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frames- [ARG1 A form of asbestos once used * * to make Kent cigarette filters has caused a high percentage of cancer deaths among a group of workers exposed * to it more than 30 years ago] , [ARG0 researchers] [rel reported] 0 *T*-1 .
- Although [ARG1 preliminary findings] were [rel reported] *-2 [ARGM-TMP more than a year ago] , the latest results appear in today 's New England Journal of Medicine , a forum likely * to bring new attention to the problem .
- [ARGM-TMP For 1988] , [ARG0 Commonwealth Edison] [rel reported] [ARG1 earnings of $ 737.5 million *U* , or $ 3.01 *U* a share] .
- Without the Cray-3 research and development expenses , [ARG0 the company] would have been able *-2 to [rel report] [ARG1 a profit of $ 19.3 million *U* *ICH*-3 for the first half of 1989 rather than the $ 5.9 million *U* 0 it posted *T*-1] .
- [ARG0 He] will continue *-1 to [rel report] to [ARG2-to Donald Pardus , president and chief executive officer] .
- -LRB- [ARGM-TMP During its centennial year] , [ARG0 The Wall Street Journal] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel report] [ARG1 events of the past century that *T*-30 stand as milestones of American business history] . -RRB-
- [ARG0 The company] has [rel reported] [ARG1 declines in operating profit] [ARGM-TMP in each of the past three years] , [ARGM-ADV despite steady sales growth] .
- [ARG0 Dodge] [rel reported] [ARG1 an 8 % increase in construction contracts awarded * in September] .
- [ARG0 Only 19 % of the purchasing managers] [rel reported] [ARG1 better export orders] [ARGM-TMP in October] , [ARGM-ADV down from 27 % in September] .
- Each of the survey 's indicators gauges the difference between [ARG0 the number] of purchasers [rel reporting] [ARG1 improvement in a particular area] and the number reporting a worsening .
- Each of the survey 's indicators gauges the difference between the number of purchasers reporting improvement in a particular area and [ARG0 the number] [rel reporting] [ARG1 a worsening] .
- He said that [ARGM-TMP for the second month in a row] , [ARG0 food processors] [rel reported] [ARG1 a shortage of nonfat dry milk] .
- In a separate report , the department said 0 construction spending ran at an annual rate of $ 415.6 billion *U* , not significantly different from [ARG1 the $ 415.8 billion *U*] [rel reported] * [ARGM-TMP for August] .
- [ARG0 Mr. Dinkins] , the ad charges 0 *T*-2 , also failed *-1 to [rel report] [ARG1 his campaign contributions] [ARGM-MNR accurately] , hid his links to a failing insurance company and paid a convicted kidnapper `` through a phony organization with no members , no receipts and no office . ''
- [ARG0 Valley Federal Savings & Loan , a California thrift issue ,] gained 1 to 4 1\/4 after *-1 [rel reporting] [ARG1 a third-quarter loss of $ 70.7 million *U*] [ARGM-TMP after an $ 89.9 million *U* pretax charge mostly related to its mobile home financing unit] .
- The Internal Revenue Service has threatened criminal sanctions against [ARG0 lawyers] who *T*-123 fail *-1 to [rel report] [ARG1 detailed information about clients who *T*-124 pay them more than $ 10,000 *U* in cash] .
- The IRS warnings stem from a 1984 law that *T*-1 requires [ARG0 anyone who *T*-126 receives more than $ 10,000 *U* in cash from a client or customer in one or more related transactions `` in the course of trade or business ''] to [rel report] [ARG1 the payment] [ARGM-LOC on a document known * as Form 8300] .
- [ARG0 LSI Logic Corp.] [rel reported] [ARG1 a surprise $ 35.7 million *U* third-quarter net loss , including a special restructuring charge that *T*-145 reflects a continuing industry-wide slowdown in semiconductor demand] .
- [ARGM-TMP In the year-ago quarter] , [ARG0 the company] [rel reported] [ARG1 net income of $ 1.9 million *U* , or 29 cents a share] .
- [ARG0 The Philadelphia Fed] [ARGM-DIS , for instance ,] [rel reported] [ARG1 that manufacturing activity `` continues *-1 to decline '' for the fourth month in a row] .
- [ARG1 Retail sales] [ARGM-DIS also] were [rel reported] *-1 *-2 slow [ARGM-LOC in most districts] , [ARGM-ADV particularly `` for discretionary , big-ticket items such as furniture , home appliances and consumer electronics] . ''
- [ARG1 In the first half of 1989 alone , Japanese corporations invested $ 214 million *U* *ICH*-2 in minority positions in U.S. companies , a 61 % rise from the figure for all of 1987] , [rel reports] 0 *T*-1 [ARG0 Venture Economics Inc] .
- [ARG0 Hudson General , which *T*-195 provides maintenance , fueling and other services to airlines and airports ,] [rel reported] [ARG1 a loss for its most recent fiscal year] and last month omitted the semiannual dividend on its common shares .
- At one point , Mr. Phelan angered the subcommittee 's chairman , Rep. Edward Markey -LRB- D. , Mass. -RRB- , by *-2 not going much beyond [ARG1 what] *T*-1 [ARGM-TMP already] had been [rel reported] *-131 [ARGM-LOC in the morning newspapers] .
- The futures industry is regulated *-134 by [ARG0 the Commodity Futures Trading Commission] , which *T*-218 [rel reports] to [ARG2-to the Agriculture committees in both houses] .
- [ARG0 The ailing company] , which *T*-236 has [rel reported] [ARG1 net losses] [ARGM-TMP for 16 consecutive quarters] , said 0 it wo n't manufacture network computer systems any more and will greatly reduce its costly direct sales force .
- First , [ARG1 the trading] is done *-1 over the counter and is [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel reported] *-1 [ARGM-LOC on either the U.S. or London stock trading tapes] .
- At least , that 's [ARGM-MNR the way] 0 [ARG1 it] was [rel reported] *-32 *T*-1 .
- `` The USIA officially and publicly declared the absolute right *ICH*-2 of everyone except the USIA * to disseminate agency program materials in the United States , '' my lawyer , the scholarly Mark McCormick of Des Moines , said *T*-1 in a memo pointing out the facts and trying * to make me feel good after [ARG0 the press] [rel reported] [ARG1 that I had lost] .
- `` [ARG1 The agency publicly and officially declared in the lawsuit that persons who *T*-24 examine the materials may make notes and , while the agency position is that persons may not take verbatim notes , no one will check *-3 to determine what notes a person has taken *T*-25] , '' [ARG0 Mr. McCormick] [rel reported] *T*-1 .
- [ARGM-ADV As a private company] , [ARG0 Random House] does [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel report] [ARG1 its earnings] .
- When Ms. Evans took her job *T*-1 , [ARG0 several important divisions] that *T*-2 had [rel reported] to [ARG2-to her predecessor] were n't included *-3 partly because she did n't wish *-4 to be a full-time administrator .
- [ARG1 Net cash income -- the amount left * in farmers ' pockets after * deducting expenses from gross cash income -- increased in 33 states in 1988 , as the drought cut into crop yields and drove up commodity prices] , [ARG0 the department 's Economic Research Service] [rel reported] 0 *T*-1 [ARGM-TMP yesterday] .
- [ARGM-TMP At one point] , [ARG1 Hammersmith] is [rel reported] *-1 to have accounted for as much as 10 % of the sterling market in interest-rate swap dealings .
- Though [ARG0 some lawyers] [rel reported] [ARG1 that prospective acquirers were scrambling *-1 to make filings before the fees take effect] , government officials said 0 they had n't noticed any surge in filings .
- [ARG0 Researchers at American Telephone & Telegraph Co. 's Bell Laboratories] [rel reported] [ARG1 0 they raised the electrical current-carrying capacity of new superconductor crystals by a factor of 100 , *-1 moving the materials closer to commercial use] .
- [ARGM-TMP In the 1970s] , [ARG0 scientists] [rel reported] [ARG1 cancer cases among the daughters of DES users] .
- Caldor , based * in Norwalk , Conn. , operates 118 stores in the Northeast ; [ARG0 it] [rel reported] [ARG1 revenue of $ 1.6 billion *U*] [ARGM-TMP last year] .
- [ARG0 Reed International , a U.K. publishing group ,] gained 15 to 397 despite * [rel reporting] [ARG1 a 3.7 % drop in interim pretax profit] .
- [ARG0 The government] [rel reported] [ARG1 that orders for manufactured goods were essentially unchanged in September while construction spending was slightly lower] .
- [ARG0 The Philadelphia and Cleveland districts] , [ARGM-DIS for example] , [rel reported] [ARG1 declines in manufacturing activity] [ARGM-ADV while the Boston , Dallas and San Francisco banks noted that business expanded] .
- [ARG0 Rockwell International Corp.] [rel reported] [ARG1 flat operating earnings] [ARGM-TMP for the fourth quarter ended Sept. 30] .
- [ARGM-ADV Separately] , [ARG0 Reuter] [rel reported] [ARG1 that the Papua-New Guinea government urged its Parliament *-1 to extend a state of emergency in copper-rich Bougainville Island for two months] .
- [ARG0 Savin Corp.] [rel reported] [ARG1 a third-quarter net loss of $ 35.2 million *U* , or 31 cents a share ,] [ARGM-ADV compared with year-earlier profit of $ 3.8 million *U* , or one cent a share] .
- Hadson Corp. said 0 [ARG0 it] expects *-1 to [rel report] [ARG1 a third-quarter net loss of $ 17 million to $ 19 million *U*] [ARGM-CAU because of special reserves and continued low natural-gas prices] .
