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frames-  The average seven-day compound yield of the 400 taxable funds tracked * by IBC 's Money Fund Report eased a fraction of a percentage point to 8.45 % from 8.47 % for [ARG1  the week]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Tuesday]  .
-  In [ARG0  *-2]  [rel  ending]  [ARG1  Hungary 's part of the project]  , Parliament authorized Prime Minister Miklos Nemeth to modify a 1977 agreement with Czechoslovakia , which *T*-64 still wants the dam to be built *-1 .
-  [ARG1  The movie]  [rel  ends]  [ARGM-MNR  with sound , the sound of street people talking ,]  and there is n't anything whimsical or enviable in those rough , beaten voices .
-  The Huntsville , Ala. , electronic products maker said 0 it expects *-1 to post a `` significant '' loss for [ARG1  its fiscal first quarter]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Sept. 30]  .
-  [ARG1  The first two GAF trials]  [rel  ended]  in [ARG2-in  mistrials]  [ARGM-TMP  earlier this year]  .
-  The Treasury said 0 [ARG1  it]  needs *-1 to raise $ 47.5 billion *U* in the current quarter in order *-1 to [rel  end]  [ARGM-TMP  December]  [ARGM-MNR  with a $ 20 billion *U* cash balance]  .
-  Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co. posted a 62 % rise in pretax profit to 5.276 billion yen -LRB- $ 36.9 million *U* -RRB- in [ARG1  its fiscal first half]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Sept. 30]  compared with 3.253 billion yen a year earlier .
-  Sales by these subsidiaries in [ARG1  the fiscal year]  [rel  ending]  [ARGM-TMP  last March]  were more than $ 17 billion *U* .
-  Panama was stripped *-8 of this right because of U.S. differences with the Noriega regime , but the Central American country would have received a quota of 30,537 metric tons over [ARG1  a 21-month period]  [rel  ending]  [ARGM-TMP  Sept. 30 , 1990]  .
-  They have begun *-1 sending letters explaining [ARG1  the program]  , which *T*-52 began Oct. 18 and [ARGM-MOD  will]  [rel  end]  [ARGM-TMP  Dec. 18]  , to about five million card holders .
-  Reed International PLC said that net income for [ARG1  the six months]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Oct. 1]  slipped 5 % to # 89.7 million *U* -LRB- $ 141.9 million *U* -RRB- , or 16 pence a share , from # 94.8 million *U* -LRB- $ 149.9 million *U* -RRB- , or 17.3 pence a share .
-  Elco Industries Inc. said 0 it expects net income in [ARG1  the year]  [rel  ending]  [ARGM-TMP  June 30 , 1990 ,]  to fall below a recent analyst 's estimate of $ 1.65 *U* a share .
-  Oshkosh Truck Corp. , Oshkosh , Wis. , estimated 0 earnings for [ARG1  its fourth quarter]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Sept. 30]  fell 50 % to 75 % below the year-earlier $ 4.5 million *U* , or 51 cents a share .
-  [ARG1  It]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  the day]  [ARGM-MNR  up 80 yen -LRB- 56 cents -RRB- to 1,880 yen -LRB- $ 13.15 *U* -RRB-]  .
-  [ARG1  The index]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  the day]  [ARGM-MNR  near its session high of 2163.2 , which *T*-2 was posted *-1 within the last half-hour of trading]  .
-  The rating concern said 0 the textile and clothing company 's interest expense exceeds operating profit `` by a wide margin '' and it noted United 's estimated after-tax loss of $ 24 million *U* for [ARG1  the year]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  June 30]  .
-  Rockwell International Corp. reported flat operating earnings for [ARG1  the fourth quarter]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Sept. 30]  .
-  All four areas had higher revenue for [ARG1  the three months]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Sept. 30]  .
-  Buying for the most part carried over from the previous session , and traders apparently ignored reports that [ARG1  a Chilean mine strike]  [ARGM-MOD  may]  have [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  almost before it began]  , an analyst said 0 *T*-1 .
-  [ARG1  The May contract , which *T*-1 also is without restraints ,]  [rel  ended]  with [ARG2-with  a gain of 0.54 cent to 14.26 cents]  .
-  Nissan Motor Co. , Japan 's second-largest car maker , announced Wednesday that the parent concern 's pretax earnings in [ARG1  the first half]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  last Sept. 30]  rose 14 % to 88.32 billion yen -LRB- $ 618.1 million *U* -RRB- from 77.6 billion yen a year earlier .
-  Atsushi Muramatsu , executive vice president and chief financial officer of Nissan , said , `` The company has experienced a remarkable turnaround in terms of profitability since [ARG1  the fiscal year]  [rel  ending]  [ARGM-TMP  March 1987]  , when the sharp and rapid appreciation of the yen caused many difficulties *T*-1 .
-  But the automotive parts and aerospace concern expects that net for [ARG1  the year]  [rel  ending]  [ARGM-TMP  Nov. 30]  will exceed last fiscal year 's net of $ 70 million *U* , or $ 2.19 *U* a share , primarily because of $ 200 million *U* in gains from sales of discontinued operations .
-  [ARG0  ORTEGA]  [rel  ENDED]  [ARG1  a truce with the Contras]  and said 0 elections were threatened *-1 .
-  Mexico 's President Salinas said 0 [ARG1  the country 's recession]  had [rel  ended]  and the economy was growing again .
-  For [ARG1  the period]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Sept.30]  , it earned 16.68 billion yen , -LRB- US$ 116.7 million *U* -RRB- up from 12.68 billion yen the year before .
-  Komatsu predicted that for [ARG1  the fiscal year]  [rel  ending]  [ARGM-TMP  March 31]  sales will climb to 600 billion yen from 566.54 billion yen ; pretax profit was forecast *-1 at 35 billion yen , up from 28.53 billion yen in fiscal 1989 .
-  [ARG1  Year]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Dec. 31 , 1988]  : Net income : $ 65 million *U* ; or $ 1.49 *U* a share
-  They do at least come around to * saying that [ARG0  the courts]  might want *-1 to [rel  end]  `` [ARG1  rigid affirmative action programs]  . ''
-  For [ARG1  the year]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Sept. 30]  , Ralston earned $ 422.5 million *U* , or $ 6.44 *U* a share , up 8.9 % from $ 387.8 million *U* , or $ 5.63 *U* a share .
-  It 's one more , too , for the fans who *T*-51 dream of [ARG1  a season]  that *T*-52 [ARGM-NEG  never]  [rel  ends]  .
-  While *-1 sipping a beer after practice , he vividly recounts *-1 getting [ARG0  the Red Sox 's Carl Yastrzemski]  to pop out *-2 to [rel  end]  [ARG1  the 1975 World Series]  , and repeating the feat against the Yankees ' Roy White in 1976 .
-  [ARG0  Such a countermove]  [ARGM-MOD  could]  [rel  end]  [ARG1  Jaguar 's hopes for * remaining independent and British-owned]  .
-  For [ARG1  the nine months]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  July 29]  , SFE Technologies reported a net loss of $ 889,000 *U* on sales of $ 23.4 million *U* .
-  In other stock-market news , the Tokyo Stock Exchange said that for [ARG1  the week]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Friday]  , the balance of margin buying rose 189.8 billion yen -LRB- $ 1.34 billion *U* -RRB- , to 7.160 trillion yen -LRB- $ 50.46 billion *U* -RRB- .
-  Yields on savings-type certificates of deposit dropped slightly in [ARG1  the week]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  yesterday]  .
-  [ARGM-DIS  To wit]  , [ARG1  my maiden voyage -LRB- and novitiates are referred to *-1 as virgins -RRB-]  began at dawn on a dew-sodden fairway and [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  at noon]  [ARGM-LOC  in a soggy field]  .
-  [ARG0  The agreement]  [rel  ended]  [ARG1  a long impasse between the congressional leaders and the White House over the wage issue]  .
-  Separately , UniFirst reported that net income rose 21 % to $ 3 million *U* , or 29 cents a share adjusted * for the split , for [ARG1  the fourth quarter]  [rel  ended]  * [ARGM-TMP  Aug. 26]  .
-  It 's known *-1 for its cautiousness in part because it has had little need for bold overseas ventures : In [ARG1  the year]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  March 31]  , 57.4 % of its total revenue came from office building management .
-  Nissan had record net income of 114.63 billion yen -LRB- $ 868 million *U* -RRB- in [ARG1  the fiscal year]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  last March 31]  , a remarkable recovery from the 20.39 billion yen of two years earlier , when the company lost money on operations *T*-1 .
-  [ARG0  Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew , Singapore 's leader and one of Asia 's leading statesmen for 30 years ,]  recently announced his intention * to retire next year -- [ARGM-DIS  though]  [ARGM-NEG  not necessarily]  to [rel  end]  [ARG1  his influence]  .
-  Paramount said 0 the gain would be recorded *-1 in [ARG1  its fourth quarter]  , which *T*-26 [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  yesterday]  .
-  More and more observers now realize that the key to [ARG0  *]  [rel  ending]  [ARG1  future HUD scandals]  lies in * forcing Congress to clean up its own act .
-  The analysts argued that [ARG0  Georgia-Pacific 's offer , the first hostile bid ever among major players in the paper industry ,]  [rel  ends]  [ARG1  the unwritten taboo on hostile bids]  , and will push managements to look closely at the industry 's several attractive takeover candidates .
-  For instance , wages of private-sector hospital workers leaped 6.6 % in [ARG1  the 12 months]  [rel  ended]  * [ARGM-TMP  in September]  , compared with 4.4 % for workers in all industries .
-  For [ARG1  the 12 months]  [rel  ended]  * [ARGM-TMP  in September]  , this index was up 5.1 % .
-  It rose 4.8 % for the 12 months ended * in June and 4.7 % in [ARG1  the 12 months]  [rel  ended]  * [ARGM-TMP  in September 1988]  .
-  It rose 4.8 % for [ARG1  the 12 months]  [rel  ended]  * [ARGM-TMP  in June]  and 4.7 % in the 12 months ended * in September 1988 .
-  In [ARG1  the 12 months]  [rel  ended]  * [ARGM-TMP  in September]  , wages and salaries of private-sector workers rose 4.4 % , while health insurance costs spurted by 13.7 % .
-  The overall private-sector employment cost index , which *T*-49 includes both wages and benefits , rose 4.7 % in [ARG1  the 12 months]  [rel  ended]  * [ARGM-TMP  in September]  , compared with 4.5 % for both the 12 months ended * in June and the 12 months ended September 1988 .
-  The overall private-sector employment cost index , which *T*-49 includes both wages and benefits , rose 4.7 % in the 12 months ended * in September , compared with 4.5 % for both [ARG1  the 12 months]  [rel  ended]  * [ARGM-TMP  in June]  and the 12 months ended September 1988 .
-  The overall private-sector employment cost index , which *T*-49 includes both wages and benefits , rose 4.7 % in the 12 months ended * in September , compared with 4.5 % for both the 12 months ended * in June and [ARG1  the 12 months]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  September 1988]  .
-  The Los Angeles thrift holding company said 0 it had a loss of $ 92.2 million *U* , or $ 6.98 *U* a share , for [ARG1  the quarter]  [rel  ended]  * [ARGM-TMP  Sept. 30]  .
-  The sole exceptions are [ARG1  an estimated 30 flights of six hours or more]  beginning or [rel  ending]  [ARGM-LOC  in Hawaii and Alaska]  .
-  [ARG1  Year]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Dec. 31 , 1988]  :
-  In [ARG1  the six months]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Sept. 30]  , pretax profit at the British clothing and food retailer rose to # 208.7 million *U* -LRB- $ 330.1 million *U* -RRB- from # 185.5 million *U* a year ago .
-  The company took a $ 20 million *U* charge *ICH*-1 in [ARG1  the fiscal first quarter]  [rel  ended]  * [ARGM-TMP  April 29]  , related to * discontinuing the service .
-  In [ARG1  the period]  [rel  ended]  * [ARGM-TMP  Sept. 30]  , net income rose 90 % to 31.18 billion yen , or 9.34 yen a share , from 16.38 billion yen , or 5.05 yen a share .
