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frames- [ARG1 Yields on money-market mutual funds] [rel continued] *-1 to slide , [ARGM-MNR amid signs that portfolio managers expect further declines in interest rates] .
- Compound yields assume reinvestment of dividends and that [ARG1 the current yield] [rel continues] [ARGM-TMP for a year] .
- [ARGM-ADV Despite recent declines in yields] , [ARG1 investors] [rel continue] *-1 to pour cash into money funds .
- [ARG1 He] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel continue] *-1 to report to Donald Pardus , president and chief executive officer .
- Although [ARG1 the purchasing managers ' index] [rel continues] *-1 to indicate a slowing economy , it is n't signaling an imminent recession , said 0 *T*-2 Robert Bretz , chairman of the association 's survey committee and director of materials management at Pitney Bowes Inc. , Stamford , Conn .
- The report offered new evidence that [ARG1 the nation 's export growth] , though *-1 [ARGM-TMP still] [rel continuing] , may be slowing .
- [ARG1 She] became an abortionist accidentally , and [rel continued] [ARGM-CAU because it enabled her to buy jam , cocoa and other war-rationed goodies] .
- Georgia Gulf said 0 it has n't eliminated any alternatives and that `` discussions *PPA*-2 are being held *-1 with interested parties , and [ARG1 work *ICH*-3] is [ARGM-DIS also] [rel continuing] on other various transactions . ''
- They continually advise their clients on which individual stocks * to buy or sell *T*-1 , while [ARG1 their clients] [rel continue] *-2 to hope for superior performance .
- [ARGM-MNR Even with mutual funds] , [ARG0 the little investor] [rel continues] [ARG1 *-1 to tolerate high fees , high commissions and poor performance] , [ARGM-ADV while index-fund managers slowly amass a better record with lower fees , lower commissions and less risk] .
- The sad reality is that [ARG0 the retail investor] [rel continues] [ARG1 *-1 to pursue stellar performers first , while *-2 leaving institutions to grapple with basis points of performance on large sums of money quarter by quarter] *PPA*-3 .
- `` If [ARG0 you] [rel continue] [ARG1 *-2 to do this] , the investor *ICH*-1 becomes frightened -- any investor : the odd lotter , mutual funds and pension funds , '' says *T*-3 Larry Zicklin , managing partner at Neuberger & Berman .
- The company said 0 [ARG1 its industrial unit] [rel continues] *-1 to face margin pressures and lower demand .
- [ARG1 New loans] [rel continue] *-1 to slow ; they were $ 6.6 million *U* in the quarter compared with $ 361.8 million *U* a year ago .
- [ARG1 The Midwest Financial subsidiary banks] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel continue] *-1 to operate under their current names [ARGM-TMP until early 1990 , when each will adopt the First of America name *T*-2] .
- [ARG1 Mr. Karns] [rel continues] [ARGM-MNR as chairman] .
- [ARG1 The Texas Oil & Gas division] [rel continues] *-1 to operate in the red , [ARGM-ADV although losses narrowed to $ 9 million *U* from $ 15 million *U*] .
- [ARGM-LOC Among segments that *T*-1 continue *-2 to operate] , [ARGM-DIS though] , [ARG1 the company 's steel division] [rel continued] *-3 to suffer from soft demand for its tubular goods serving the oil industry and other markets .
- [ARG1 Newsprint results] [rel continued] *-1 to be depressed , the company added 0 *T*-2 , [ARGM-CAU because of industrywide price discounting] .
- Takeover stock traders noted that with the junk-bond market in disarray , Georgia-Pacific 's bid is an indication of where the takeover game is headed *T*-1 : namely , [ARG0 industrial companies] [ARGM-MOD can] [rel continue] [ARG1 *-2 bidding for one another] , but financial buyers such as leveraged buy-out firms will be at a disadvantage in * obtaining financing .
- [ARGM-ADV While computer stocks have taken the biggest hit from the slowdown in the industry] , [ARG1 many software and semiconductor stocks] have [rel continued] *-1 to outperform the market .
- Mr. Marcus believes 0 [ARG0 spot steel prices] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel continue] *-1 to fall [ARGM-TMP through early 1990] and then reverse themselves .
- And while [ARG0 customers such as steel service centers] are [rel continuing] [ARG1 *-1 to reduce inventories] [ARGM-TMP through the fourth quarter] , they eventually will begin stocking up again , he notes 0 *T*-2 .
- Richard Rifenburgh , chairman and chief executive of the Longmont , Colo. , disk-drive maker , also said 0 [ARG1 the company] [rel continued] *-1 losing money in the third quarter and expects *-1 to sustain further losses through the end of the year .
- [ARG0 The company] [rel continues] [ARG1 *-1 to trade in the over-the-counter market with an exception to listing requirements] .
- `` Moody 's believes that the uncertain environment for merchant banking could put pressure on CS First Boston 's performance , '' the rating concern said *T*-1 , *-2 citing `` [rel continued] [ARG1 problems] '' from the firm 's exposures to `` various Campeau-related firms '' and to Ohio Mattress .
- [ARG1 Our commitment * to manage these businesses profitably] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel continue] . ''
- `` [ARG1 This action] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel continue] *-1 to keep operating expenses in line '' with revenue , said *T*-2 J. David Hann , president and chief executive officer of Los Angeles-based Quotron .
- [ARG1 Bond prices] [rel continued] *-1 to edge higher [ARGM-CAU in anticipation of more news showing a slower economy] .
- Trading volume on the New York Stock Exchange dwindled to only 126.6 million shares yesterday as [ARG0 major brokerage firms] [rel continued] [ARG1 *-1 to throw in the towel on program trading] .
- [ARG1 Wall Street] [rel continued] *-1 to buckle under the public outcry against computer-driven program trading .
- But yesterday , Mr. Carpenter said 0 big institutional investors , which he would n't identify *T*-2 , `` told us 0 they would n't do business with [ARG0 firms] '' that *T*-1 [rel continued] [ARG1 *-3 to do index arbitrage for their own accounts] .
- Merrill said 0 [ARG1 it] [rel continues] *-1 to believe that `` the causes of excess market volatility are far more complex than any particular computer trading strategy .
- [ARG1 Merrill 's index arbitragers] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel continue] *-1 to do other kinds of computer-assisted program trading , so there probably wo n't be any layoffs at the firm , people familiar with Merrill 's program operation said 0 *T*-2 .
- Meanwhile , Bear Stearns Chairman and Chief Executive Alan C. Greenberg said 0 [ARG0 his firm] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel continue] [ARG1 stock-index arbitrage] [ARGM-PNC for its clients] .
- But LTV , a steel , aerospace and energy concern , said 0 it is confident that the Supreme Court will uphold the lower-court decisions and said 0 [ARG0 it] expects *-2 to [rel continue] [ARG1 discussions with the agency about a settlement] [ARGM-TMP while the case is being reviewed *-1] .
- In January 1987 , as [ARG1 LTV Steel] [rel continued] operating while *-1 under reorganization , the agency terminated the three LTV pension plans *-2 to keep its insurance liability from *-3 increasing .
- [ARG0 He] should consider his victory a mandate * to [rel continue] [ARG1 his growth-oriented economic reforms] and not a demand that he move further left .
- It is the presence of internal and external `` enemies '' which *T*-1 justifies the need for a large , active army that [ARG0 Mikhail Gorbachev 's Soviet Union] [rel continues] [ARG1 *-3 to supply *T*-2 with bullets] .
- [ARGM-DIS Meanwhile] , [ARG0 General Motors and Ford Motor] [rel continue] [ARG1 their pursuit of the company] .
- The bank , which *T*-1 previously said 0 it was for sale , said 0 it has received no offers and that [ARG0 its board] will review whether * to [rel continue] [ARG1 *-2 soliciting bids] .
- `` Those who *T*-1 have left have expressed an opinion that [ARG1 the strike force] [ARGM-MOD should] [rel continue] , '' Ms. Brevetti says *T*-2 .
- [ARG0 Some congressional leaders] intend *-1 to [rel continue] [ARG1 *-2 to fight for independent strike forces] .
- [ARG0 Warner Communications Inc. and Sony Corp.] resumed settlement talks on their legal battle over Hollywood producers Peter Guber and Jon Peters , but [rel continued] [ARG1 *-1 to level strong accusations at each other in legal documents] .
- Doug Hammond , the federal mediator in Seattle , where Boeing is based *-1 *T*-2 , said 0 [ARG0 the parties] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel continue] [ARG1 *-3 to sit down daily until a new settlement proposal emerges or the talks break off again] .
- According to one London-based analyst , even higher interest rates wo n't help the pound if [ARG1 Britain 's government] [rel continues] *-1 to appear unstable .
- He predicts 0 [ARG1 the pound] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel continue] *-1 to trade in a very volatile fashion , with `` fits of * being oversold and overbought *-2 '' [ARGM-TMP before *-1 recovering its losses] .
- But others reject the view , and forecast 0 [ARG1 the dollar] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel continue] *-1 to hold its current tight trading pattern .
- GE Capital said 0 [ARG0 Commercial Federal Savings] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel continue] [ARG1 *-1 to market Visa and MasterCard programs] [ARGM-ADV while Monogram provides `` operational and marketing support '' and actually owns the accounts] .
- While the Kremlin has urged a ban on output of the poison gases , [ARG0 the White House] wants *-2 to [rel continue] [ARG1 *-3 producing the weapons] [ARGM-TMP even after an international treaty calling for their destruction is signed *-1] .
- As [ARG0 rescue teams] [rel continued] [ARG1 *-1 searching for victims] , hundreds of suvivors accused the government of a feeble response following the temblors .
- Nixdorf Computer AG , *-2 citing [rel continued] [ARG1 profitability] problems , said 0 it will have *-1 to reduce personnel further , notably in research and development sectors .
- Boeing posted a 68 % jump in third-quarter earnings , but Wall Street 's attention was focused *-1 on the [rel continued] [ARG1 strike] at the aircraft maker .
- Kellwood said 0 [ARG0 Gabriel Hakim Sr. , president of Crowntuft] , [ARGM-MOD will] [rel continue] [ARG1 *-1 to head Crowntuft 's management group] .
- Indeed , a few economists maintain that [ARG1 global forces] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel continue] *-1 to govern Hong Kong 's economic rhythm .
- [ARGM-TMP Once external conditions , such as U.S. demand , swing in the territory 's favor] , they argue 0 *T*-1 , [ARG0 local businessmen] [ARGM-MOD will] probably overcome their 1997 worries and [rel continue] [ARG1 *-2 doing business as usual] .
- While Wall Street is retreating from computer-driven program trading , [ARG0 big institutional investors] are likely *-1 to [rel continue] [ARG1 these strategies] [ARGM-MNR at full blast] , [ARGM-ADV *-2 further roiling the stock market] , trading executives say 0 *T*-3 .
- Trading executives privately say that [ARG1 huge stock-index funds , which *T*-1 dwarf Wall Street firms in terms of the size of their program trades ,] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel continue] *-2 to launch big programs through the stock market .
- The British parent is also streamlining : [ARG0 Brooks Brothers] , which *T*-1 [rel continues] [ARG1 *-2 to make almost all of its merchandise] , recently shut one of its two shirt plants in Paterson , N.J. , and has closed boys ' departments in all but 20 stores .
- [ARGM-TMP Meanwhile] , [ARG1 settlement negotiations] [rel continue] [ARGM-LOC between Mr. Hunt and the IRS , which *T*-1 has already reached a tentative agreement with Nelson Bunker Hunt] .
- The two sides have been far apart on how much [ARG1 Herbert Hunt] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel continue] *-2 to owe the government *T*-3 [ARGM-TMP after his assets are sold *-1] .
- [ARGM-LOC Under Chapter 11 of the Federal Bankruptcy Code] , [ARG1 a company] [rel continues] *-1 to operate under protection from creditors ' lawsuits while it works out a plan 0 * to pay its debts *T*-2 .
- [ARG1 Speculation as to the nature of aliens] [ARGM-MOD will] [ARGM-ADV no doubt] [rel continue] [ARGM-TMP until we wake up one morning *-1 to find 0 they 've taken over `` The Today Show , '' the way 0 they overwhelm an entire town in Jack Finney 's `` Invasion of the Body Snatchers '' -LRB- Fireside\/Simon & Schuster , 216 pages , $ 8.95 *U* -RRB- *T*-2] .
- Speakers yesterday called on foreign governments *-3 to increase sanctions against Pretoria and urged [ARG0 supporters inside the country] *-1 to [rel continue] [ARG1 *-2 defying emergency restrictions and racial segregation , known * as apartheid] .
- The officials also said 0 [ARG0 the meeting] agreed *-1 to [rel continue] [ARG1 *-2 treating China as a special case] , [ARGM-ADV despite the recent repression of dissent there] , but to offer no further concessions .
- The U.S. officials said that despite the rapid changes under way in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union , all the Cocom members agreed on `` the [rel continuing] [ARG1 need] for this organization , '' which *T*-2 was founded *-1 40 years ago at the start of the Cold War .
- The officials said 0 [ARG0 the meeting] agreed *-3 to [rel continue] [ARG1 *-2 working toward *-4 `` streamlining '' Cocom 's restricted products list] , and to improve procedures for * punishing companies that *T*-1 do n't comply with the export restrictions .
- That would be a huge problem if [ARG1 it] were *-3 to [rel continue] , because Unisys is betting its business on the assumption that customers want *-4 to move away from *-5 using operating systems that *T*-1 run on only one manufacturer 's equipment and toward systems -- mainly Unix -- that *T*-2 work on almost anyone 's machines .