- GenCorp Inc. , hurt * by a plant accident and other unexpected costs , said 0 [ARG0 it] expects *-1 to [rel report] [ARG1 that fiscal fourth-quarter profit from continuing operations will be significantly below last year 's $ 25 million *U*] .
- [ARGM-TMP For the nine months] , [ARG0 the company] [rel reported] [ARG1 a net loss of $ 608,413 *U* , or 39 cents a share ,] [ARGM-ADV compared with year-earlier net income of $ 967,809 *U* , or 62 cents a share] .
- Valley Federal Savings & Loan Association took an $ 89.9 million *U* charge as [ARG0 it] [rel reported] [ARG1 a third-quarter loss of $ 70.7 million *U* , or $ 12.09 *U* a share] .
- [ARG0 Ralston Purina Co.] [rel reported] [ARG1 a 47 % decline in fourth-quarter earnings] , [ARGM-ADV * reflecting restructuring costs as well as a more difficult pet food market] .
- [ARG0 Companies listed * below] [rel reported] [ARG1 quarterly profit substantially different from the average of analysts ' estimates] .
- In New York Stock Exchange composite trading yesterday , USX shares closed up $ 1.25 *U* , at $ 34.625 *U* , as the [rel reported] [ARG1 earnings] exceeded projections by some analysts who *T*-1 had n't expected as great a volume of asset sales .
- Many investors wrote *-2 asking the SEC *-3 to require [ARG0 insiders] to [rel report] [ARG1 their purchases and sales] [ARGM-TMP immediately , not a month later] .
- They make the argument in letters to the agency about rule changes proposed * this past summer that , among other things , *T*-1 would exempt [ARG0 many middle-management executives] from *-2 [rel reporting] [ARG1 trades in their own companies ' shares] .
- The proposed changes also would allow [ARG0 executives] to [rel report] [ARG1 exercises of options] [ARGM-TMP later and less often] .
- Currently , the rules force [ARG0 executives , directors and other corporate insiders] to [rel report] [ARG1 purchases and sales of their companies ' shares] [ARGM-TMP within about a month after the transaction] .
- [ARG0 ITEL CORP.] [rel reported] [ARG1 third-quarter earnings , which *T*-48 were mistakenly shown in the Quarterly Earnings Surprises table in yesterday 's edition *-2 to be lower than the average of analysts ' estimates] .
- [ARGM-ADV Separately] , [ARG0 Statistics Canada] [rel reported] [ARG1 that its industrial-product price index dropped 0.2 % in September , its third consecutive monthly decline] .
- [ARG0 It] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel reported] [ARG1 a 2.6 % decline in its raw-materials price index for September] .
- [ARGM-TMP For the nine months ended July 29] , [ARG0 SFE Technologies] [rel reported] [ARG1 a net loss of $ 889,000 *U* on sales of $ 23.4 million *U*] .
- First , he said 0 *T*-1 , domestic interest rates are likely *-2 to stay at higher levels as increased anticipation of inflation followed [ARG1 rising consumer prices] [rel reported] * [ARGM-TMP last week] .
- [ARGM-TMP Yesterday] , [ARG0 Armstrong] [rel reported] [ARG1 flat earnings for the third quarter and nine months , worsened * by the stock dilution of an employee stock ownership plan adopted * earlier this year] .
- Boston Edison Co. said 0 it will take a [ARGM-TMP previously] [rel reported] [ARG1 $ 60 million *U*] charge against earnings in the fourth quarter .
- [ARGM-ADV Separately] , [ARG0 UniFirst] [rel reported] [ARG1 that net income rose 21 % to $ 3 million *U* , or 29 cents a share adjusted * for the split] , [ARGM-TMP for the fourth quarter ended * Aug. 26] .
- All are non-Russian republics along the southern border of the Soviet Union , and [ARG0 all but Kirgizia] have [rel reported] [ARG1 rioting] [ARGM-TMP in the past six months] .
- For example , Nissan 's U.S. operations include [ARG0 10 separate subsidiaries -- for manufacturing , sales , design , research , etc. --] that *T*-254 [rel report] [ARGM-MNR separately] [ARGM-DIR back] to [ARG2-to Japan] .
- [ARGM-LOC In an unusually candid article about the latest economic woe -- unemployment --] [ARG0 Pravda] [ARGM-TMP yesterday] [rel reported] [ARG1 that three million Soviets have lost their jobs as a result of perestroika and the number could grow to 16 million by the year 2005] .
- [ARG0 BNL] [ARGM-TMP previously] [rel reported] [ARG1 that its Georgia branch had taken on loan commitments topping $ 3 billion *U* without the Rome-based management 's approval] .
- [ARG1 In 1989 , Illinois , Kansas , Ohio , Oregon and South Carolina have adopted rights laws] , [ARG0 the Federation of Tax Administrators , a state officials ' group ,] [rel reports] 0 *T*-1 ; the features vary .
- Backer Spielvogel Bates Worldwide named Mr. Achenbaum , 62 , [ARG0 vice chairman] of professional services , [rel reporting] [ARGM-MNR directly] to [ARG2-to Carl Spielvogel , chairman and chief executive officer] .
- [ARG0 Omnicom Group Inc. , New York ,] [rel reported] [ARG1 0 third-quarter net income rose 54 % to $ 5.6 million *U* , or 22 cents a share , from $ 3.6 million *U* , or 15 cents a share , a year earlier] .
- In August , a Chicago conference on such devices attracted [ARG0 more than 100 researchers] , who *T*-310 [rel reported] [ARG1 studies on everything from brain mapping to physical therapy] .
- [ARGM-DIS But] [ARG1 no significant problems] have been [rel reported] *-254 [ARGM-LOC among hundreds of people tested * with the devices] .
- [ARGM-DIS And] [ARG0 some doctors who *T*-314 have conducted hours of tests on themselves] [rel report] [ARG1 temporary headaches] .
- [ARGM-ADV *-1 Bolstering his argument] , [ARG0 the Commerce Department] [rel reported] [ARGM-TMP yesterday] [ARG1 that new home sales for September were down 14 % from August 's revised 3.1 % fall] .
- [ARG0 It] is expected *-1 to [rel report] [ARGM-TMP next summer] .
- The increase in wage and benefit costs in the third quarter was greater than [ARG1 the 1 % rise] [rel reported] * [ARGM-TMP for the third quarter of 1988] .
- [ARG0 Coast Savings Financial Inc.] [rel reported] [ARG1 a third-quarter loss] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 citing a previously announced capital restructuring program] .
- [ARG0 Marks & Spencer PLC] [rel reported] [ARG1 a 12 % gain in first-half pretax profit] , [ARGM-CAU mainly because of improving performances in the U.K. and continental Europe] .
- A California official also said 0 he sent the Federal Bureau of Investigation a packet of documents relating to a [ARGM-TMP previously] [rel reported] [ARG1 $ 400,000 *U*] contribution from Lincoln 's parent solicited * by Sen. Alan Cranston -LRB- D. , Calif . -RRB- .
- -LRB- [ARGM-TMP During its centennial year] , [ARG0 The Wall Street Journal] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel report] [ARG1 events of the past century that *T*-1 stand as milestones of American business history] . -RRB-
- Price Stern Sloan Inc. said 0 [ARG0 it] hired an investment banking firm 0 *T*-1 to assist in * evaluating restructuring or merger alternatives and [rel reported] [ARG1 a net loss of $ 8.1 million *U* , or $ 2.14 *U* a share ,] [ARGM-TMP for the third quarter ended * Sept] .
- Pennzoil is rumored *-1 to be accumulating a stake in Chevron in order *-2 to push for a revamping of the company ; investor Carl Icahn has recently increased his stake in [ARG0 USX] , which [ARGM-ADV separately] *T*-115 [rel reported] [ARG1 earnings that *T*-116 were in line with expectations] .
- [ARGM-TMP Meanwhile] , [ARG0 Ogden Corp. , which *T*-133 also has interests in building maintenance and management ,] [rel reported] [ARG1 third-quarter net income of $ 27.1 million *U* , or 67 cents a share , more than twice the $ 13.5 million *U* , or 34 cents a share , a year earlier] .
- [ARG0 Miniscribe] [rel reported] [ARG1 a negative net worth] and hinted 0 it may file for Chapter 11 .
- In my research , I have found [ARG0 a paper by Joseph Scotto of the National Cancer Institute and several colleagues] [rel reporting] [ARG1 an 11-year decrease in UV-B radiation at eight U.S. measurement sites] .
- [ARG1 The last of the measurements] [rel reported] * was in 1985 , but recent conversations with Mr. Scotto indicated that he knew of no recent changes in the trend .
- He did n't say [ARG1 what] [ARG0 the company] expected *-1 to [rel report] *T*-2 [ARGM-TMP for year-earlier sales , which *T*-178 will be restated *-3 from the previously reported $ 603 million *U*] .
- He did n't say what the company expected *-1 to report *T*-2 for year-earlier sales , which *T*-178 will be restated *-3 from the [ARGM-TMP previously] [rel reported] [ARG1 $ 603 million] *U* .
- American Enterprise Institute scholar Norman Ornstein in the Oct. 21 TV Guide on `` [ARG1 What] [ARG0 TV News] Does [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel Report] *T*-1 [ARGM-ADV About Congress] -- and Should *?* '' :
- [ARG0 Companies listed * below] [rel reported] [ARG1 quarterly profit substantially different from the average of analysts ' estimates] .
- [ARG1 Japan 's steel exports fell 12.2 % in September from a year earlier and were down 1.1 % from the previous month] , [ARG0 the Japan Iron and Steel Federation] [rel reported] 0 *T*-1 .