-  Price Stern Sloan Inc. said 0 it hired an investment banking firm 0 *T*-1 to assist in * evaluating restructuring or merger alternatives and reported a net loss of $ 8.1 million *U* , or $ 2.14 *U* a share , for [ARG1  the third quarter]  [rel  ended]  * [ARGM-TMP  Sept]  .
-  Cilcorp said 0 the businesses 0 *T*-1 to be acquired *-2 had revenue of $ 76 million *U* for [ARG1  the year]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  March 31]  .
-  Nicaragua 's Ortega postponed until today a decision on whether [ARG0  *]  to [rel  end]  [ARG1  a 19-month-old cease-fire in the conflict with the Contra rebels]  .
-  Israel 's army lifted a blockade around a Palestinian town in the occupied West Bank , [ARG0  *]  [rel  ending]  [ARG1  a 42-day campaign of * seizing cars , furniture and other goods * to crush a tax boycott]  .
-  [ARG0  The compromise proposal]  , [rel  ending]  [ARG1  a long impasse between Democrats and the president]  , would boost the minimum wage to $ 4.25 *U* an hour by April 1991 from $ 3.35 *U* now .
-  A bidding war for Jaguar became more likely as [ARG0  Britain]  unexpectedly decided *-1 to [rel  end]  [ARG1  restrictions blocking a takeover of the luxury car maker]  .
-  Traders expect the bonds to yield about 0.60 to 0.65 percentage point above [ARG1  the Treasury 's benchmark 30-year bond]  , which *T*-152 [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Tuesday]  [ARGM-MNR  with a yield of about 7.90 %]  .
-  According to Avery , for [ARG1  the year]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Sept. 30 , 1988]  , Uniroyal Chemical had sales of $ 734.2 million *U* and a net loss of $ 47.1 million *U* .
-  Deere & Co. said 0 [ARG0  it]  reached a tentative agreement with the machinists ' union at its Horicon , Wis. , plant , * [rel  ending]  [ARG1  a month-old strike by workers *PPA*-1 at the facility]  .
-  The divested Courtaulds textile operations had operating profit of # 50 million *U* on # 980 million *U* in revenue in [ARG1  the year]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  March 31]  .
-  Officials at the Japanese semiconductor maker said 0 the company intends *-1 to increase investment in plant and equipment by 10 billion yen -LRB- $ 70.6 million *U* -RRB- , to 90 billion yen , in [ARG1  the year]  [rel  ending]  [ARGM-TMP  March 31]  , with the extra funds used * to increase production overseas .
-  MAY 1 , 1975 , SIGNALED A DISTRESSFUL May Day for [ARG0  securities houses]  , which *T*-1 were forced *-2 to [rel  end]  [ARG1  183 years of * charging fixed commissions]  .
-  [ARG0  Foreign stock markets , with which the U.S. is entwined *-2 ,]  [ARGM-DIS  also]  have [rel  ended]  [ARG1  fixed commissions]  [ARGM-TMP  in recent years]  .
-  Workers at two Chilean mines , Los Bronces and El Soldado , which *T*-1 belong to the Exxon-owned Minera Disputado group , will vote Thursday on whether *-2 to strike after [ARG1  a two-year labor pact]  [rel  ends]  [ARGM-TMP  today]  .
-  [ARG1  The December contract]  [rel  ended]  with [ARG2-with  a gain of 1.29 cents a pound]  [ARGM-EXT  at 74.35 cents]  .
-  But other industry executives contend 0 the losses could reach $ 250 million *U* over four years and could go even higher if [ARG1  the World Series]  [rel  end]  in [ARG2-in  four-game romps]  .
-  b - [ARG1  Week]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Wednesday , October 25 , 1989 and Wednesday October 18 , 1989]  .
-  Pierre Peladeau , a Canadian newspaper publisher little-known in the U.S. , figures *-1 to become a big player in North American printing -- and [ARG1  his ambitions]  do [ARGM-NEG  n't]  [rel  end]  [ARGM-LOC  there]  .
-  The tabloid 's circulation soared to 80,000 , but plunged to under 10,000 [ARGM-TMP  when]  [ARG1  the La Presse strike]  [rel  ended]  *T*-1 .
-  According to its most recent annual report , covering [ARG1  the 15 months]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  March 31]  , Maxwell Communication bought $ 3.85 billion *U* in assets -- including Macmillan Inc. and Official Airlines Guides -- and sold $ 2 billion *U* in non-strategic businesses .
-  About 70,000 people attended the anti-government rally , at which [ARG0  leaders of the banned African National Congress]  refused *-2 to renounce violence 0 * to [rel  end]  [ARG1  apartheid]  *T*-3 *T*-1 .
-  [ARG0  Ortega]  had threatened *-1 to [rel  end]  [ARG1  a 19-month-old ceasefire]  .
-  Interface Systems Inc. , Ann Arbor , Mich. , said 0 it will report 0 net income for [ARG1  the fourth quarter]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Sept. 30]  fell to $ 470,000 *U* , or 11 cents a share , from $ 805,000 *U* , or 19 cents a share , a year earlier .
-  Priam had a loss of $ 25.4 million *U* for [ARG1  the fiscal year]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  July 7]  , compared with year-earlier profit of $ 543,000 *U* , or two cents a share .
-  [ARG0  The approval]  [ARGM-DIS  also]  [rel  ends]  [ARG1  any hope that Banque Nationale de Paris , another state-sector bank , might have had *T*-1 about * taking Credit Lyonnais 's place in the accord]  .
-  According to the Value Line Investment Survey , demand for Nekoosa 's commodity paper has weakened , * prompting earnings to decline by 6.6 % in [ARG1  the third quarter]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Sept. 30]  .
-  In [ARG1  the fiscal year]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Jan. 31]  , the company reported sales of $ 59.5 million *U* and pretax profit of $ 2.9 million *U* .
-  Australia 's inflation is expected *-1 to rise as high as 8.3 % in [ARG1  the quarter]  [rel  ending]  [ARGM-TMP  March 30]  , but could fall to around 7 % by June , according to economists .
-  The government said 0 the consumer price index rose 2.3 % in [ARG1  the quarter]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Sept. 30]  from the previous quarter and 8 % from a year ago .
-  For [ARG1  the 11 months]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  March 31]  , operating profit at the 52-store chain totaled $ 40.5 million *U* on sales of $ 286.8 million *U* .
-  Judge Harold C. Abramson raised the possibility after talks 0 [ARG0  *T*-1]  to [rel  end]  [ARG1  a feud between two major creditors]  failed and all three reorganization plans in the case ran into roadblocks .
-  R.H. Macy & Co. , the closely held department store chain , said in a financial filing Friday that its sales for [ARG1  the fiscal fourth quarter]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  July 29]  were up 10 % to $ 1.59 billion *U* against $ 1.44 billion *U* a year earlier .
-  As a police helicopter circled overhead , Mr. Sisulu repeated the ANC 's demands *ICH*-1 on [ARG0  the government]  * to create a climate for negotiations : * Release all political prisoners unconditionally ; * lift all bans and restrictions on individuals and organizations ; * remove all troops from the black townships ; * [rel  end]  [ARG1  the state of emergency]  , and * cease all political trials and political executions .
-  Personal spending , which *T*-1 fueled the economy 's growth in the third quarter , was clearly slowing by the end of the period , * raising questions about the economy 's strength as [ARG1  the year]  [rel  ends]  .
-  For [ARG1  the 10-month fiscal year]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Sept. 30]  , Chairman Eli Broad said 0 he expected earnings results to approximate analysts ' estimates , which the company said 0 *T*-1 have been revised *-2 upward to 80 cents a share .
-  Mr. Peters would fly to New York with the intention of * telling Warner Communications Inc. Chairman Steven J. Ross that [ARG0  Guber-Peters]  planned *-1 to [rel  end]  [ARG1  its five-year contract * to produce movies exclusively for Warner]  .
-  [ARGM-ADV  Despite politicians ' hand-wringing about the federal budget]  , [ARG1  the government]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  fiscal 1989]  [ARGM-MNR  with a $ 152.08 billion *U* deficit , about the same as the two previous years]  .
-  The 1989 deficit would have been nearly $ 10 billion *U* larger had the government been able *-1 to spend as much as Congress intended *?* on *-2 cleaning up the thrift industry before [ARG1  the year]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  on Sept. 30]  .
-  The health-care company said 0 it expects the refund to be included *-1 in [ARG1  the first quarter]  [rel  ending]  [ARGM-TMP  Nov. 30]  .
-  It expects *-1 to post a loss of 6.4 billion yen for [ARG1  the year]  [rel  ending]  [ARGM-TMP  tomorrow]  and its liabilities currently exceed its assets by about 13.8 billion yen . ``
-  An earthquake Oct. 17 in Northern California had caused a 10-day delay midway through [ARG1  the championship contest]  , which *T*-1 [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Saturday]  [ARGM-LOC  at San Francisco 's Candlestick Park]  .
-  While lawmakers have n't raised the possibility of * renewing military aid to the Contras following [ARG0  Ortega 's]  weekend threat * to [rel  end]  [ARG1  a truce]  , Senate Majority Leader Mitchell said on NBC-TV that Ortega had made `` a very unwise move .
-  [ARG0  The group]  , Mr. Wohlstetter said 0 *T*-2 in an interview , wants *-3 to [rel  end]  [ARG1  the market 's wild price swings that critics blame *T*-1 on computer-aided program-trading strategies]  .
-  THE FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD'S coming rule on disclosure involving financial instruments will be effective for financial statements with [ARG1  fiscal years]  [rel  ending]  [ARGM-TMP  after June 15 , 1990]  .
-  The $ 6 billion *U* that some 40 companies are looking *-1 to raise *T*-2 in [ARG1  the year]  [rel  ending]  [ARGM-TMP  March 31]  compares with only $ 2.7 billion *U* raised * on the capital market in the previous fiscal year .
-  For [ARG1  the year]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  March 31]  , Dentsu sales rose 19 % to $ 8.9 billion *U* from $ 7.5 billion *U* , and net income jumped 59 % to $ 102 million *U* from $ 64 million *U* .
-  Shiseido Co. , Japan 's leading cosmetics producer , said 0 it had net income of 5.64 billion yen -LRB- $ 39.7 million *U* -RRB- in [ARG1  its first half]  , which *T*-1 [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Sept. 30]  .
-  The Tokyo-based company had net of 3.73 billion yen in the previous reporting period , which *T*-1 was [ARG1  the four months]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  March 31]  .
-  Shiseido predicted that sales for the year ending next March 31 will be 318 billion yen , compared with 340.83 billion yen in [ARG1  the year]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Nov. 30 , 1988]  .
-  Shiseido predicted that sales for [ARG1  the year]  [rel  ending]  [ARGM-TMP  next March 31]  will be 318 billion yen , compared with 340.83 billion yen in the year ended Nov. 30 , 1988 .
-  The consumer electronics , home appliances and information-processing concern said 0 revenue in [ARG1  the six months]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Sept. 30]  rose 8.9 % to 517.85 billion yen from 475.6 billion yen .
-  Sharp projected sales for [ARG1  the current year]  [rel  ending]  [ARGM-TMP  March 31]  at 1.6 trillion yen , a 7 % increase the previous fiscal year .
-  But [ARG0  Mr. Ortega 's]  threat over the weekend * to [rel  end]  [ARG1  a 19-month cease-fire with the rebels seeking * to topple him]  , effectively elevated the Contras as a policy priority just as they were slipping from the agendas of their most ardent supporters .
-  In addition to * undermining arguments in favor of [ARG0  *]  [rel  ending]  [ARG1  Contra aid]  , Mr. Ortega 's remarks also played to the suspicions of some U.S. officials and conservatives outside the government that he is searching for ways 0 * to manipulate or void the February elections *T*-1 .
-  Mr. Ortega announced on Friday that [ARG0  he]  [ARGM-MOD  would]  [rel  end]  [ARG1  the cease-fire]  [ARGM-TMP  this week]  [ARGM-CAU  in response to the periodic Contra assaults against his army]  .
-  Saturday , he amended his remarks *-1 to say that he would continue *-2 to abide by the cease-fire if [ARG0  the U.S.]  [rel  ends]  [ARG1  its financial support for the Contras]  .