- He also said that [ARG1 the price wars flaring up in parts of the computer industry] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel continue] [ARGM-TMP through next year] .
- In the filing , Crane said that in the past it considered *-3 seeking control of Milton Roy , of St. Petersburg , Fla. , through a merger or tender offer and that [ARG0 it] expects *-1 to [rel continue] [ARG1 *-2 to evaluate an acquisition from time to time] .
- Many economists expect [ARG1 the weakness] to [rel continue] .
- Mr. Perlman , who *T*-1 is also acting chief financial officer and the odds-on favorite 0 *T*-2 to become the next chief executive , said 0 the company is achieving `` modest positive cash flow from operations , and we expect [ARG1 that] to [rel continue] [ARGM-TMP into 1990] . ''
- [ARG1 Control Data 's semiconductor business , VTC Inc. ,] [rel continues] *-1 to lose money , the executives acknowledged 0 *T*-2 , but they said 0 they consider some of the technology vital to national defense and so are reluctant *-3 to dispose of it .
- `` [ARG0 We] 'd like *-2 to [rel continue] [ARG1 *-3 to reduce debt] , '' President Lawrence Perlman said *T*-1 .
- [ARGM-TMP Over the weekend] , [ARG0 McCaw] [rel continued] [ARG1 *-1 to call for an auction of LIN] .
- Other dealers added that the blue-chip stocks in general were hit *-1 by profit-taking over concerns that [ARG1 London shares] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel continue] *-2 posting declines and the uncertainty over sterling given that Mr. Lawson 's successor , John Major , had only been in the job one day .
- Traders said 0 the [rel continued] [ARG1 turbulence] in other markets , coupled * with the drop in London following the Lawson resignation , were responsible .
- As [ARG1 the trend] [rel continues] , demand for mass-market items that *T*-1 are high quality but only mid-priced -- particularly skin-care products -- is expected *-2 to increase .
- [ARGM-DIS And] [ARG0 they] [rel continue] [ARG1 *-1 anonymously attacking CIA Director William Webster for *-2 being too accommodating to the committee] .
- A [rel continuing] [ARG1 slide] in the pound could force the government to push through another rise in the base rate , currently 15 % .
- [ARGM-ADV Despite the departure of Mr. Lawson and Sir Alan] , [ARG1 the tug-of-war over the EMS] [ARGM-MOD could] [rel continue] .
- Sir Geoffrey Howe , deputy prime minister and a Lawson ally on the EMS , has signaled 0 [ARG0 he] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel continue] [ARG1 *-1 pressing for early membership] .
- Of immediate concern is *T*-1 whether [ARG0 the Thatcher government] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel continue] [ARG1 Mr. Lawson 's policy of * tracking the monetary policies of the West German Bundesbank and responding in kind when the Frankfurt authorities move interest rates *T*-2] .
- `` As we regain our leadership level where we have been *T*-3 , and as [ARG0 we] [rel continue] [ARG1 *-1 to put new products into the marketplace] and need additional capacity , we will look at *-4 resuming our involvement with our plan , '' he said *T*-2 .
- The late start may be a handicap for the bank as [ARG0 Spain] [rel continues] [ARG1 *-1 to open up its market to foreign competition] .
- A spokesman for Southern Co. would say only that [ARG1 discussions *ICH*-1] are [rel continuing] between Gulf Power and federal prosecutors .
- [ARGM-DIS Further] , [ARGM-MNR under the agreement] , [ARG0 First Tennesse] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel continue] [ARG1 *-2 to develop the software that *T*-1 creates customer products and sevices] .
- `` We believe that there have [rel continued] [ARG1 *-3 to be indications of exchange-rate ` manipulation '] '' [ARGM-TMP during the past six months] , it said 0 *T*-2 , *-1 citing the lack of market forces in South Korea 's exchange-rate system and the use *ICH*-4 of capital and interest-rate controls * to manipulate exchange rates .
- However , there 's a [rel continuing] [ARG1 dispute] between machine tool makers and the Defense Department over whether sophisticated U.S. machine tools would increase the Soviet Union 's military might .
- If [ARG1 that controversy] [rel continues] , U.S. machine tool makers say 0 *T*-2 , West German and other foreign producers are likely *-1 to grab most of the sales in Eastern Europe .
- [ARG0 Analysts] [rel continued] [ARG1 *-1 to speculate late last week that Ford may try *-2 to force the issue by *-3 calling for a special shareholder 's meeting and urging that the government and Jaguar holders remove the barriers to a full bidding contest before December 1990] .
- But Mr. Lagnado predicted 0 [ARG1 the regional trends] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel continue] [ARGM-TMP through Christmas] .
- [ARG0 The Henderson plant] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel continue] [ARG1 its other chemical operations] , the company said 0 *T*-1 .
- Mr. Wilkinson , 45 years old , succeeds [ARG0 Thomas A. Bullock] , 66 , who *T*-1 is retiring as chairman but [ARGM-MOD will] [rel continue] as [ARG1-as a director and chairman of the executive committee] .
- Mr. Sugarman called the lawsuit `` not nice '' and said 0 [ARG0 his group] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel continue] [ARG1 *-1 to push for control of the company and the removal of certain directors] .
- While few lawmakers anticipated that the humanitarian aid would be cut *-2 off next month , Mr. Ortega 's threat practically guarantees that [ARG1 the humanitarian aid] [ARGM-MOD will] be [rel continued] *-1 .
- The company also said 0 [ARG0 it] [rel continues] [ARG1 *-1 to explore all options concerning the possible sale of National Aluminum 's 54.5 % stake in an aluminum smelter in Hawesville , Ky] .
- PROGRAM TRADING is being curbed *-1 by more securities firms , but [ARG0 big institutional investors] are expected *-2 to [rel continue] [ARG1 the practice] , [ARGM-ADV *-3 further roiling the stock market] .
- Still , [ARG0 stock-index funds] are expected *-1 to [rel continue] [ARG1 *-2 launching big programs through the market] .
- `` It provided an excuse 0 for people to get back to reality and to look at the economic data , especially the third-quarter economic numbers , and to realize that [ARG0 we] [ARGM-MOD ca] [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel continue] [ARG1 *-1 to gloss over what *T*-2 is going on in the junk bond market] *T*-3 . ''
- Stock prices tumbled for a third consecutive day as [ARG1 earnings disappointments , a sluggish economy and a fragile junk bond market] [rel continued] *-1 to weigh on investors .
- [ARG0 Maryland National Bank 's retail finance division] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel continue] [ARG1 *-1 to service the loans] .
- Poughkeepsie said 0 [ARG0 it] is [rel continuing] [ARG1 *-1 to try *-2 to sell itself , under a June agreement with a dissident-shareholder group] .
- The bank also said 0 [ARG1 its effort] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel continue] [ARGM-TMP past the Nov. 1 deadline set * in that agreement] and that the litigation between the two sides might resume as a result .
- If [ARG1 the heavy outflows] [rel continue] , fund managers will face increasing pressure * to sell off some of their junk *-1 to pay departing investors in the weeks ahead .
- Di Giorgio Corp. said [ARG0 it] 's [rel continuing] [ARG1 talks with potential buyers of certain units] , but has reached no agreement on any deals .
- [ARG0 GOP leaders] [rel continued] [ARG1 *-1 to press for a vote on the amendment to the Eastern Europe aid measure] .
- [ARG1 The] financial services company , which *T*-1 has about 98.8 million shares outstanding , noted its `` [rel continued] confidence in the ongoing strength of the operations .
- Compaq Computer Corp. said that its net income rose 51 % in the third quarter , *-1 bolstered * by unusual gains from its investment in a disk-drive maker and * reflecting [rel continued] [ARG1 growth] in its European operations .
- Michael Swavely , president of Compaq 's North America division , attributed the company 's third-quarter performance to [rel continued] [ARG1 increases] in international sales , which *T*-1 accounted for 43 % of the company 's sales , a 74 % increase from a year earlier .
- As if he were still in his old job , Mr. Wright , by *-2 resigning with his title instead of being forced *-1 from his job , by law enjoys a $ 120,000 *U* annual office expense allowance , three paid staffers , up to $ 67,000 *U* for stationery and telephones and [rel continued] [ARG1 use] of the franking privilege .
- The company benefited from [rel continued] [ARG1 strong] demand and higher selling prices for titanium dioxide , a white pigment used * in paints , paper and plastics .
- Mr. Schwarz also said 0 [ARG1 costs associated * with U.S. Trust 's planned move to midtown Manhattan from Wall Street] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel continue] *-1 to be a drag on earnings [ARGM-TMP through 1990] .
- [ARG1 Mr. Roberts] [rel continues] [ARGM-MNR as treasurer] , and Mr. Wonham remains responsible for the offices of comptroller , planning , marketing and general services .
- While this indicates [rel continued] [ARG1 strong] demand for the company 's desk-top computers , Sun faces increasing competition from Digital Equipment Corp. and Hewlett-Packard Co .
- [ARG1 Commercial transactions] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel continue] *-2 to be based *-1 on the official rate of about 0.63 rubles to the dollar .
- [ARGM-ADV If it is n't *?*] , [ARG1 the black market for dollars] [ARGM-ADV probably] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel continue] *-1 to thrive .
- [ARG1 Those events] [rel continue] *-2 to move at a rate *RNR*-3 , and in a direction *RNR*-3 , which *T*-1 leave informed commentary -- let alone policy -- far in their wake .
- The directors added that the two executives have n't reached a final decision * to proceed with a bid and that [ARGM-TMP until an offer is made *-1] [ARG0 the board] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel continue] [ARG1 *-2 seeking higher offers from other bidders] .
- And Japan 's minister of agriculture , forestry and fisheries told a committee of Japan 's parliament that Washington 's proposal was impractical and that [ARG0 Tokyo] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel continue] [ARG1 *-1 to heavily subsidize its rice farmers] .
- [ARGM-DIS However] , [ARG1 Control Data] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel continue] *-1 to provide maintenance services for customers of its Cyber product line .
- It may stand as a metaphor for how wide and deep [ARG1 the divisions in that society] [rel continue] *-2 to be *T*-1 [ARGM-ADV however we try *-3 to deny their existence *T*-4] .
- Mr. Breeden 's selection will be scrutinized *-1 as an important signal about the strength of his commitment to [ARG0 *] [rel continuing] [ARG1 the SEC 's high-profile pursuit of insider trading and market manipulation on Wall Street] .
- In an interview , Mr. Vila criticized [ARG1 his old show] , which *T*-1 is [rel continuing] [ARGM-MNR with a new host] .
- -- Allow the EPA to permit the [rel continued] [ARG1 use] of pesticides that *T*-6 exceed its negligible risk standard if the benefits of * doing so outweigh the cost .
- `` * Allowing the EPA to condone [rel continued] [ARG1 use] of a chemical whenever the benefits outweigh the risks *T*-1 is absolutely anathema to the environmental community . ''
- The current distribution arrangement ends in March 1990 , although Delmed said 0 [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel continue] [ARG1 *-1 to provide some supplies of the peritoneal dialysis products to National Medical] , the spokeswoman said 0 *T*-2 .
- John C. Marous , chairman and chief executive officer , also said 0 the company expects sales from [rel continuing] [ARG1 businesses] to rise 8.5 % annually through the next three years .
- [ARGM-ADV While Ms. Kaddurah-Daouk left MIT *-2 to head Amira] , [ARG0 Prof. Schimmel] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel continue] [ARG1 *-1 to work at MIT , serve on Amira 's board and own a small equity stake in the company] .
- `` With the decline in stock prices and [rel continued] [ARG1 low or stable] interest rates , stocks are representing a better value all the time , '' Renaissance President Frank W. Terrizzi said *T*-1 yesterday .
- As a result , competitors say 0 [ARG0 Renaissance] has been looking for any opportunity * to return to the stock market , rather than risk *-2 losing business by *-3 [rel continuing] [ARG1 *-1 to remain fully invested in Treasury bills] .
- [ARGM-TMP In the meantime] , [ARG1 the money] [ARGM-MOD can] [rel continue] *-1 to earn interest *ICH*-2 for the card holder -- often more than 1 % during that `` float '' period alone .
- The average seven-day compound yield , which *T*-2 assumes that dividends are reinvested *-1 and that [ARG1 current rates] [rel continue] [ARGM-TMP for a year] , fell to 8.47 % , its lowest since late last year , from 8.55 % the week before , according to Donoghue 's .
- Finally , *-1 flouting the BPCA 's wishes [ARG0 *] to [rel continue] [ARG1 the popular two-mile riverside Esplanade , prized * for its expansive views of New York Harbor , the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island] , Ms. Bartlett threw up yet another wall , this time concrete , this time 10 1\/2 feet tall .
- [ARGM-ADV Despite the dire assessments of knowledgeable garden professionals] , [ARG0 Ms. Bartlett 's South Gardens design] [ARGM-ADV somehow] [rel continues] on , *-2 seemingly impervious to reason , [ARGM-ADV *-2 stalled *-1 only by bureaucratic lethargy and logistical complications] .
- `` [ARG0 We] [rel continue] [ARG1 *-2 to believe 0 the position 0 we 've taken *T*-1 is reasonable] , '' a Morgan Stanley official said *T*-3 .
- `` [ARG0 They] [rel continue] [ARG1 *-1 to pay their bills] and will do so , '' says *T*-2 Ms. Sanger .