- -LRB- [ARGM-TMP During its centennial year] , [ARG0 The Wall Street Journal] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel report] [ARG1 events of the past century that *T*-1 stand as milestones of American business history] . -RRB-
- [ARG0 The survey] [rel reported] [ARG1 0 the number of people who *T*-1 said 0 they bowl regularly has fallen to just 8 % from 17 % in 1981] .
- On a recent afternoon , Mr. Baker and a reporter go *-2 ghost-busting , *-3 visiting Kathleen Stinnett , [ARG0 a Lexington woman] who *T*-1 has phoned the University of Kentucky *-4 to [rel report] [ARG1 mysterious happenings in her house] .
- [ARG1 Capital flight] is [rel reported] *-1 to be strong .
- Last week , Revco 's parent company , Anac Holding Corp. , said 0 [ARG0 the company] [rel reported] [ARG1 a loss of $ 16.2 million *U* for the fiscal first quarter] , [ARGM-ADV compared with a loss of $ 27.9 million *U* in the year-earlier quarter] .
- a - [ARG1 Monthly construction contract values] are [rel reported] *-1 [ARGM-MNR on an annualized , seasonally adjusted basis] .
- Some women clearly have no trouble * eventually conceiving again : [ARG0 The studies] have [rel reported] [ARG1 repeaters] [ARGM-LOC in their programs] .
- [ARG1 Rather ominously , rabbit studies reveal that RU-486 can cause birth defects] , [ARG0 Lancet , the British medical journal ,] [rel reported] 0 *T*-1 [ARGM-TMP in 1987] .
- In just these three areas , the Commerce Department found $ 23 billion *U* more exports than [ARG1 *] [ARGM-TMP previously] [rel reported] *-1 and $ 11.6 billion *U* more imports , with the net result that the U.S. service surplus in 1988 increased by $ 11.3 billion *U* , to $ 19 billion *U* .
- [ARG1 It] was [rel reported] *-1 stolen in transit en route to Washington , D.C. , [ARGM-TMP in February] .
- [ARG0 It] [ARGM-TMP recently] [rel reported] [ARG1 assets of $ 2.4 billion *U* and liabilities of $ 4 billion *U*] .
- [ARG0 Banks] now are required only *-1 to [rel report] [ARG1 cash deposits or withdrawals of $ 10,000 or more *U*] .
- [ARGM-DIS But] [ARG1 wire transfers from a standing account -- including those bigger than $ 10,000 *U* --] are [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel reported] *-1 .
- [ARG0 The company] [rel reported] [ARG1 third-quarter operating profit of 37 cents a share] , [ARGM-ADV compared with 12 cents a share a year earlier] .
- [ARG0 Employers Casualty] , which *T*-1 [rel reported] [ARG1 a $ 53.9 million *U* third-quarter loss] [ARGM-TMP late Friday] , fell 2 1\/4 to 13 3\/4 .
- [ARGM-TMP Late Friday] , [ARG0 the company] [rel reported] [ARG1 a loss of $ 51.3 million *U* for the third quarter] [ARGM-TMP after *-1 earning $ 9.2 million *U* a year before] .
- [ARGM-TMP Then] [ARGM-TMP last spring] , [ARG0 researchers] [rel reported] [ARG1 *-2 finding a gene called * p53 which *T*-1 , if *-3 impaired *-4 , turns healthy colon cells cancerous] .
- His was one of [ARG0 two research teams] in 1984 0 *T*-2 to [rel report] [ARG1 dual chromosome losses] [ARGM-ADV for a rare childhood cancer of the kidney called * Wilm 's tumor] .
- [ARGM-TMP Recently] , [ARG0 he and others] [rel reported] [ARG1 that the retinoblastoma suppressor gene may also be involved in some lung cancers , as well as several other more common cancers , too] .
- [ARG0 Mercury Savings & Loan Association , Huntington Beach , Calif. ,] [rel reported] [ARG1 a third-quarter loss of $ 3.9 million *U* , or 61 cents a share] , [ARGM-ADV compared with net income of $ 1.4 million *U* , or 22 cents a share , in the year-earlier quarter] .
- [ARG1 A court in Jerusalem sentenced a Palestinian to 16 life terms for *-2 forcing a bus off a cliff July 6 , *-3 killing 16 people] , [ARG0 Israeli radio] [rel reported] 0 *T*-1 .
- [ARG1 The heaviest damage] was [rel reported] *-1 [ARGM-LOC in Tipasa , about 40 miles west of Algiers] .
- Interface Systems Inc. , Ann Arbor , Mich. , said 0 [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel report] [ARG1 0 net income for the fourth quarter ended Sept. 30 fell to $ 470,000 *U* , or 11 cents a share , from $ 805,000 *U* , or 19 cents a share , a year earlier] .
- [ARGM-TMP In the fiscal year ended Jan. 31] , [ARG0 the company] [rel reported] [ARG1 sales of $ 59.5 million *U* and pretax profit of $ 2.9 million *U*] .
- [ARG0 Companies listed * below] [rel reported] [ARG1 quarterly profit substantially different from the average of analysts ' estimates] .
- [ARG1 Waning demand] [rel reported] * by [ARG0-by importers , retailers and even fancy restaurants] all reinforce a profile of a community that *T*-1 is sharply tightening its belt .
- [ARGM-DIS Additionally] , [ARG0 Crossland] [rel reported] [ARG1 a third-quarter loss of $ 175.5 million *U* , or $ 13.44 *U* a share , compared with net income of $ 27.1 million *U* , or $ 1.16 *U* a share , a year ago] .
- The world had a big yuk recently [ARGM-TMP when] [ARG0 the Soviets] [rel reported] [ARG1 a rash of UFO landings , one of them bringing tall aliens who *T*-1 glowed in the dark to Voronezh] *T*-2 .
- Another guy who *T*-1 thinks 0 they 're out there and closing fast is Whitley Strieber , whose new novel , `` Majestic '' -LRB- Putnam , 317 pages , $ 18.95 *U* -RRB- , *T*-2 takes a look at a [rel reported] [ARG1 1947] UFO crash near the Roswell Army Air Field in a New Mexico desert .
- An indication of Akzo 's success in * reshaping itself will come [ARGM-TMP Thursday] when [ARG0 it] [rel reports] [ARG1 third-quarter results] *T*-1 .
- The bank projects 0 Akzo will show per-share earnings of 24 guilders in 1990 , up from an estimated 22.5 guilders for this year and [ARG1 the 20.9 guilders] [rel reported] * [ARGM-TMP for 1988] .
- As [ARG1 *] [ARGM-TMP previously] [rel reported] *-1 , the account is troubled , with Philip Morris asking Backer Spielvogel Bates , Ogilvy & Mather , and possibly others to try their hand at *-2 developing new creative work .
- [ARG0 Macy] [rel reported] [ARG1 a net loss for fiscal 1989 of $ 53.7 million *U* compared with a net loss of $ 188.2 million *U* for fiscal 1988] .
- `` [ARG1 Monitoring shows that the Natick team 's new system really does reduce cycle time for the morning package sort] , '' [rel reports] *T*-1 [ARG0 James Barksdale , chief operating officer at Federal Express] .
- `` [ARG1 The team included craftsmen from the shop floor as well as engineering , scheduling and purchasing personnel] , '' [rel reports] *T*-1 [ARG0 Alan Westendorf , director of quality] .
- [ARG0 The company] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel reported] [ARG1 slower growth in another important business : systems that *T*-1 use the Unix operating system] .
- [ARGM-TMP Last week] [ARG0 Control Data] [rel reported] [ARG1 third-quarter earnings of $ 9.8 million *U* , or 23 cents a share , on revenue of $ 763 million *U*] .
- The company said 0 its third-quarter earnings will probably be lower than [ARG1 the 16 cents a share] 0 [ARG0 it] [rel reported] *T*-1 [ARGM-TMP last year] , despite a rise in the company 's revenue .
- And indeed , as [ARG0 he] [ARGM-TMP later] [rel reported] , that was the import of the meeting .
- [ARG0 Its 1,400-member brokerage operation] [rel reported] [ARG1 an estimated $ 5 million *U* loss] [ARGM-TMP last year] , [ARGM-ADV although Kidder expects it to turn a profit this year] .
- [ARG0 The leveraged buy-out group of GE Capital] [ARGM-TMP now] [rel reports] to [ARG2-to Mr. Carpenter] .
- As [ARG1 *] [ARGM-TMP previously] [rel reported] *-1 , a member of the Philippines ' House of Representatives has sued *-2 to stop the plant .
- [ARGM-DIS But] [ARGM-TMP in recent weeks] , [ARG0 construction-industry sources] [rel reported] [ARG1 that early preparation work was slowing at the 185-acre site] .
- [ARGM-ADV As * expected *-1] , [ARG0 Kellogg] [rel reported] [ARG1 lower third-quarter earnings] .
- `` [ARG0 We] have [ARG1 no further developments] 0 * to [rel report] *T*-2 , '' he said *T*-1 .
- [ARGM-TMP In the second quarter] , [ARG0 American Pioneer] [rel reported] [ARG1 a loss of $ 7.3 million *U* , compared with net income of $ 1.1 million *U* a year earlier] .
- He said 0 [ARG0 Gulf Canada] [ARGM-MOD will] [ARGM-ADV likely] [rel report] [ARG1 an extraordinary gain from the sale] [ARGM-TMP in the fourth quarter] , but he would n't offer a specific estimate .
- Shoney 's Inc. said 0 [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel report] [ARG1 a write-off of $ 2.5 million *U* , or seven cents a share ,] [ARGM-TMP for its fourth quarter ended yesterday] .
