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frames- [ARG1 October sales] , [rel compared] * with [ARG2-with the previous month] , inched down 0.4 % .
- `` [ARG0 *] [rel Compare] [ARG1 two candidates for mayor] , '' says *T*-1 the announcer .
- [ARG1 This] [rel compares] with [ARG2-with estimates that the U.S. `` derivatives '' market is perhaps four times as large as the underlying domestic market] .
- Besides , Eggers says 0 *T*-1 , grain elevators are worth * preserving for aesthetic reasons -- [ARG0 one famed architect] [rel compared] [ARG1 them] to [ARG2-to the pyramids of Egypt] .
- In index arbitrage , the widget is the S&P 500 , and [ARG1 its price] is [ARGM-TMP constantly] [rel compared] [ARGM-LOC between the futures market in Chicago and the stock markets largely in New York] .
- Moody 's said 0 [ARG1 those returns] [rel compare] with [ARG2-with a 3.8 % total return for longer-term Treasury notes and bonds] .
- Travelers 's employee benefits group , which *T*-1 includes its group health insurance operations , posted [ARG1 earnings of $ 24 million *U*] , [rel compared] with [ARG2-with a loss of $ 3 million *U* last year] .
- In the first nine months , net was [ARG1 $ 306 million *U*] , [rel compared] with [ARG2-with a loss of $ 195 million *U* in the 1988 period] .
- Savin Corp. reported [ARG1 a third-quarter net loss of $ 35.2 million *U* , or 31 cents a share ,] [rel compared] with [ARG2-with year-earlier profit of $ 3.8 million *U* , or one cent a share] .
- The insurance and financial services concern said 0 profit for the quarter rose 1.1 % to [ARG1 $ 93.9 million *U* , or $ 1.19 *U* a share] , [rel compared] with [ARG2-with $ 92.9 million *U* , or $ 1.18 *U* a share , the year earlier] .
- Transamerica said 0 third-quarter investment gains were [ARG1 $ 10.2 million *U*] , [rel compared] with [ARG2-with $ 6.4 million *U* the year earlier] .
- RMS said 0 it had [ARG1 a loss of $ 158,666 *U* , or 10 cents a share ,] in the third quarter , [rel compared] with [ARG2-with a year-earlier loss of $ 26,956 *U* , or two cents a share] .
- For the nine months , the company reported [ARG1 a net loss of $ 608,413 *U* , or 39 cents a share ,] [rel compared] with [ARG2-with year-earlier net income of $ 967,809 *U* , or 62 cents a share] .
- New loans continue *-1 to slow ; they were [ARG1 $ 6.6 million *U*] in the quarter [rel compared] with [ARG2-with $ 361.8 million *U* a year ago] .
- The St. Louis company earned [ARG1 $ 45.2 million *U* , or 65 cents a share ,] [rel compared] with [ARG2-with $ 84.9 million *U* , or $ 1.24 *U* a share , a year earlier] .
- [ARG0 The percent difference] [rel compares] [ARG1 actual profit] with [ARG2-with the 30-day estimate] [ARGM-ADV where at least three analysts have issues forecasts in the past 30 days *T*-1] .
- [ARGM-DIS Otherwise] , [ARG1 actual profit] is [rel compared] *-1 with [ARG2-with the 300-day estimate] .
- The nation 's largest steelmaker earned [ARG1 $ 175 million *U* , or 62 cents a share] , [rel compared] with [ARG2-with the year-earlier $ 228 million *U* , or 80 cents a share] .
- [ARG1 That] [rel compared] with [ARG2-with an operating loss of $ 1.9 million *U* on sales of $ 27.4 million *U* in the year-earlier period] .
- For the past year or two , the carpet division 's operating profit margins have hovered around 5 % , high by industry standards , but [ARG1 disappointing] [rel compared] with [ARG2-with the 13 % to 19 % *U* margins for two of Armstrong 's chief businesses , flooring and building products] .
- [ARG1 That] [rel compares] with [ARG2-with 3.5 % butterfat for whole milk] .
- In the third quarter , the company , which *T*-34 is 61%-owned *-1 by Murphy Oil Corp. of Arkansas , had [ARG1 a net loss of $ 46.9 million *U* , or 91 cents a share] , [rel compared] with [ARG2-with a restated loss of $ 9 million *U* , or 18 cents a share , a year ago] .
- In late afternoon New York trading , the dollar was at [ARG1-at 1.8415 marks and 142.85 yen] [rel compared] with [ARG2-with 1.8340 marks and 141.90 yen] late Monday .
- Major steel producers are selling cold rolled sheet steel at [ARG1-at about $ 370 *U* a ton] , [rel compared] with [ARG2-with a peak price of $ 520 *U* a ton in 1988] .
- [ARG1 These results] [rel compare] with [ARG2-with net income of $ 1.8 million *U* , or 44 cents a share , for the corresponding period last year] .
- The GASB had told governments 0 they did n't have *-1 to follow FASB rules on depreciation , * making it *EXP*-2 difficult for [ARG0 bond-rating agencies] to [rel compare] [ARG1 private and state-owned schools , which *T*-158 compete in the public bond market] .
- The foundation vote is effective for the affected government entities with fiscal years that *T*-159 begin * starting next Jan. 1 and makes [ARG1 the financial results of the hospitals , colleges and schools] easier [ARG0 *] to [rel compare] with [ARG2-with for-profit businesses] .
- [ARG0 The percent difference] [rel compares] [ARG1 actual profit] with [ARG2-with the 30-day estimate where at least three analysts have issues forecasts in the past 30 days *T*-1] .
- [ARGM-DIS Otherwise] , [ARG1 actual profit] is [rel compared] *-1 with [ARG2-with the 300-day estimate] .
- [ARG1 That] [rel compared] with [ARG2-with 49 such transactions totaling $ 28.7 billion *U* as year earlier] .
- The company reported [ARG1 third-quarter operating profit of 37 cents a share] , [rel compared] with [ARG2-with 12 cents a share a year earlier] .