- `` We anticipate that steel market conditions will exhibit a further moderate decline in the fourth quarter as the automotive sector remains weak and [ARG0 customers] [rel continue] [ARG1 *-1 to adjust inventories] , '' said *T*-2 Bethlehem Chairman Walter F. Williams .
- Wall Street analysts expect [ARG1 the disappointing trend] to [rel continue] [ARGM-TMP into the fourth quarter and through at least the first two quarters of 1990 , when the industry will increasingly see the effect of price erosion in major product lines , such as rolled sheet used * for cars , appliances and construction *T*-1] .
- And IBM said 0 it expects [ARG1 the costs] to [rel continue] *-1 climbing .
- He predicts a downward move in dollar-mark trade and a less dramatic slip in dollar-yen , *-2 noting that there [rel continues] [ARG1 *-3 to be a large pool of Japanese investor interest in U.S. securities , which *T*-1 could provide a solid base for the dollar at around 140 yen] .
- But what *T*-1 happens next in the [rel continuing] [ARG1 takeover] drama may depend more on the company 's two most powerful and fractious unions : the pilots and machinists .
- `` [ARG1 The key to Delta 's record earnings] [rel continued] *-1 to be excellent passenger revenue growth , '' said *T*-2 Thomas Roeck , chief financial officer .
- Columbia officials said 0 they do n't know how quickly they will dispose of the thrift 's junk bonds *T*-3 , because federal regulations , such as those that *T*-2 would allow [ARG0 thrifts] to [rel continue] [ARG1 *-4 holding the bonds in separately capitalized subsidiaries] , have n't yet been completed *-1 .
- Anheuser-Busch Cos. said 0 it plans *-1 to aggressively discount its major beer brands , *-2 setting the stage for a potentially bruising price war as [ARG1 the maturing industry 's growth] [rel continues] *-3 to slow .
- Anheuser said 0 [ARG0 it] [rel continues] [ARG1 *-1 to hold to its earlier-announced goal of a 50 % U.S. market share by the mid-1990s] .
- A trader at Yamaichi Securities said 0 the market 's mood was undercut *-1 by the [rel continuing] [ARG1 fall] of Nippon Telegraph & Telephone shares , which *T*-2 declined to their lowest level since the begining of this year .
- [ARG1 Pioneer Electronic and Sony , both of which *T*-1 dominated buying earlier this month ,] [rel continued] *-2 to fall [ARGM-TMP Wednesday] .
- [ARG1 It] [rel continues] *-1 to gain strength in the chamber but remains far short of the two-thirds majority required * * to prevail over Mr. Bush .
- *-1 To gain more leverage , abortion-rights advocates may seek *-1 to fold the bill into an omnibus [rel continuing] [ARG1 resolution] next month .
- That level of production is n't of much concern as long as [ARG1 demand] [rel continues] strong , analysts said 0 *T*-1 .
- [ARGM-ADV * To top off the bearish factors affecting yesterday 's trading] , [ARG1 late October weather] , [ARGM-LOC especially in the Northeast U.S.] , [rel continues] *-1 to be very moderate , [ARGM-ADV * leaving heating oil futures trading lackluster] .
- Soybean and corn futures prices moved higher on the strength of buying from commodity pool managers trying * to profit from technical price trends , as well as [rel continued] [ARG1 export] strength .
- [ARG1 The modest sell-off , which *T*-1 started on Tuesday ,] [rel continued] .
- [ARG0 House and Senate conferees] agreed *-1 to [rel continue] [ARG1 production of Grumman Corp. 's F-14] and to provide more than $ 3.8 billion *U* for the Strategic Defense Initiative [ARGM-TMP during the current fiscal year] .
- `` [ARG0 They] have *-1 to [rel continue] [ARG1 *-2 to tighten their belts] , '' said *T*-3 Craig Kloner , an analyst at Goldman , Sachs & Co .
- The gross national product report , due * to be released *-1 before today 's opening , is expected *-2 to show that [ARG1 the economy] [rel continued] *-3 to expand in the third quarter at a moderate pace .
- [ARG0 House-Senate conferees] agreed *-1 to [rel continue] [ARG1 production of Grumman Corp. 's F-14 jet] and to provide more than $ 3.8 billion *U* during the current fiscal year * to develop a space-based anti-missile system .
- NATO defense ministers said 0 [ARG1 the 16-nation alliance] [rel continues] *-1 to need a strong nuclear strategy [ARGM-ADV despite political changes in Eastern Europe] .
- Bush said 0 [ARG0 Washington] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel continue] [ARG1 a trade embargo against Nicaragua] , *-1 declaring that the Central American country poses `` an unusual and extraordinary threat '' to the security of the U.S. .
- [ARG0 The current decline in failures] [rel continues] [ARG1 a trend begun * in late 1987] , D&B said 0 *T*-1 .
- Spiegel Inc. , *-1 citing [rel continuing] [ARG1 improvement] in the apparel market , said 0 third-quarter net income jumped 65 % from the soft year-earlier period , on an 11 % increase in revenue .
- The prospectus notes 0 `` there can be no assurance '' that [ARG1 future growth] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel continue] [ARGM-MNR at past levels] .
- But unless [ARG1 they] [rel continued] *-1 to grow , TW , based * in Paramus , N.J. , would have run into trouble .
- But now that Congress has missed the legal deadline for * meeting the Gramm-Rudman targets , the White House said 0 it has returned to its original view that a capital-gains cut should be part of the deficit-reduction bill , on which [ARG0 Congress] [rel continues] [ARG1 *-2 to work *T*-1] .
- Yesterday , Delmed said 0 [ARG0 it] `` [rel continues] [ARG1 *-1 to explore the possibility of a combination with Fresenius USA] . ''
- [ARGM-ADV While the discussions between Delmed and National Medical Care have been discontinued *-1] , [ARG0 Delmed] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel continue] [ARG1 *-2 to supply dialysis products through National Medical] [ARGM-TMP after their exclusive agreement ends in March 1990] , Delmed said 0 *T*-3 .
- [ARG1 Mr. Ehrlich] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel continue] [ARGM-MNR as a director and a consultant] .
- `` [ARG0 We] [rel continue] [ARG1 *-1 to be on target for ... * increasing TPA sales 20 % to 25 % this year] , '' said *T*-2 founder and Chief Executive Officer Robert Swanson .
- Many analysts said 0 they were n't surprised that [ARG1 problems in many of Ryder 's lines of business] [rel continued] *-1 to plague the company .
- General unsecured creditors of Maxicare 's [rel continuing] [ARG1 operations] initially will receive $ 47 million *U* in cash , $ 35 million *U* face amount of senior notes , and 49 % of the new company 's stock .
- `` Hurricane Hugo losses and the [rel continuing] industrywide [ARG1 downturn] in the property and casualty insurance business were the major factors affecting quarterly comparisons , '' said *T*-1 Rand V. Araskog , chairman and chief executive officer .
- Mr. Corry , who *T*-1 has boned up on corporate raiders by *-2 reading T. Boone Pickens 's autobiography , had hoped 0 [ARG1 the detente] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel continue] .
- Right now , the executive adds 0 *T*-1 , `` [ARG0 he] wants *-2 to [rel continue] [ARG1 *-3 to focus on *-4 paying down '' USX 's debt by *-5 selling assets] .
- Israel has launched a new effort * to prove 0 [ARG0 the Palestine Liberation Organization] [rel continues] [ARG1 *-1 to practice terrorism] , and thus * to persuade the U.S. *-2 to break off talks with the group .
- The mismatch exposed the company to a high degree of interest-rate risk , and when rates moved unfavorably *T*-1 -- [ARG1 *] beginning late last year and [rel continuing] [ARGM-TMP into this year] -- `` it cost them , '' Mr. Kriz said 0 *T*-2 .
- `` Sears is likely *-1 to be unsuccessful if [ARG0 it] [rel continues] with [ARG1-with its pricing policy] [ARGM-TMP when everyone else is offering unusual values *T*-2] . ''
- [ARG1 The U.S.-Japan Security Treaty] [ARGM-MOD can] [rel continue] , [ARGM-ADV sort of] .
- [ARG1 The other party] [ARGM-MOD could] [rel continue] [ARGM-MNR on the traditional track of the LDP] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 representing the manufacturers ' preference for larger government , control , regulation and protectionism] .
- If the IRS admits its error and the charges have been paid *-1 , it will reimburse [ARG0 a taxpayer] who *T*-2 has n't refused *-3 to give timely answers to IRS inquiries or *T*-2 has n't contributed to * [rel continuing] or compounding [ARG1 the error] .
- If [ARG0 the programs] [rel continue] [ARG1 their present path] , the potential government losses are staggering : The federal government holds $ 222 billion *U* in direct loans outstanding and backs an additional $ 550 billion *U* in primary guarantees .
- [ARGM-MNR Without such reforms] , [ARG1 credit programs] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel continue] *-1 to be a large-scale , high-risk proposition for taxpayers .
- Less objectionable ones would be subject only to some restraints , and [ARG1 others with a `` relatively minor trade impact ''] would be allowed *-1 to [rel continue] [ARGM-MNR under certain conditions] .
- He figures 0 [ARG0 P&G] will expand its personal-care product line in Japan *-1 to `` [rel continue] [ARG1 that momentum] . ''
- For fiscal 1990 , analysts expect [ARG1 P&G 's sales] to [rel continue] *-1 to grow , with earnings climbing between 15 % and 20 % *U* .
- Unit volume , or amount of products shipped * , rose about 11 % in the international segment , with [ARG0 P&G] [rel continuing] [ARG1 *-1 to win market share in Japan 's diaper and detergent markets] .
- [ARG1 Sales of domestically made trucks] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel continued] *-1 to be sluggish in mid-October , *-1 dropping 22.8 % to 94,543 from a year ago .
- [ARGM-ADV As it happens] , [ARG1 the Nasdaq composite] did [rel continue] *-1 to fall [ARGM-TMP for two days] [ARGM-TMP after the initial plunge] .
- `` The market started with several strikes against it , '' said *T*-1 Peter DaPuzzo , head of retail equity trading at Shearson Lehman Hutton , *-2 referring to news that [ARG1 the labor-management buy-out of UAL Corp.] [rel continued] *-3 to unravel , and reports that the junk-bond market is disintegrating .
- [ARG0 An estimated $ 25.8 million *U*] is allocated *-1 * to [rel continue] [ARG1 work in Oman] .
- Mr. Lothson of PaineWebber said 0 the company 's sales pace has been picking up largely because the effect of unfavorable exchange rates has been easing -- [ARG1 a pattern] [rel continuing] [ARGM-TMP this quarter] .
- [ARG1 An investigation by U.S. Postal inspectors] is [rel continuing] .
- But analysts focused more on the drop in revenue , to $ 1.04 billion *U* from $ 1.07 billion *U* , reflecting in part a [rel continuing] [ARG1 drop] in sales of the controversial credit-reporting services .
- [ARG0 Mr. Falco] [rel continues] [ARG1 *-1 to rank the stock a longterm buy] .
- [ARG1 Unemployment] , [ARGM-DIS for example] , has [rel continued] *-1 to decline , and the September trade figures showed increases in both imports and exports .
- [ARGM-DIS But] [ARG0 Showtime] has [rel continued] [ARG1 *-2 to sign new contracts with Hollywood studios] , and yesterday announced 0 it will buy movies from Columbia Pictures Entertainment Inc. , which *T*-1 currently has a non-exclusive arrangement with HBO .
- The company said 0 its core businesses have performed well and it expects [ARG0 them] to [rel continue] [ARG1 *-1 to do so] [ARGM-TMP in the remainder of the fiscal year] .
- [ARG1 Domestic demand] [rel continues] *-2 to grow , but its contribution to higher production was sapped *-1 in September by the estimated 2 % fall in imports , accompanied * by a growing tendency for Japanese manufacturers to build vehicles overseas , according to the association .
- GRAINS AND SOYBEANS : Prices closed lower after trading in relatively narrow ranges because of strong selling in the cash market and [rel continued] [ARG1 favorable] harvest weather .
- COCOA : [ARG0 Futures] [ARGM-TMP at first] [rel continued] [ARG1 the rally begun * on Monday] , but then faltered and closed lower .
- Robert Hafer , senior commodities analyst at Kaiser Financial Group , said 0 [ARG1 Monday 's rally] [rel continued] [ARGM-TMP yesterday] [ARGM-TMP for only about 20 minutes after the opening] .
- U.S. officials expressed skepticism over an Israeli effort * to show 0 [ARG0 the PLO] [rel continues] [ARG1 *-1 to practice terrorism] .
- Procter & Gamble 's profit surged 38 % in its latest fiscal quarter , *-1 aided *-2 by a gain from a legal settlement and [rel continued] [ARG1 growth] [ARGM-LOC overseas] .
- [ARG0 General Motors] [rel continued] [ARG1 *-1 to be hardest hit] .
- [ARG0 Asarco Inc.] , *-1 [rel continuing] [ARG1 its effort * to refocus its business] , ended its involvement in asbestos mining in the third quarter and said 0 it would stop *-2 mining and selling coal by year end .
- Richard de J. Osborne , chairman , president and chief executive officer , said 0 [ARG0 the company 's `` decisions * to get out of asbestos and high-sulfur coal] [rel continue] [ARG1 the process of * simplifying and focusing the company in areas with a better future] . ''
- Asarco said 0 the gain reflected [rel continued] [ARG1 strength] in prices for refined copper , lead and zinc , and higher equity earnings in Mexico Desarrollo Industrial Minero S.A. , a Mexican mining company in which Asarco has a 34 % stake *T*-1 .