- [ARG1 The write-off] [ARGM-MOD will] be [rel reported] *-1 [ARGM-MNR as an extraordinary item] [ARGM-LOC in the company 's 1989 operating results] .
- National Intergroup Inc. said 0 [ARG0 it] expects *-1 to [rel report] [ARG1 a charge of $ 5.3 million *U* related * to the sale of its aluminum unit 's extrusion division for the third quarter] .
- [ARG0 Lockheed] [rel reported] [ARG1 a $ 32 million *U* third-quarter net loss , largely because of cost overruns on fixed-price military contracts] .
- [ARGM-ADV Separately] , [ARG0 Innopac] [rel reported] [ARG1 a fourth-quarter loss of about C$ 2.6 million *U* , or 18 Canadian cents a share] , [ARGM-ADV * reflecting inventory write-downs] .
- -LRB- [ARGM-TMP During its centennial year] , [ARG0 The Wall Street Journal] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel report] [ARG1 events of the past century that *T*-1 stand as milestones of American business history] . -RRB-
- As [ARG1 *] [rel reported] *-2 , CNW agreed *-3 to be acquired *-1 by a group of investors led * by Blackstone Capital Partners Limited Partnership for $ 50 *U* a share , or about $ 950 million *U* .
- The company , which *T*-1 makes data base systems and software , said 0 [ARG0 it] expects *-2 to [rel report] [ARG1 a loss] [ARGM-TMP for the third quarter ended Sept. 30] .
- [ARG0 Companies listed * below] [rel reported] [ARG1 quarterly profit substantially different from the average of analysts ' estimates] .
- Service Corp. International said 0 [ARG0 it] expects *-1 to [rel report] [ARG1 net income of 15 cents a share for the third quarter] .
- It says 0 [ARG0 40 % of those surveyed *] [rel report] [ARG1 that 1989 exploration spending will exceed 1988 's] .
- Mr. Dorfman provides confirming evidence of this phenomenon [ARGM-TMP when] [ARG0 he] [rel reports] [ARG1 that your staff of dart throwers would have accumulated only $ 112,383 *U* by * randomly selecting four new stocks 0 *T*-2 to be held *-1 in a portfolio each month] *T*-3 .
- [ARG0 The researchers] [rel reported] [ARG1 0 they have been able *-2 to pluck the five genes that *T*-1 produced the toxin out of the pertussis bacterium] .
- [ARG0 The team] [rel reported] [ARG1 0 they managed *-2 to induce bacteria to produce a non-toxic version of the poisons produced * by the bacterium that *T*-1 causes whooping cough] .
- [ARG1 Laboratory tests showed that non-toxic versions of the poisons are capable of *-2 inducing an immunity to whooping cough] , [ARG0 the researchers] [rel reported] 0 *T*-1 [ARGM-LOC in this week 's issue of the journal Science] .
- [ARG0 Almost half -LRB- 49.8 % -RRB-] [rel reported] [ARG1 *-1 suffering `` mental abuse '' from coaches] , and almost one-quarter -LRB- 24.8 % -RRB- said 0 they had been pressured *-2 to ignore injuries .
- [ARGM-TMP Yesterday] , [ARG0 Southam] [rel reported] [ARG1 third-quarter earnings of C$ 10.8 million *U* on revenue of C$ 395.4 million *U* , down from C$ 14.6 million *U* on revenue of C$ 389.6 million *U* in the year-ago quarter] .
- [ARGM-TMP Meanwhile] , [ARG0 the government 's Land Bureau] [rel reports] [ARG1 that only about a third of Korean families own their own homes] .
- [ARG0 He] returned home last Thursday , packed a bag with fresh clothes and [rel reported] [ARGM-PNC for duty] [ARGM-TMP Friday] [ARGM-LOC in Walnut Creek] .
- Turner Broadcasting System Inc. said 0 [ARG0 it] expects *-1 to [rel report] [ARG1 an extraordinary loss of about $ 122 million *U* in the fourth quarter due to early retirement of debt] .
- A Turner spokesman would n't speculate on the extent of the charge 's effect on the quarter 's earnings , but said 0 [ARG0 the company] continues *-1 to expect *-2 to [rel report] [ARG1 a net loss] [ARGM-TMP for 1989] .
- [ARG1 The U.S. economy grew at a moderate 2.5 % annual rate *ICH*-1 in the third quarter , the same pace as the second quarter , despite the worst trade performance in six years] , [ARG0 the Commerce Department] [rel reported] 0 *T*-2 .
- That is , if [ARG0 the company] [rel reported] [ARG1 results] [ARGM-MNR correctly] .
- [ARG0 The Asahi Shimbun , a Japanese daily ,] [ARGM-TMP last month] [rel reported] [ARG1 that Aichi revised its tax calculations after *-1 being challenged *-2 for *-3 allegedly failing *-4 to report all of its income to tax authorities over a two-year period] .
- The Asahi Shimbun , a Japanese daily , last month reported that [ARG0 Aichi] revised its tax calculations after *-1 being challenged *-2 for *-3 allegedly failing *-4 to [rel report] [ARG1 all of its income] to [ARG2-to tax authorities] [ARGM-TMP over a two-year period] .
- [ARGM-ADV As * expected] , [ARG0 First Interstate Bancorp] [rel reported] [ARG1 a net loss of $ 15.5 million *U* for its third quarter] [ARGM-CAU because of hemorrhaging at its First Interstate Bank of Arizona unit] .
- In yesterday 's report , First Interstate said 0 [ARG0 its bank in Texas] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel reported] [ARG1 a loss of $ 23.5 million *U* for the quarter] .
- [ARGM-DIS In addition] , [ARG0 CMS] [rel reported] [ARG1 third-quarter net of $ 68.2 million *U* , or 83 cents a share , up from $ 66.8 million *U* , or 81 cents a share , a year ago] .
- [ARGM-DIS But] [ARG0 China 's official Xinhua News Agency] [rel reported] [ARG1 that the number of foreign businessmen was greater than the previous fair] -- [ARGM-MNR without * providing statistics] .
- [ARG0 Compaq Computer] nose-dived $ 8.625 *U* a share , to $ 100 *U* , and pulled other technology issues lower after *-1 [rel reporting] [ARG1 lower-than-expected earnings] [ARGM-TMP after the stock market closed Wednesday] .
- Later yesterday the nation 's major auto makers added to the gloom when [ARG0 they each] [rel reported] [ARG1 0 their core auto operations were net losers in the third quarter] .
- [ARGM-TMP A year earlier] , [ARG0 Ford] [rel reported] [ARG1 record net of $ 856.3 million *U* , or $ 1.78 *U* a share , on revenue of $ 20.38 billion *U*] .
- The last time 0 [ARG0 all three companies] [rel reported] [ARG1 North American automotive losses] *T*-1 was in the recession year of 1982 .
- Mr. Taylor , 45 years old , succeeds Robert D. Kilpatrick , 64 , who *T*-1 is retiring , as [ARG0 *] [rel reported] [ARGM-TMP earlier] .
- Chandler Insurance Co. said 0 [ARG0 it] expects *-1 to [rel report] [ARG1 0 third-quarter net income jumped 97 % to $ 2.8 million *U* , or 51 cents a share] .
- `` [ARG1 He 's as busy as he was *?* as speaker] , '' [rel reports] *T*-1 [ARG0 Mr. Wright 's administrative aide , Larry Shannon] .
- [ARGM-MNR From his new , million-dollar-a-year perch on Wall Street as a managing director of Wertheim Schroder & Co.] , [ARG0 Mr. Coelho] [rel reports] [ARG1 that many of his former colleagues have contacted him *-2 to find out how they , too , can pursue investment banking careers *T*-1] .
- Mr. North remains in heavy demand as a speaker , for [ARG1 fees] [rel reported] * [ARGM-LOC in the $ 20,000 *U* range] .
- [ARG0 Du Pont Co.] [rel reported] [ARG1 that third-quarter profit grew a robust 19 % from a year ago on the strength of the company 's operations in various chemicals and fibers , and in petroleum] .
- [ARG0 The Wilmington , Del. , company] [rel reported] [ARG1 net of $ 547 million *U* , or $ 2.36 *U* a share , which *T*-1 was in line with Wall Street estimates] .
- [ARG0 Sun] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel reported] [ARG1 a record backlog of orders] .
- [ARG0 Sun , a maker of computer workstations ,] [rel reported] [ARG1 sales of $ 538.5 million *U* for the quarter ended Sept. 29 , up 39 % from $ 388.5 million *U* a year earlier] .
- These problems also resulted in [ARG0 Sun] [rel reporting] [ARG1 a $ 20.3 million *U* loss] [ARGM-TMP for its fourth quarter ended June 30] .
- [ARG0 Mr. Lee] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel reported] to [ARG2-to the president] [ARG1 that , in a separate meeting , Communist Party chief Jiang Zemin said 0 the Chinese leadership `` looked kindly on the students who *T*-1 took part in the demonstrations] . ''
- [ARG1 The volume of red cells donated * by the EPO-treated patients was 41 % higher per donor] , [ARG0 the research team representing a number of hospitals and blood banks] [rel reported] 0 *T*-1 .
- [ARG1 A new experiment] , [rel reported] * [ARGM-LOC in this week 's New England Journal of Medicine] , involved * giving injections of Amgen 's EPO to 23 patients who *T*-1 wanted *-2 to store units of their own blood .
- -LRB- [ARGM-TMP During its centennial year] , [ARG0 The Wall Street Journal] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel report] [ARG1 events of the past century that *T*-1 stand as milestones of American business history] . -RRB-
- The Japanese industrialist has coughed up at least $ 2 million *U* , the Japanese government has put up just about as much , or [ARGM-MNR so] [ARG1 it] is [rel reported] *T*-2 and at least one estimate puts the total tab at $ 7 million *U* .