- Despite that , when [ARG0 the Johns Hopkins scientists] [rel compared] [ARG1 the gene 0 they had found *T*-2 in the human cancer cells] with [ARG2-with the Mr. Levine 's p53 gene] *T*-1 they found 0 the two were identical ; it turned out that in Mr. Levine 's cancer studies , he had unknowingly been observing a damaged form of p53 -- a cancer-suppressing gene .
- The company 's total firm backlog of unfilled orders at Sept. 30 stood at [ARG1-at a mighty $ 69.1 billion *U*] , [rel compared] with [ARG2-with $ 53.6 billion *U* at the end of]
- Mercury Savings & Loan Association , Huntington Beach , Calif. , reported [ARG1 a third-quarter loss of $ 3.9 million *U* , or 61 cents a share] , [rel compared] with [ARG2-with net income of $ 1.4 million *U* , or 22 cents a share , in the year-earlier quarter] .
- Priam had [ARG1 a loss of $ 25.4 million *U* for the fiscal year ended July 7] , [rel compared] with [ARG2-with year-earlier profit of $ 543,000 *U* , or two cents a share] .
- [ARG0 The percent difference] [rel compares] [ARG1 actual profit] with [ARG2-with the 30-day estimate where at least three analysts have issues forecasts in the past 30 days *T*-1] .
- [ARGM-DIS Otherwise] , [ARG1 actual profit] is [rel compared] *-1 with [ARG2-with the 300-day estimate] .
- Small crops are grown *-1 in Pakistan , France , Spain , Italy , Belgium and Brazil , but [ARG1 their quality] [ARGM-MOD ca] [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel compare] to [ARG2-to that of Indian psyllium] .
- [ARG1 The updated forecast , published * Aug. 25] , [rel compares] with [ARG2-with an earlier forecast of 6 % published * March 1 and a 7.4 % rate achieved * in]
- Additionally , Crossland reported a third-quarter loss of [ARG1 $ 175.5 million *U* , or $ 13.44 *U* a share] , [rel compared] with [ARG2-with net income of $ 27.1 million *U* , or $ 1.16 *U* a share , a year ago] .
- In the latest quarter , Aetna had [ARG1 a $ 23 million *U* loss] on its auto\/homeowners line , [rel compared] with [ARG2-with earnings of $ 33 million *U* last year] .
- But the company said Friday that it had [ARG1 losses of $ 673.3 million *U*] through the first nine months , [rel compared] with [ARG2-with earnings a year earlier of $ 382.2 million *U* , or $ 2.22 *U* a share fully diluted] , as revenue inched up 1.4 % to $ 7.13 billion *U* from $ 7.03 billion *U* .
- [ARG1 This] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel compare] with [ARG2-with an estimated loss of 3 cents a share for the comparable 10 months last year , which *T*-1 included restructuring costs] .
- Eight trading days after Oct. 12 , the day before the stock market plunge , for instance , the Nasdaq Composite had fallen [ARG1 4.3 %] , [rel compared] with [ARG2-with 3.3 % for the S&P 500 , 3.5 % for the New York Stock Exchange Composite Index and 3.6 % for the industrial average] .
- Three days later , as of Friday 's close , the Nasdaq Composite was [ARG1 down 6 %] , [rel compared] with [ARG2-with 5.9 % for the industrial average , 5.7 % for the S&P 500 and 5.8 % for the Big Board Composite] .
- [ARG1 That] [rel compares] with [ARG2-with 58 % of the similar age group in the 1980 through 1982 surveys and 55 % in the 1972 through 1975 surveys] .
- [ARG0 *] [rel Compare] [ARG1 the Bush request] to [ARG2-to what the Senators gave themselves *T*-1] :
- [ARG1 The $ 6 billion *U* that some 40 companies are looking *-1 to raise *T*-2 in the year ending March 31] [rel compares] with [ARG2-with only $ 2.7 billion *U* raised * on the capital market in the previous fiscal year] .
- [ARG0 *-1] To [rel compare] [ARG1 temperatures over the past 10,000 years] , researchers analyzed the changes in concentrations of two forms of oxygen .
- The next time 0 expansion plans are mentioned *-1 at the old company *T*-2 and somebody says , `` Aw heck , guys , nobody can do it like Japan or South Korea *T*-2 , '' I wish 0 you would butt in and say , `` * Hold it , fellas , why do [ARGM-NEG n't] [ARG0 we] [rel compare] [ARG1 prices] and use our own little Third World country *T*-3 .
- [ARG0 *] [rel Compare] [ARG1 the past eight five-year plans] with [ARG2-with actual appropriations] .
- [ARG0 The percent difference] [rel compares] [ARG1 actual profit] with [ARG2-with the 30-day estimate where at least three analysts have issues forecasts in the past 30 days *T*-1] .
- [ARGM-DIS Otherwise] , [ARG1 actual profit] is [rel compared] *-1 with [ARG2-with the 300-day estimate] .
- [ARG1 The September 87 % operating rate] [rel compared] with [ARG2-with a rate of 101 % in August] but was unchanged from a year earlier .
- *-3 Published *-2 in 1949 , it follows the decline of a Cairo family with [ARG1 the saga-like sweep and rich detail] that [ARG0 critics] [ARGM-TMP often] [rel compare] *T*-1 to [ARG2-to Dickens , Balzac and Galsworthy] .
- If this pattern continues , the Labor Department said 0 *T*-3 , 1989 will be the first year that the measure has shown an increase *T*-1 since 1981 when [ARG0 the department] started *-2 [rel comparing] [ARG1 expiring contracts] with [ARG2-with those that *T*-5 replaced them] *T*-4 .
- In late New York trading the dollar was at [ARG1-at 1.8400 marks and 142.10 yen] [rel compared] with [ARG2-with 1.8353 marks and 141.52 yen Wednesday] .
- The dollar soared against the pound , which *T*-1 was at [ARG1-at $ 1.5765 *U*] [rel compared] with [ARG2-with $ 1.6145 *U* Wednesday] .