-  Nikon Corp. said 0 unconsolidated pretax profit increased 70 % to 12.12 billion yen -LRB- $ 85.3 million *U* -RRB- in [ARG1  the first half]  [rel  ended]  * [ARGM-TMP  Sept. 30]  , from 7.12 billion yen a year ago .
-  Nikon forecast sales for [ARG1  the year]  [rel  ending]  [ARGM-TMP  March 31]  will rise 9.6 % to 240 billion yen .
-  NEC Corp. , a Tokyo-based computer and electronics concern , said 0 net income rose 18 % to 29.66 billion yen -LRB- $ 208.7 million *U* -RRB- in [ARG1  the fiscal first half]  , [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Sept. 30]  , from 25.12 billion yen a year earlier .
-  In [ARG1  the period]  [ARGM-TMP  just]  [rel  ended]  , computers accounted for 44 % of total sales , NEC said 0 *T*-1 , and electrical devices made up 23 % .
-  NEC forecast sales for [ARG1  the year]  [rel  ending]  [ARGM-TMP  next March 31]  of 2.74 trillion yen , an increase of 27 % from the previous fiscal year .
-  In [ARG1  the quarter]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  July 31]  , Jayark had an average of 5.6 million shares outstanding .
-  Sales in [ARG1  the six months]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Sept. 30]  were up 4.5 % to 229.03 billion yen from 219.27 billion yen .
-  Ajinomoto predicted sales in [ARG1  the current fiscal year]  [rel  ending]  [ARGM-TMP  next March 31]  of 480 billion yen , compared with 460.05 billion yen in fiscal 1989 .
-  Michael Frawley , metals trader for PaineWebber Inc. in New York , said 0 there is good technical support between $ 1.10 and $ 1.12 *U* a pound for [ARG1  December copper]  , which *T*-1 [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Friday]  [ARGM-EXT  at $ 1.1580 *U* a pound , up 1.6 cents]  .
-  [ARG0  Investors]  usually do n't want *-1 to take physical delivery of a contract , *-1 preferring instead *-2 to profit from its price swings and [ARGM-DIS  then]  [rel  end]  [ARG1  any obligation * to take delivery or make delivery as it nears expiration]  .
-  Shoney 's Inc. said 0 it will report a write-off of $ 2.5 million *U* , or seven cents a share , for [ARG1  its fourth quarter]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  yesterday]  .
-  Mr. Kume made the earnings projection for [ARG1  fiscal 1990]  , [rel  ending]  [ARGM-TMP  next March 31]  , in an interview with U.S. automotive writers attending the Tokyo Motor Show .
-  The House has voted *-2 to repeal most of the Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988 , however , [ARG0  which]  *T*-1 [ARGM-MOD  would]  [rel  end]  [ARG1  the monthly catastrophic-care premium , as well as an unpopular income surtax paid * by about 40 % of the wealthier Medicare beneficiaries]  .
-  The results made net income for [ARG1  the year]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Aug. 31]  C$ 2.7 million *U* , or 20 Canadian cents a share , down from C$ 9.7 million *U* , or 70 Canadian cents a share last year .
-  The company , which *T*-1 makes data base systems and software , said 0 it expects *-2 to report a loss for [ARG1  the third quarter]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Sept. 30]  .
-  For [ARG1  the year]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  July 2]  , Rally had net income of $ 2.4 million *U* , or 34 cents a share , on revenue of $ 52.9 million *U* .
-  Two of Japan 's largest paper manufacturers , Oji Paper Co. and Jujo Paper Co. , posted unconsolidated pretax profit gains from a year earlier *ICH*-1 for [ARG1  the first half]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Sept. 30]  , on continuing robust domestic demand for paper products .
-  Jujo Paper predicted that for [ARG1  the full fiscal year]  [rel  ending]  [ARGM-TMP  next March 31]  , sales will total 400.0 billion yen , up from 366.89 billion yen .
-  For [ARG1  the full fiscal year]  [rel  ending]  [ARGM-TMP  next March]  , Oji predicted that total sales of 477.00 billion yen , up from 420.68 billion yen in the previous fiscal year .
-  In the comparable year-ago quarter , [ARG1  the second quarter]  0 *-1 [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Oct. 31]  , Service Corp. had a loss of about $ 12.5 million *U* , or 26 cents a share , on revenue of $ 175.4 million *U* .
-  Furukawa Electric Co. , one of Japan 's leading electric wire and cable manufacturers , said 0 unconsolidated pretax profit in [ARG1  the fiscal first half]  [rel  ended]  * [ARGM-TMP  Sept. 30]  fell 5.3 % to 6.11 billion yen -LRB- $ 43.1 million *U* -RRB- from 6.45 billion yen a year earlier .
-  Canadian steel production totaled 290,541 metric tons *ICH*-1 in [ARG1  the week]  [rel  ended]  * [ARGM-TMP  Oct. 21]  , a 5.1 % increase from 276,334 tons the previous week but a 7.2 % decline from 313,125 tons a year earlier , Statistics Canada said 0 *T*-2 .
-  [ARGM-TMP  About a year ago]  , [ARG0  it]  [rel  ended]  [ARG1  an on-again , off-again internal production war that *T*-1 had put prices on a roller coaster and pitched oil towns from Houston to Caracas into recession]  .
-  [ARGM-TMP  About the same time]  , [ARG1  the Iran-Iraq war , which *T*-1 was roiling oil markets ,]  [rel  ended]  .
-  Mr. Brady also said 0 he expects [ARG1  the leveraged buy-out phenomenon]  to `` [rel  end]  [ARGM-MNR  under -LRB- its -RRB- own weight]  . ''
-  Initial claims for state unemployment benefits fell to a seasonally adjusted 332,000 for [ARG1  the week]  [rel  ended]  * [ARGM-TMP  Oct. 14]  from 396,000 the previous week , the Labor Department said 0 *T*-1 .
-  The number of people receiving state benefits in [ARG1  the week]  [rel  ended]  * [ARGM-TMP  Oct. 7]  fell to a seasonally adjusted 2,202,000 , or 2.1 % of those covered by unemployment insurance , from 2,205,000 the previous week , when the insured unemployment rate was 2.2 % *T*-1 .
-  * Counting all state and federal benefit programs , the number of people receiving unemployment benefits in [ARG1  the week]  [rel  ended]  * [ARGM-TMP  Oct. 7]  fell to 1,784,400 from 1,810,700 a week earlier .
-  [ARGM-ADV  As orders for its aircraft and submarine parts dwindled]  , [ARG1  three years of steady growth]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-MNR  with a 69 % drop in income]  [ARGM-TMP  in this year 's first half]  .
-  Following a tripling of earnings , to $ 3.9 million *U* , on a doubling of revenue , to $ 116 million *U* , over four years , earnings in [ARG1  the company 's fiscal first quarter]  , which *T*-1 [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  June 30]  , plunged 90 % to $ 45,000 *U* .
-  The closing contributed to a $ 3.4 million *U* loss in [ARG1  the fiscal first quarter]  [rel  ended]  * [ARGM-TMP  July 31]  -- its first quarterly loss since 1974 .
-  But the costly efforts did little *-1 to slow Japanese market gains , and domestic car sales have plunged 19 % since [ARG0  the Big Three]  [rel  ended]  [ARG1  many of their programs]  [ARGM-TMP  Sept. 30]  .
-  Separately , Dominion Textile posted net income of 4.7 million Canadian dollars -LRB- $ 4 million *U* -RRB- , or 12 Canadian cents a share , for [ARG1  the fiscal-first quarter]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Sept. 30]  .
-  Sun , a maker of computer workstations , reported sales of $ 538.5 million *U* for [ARG1  the quarter]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Sept. 29]  , up 39 % from $ 388.5 million *U* a year earlier .
-  These problems also resulted in Sun reporting a $ 20.3 million *U* loss for [ARG1  its fourth quarter]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  June 30]  .
-  *-2 To promote its new strategy , National Convenience said 0 it plans *-1 to spend about $ 12 million *U* on advertising for [ARG1  the year]  [rel  ending]  [ARGM-TMP  June 30]  , up from about $ 10 million *U* in fiscal 1989 .
-  [ARG1  The current distribution arrangement]  [rel  ends]  [ARGM-TMP  in March 1990]  , [ARGM-ADV  although Delmed said 0 it will continue *-1 to provide some supplies of the peritoneal dialysis products to National Medical]  , the spokeswoman said 0 *T*-2 .
-  SHORT INTEREST in International Mobile Machines Corp. fell to 3,102,935 shares in [ARG1  the month]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Oct. 13]  from 3,420,936 in September .
-  The jewelry chain , which *T*-2 is based *-1 in Sacramento , Calif. , had revenue of $ 62 million *U* and operating profit of $ 2.5 million *U* for [ARG1  the year]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  June 30]  .
-  Assets of the 400 taxable funds tracked * by IBC\/Donoghue 's Money Fund Report jumped to $ 351.2 billion *U* in [ARG1  the week]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Tuesday]  , the Holliston , Mass.-based newsletter said 0 *T*-1 .
-  The average yield on six-month CDs of $ 50,000 or less *U* at major banks was 7.96 % in [ARG1  the week]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Tuesday]  , according to Banxquote Money Markets , a New York information service .
-  K mart previously had announced 0 it would report its third consecutive decline in quarterly earnings for [ARG1  the period]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  yesterday , the same day 0 the real estate deal was completed *-1 *T*-2]  .
-  Net sales for the units for [ARG1  the fiscal year]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  June 30]  were $ 135.6 million *U* .
-  Sales increased in [ARG1  the quarter]  [rel  ended]  * [ARGM-TMP  Sept. 30]  to $ 747.8 million *U* from $ 623.5 million *U* a year ago .
-  For [ARG1  the six months]  [rel  ended]  * [ARGM-TMP  Aug. 12]  , Provigo posted net income of C$ 6.5 million *U* , or eight Canadian cents a share , compared with C$ 18.1 million *U* , or 21 Canadian cents a share , a year earlier .
-  The apparel holding company had sales in [ARG1  the quarter]  [rel  ended]  * [ARGM-TMP  Aug. 27]  of $ 1 billion *U* , up 12 % from $ 908.8 million *U* a year ago .
-  For [ARG1  the quarter]  [rel  ended]  * [ARGM-TMP  Sept. 30]  , Delta posted net income of $ 133.1 million *U* , or $ 2.53 *U* a share , up from $ 100 million *U* , or $ 2.03 *U* a share , a year earlier .
-  [ARG1  Daiwa House]  [ARGM-DIS  also]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-MNR  easier]  , but Misawa Home was firmer .
-  Separately , First Hospital reported a 1.6 % rise in net income to $ 6.1 million *U* for [ARG1  its year]  [rel  ended]  * [ARGM-TMP  June 30]  on a 27 % increase in revenue to $ 110.6 million *U* .
-  It said , however , that net income for [ARG1  the two-month period]  [rel  ended]  * [ARGM-TMP  Aug. 31]  plunged to $ 150,000 *U* from $ 851,000 *U* in the prior year on a 33 % rise in revenue to $ 21.4 million *U* .
-  In the last hour of the trading day , [ARG0  December contract]  took a tumble *-1 to [rel  end]  [ARG1  the session]  [ARGM-MNR  10 cents lower]  [ARGM-EXT  at $ 19.62 *U* a barrel]  .
-  Bay , which *T*-1 has substantial investments in the floundering Massachusetts market , reported a loss of $ 62 million *U* , or $ 15.97 *U* a share , for [ARG1  the fiscal year]  [rel  ended]  * [ARGM-TMP  June 30]  .
-  So big *ICH*-1 is *T*-2 the capital-spending boom that Japanese companies ' outlays in Japan topped American companies ' domestic outlays by $ 521.4 billion to $ 494.8 billion *U* in [ARG1  the 12 months]  [rel  ended]  * [ARGM-TMP  March 31]  even though Japan 's total output of goods and services is less than two-thirds America 's .
-  A Lebanese Christian alliance accepted an Arab-sponsored proposal aimed * at [ARG0  *]  [rel  ending]  [ARG1  Lebanon 's 14-year-old civil war]  .