- In his eloquent dissent , Judge Alex Kozinski observed that when [ARG0 a writer] uses quotation marks in *-3 [rel reporting] [ARG1 what someone has said *T*-1] *T*-2 , the reader assumes that these are the speaker 's precise words or at least his words purged * of `` uh '' and `` you know '' and grammatical error .
- As [ARG0 *] [ARGM-TMP previously] [rel reported] , [ARG1 Northeast Utilities , Hartford , Conn. ,] Monday filed a bid 0 it valued *T*-1 at $ 2.25 billion *U* .
- But [ARGM-LOC under the proposed guidelines] , [ARG1 all federally funded research] [ARGM-MOD will] have *-2 to be [rel reported] *-1 [ARGM-MNR publicly] [ARGM-PNC so that anyone can capitalize on the work] .
- As [ARG0 *] [rel reported] , PaineWebber bought shares Tuesday as part of a customer strategy shift , although the broker 's client was said then *-1 to have been Japanese .
- [ARG1 The average seven-day simple yield of the 400 funds fell to 8.14 % from 8.21 %] , [ARG0 Donoghue 's] [rel reported] 0 *T*-1 .
- He also backed a rule 0 *T*-1 to require [ARG0 large traders] to [rel report] [ARG1 transactions] [ARGM-MNR on a systematic basis] .
- K mart previously had announced 0 [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel report] [ARG1 its third consecutive decline in quarterly earnings for the period ended yesterday , the same day 0 the real estate deal was completed *-1 *T*-2] .
- [ARG0 Total Assets Protection Inc.] , *-1 rebounding from its earlier loss , expects *-1 to [rel report] [ARG1 earnings from operations of about $ 200,000 *U* for the third quarter] , J.C. Matlock , chairman , said 0 *T*-2 .
- [ARGM-TMP In 1985] , [ARG0 the Medical Tribune] [rel reported] [ARG1 that a growing number of critics are challenging the FDA bioequivalence-therapeutic-equivalence equation] .
- [ARGM-TMP In 1986] , [ARG0 some institute patients] were [rel reporting] [ARG1 breakthrough seizures] [ARGM-TMP when they were switched *-1 from a specific brand-name medication to a generic one or from one generic manufacturer of a specific product to another *T*-2] .
- In addition , [ARG0 neurologists] were beginning *-1 to [rel report] [ARG1 these observations] [ARGM-DIS as well] .
- A committee of gem dealers investigates the source of [ARG1 some `` hot '' blue topaz stones] [ARGM-TMP recently] [rel reported] * by [ARG0-by a Hong Kong jewelry manufacturer] .
- [ARGM-ADV Separately] , [ARG0 two more of the nation 's top steelmakers -- Armco Inc. and National Intergroup Inc. --] [rel reported] [ARG1 lower operating earnings in their steel businesses] , [ARGM-ADV * marking what *T*-1 is generally believed *-2 to be the end of a two-year boom in the industry] .
- In fact , he thinks 0 [ARG0 several steelmakers] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel report] [ARG1 actual losses] [ARGM-TMP through the third quarter of 1990] .
- [ARGM-ADV Separately] , [ARG0 America West Airlines , Phoenix , Ariz. ,] [rel reported] [ARG1 0 third-quarter profit jumped 45 % to $ 5.8 million *U* , or 28 cents a share , from $ 4 million *U* , or 24 cents a share , a year earlier] .
- [ARGM-TMP For the quarter a year ago] , [ARG0 Columbia] [rel reported] [ARG1 earnings of $ 16.3 million *U* , or 37 cents a share] .
- Anheuser-Busch announced its plan at the same time 0 [ARG0 it] [rel reported] [ARG1 0 third-quarter net income rose a lower-than-anticipated 5.2 % to $ 238.3 million *U* , or 83 cents a share , from $ 226.5 million *U* , or 78 cents] *T*-1 .
- [ARG0 Comprehensive Care Corp. , which *T*-2 has agreed *-3 to be acquired *-1 by closely held First Hospital Corp. ,] [rel reported] [ARG1 a $ 4.7 million *U* loss for its Aug. 31 first quarter] and said 0 it is negotiating an extension of senior bank debt past its Oct. 18 due date .
- [ARGM-ADV Separately] , [ARG0 First Hospital] [rel reported] [ARG1 a 1.6 % rise in net income to $ 6.1 million *U* for its year ended * June 30 on a 27 % increase in revenue to $ 110.6 million *U*] .
- As [ARG1 *] [rel reported] *-1 [ARGM-TMP last month] , Mr. Kass said 0 he was interested in * making an offer * to buy H.H. Robertson for $ 13 *U* a share .
- [ARG0 The New York-based company] [rel reported] [ARG1 a third-quarter net loss of $ 5.1 million *U* , or 10 cents a share] , [ARGM-ADV compared with a year-earlier net loss of $ 6.2 million *U* , or 12 cents a share] .
- Bay Financial Corp. , [ARG0 Boston] , which *T*-2 has been [rel reporting] [ARG1 big losses] and warning of a possible bankruptcy-law filing , said 0 it was sued *-1 by a holder .
- [ARG0 Bay , which *T*-1 has substantial investments in the floundering Massachusetts market ,] [rel reported] [ARG1 a loss of $ 62 million *U* , or $ 15.97 *U* a share , for the fiscal year ended * June 30] .
- [ARGM-ADV Separately] , [ARG0 Esselte Business Systems] [rel reported] [ARG1 0 third-quarter net income fell 5.9 % to $ 9.5 million *U* , or 46 cents a share , from $ 10.1 million *U* , or 49 cents a share , in the year-ago period] .
- [ARG0 Consolidated Freightways Inc.] [rel reported] [ARG1 a 77 % drop in third-quarter net income] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 citing expected losses in its Emery Worldwide shipping business] .
- [ARG0 Its GM Hughes Electronics and financial-services units] [ARGM-ADV both] [rel reported] [ARG1 that third-quarter earnings were down from a year earlier] .
- [ARG0 The company] [rel reported] [ARG1 a third-quarter loss] and said 0 it is holding talks with its bank lenders for an extension on some overdue debt payments .
- [ARG0 Amdahl Corp. , a maker of mainframe computers ,] [rel reported] [ARG1 a sharp decline in net income for its third quarter] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 citing pricecutting by competitors and adverse effects from a strong U.S. dollar] .
- The South Atlantic States were [ARG0 the only region] 0 *T*-1 to [rel report] [ARG1 an increase in bankruptcies] , [ARGM-ADV up 5.3 % to 5,791 from 5,502] .
- [ARG0 The only industry sector] 0 *T*-1 to [rel report] [ARG1 more business failures for the nine months] was the finance , insurance and real-estate sector , where bankruptcies grew 8.1 % to 2,046 from 1,892 *T*-2 .
- [ARG0 A major Tokyo newspaper] [rel reported] [ARG1 that a Japanese department store concern is planning *-1 to offer about $ 1.3 billion *U* *-2 to buy Bloomingdale 's] .
- [ARG0 Nihon Keizai Shimbun , Japan 's leading economic newspaper ,] [rel reported] [ARGM-TMP Wednesday] [ARG1 that Tokyu Department Store Co. is planning *-2 to team up with U.S. and Western European financing *-3 to buy the New York-based retail chain , which Campeau has put up *T*-1 for sale] .
- [ARG0 The catalog retailer] [rel reported] [ARG1 net income of $ 10.8 million *U* , or 21 cents a share , up sharply from $ 6.6 million *U* , or 13 cents a share , a year earlier] .
- [ARG0 Companies listed * below] [rel reported] [ARG1 quarterly profit substantially different from the average of analysts ' estimates] .
- [ARG0 ITT Corp.] , [ARGM-ADV its insurance business hurt * by Hurricane Hugo] , [rel reported] [ARG1 a 4 % decline in third-quarter net income] , [ARGM-ADV despite a 4.2 % rise in revenue] .
- [ARG0 Hartford] expects *-1 to [rel report] [ARG1 a further pretax loss of about $ 30 million *U* for the current quarter] , as a result of the California earthquake this month , ITT added 0 *T*-2 .
- An ITT spokesman said 0 [ARG1 the charge] was [ARGM-NEG n't] [ARGM-MNR publicly] [rel reported] *-1 [ARGM-TMP at the time] .
- [ARG0 Cie . Generale des Eaux] [rel reported] [ARG1 that net profit climbed 30 % in the first half of 1989] and said that it expects a gain of about 25 % for the full year .
- [ARG0 Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. , buoyed * by improved operating profit in its tire segment ,] [rel reported] [ARG1 that third-quarter net income rose 11 % to $ 70.5 million *U* , or $ 1.22 *U* a share] .
- Environmental Control Group Inc. said 0 [ARG0 it] expects *-1 to [rel report] [ARG1 `` minimal '' earnings or a loss for the third quarter] .
- [ARGM-TMP In the year-ago quarter] , [ARG0 the company] [rel reported] [ARG1 earnings of $ 2.2 million *U* , or 35 cents a share] .
- What *T*-1 's more , the takeover occurred as natural-gas prices were falling and just as [ARG0 Texas Oil & Gas] [rel reported] [ARG1 its first annual loss in 28 years] .
- [ARGM-ADV Separately] , [ARG0 the New York Times] [rel reported] [ARG1 that the Israeli government had provided its correspondent in Jerusalem with different documents that Israel said 0 *T*-1 prove 0 the PLO has been conducting terrorism from the occupied Arab territories] .