- In the latest nine months , Ford earned [ARG1 $ 3.52 billion *U* , or $ 7.51 *U* a share] , [rel compared] with [ARG2-with $ 4.14 billion *U* , or $ 8.53 *U* a share] .
- Mr. Miller said 0 Chrysler spent [ARG1 an average of $ 1,000 *U* a vehicle] on its incentive programs in the third quarter , [rel compared] with [ARG2-with about $ 450 *U* a vehicle a year earlier -- a `` high-water mark '' at the time] .
- In the nine months , net was [ARG1 $ 1.02 billion *U* , or $ 4.38 *U* a share] , including the gain from the Mitsubishi stock sale , [rel compared] with [ARG2-with $ 617 million *U* , or $ 2.77 *U* a share] , after a charge of $ 93 million *U* , or 42 cents a share , for plant closings in the 1988 period .
- Sales were [ARG1 C$ 348.2 million *U*] [rel compared] with [ARG2-with C$ 307.2 *U* a year earlier] .
- In this year 's third quarter , for example , net was [ARG1 $ 10.5 million *U* , or $ 1.05 *U* a share] , [rel compared] with [ARG2-with $ 10.3 million *U* , or $ 1.02 *U* a share , a year earlier] .
- The finance unit attributed the decline to [ARG1 higher borrowing costs] [rel compared] with [ARG2-with a year earlier] .
- Revenue from non-GM accounts was [ARG1 45 % of EDS 's total business] in the latest nine months , [rel compared] with [ARG2-with 40 % a year earlier] .
- [ARG0 Nissan] , [ARGM-LOC in a 34-page tract] , [ARGM-MNR modestly] [rel compares] [ARG1 its `` hydraulic active suspension ''] to [ARG2-to a cheetah] , and equates the various parts to the animal 's heart , brain , nerves and blood vessels .
- At the same time , [ARG1 production costs] , [rel compared] with [ARG2-with a year ago] , were boosted *-1 by higher raw material and employment costs , which *T*-2 resulted from the company 's new labor pact effective June 1 .
- National Intergroup , which *T*-1 owns 50 % of the nation 's sixth largest steelmaker -- National Steel Corp. -- posted [ARG1 net income for the fiscal second-quarter of $ 8.6 million *U* , or 33 cents a share] , [rel compared] with [ARG2-with a net loss of $ 50.3 million *U*] .
- For the six months ended * Aug. 12 , Provigo posted [ARG1 net income of C$ 6.5 million *U* , or eight Canadian cents a share] , [rel compared] with [ARG2-with C$ 18.1 million *U* , or 21 Canadian cents a share , a year earlier] .
- Sales were [ARG1 C$ 4.2 billion *U*] [rel compared] with [ARG2-with C$ 3.7 billion *U*] .
- For the nine months , America West posted [ARG1 earnings of $ 18.9 million *U* , or 97 cents a share] , [rel compared] with [ARG2-with a loss of $ 9.7 million *U* , or 74 cents a share , a year earlier] .
- For the nine months , losses totaled [ARG1 $ 212 million *U* , or $ 10.83 *U* a share] , [rel compared] with [ARG2-with net income of $ 48.7 million *U* , or $ 1.11 *U* a share , a year earlier] .
- [ARG1 The 189 Democrats who *T*-1 supported the override yesterday] [rel compare] with [ARG2-with 175 who *T*-2 initially backed the rape-and-incest exemption two weeks ago *NOT* and 136 last year on a similar vote] .
- The New York-based company reported [ARG1 a third-quarter net loss of $ 5.1 million *U* , or 10 cents a share] , [rel compared] with [ARG2-with a year-earlier net loss of $ 6.2 million *U* , or 12 cents a share] .
- [ARG0 The percent difference] [rel compares] [ARG1 actual profit] with [ARG2-with the 30-day estimate] [ARGM-ADV where at least three analysts have issues forecasts *T*-1 in the past 30 days] .
- [ARGM-DIS Otherwise] , [ARG1 actual profit] is [rel compared] *-1 with [ARG2-with the 300-day estimate] .
- [ARG1 The loss , which *T*-1 is 38 cents a share ,] is the transportation services concern 's first quarterly setback in more than a decade and [rel compares] with [ARG2-with net income of $ 55.3 million *U* , or 68 cents a share , in the year-ago period] .
- In the latest quarter , Goodyear 's tax rate was [ARG1 51 %] [rel compared] with [ARG2-with 41 % a year earlier] .
- As a result , total tax outlays were [ARG1 $ 73.5 million *U*] , [rel compared] with [ARG2-with $ 44.1 million *U* the year earlier] .
- Net was [ARG1 $ 192.1 million *U* , or $ 3.33 *U* a share] , [rel compared] with [ARG2-with net of $ 293.7 million *U* , or $ 5.13 *U* a share , the year earlier] .
- [ARG1 The sharp rise in OTC short interest] [rel compares] with [ARG2-with the 4.2 % decline in short interest on the New York Stock Exchange and the 3 % rise on the American Stock Exchange during the September-October period] .
- The Stamford , Conn. , power-generation products and services company said 0 per-share earnings were [ARG1 56 cents] [rel compared] with [ARG2-with the year-ago loss of $ 2.39 *U*] .
- Airline Economics Inc. , an aviation consulting firm , is projecting [ARG1 an industrywide operating profit] of $ 2.5 billion *U* for 1989 , [rel compared] with [ARG2-with earlier forecasts of $ 3 billion to $ 3.5 billion *U*] .
- Times Mirror Co. said 0 third-quarter net income fell 13 % to [ARG1 $ 70.1 million *U* , or 54 cents a share] , [rel compared] with [ARG2-with net income of $ 81 million *U* , or 62 cents a share , a year earlier] .
- Other airline stocks *ICH*-1 fell in response to the UAL board 's decision * to remain independent for now , including USAir Group , which *T*-3 separately reported [ARG1 a third-quarter loss of $ 1.86 *U* a share] [rel compared] with [ARG2-with a year-ago profit] .