-  [ARG0  Ladislav Adamec]  , [rel  ending]  [ARG1  a two-day visit to Austria]  , pledged changes in Czechoslovakia , including freer travel to the West .
-  [ARG1  Year]  [rel  ended]  * [ARGM-TMP  Dec. 31 , 1988]  \*
-  In [ARG1  its fiscal-first quarter]  [rel  ended]  * [ARGM-TMP  Sept. 30]  , the biomedical-products maker earned 10 cents a share , up from eight cents a share in the 1988 quarter , which *T*-1 included an extraordinary credit .
-  If [ARG1  the playoffs]  [rel  end]  in [ARG2-in  four-game sweeps]  , losses could soar .
-  [ARGM-DIS  And]  [ARG1  the vacillation]  did [ARGM-NEG  n't]  [rel  end]  [ARGM-LOC  there]  .
-  [ARGM-DIS  And]  [ARGM-ADV  although the recent turmoil in the stock and junk-bond markets , by *-1 making it *EXP*-2 harder * to arrange takeover financing , has eased some of the pressure on Mr. Corry]  , [ARG0  it]  does [ARGM-NEG  n't]  [rel  end]  [ARG1  the takeover threat]  .
-  [ARG0  Israel]  wants *-1 to [rel  end]  [ARG1  the dialogue]  , but our analysts take a different view than theirs . ''
-  Net for [ARG1  the quarter]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Sept. 30]  climbed to $ 551 million *U* , or $ 1.66 *U* a share , from $ 400 million *U* , or $ 1.18 *U* a share , a year earlier .
-  The company said 0 net rose to 38 cents a share in [ARG1  its fiscal-first quarter]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Sept. 30]  , from 35 cents a shares a year ago .
-  Vincent Tolentino , a correspondent for the French magazine Telerama , says of the [ARGM-TMP  recently]  [rel  ended]  [ARG1  Tokyo]  festival : `` No one makes deals ... and most of the films have been seen *-1 before at other festivals . ''
-  And then it will be required *-1 to lower taxes by a corresponding amount during a three-year period after [ARG1  the temporary tax increase]  [rel  ends]  , said 0 *T*-2 Cindy Katz , assistant director of the state department of finance .
-  Changes in CD yields in [ARG1  the week]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Tuesday]  were in line with blips up and down within a fairly narrow range for the last two months .
-  The Oakland grocery retailer , closely held * since a $ 4.2 billion *U* leveraged buy-out in 1986 , said 0 profit for [ARG1  the three months]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Sept. 9]  was $ 7.1 million *U* , compared with $ 23 million *U* a year earlier .
-  Buell recently said 0 it would incur an aftertax charge of about $ 3.6 million *U* in [ARG1  its fourth quarter]  [rel  ending]  [ARGM-TMP  Tuesday]  , in connection with the sale and discontinuance of several lines at a plant .
-  The bank said 0 the C$ 1 billion *U* in reserves will result in a charge of C$ 595 million *U* against earnings but said 0 it still expects *-1 to report a profit for [ARG1  the year]  [rel  ending]  [ARGM-TMP  Tuesday]  .
-  The bank reported net income of C$ 389 million *U* for [ARG1  the nine months]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  July 31]  .
-  The disclosure follows last Friday 's news that Bond Corp. incurred an overall loss of A$ 980.2 million *U* for [ARG1  the fiscal year]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  June 30]  , the largest loss in Australian corporate history .
-  He predicted 0 the debt will be reduced *-1 by another A$ 3.8 billion *U* [ARG1  this fiscal year]  [rel  ending]  [ARGM-TMP  June 30 , 1990]  , but did n't explain how this will be achieved *-2 *T*-3 .
-  Apogee Enterprises Inc. said 0 profit for [ARG1  the third quarter]  [rel  ending]  [ARGM-TMP  Dec. 2]  will fall below the year-earlier results because of an after-tax charge of $ 1.9 million *U* related * to a project that *T*-2 was guaranteed *-1 by the company .
-  [ARG0  Prices for the U.S. benchmark West Texas Intermediate crude]  remained locked in a fairly narrow range before * [rel  ending]  [ARG1  the session]  [ARGM-MNR  four cents lower]  [ARGM-EXT  at $ 19.72 *U* a barrel for December delivery]  .
-  Color Systems , which *T*-1 converts black-and-white film to color videotape , posted a loss of $ 7.1 million *U* , or $ 1.32 *U* a share , on revenue of $ 10.6 million *U* for [ARG1  the fiscal year]  [rel  ended]  * [ARGM-TMP  June 30]  .
-  [ARG1  The Treasury 's 30-year bond]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-MNR  over 1\/4 point higher]  .
-  [ARGM-LOC  In secondary trading]  , [ARG1  investment-grade corporate bonds]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-MNR  1\/8 to 1\/4 higher]  .
-  [ARG1  Actively traded municipal bonds]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-MNR  1\/4 to 1\/2 point higher]  [ARGM-LOC  in brisk trading]  , [ARGM-ADV  despite a flood of new supply]  .
-  [ARGM-ADV  Among major pass-through issues]  , [ARG1  Ginnie Mae 9 % securities for November delivery]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-EXT  at 98 15\/32]  , [ARGM-MNR  up 5\/32]  , [ARGM-TMP  after *-1 touching an early high of 98 27\/32]  ; 8 % securities were at 94 5\/32 , up 9\/32 ; 9 1\/2 % securities at 100 15\/32 , up 4\/32 ; and 10 % securities at 102 11\/32 , up 3\/32 .
-  [ARG1  The bonds]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-MNR  about 1\/2 point higher]  [ARGM-TMP  yesterday]  .
-  [ARG1  The industrial average]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-EXT  at 2659.22]  , [ARGM-MNR  down 3.69 points]  .
-  [ARG1  The No. 111 4.6 % bond due 1998]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-LOC  on brokers ' screens]  [ARGM-EXT  at 95.22]  , [ARGM-MNR  down 0.17 point]  , [ARGM-PNC  * to yield 5.41 %]  .
-  Short interest increased 6 % in the Nasdaq over-the-counter market for [ARG1  the month]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Oct. 13]  .
-  Computer Associates International Inc. reported 0 earnings for [ARG1  the second quarter]  , [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Sept. 30]  , plummeted 66 % , primarily because of the acquisition of Cullinet Software Inc .
-  [ARG0  Asarco Inc.]  , [ARGM-ADV  *-1 continuing its effort * to refocus its business]  , [rel  ended]  [ARG1  its involvement in asbestos mining]  [ARGM-TMP  in the third quarter]  and said 0 it would stop *-2 mining and selling coal by year end .
-  Asarco said 0 [ARG0  it]  plans *-2 to shut down *RNR*-1 or sell *RNR*-1 its Rapatee coal mine and [ARGM-MOD  will]  [rel  end]  [ARG1  its involvement in southern Illinois strip mining]  .
-  [ARG0  Workers at Peugeot S.A. 's car plant at Sochaux , in eastern France ,]  voted *-2 to [rel  end]  [ARG1  a six-week-old strike that *T*-1 has cost the Peugeot group production of 60,000 automobiles]  , a company spokesman said 0 *T*-3 .
-  Revenue for [ARG1  its first quarter]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Sept. 30]  was $ 86.4 million *U* , a 95 % increase over the year-ago period .
-  Figures for the period ended Sept. 30 for the four largest brokerage firms -- Nomura Securities Co. , Daiwa Securities Co. , Yamaichi Securities Co. and Nikko Securities -- also reflected a changeover to [ARG1  a fiscal year]  [rel  ending]  [ARGM-TMP  March 31]  , replacing the 12-month term formerly finishing Sept. 30 .
-  Figures for [ARG1  the period]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Sept. 30]  for the four largest brokerage firms -- Nomura Securities Co. , Daiwa Securities Co. , Yamaichi Securities Co. and Nikko Securities -- also reflected a changeover to a fiscal year ending March 31 , replacing the 12-month term formerly finishing Sept. 30 .
-  The statistics follow a year-on-year rebound in consolidated and unconsolidated results in [ARG1  the full fiscal year]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  in March 1989]  , *-1 recovering from dismal results in the prior fiscal year as a result of the October 1987 stock market crash .
-  Nomura said 0 its pretax profits inched up 0.9 % to 248.91 billion yen -LRB- US$ 1.75 billion *U* -RRB- from 246.60 billion yen in [ARG1  the six months]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  March 31]  .
-  During [ARG1  the five-year period]  [rel  ended]  * [ARGM-TMP  1986]  , roughly 80 % of the names had money tied up in money-losing syndicates , according to Chatset consultants .
-  For [ARG1  the six months]  [rel  ended]  * [ARGM-TMP  Sept. 30]  , Daiwa reported unconsolidated -LRB- parent company -RRB- net income of 79.03 billion yen -LRB- $ 556.5 million *U* -RRB- on revenue of 332.38 billion yen -LRB- $ 2.34 billion *U* -RRB- .
-  As part of the agreement , [ARG0  Goodson]  also terminated the contract under which Ingersoll manages Goodson 's 66 newspapers *T*-2 , *-3 [rel  ending]  [ARG1  a long association between the two companies that *T*-1 has turned increasingly bitter recently]  .
-  [ARG1  The March contract]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-EXT  at 13.79 cents a pound]  , [ARGM-MNR  down 0.37 cent]  .
-  [ARG1  The Treasury 's benchmark 30-year bond]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-MNR  about 1\/2 point higher , or up about $ 5 *U* for each $ 1,000 *U* face amount ,]  [ARGM-ADV  while the yield slid to 7.93 % from 7.98 % Friday]  .
-  [ARG1  Municipals]  [rel  ended]  [ARG2  *-1 mixed]  , [ARGM-ADV  while mortgage-backed and investment-grade corporate bonds rose]  .
-  [ARG1  Prices of high-yield , high-risk corporate securities]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-MNR  *-1 unchanged]  .
-  [ARG1  The benchmark 30-year bond]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-EXT  at a price of 102 3\/32 , compared with 101 17\/32 Friday]  .
-  [ARG1  Japanese government bonds]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-MNR  lower]  [ARGM-TMP  after the dollar rose modestly against the yen]  .
-  [ARG1  The benchmark No. 111 4.6 % bond due 1998]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-LOC  on brokers ' screens]  [ARGM-EXT  at a price of 95.39]  , [ARGM-MNR  off 0.28]  .
-  [ARG1  West German bond prices]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-MNR  lower]  [ARGM-TMP  after a day of aimless trading]  .
-  [ARG1  British government bonds]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-MNR  slightly higher]  [ARGM-LOC  in quiet trading]  [ARGM-ADV  as investors looked ahead to today 's British trade report]  .
-  [ARG1  Year]  [rel  ended]  * [ARGM-TMP  Dec. 31 , 1988]  : Sales : $ 2.06 billions *U* Net loss : $ 1.30 billion *U* \*
-  Individuals familiar with the case said that throughout September , defense attorneys were talking with the government in an effort * to prevent a trial , but [ARGM-TMP  by the end of the month]  [ARG1  the talks]  had [rel  ended]  .
-  [ARG1  The first GAF trial]  [rel  ended]  in [ARG2-in  a mistrial]  [ARGM-TMP  after four weeks]  [ARGM-TMP  when U.S. District Judge Mary Johnson Lowe found that a prosecutor improperly , but unintentionally , withheld a document *T*-1]  .
-  For [ARG1  the six months]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  June 30]  , it earned $ 3.1 million *U* , or 61 cents a share , compared with net income of $ 2.4 million *U* , or 41 cents a share , a year earlier .
-  The diversified electronics company blamed the decline in [ARG1  the quarter]  [rel  ended]  * [ARGM-TMP  Sept. 29]  , on previously reported operating problems in its Electron Devices & Systems Group .
-  [ARG1  The DAX index]  eased 0.99 point *-1 to [rel  end]  [ARGM-EXT  at 1523.22]  after *-1 falling 5.5 points early in the session .
-  b - [ARG1  Week]  [rel  ended]  * [ARGM-TMP  Wednesday , October 18 , 1989 and Wednesday October 11 , 1989]  .
-  [ARG0  The space shuttle Atlantis]  landed at a desert air strip at Edwards Air Force Base , Calif. , * [rel  ending]  [ARG1  a five-day mission that *T*-1 dispatched the Jupiter-bound Galileo space probe]  .