- [ARG1 Imports] [rel continued] *-1 to outpace Philippine exports , [ARGM-ADV despite gains in shipments abroad] , the government National Statistics Office said 0 *T*-2 .
- Analysts expect the trade gap for the year to surpass $ 2 billion *U* as [ARG1 demand for capital equipment and raw materials] [rel continues] *-1 to push imports higher .
- [ARG1 Mr. Bennett] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel continue] [ARGM-MNR as executive in charge of the North Carolina banking operation] .
- [ARGM-DIS For instance] , [ARG0 British Air] is [rel continuing] [ARG1 *-1 to negotiate with KLM Royal Dutch Airlines about each acquiring a 20 % stake in Sabena World Airlines , the air transport subsidiary of the Belgian national airline] .
- Election analysts acknowledge that a `` Red-Green '' coalition of Social Democrats and Greens could edge out Chancellor Kohl 's coalition in the December 1990 national election if [ARG1 support for the Republicans] [rel continues] *-1 to spread .
- It was agreed *-1 at the outset of the Washington Drug Initiative that the [ARG0 FBI] 's role would be * to [rel continue] [ARG1 *-2 targeting the major drug traffickers through our National Drug Strategy] .
- [ARG1 The management turnover at Reebok International Ltd.] [rel continued] [ARGM-MNR with the resignation of company president C. Joseph LaBonte , who *T*-1 joined Reebok just two years ago] .
- [ARGM-TMP Once a jury is selected *-1] , [ARG0 the consultants] [ARGM-TMP often] [rel continue] [ARG1 *-2 to determine what the jurors ' attitudes are likely * to be *T*-3 and help *-4 shape the lawyers ' presentation accordingly] .
- [ARG1 Sales of medium and heavy-duty trucks] [rel continue] *-1 to lag previous-year rates , [ARGM-ADV * leading Eaton to expect fourth-quarter net income to fall below year-earlier levels] , said 0 *T*-2 Stephen R. Hardis , vice chairman and chief financial and administrative officer .
- Eaton earned from [rel continuing] [ARG1 operations] $ 165.1 million *U* , or $ 4.40 *U* a share , down 7 % from $ 177.5 million *U* , or $ 4.76 *U* a share , a year earlier .
- Conference participants saw these effects as *-3 flowing directly from -LRB- a -RRB- Marxist devaluation of environmental resources , which *T*-2 are not produced *-4 by labor ; -LRB- b -RRB- planned economies ' inability * to control pollution where enterprises are state-owned and penalties are paid *-1 by the government *T*-5 ; and -LRB- c -RRB- the [rel continuing] [ARG1 Stalinist] emphasis on heavy industry for economic development , producing a far heavier and more wasteful use of energy and natural resources than in the West .
- But the [rel continuing] [ARG1 pressures] for free-market economics suggest 0 the conference 's vision was not all fantasy .
- [ARGM-LOC Elsewhere] , [ARG0 Valley National] [rel continued] [ARG1 its slide] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 dropping 2 1\/8 to 15 on 1.7 million shares] .
- [ARG1 Arnold Levine , acting co-chief executive ,] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel continue] [ARGM-MNR as senior vice president and a board member] .
- Deposits are n't expected *-1 to exceed withdrawals in the foreseeable future , as [ARG1 the industry] [rel continues] *-2 to shrink .
- `` I think 0 we are going *-1 to see [ARG1 deposit shrinkage] [rel continue] , unless we see big changes in rates , '' Mr. Ely said *T*-2 .
- Prices for polyethylene , a common plastic and an important Carbide product , started *-1 to fall early this year ; the slide accelerated in the third quarter as [ARG0 buyers] [rel continued] [ARG1 *-2 to trim inventories] .
- William S. Leavitt , chairman , said 0 [ARG1 Mr. Penn , 58 years old ,] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel continue] [ARGM-MNR as a consultant] and would work with the board in * selecting a successor .
- The directors signaled , however , that they would be willing *-1 to consider future offers or take some other action *-2 to maximize shareholder value , *-3 saying 0 [ARG0 they] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel continue] [ARG1 *-4 to explore `` all strategic and financial alternatives] . ''
- It 's uncertain if [ARG0 the pilots] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel continue] [ARG1 *-1 to do so without a contract settlement] .
- It is widely known *-1 within industry circles that [ARG0 Hess] had *-2 to buy oil products in the high-priced spot markets *-3 to [rel continue] [ARG1 *-4 supplying its customers] .
- `` [ARG1 General Foods 's relationships with its agencies] are based *-1 on the agencies ' work , and [ARGM-MOD will] [rel continue] *-1 to be *?* , '' said *T*-2 David Hurwitt , a vice president of Kraft General Foods .
- [ARGM-ADV Although Mr. Freeman is retiring] , [ARG0 he] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel continue] [ARG1 *-1 to work as a consultant for American Express on a project basis] .
- [ARG1 The selling that *T*-1 started on Friday] [rel continued] [ARGM-TMP yesterday] .
- The market 's attention is especially focused *-1 on a preliminary report on the U.S. third-quarter gross national product , due out Thursday , which *T*-2 could show 0 [ARG1 the economy] is [rel continuing] *-3 to expand at a relatively brisk pace .
- [ARG0 Fujisawa] [rel continued] [ARG1 *-1 to attract investors] [ARGM-CAU because of strong earning prospects stemming from a new immune control agent] .
- But overall buying interest remained strong through Monday , with many observers saying 0 they expect [ARG1 the Nikkei] to [rel continue] [ARGM-MNR with moderate gains] [ARGM-TMP this week] .
- However , Raymond C. Kurzweil , chairman and chief executive , said `` [ARG1 The company] [rel continues] *-1 to require additional funding *-2 to realize the potential of its technology . ''
- It said 0 [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD will] buy back two million shares , or 18.4 % , of the total outstanding , and [rel continue] [ARG1 operations] [ARGM-MNR *-1 buying and managing real estate] .
- [ARG0 Thrifts] [rel continued] [ARG1 *-1 to shed assets in August] , [ARGM-PNC mainly *-1 to comply with stiffer capital rules under the S&L bailout law] .
- `` [ARG1 Radio Shack] [rel continues] *-2 to be lackluster , '' said *T*-1 Dennis Telzrow , analyst with Eppler , Guerin & Turner in Dallas .
- [ARGM-ADV Despite the junk market 's problems] , [ARG0 Drexel] [rel continues] [ARG1 *-2 to enjoy a loyalty among junk bond investors that its Wall Street rivals have n't found *T*-1] .
- `` [ARG1 Quality junk bonds] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel continue] *-1 to trade well , '' says *T*-2 Michael Holland , chairman of Salomon Brothers Asset Management Inc .
- The filing said 0 [ARG0 the group] [rel continues] [ARG1 *-1 to hold 3,481,887 remaining shares] .
- [ARG1 She only put her foot down twice] , '' [ARG0 he] [rel continues] *T*-1 .
- According to the report , completed * last month , if [ARG1 China 's trade gap] [rel continues] *-1 to widen at the pace seen * in the first seven months of this year , the reserves would be wiped out *-2 either in 1990 or 1991 .
- [ARGM-LOC In one] , [ARG1 imports and exports] [rel continue] *-1 to grow at the respective average rates of 25 % and 5 % recorded * during the first seven months , and the current-account deficit widens to $ 13.1 billion *U* .
- Until then , they expect [ARG1 the cost of * integrating the two carriers] to [rel continue] *-1 crimping profits .
- The latest drop shows 0 [ARG1 the narrowing in the nation 's trade gap reflected * in successive full monthly reports] is [rel continuing] .
- [ARG0 Saab] , meanwhile , is left *-1 to [rel continue] [ARG1 its search for an ally 0 *T*-2 to shore up its sagging car business] .
- Saab said last week 0 [ARG0 it] `` has had *RNR*-1 and [ARGM-MOD will] [rel continue] [ARG1 *-2 to have *RNR*-1] contacts with other manufacturers . ''
- [ARG1 Average attendance at their games , about 49,000 last year ,] [rel continues] flat .
- [ARG0 He] [rel continues] [ARG1 *-1 to reshuffle the team] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 trading famed running back Herschel Walker to the Minnesota Vikings this month for a slew of players and future draft picks] .
- Were not [ARG0 the pictures and happenings] , which *T*-1 have been [rel continuing] [ARG1 news headlines] , answers enough ?
- I 've organized a series of exchanges , exhibitions and other [rel continuing] [ARG1 projects] between Cuban and American artists .
- [ARGM-ADV Without this basic level of attention to reality] , [ARG1 our policies on Cuba] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel continue] *-1 to be as counterproductive as they have *?* for 30 years .
- There have been reports *ICH*-1 for months that the city 's economy is weakening , as [ARG1 the October 1987 stock market crash] [rel continues] *-2 to make itself felt .
- [ARG0 They] [rel continued] [ARG1 *-1 to represent that to the board] , '' said *T*-2 Mr. Lloyd .
- [ARGM-ADV While the State Department positions itself for the post-Barre period in Somalia] , [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD should] [rel continue] [ARG1 *-1 to back former President Carter 's well-intentioned role as a mediator between Mr. Mengistu and the Eritrean guerrillas in Ethiopia] , [ARGM-TMP while * concomitantly opening up channels of communications with the Tigrean rebels through neighboring Sudan] .
- [ARGM-DIS But] [ARG0 the oil ministers] [rel continue] [ARG1 *-1 to study the plan] , and it will probably be the basis for discussion at next month 's meeting .
- The Rafale project is the result of France 's inability jointly * to develop a plane with other countries , and French officials question whether [ARG0 the state] [ARGM-MOD can] [rel continue] [ARG1 *-1 paying for expensive independent programs] .
- In a pattern 0 it aims *-2 to copy *T*-1 in several key U.S. destinations , Cathay recently announced plans *-3 to serve San Francisco by *-4 flying into American Airlines ' Los Angeles hub and routing [rel continuing] [ARG1 passengers] onto a flight on the U.S. carrier .
- [ARG1 Asian traffic , which *T*-1 currently accounts for 65 % of Cathay 's business ,] is expected *-2 to [rel continue] [ARGM-MNR as the carrier 's mainstay] .
- A special section dealing with aviation rights states that [ARG1 landing rights for Hong Kong 's airlines , which *T*-2 include the smaller Hong Kong Dragon Airlines ,] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel continue] *-3 to be negotiated *-1 by Hong Kong 's government .
- Falcon , a limited partnership , said 0 [ARG0 it] wanted the increase in order *-1 to [rel continue] [ARG1 its $ 2.15-per-unit *U* annual payment] , and for expansion and acquisitions .
- [ARG1 It] [rel continues] [ARGM-TMP through the life of the center] ; the Vermont-Slauson Center has created 500 permanent private-sector jobs at a one-time cost in public funds of only $ 2,500 *U* per job .
- Mr. Marrie said 0 the problems in Arizona have only `` increased our resolve [ARG0 *] to [rel continue] [ARG1 *-1 to make our restructuring even more effective] . ''
- `` [ARG0 We] [rel continue] [ARG1 *-1 to develop products faster than anyone else can *?*] . ''
- We believe 0 [ARG1 interest rates] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel continue] *-1 to trend lower , and the economy will slow around the world . ''
- [ARG0 Pittston] [rel continues] [ARG1 *-1 to hire replacement workers] , the company said 0 *T*-2 .
- And he said 0 [ARG1 the weakness] [ARGM-MOD could] [rel continue] [ARGM-TMP in the first half of next year] .
- In early trading , Treasury bonds were higher on expectations that [ARG1 a surge in buying among Japanese investors] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel continue] .
- Investors rushed *-1 to buy bonds during the summer as prices soared on speculation that [ARG1 interest rates] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel continue] *-2 to fall .
- He added that [ARG0 shops] will have *-1 to [rel continue] [ARG1 *-2 reducing their stocks of liquor] and avoid *-2 displaying them too prominently in the window .
- [ARG0 Ekco] [rel continues] [ARG1 *-1 to seek further acquisitions in the consumer-products industry] , Mr. Stein said 0 *T*-2 .
- It said then 0 [ARG0 it] had had *RNR*-1 and [ARGM-MOD would] [rel continue] [ARG1 *-3 to have *RNR*-1] discussions with Anacomp 's management concerning its investment .
- [ARG1 The unit] will be renamed *-2 Comair Aviation Academy and [ARGM-MOD will] [rel continue] *-2 to be headed *-1 by Scott Williams , a son of its founder , Comair said 0 *T*-3 .
- [ARG0 Convex Computer Corp.] , *-1 [rel continuing] [ARG1 its rapid growth] [ARGM-TMP while other computer companies falter] , reported an 87 % increase in third-quarter net income from a year earlier and a 50 % increase in revenue .
- The agency declined comment , but said 0 [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel continue] [ARG1 work] [ARGM-TMP until a new agency is chosen *-1] .
- Whether Mr. McInnes 's oversight is merely a sign of a mainlander 's benign neglect is a question 0 [ARG0 my fellow Channel Islanders -LRB- and friends on the Isle of Man -RRB-] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel continue] [ARG1 *-2 to ponder *T*-1] .
- `` [ARG0 Government] [rel continues] [ARG1 *-1 to inhibit the productivity of our citizenry and the international competitiveness of American business] , '' the vice president declared *T*-3 when he was head of the task force *T*-2 .
- At the same time , he remains fairly pessimistic about the outlook for imports , given [rel continued] [ARG1 high] consumer and capital goods inflows .