- The nation 's largest software company earned [ARG1 $ 9.6 million *U* , or five cents a share] , [rel compared] with [ARG2-with $ 28 million *U* , or 16 cents a share , a year earlier] .
- Profits from U.S. exploration and production operations totaled [ARG1 $ 58 million *U*] , after the property sale loss , [rel compared] with [ARG2-with a year-earlier $ 44 million *U* loss that *T*-1 included a $ 16 million *U* reorganization charge] .
- Refining and marketing operations earned [ARG1 $ 130 million *U*] in the quarter this year , [rel compared] with [ARG2-with earnings of $ 186 million *U* a year earlier that *T*-1 included $ 18 million *U* in charges for environmental programs] .
- [ARG0 The percent difference] [rel compares] [ARG1 actual profit] with [ARG2-with the 30-day estimate where at least three analysts have issues forecasts in the past 30 days *T*-1] .
- [ARGM-DIS Otherwise] , [ARG1 actual profit] is [rel compared] *-1 with [ARG2-with the 300-day estimate] .
- Systemwide sales , which *T*-1 include sales at franchisee as well as company-owned stores , totaled [ARG1 $ 4.59 billion *U*] [rel compared] with [ARG2-with $ 4.2 billion *U*] .
- [rel Compared] with [ARG2-with the first nine months of last year] , [ARG1 average franchisee store sales this year] were down nearly $ 3,200 *U* , * reflecting a fierce discounting war among fast-food chains .
- It said 0 [ARG1 net income] was 17 cents a share in the third quarter , [rel compared] with [ARG2-with 16 cents a share a year earlier] .
- [ARGM-ADV In this sense] , [ARG1 a teacher] [ARGM-MOD can] be [rel compared] *-1 to [ARG2-to one 's family doctor] .
- Net was [ARG1 $ 139 million *U* , or 98 cents a share ,] for the quarter , [rel compared] with [ARG2-with $ 213 million *U* , or $ 1.56 *U* a share , a year ago] .
- Combined revenue for the latest quarter of Time Warner was [ARG1 $ 2.2 billion *U*] , [rel compared] with [ARG2-with the year-ago Time revenue of $ 1.1 billion *U*] .
- On a pro forma basis , including all of Warner 's earnings , Time Warner had [ARG1 a third-quarter loss of $ 217 million *U*] , [rel compared] with [ARG2-with a $ 342 million *U* loss a year earlier] .
- [ARGM-TMP For the third quarter] , [ARG1 Warner 's $ 106 million *U* loss] [rel compared] with [ARG2-with a year-ago loss of $ 113 million *U* , or 90 cents a share] .
- Excluding special gains from tax-loss carry-forwards , earnings in the latest quarter were [ARG1 $ 117.7 million *U* , or $ 1.12 *U* a share] , [rel compared] with [ARG2-with $ 187.4 million *U* , or $ 1.76 *U* a share] .
- According to Salomon Brothers ' `` stub '' stock index of 20 companies [ARG1 whose debt] *T*-1 is giant [rel compared] with [ARG2-with shareholder equity] , investors are already beginning *-2 to retreat from shares of debt-laden companies .
- For the six months ended June 30 , it earned [ARG1 $ 3.1 million *U*] , or 61 cents a share , [rel compared] with [ARG2-with net income of $ 2.4 million *U* , or 41 cents a share , a year earlier] .
- [ARG1 The loss] [rel compares] with [ARG2-with net income of $ 162.1 million *U* , or $ 2.01 *U* a share , in the year-earlier period] .
- The per-share loss for the Paramus , N.J. , food-services concern totaled [ARG1 seven cents] , [rel compared] with [ARG2-with earnings of 51 cents a share a year earlier] .
- Vienna , Va.-based Legent said 0 it expects *-1 to post [ARG1 revenue] for the quarter of more than $ 31 million *U* , [rel compared] with [ARG2-with pro forma revenue of $ 25.2 million *U* in 1988] .
- Shareholders ' funds as of July 31 were estimated *-1 at [ARG1 more than A$ 1 billion *U*] , Mr. Skase said 0 *T*-2 , [rel compared] with [ARG2-with A$ 725 million *U* a year earlier] .
- Just down the street , Chris Volvo invites [ARG0 serious shoppers] *-1 to test-drive a new Volvo to any other dealership along the strip , and [rel compare] [ARG1 the cars] [ARGM-MNR side-by-side] .
- [ARG0 The percent difference] [rel compares] [ARG1 actual profit] with [ARG2-with the 30-day estimate where at least three analysts have issues forecasts in the past 30 days *T*-1] .
- [ARGM-DIS Otherwise] , [ARG1 actual profit] is [rel compared] *-1 with [ARG2-with the 300-day estimate] .
- HDTVs break down images into [ARG1 more than 1,100 lines] , [rel compared] * with [ARG2-with 525 for today 's televisions] , * providing considerably sharper detail .
- [ARG1 The donations] so far appear *-3 to be small , [ARGM-ADV especially] [rel compared] with [ARG2-with the huge sums that *T*-1 changed hands in the Recruit Co . influence-peddling scandal that *T*-2 plagued the ruling party last year] .
- Her father , William Rosenthal , designed the then-dress making company 's first bra *ICH*-1 in the 1920s , which he said 0 *T*-2 gave women [ARG1 a `` maiden form ''] [rel compared] * with [ARG2-with the `` boyish form '' 0 they got *T*-3 from the `` flat bandages '' used * for support at the time] .
- The company said recently 0 it expects 0 third-quarter earnings will be in range from [ARG1 $ 1.3 million to $ 1.7 million *U* , or 14 cents to 18 cents a share ,] [rel compared] * with [ARG2-with $ 326,000 *U* , or four cents a share , a year ago] .