-  The plan , approved * by lawmakers and rejected * Sunday by Aoun , includes [ARG0  political changes]  aimed * at * [rel  ending]  [ARG1  the 14-year-old civil war]  .
-  CMS Enhancements Inc. said 0 it estimates that sales and earnings for [ARG1  the fiscal first quarter]  [rel  ended]  * [ARGM-TMP  Sept. 30]  fell somewhat from the year-earlier period .
-  Legent Corp. said 0 it expects *-1 to report net income between $ 6.4 million *U* and $ 6.9 million *U* , or between 32 cents and 34 cents a share , for [ARG1  its fourth quarter]  [rel  ended]  * [ARGM-TMP  Sept. 30]  .
-  Archive Corp. said 0 it expects *-1 to report net income for [ARG1  its fiscal year]  [rel  ended]  * [ARGM-TMP  Sept. 29]  of a record $ 15 million *U* , or $ 1.15 *U* a share , up 43 % from $ 10.5 million *U* , or 80 cents a share , for the prior year .
-  Qintex Australia has n't yet reported results for [ARG1  the fiscal year]  [rel  ended]  * [ARGM-TMP  July 31]  .
-  Tandy Corp. , *-1 citing sluggish sales of consumer-electronics goods , said 0 net income dropped 3.3 % for [ARG1  the first quarter]  [rel  ended]  * [ARGM-TMP  Sept. 30]  .
-  Tandy earned $ 88.8 million *U* , or $ 3.64 *U* a share , in [ARG1  the year]  [rel  ended]  * [ARGM-TMP  June 30]  .
-  In [ARG1  the fiscal first period]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Aug. 31]  , profit fell 54 % to $ 30.4 million *U* , or 58 cents a share , mostly because of the Tiger merger , Federal says 0 *T*-1 .
-  Analysts expect Federal 's earnings to improve again in [ARG1  its fiscal third quarter]  [rel  ending]  [ARGM-TMP  Feb. 28]  , when the company should begin *-2 benefiting from Tiger 's extra flights , back-up planes and landing rights *T*-1 .
-  CRI Inc. said 0 it reduced the estimated cash distribution for its Capital Housing and Mortgage Partners Inc. trust to between 71 cents and 74 cents a share , from between 75 cents and 80 cents , for [ARG1  the year]  [rel  ending]  [ARGM-TMP  June 9 , 1990]  .
-  H&R BLOCK Inc. had net income of $ 100.2 million *U* , or $ 1.90 *U* a share , in [ARG1  the fiscal year]  [rel  ended]  * [ARGM-TMP  April 30]  .
-  At present , analysts project a budget gap on the order of $ 500 million to $ 600 million *U* for [ARG1  the fiscal year]  [rel  ending]  [ARGM-TMP  June 30 , 1990]  , although the city 's own budget analysts project a narrower deficit .
-  As the yield on New York general obligation bonds rose , the Bond Buyer 20-bond general obligation index , the mostly widely followed gauge of the tax-exempt market , held steady at 7.19 % in [ARG1  the week]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Oct. 19]  .
-  [ARGM-ADV  For Cathay Pacific Airways]  , [ARG1  the smooth ride]  [ARGM-MOD  may]  be [rel  ending]  .
-  The company said 0 results for [ARG1  its second quarter]  [rel  ended]  * [ARGM-TMP  Oct. 28]  could drop as much as 20 % below the 30 cents a share reported * in the year-earlier quarter .
-  For [ARG1  the six months]  [rel  ended]  * [ARGM-TMP  June 30]  , it reported net income of $ 234.3 million *U* , or $ 4.83 *U* a share , including $ 46 million *U* from tax credits and accounting changes .
-  In preliminary , unaudited results reported * Friday , Bond Corp. also posted an operating loss of A$ 814.1 million *U* for [ARG1  the year]  [rel  ended]  * [ARGM-TMP  June 30]  , compared with operating profit of A$ 354.7 million *U* a year earlier .
-  General equity funds fell an average of 2.35 % in [ARG1  the week]  [rel  ended]  * [ARGM-TMP  Thursday]  , compared with a 2.32 % slide for the Standard & Poor 's 500-stock index .
-  The Forest City , Iowa , maker of motor homes said 0 it had a loss of $ 11.3 million *U* , or 46 cents a share , in [ARG1  the quarter]  [rel  ended]  * [ARGM-TMP  Aug. 26]  .
-  [ARGM-ADV  Although the rate briefly drifted even lower following the stock market sell-off that *T*-1 occurred Oct. 13]  , [ARG1  it]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Friday]  [ARGM-EXT  at about 8 11\/16 %]  .
-  [ARG1  Treasury bonds]  [rel  ended]  with [ARG2-with  losses of as much as 1\/4 point , or about $ 2.50 *U* for each $ 1,000 *U* face amount]  .
-  [ARG1  The benchmark 30-year bond , which *T*-1 traded as high as 102 1\/4 during the day ,]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-EXT  at 101 17\/32]  .
-  Ekco Group Inc. , Nashua , N.H. , expects *-1 to report that net income in [ARG1  the third quarter]  , [rel  ended]  * [ARGM-TMP  Oct. 1]  , fell 50 % to 60 % from $ 2.1 million *U* , or 11 cents a share , a year earlier .
-  [ARG1  The strike]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Oct]  .
-  Many Law School Grads Find 0 [ARG1  Classes]  [ARGM-NEG  Never]  [rel  End] 
-  The company , which *T*-1 reported that its loss for [ARG1  the fiscal quarter]  [rel  ended]  * [ARGM-TMP  Aug. 26]  widened from a year earlier , cut its semiannual dividend in half in response to the earnings weakness .
-  Greg Davies , Central Fund 's vice president , finance , said 0 losses for [ARG1  the fiscal year]  [rel  ending]  [ARGM-TMP  Oct. 31]  could be as high as one million Canadian dollars -LRB- US$ 852,000 *U* -RRB- .
-  *-3 Using the the NWA takeover as a benchmark , First Boston on Sept. 14 estimated that UAL was worth $ 250 to $ 344 *U* a share based on UAL 's results for [ARG1  the 12 months]  [rel  ending]  [ARGM-TMP  last June 30]  , but only $ 235 to $ 266 *U* based on a management estimate of results for 1989 .
-  [ARG1  Year]  [rel  ended]  * [ARGM-TMP  Dec. 31 , 1988]  :
-  [ARG1  The key Financial Times-Stock Exchange 100-share index]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-MNR  10.2 points lower]  [ARGM-EXT  at 2179.1 , above its intraday low of 2176.9 , but off the day 's high of 2189]  .
-  [ARG1  B.A.T]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  the day]  [ARGM-MNR  at 778]  , [ARGM-MNR  down 5]  , [ARGM-CAU  on turnover of 7.5 million shares]  .
-  Excluding the gain , the company registered a modest 4.6 % increase for [ARG1  the quarter]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Sept. 29]  to $ 113 million *U* , or 87 cents a share , from the year-earlier $ 107.9 million *U* , or 84 cents a share .
-  [ARG0  Ford and Saab]  [rel  ended]  [ARG1  talks about a possible alliance]  [ARGM-TMP  after Ford concluded that the cost * to modernize Saab 's car operations would outweigh the likely return]  .
-  Inmac recently disclosed a $ 12.3 million *U* write-off related * to a corporate restructuring that *T*-1 resulted in the company 's posting a $ 6.4 million *U* net loss *ICH*-2 for [ARG1  the year]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  July 29]  , compared with year-earlier profit of $ 9.7 million *U* , or $ 1.02 *U* a share .
-  The Thousand Oaks , Calif.-based biotechnology company reported a 97 % increase in revenue to $ 42.5 million *U* for [ARG1  the quarter]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Sept. 30]  .
-  [ARG0  Lebanon 's Parliament]  passed the power-sharing accord *-1 to [rel  end]  [ARG1  the country 's 14-year-old conflict]  , but the Christian military leader wad 0 the plan was `` full of ambiguities . ''
-  On Friday , one analyst said 0 *T*-1 , rank-and-file workers ratified [ARG0  a new labor agreement]  [rel  ending]  [ARG1  a three-month strike at the Highland Valley mine in British Columbia]  .
-  Tuitions at private colleges rose 154 % in [ARG1  the 10 years]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  in June of this year]  ; that 's twice the 77 % increase in consumer prices for the same period .
-  In [ARG1  the fiscal nine months]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  June 30]  , reports 0 *T*-1 Raymond P. Keenan , assistant commissioner for collection , they examined about 13,000 employers , assessed more than $ 67 million *U* in delinquent employment taxes , and reclassified about 56,000 workers as employees instead of self-employed contractors .
-  *-2 Bolstered *-1 by strong performances by its psychiatric hospitals , National Medical Enterprises Inc. , Los Angeles , reported net income of $ 50 million *U* , or 65 cents a share *ICH*-3 , for [ARG1  the first quarter]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Aug. 31]  , up from $ 41 million *U* , or 56 cents a share , a year earlier .
-  Humana Inc. , Louisville , Ky. , also reported favorable results , with net income of $ 66.7 million *U* , or 66 cents *ICH*-1 , in [ARG1  the fourth quarter]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Aug. 31]  , up from $ 58.2 million *U* , or 59 cents , a year earlier .
-  Initial claims for regular state unemployment benefits rose to a seasonally adjusted 396,000 during [ARG1  the week]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Oct. 7]  from 334,000 the previous week , the Labor Department said 0 *T*-1 .
-  The number of people receiving regular state benefits in [ARG1  the week]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Sept. 30]  decreased to a seasonally adjusted 2,202,000 , or 2.2 % of those covered * by unemployment insurance , from 2,205,000 the previous week , when the insured unemployment rate also was 2.2 % *T*-1 .
-  Counting all state and federal benefit programs , the number of people receiving unemployment benefits in [ARG1  the week]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Sept. 30]  fell to 1,809,300 from 1,838,200 a week earlier .
-  Net for [ARG1  the quarter]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Sept. 30]  fell to $ 150.8 million *U* , or $ 1.20 *U* a share , from $ 223 million *U* , or $ 1.71 *U* a share , a year ago .
-  Western Digital Corp. reported a net loss of $ 2.7 million *U* , or nine cents a share , for [ARG1  its first quarter]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Sept. 30]  , *-1 citing factors as varied as hurricane damage , an advance in graphics technology and the strengthening dollar .
-  The shares were suspended *-1 from trading following disclosure of the Atlanta scandal ; [ARG0  Consob , the stock exchange regulatory body ,]  reportedly will decide soon whether *-2 to [rel  end]  [ARG1  the trading suspension]  .
-  Yields on money funds dropped in [ARG1  the week]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Tuesday]  , according to Donoghue 's Money Fund Report , a Holliston , Mass. , newsletter .
-  Likewise , certificates of deposit on average posted lower yields in [ARG1  the week]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Tuesday]  .
-  Once the plan is approved *-1 , Tan Sri Basir said 0 *T*-3 , most of Bank Bumiputra 's nonperforming loans will have been fully provided for *-2 and the bank will be on track 0 * to report a pretax profit of between M$ 160 million and M$ 170 million *U* for [ARG1  the fiscal year]  [rel  ending]  [ARGM-TMP  March 31]  *T*-4 .
-  About six months before [ARG1  a recession]  [rel  ends]  , stocks typically begin *-1 to rise again , as investors anticipate a recovery .
-  [ARG1  Junk bonds]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-MNR  about one-half point higher]  with [ARGM-ADV  so-called high-quality issues from RJR Capital Holdings Corp. and Petrolane Gas Service Limited Partnership rising one point]  .
-  [ARG1  Short-term Treasury securities]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-MNR  narrowly mixed]  , [ARGM-ADV  with two-year notes posting slight declines]  [ARGM-ADV  while three-year notes were slightly higher]  .
-  [ARG1  Mortgage securities]  [ARGM-ADV  generally]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-MNR  6\/32 to 9\/32 point higher]  , but lagged gains in the Treasury market because of a shift in the shape of the Treasury yield curve and rumored mortgage sales by thrifts .