- [ARGM-TMP Yesterday] , [ARG0 the retailing and financial services giant] [rel reported] [ARG1 a 16 % drop in third-quarter earnings to $ 257.5 million *U* , or 75 cents a share , from a restated $ 305 million *U* , or 80 cents a share , a year earlier] .
- [ARGM-TMP In the quarter] , [ARG0 the Crum & Forster insurance unit] [rel reported] [ARG1 $ 200 million *U* *ICH*-1 before tax of capital gains from property and casualty operations] .
- [ARG1 New orders for durable goods fell back slightly in September after *-1 shooting up the month before , *-1 reflecting weakening auto demand after a spurt of orders for new 1990 models] , [ARG0 the Commerce Department] [rel reported] 0 *T*-2 .
- Currently , Falcon has about 750,000 cable-television subscribers around the nation ; [ARG0 the company 's cable-television unit] [rel reported] [ARG1 1988 revenue of about $ 100 million *U*] .
- He plans *-1 to tell clients *-2 to pay certain fees directly to the foundation instead of to him ; he would omit those fees from [ARG1 income] [rel reported] * [ARGM-LOC on his return] .
- [ARGM-TMP Last month] , [ARG0 the General Accounting Office] [rel reported] [ARG1 that defaults in Federal Housing Administration guarantees were five times as high as * previously estimated *-1 , and that FHA 's equity fell to minus $ 2.9 billion *U*] .
- [ARG0 Ford Motor Co.] [rel reported] [ARG1 a 21.2 % drop in sales of domestic-made cars to 46,995 and a 24.2 % drop in domestic trucks to 31,143] .
- a - Totals include only [ARG1 vehicle sales] [rel reported] * [ARGM-TMP in the period] .
- GM also had dismal results in the first 10 days of the month , while [ARG0 other auto makers] [rel reported] [ARG1 mixed results] .
- However , [ARG1 the short interest figures] [rel reported] * by [ARG0-by brokerage and securities clearing firms] to [ARG2-to the National Association of Securities Dealers] include only those trades completed , or settled , * by Oct. 13 , rather than trades that *T*-2 occurred on that day , according to Gene Finn , chief economist for the NASD .
- [ARG1 Any quake-related losses] [ARGM-MOD will] be [rel reported] *-1 [ARGM-TMP in the fourth quarter] , the company said 0 *T*-2 .
- [ARG0 LIN Broadcasting] slid 1 3\/8 to 108 3\/4 , despite *-1 [rel reporting] [ARG1 third-quarter net of 46 cents a share , up from 39 cents the previous year] .
- -- [ARG1 Letter from Eduard Shevardnadze to U.N. Secretary-General Perez de Cuellar] , [rel reported] * [ARGM-LOC in Tass , June 10 , 1988] .
- [ARG0 Most oil companies , including Mobil ,] have been [rel reporting] [ARG1 lower third-quarter earnings] , [ARGM-CAU largely as a result of lower earnings from chemicals as well as refining and marketing businesses] .
- [ARG0 Auto makers] [rel reported] [ARG1 that mid-October sales were running at an annual rate of about 5.8 million units , far less than the 6.6 million units 0 analysts had expected *T*-1] .
- [ARG1 Three Soviet government officials -- the ministers of railroads , of foreign economic relations and of heavy-machine building -- will visit Tehran next month for talks] , [ARG0 Iran 's official news agency] [rel reported] 0 *T*-1 .
- [ARG0 Johnson & Johnson] [rel reported] [ARG1 a 10 % rise in third-quarter net income on a 12 % sales increase - results that *T*-2 were driven *-1 particularly by new products including pharmaceuticals and the company 's professional operations] .
- Dun & Bradstreet 's stock price began its recent spiral downward last Wednesday , when [ARG0 the company] [rel reported] [ARG1 third-quarter results] *T*-1 .
- [ARGM-TMP Last March] , [ARG0 this newspaper] [rel reported] on [ARG1-on widespread allegations that the company misled many customers into * purchasing more credit-data services than * needed] .
- -LRB- [ARGM-TMP During its centennial year] , [ARG0 The Wall Street Journal] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel report] [ARG1 events of the past century that *T*-1 stand as milestones of American business history] . -RRB-
- The thrift said 0 earnings also were nicked *-1 in the quarter by a $ 4 million *U* provision for losses associated * with its [ARGM-TMP previously] [rel reported] [ARG1 plan] * to liquidate a real-estate franchise network .
- [ARG0 Safeway Stores Inc.] [rel reported] [ARG1 a 69 % decline in profit for the fiscal third quarter] , but said 0 operating improvements were masked *-1 by unusual gains in the year-earlier period .
- [ARG0 Combustion] [rel reported] [ARG1 improved profits in its automation and control products businesses] , and it narrowed its losses in its public sector and environmental segment .
- 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 [ARG0 it] still expects *-1 to [rel report] [ARG1 a profit for the year ending Tuesday] .
- [ARG0 The bank] [rel reported] [ARG1 net income of C$ 389 million *U* for the nine months ended July 31] .
- The company attacked the government 's allegations as `` reckless and baseless mudslinging , '' and said 0 [ARG0 its management] `` [ARGM-MNR promptly and accurately] [rel reported] '' to [ARG2-to the Pentagon] [ARG1 all relevant information about billing practices] .
- Sen. Dixon held the hearing *-2 to follow up on a provision in the savings and loan bailout bill that *T*-1 required [ARG0 regulators] to [rel report] on [ARG1-on evidence of discimination in mortgage lending] .
- The industry 's slowdown became apparent this month when [ARG0 AMR Corp. , parent of American Airlines ,] [rel reported] [ARG1 an 8.8 % drop in third-quarter net income] and said 0 its fourth quarter would be `` disappointing *T*-1 . ''
- Other airline stocks *ICH*-1 fell in response to the UAL board 's decision * to remain independent for now , including [ARG0 USAir Group] , which *T*-3 [ARGM-MNR separately] [rel reported] [ARG1 a third-quarter loss of $ 1.86 *U* a share compared with a year-ago profit] .
- [ARG0 Fireman 's Fund property-liability subsidiaries] [rel reported] [ARG1 a 120.7 % combined underwriting ratio] [ARGM-TMP for the nine months] , [ARGM-ADV up from 108.4 % for the year-ago period] .
- Yesterday , for example , the Commerce Department reported that new orders for durable goods fell 0.1 % , while [ARG0 the nation 's auto makers] [rel reported] [ARG1 lackluster mid-October sales] .
- [ARGM-TMP Yesterday] , [ARGM-DIS for example] , [ARG0 the Commerce Department] [rel reported] [ARG1 that new orders for durable goods fell 0.1 %] , [ARGM-ADV while the nation 's auto makers reported lackluster mid-October sales] .
- [ARG1 A genetic probe showed 0 the hemoglobin gene was missing] , [ARG0 the researchers] [rel report] 0 *T*-1 [ARGM-LOC in the medical journal Lancet] .
- [ARG1 They 've been able *-1 to measure the minuscule movements of the artery wall as the beating heart raises and lowers the pressure of the flowing blood , a first for such tiny blood vessels] , [ARG0 they] [rel report] 0 *T*-2 [ARGM-LOC in Nature , a scientific journal] .
- [ARG1 TESTS ON 2,800-year-old mummies from Chile indicate 0 ancient wood fires did n't produce dioxins or dibenzofurans , * contradicting a theory 0 the two pollutants today are coming from wood burning] , [ARG0 General Electric Co.] [rel reports] 0 *T*-1 [ARGM-LOC in Environmental Science & Technology magazine] ... .
- [ARG1 Almost 40 % of schizophrenic men *ICH*-1 have an impaired sense of smell vs. fewer than 10 % of schizophrenic women] , [rel reports] 0 *T*-2 [ARG0 the American Journal of Psychiatry] .
- [ARG0 Computer Associates International Inc.] [rel reported] [ARG1 0 earnings for the second quarter , ended Sept. 30 , plummeted 66 % , primarily because of the acquisition of Cullinet Software Inc] .
- The drop in earnings had been anticipated *-1 by most Wall Street analysts , but [ARG1 the results] were [rel reported] *-2 [ARGM-TMP after the market closed] .
- [ARG0 Texaco Inc.] [rel reported] [ARG1 an 11 % increase in third-quarter earnings , which it attributed *T*-1 partly to the company 's massive restructuring after it emerged from bankruptcy-law proceedings 18 months ago] .
- [ARG0 Sun Co.] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel reported] [ARG1 higher earnings] .
- [ARGM-DIS Meanwhile] , [ARGM-ADV like many other oil companies hurt * by less-profitable downstream businesses] , [ARG0 Mobil Corp. , Shell Oil Co. and Chevron Corp.] [rel reported] [ARG1 lower quarterly earnings] .
- [ARG0 Asarco] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel reported] [ARG1 0 third-quarter net income rose 14 % , to $ 52.7 million *U* , or $ 1.25 *U* a share , from a restated $ 46.2 million *U* , or $ 1.10 *U* a share , a year earlier] .
- [ARG0 Companies listed * below] [rel reported] [ARG1 quarterly profit substantially different from the average of analysts ' estimates] .
- [ARG0 The American Iron and Steel Institute] [rel reported] : [ARG1 0 The capability utilization rate is a calculation designed * * to indicate at what percent of its production capability the industry is operating in a given week *T*-1 .]
- AIDS is n't considered *-1 a widespread problem in Japan -- [ARG0 the government] [rel reports] [ARG1 about 1,000 known carriers of the virus] -- but many companies have poured substantial resources into research in recent years , *-2 hoping *-3 to cash in on a possible cure .