- [ARG1 The Nikkei] [rel continued] *-1 to gain [ARGM-TMP for the rest of the week] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 adding 1017.69 points in four days -- more than erasing Monday 's losses] .
- [ARG1 Housings , constructions and pharmaceuticals] [rel continued] *-2 to be bought *-1 following Thursday 's gains [ARGM-CAU because of strong earnings outlooks] .
- A statement issued * by the office of the committee chairman , Sen. David Boren -LRB- D. , Okla. -RRB- , charged that the disclosure is part of a [rel continuing] [ARG1 effort] * to shift the criticism for the failure of the recent coup attempt in Panama .
- [ARG0 Falconbridge] , he says 0 *T*-1 , [ARGM-MOD will] [rel continue] [ARG1 *-2 operating in its current form] .
- *-1 Looking ahead to 1990 , Mr. Sculley predicted `` another year of significant revenue growth , '' along with improved profitability , as [ARG1 the recovery in gross margins] [rel continues] [ARGM-TMP into 1990] .
- [ARGM-ADV As it stands now] , [ARG0 the government] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel continue] [ARG1 *-2 to hold 45 % of Picop] [ARGM-TMP after the 36 % stake is sold *-1] .
- Although [ARG0 the pilots] are expected *-2 to [rel continue] [ARG1 *-3 to pursue the bid] , UAL Chairman Stephen Wolf may be asked *-1 *-4 to withdraw from the buy-out effort , at least temporarily , and to return to *-5 running the company full time .
- `` The board felt that the [rel continued] [ARG1 payment] of our semiannual dividend was inconsistent with recent operating results , '' said *T*-1 Kenneth A. Eldred , president and chief executive officer .
- `` All our efforts are now focused *-1 on * improving earnings to the point where [ARG0 we] [ARGM-MOD can] fund additional new-country development , [rel continue] [ARG1 *-2 to invest in the business] and reinstate the dividend *T*-3 , '' he added *T*-4 .
- While the company said 0 [ARG1 chemical margins] [rel continued] *-1 to worsen [ARGM-TMP this quarter] , costs will be lower because the maintenance and expansions are complete .
- [ARGM-DIS But] [ARG1 the experiments] [rel continue] *-2 to be plagued *-1 by lack of firm evidence that the extra heat is coming from the fusing of hydrogen atoms .
- One exception is a [rel continuing] [ARG1 experiment] at Stanford University where as much as 10 watts of energy are being put *-1 into the electrolytic cells *T*-2 .
- [ARG1 Increasingly careful attempts * to measure neutrons , which *T*-1 would be strong evidence of fusion reactions ,] [rel continue] *-2 to be negative .
- Others said that the drop continued the downward correction that *T*-1 's been due in the petroleum pits and that [ARG1 such a trend] [ARGM-MOD could] [ARGM-ADV well] [rel continue] [ARGM-TMP in the next several trading sessions] .
- Others said that [ARG0 the drop] [rel continued] [ARG1 the downward correction that *T*-1 's been due in the petroleum pits] and that such a trend could well continue in the next several trading sessions .
- [ARGM-TMP Meanwhile] , [ARG0 the photographic industry , which *T*-1 accounts for 44 % of silver consumption ,] [rel continues] [ARG1 *-2 to look for substitutes] .
- That brought in [ARG1 considerable fund selling] , which *T*-1 [rel continued] [ARGM-TMP until the close of trading] .
- If [ARG1 the battle] [rel continues] [ARGM-TMP much longer] , many fast-food businesses will close or merge , predicts 0 *T*-2 Vincent Morrissey , who *T*-1 owns a string of Kentucky Fried Chicken stores in the Midwest .
- [ARGM-DIS And] [ARG1 returns on cash investments] [ARGM-MOD may] [rel continue] *-1 to exceed inflation by a wider margin than they did *?* over the long-term past .
- [ARG1 All] have paid off for me in double-digit annual growth and [rel continue] *-1 to provide significant potential .
- [rel Continued] [ARG1 investment] in my 1984 subcompact has been part of my strategy -LRB- Figure 5 -RRB- , with present annual contributions now equaling more than 60 % of the car 's original value .
- [ARG0 Many workers , especially professionals ,] want *-1 to remain independent *-1 to avoid tax withholding and to [rel continue] [ARG1 *-2 to deduct many expenses that employees ca n't *?* *T*-3] .
- Hoechst AG said 0 it will stop *-1 producing fertilizer in 1990 because of [rel continued] [ARG1 losses] and a bleak outlook .
- [ARG1 Insurance stocks] [rel continued] *-1 to climb on expectations that premium rates will rise in the aftermath of the earthquake in the San Francisco area .
- Kidder Peabody raised its investment rating on the stock and its earnings estimates for 1989 and 1990 , based on optimism that [ARG1 the company 's ABC television network] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel continue] *-1 to fare well in the ratings .
- He added that [ARG0 Olivetti] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel continue] [ARG1 *-1 making its LSX minicomputer line] .
- Some analysts add that [ARG1 third-party pressures * to reduce health costs] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel continue] *-1 to bedevil companies ' bottom lines .
- `` This tells you 0 [ARG0 AT&T] is serious about *-2 [rel continuing] [ARG1 *-3 to manage their cost structure] and is committed *-2 to 20%-a-year earnings growth , '' said *T*-1 Jack Grubman , an analyst with PaineWebber Inc .
- The results roughly matched estimates of securities analysts , who *T*-2 were encouraged *-1 by AT&T increasing its operating margin to 13 % from 11 % a year ago , because of [rel continued] [ARG1 cost-cutting] efforts .
- [ARGM-ADV Unfortunately] , [ARG1 this problem] [rel continued] [ARGM-TMP even after Gen. Noriega 's indictment] .
- As [ARG0 smaller and more powerful computers] [rel continue] [ARG1 *-1 to be the focus of the industry] , he said 0 *T*-2 , Western Digital is strengthening development of laptop parts .
- About half of Western Digital 's business is overseas , and Mr. Johnson expects [ARG1 that proportion] to [rel continue] .
- There are no plans * to initiate a common stock dividend , Mr. Johnson said 0 *T*-3 , *-2 explaining that [ARG0 the board] [rel continues] [ARG1 *-4 to believe 0 shareholders are best served *-1 by * reinvesting excess cash] .
- Income from [rel continuing] [ARG1 operations] was up 26 % .
- [ARG1 Energy costs , which *T*-1 drove wholesale prices up sharply during the month ,] [rel continued] *-2 to decline at the retail level , [ARGM-ADV *-2 pulling down transportation and helping *-3 to ease housing costs] .
- Mr. Yardeni predicted that [ARG1 world business competition] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel continue] *-1 to restrain prices .
- [ARG0 Medical costs] [rel continued] [ARG1 their steep ascent] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 rising 0.8 % after four consecutive months of 0.7 % increases] .
- They dropped 0.4 % as [ARG0 dealers] [rel continued] [ARG1 *-1 to offer rebates 0 *T*-2 to attract customers] .
- [ARGM-DIS But] [ARGM-ADV while the overall market improved] , [ARG1 the new-issue junk-bond market] [rel continued] *-1 to count casualties , [ARGM-TMP even as junk-bond prices rose] .
- That raised hopes that [ARG1 interest rates] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel continue] *-1 to move lower .
- [ARGM-ADV While Remic issuance may slow in the coming days because of the shift in the Treasury yield curve] , [ARG0 underwriters] [rel continued] [ARG1 *-1 to crank out new real estate mortgage investment conduits structured * when the yield curve was more favorable *T*-2] .
- The attorney general 's office in Connecticut alone has put seven of them out of business over the past couple of years , and [ARG1 the enforcement drive] is [rel continuing] [ARGM-LOC there and elsewhere] .
- However , in response to the British Air decision , [ARG0 United 's pilot union] vowed *-1 to [rel continue] [ARG1 efforts * to revive the buy-out] .
- [ARG1 A buy-and-hold approach to stocks] [rel continues] *-1 to be the rule among respondents .
- It said 0 the reduction reflects impaired business prospects and reduced financial flexibility caused * by [rel continuing] [ARG1 losses] at the maker of Winchester disk drives .
- Moody 's said 0 it expects Valley National , of Phoenix , Ariz. , to make substantial further provisions against its real-estate portfolio , and that [ARG1 it] [rel continues] *-1 to suffer from the high cost of * carrying nonperforming assets , and from high loan-loss provisions .
- [ARGM-DIS But] [ARG1 the broadcasts] [rel continued] [ARGM-TMP through the blacked-out night] , [ARGM-MNR with pictures of the sandwiched highway ganglion in Oakland and firefighting in the Marina district] .
- And , because China 's leaders have abandoned plans * to drastically reform the economy , [ARG1 it] is likely *-2 to [rel continue] , analysts say 0 *T*-1 .
- `` [ARG1 Collectibles] [ARGM-MOD should] [rel continue] *-3 to be recognized *-1 as capital assets , '' the letter states *T*-2 .
- [ARG0 He] wants *-1 to [rel continue] [ARG1 *-2 being a low-paid private eye] , and she wants him to live off the million dollars 0 she 's settled *T*-3 on him .
- At Nynex , net slumped 14.8 % , primarily because of a [rel continuing] [ARG1 strike] by 60,000 employees , lower-than-expected profit at its New York Telephone unit and significantly higher taxes and costs .
- The Pentagon claims that [ARGM-ADV in spite of Moscow 's words] , [ARG1 East bloc weapons] [rel continue] *-1 to flow into Nicaragua through Cuba at near-record levels .
- Jamie Kellner , president of Fox Broadcasting , said , `` We believe 0 [ARG1 the partnership of Fox , its affiliates and advertisers] is succeeding and [ARGM-MOD will] [rel continue] *-1 to grow . ''
- Paul Fireman , Reebok chairman and chief executive officer , said , `` Our gains in earnings provide further evidence that [ARG0 the controls 0 we have put *T*-1 in place and our sales mix] are [rel continuing] [ARG1 *-2 to improve the company 's overall profit performance] . ''
- Profit from [rel continuing] [ARG1 operations] in the year-earlier period was $ 402.7 million *U* .
- In the 1988 third quarter , profit from [rel continuing] [ARG1 operations] totaled $ 140.1 million *U* .
- Earnings from [rel continuing] [ARG1 operations] of the Union Pacific Resources unit almost doubled , the company said 0 *T*-1 .
- HHS OFFICIALS expect [ARG0 Secretary Sullivan] to [rel continue] [ARG1 a ban on research using fetal tissue] .
- Also , the analyst said 0 *T*-1 , economic circumstances are such that [ARG0 both South Africa and the Soviet Union , the principal gold and platinum producers ,] are being forced *-2 to [rel continue] [ARG1 *-3 selling the metals] .
- [ARG1 Drugs] [rel continue] *-2 to be sold *-1 openly around schools , parks and housing projects . ''
- Some of the lawyers say 0 [ARG0 they] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel continue] [ARG1 *-1 to represent their clients] [ARGM-ADV if the government pays their tab as court-appointed lawyers] .
- New York Times Co. 's third-quarter earnings report is reinforcing analysts ' belief that newspaper publishers will be facing [rel continued] [ARG1 poor] earnings comparisons through 1990 .
- In the quarterly report , Arthur Ochs Sulzberger , New York Times Co. chairman and chief executive officer , said 0 [ARG1 negative factors affecting third-quarter earnings] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel continue] .
- The decline reflected the expense of * buying three magazines , lower earnings from the forest-products group , and what *T*-1 is proving *-2 to be a nagging major problem , [rel continued] [ARG1 declines] in advertising linage at the New York Times , the company 's flagship daily newspaper .
- Dow Jones & Co. recently reported 0 net fell 9.9 % , a reflection , in part , of [rel continued] [ARG1 softness] in financial advertising at The Wall Street Journal and Barron 's magazine .
- Tokyo stocks closed higher in moderately active but directionless trading as [ARG1 the recent anxiety in world stock markets] [rel continued] *-1 to fade .
- [ARG1 Volume] [rel continued] *-1 to ease from the active dealings at the start of the week .
- U.K. money supply figures for September , released * yesterday , showed [rel continued] [ARG1 growth] in corporate and personal lending , which *T*-1 will keep pressure *ICH*-2 on the government * to maintain tight credit .
- [ARG1 The rapid recovery] [rel continued] *-2 to be fueled *-1 by growth in consumer loans , higher interest margins and only minor loan losses .
- [ARG1 Energy prices] [rel continued] *-1 to fall [ARGM-LOC at the retail level] , but economists worried about a big rise in wholesale energy costs .
- Market participants note that [ARG1 the mark] [rel continues] *-1 to post heftier gains against its U.S. counterpart than any other major currency , particularly the yen .
- He also says 0 [ARG1 CompuServe 's earnings] [rel continue] *-1 to grow `` 20 % to 30 % a year '' [ARGM-ADV in spite of tough competition from giants like Sears and IBM] .
- In January 1988 , the utility filed for protection under Chapter 11 of the federal Bankruptcy Code , * allowing [ARG0 it] to [rel continue] [ARG1 *-1 to operate while *-3 protected *-2 from creditors ' lawsuits] .
- News of the halt comes amid growing anger in the Ukraine and Byelorussia over [rel continuing] [ARG1 high] levels of radiation from Chernobyl .
- [ARGM-LOC At Jasper Jeep-Eagle , one of the largest Jeep dealerships in the country ,] [ARG1 inventories] have [rel continued] *-1 to swell .
- Loral Corp. said 0 fiscal second-quarter net income was $ 19.8 million *U* , or 79 cents a share , compared with year-earlier earnings from [rel continuing] [ARG1 operations] of $ 15.6 million *U* , or 62 cents a share .