-  [ARG1  Ginnie Mae 9 % securities]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-EXT  at 98 6\/32]  , [ARGM-MNR  up 9\/32]  , and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 9 % securities were at 97 10\/32 , up 6\/32 .
-  [ARG1  British government bonds]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-MNR  little changed]  [ARGM-ADV  as investors awaited an economic policy address last night by Chancellor of the Exchequer Nigel Lawson]  .
-  [ARGM-LOC  In Japan]  , [ARG1  the bellwether No. 111 4.6 % bond of 1998]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-MNR  off 0.03]  [ARGM-EXT  at 95.72]  , [ARGM-PNC  *-1 to yield 5.32 %]  , and in West Germany , the 7 % benchmark issue due October 1999 ended 0.05 point lower at 99.85 *-2 to yield 7.02 % .
-  In Japan , the bellwether No. 111 4.6 % bond of 1998 ended off 0.03 at 95.72 , *-1 to yield 5.32 % , and [ARGM-LOC  in West Germany]  , [ARG1  the 7 % benchmark issue due October 1999]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-MNR  0.05 point lower]  [ARGM-EXT  at 99.85]  [ARGM-PNC  *-2 to yield 7.02 %]  .
-  Company officials said later that British Airways believes 0 [ARG1  its involvement in the UAL buy-out]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  last Friday]  [ARGM-TMP  when the buy-out group , which *T*-1 also includes UAL 's management and pilot union , failed *-3 to obtain financing for the $ 6.79 billion *U* transaction *T*-2]  .
-  It 's [ARG1  a process]  that *T*-1 [ARGM-NEG  never]  [ARGM-ADV  really]  [rel  ends]  . ''
-  Canadian steel ingot production totaled 276,334 metric tons in [ARG1  the week]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Oct. 14]  , down 5.3 % from the preceding week 's total of 291,890 tons , Statistics Canada , a federal agency , said 0 *T*-1 .
-  Microsoft 's surge followed a report this week of substantially improved earnings for [ARG1  its first quarter]  , [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Sept. 30]  .
-  The company said 0 earnings for [ARG1  the year]  [rel  ending]  [ARGM-TMP  Jan. 28 , 1990 ,]  are expected *-1 to be 25 to 35 cents a share , compared with a previous estimate of 50 to 60 cents a share .
-  `` [ARG1  The week]  [rel  ending]  [ARGM-TMP  the 24th]  is going *-1 to save the entire month for everyone .
-  Ashland Oil Inc. said 0 it will take after-tax charges of $ 78 million *U* , or $ 1.40 *U* a share , in [ARG1  its fiscal fourth quarter]  , [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Sept. 30]  .
-  [ARG0  That award]  [rel  ended]  [ARG1  a dispute between Dean Witter and Mr. Bachman over who *T*-1 was responsible for certain bond-trading losses around the time of the 1987 stock-market crash]  .
-  [ARG1  Crude oil prices]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-MNR  mixed]  .
-  [ARG1  Heating oil and gasoline futures]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-MNR  higher]  [ARGM-DIS  as well]  .
-  [ARG1  The trial of the case]  lasted seven months and [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  in September]  [ARGM-MNR  with a hung jury]  .
-  There are no easy choices in Cambodia , but we ca n't imagine that it *EXP*-2 benefits the U.S. *-3 to become the catalyst for [ARG1  an all-too-familiar process]  that *T*-1 [ARGM-MOD  could]  [rel  end]  in [ARG2-in  another round of horror in Cambodia]  .
-  The aim would be [ARG0  *]  to [rel  end]  [ARG1  the guerrilla war for control of Cambodia]  [ARGM-MNR  by *-1 allowing the Khmer Rouge a small share of power]  .
-  Revenue for [ARG1  the quarter]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Sept. 30]  fell 20 % , to $ 41.3 million *U* from $ 51.9 million *U* in the year-earlier period .
-  Although the personal computer maker said 0 it expects revenue to meet or exceed previous projections of $ 385 million *U* for [ARG1  the year]  [rel  ending]  [ARGM-TMP  Jan. 28 , 1990]  , earnings are expected *-1 to be 25 cents to 35 cents a share , down from previous estimates of 50 cents to 60 cents .
-  Results for [ARG1  the third quarter]  [rel  ending]  [ARGM-TMP  Oct. 31]  , are expected *-2 to be released *-1 the third week of November , according to Michael Dell , chairman and chief executive officer .
-  They and many other major Japanese corporations will issue results *ICH*-1 soon for [ARG1  the fiscal first half]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Sept. 30]  .
-  [ARG0  IBM]  plans *-1 to unveil over 50 software products on Tuesday *-1 to try *-2 to [rel  end]  [ARG1  some of the problems in * computerizing manufacturing operations]  .
-  Big Board short interest fell 4.2 % for [ARG1  the month]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Oct. 13]  , the second decline in a row .
-  For [ARG1  its fiscal year]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  March 31]  , CSC had revenue of $ 1.3 billion *U* .
-  [ARG1  Year]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  April 30 , 1989]  :
-  Jefferies , a Los Angeles holding company primarily engaged * in securities trading , also said 0 stock market declines since [ARG1  the quarter]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Sept. 30]  created an unrealized pretax loss of about $ 6 million *U* in its risk arbitrage account .
-  Loral also reported that its bookings more than doubled to $ 654 million *U* in [ARG1  the quarter]  , [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Sept. 30]  , from $ 257 million *U* , in the year-before period .
-  Storage Technology Corp. had net income of $ 8.3 million *U* , or 32 cents a share , *ICH*-2 for [ARG1  its fiscal-third quarter]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Sept. 29]  , almost 15 times the $ 557,000 *U* , or two cents a share , 0 it posted *T*-1 for the year-ago period .
-  [ARG0  The Afrikaner]  [ARGM-MOD  must]  [rel  end]  [ARG1  his reliance on others]  . ''
-  In a separate development , a private meeting *ICH*-1 is scheduled *-2 this morning between House Appropriations Committee Chairman Jamie Whitten -LRB- D. , Miss . -RRB- and Sen. Dale Bumpers -LRB- D. , Ark . -RRB- in an effort [ARG0  *]  to [rel  end]  [ARG1  a dispute which for two weeks *T*-3 has delayed action on an estimated $ 44 billion *U* agriculture bill]  .
-  Whitbread 's wine , spirits and soft-drink operations had trading profit of # 35.4 million *U* on sales of # 315.5 million *U* in [ARG1  the year]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Feb. 25]  .
-  Whitbread had total pretax profit in [ARG1  the year]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Feb. 25]  of # 223.2 million *U* , on sales of # 2.26 billion *U* .
-  According to lawyers familiar with the settlement talks , the verbal agreement [ARG0  *]  to [rel  end]  [ARG1  a lawsuit filed * more than two years ago]  was reached *-1 last week and will soon be submitted *-1 to a federal judge in Camden , N.J .
-  [ARGM-DIS  But]  , [ARGM-TMP  so far]  , [ARG0  the change of scenery]  has [ARGM-NEG  n't]  [rel  ended]  [ARG1  his string of bad breaks]  .
-  Bank Building , which *T*-1 builds and equips banks , had announced 0 it would restate the first-three quarters of [ARG1  this fiscal year]  , which *T*-2 [rel  ends]  [ARGM-TMP  Oct. 31]  .
-  For [ARG1  the nine months]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  July 31]  , Bank Building had a net loss of $ 1 million *U* , on revenue of $ 66.5 million *U* .
-  Money-fund assets soared $ 4.5 billion *U* in [ARG1  the week]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Tuesday]  , to a record $ 348.4 billion *U* , according to IBC\/Donoghue 's Money Fund Report , a Holliston , Mass.-based newsletter .
-  `` It is just one of a number of strategies 0 JAL has embarked upon *T*-2 *-3 to come to terms with the situation in Europe after 1992 , '' the deadline for [ARG0  *]  [rel  ending]  [ARG1  trade barriers in the EC]  , he said 0 *T*-1 .
-  Yesterday , the brokerage firm Conning & Co. said 0 [ARG0  insurers]  will use the earthquake as an excuse 0 * to raise insurance rates *T*-1 , *-2 [rel  ending]  [ARG1  their long price wars]  .
-  In fact , [ARG1  Fireman 's Fund Corp.]  , which *T*-1 [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  the day]  [ARGM-MNR  off 50 cents to $ 36.50 *U*]  , said 0 earthquake damage would slightly hurt fourth-quarter profit .
-  At Ameritech , based * in Chicago , customer access lines increased by 402,000 , or 2.6 % , and cellular mobile lines increased by 80,000 , or 62.3 % , for [ARG1  the 12-month period]  [rel  ended]  * [ARGM-TMP  Sept. 30]  .
-  At BellSouth , based * in Atlanta , customer access lines grew by 162,000 , or 3.5 % , during [ARG1  the 12-month period]  [rel  ended]  * [ARGM-TMP  Sept]  .
-  Though it collects such data daily , its monthly reports on program trading usually come out about three weeks after [ARG1  each month]  [rel  ends]  .
-  Futures trading resumed a half-hour later , but [ARG1  the session]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  shortly thereafter]  , [ARGM-ADV  * leaving the stock market set * up for more sell programs]  , traders said 0 *T*-1 .
-  That plan would provide a 30 % exclusion to assets sold * over [ARG1  a 2 1\/2-year period]  [rel  ending]  [ARGM-TMP  Dec. 31 , 1991]  .
-  [ARG1  Treasury bonds]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-MNR  *-1 narrowly mixed]  [ARGM-LOC  in quiet trading]  .
-  [ARG1  The benchmark 30-year bond]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-EXT  at a price of 100 29\/32 0 * to yield 8.03 % *T*-1]  , [ARGM-ADV  compared with 100 28\/32 0 * to yield 8.04 % *T*-3 Tuesday]  .
-  [ARG1  Investment-grade corporate bonds]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-MNR  *-1 1\/4 point lower]  .
-  [ARG1  Municipal bonds]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-MNR  *-1 about 1\/8 to 3\/8 point lower]  , [ARGM-ADV  *-1 hurt *-2 by the circulation of two `` bid-wanted '' lists totaling $ 655 million *U*]  .
-  [ARG1  Mortgage securities]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-MNR  *-1 little changed]  [ARGM-TMP  after light dealings]  .
-  [ARGM-DIS  Meanwhile]  , [ARG1  Government National Mortgage Association 9 % securities for November delivery]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-MNR  at 97 29\/32]  , [ARGM-MNR  *-1 unchanged]  .
-  [ARG1  The Treasury 's benchmark 30-year bond , which *T*-1 jumped 3\/8 point , or about $ 3.75 *U* for each $ 1,000 *U* face amount , during the first hour of trading ,]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-MNR  *-2 little changed *-3]  .
-  [ARG1  British government bonds , or gilts ,]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-MNR  *-1 moderately lower]  [ARGM-TMP  as equities there recovered from Tuesday 's drop]  .
-  [ARG1  Japan 's bellwether 4.6 % bond due 1998]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-LOC  on brokers ' screens]  [ARGM-MNR  at 95.75 0 * to yield 5.315 % *T*-1]  .
-  [ARG1  Most junk bonds , which *T*-2 have been battered *-1 in recent weeks ,]  continued a slow recuperation and [rel  ended]  [ARGM-MNR  *-3 unchanged to slightly higher]  .
-  *-1 Born in 1937 in a Baltic Sea town now part of Poland , he was eight years old [ARGM-TMP  when]  [ARG1  World War II]  [rel  ended]  *T*-2 .
-  Commodore International Ltd. said 0 it will report a loss for [ARG1  the first quarter]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Sept. 30]  because sales of personal computers for the home market remained weak in some major countries .
-  Wang Laboratories Inc. , Lowell , Mass. , *-1 beset * by declining demand for its computers , reported a $ 62.1 million *U* , 38-cents-a-share loss in [ARG1  its first quarter]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Sept. 30]  .
-  The decision was announced *-1 after [ARG1  trading]  [rel  ended]  .
-  Boise , Idaho-based Morrison had losses totaling $ 186 million *U* over [ARG1  the two years]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  in December]  , but it has surged back to profitability as a result of cost-cutting and * shedding of unprofitable operations .
