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frames- [ARG1 October sales , compared * with the previous month ,] [rel inched] [ARG5-DIR down] [ARG2-EXT 0.4 %] .
- [ARG1 Its index] [rel inched] [ARG5-DIR up] to [ARG4-to 47.6 %] in October from [ARG3-from 46 %] in September .
- [ARGM-LOC In Champagne] , [ARG1 some of the prestige cuvees] are [rel inching] toward [ARG4-toward $ 100 *U* a bottle] .
- There 's light at the end of the tunnel for municipals , '' he said *T*-2 , *-1 adding that he expects [ARG1 prices] to `` [rel inch] [ARG5-DIR up] '' [ARGM-TMP in the near term] .
- Bargain hunters helped stock prices break a weeklong losing streak while [ARG1 bond prices and the dollar] [rel inched] [ARG5-DIR higher] .
- But the company said Friday that it had losses of $ 673.3 million *U* through the first nine months , compared with earnings a year earlier of $ 382.2 million *U* , or $ 2.22 *U* a share fully diluted , as [ARG1 revenue] [rel inched] [ARG5-DIR up] [ARG2-EXT 1.4 %] to [ARG4-to $ 7.13 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 7.03 billion *U*] .
- [ARG1 Unisys] , whose revenue *T*-1 [rel inched] [ARG5-DIR up] [ARG2-EXT 3.7 %] [ARGM-TMP in the quarter] to [ARG4-to $ 2.35 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 2.27 billion *U*] in the year-earlier quarter , had an operating loss of about $ 30 million *U* .
- [ARG1 That figure] has been [rel inching] [ARG5-DIR up] [ARGM-TMP for several years] .
- [ARGM-DIS And] [ARG1 the number of rigs active in the U.S.] is [rel inching] [ARG5-DIR up] .
- [ARG1 Funds for drilling] [ARGM-MOD may] [rel inch] [ARG5-DIR up] [ARGM-MNR more] [ARGM-TMP next year] [ARGM-ADV if oil prices stay stable] .
- [ARG1 Bond prices] [rel inched] [ARG5-DIR higher] .
- Financial markets quieted , with stock prices edging lower , [ARG1 bonds] [rel inching] [ARG5-DIR up] and the dollar almost unchanged .
- PRECIOUS METALS : [ARG1 Futures prices] [rel inched] [ARG5-DIR upward] [ARGM-LOC in mostly lackluster trading] .
- Nomura said 0 [ARG1 its pretax profits] [rel inched] [ARG5-DIR up] [ARG2-EXT 0.9 %] to [ARG4-to 248.91 billion yen -LRB- US$ 1.75 billion *U* -RRB-] from [ARG3-from 246.60 billion yen] [ARGM-TMP in the six months ended March 31] .
- Auto shares were mixed , as Daimler-Benz firmed 2 to 723 , Bayerische Motoren Werke lost the same amount to 554 , and [ARG1 Volkswagen] [rel inched] [ARG5-DIR down] [ARG2-EXT 1.4] to [ARG4-to 451.6] .
- In August , rates on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages started *-1 creeping up a bit , but [ARG1 they] [rel inched] [ARG5-DIR down] [ARGM-TMP again] [ARGM-TMP through September] .
- The Federal Reserve signaled its willingness * to provide liquidity ; [ARG1 the interest rate on its loans to major banks] [rel inched] [ARG5-DIR downward] [ARGM-TMP early in the day] .
- Meanwhile , [ARG1 September housing starts , due Wednesday ,] are thought * to have [rel inched] [ARG5-DIR upward] .