- Loral 's profit from [rel continuing] [ARG1 operations] for the first six months of fiscal 1990 was $ 36.4 million *U* , or $ 1.44 *U* a share , up 31 % from $ 27.8 million *U* , or $ 1.11 *U* a share , a year earlier .
- He added : `` I expect *-2 to see [ARG1 the earnings momentum 0 we experienced *T*-1 this quarter] [rel continue] [ARGM-TMP for the rest of the year] . ''
- But Mr. Clough says , `` The risk is that [ARG1 earnings disappointments] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel continue] . ''
- BankAmerica Corp. reported a 34 % jump in third-quarter earnings , as [ARG1 its rocket-like recovery from nearly ruinous losses several years ago] [rel continued] *-2 to be fueled *-1 by growth in consumer loans , higher interest margins and negligible loan losses .
- [ARGM-DIS Moreover] , [ARG0 BankAmerica] [rel continued] [ARG1 *-1 to build its reserve against troubled foreign loans] [ARGM-MNR by *-1 boosting its loan-loss provision to $ 170 million *U* , about the same as the previous quarter but well above the $ 100 million *U* in the year-earlier quarter] .
- [ARGM-DIS But] [ARG0 it] [rel continued] [ARG1 *-2 to badly trail its San Francisco neighbor , Wells Fargo & Co. , which *T*-1 reported an extraordinary 1.25 % return on assets] .
- `` [ARG0 They -LCB- BankAmerica -RCB-] [rel continue] [ARG1 *-1 to show good performance] , '' said *T*-2 Donald K. Crowley , an analyst with Keefe , Bruyette & Woods Inc. , San Francisco .
- The high margin partly stems from [rel continued] [ARG1 strong] growth in high-yielding consumer loans , which *T*-1 jumped 31 % to $ 17.47 billion *U* from a year earlier , and residential mortgages , which *T*-2 rose 25 % to $ 12 billion *U* .
- [ARG1 It] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel continue] *-2 to be sold *-1 in the European market .
- Great Western 's provision for loan losses was increased *-1 to $ 27.9 million *U* for the recent quarter compared with $ 21.8 million *U* a year ago primarily as a result of `` [rel continued] [ARG1 weakness] in various commercial and multifamily real estate markets outside California . ''
- But revenue declined more than 2 % , * reflecting in part a [rel continuing] [ARG1 drop] in sales of credit services in the wake of controversy over the company 's sales practices .
- `` There is n't much question 0 there [ARGM-MOD will] [rel continue] [ARG1 *-1 to be a ripple effect] , '' said *T*-2 John Reidy , an analyst with Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc .
- Everyone looked calm , but there was this surreal low level of confusion as [ARG1 the aftershocks] [rel continued] .
- But industrywide trading activity slowed in September as institutional investors turned cautious and [ARG0 individuals] [rel continued] [ARG1 *-1 to shy away from the market] .
- Investment banking revenue fell 32 % to $ 205 million *U* , * in part reflecting the [rel continued] [ARG1 slowdown] of the underwriting business .
- The company said 0 the dollar 's [rel continued] [ARG1 strengthening] reduced world-wide sales growth by three percentage points .
- You had *-3 to have been blind *-3 not to see the scenario there for what [ARG1 it] was *T*-1 and is *T*-1 and [ARGM-MOD will] [rel continue] *-4 to be *T*-1 [ARGM-TMP for months and even years] -- a part of South Carolina that *T*-2 has sustained a blow that the Red Cross expects 0 *T*-5 will cost that organization alone some $ 38 million *U* .
- `` Those who *T*-1 are on the other side can hardly oppose alternative funding if [ARG0 they] [rel continue] [ARG1 *-2 to insist on *-4 calling themselves ` pro-choice ' rather than ` pro-abortion] , ' '' says *T*-3 Mary Spaulding , the group 's associate state legislative coordinator .
- But many investors remain wary about stocks , partly because they expect [rel continued] [ARG1 turbulence] in the junk-bond market that *T*-2 would make it *EXP*-1 more difficult * to finance corporate takeovers .
- `` We think 0 [ARG1 these trends] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel continue] and will produce a very disappointing fourth quarter as well , '' he said *T*-1 .
- [ARG0 The successful launch] [rel continues] [ARG1 a remarkable recovery in the U.S. space-science program] .
- However , Judge Hastings has said 0 [ARG0 he] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel continue] [ARG1 *-1 to fight] and is contemplating an appeal of any impeachment to the U.S. Supreme Court .
- The government moved aggressively *-3 to open the spigots of federal aid for victims of the California earthquake , but its reservoir of emergency funds must be replenished *-1 soon if [ARG1 the aid] is *-2 to [rel continue] .
- The first phase of the program has been completed *-1 , but [ARG1 two other phases] are [rel continuing] .
- [ARG0 Some couples] [rel continue] [ARG1 *-1 to try] .
- [ARGM-DIS But] [ARG1 the utility] [ARGM-MOD may] [ARGM-NEG not] [rel continue] [ARGM-TMP next year] .
- Los Angeles-based Northrop recorded an 8.2 % decline in sales as [ARG1 B-2 Stealth bomber research-and-development revenue] [rel continued] *-1 to ebb and high costs on some other programs cut into profit .
- Northrop said 0 sales fell because of the decline in B-2 development dollars from the government as [ARG0 the plane] [rel continues] [ARG1 its initial production stage] and because fewer F\/A-18 fighter sections are being produced *-19 in its subcontract work with prime contractor McDonnell Douglas Corp .
- [ARG0 Company auditors] are [rel continuing] [ARG1 their review] , and final restated figures are n't yet available .
- [ARGM-ADV Despite recent declines in interest rates] , [ARG1 money funds] [rel continue] *-1 to offer better yields than other comparable investments .
- Compound yields assume reinvestment of dividends and that [ARG1 current yields] [rel continue] [ARGM-TMP for a year] .
- [ARG0 Louise McNamee , Della Femina 's president ,] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel continue] [ARG1 *-1 running the U.S. agency day-to-day] .
- But there were enough promoters announcing the end of history -LRB- in this case suspension of normal laws of economic gravity -RRB- for [ARG0 society] to [rel continue] [ARG1 *-1 shielding its eyes] .
- But we are , in reality , witnessing the [rel continuing] [ARG1 decline] of the political economy of capitalism : not so much the end of history but the history of the end .
- Officials at the four exchanges said 0 well over 50 traders from the Pacific exchange were taking flights from San Francisco *ICH*-1 late yesterday to the American , New York and Philadelphia exchanges and to [ARGM-LOC the CBOE] , where [ARG0 they] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel continue] [ARG1 *-3 making markets in the Pacific-listed options] *T*-2 .
- Trading was light on the Pacific Stock Exchange yesterday , with workers at the exchange 's main floor in San Francisco struggling *-1 to execute orders by flashlight as a result of a [rel continuing] [ARG1 power] outage .
- He believes 0 [ARG0 baby boomers] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel continue] [ARG1 *-1 to be selective in their brand loyalties] .
- `` [ARG1 The Arizona real estate market] [rel continues] *-2 to be depressed *-1 , and there is still uncertainty as to when values will recover *T*-3 , '' James P. Simmons , chairman , said *T*-4 .
- [ARG0 Most junk bonds , which *T*-2 have been battered *-1 in recent weeks ,] [rel continued] [ARG1 a slow recuperation] and ended *-3 unchanged to slightly higher .
- [ARGM-TMP At the same time] , [ARG1 the expectations of the East German people] are great and [ARGM-MOD will] [rel continue] *-1 to grow .
- The latest financial results at the troubled utility and thrift holding company , based * in Phoenix , Ariz. , reflect [rel continuing] [ARG1 problems] at MeraBank and losses in real-estate , venture-capital and uranium-mining operations .
- While he did n't describe the partnerships ' financial condition , he said 0 [ARG0 their operations] `` [rel continue] [ARG1 *-1 to drain the resources of Equitec] . ''
- [ARG1 Activity] [rel continued] *-1 to slow from the hectic pace set * during the market 's plunge late Friday and its rebound Monday , as players began *-2 to set their sights on events coming later this week .
- Colgate-Palmolive advanced 1 5\/8 to 63 after *-1 saying 0 it was comfortable with analysts ' projections that third-quarter net income from [rel continuing] [ARG1 operations] would be between 95 cents and $ 1.05 *U* a share , up from 69 cents a year ago .
- Florio Fiorini , managing director of Geneva-based Sasea , said 0 the investors would pay only a symbolic one lira for the station , `` but we have agreed *-2 to raise the capital that *T*-1 will enable [ARG0 the company] to [rel continue] [ARG1 *-3 operating] .
- For the rest of 1989 , Mr. Hagen said 0 *T*-2 , Conrail 's traffic and revenue `` will reflect the sluggish economy , but [ARG0 Conrail] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel continue] [ARG1 *-1 to take steps * to control and reduce costs] . ''
- The proposed holding company 's primary purpose would be *-1 to allow [ARG0 Great American] to [rel continue] [ARG1 *-2 engaging in real estate development activities] , it said 0 *T*-3 .
- [ARG0 Morrison Knudsen Corp.] posted third-quarter net income of $ 7.9 million *U* , or 69 cents a share , *-1 [rel continuing] [ARG1 a rebound from steep year-ago losses] .
- The company said 0 [ARG1 the negative factors] are expected *-1 to [rel continue] [ARGM-TMP into next year] .
- [ARG1 The closing] , [ARGM-ADV *-2 affecting 266 employees] , [ARGM-MOD will] [rel continue] [ARGM-TMP at least until roads are cleared *-1] .
- [ARG1 The West German embassies in Prague , Budapest and Warsaw] are [rel continuing] *-1 to find refugees at their gates .
- Mr. Krenz , age 52 , is known *-1 as an old-guard ironfist , [ARG0 one] likely * to [rel continue] [ARG1 the method of * running a country that the Berlin Wall made *T*-2 famous] .
- Harris Trust 's Mr. Woodland noted that [ARG1 the unit] [rel continues] *-1 to show resilience in the face of a barrage of `` headline negatives '' in recent weeks , including rate increases in Europe and Japan , aggressive central bank intervention , a 190-point plunge in New York stock prices , an unexpectedly poor U.S. trade report and action *ICH*-2 by the Federal Reserve * to nudge U.S. rates lower .
- One analyst said 0 he thought 0 [ARG1 the market] [rel continued] *-2 to be supported *-1 to some degree by a delay in the Cuban sugar harvest caused * by adverse weather .
- But yesterday , as the morning wore on , some major West Coast refinery operators -- including Chevron Corp. , Exxon Corp. and the Shell Oil Co. unit of Royal Dutch\/Shell Group -- said 0 [ARG1 their refineries] were n't damaged *-1 and were [rel continuing] *-1 to operate normally .
- [ARGM-ADV Though the Cubs ' championship season ended with the National League playoffs] , [ARG1 a revival of the Organic Theater 's production of `` Bleacher Bums , '' a play in nine innings set * in the Wrigley Field bleachers ,] [rel continues] [ARGM-LOC within spitting distance of the ballpark] .
- In return , Mr. Craig agreed *-1 to cooperate in [ARG0 the government 's] [rel continuing] [ARG1 payola] probe , says 0 *T*-2 a spokeswoman for the U.S. attorney 's office .
- White House Budget Director Richard Darman has said 0 [ARG0 he] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel continue] [ARG1 *-1 to press *-2 to keep the capital-gains provision in the final version of the bill] [ARGM-ADV unless the House drops many of its costly provisions] .
- [ARG1 The slide] [rel continued] [ARGM-TMP until the record 508-point market drop on Oct. 19] .
- Profit from [rel continuing] [ARG1 operations] rose 19 % .
- [ARG1 About 900,000 units] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel continue] *-2 to be publicly traded *-1 on the New York Stock Exchange , Enserch said 0 *T*-3 .
- In an internal memorandum to employees , Messrs. Connolly and Driscoll described the restructuring as an effort [ARG0 *] to [rel continue] [ARG1 *-1 rationalizing operations assembled * during a series of mergers over the past five years] .
- [ARG0 Nonperforming assets] [rel continued] [ARG1 *-1 to pile up] [ARGM-TMP in the latest quarter] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 rising to $ 900 million *U* , or 3.52 % of loans and leases , from $ 667 million *U* , or 2.68 % , at the end of the second quarter] .
- We think 0 [ARG1 revenue] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel continue] *-1 to grow and that we can control costs and thus improve profitability . ''
- Chairman Zane E. Barnes said 0 [ARG1 Southwestern Bell 's `` businesses] are healthy and are [rel continuing] *-1 to grow . ''
- The move followed a round of similar increases by other lenders against Arizona real estate loans , * reflecting a [rel continuing] [ARG1 decline] in that market .
- [ARGM-TMP On a day 0 some United Airlines employees wanted Mr. Wolf fired *-2 and takeover stock speculators wanted his scalp *T*-1] , Messrs. Wolf and Pope saw [ARG1 their prospective personal fortunes] [rel continue] *-3 to plummet *PPA*-5 as shares of UAL , United 's parent company , dived $ 24.875 *U* on the Big Board *-4 to close at $ 198 *U* .
- [ARG1 Earnings] [rel continued] *-1 to pace sales [ARGM-CAU because of a lower tax rate , profit from the renegotiation of the debt instrument received * from Faberge Inc. in connection with Lilly 's sale of Elizabeth Arden Inc. in 1987 , and net proceeds from the settlement of patent litigation at Lilly 's Hybritech Inc. unit] .