- They have no reserves against the real estate , and [ARG1 their reserves against the loans] are miniscule [rel compared] with [ARG2-with the levels of reserves 0 banks are moving *-2 to set up *T*-1] .
- Sales to Compaq represented [ARG1 26 %] of Conner 's business in its third quarter , [rel compared] * with [ARG2-with 42 %] in the year-ago period .
- [ARG1 That loss] [rel compared] with [ARG2-with a year-earlier profit of A$ 273.5 million *U*] .
- In preliminary , unaudited results reported * Friday , Bond Corp. also posted an operating loss of [ARG1 A$ 814.1 million *U*] for the year ended * June 30 , [rel compared] with [ARG2-with operating profit of A$ 354.7 million *U* a year earlier] .
- With National Institute of Justice support , [ARG0 the Minneapolis police and the Crime Control Institute] are currently testing the effects of such a strategy , *-1 [rel comparing] [ARG1 its deterrence value] with [ARG2-with traditional random patrols] .
- Arizona Instrument Corp. said 0 it expects *-1 to post [ARG1 a third-quarter net loss] of about $ 600,000 *U* , or 25 cents to 27 cents a share , [rel compared] with [ARG2-with net income of $ 214,000 *U* , or 10 cents a share , a year earlier] .
- [ARG1 This] [rel compares] with [ARG2-with a 1.6 % rise in the second from the first quarter and a 5.4 % increase from the second quarter of 1988] .
- [ARG1 The gain] [rel compared] with [ARG2-with a $ 1.10 billion *U* decline in reserve assets in August to $ 62.36 billion *U*] , the department said 0 *T*-1 .
- Inmac recently disclosed a $ 12.3 million *U* write-off related * to a corporate restructuring that *T*-1 resulted in the company 's posting [ARG1 a $ 6.4 million *U* net loss *ICH*-2] for the year ended July 29 , [rel compared] with [ARG2-with year-earlier profit of $ 9.7 million *U* , or $ 1.02 *U* a share] .
- Information systems posted [ARG1 a loss of $ 8 million *U*] , [rel compared] with [ARG2-with a loss of $ 9 million *U* a year earlier] .
- [ARG1 The increase for national edition advertising] is less than the inflation rate and [rel compares] with [ARG2-with a 6.5 % increase in 1989] .
- [ARG0 The percent difference] [rel compares] [ARG1 actual profit] with [ARG2-with the 30-day estimate where at least three analysts have issues forecasts in the past 30 days *T*-1] .
- [ARGM-DIS Otherwise] , [ARG1 actual profit] is [rel compared] *-1 with [ARG2-with the 300-day estimate] .
- [ARG0 The percent difference] [rel compares] [ARG1 actual profit] with [ARG2-with the 30-day estimate where at least three analysts have issues forecasts in the past 30 days *T*-1] .
- [ARGM-DIS Otherwise] , [ARG1 actual profit] is [rel compared] *-1 with [ARG2-with the 300-day estimate] .
- Personal space -LRB- Figure 3 -RRB- has grown 35 % annually over the course of the decade , [ARG1 a performance] that *T*-1 [ARGM-MOD would] [rel compare] [ARGM-MNR positively] with [ARG2-with an investment in , say , synthetic-leather products for the interiors of cold-weather vehicles , which my cousin got into *T*-2 and sort of regrets *T*-2 to this day] .
- [ARG0 I] [rel compared] [ARG1 one universal policy for $ 130,000 *U* face amount from such an insurer , American Life Insurance Corp. of Lincoln , Neb. ,] with [ARG2-with a similar offering from Equitable Life Assurance Society of the U.S. , which *T*-1 operates through 11,000 commissioned salesmen] .
- His projection indicates profit in the latest quarter of [ARG1 more than $ 17.4 million *U* , or 55 cents a share] , [rel compared] with [ARG2-with $ 15.2 million *U* , or 48 cents a share , a year ago] .
- Growth of 10 % would make sales for the latest quarter [ARG1 $ 269 million *U*] , [rel compared] with [ARG2-with $ 244.6 million *U* a year ago] .
- Disk drives , which *T*-1 allow a computer to access its memory , generated [ARG1 38 % more revenue] in the most recent period [rel compared] with [ARG2-with the fiscal first quarter a year earlier] .
- The results include [ARG1 $ 106 million *U*] of tax benefits associated * with previous years ' Third World loan activity , [rel compared] with [ARG2-with $ 15 million *U* a year earlier] .
- The nation 's fourth-largest steelmaker earned [ARG1 $ 18.3 million *U* , or 43 cents a share ,] [rel compared] with [ARG2-with $ 61 million *U* , or $ 1.70 *U* a share , a year earlier , when the industry was enjoying peak demand and strong pricing *T*-1] .
- In the first nine months , profit was [ARG1 $ 113 million *U* , or $ 3.04 *U* a share , on sales of $ 3.19 billion *U*] , [rel compared] [ARG2-with with] $ 204.5 million *U* , or $ 5.76 *U* a share , on sales of $ 3.03 billion *U* , a year earlier .
- [ARG1 The June increase] [rel compared] with [ARG2-with a rise of 10.5 % in May from a year earlier] .
- In the the latest quarter , thanks in part to `` Batman , '' Guber Peters earned [ARG1 $ 5.8 million *U* , or 50 cents a share] , [rel compared] [ARG2-to to] a loss of $ 6.8 million *U* , or 62 cents a share , in last year 's quarter .
- The company said 0 [ARG1 earnings for the year ending Jan. 28 , 1990 ,] are expected *-1 to be 25 to 35 cents a share , [rel compared] with [ARG2-with a previous estimate of 50 to 60 cents a share] .
- Amoco 's domestic oil and natural gas operations recorded [ARG1 a profit of $ 104 million *U* in the quarter] [rel compared] with [ARG2-with a loss of $ 5 million *U*] , `` primarily on the strength of higher crude oil prices , '' said *T*-1 Chairman Richard M. Morrow .