- With [ARG0 many rural districts] [ARGM-TMP yet] to [rel report] [ARG1 ballots] , election officials estimate 0 support for Christian Democrats fell an average five percentage points statewide .
- That unease is expected *-2 to grow [ARGM-TMP today] when [ARG0 the government] [rel reports] on [ARG1-on September durable goods orders] *T*-3 and again Thursday when the first assessment of third-quarter economic growth is released *-1 *T*-4 .
- [ARGM-MNR Ironically] , [ARG1 American Airlines ' attempt * to lead industry prices *-2 higher] was [rel reported] *-1 [ARGM-LOC in the same issue as your survey showing that consumers had the least confidence in the airline industry -LRB- Sept. 20 -RRB-] .
- [ARGM-TMP A few months ago] [ARG0 your paper] [rel reported] [ARG1 the results of a study * to determine why Asians who *T*-1 arrive in this country without any money , and unable *-2 to speak English , become overnight successes] .
- -LRB- [ARGM-TMP During its centennial year] , [ARG0 The Wall Street Journal] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel report] [ARG1 events of the past century that *T*-1 stand as milestones of American business history] . -RRB-
- Sindona , the onetime Vatican financial adviser with [rel reported] [ARG1 links] to the Mafia , died on March 22 , 1986 , at age 65 , reportedly after *-1 drinking cyanide-laced coffee in an Italian prison .
- The solution devised * by the professor was * to hire [ARG0 six people] who *T*-1 [ARGM-MOD would] mirror the actual jury demographically , sit in on the trial and [rel report] [ARG1 their reactions] to [ARG2-to him] .
- -LRB- [ARG0 He] [rel reports] [ARG1 0 his business is up slightly from customers replacing old stock] . -RRB-
- [ARG0 The broadcast and publishing company] [rel reported] [ARG1 0 net climbed to $ 80.8 million *U* , or $ 4.56 *U* a share , from $ 62.6 million *U* , or $ 3.55 *U* a share , in the year-earlier period] .
- [ARG0 The broadcasting unit] [rel reported] [ARG1 operating profit of $ 134.9 million *U* , up 18 % from the year-earlier $ 114.3 million *U*] .
- [ARG0 Publishing] [rel reported] [ARG1 0 operating profit was $ 33.3 million *U* , nearly flat with the year-before $ 33 million *U*] .
- [ARG0 The publishing unit] [rel reported] [ARG1 0 revenue edged up 2.6 % to $ 263.2 million *U* from $ 256.6 million *U*] .
- [ARG0 Apple Computer] , which *T*-1 [rel reported] [ARG1 lackluster earnings] [ARGM-TMP Friday] , lost 1 1\/4 to 46 3\/4 on 1.1 million shares .
- [ARG0 Stratus Computer] , which *T*-1 [rel reported] [ARG1 earnings late Friday that *T*-2 were in line with a disappointing forecast] , eased 3\/4 to 24 on 816,000 shares .
- [ARG0 Time Warner Inc.] [rel reported] [ARG1 a third-quarter net loss of $ 176 million *U* , or $ 2.88 *U* cents a share , reflecting acquisition costs for a 59.3 % stake in Warner Communications Inc. and the purchase method of * accounting for the transaction] .
- [ARGM-TMP In the year-ago third quarter] , [ARG0 Time on its own] [rel reported] [ARG1 net income of $ 81 million *U* , or $ 1.42 *U* a share] .
- [ARGM-ADV Separately] , [ARG0 Warner] [rel reported] [ARG1 a net loss of $ 106 million *U* , or 56 cents a share , including merger expenses of $ 100 million *U* and $ 120 million *U* in charges associated * with stock-appreciation-based compensation plans] .
- [ARGM-TMP Between 1981 and 1986 , the most recent five-year period for which figures are available *T*-1 ,] [ARG0 Lloyd 's] [rel reported] [ARG1 over # 3.6 billion *U* in claims and reserves against future losses -LRB- $ 5.7 billion *U* at today 's exchange rates -RRB- , more than double the # 1.35 billion *U* posted * in the previous five-year period] .
- [ARG0 Lloyd 's] [ARGM-TMP only recently] [rel reported] [ARG1 its financial results for 1986] .
- [ARGM-TMP For the six months ended * Sept. 30] , [ARG0 Daiwa] [rel reported] [ARG1 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-] .
- Among [ARG1 the first trades] [rel reported] * by [ARG0-by the securities firm of Jefferies & Co. , which *T*-2 makes a market in UAL after the exchange is closed *-1 ,] were *T*-3 10,000 shares at $ 170 *U* , 6,000 shares at $ 162 *U* , 2,500 at $ 162 *U* , and 10,000 at $ 158 *U* .
- [ARG0 Nearby Pasadena , Texas , police] [rel reported] [ARG1 that 104 people had been taken *-1 to area hospitals] , but a spokeswoman said 0 that toll could rise .
- [ARG0 The Ashland , Ky. , oil company] [rel reported] [ARG1 a $ 38 million *U* charge resulting from settlement of a 10-year dispute with the National Iranian Oil Co. over claims that Ashland did n't pay for Iranian crude 0 it had received *T*-1] .
- [ARG0 Phillips Petroleum Co. and Atlantic Richfield Co.] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel reported] [ARG1 declines in quarterly profit] , [ARGM-ADV while Ashland Oil Inc. posted a loss for the latest quarter] .
- [ARG0 Amerada Hess Corp. and Occidental Petroleum Corp.] [rel reported] [ARG1 higher earnings] .
- [ARGM-ADV *-1 Citing its reduced ownership in the Lyondell Petrochemical Co.] , [ARG0 Atlantic Richfield] [rel reported] [ARG1 that net income slid 3.1 % in the third quarter to $ 379 million *U* , or $ 2.19 *U* a share , from $ 391 million *U* , or $ 2.17 *U* a share , for the comparable period last year] .
- [ARGM-TMP For the nine months] , [ARG0 Arco] [rel reported] [ARG1 net income of $ 1.6 billion *U* , or $ 8.87 *U* a share , up 33 % from $ 1.2 billion *U* , or $ 6.56 *U* a share a year earlier] .
- [ARG0 Texas Instruments] , which *T*-1 had [rel reported] [ARGM-TMP Friday] [ARG1 that third-quarter earnings fell more than 30 % from the year-ago level] , went down 2 1\/8 to 33 on 1.1 million shares .
- [ARG0 USA Today] [rel reported] [ARG1 that the Rales brothers , Washington , D.C.-based investors who *T*-1 made an unsuccessful offer * to acquire Interco last year , have bought nearly 3 % of Mead 's common shares] .
- Mr. Roman also had overseen Ogilvy Group 's two other units , the Scali McCabe Sloves advertising agency and its research division , but [ARG0 those units] [ARGM-MOD will] [ARGM-TMP now] [rel report] [ARGM-MNR directly] to [ARG2-to WPP] .
- Mary Anne Sudol , an analyst at Fitch Investors in New York , said 0 [ARG0 automotive suppliers] were [rel reporting] [ARG1 lower profit almost `` across the board] . ''
- [ARG0 Mr. Donohoo] was convicted *-1 in Louisville late last month of *-3 violating Superfund by *-4 failing *-5 to [rel report] [ARG1 the release of asbestos into the environment from a building 0 he was demolishing *T*-2] .
- [ARG0 Varian Associates Inc. , Palo Alto , Calif. ,] [rel reported] [ARG1 0 fiscal fourth-quarter profit plunged more than 95 % to $ 1 million *U* , or five cents a share , from $ 24.2 million *U* , or $ 1.10 *U* a share , in the year-earlier quarter] .
- The diversified electronics company blamed the decline in the quarter ended * Sept. 29 , on [ARGM-TMP previously] [rel reported] [ARG1 operating] problems in its Electron Devices & Systems Group .
- If Integrated regains the unit , it would receive [ARG1 any profit] 0 [ARG0 the unit] [rel reports] *T*-1 , even while the unit is independent .
- Because of Integrated 's [ARGM-MNR widely] [rel reported] [ARG1 troubles] , the unit 's representatives had been requesting a name change .
- They note that [ARGM-TMP when] [ARG1 an unexpectedly sharp widening in the U.S. trade gap in August] was [rel reported] *-2 [ARGM-TMP earlier this month] *T*-4 , hopes for a sustained narrowing of the trade deficit were dashed *-3 and sentiment *ICH*-1 gripped the market that the U.S. economy was losing its momentum .
- [ARG0 Bankers Trust New York Corp.] , [ARGM-ADV as * expected] , [rel reported] [ARG1 a third-quarter loss of $ 1.42 billion *U* , or $ 17.39 *U* a share] , [ARGM-TMP following its $ 1.6 billion *U* boost in reserves for losses on loans to less-developed countries] .
- [ARG1 Annualized interest rates] on certain investments 0 as *T*-2 [rel reported] *-1 by [ARG0-by the Federal Reserve Board] [ARGM-MNR on a weekly-average basis] :
- [ARG0 Lucas Industries PLC , a British maker of industrial parts and systems ,] [rel reported] [ARG1 a 28 % rise in pretax profit for the year to July 31 , helped * in particular by a 32 % jump in operating profit at its aerospace division] .
- [ARG0 Cummins Engine Co. , Columbus , Ind.] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 hurt * by a drop in engine orders from heavy-truck makers] , [rel reported] [ARG1 a third-quarter loss of $ 39.7 million *U* , or $ 4.12 *U* a share , on essentially flat sales of $ 807.6 million *U*] .
