Kong officials] [rel announced] [ARGM-TMP last week] [ARG1 that the base will be relocated *-1 to a small island * to allow downtown redevelopment] .
- 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] .
- [ARGM-DIS So] [ARG0 the White House] [rel announced] [ARG1 that Mr. Bush got his first earthquake briefing of the day at 6:30 a.m. from chief of staff John Sununu] .
- 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] .
- At [ARG0 a news conference] [ARGM-TMP last May] [rel announcing] [ARG1 plans for the auction] , Sotheby 's estimated its value in excess of $ 100 million *U* .
- [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] .
- [ARG0 The Agriculture Department] is expected *-1 to [rel announce] [ARGM-TMP tomorrow] [ARG1 that the number of cattle in the 13 major ranch states slipped 4 % to 8.21 million on Oct. 1 compared with the level a year earlier] , said 0 *T*-2 Tom Morgan , president of Sterling Research Corp. , Arlington Heights , Ill .
- Is n't it *EXP*-2 reasonable * to assume that the asset 0 you own *T*-1 would be worth more if [ARG0 the government] [ARGM-MNR suddenly] [rel announced] [ARG1 that if you sold it , you would be able *-3 to keep 30 % more of its gain than you previously believed 0 *?*] ?
- [ARGM-TMP Last month] , [ARG0 Morgan Grenfell] [rel announced] [ARG1 0 its pretax profit rose 49.6 % to # 32.8 million *U* in the first half , *-1 boosted *-2 by a healthy growth in its domestic and international corporate finance business] .
- [ARG0 The merchant bank] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel announced] [ARG1 that finance director David Eward is taking early retirement for personal reasons] .
- [ARGM-LOC On the corporate front] , [ARG0 Ford Motor] [rel announced] [ARG1 that 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-TMP As the hearings begin] , [ARG0 the self-important Sen. Bowman -LRB- Jerome Kilty -RRB-] [rel announces] : `` [ARG1 * Let me emphaticize one thing at the outset : We are not looking for hides 0 * to skin *T*-1 nor goats 0 * to scape *T*-2] . ''
- Blinder International Enterprises Inc. , the parent of beleaguered penny-stockbroker Blinder , Robinson & Co. , said 0 its shareholders approved a [ARGM-TMP previously] [rel announced] [ARG1 name] change to Intercontinental Enterprises Inc .
- Furthermore , [ARG0 no bell] has yet rung *-1 to [rel announce] [ARG1 the end of this immense episode of natural global warming] .
- [ARG0 The company] also pleased analysts by *-1 [rel announcing] [ARG1 four new store openings planned * for fiscal 1990 , ending next August] .
- [ARG0 The oil and auto industries , united * in their dislike of President Bush 's proposal for cars that *T*-1 run on alternative fuels ,] [rel announced] [ARG1 a joint research program that *T*-2 could turn up a cleaner-burning gasoline] .
- * Starting next month , Eastern will begin *-2 flying 775 flights daily instead of the [ARGM-TMP previously] [rel announced] [ARG1 700] , they said 0 *T*-1 .
- [ARGM-ADV * Estimating that the state may lose $ 15 million *U* a year] , [ARG0 officials] [rel announced] [ARG1 the filing of 15 criminal actions and `` hundreds '' of civil penalties] .
- Analysts say 0 the opposition will struggle this week *-1 to unite , and its success will be clear [ARGM-TMP only when] [ARG0 it] [rel announces] [ARG1 its final list of parliamentary candidates] *T*-2 .
- [ARGM-TMP Today] the Treasury will announce the size of its next two-year note sale and [ARG0 Resolution Funding Corp.] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel announce] [ARG1 details of its first bond offering] .
- [ARGM-TMP Today] [ARG0 the Treasury] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel announce] [ARG1 the size of its next two-year note sale] and Resolution Funding Corp. will announce details of its first bond offering .
- [ARG0 Five countries] [rel announced] [ARG1 0 they would not honor what one Zimbabwean delegate wryly called *T*-1 the `` made in Switzerland '' solution] .
- When [ARG0 the Soviets] [rel announced] [ARG1 0 their last soldier had left Afghanistan in February *T*-1] , the voices of skepticism were all but drowned out by an international chorus of euphoria .
- [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] [ARG1 0 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 .
- The Wiedemann division was one of three businesses put * up for sale in [ARG1 Cross & Trecker 's restructuring program] [rel announced] * [ARGM-TMP in July] .
- 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 .
- [ARG0 A.F. Sloan , 60 years old] , [rel announced] [ARG1 that he will retire next April as chairman *RNR*-1 and chief executive officer *RNR*-1 of this snack food and bakery products maker] .
- [ARG0 Capital Cities\/ABC Inc. , CBS Inc. and General Electric Co. 's National Broadcasting Co. unit] are expected *-1 to [rel announce] [ARGM-TMP soon] [ARG1 a joint campaign 0 *T*-2 to raise awareness about hunger] .
- [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] .
- [ARG0 WCRS Group] hopes *-1 to [rel announce] , [ARGM-TMP perhaps today] , [ARG1 an agreement * to sell the majority of its ad unit to Paris-based Eurocom] , a European ad executive said 0 *T*-2 .
- [ARG1 Almost all capital-improvement programs] [rel announced] * by [ARG0-by major steelmakers] [ARGM-TMP within the past year] involve *-1 building electrogalvanizing lines , used * *-2 to produce steel for such products as household appliances and car doors .
- [ARG0 A Taiwanese steelmaker] [ARGM-TMP recently] [rel announced] [ARG1 plans *-1 to build a Nucor-like plant] .