- In *-1 announcing a 1989 capital spending plan of $ 950 million *U* early this year , Caterpillar said 0 full-year earnings would be [ARG1 flat] [rel compared] with [ARG2-with last year 's $ 616 million *U* , or $ 6.07 *U* a share] .
- [ARG0 It] [rel compares] [ARG1 the position of key words in the story] ; words in the headline or first paragraph get a higher value .
- Cipher Data Products Inc. posted [ARG1 a net loss] of $ 14.2 million *U* , or 97 cents a share , for its fiscal first quarter , [rel compared] with [ARG2-with net income of $ 3.8 million *U* , or 27 cents a share , a year ago] .
- Because of the quake threat , `` [ARG0 some firms] have evaluated what the cost *ICH*-3 is *T*-1 * to shore up their buildings and [rel compared] [ARG1 it] with [ARG2-with the cost of * building it elswehere] , '' he said 0 *T*-2 .
- One Southern California aerospace firm , for example , two months ago asked [ARG0 Location Management] *-1 to [rel compare] [ARG1 the costs of * reinforcing its current building against earthquakes] with [ARG2-with the cost of * building a new structure elsewhere] .
- Turnover was [ARG1 382.9 million shares] , [rel compared] with [ARG2-with 449.3 million] Wednesday .
- Volume on the first section was estimated *-1 at [ARG1 800 million shares] , [rel compared] with [ARG2-with 841 million] Wednesday .
- The Deerfield , Ill. , medical products and services company posted net of [ARG1 $ 102 million *U* , or 34 cents a share ,] [rel compared] with [ARG2-with $ 85 million *U* , or 28 cents a share ,] a year ago .
- Loral Corp. said 0 fiscal second-quarter net income was [ARG1 $ 19.8 million *U* , or 79 cents a share] , [rel compared] with [ARG2-with year-earlier earnings from continuing operations of $ 15.6 million *U* , or 62 cents a share] .
- Bookings for the first half totaled [ARG1 $ 813 million *U*] , [rel compared] with [ARG2-with the $ 432 million *U* recorded * last year] .
- [ARGM-ADV Curiously] , [ARG0 he] [rel compares] [ARG1 the Orange Workers] to [ARG2-to the ANC , which his father outlawed *T*-1 in 1960] .
- [ARG0 *] [rel COMPARE] [ARG1 P\/E RATIOS] WITH [ARG2-WITH PROSPECTS] .
- Mr. Canelo suggests that [ARG0 investors] [rel compare] [ARG1 price\/earnings ratios -LRB- the price of a share of stock divided * by a company 's per-share earnings for a 12-month period -RRB-] with [ARG2-with projected growth rates] .
- The provision rate was far above BankAmerica 's actual net credit losses of [ARG1 $ 24 million *U*] in the third quarter , [rel compared] with [ARG2-with $ 18 million *U* in the second period and $ 38 million *U* a year earlier] .
- For the quarter , BankAmerica said 0 it earned [ARG1 $ 254 million *U* , or $ 1.16 *U* a share ,] [rel compared] with [ARG2-with $ 190 million *U* , or 97 cents a share ,] a year earlier .
- The company cited higher tax credits in the second quarter , totaling [ARG1 $ 63 million *U*] , [rel compared] with [ARG2-with $ 28 million *U* in the third quarter] .
- Separately , for the first nine months , Soo Line reported [ARG1 a loss] of $ 398,000 *U* , or four cents a share , [rel compared] with [ARG2-with net income of $ 12.5 million *U* , or $ 1.32 *U* a share , a year earlier] .
- [ARG1 The results] [rel compare] with [ARG2-with a year-earlier net loss of $ 1.5 million *U* , or seven cents a share , based on 20.3 million common and dilutive equivalents outstanding] .
- Great Western 's provision for loan losses was increased *-1 to [ARG1 $ 27.9 million *U*] for the recent quarter [rel compared] with [ARG2-with $ 21.8 million *U* a year ago] primarily as a result of `` continued weakness in various commercial and multifamily real estate markets outside California . ''
- Volume was estimated *-1 at [ARG1 800 million shares] , [rel compared] with [ARG2-with 678 million Tuesday] .
- Volume was [ARG1 449.3 million shares] , the slowest of a hectic week , [rel compared] with [ARG2-with 643.4 million Tuesday] .
- The securities firm posted [ARG1 third-quarter net] of $ 66 million *U* , or 64 cents a share , [rel compared] with [ARG2-with a restated year-earlier loss of $ 3 million *U* , or 11 cents a share] .
- [ARG0 Benny Chin , manager of the Galileo probe ,] [rel compared] [ARG1 it] to [ARG2-to * watching a child leave home] .
- It said 0 debt remained at the $ 1.22 billion *U* that *T*-1 has prevailed since early 1989 , although [ARG1 that] [rel compared] with [ARG2-with $ 911 million *U* at Sept. 30 , 1988] .
- For the nine months , Northrop reported [ARG1 a net loss of $ 46.9 million *U* , or $ 1 *U* a share ,] [rel compared] with [ARG2-with profit of $ 190.3 million *U* , or $ 4.05 *U* a share , in 1988] .
- [ARG1 Lotus 's results] were about 10 % higher than analysts ' average expectations and [rel compared] [ARGM-MNR favorably] with [ARG2-with the 36 % earnings rise reported * a day earlier by rival Microsoft Corp. of Redmond , Wash] .
- In other operations , losses at MeraBank totaled [ARG1 $ 85.7 million *U*] in the latest quarter , [rel compared] with [ARG2-with a $ 2.5 million *U* profit] a year earlier .
- Equitec posted [ARG1 a $ 3.3 million *U* net loss] in the second quarter on $ 11.8 million *U* of revenue , [rel compared] with [ARG2-with a net loss of $ 12.9 million *U* in the year-earlier period on revenue of $ 9.1 million *U*] .
- Still , even results approaching break-even would mark [ARG1 a sharp weakening] [rel compared] with [ARG2-with fiscal 1989 first-quarter earnings of $ 9.6 million *U* , or 30 cents a share , on sales of $ 200.2 million *U*] .