-  Hawker Siddeley Group PLC , a U.K. engineering company , reported a 16 % jump in pretax profit for [ARG1  the six-month period]  [rel  ending]  [ARGM-TMP  June 30]  .
-  At a nationally televised legislative session in Budapest , the Parliament overwhelmingly approved [ARG0  changes]  [ARGM-MNR  formally]  [rel  ending]  [ARG1  one-party domination]  [ARGM-LOC  in the country]  , regulating free elections by next summer and establishing the office of state president 0 *T*-1 to replace a 21-member council .
-  But [ARG0  other nations at the opening of the 49-nation meeting of Britain and its former colonies]  pressed for continued or stronger embargoes in an effort * to [rel  end]  [ARG1  apartheid]  .
-  Arab officials in Saudi Arabia said 0 three-week-old talks by Lebanese lawmakers aimed * at [ARG0  *]  [rel  ending]  [ARG1  Lebanon 's civil war]  appeared *-1 about *-2 to collapse .
-  As the news *ICH*-1 spread that the refineries were intact , [ARG1  crude prices]  plunged , *-2 [rel  ending]  [ARGM-TMP  the day]  [ARGM-MNR  at $ 20.56 *U* a barrel]  , [ARGM-MNR  down 19 cents]  .
-  After the market closed Tuesday , the American Petroleum Institute had reported that crude stocks increased by 5.7 million barrels in [ARG1  the week]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Friday]  , which traders viewed *T*-1 as bearish .
-  [ARG1  The March delivery]  [rel  ended]  with [ARG2-with  an advance of 0.16 cent a pound to 14.27 cents]  , [ARGM-ADV  for a two-day gain of 0.3 cent]  .
-  Though [ARG1  the Cubs ' championship season]  [rel  ended]  with [ARG2-with  the National League playoffs]  , a revival of the Organic Theater 's production of `` Bleacher Bums , '' a play in nine innings set * in the Wrigley Field bleachers , continues within spitting distance of the ballpark .
-  In other trading , Medco Containment Services gained 7\/8 to 15 on 1.9 million shares after *-2 reporting a loss for [ARG1  the first quarter]  , which *T*-1 [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Sept. 30]  .
-  [ARG0  The verdict , reached * late last week in Cincinnati ,]  [ARGM-MOD  may]  [rel  end]  [ARG1  an eight-year legal battle for the Greensboro , N.C. , carpet maker]  .
-  Four Bear Stearns executives besides the 62-year-old Mr. Greenberg were paid *-1 $ 3 million *U* or more before dividends for [ARG1  the 14 months]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  in June]  .
-  At Bear Stearns Cos. , for example , the 15 executive officers led * by Chairman Alan `` Ace '' Greenberg got a pay increase to $ 35.9 million *U* for [ARG1  the 14-month period]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  June 30]  from $ 22.9 million *U* for the 12 months ended April 30 , 1988 .
-  At Bear Stearns Cos. , for example , the 15 executive officers led * by Chairman Alan `` Ace '' Greenberg got a pay increase to $ 35.9 million *U* for the 14-month period ended June 30 from $ 22.9 million *U* for [ARG1  the 12 months]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  April 30 , 1988]  .
-  The latest period includes 14 months instead of 12 because Bear Stearns changed to [ARG1  a fiscal year]  [rel  ending]  [ARGM-TMP  in June instead of April]  .
-  However , Bear Stearns on Monday reported improved earnings for [ARG1  its first quarter]  , [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Sept. 29]  , partly because of a 31 % increase in commissions during the quarter .
-  Tribune Co. , *-1 helped *-2 by a hefty boost in performance at its broadcasting and entertainment operations , said 0 net income jumped 21 % in [ARG1  its third quarter]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Sept. 24]  on a 3 % increase in revenue .
-  In August , Recognition said 0 it was in violation of certain terms of its debt agreements with bank lenders because of a $ 3.9 million *U* loss for [ARG1  the third quarter]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  July 31]  .
-  Although Wang will report a loss for [ARG1  the first quarter]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Sept. 30]  and the full fiscal year , Mr. Miller says 0 he expects 0 the company will return to profitability by the fourth quarter .
-  [ARGM-TMP  About 20,000 years ago]  [ARG1  the last ice age]  [rel  ended]  .
-  Earlier this week , Genetics Institute reported wider losses in [ARG1  its fiscal third quarter]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Aug. 31]  .
-  The company also pleased analysts by *-1 announcing four new store openings planned * for [ARG1  fiscal 1990]  , [rel  ending]  [ARGM-TMP  next August]  .
-  The company , which *T*-1 leases technology equipment , reported substantially lower net income for [ARG1  its fiscal first quarter]  , which *T*-2 [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Aug. 31]  .
-  *-2 Writing in the 1960s Ms. Carson suggested that the human race could be eliminated *-1 in 20 years , and Mr. Wald suggested that [ARG1  life on earth]  [ARGM-MOD  might]  [rel  end]  [ARGM-TMP  by 1985]  .
-  For [ARG1  the year]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  June 30 , 1989]  , Merksamer Jewelers had $ 62 million *U* of revenue and operating profit of $ 2.5 million *U* .
-  [ARG1  The yield on 30-year Treasury bonds]  climbed back above 8 % , * [rel  ending]  [ARGM-TMP  the day]  [ARGM-EXT  at 8.03 %]  .
-  `` People are breathing a major sigh *ICH*-1 of relief that [ARG1  the world]  did [ARGM-NEG  n't]  [rel  end]  [ARGM-TMP  Monday morning '' or yesterday]  .
-  [ARG1  It]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-EXT  at about 8 11\/16 %]  [ARGM-TMP  yesterday]  , but was as low as 8 1\/2 % Monday .
-  Investment-grade corporate bonds ended 1\/4 to 1\/2 point lower , while [ARG1  most junk bonds]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-MNR  unchanged]  .
-  [ARG1  Investment-grade corporate bonds]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-MNR  1\/4 to 1\/2 point lower]  , [ARGM-ADV  while most junk bonds ended unchanged]  .
-  [ARG1  Ginnie Mae 9 % securities for November delivery]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-EXT  at 97 29\/32]  , [ARGM-MNR  down 7\/32]  ; 9 1\/2 % securities at 99 31\/32 , down 6\/32 ; and 10 % securities at 101 29\/32 , down 5\/32 .
-  [ARGM-DIS  But]  [ARG1  Japanese bonds]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-MNR  weaker]  .
-  [ARG1  The benchmark No. 111 4.6 % bond due 1998]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-LOC  on brokers ' screens]  [ARGM-MNR  at a price of 96 , off 0.15 point]  [ARGM-PNC  * to yield 5.27 %]  .
-  [ARG1  The December 1989 contract , which *T*-1 has the greatest trading volume ,]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-EXT  at $ 371.20 *U* an ounce]  .
-  Sen. Strom Thurmond -LRB- R. , S.C . -RRB- protests pending [ARG0  legislation]  * to [rel  end]  [ARG1  the preference that the federal prison system gets *T*-1 in * selling prisoner-made furniture and other goods to government agencies]  .
-  [ARG0  *]  [rel  Ending]  [ARG1  tax-free shopping in the European Community]  [ARGM-TMP  after 1992]  could threaten more than 3,000 jobs , the International Duty Free Confederation said *T*-1 .
-  [ARG1  The volatility]  [ARGM-MOD  wo]  [ARGM-NEG  n't]  [rel  end]  [ARGM-TMP  soon]  .
-  Six-month CDs of $ 50,000 *U* and less yielded an average 8.02 % in [ARG1  the week]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Tuesday]  , down from 8.10 % , according to Banxquote .
-  White House Press Secretary Marlin Fitzwater said 0 [ARG1  negotiations between Bush aides and lawmakers]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Monday]  [ARGM-MNR  without success]  .
-  [ARG1  Year]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Dec. 31 , 1988]  :
-  [ARG1  First half]  [rel  ended]  , [ARGM-TMP  June 30 , 1989]  :
-  The Redmond , Wash. company , a bellwether provider of operating systems and software for personal-computer makers and users , reported net income for [ARG1  the quarter]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Sept. 30]  of $ 49.6 million *U* , or 87 cents a share , up from $ 36.6 million *U* , or 65 cents a share , in the year-ago period .
-  Integrated Resources said 0 [ARG1  talks *ICH*-2]  have [rel  ended]  with [ARG2-with  another potential buyer of its core businesses]  .
-  Integrated Resources Inc. , the troubled financial-services company that *T*-1 has been trying *-2 to sell its core companies *-3 to restructure debt , said 0 [ARG1  talks with a potential buyer]  [rel  ended]  .
-  [ARGM-TMP  Last week]  [ARG0  another potential buyer , Whitehall Financial Group -- which *T*-1 had agreed in August *-2 to purchase most of Integrated 's core companies for $ 310 million *U* --]  [rel  ended]  [ARG1  talks with Integrated]  .
-  In `` Mad Rush , '' which *T*-1 came from a commission * to write a piece of indeterminate length -LRB- Mr. Glass charmingly , and tellingly , confessed that `` this was no problem for me '' -RRB- , an A section alternates with a B section several times before [ARG1  the piece]  [rel  ends]  [ARGM-MNR  unresolved]  .
-  [ARG1  The evening]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-MNR  with Mr. Glass 's `` Metamorphosis , '' another multiple work]  .
-  Overall , Honeywell reported earnings of $ 74.4 million *U* , or $ 1.73 *U* a share , for [ARG1  the three months]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Oct. 1]  compared with a loss of $ 41.4 million *U* , or 98 cents a share , a year earlier .
-  Salomon Brothers Inc. , the investment-banking firm , in its annual tally of investment returns , reported that old masters appreciated 51 % *ICH*-4 in [ARG1  the year]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  June 1]  , the greatest return of any of 13 assets 0 it tracked *T*-5 .
-  Flowers Industries Inc. said 0 it will report a charge of eight cents to 10 cents a share for [ARG1  its fiscal first quarter]  , [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Sept. 23]  , from the sale of two bakeries , in High Point , N.C. , and Gadsden , Ala .
-  The company said 0 it had a net loss in [ARG1  its fourth quarter]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  June 30]  of $ 36.2 million *U* , or $ 9.33 *U* a share , on revenue of $ 13.1 million *U* .
-  [ARGM-TMP  Last month]  , the complaints intensified and [ARG1  the massages]  [rel  ended]  .
-  In [ARG1  the year]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  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 its results to continue *-1 to improve .
-  But as [ARG1  the day]  [rel  ended]  in [ARG2-in  a frantic Wall Street-inspired rally]  , the City breathed a sigh of relief .
-  `` We fully expect that Canada will comply with the panel 's ruling '' that [ARG1  the `` landing requirement '']  [ARGM-DIS  also]  [ARGM-MOD  must]  be [rel  ended]  *-1 , she said 0 *T*-2 .
-  Bear Stearns said 0 net in [ARG1  the first quarter]  [rel  ended]  * [ARGM-TMP  Sept. 29]  reached $ 22.1 million *U* , or 23 cents a share , from $ 20.5 million *U* , or 20 cents a share , in the year-earlier quarter .
-  The federal government has had *-1 to pump in $ 2.28 billion *U* into the VA housing program since 1984 *-2 to keep the fund afloat and the VA requested an additional $ 120 million *U* for [ARG1  the fiscal year]  [ARGM-TMP  just]  [rel  ended]  .
-  Far better for policy makers to concentrate on the war against drugs , Panama and the deficit , all of them [ARG1  parades]  that *T*-1 seem *-2 [ARGM-NEG  never]  to [rel  end]  .
-  Although the union-bidder expects *-1 to patch together a substitute offer , consisting of less cash , the failure * to get cash from Japanese and American banks confirmed a growing fear *ICH*-2 among arbitragers that [ARG1  the pageant of high-leverage takeover deals]  is [rel  ending]  .
-  [ARGM-DIS  Similarly]  , [ARG1  Kuala Lumpur 's composite index]  [ARGM-TMP  yesterday]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-MNR  27.5 % above its 1988 close]  .
-  [ARG1  London 's Financial Times-Stock Exchange 100-share index , the most closely watched market barometer ,]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-EXT  at its intraday high of 2163.4]  , [ARGM-MNR  down 70.5 , or 3.2 %]  .
