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frames- Analysts say 0 Mr. Suominen had grown increasingly worried about the state 's potential financial exposure as [ARG1 Waertsilae Marine 's losses] [rel ballooned] to [ARG2-to more than double the figure estimated * in August] .
- The Big Three auto makers already have slashed fourth-quarter production plans 10.4 % below year-ago levels , but that may not be enough * to prevent [ARG1 inventories] from [rel ballooning] [ARGM-ADV if sales do n't improve] .
- In addition , analysts have viewed the rights offering as [ARG0 a takeover defense] that *T*-1 [ARGM-ADV prospectively] [rel balloons] [ARG1 the number of shares outstanding] .
- Commercial fishermen and fish processors filed suit in federal court in [ARG1 a claim] that *T*-1 has [rel ballooned] to [ARG2-to more than $ 104.8 million *U*] .
- A bloated payroll and pervasive graft caused [ARG1 Pemex 's operating costs] to [rel balloon] to [ARG2-to 95 cents of each $ 1 *U* in sales , far above the industry norm] .