- Chicago-based Continental earned [ARG1 $ 65.2 million *U* , or $ 1.04 *U* a share ,] [rel compared] with [ARG2-with $ 73.6 million *U* , or $ 1.19 *U* a share ,] a year earlier .
- [ARG1 The $ 29.7 million *U* net loss] [rel compares] with [ARG2-with net income of $ 19.6 million *U* , or 57 cents a share , a year earlier] .
- Georgia Gulf had [ARG1 24.9 million shares outstanding *ICH*-1] on average in the quarter , [rel compared] with [ARG2-with 28.6 million in the third quarter of 1988] , adjusted * for a stock split paid * in January 1989 .
- The Arizona regulatory ruling calls for [ARG1 $ 42 million *U*] in added revenue yearly , [rel compared] with [ARG2-with a $ 57 million *U* boost proposed * by the commission hearing officer] .
- In the nine months , the company 's net income was [ARG1 $ 21.5 million *U* , or $ 1.88 *U* a share ,] [rel compared] with [ARG2-with a year-earlier loss of $ 97.8 million *U* , or $ 8.96 *U* a share] .
- Fleet 's net was [ARG1 $ 96.4 million *U* , or 86 cents a primary share ,] [rel compared] with [ARG2-with $ 85.8 million *U* , or 79 cents a share , a year earlier] .
- A spokeswoman said 0 Dow is comfortable with Wall Street expectations that full-year earnings will total [ARG1 about $ 14.60 *U* a share] , [rel compared] with [ARG2-with last year 's record net of $ 2.4 billion *U* , or $ 12.76 *U* a share] .
- [ARG0 Mr. Sagan] [rel compares] [ARG1 the importance of Steppenwolf] with [ARG2-with Orson Welles 's Mercury Theater in the '30s] .
- [ARG0 The percent difference] [rel compares] [ARG1 actual profit] with [ARG2-with the 30-day estimate where at least three analysts have issues forecasts in the past 30 days] .
- [ARGM-DIS Otherwise] , [ARG1 actual profit] is [rel compared] *-1 with [ARG2-with the 300-day estimate] .
- [ARG1 The latest report] [rel compares] with [ARG2-with a modest 9.9 % increase in July machinery orders from a year earlier] .
- International sales accounted for [ARG1-for 47 % of total company sales for the nine months] , [rel compared] with [ARG2-with 50 %] a year earlier .
- [ARG1 That] [rel compares] with [ARG2-with per-share earnings from continuing operations of 69 cents the year earlier] ; including discontinued operations , per-share was 88 cents a year ago .
- In [ARG0 *] [rel comparing] [ARG1 changes in mortality rates over the past decade] , the NCI study looked only at blacks and whites .
- [ARG0 The National Cancer Institute report] [rel compares] [ARG1 mortality rates of two groups of people between the ages of 35 and 44 a decade apart] .
- [ARG1 The latest third-quarter volume] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel compares] with [ARG2-with a very strong 10 % growth in the year-ago quarter] .
- [ARG0 It] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel compare] [ARG1 21 different blends of gasolines] with [ARG2-with three mixtures of up to 85 % methanol] .
- The trend drove up the aftertax margin -- net income as a percentage of revenues -- to [ARG1 21.1 %] in the quarter , [rel compared] with [ARG2-with 20.7 %] a year earlier .
- [rel Compared] with [ARG2-with its previous quarter , the final period of its 1989 fiscal year ,] [ARG1 net rose 9 %] , and sales rose 7 % .
- In the first six months of this year , Berlitz posted [ARG1 net income of $ 7.6 million *U* on sales of $ 106.2 million *U*] , [rel compared] with [ARG2-with net income of $ 8.2 million *U* on sales of $ 90.6 million *U*] .
- For the nine months , Honeywell reported [ARG1 earnings of $ 212.1 million *U* , or $ 4.92 *U* a share ,] [rel compared] with [ARG2-with earnings of $ 47.9 million *U* , or $ 1.13 *U* a share , a year earlier] .
- Overall , Honeywell reported [ARG1 earnings of $ 74.4 million *U* , or $ 1.73 *U* a share , for the three months ended Oct. 1] [rel compared] with [ARG2-with a loss of $ 41.4 million *U* , or 98 cents a share , a year earlier] .
- [ARG0 The percent difference] [rel compares] [ARG1 actual profit] with [ARG2-with the 30-day estimate where at least three analysts have issues forecasts in the past 30 days *T*-1] .
- [ARGM-DIS Otherwise] , [ARG1 actual profit] is [rel compared] *-1 with [ARG2-with the 300-day estimate] .
- As the stock market bounced back , withdrawals of money from stock funds amounted to [ARG1 a mere trickle] [rel compared] with [ARG2-with Black Monday , when investors dumped $ 2.3 billion *U* , or about 2 % of stock-fund assets *T*-1] .
- [ARG1 The latest figures] [rel compare] with [ARG2-with July 's 4.5 % month-to-month rise and 11.3 % year-to-year fall] .
- [ARG1 That] [rel compared] with [ARG2-with the year-earlier $ 1.25 billion *U* , or $ 2.10 *U* a share -- which *T*-2 was inflated *-1 by a 15-cents-a-share gain from the sale of some MCI Communications Corp. stock and by an unspecified amount from a payment by Fujitsu Ltd. relating to a software dispute] .
- -LRB- Ms. Ohlman , the Grand Rapids masseuse , says 0 she has heard [ARG1 the odd-looking contraption] [rel compared] to [ARG2-to something out of the Spanish Inquisition] . -RRB-
- *-1 Enjoying several blockbuster movie hits including `` Batman , '' Los Angeles-based Guber-Peters Entertainment Co. reported earnings for the first quarter ended Aug. 31 of [ARG1 $ 5.8 million *U*] , or 50 cents a share , [rel compared] with [ARG2-with a year-earlier loss] .