-  *-1 Enjoying several blockbuster movie hits including `` Batman , '' Los Angeles-based Guber-Peters Entertainment Co. reported earnings for [ARG1  the first quarter]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Aug. 31]  of $ 5.8 million *U* , or 50 cents a share , compared with a year-earlier loss .
-  [ARG1  The Treasury 's benchmark 30-year bond]  , [rel  ended]  [ARGM-MNR  about 1 3\/4 points lower , or down about $ 17.50 *U* for each $ 1,000 *U* face amount]  .
-  [ARGM-DIS  But]  [ARGM-ADV  as Japanese stocks rebounded]  , [ARG1  Treasurys]  retreated and [rel  ended]  [ARGM-MNR  just modestly higher]  .
-  [ARG1  Investment-grade corporate bonds]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-MNR  one to 1 1\/2 point lower]  .
-  [ARGM-LOC  Among benchmark issues]  : -- [ARG1  Japan 's No. 111 4.6 % bond due 1998]  [rel  ended]  on [ARG2-on  brokers screens]  [ARGM-MNR  at 96.15]  , [ARGM-MNR  up 1.17 point]  .
-  -- [ARG1  West Germany 's 6 3\/4 % issue due June 1999]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-MNR  at 98.30]  , [ARGM-MNR  up 0.91 point]  [ARGM-PNC  *-1 to yield 6.99 %]  .
-  -- [ARG1  Britain 's 11 3\/4 % bond due 2003\/2007]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-MNR  1 1\/8 higher]  [ARGM-MNR  at 111 19\/32]  [ARGM-PNC  *-1 to yield 10.12 %]  , [ARGM-ADV  while the 11 3\/4 % notes due 1991 rose 21\/32 to 98 26\/32 *-2 to yield 12.74 %]  .
-  Mortgage securities gave up most of Friday 's gains as [ARG1  active issues]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-MNR  24\/32 to 30\/32 point lower]  .
-  Nintendo Co. , a Japanese maker of video games , electronic information systems and playing cards , posted a 23 % unconsolidated surge in pretax profit to 61.41 billion yen -LRB- $ 429 million *U* -RRB- from 50 billion yen -LRB- $ 349.9 million *U* -RRB- for [ARG1  the fiscal year]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Aug. 31]  .
-  Interspec Inc. reported a net loss of $ 2.4 million *U* for [ARG1  the fiscal third quarter]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Aug. 31]  .
-  *-2 A leading authority on the business cycle , Mr. Moore also is a member of the Business Cycle Dating Group , the panel of private economists that *T*-1 decides for the government [ARGM-TMP  when]  [ARG1  expansions and recessions]  begin and [rel  end]  *T*-3 .
-  The business , based * in St. Louis , had sales of more than $ 14 million *U* in [ARG1  the fiscal year]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  March 31]  , Omnicare said 0 *T*-1 .
-  *-1 Citing a $ 3.1 million *U* provision for doubtful accounts , Dallas-based National Heritage Inc. posted a loss for [ARG1  its fourth quarter]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  June 30]  .
-  The company also said 0 expenses incurred * by the previous board and management in the recent contest for control were recognized *-1 primarily in [ARG1  the first quarter]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Sept. 30]  .
-  Last year , the U.S. brokered a peace settlement * to remove Cuba 's `` Afrika Korps '' from Angola and hold [ARG0  `` free and fair '' elections]  that *T*-1 [ARGM-MOD  would]  [rel  end]  [ARG1  South Africa 's control of Namibia]  .
-  The Little Rock , Ark. , hazardous-waste services company said 0 the restatement will reduce its net for [ARG1  the nine months]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  July 31]  to $ 2.5 million *U* , or 17 cents a share , from $ 3.7 million *U* , or 26 cents a share .
-  But for [ARG1  the fiscal year]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  July 31 , 1988]  , the most recent period for which results were broken out *T*-1 , the Perkin-Elmer unit accounted for more than half the $ 145 million *U* in sales recorded * by the company 's government systems sector .
-  [ARG1  It]  [rel  ended]  with [ARG2-with  a gain of 88.12 points]  .
-  For [ARG1  the 12 weeks]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Sept. 3]  , Skipper 's had net income of $ 361,000 *U* , or 13 cents a share , compared with a net loss a year earlier .
-  [ARG0  El Salvador 's government]  opened a new round of talks with the country 's leftist rebels in an effort * to [rel  end]  [ARG1  a decade-long civil war]  .
-  For [ARG1  the three months]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  in September]  , retail sales volume was down 0.5 % from the previous three months and up 1.2 % from a year earlier .
-  In [ARG1  the fiscal year]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Sept. 30 , 1988]  , Cluett had operating profit of $ 37 million *U* on sales of $ 757 million *U* .
-  The number of U.S. temporary workers fell about 1 % in [ARG1  the 12 months]  [rel  ending]  [ARGM-TMP  Aug. 31]  , after *-2 sliding nearly 3.5 % in July , said 0 *T*-1 Kidder Peabody 's Mr. Arthur .
-  Blue Arrow blamed the pretax profit drop in [ARG1  the quarter]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  July 31]  partly on slower earnings growth of non-Manpower units in Britain .
-  Sales climbed to an estimated $ 245 million *U* in [ARG1  fiscal 1989]  , [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Aug. 31]  , from $ 99.9 million *U* in fiscal 1985 .
-  The company expects that earnings , which *T*-1 have marched steadily upward in recent years , reached about $ 20.8 million *U* , or $ 1.58 *U* a share , in [ARG1  the fiscal year]  [ARGM-TMP  just]  [rel  ended]  , up from $ 15.2 million *U* in fiscal 1988 and $ 3.9 million *U* in 1985 .
-  Canadian steel-ingot production totaled 291,890 metric tons in [ARG1  the week]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Oct. 7]  , up 14.8 % from the preceding week 's total of 254,280 tons , Statistics Canada , a federal agency , said 0 *T*-1 .
-  Brazil and Venezuela are the only two countries that *T*-1 have n't completed steel talks with the U.S. for [ARG1  the year]  [rel  ending]  [ARGM-TMP  Oct. 1 , 1990]  .
-  Elcotel , a telecommunications company , had net income of $ 272,000 *U* , or five cents a share , in [ARG1  its year-earlier second quarter]  , [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Sept. 30]  .
-  Traditional Industries Inc. said 0 it expects *-2 to report a net loss for [ARG1  the fourth quarter]  that *T*-1 [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  June 30]  and is seeking new financing .
-  In [ARG1  the year]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  June 30 , 1988]  , Traditional reported net income of $ 4.9 million *U* , or $ 1.21 *U* a share .
-  [ARG0  Royal Crown Cola Co.]  has [rel  ended]  [ARG1  its relationship with the Boston office of Hill , Holliday , Connors , Cosmopulos]  .
-  *-1 Citing a payment from a supplier and strong sales of certain data-storage products , Maxtor Corp. said 0 earnings and revenue jumped in [ARG1  its second quarter]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Sept. 24]  .
-  In [ARG1  the year]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Aug. 31 , 1988]  , MedChem earned $ 2.9 million *U* , or 72 cents a share , on sales of $ 17.4 million *U* .
-  The database software company said 0 it expects a $ 2 million *U* net loss for [ARG1  the fiscal first quarter]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Sept. 30]  .
-  And Time 's paid circulation , according to Audit Bureau of Circulations , dropped 7.3 % to 4,393,237 in [ARG1  the six months]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  June 30 , 1989]  .
-  Zaire 's President Mobutu met in southern France with Angolan rebel leader Savimbi and a senior U.S. envoy in a bid * to revive [ARG0  an accord]  0 *T*-1 to [rel  end]  [ARG1  Angola 's civil war]  .
-  [ARGM-DIS  Moreover]  , [ARG1  this year 's good inflation news]  [ARGM-MOD  may]  have [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  last month , when energy prices zoomed up 6.5 % after *-2 plunging 7.3 % in August *T*-1]  .
-  For [ARG1  the nine months]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  June 30]  , CenTrust had a net loss of $ 21.3 million *U* , compared with year-earlier net income of $ 52.8 million *U* .
-  A French knock-off of `` Dallas , '' called * `` Chateauvallon '' and set * in a French vineyard , had [ARG1  a good run]  in France , which *T*-2 [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  after the female lead was injured *-1 in a real-life auto accident]  .
-  Apple Computer Inc. , meanwhile , is expected *-1 to show improved earnings for [ARG1  the period]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Sept]  .
-  In July , the company reported that booming sales of new personal computers from Apple and IBM had resulted in net income more than doubling for [ARG1  its fourth quarter]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  June 30]  to $ 7.4 million *U* , or 23 cents a share .
-  This month , however , Businessland warned investors that results for [ARG1  its first quarter]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Sept. 30]  had n't met expectations .
-  Mr. Brown estimates 0 Wyse , whose terminals business *T*-1 is strong , will report a loss of 12 cents a share for [ARG1  its quarter]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Sept]  .
-  Last week , Microsoft said 0 it expects revenue for [ARG1  its first quarter]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Sept. 30]  to increase 34 % .
-  [ARG1  Population Drain]  [rel  Ends]  For Midwestern States
-  -- Curb junk bonds by [ARG0  *]  [rel  ending]  [ARG1  tax benefits for certain securities , such as zero-coupon bonds , that *T*-1 postpone cash interest payments]  .
-  Marc Perkins , a Tampa , Fla. , investment banker , said 0 the market drop is one of `` a tremendous number of signs that [ARG1  the leveraged take-out era]  is [rel  ending]  .
-  A month ago , Hertz , of Park Ridge , N.J. , said that it would drop its marketing agreements *ICH*-1 at year end with Delta , America West and Texas Air Corp. 's Continental Airlines and Eastern Airlines , and that [ARG1  pacts with American Airlines , UAL Inc 's United Airlines and USAir]  [ARGM-DIS  also]  [ARGM-MOD  would]  be [rel  ended]  *-2 ... [ARGM-TMP  sometime after Dec. 31]  .
-  Tandem Computers Inc. , *-1 preparing *-2 to fight with International Business Machines Corp. for a piece of the mainframe business , said 0 it expects *-3 to post higher revenue and earnings for [ARG1  its fiscal fourth quarter]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Sept. 30]  .
-  The consensus among economists is that it grew a much more sluggish 2.3 % in [ARG1  the third quarter of 1989]  , which *T*-1 [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  two weeks ago]  .
-  For [ARG1  the year]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  June 30]  , Prime had a net loss of $ 3 million *U* on sales of $ 13.8 million *U* .
-  Sports Unlimited , Tampa , Fla. , posted revenue of $ 59 million *U* for [ARG1  the year]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  July 31]  .
-  [ARG0  Striking auto workers]  [rel  ended]  [ARG1  their 19-day occupation of a metal shop at a Peugeot S.A. factory in eastern France]  [ARGM-TMP  Friday]  [ARGM-TMP  as pay talks got under way in the capital]  .
-  [ARG1  The Ginnie Mae November 9 % issue]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-MNR  at 98 25\/32]  , [ARGM-MNR  up 7\/8 point on the day]  , [ARGM-PNC  * to yield about 9.28 % to a 12-year average life assumption]  .
-  For [ARG1  the nine months]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  Sept. 30]  , Keystone expects *-1 to report net income of $ 9.3 *U* milion , or about $ 2.53 *U* a share , after an extraordinary gain from $ 3.2 million *U* in tax benefits .
-  The bank said 0 about C$ 525 million *U* will be added *-1 to its existing LDC and general loss provisions in [ARG1  its fourth quarter]  , [rel  ending]  [ARGM-TMP  Oct. 31]  .
-  The bank 's net income for [ARG1  the nine months]  [rel  ended]  [ARGM-TMP  July 31]  was C$ 577 million *U* , or C$ 3.10 *U* a share .
-  They hope 0 the foreign deals will divide the Hollywood opposition and prod Congress to push for [ARG0  *]  [rel  ending]  [ARG1  federal rules that *T*-1 prohibit the networks from *-3 grabbing a piece of rerun sales and owning part of the shows 0 they put *T*-2 on the air]  .