- [ARG0 Merck , Rahway , N.J. ,] [rel continued] [ARG1 *-1 to lead the industry with a strong sales performance in the human and animal health-products segment] .
- That compares with per-share earnings from [rel continuing] [ARG1 operations] of 69 cents the year earlier ; including discontinued operations , per-share was 88 cents a year ago .
- [ARG1 It] is [ARGM-ADV probably] [rel continuing] and may well account for most of *RNR*-1 , or all of *RNR*-1 , present-day global warming .
- [ARGM-DIS And] , [ARGM-TMP all the while] , [ARG1 Panama 's debt problems] [rel continued] *-1 to grow .
- Mr. Noriega believes 0 [ARG0 he] has n't any alternative but * to [rel continue] [ARG1 clutching to power] .
- Industrial production declined 0.1 % in September , * reinforcing other signs that [ARG0 the manufacturing sector] [rel continues] [ARG1 its slowing trend] .
- [ARG1 Lung-cancer mortality rates] increase with age and are [rel continuing] *-1 to rise for all age groups over 55 , with sharp increases for everybody but white men .
- However , he stressed that the improvement depends on a [rel continued] [ARG1 reduction] in smoking .
- A report in this week 's issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute also projects that overall U.S. mortality rates from lung cancer , the leading cause of cancer death , should begin *-1 to drop in several years if [ARG1 cigarette smoking] [rel continues] *-2 to abate .
- In recent weeks Mr. Merksamer has approached a number of his suppliers and asked them *-1 to provide letters of intent saying 0 [ARG0 they] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel continue] [ARG1 *-2 shipping merchandise to the chain] [ARGM-TMP following the buy-out] , say 0 *T*-3 those familiar with the situation .
- But several other traders contend 0 investors have overreacted to junk-bond jitters , and that [ARG1 stock prices] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel continue] *-1 to recover .
- `` [ARG0 The consumer business] [rel continues] [ARG1 *-1 to drive the earnings stream] , '' said Mr. McDermott of Keefe , Bruyette & Woods .
- [ARG0 Wells Fargo] [rel continued] [ARG1 *-1 to generate one of the highest profit margins among major banks] , [ARGM-ADV * minimizing a drop in net interest margin with 13 % third-quarter growth in high-yielding business loans and similar growth in mortgages] .
- Non-interest income fell slightly to $ 191.9 million *U* from $ 193.3 million *U* , while [ARG0 Wells Fargo] [rel continued] [ARG1 *-2 to rigorously control non-interest expense , which *T*-1 was almost flat at $ 393.4 million *U*] .
- PNC Financial cited higher income from sources unrelated to interest and said 0 [ARG0 it] [rel continues] [ARG1 *-1 to cut costs] .
- [ARGM-DIS But] [ARG0 bond investors] [rel continue] [ARG1 *-1 to keep a close watch on the jittery stock market] .
- Confusion over the near-term trend for rates dominated the municipal arena , as [ARG1 gyrations in the stock market] [rel continued] *-1 to buffet bonds .
- `` Bond investors were hoping that [ARG1 stock prices] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel continue] *-1 to fall , '' said *T*-2 Roger Early , a vice president at Federated Investors Inc. , Pittsburgh .
- Similarly , the House agreed *-1 to add back $ 62 million *U* [ARG0 *] to [rel continue] [ARG1 work on the advanced communications technology satellite , being developed by General Electric Co] .
- [ARG1 Mr. McKinney] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel continue] [ARGM-MNR as chairman of the board and chairman of the executive committee of Banc One Indiana Corp. , the successor company to American Fletcher Corp.] , but will no longer be active in day-to-day management .
- The only fly in the Soviet ointment was the last-minute addition of a unilateral American caveat , that [ARG1 U.S. aid to the resistance] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel continue] [ARGM-TMP as long as Soviet aid to Kabul did *?*] .
- The wonder is not that the resistance has failed *-1 to topple the Kabul regime , but that [ARG0 it] [rel continues] [ARG1 *-2 to exist and fight] at all .
- And the administration 's deal with Congress gives several congressional committees the right * to cut off even humanitarian aid next month , though the committees are likely * to let [ARG1 aid] [rel continue] [ARGM-TMP until February] .
- [ARG0 The administration] [rel continues] [ARG1 *-1 to support SDI , or Star Wars ,] and it recently lobbied *-2 to persuade the Senate *-3 to restore some of the funds 0 it planned *-5 to cut *T*-4 from the program .
- As a result , Frank Gaffney , a former Reagan Pentagon aide who *T*-1 now heads the Center for Security Policy , charges that the administration 's `` professions of [rel continued] [ARG1 commitment] to development and deployment of the SDI program strain credulity . ''
- [ARG1 He] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel continue] [ARGM-MNR as a director] .
- In addition , Sanford Grossman , a Wharton School finance professor , says 0 [ARG1 volatile jumps in stock prices] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel continue] [ARGM-TMP as long as liquidity falls short of the voracious demands of institutions `` who *T*-1 can go out and say ` I have a billion dollars of stocks 0 * to sell *T*-2] . ' ''
- Corning 's chairman and chief executive officer , James R. Houghton , said 0 [ARG1 operating performance] [rel continued] *-1 to be strong in the telecommunications and health and science segments .
- But the specialty-material segment slowed somewhat and [ARG1 consumer products] [rel continued] [ARGM-MNR below expectations] .
- [ARG1 An important element of this phenomenon -- the now-shaky market for junk bonds , used * often * to finance restructurings and takeovers --] [rel continued] *-1 to cast a pall over stocks .
- [ARG0 AMR , the parent of American Airlines ,] [rel continued] [ARG1 *-1 to retreat in the wake of New York developer Donald Trump 's decision * to withdraw his $ 120-a-share *U* takeover bid] .
- [ARG0 Nervous investors] [rel continued] [ARG1 *-1 to limit their buying to blue-chip stocks] [ARGM-TMP while * dumping takeover-related issues] .
- But its auditor , Ernst & Young , said 0 Enviropact 's financial situation raises `` substantial doubt about [ARG1 its] ability * to [rel continue] [ARGM-MNR as a going concern] . ''
- [ARG0 Banks] are [rel continuing] [ARG1 *-1 to go after individual investors] , [ARGM-ADV despite falling interest rates] .
- He said that [ARGM-ADV while the U.S. trade gap with Canada has widened significantly] , [ARG1 the trade deficit with Western Europe and Japan] [rel continues] *-1 to narrow .
- Some analysts remain bullish and point out that [ARG1 the dollar] [rel continues] *-1 to be well bid [ARGM-ADV despite key rate increases in Europe and Japan , several weeks of aggressive dollar sales by the world central banks -- some traders estimate that the barrage of sales topped $ 12 billion *U* -- and a 190-point plunge on the New York Stock Exchange] .
- Market participants said that [ARG1 the mark] [rel continues] *-1 to post the most significant gains against the dollar .
- [ARG1 The highest-rated show] [rel continues] *-1 to be ABC 's `` Roseanne . ''
- [ARG1 Microsoft Corp. 's earnings growth] [rel continued] *-1 to outstrip that of most of its competitors and customers in the personal-computer industry , [ARGM-TMP as it reported a 36 % jump in fiscal first-quarter earnings on a 33 % revenue gain] .
- Microsoft officials said 0 the strong results also reflected [rel continuing] [ARG1 high] demand for its software applications and operating systems .
- [ARG1 That segment] [rel continues] *-1 to post strong quarter-to-quarter gains , [ARGM-TMP while the low-end , or commodity segment , of the industry is experiencing sluggish growth or even sales declines] .
- Integrated said that [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel continue] [ARG1 *-1 to pursue `` other alternatives '' *-2 to sell the five core companies] and that a group of senior executives plans *-3 to make a proposal * to purchase three of the companies -- Integrated Resources Equity Corp. , Resources Trust Co. and Integrated Resources Asset Management Corp .
- The National Cancer Institute also projected that overall U.S. mortality rates from lung cancer should begin *-1 to drop in several years if [ARG1 cigarette smoking] [rel continues] *-2 to abate .
- [ARG1 The stock of UAL Corp.] [rel continued] *-2 to be pounded *-1 amid signs that British Airways may balk at any hasty reformulation of the aborted $ 6.79 billion *U* buy-out of United Airlines ' parent .
- In his statement , Mr. Wolf said , `` [ARG0 We] [rel continue] [ARG1 *-1 to believe 0 our approach is sound , and that it is far better for all employees than the alternative of * having an outsider own the company with employees paying for it just the same] . ''
- [ARG0 European dealers] [rel continued] [ARG1 *-1 to dominate the action in old masters , which Sotheby 's North America had lately been touting *T*-2 in this country] .
- Since late 1987 , for example , it has put off a rule dealing with deferred income taxes because of the [rel continuing] [ARG1 controversy] over the issue .
- He said 0 [ARG1 shipments] are [rel continuing] [ARGM-MNR at a `` healthy '' pace] and 0 the company has no excess inventory .
- `` I 've been two-thirds in cash since July , and [ARG0 I] [rel continue] [ARG1 *-1 to think that * having a defensive position is appropriate] , '' he says *T*-2 .
- [ARG1 Companies that *T*-1 piled on debt in leveraged buy-outs during the past two years] `` [ARGM-MOD will] [rel continue] *-2 to surface as business problems . ''
- For instance , he says 0 *T*-1 , International Business Machines and Unisys might look cheap , but [ARG0 investors] [ARGM-MOD might] [rel continue] [ARG1 *-2 to do better with stocks like Walt Disney , Procter & Gamble and Coca-Cola , strong performers in recent years] .
- `` [ARG1 Competition from third parties who *T*-1 have cash and are prepared *-2 to buy] has always existed and [ARGM-MOD will] [rel continue] , '' added *T*-3 Mr. Rosenthal .
- Despite [rel continuing] [ARG1 troubles] with problem assets and nonperforming loans , the trust said 0 it expects *-1 to be able *-2 to maintain or increase the rate of distributions because of operations of joint-venture properties .
- Despite [rel continuing] [ARG1 troubles] with problem properties and nonperforming loans , the Dallas trust said 0 it has rebuilt reserves , abandoned properties with little potential and experienced improved operating results from joint ventures .
- [ARGM-DIS But] [ARG0 some investors] [rel continued] [ARG1 *-1 to switch out of high-risk , high-yield junk funds] [ARGM-ADV despite yesterday 's rebound from that market 's recent price declines] .
- [ARG1 Business] , [ARGM-DIS however] , [rel continues] *-1 to be `` robust , '' and the stock market has n't affected the concern 's expansion plans , says 0 *T*-2 Todd Krasnow , a senior executive .
- But * let [ARG1 Stevens] [rel continue] [ARGM-MNR in his unwitting comic manner] -LRB- his conscious efforts at `` banter '' always fail -- most comically -RRB- : `` This whole question is very akin to the question that *T*-1 has caused much debate in our profession over the years : what *T*-2 is a ` great ' butler ? ''
- [ARGM-ADV If , for example , in the midst of a great social occasion -LRB- such as an international conference on * revising the Versailles Treaty in 1923 -RRB- , one 's 72-yearold father , himself a great butler once , should happen *-1 to die of a stroke] , [ARG0 one] [ARGM-MOD must] [rel continue] [ARG1 *-2 to serve the port] : `` Please * do n't think me unduly improper in *-4 not ascending *-3 to see my father in his deceased condition just at this moment .
- The transaction is part of [ARG0 UGI 's] [rel continuing] [ARG1 program] * to shed AmeriGas 's industrial gas interests and expand the subsidiary 's propane business .
- [ARG1 Testimony] is expected *-1 to [rel continue] [ARGM-TMP until early December] .
- The company said in a statement that `` [ARG1 demand for IBM products and services] [rel continues] *-1 to be good world-wide .
- Same-store sales for Pizza Hut rose about 13 % , while Taco Bell 's increased 22 % , as [ARG1 the chain] [rel continues] *-1 to benefit from its price-value strategy .
- In the year ended Jan. 31 , Pace rang up profit of $ 9.4 million *U* , or 72 cents a share , after a tax-loss carry-forward , on sales of $ 1.3 billion *U* , and analysts expect [ARG1 its results] to [rel continue] *-1 to improve .
- The companies said 0 [ARG0 Pace] [ARGM-MOD would] [ARGM-MNR ill] [rel continue] [ARG1 *-1 to operate under its present management] .
- He will succeed [ARG0 Joel Chaseman] , who *T*-1 [ARGM-MOD will] remain a vice president of the company and [rel continue] [ARG1 *-2 to represent Post-Newsweek stations in several industry organizations] , the company said 0 *T*-3 .
- Dillon Read 's Ms. Stark said in early afternoon that she was still viewing prices and other data as subject to verification , and she said 0 [ARG0 portfolio managers] [rel continued] [ARG1 *-2 to question the numbers 0 they saw *T*-1 on the screen] .
- [ARG0 We] [rel continue] [ARG1 *-1 to feel that the stock market is still the place 0 * to be *T*-2 for long-term appreciation] . ''
- [ARG0 He] smoked Toronto in the playoffs with six hits , seven walks and eight stolen bases in 22 at bats , and [rel continued] [ARG1 that] [ARGM-MNR by *-1 going 3-for-3 at the plate Sunday , along with walking , stealing a base and scoring a run] .
- But per-share profit dropped only 2 % to $ 1.23 *U* a share from $ 1.26 *U* a share , as [ARG0 the company] [rel continued] [ARG1 its stock buy-back plan] .