- [ARG1 Guber-Peters 's net income in the latest quarter] [rel compared] with [ARG2-with a net loss of $ 6.9 million *U* , or 62 cents a share , in the year-earlier period] .
- The manufacturer of ultrasound diagnostic systems , based * in Ambler , Pa. , reported a nine-month net loss of [ARG1 $ 2.43 million *U*] [rel compared] with [ARG2-with net income of $ 2.71 million *U* , or 44 cents a share , for the nine-month period a year earlier] .
- *-1 A unit of troubled Southmark Corp. , the operator of nursing homes and retirement centers said 0 it sustained [ARG1 a net loss of $ 1.6 million *U* , or nine cents a share ,] [rel compared] with [ARG2-with net income of $ 1.3 million *U* , or eight cents a share , a year earlier] .
- The spokesman said 0 he was `` comfortable '' with revised analysts ' projections that the company would report [ARG1 earnings of between 62 cents and 64 cents *U* a share] , [rel compared] with [ARG2-with the 53 cents a share 0 it reported *T*-1 for the 1988 third quarter] .
- For the 12 weeks ended Sept. 3 , Skipper 's had [ARG1 net income of $ 361,000 *U* , or 13 cents a share ,] [rel compared] with [ARG2-with a net loss a year earlier] .
- Some securities analysts are looking for [ARG1 no better than break-even results] from the company for the third quarter , [rel compared] with [ARG2-with year-earlier profit of $ 99.8 million *U* , or $ 3.92 *U* a share , on sales of $ 724.4 million *U*] .
- [ARG0 *-1] Asked *-2 *-3 to [rel compare] [ARG1 her visit] to [ARG2-to Mr. Mosbacher 's] , Mrs. Hills replied : 0 `` I did n't hear every word 0 he spoke *T*-4 , but as a general proposition , I think 0 we have a very consistent trade strategy in the Bush administration . ''
- That will translate into [ARG1 sharply higher production profits] , [ARGM-ADV particularly] [rel compared] with [ARG2-with last year when oil prices steadily fell to below $ 13 *U* a barrel in the fourth quarter *T*-1] .
- The publisher of the Boston Globe reported net of [ARG1 $ 8.5 million *U* , or 12 cents a share] , [rel compared] with [ARG2-with a loss of $ 26.5 million *U* , or 38 cents a share] , for the third quarter in 1988 .
- Analysts said 0 they expected [ARG1 Upjohn 's profit] to be flat or rise by only about 2 % to 4 % *U* as * [rel compared] *-2 with [ARG2-with $ 89.6 million *U* , or 49 cents a share , 0 it earned *T*-1 a year ago] .
- While that 's not spectacular , Neil Sweig , an analyst with Prudential Bache , said that [ARG1 the rate of growth] will `` look especially good as * [rel compared] *-1 to [ARG2-to other companies] if the economy turns downward . ''
- For the nine months ended June 30 , CenTrust had [ARG1 a net loss of $ 21.3 million *U*] , [rel compared] with [ARG2-with year-earlier net income of $ 52.8 million *U*] .
- The company said 0 normal seasonal softness and lost orders caused * by prolonged labor talks reduced shipments by 200,000 tons in [ARG1-in the latest quarter] , [rel compared] with [ARG2-with the second quarter] .
- In July , the company stunned Wall Street with the prediction that growth in the personal computer business overall would be only 10 % *ICH*-1 in 1990 , [ARG1 a modest increase] when * [rel compared] *-2 with [ARG2-with the sizzling expansion of years past] *T*-3 .
- He expects Aldus to report [ARG1 earnings] of 21 cents a share on revenues of $ 19.5 million *U* for its third quarter , [rel compared] with [ARG2-with earnings of 30 cents a share on revenue of 20.4 million in the year-earlier period] .
- The projections are in the neighborhood of [ARG1 50 cents *ICH*-1 a share to 75 cents] , [rel compared] with [ARG2-with a restated $ 1.65 *U* a share a year earlier , when profit was $ 107.8 million *U* on sales of $ 435.5 million *U*] .
- Another big polyethylene producer , Union Carbide Corp. , is expected *-1 to post [ARG1 profit of between $ 1 *U* a share and $ 1.25 *U*] , [rel compared] with [ARG2-with $ 1.56 *U* a share a year earlier , when the company earned $ 213 million *U* on sales of $ 2.11 billion *U* *T*-2] .
- Analysts ' third-quarter estimates for the Midland , Mich. , company are between [ARG1-between $ 3.20 *U* a share and $ 3.30 *U* a share] , [rel compared] with [ARG2-with $ 3.36 *U* a year ago , when profit was $ 632 million *U* on sales of $ 4.15 billion *U* *T*-1] .
- [ARG0 One Merc broker] [rel compared] [ARG1 the action in the S&P pit during the two freezes] to [ARG2-to a fire at a well-drilled school] .
- The benchmark 30-year Treasury bond was quoted *-1 6 p.m. EDT at [ARG1 103 12\/32] , [rel compared] * with [ARG2-with 100 27\/32 Thursday] , up 2 1\/2 points .
- Keystone Consolidated Industries Inc. expects *-1 to report earnings before extraordinary tax benefits of [ARG1 about $ 1.5 million *U* , or about 41 cents a share , for the third quarter] , [rel compared] with [ARG2-with a loss last year] , said 0 *T*-2 Glenn R. Simmons , chairman and chief executive officer .
- As a result , the company hopes *-1 to report net income for the year of [ARG1 about $ 11.6 million *U* , or about $ 3.10 *U* to $ 3.15 *U* a share ,] [rel compared] [ARG2-with with] a net loss of $ 24.4 million *U* last year , after a loss from discontinued operations of $ 18.4 million *U* .
- Much of the earnings decline was led *-1 by currency-exchange rate adjustments , which *T*-2 affected the bottom line by [ARG1 $ 15.3 million *U* , or 17 cents a share ,] [rel compared] with [ARG2-with $ 3.6 million *U* , or four cents a share ,] the previous year .