- IBM is expected *-1 to get a boost soon when [ARG0 it] [rel announces] [ARG1 some new versions of its mainframes] .
- [ARGM-TMP When] [ARG1 the loan agreement] was [rel announced] *-1 *T*-3 , it was hailed *-2 as one of the first Western-style financing transactions ever used * in China .
- [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-MNR 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] .
- If *-2 passed *-1 by the voters , the [ARGM-TMP recently] [rel announced] [ARG1 initiative] would phase out major pesticides , reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 40 % , ban new offshore drilling , ban chemicals thought * to deplete the ozone layer , and create a new state environmental officer armed * with a $ 40 million *U* budget 0 * to sue any firm or agency 0 he thinks 0 *T*-4 is being too dirty *T*-3 .
- J.P. Industries , which *T*-2 is based *-1 in Ann Arbor , Mich. , said 0 the sale completes a [ARGM-TMP previously] [rel announced] [ARG1 program] * to divest itself of its hardware and plumbing supplies operations .
- [ARG0 United Biscuits -LRB- Holdings -RRB- PLC , a British food producer ,] [rel announced] [ARG1 the creation of a European group 0 *T*-1 to bring together its trading interests in the region] .
- Perkin-Elmer , which *T*-2 is based *-1 in Norwalk , Conn. , said 0 the sale of the Danbury , Conn. , unit is consistent with [ARG1 its restructuring strategy] [rel announced] * [ARGM-TMP in April] .
- [ARG0 They] [rel announced] [ARG1 a reduction in formalities for travel] , but did n't show any real signs of * resuming full diplomatic ties .
- [ARGM-TMP Earlier] [ARG0 the company] [rel announced] [ARG1 0 it would sell its aging fleet of Boeing Co. 707s because of increasing maintenance costs] .
- Ripples from the strike by 55,000 Machinists union members against Boeing Co. reached air carriers Friday as [ARG0 America West Airlines] [rel announced] [ARG1 0 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] .
- The rights allow shareholders to purchase Quest stock at a discount if [ARG0 any person or group] acquires more than 15 % of the company 's common stock or [rel announces] [ARG1 a tender offer] .
- [ARG0 Salomon Brothers International Ltd. , a British subsidiary of Salomon Inc. ,] [rel announced] [ARG1 0 it will issue warrants on shares of Hong Kong Telecommunications Ltd] .
- [ARGM-TMP Just a month ago] , [ARG0 GM] [rel announced] [ARG1 0 it would make an aging assembly plant in Lakewood , Ga. , the eighth U.S. assembly facility 0 *T*-1 to close since 1987] .
- [ARG0 Both magazines] are expected *-1 to [rel announce] [ARG1 their ad rates and circulation levels for 1990] [ARGM-TMP within a month] .
- [ARG1 The transaction] , *-1 [rel announced] *-2 [ARGM-TMP in August] , included about $ 146 million *U* in deposits at the five outlets in California 's San Joaquin Valley .
- [ARG0 The Justice Department] [rel announced] [ARG1 that the FBI has been given *-2 the authority * to seize U.S. fugitives overseas without the permission of foreign governments] .
- [ARG1 The releases] , [rel announced] * [ARGM-TMP last week] by [ARG0-by President de Klerk] , were viewed *-1 as Pretoria 's tacit legalization of the ANC .
- [ARGM-TMP Friday] , [ARG0 42 franchisees] [rel announced] [ARG1 the formation of an association -- called * A.P. Association Inc. -- 0 *T*-1 to `` preserve the integrity of the Arby 's system] . ''
- 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 .
- [ARGM-TMP Just last week] [ARG0 they] [rel announced] [ARG1 0 they may make a joint bid * to buy Ferranti International Signal PLC , a smaller British defense contractor rocked * by alleged accounting fraud at a U.S. unit] .
- Inland said 0 [ARG1 its third-quarter results] [ARGM-MOD will] be [rel announced] *-1 [ARGM-TMP later this week] .
- [ARG1 Japan 's wholesale prices in September rose 3.3 % from a year earlier and were up 0.4 % from the previous month] , [ARG0 the Bank of Japan] [rel announced] 0 *T*-1 [ARGM-TMP Friday] .
- 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] .
- Firm prices were generally in line with [ARG1 the tentative prices] [rel announced] * [ARGM-TMP earlier this fall] .
- [ARG0 The Canadian government] [rel announced] [ARG1 a new , 12-year Canada Savings Bond issue that *T*-1 will yield investors 10.5 % in the first year] .
- [ARG0 Britain , France and Italy] [rel announced] [ARG1 technical reasons for withdrawing] , but some officials pointed to growing reluctance *ICH*-1 among the allies * to commit themselves to big defense spending while East-West disarmament talks show signs of success .
- [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 Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. of Japan and Siemens AG of West Germany] [rel announced] [ARG1 0 they have completed a 100 million-mark -LRB- $ 52.2 million *U* -RRB- joint venture * to produce electronics parts] .
- [ARG1 A basic agreement between the two companies] was [rel announced] *-1 [ARGM-TMP in June] .
- Readers who *T*-1 pull off a piece of tape and press a switch will hear [ARG0 a tiny -- but distinctly human-sounding -- voice] [rel announce] , `` [ARG1 I am the talking chip] , '' [ARGM-ADV as it launches into a 15-second discourse on its own attributes] .
- [ARG0 The group trying * to buy UAL] [rel announced] [ARGM-TMP Friday] [ARG1 that 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] .
- He spoke up again [ARGM-TMP when] [ARG1 the Sony bid for Columbia] was [rel announced] *-1 *T*-2 .