- [ARG1 Work at Boeing] [rel continues] [ARGM-MNR with supervisors and other non-striking personnel manning the lines] .
- But even if [ARG1 Wall Street] [rel continues] *-2 to stabilize , analysts here say 0 the latest blow to investor confidence could inhibit a swift recovery for the Frankfurt exchange , which *T*-1 already was showing signs of weakness after the DAX had slipped from a 1989 high of 1657.61 on Sept. 8 .
- NCNB Corp. 's net income more than doubled in the period , largely because of [rel continued] [ARG1 strong] performance by the bank 's Texas operations .
- The loan growth offset [rel continuing] [ARG1 real-estate] loan losses in the depressed Arizona market .
- [ARG0 The FDIC , which *T*-1 in 1986 provided $ 130 million *U* in open-bank assistance to BancOklahoma 's Bank of Oklahoma , Tulsa , unit] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel continue] [ARG1 *-2 to maintain $ 90 million *U* in preferred stock in the Tulsa bank unit] .
- The new circuit breakers , if they are * to be applied *-1 at all , will require that [ARG1 futures and options trading] [rel continue] [ARGM-TMP as long as the New York Stock Exchange remains open] .
- He says 0 [ARG1 the test] is [rel continuing] [ARGM-LOC in Chicago , Columbus , Ohio , and a few other cities] .
- The [rel continuing] [ARG1 series] of HUD scandals is a sadly predictable result of pork-barrel politics .
- [ARGM-ADV Nevertheless] , [ARG0 lobbies such as the National Association of Home Builders -LRB- NAHB -RRB-] [rel continue] [ARG1 *-1 to pressure Capitol Hill for more special-interest spending] .
- Analysts cited memories of two years ago , when many small investors held on to their shares after the October crash but [ARG1 the West German market] [rel continued] *-1 to decline steeply for the next three months *T*-2 .
- Offsetting the Remic-related purchases were *T*-2 [rel continued] [ARG1 heavy] sales by mortgage originators , which *T*-1 are producing increased amounts of fixed-rate mortgage-backed issues with lower rates .
- Trading was hectic during the morning , with players trying *-1 to gauge whether [ARG0 equities] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel continue] [ARG1 Friday 's free fall] or stabilize after a brief spot of weakness .
- Mr. Simmons said 0 the third-quarter results reflect [rel continued] [ARG1 improvements] in productivity and operating margins .
- That 50 % is now held *-1 by [ARG0 Clifford Parker , Regatta 's president and chief executive officer ,] who *T*-2 [ARGM-MOD will] [rel continue] [ARG1 *-3 to manage Regatta 's operations under Gitano] .
- The downgrades were prompted *-1 , Moody 's said 0 *T*-2 , by the [rel continuing] [ARG1 turmoil] in the junk bond market and the suspension of dividends on CenTrust 's preferred stock .
- [ARG0 Gold , the traditional haven in times of financial crisis ,] [rel continued] [ARG1 its inverse lockstep with the dollar] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 rising early in the day as the currency fell , and then giving up some of its gains as the dollar recovered] .
- Until yesterday , futures prices had been headed *-1 up on expectations that [ARG1 world oil demand] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel continue] *-2 to be strong .
- [ARG1 That selling] [rel continued] [ARGM-TMP yesterday] and kept prices under pressure , he said 0 *T*-1 .
- Five African nations , however , said 0 [ARG0 they] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel continue] [ARG1 *-1 selling the valuable tusks] .
- *-1 As a U.S.-based company , Blue Arrow would have *-1 to amortize the good will over as many as 40 years , * creating a [rel continuing] [ARG1 drag] on reported earnings .
- The answer will help *-1 determine whether [ARG0 Applied] [rel continues] [ARG1 *-2 to reach the ambitious goals set * by Mr. Sim] .
- [ARGM-TMP After the trading halt in the S&P 500 pit in Chicago] , [ARG1 waves of selling] [rel continued] *-1 to hit stocks themselves on the Big Board , and specialists continued *-2 to notch prices down .
- [ARGM-TMP After the trading halt in the S&P 500 pit in Chicago] , waves of selling continued *-1 to hit stocks themselves on the Big Board , and [ARG0 specialists] [rel continued] [ARG1 *-2 to notch prices down] .
- [ARG0 The union] is [rel continuing] [ARG1 *-1 to work through its expired contract] , [ARGM-DIS however] .
- -- United Auto Workers Local 1069 , which *T*-1 represents 3,000 workers at Boeing 's helicopter unit in Delaware County , Pa. , said 0 it agreed *-2 to extend its contract on a day-by-day basis , with a 10-day notification * to cancel , while [ARG0 it] [rel continues] [ARG1 *-3 bargaining] .
- Barring a cold snap or other crop problems in the growing areas , [ARG1 downward pressure on prices] is likely *-1 to [rel continue] [ARGM-TMP into January , when harvesting and processing of oranges in Florida reach their peak *T*-3] , the analyst said 0 *T*-2 .
- Although some analysts look for profit-taking in the wake of Friday 's leap in crude oil prices , [ARG1 last week 's rally] is generally expected *-1 to [rel continue] [ARGM-TMP this week] .
- `` [ARG0 I] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel continue] [ARG1 *-1 to look for a stable crude market , at least in futures '' trading] , said *T*-2 William Hinton , an energy futures broker with Stotler & Co .
- [ARG1 Mr. Seelenfreund] is executive vice president and chief financial officer of McKesson and [ARGM-MOD will] [rel continue] [ARGM-LOC in those roles] .
- William O. Taylor , the parent 's chairman and chief executive officer , said 0 [ARG1 earnings] [rel continued] *-2 to be hurt *-1 by softness in ad volume at the Boston newspaper .
- Meanwhile , analysts said 0 [ARG1 Pfizer 's recent string of lackluster quarterly performances] [rel continued] , [ARGM-ADV as earnings in the quarter were expected *-1 to decline by about 5 %] .
- Harry is now a 57-year-old writer , whose [rel continuing] [ARG1 flirtation] with drugs and marginal types in Hollywood and New York *T*-1 seems quaintly out-of-synch .
- [ARG1 It] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel continue] *-1 to trade on the International Stock Exchange , London .
- Now , however , as [ARG1 the court 's new five-member conservative majority] [rel continues] *-1 to solidify , victories for the liberals are rare .
- [ARG0 NCNB] [rel continued] [ARG1 its foray into the Florida and Texas markets] .
- Mr. Thygerson said 0 [ARG0 he] had planned *-1 to travel between the job in Denver and his San Diego home , but has found [ARG1 the commute] too difficult 0 * to [rel continue] *T*-2 .
- In Leipzig , [ARG0 activists] vowed *-1 to [rel continue] [ARG1 street protests 0 *T*-2 to demand internal change] .
- `` I think 0 [ARG1 the resurgence -LCB- in inflation -RCB-] is going *-2 to [rel continue] [ARGM-TMP for a few months] , '' said *T*-1 John Mueller , chief economist at Bell Mueller Cannon , a Washington economic forecasting firm .
- [ARG0 The thrift] is also working *-1 to unload its junk-bond portfolio by *-2 [rel continuing] [ARG1 *-3 to sell off the bonds] , and it plans *-4 to eventually place some of them in a separate affiliate , as * required *-5 under the new thrift law .
- [ARG0 Companies] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel continue] [ARG1 *-1 to war over standards] .
- [ARGM-TMP At the same time] , [ARG0 second-tier firms] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel continue] [ARG1 *-1 to lose ground] .
- [ARG0 Personal-computer makers] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel continue] [ARG1 *-1 to eat away at the business of more traditional computer firms] .
- Overall , though , the South and West still outpace the Northeast and Midwest , and fast-growing states like Florida and California ensure that [ARG1 the pattern] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel continue] .
- [ARG1 Charles J. Lawson Jr. , 68 , who *T*-1 had been acting chief executive since June 14] , [ARGM-MOD will] [rel continue] [ARGM-MNR as chairman] .
- These sorts of takeovers do n't require junk bonds or big bank loans *-1 to finance them , so Mr. Gabelli figures 0 [ARG1 they] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel continue] .
- [ARG0 CBS] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel continue] [ARG1 *-1 to program action-adventure shows 0 *T*-2 to follow the Sajak hour] .
- Of course , the health of the economy will be threatened *-1 if [ARG1 the market] [rel continues] *-2 to dive [ARGM-TMP this week] .
- But if [ARG1 the stock market] does [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel continue] *-1 to plummet , the beneficial effects of lower interest rates and a lower dollar may well dominate .
- [ARG0 Monsanto Co.] , too , is expected *-2 to [rel continue] [ARG1 *-3 reporting higher profit] , even though its sales of crop chemicals were hurt *-1 in the latest quarter by drought in northern Europe and the western U.S. .
- [ARG0 Searle] [rel continued] [ARG1 *-1 to operate in the red] [ARGM-TMP through the first half of the year] , but Monsanto has said 0 it expects Searle to post a profit for all of 1989 .
- [ARGM-DIS But] [ARG1 the investigation] [rel continues] .
- Last year , GM had a different program *ICH*-3 in place [ARG0 that] *T*-2 [rel continued] [ARG1 *-4 rewarding dealers] [ARGM-TMP until all the 1989 models had been sold *-1] .
- If [ARG1 the economy] [rel continues] *-1 to expand by 0.8 % a quarter for the rest of the year , it would leave GDP growth for all of 1989 at 3 % , the institute said 0 *T*-2 .
- `` The economy remains well-balanced , and the outlook is for [rel continued] [ARG1 moderate] growth . ''
- [ARG1 The action] was expected *-1 to begin with the opening of the New Zealand foreign exchange markets at 5 p.m. EST -- when stocks there plunged *T*-2 -- and to [rel continue] [ARGM-TMP as the trading day began later in the evening in Tokyo and through early this morning in Europe] .
- Aides say 0 [ARG0 he] [rel continued] [ARG1 *-4 to work the phones] [ARGM-TMP through the weekend] .
- Hammond said that [ARG1 its discussions with Fidelity , an Irvine , Calif. , title-insurance underwriter ,] are [rel continuing] , but that prospects for a longer-term standstill agreement are uncertain .
- [ARGM-DIS Next] , [ARG0 he] [rel continued] [ARG1 *-2 to court the communists -- many of whom *T*-1 feel betrayed by the left-right coalition 's birth -- by * bringing into PASOK a well-respected Communist Party candidate] .
- Still , he said 0 *T*-1 , [ARG0 the 100-year-old company] plans *-2 to [rel continue] [ARG1 its premium-priced strategy for its distinctive brand of red-tipped wire fencing and other products] .
- For third quarter last year , Keystone reported a $ 1 million *U* loss from [rel continuing] [ARG1 operations] and a $ 200,000 *U* loss from discontinued operations , for a net loss of $ 1.2 million *U* .
- Last year , the company had a net loss of $ 6.5 million *U* , including a $ 6.1 million *U* loss from [rel continuing] [ARG1 operations] and a $ 400,000 *U* loss from discontinued operations .
- [ARG0 A second uranium-recovery plant at Uncle Sam , La. , that *T*-1 produces more than 700,000 pounds of uranium annually ,] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel continue] [ARG1 *-2 to operate] .
- Lomas said 0 [ARG1 Merrill Lynch , which *T*-1 owns bonds and equity in Lomas ,] [ARGM-MOD could] [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel continue] [ARGM-MNR as Lomas 's investment banker] [ARGM-CAU because it is also a creditor] .
- `` It eliminates the [rel continuing] [ARG1 uncertainty] with respect to the ultimate value of the loans , '' he said *T*-1 .
- [ARG1 Its population] has [rel continued] *-1 to increase [ARGM-TMP since 1983 , the peak year of the economic cycle] .
- [ARGM-MOD Should] [ARG1 sales] [rel continue] *-2 to be strong through the Christmas season , which *T*-1 accounts for about 60 % of U.S. retail toy sales , Mr. Kwan said 0 the Ninja Turtles could make 1989 a record sales year for Playmates .
- Besides the lack of a fast-selling product , they cite the [rel continued] [ARG1 dominance] of the U.S. market by Nintendo Entertainment System , an expensive video game made * by Nintendo Co. of Japan .
- Under current rules , even when a network fares well with a 100%-owned series -- ABC , for example , made a killing in *-2 broadcasting its popular crime\/comedy `` Moonlighting '' -- *T*-5 it is n't allowed *-3 to share in the [rel continuing] [ARG1 proceeds] when the reruns are sold *-1 to local stations *T*-4 .
- The company said 0 [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel continue] [ARG1 *-1 to pursue a lifting of the suspension] .
- Intel 's stock rose in early over-the-counter trading Friday , as investors appeared relieved that the company 's income from [rel continuing] [ARG1 operations] was only slightly below the second quarter 's earnings of $ 99.3 million *U* , or 53 cents a share , and that sales actually exceeded the $ 747.3 million *U* for the second period .
- Deafening chants of `` ANC '' and `` Umkhonto we Sizwe '' shook the church as the seven aging men vowed that [ARG0 the ANC] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel continue] [ARG1 its fight against the government and the policies of racial segregation on all fronts , including the armed struggle] .
- As the days go by , the South African government will be ever more hard pressed * to justify the [rel continued] [ARG1 imprisonment] of Mr. Mandela as well as the continued banning of the ANC and enforcement of the state of emergency .
- As the days go by , the South African government will be ever more hard pressed * to justify the continued imprisonment of Mr. Mandela as well as the [rel continued] [ARG1 banning] of the ANC and enforcement of the state of emergency .