- [ARG0 Allied-Signal] [rel reported] [ARG1 that net rose 1.7 % to $ 121 million *U* , or 81 cents a share , from $ 119 million *U* , or 80 cents a share , the year earlier] .
- Legent Corp. said 0 [ARG0 it] expects *-1 to [rel report] [ARG1 net income between $ 6.4 million *U* and $ 6.9 million *U* , or between 32 cents and 34 cents a share ,] [ARGM-TMP for its fourth quarter ended * Sept. 30] .
- [ARGM-TMP In the year-ago quarter] , [ARG0 the software developer] [rel reported] [ARG1 pro forma earnings of $ 4.8 million *U* , or 24 cents a share] .
- For the fiscal year , the company said 0 [ARG0 it] anticipates *-2 [rel reporting] [ARG1 earnings of $ 23 million *U* , or about $ 1.15 *U* a share , including a charge of about $ 5.9 million *U* , or 22 cents a share , related * to the merger that *T*-1 created Legent out of Duquesne Systems Inc. and Morino Inc. in March 1989] .
- Archive Corp. said 0 [ARG0 it] expects *-1 to [rel report] [ARG1 net income for its fiscal year ended * 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] .
- [ARG0 Time Warner] [rel reported] [ARG1 a $ 176 million *U* loss for the third quarter] , [ARGM-ADV * reflecting the cost of the recent merger and a method of * accounting for the deal] .
- [ARG1 Credit Agricole asked a Milan court *-1 to sequester the Nuovo Banco shares] , [ARG0 the Italian news agency ANSA] [rel reported] 0 *T*-2 .
- [ARG0 Qintex Australia] has [ARGM-NEG n't] [ARGM-TMP yet] [rel reported] [ARG1 results for the fiscal year ended * July 31] .
- Thieves are going *-3 to find `` anybody who *T*-2 has enough bucks 0 * to plant these things in their front yard *T*-4 , '' says 0 *T*-5 William Morrissey , an investigator with the police department in Garden Grove , [ARGM-LOC Calif.] , where [ARG1 five such thefts] have been [rel reported] *-1 [ARGM-TMP in the past several weeks] *T*-6 .
- [ARGM-DIS Overall] , [ARG0 Salomon] [rel reported] [ARG1 program trading volume of 75.2 million shares] .
- [ARG0 Companies listed * below] [rel reported] [ARG1 quarterly profit substantially different from the average of analysts ' estimates] .
- [ARGM-TMP In August] , [ARG0 a conservative weekly magazine] [rel reported] [ARG1 that a pachinko industry organization donated money to Japan Socialist Party members] .
- [ARGM-TMP Within a matter of weeks] , [ARG0 less-conservative magazines] [rel reported] [ARG1 that members of the ruling LDP had received much larger donations from pachinko organizations] .
- [ARG0 The company] [rel reported] [ARG1 good gains in all of its divisions] .
- [ARG0 ENGRAPH INC.] [ARGM-TMP recently] [rel reported] [ARG1 third-quarter earnings , which *T*-2 were mistakenly shown in the Quarterly Earnings Surprises table in last Tuesday 's edition *-1 to be lower than the average of analysts ' estimates] .
- [ARG0 The company] [rel reported] [ARG1 a big third-quarter loss] [ARGM-TMP on Thursday] .
- [ARG0 Merchants Bank of New York] lost 1 to 106 after *-1 [rel reporting] [ARG1 that its third-quarter net income fell to $ 1.62 *U* a share from last year 's $ 1.67 *U* a share] .
- [ARG0 Eliot Savings Bank] lost 7\/8 to 1 5\/8 after *-1 [rel reporting] [ARG1 that it had a $ 4.8 million *U* loss in the latest third quarter mostly because of loan-loss provisions] .
- The company said 0 results for its second quarter ended * Oct. 28 could drop as much as 20 % below [ARG1 the 30 cents a share] [rel reported] * [ARGM-TMP in the year-earlier quarter] .
- [ARGM-TMP For the six months ended * June 30] , [ARG0 it] [rel reported] [ARG1 net income of $ 234.3 million *U* , or $ 4.83 *U* a share ,] including $ 46 million *U* from tax credits and accounting changes .
- [ARGM-TMP Earlier last week] , [ARG0 Valley National Corp. , the state 's largest locally owned banking company ,] [rel reported] [ARG1 a $ 72.2 million *U* loss] and suspended its dividend .
- [ARG0 Pinnacle West Capital Corp. , which *T*-1 has been wrangling with regulators for months over what * to do *T*-2 about Pinnacle 's moribund Merabank thrift unit ,] suspended its dividend and [rel reported] [ARG1 a 91 % plunge in third-quarter net income] .
- That 's a faster growth rate than [ARG1 *] [rel reported] by [ARG0-by Compaq , which *T*-1 did n't post similar results until its fourth year , in 1986] .
- In [ARG1 preliminary , unaudited results] [rel reported] * [ARGM-TMP Friday] , Bond Corp. also posted an operating loss of A$ 814.1 million *U* for the year ended * June 30 , compared with operating profit of A$ 354.7 million *U* a year earlier .
- [ARG0 The U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics] [rel reports] [ARG1 that almost 2 % of all retail-sales workers suffer injuries from crime each year , almost twice the national average and about four times the rate for teachers , truck drivers , medical workers and door-to-door salespeople] .
- [ARG0 Seventeen percent] [rel reported] [ARG1 their customers being robbed *-1] .
- Crime was the reason that [ARG0 26 %] [rel reported] [ARG1 difficulty * recruiting personnel] and that 19 % said 0 they were considering moving .
- [ARGM-TMP Two decades ago] , [ARG0 the Small Business Administration] [rel reported] [ARG1 Yale Prof. Albert Reiss 's landmark study of crime against 2,500 small businesses drawn * from national IRS records] .
- [ARG0 Winnebago Industries Inc. , battered * by a deepening slowdown in recreational vehicle industry sales ,] [rel reported] [ARG1 a widened fourth-quarter loss] and slashed its dividend in half .
- [ARG0 The Soviet newspaper Trud] [rel reported] [ARG1 that Mickey Mouse will appear in a Russian-language comic book 0 *T*-2 to be issued *-1 four times a year by Soviet publisher Fizkultura i Sport and Denmark 's Gutenberghus Group] .
- [ARG0 Ekco Group Inc. , Nashua , N.H. ,] expects *-1 to [rel report] [ARG1 that net income in the third quarter , ended * Oct. 1 , fell 50 % to 60 % from $ 2.1 million *U* , or 11 cents a share , a year earlier] .
- He cites [ARG0 IBM] , which *T*-1 [rel reported] [ARG1 a 30 % earnings decline in the third quarter] , and which last week *T*-2 announced a $ 1 billion *U* buy-back of its shares .
- [ARG0 USA Today] [rel reported] [ARG1 that Mr. Davis , who *T*-1 had pursued UAL before *-2 dropping his bid Wednesday , has acquired a stake of about 3 % in USAir] .
- [ARG0 The company] , which *T*-1 [rel reported] [ARG1 that its loss for the fiscal quarter ended * Aug. 26 widened from a year earlier] , cut its semiannual dividend in half in response to the earnings weakness .
- Following is *T*-1 [ARG1 a weekly listing of unadited net asset values of publicly traded investment fund shares] , [rel reported] * by [ARG0-by the companies] [ARGM-TMP as of Friday 's close] .
- [ARG0 Convex Computer Corp.] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 continuing its rapid growth while other computer companies falter] , [rel reported] [ARG1 an 87 % increase in third-quarter net income from a year earlier and a 50 % increase in revenue] .
- Forecasts for the trade figures range widely , but few economists expect the data to show a very marked improvement from [ARG1 the # 2 billion *U* -LRB- $ 3.2 billion *U* -RRB- deficit] [ARGM-LOC in the current account] [rel reported] * [ARGM-TMP for August] .
- However , [ARG1 the disclosure of the guidelines] , [ARGM-TMP first] [rel reported] * [ARGM-TMP last night] by [ARG0-by NBC News] , is already being interpreted *-1 on Capitol Hill as an unfair effort * to pressure Congress .
- -LRB- [ARGM-TMP During its centennial year] , [ARG0 The Wall Street Journal] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel report] [ARG1 events of the past century that *T*-1 stand as milestones of American business history] . -RRB-
- The recent one-day , 190-point drop in the Dow Jones Industrial Average seems *-1 to be significant to economists mainly for its tacit comment on the poor quality of [ARG1 third-quarter profits] [ARGM-TMP now] being [rel reported] * .
- [ARG1 Of the $ 4.4 billion *U* spent * so far on the program , 60 % *T*-2 is going for administrative costs , management and research] , [ARG0 the Office of Technology Assessment] [ARGM-TMP just] [rel reported] 0 *T*-1 .
- In the same sentence he contradicts himself [ARGM-TMP when] [ARG0 he] [rel reports] [ARG1 that the government still retains 40 % of the total equity of the airline] *T*-1 .
- The third-largest thrift institution in Puerto Rico also said 0 it expects a return to profitability in [ARGM-TMP the third quarter] when [ARG0 it] [rel reports] [ARG1 operating results] *T*-1 [ARGM-TMP this week] .
- [ARG0 The Thousand Oaks , Calif.-based biotechnology company] [rel reported] [ARG1 a 97 % increase in revenue to $ 42.5 million *U*] [ARGM-TMP for the quarter ended Sept. 30] .
- [ARGM-TMP In the year-ago period] , [ARG0 Amgen] [rel reported] [ARG1 net income of $ 320,000 *U* , or two cents a share , on revenue of $ 21.5 million *U*] .
- [ARGM-TMP For the six months] , [ARG0 the company] [rel reported] [ARG1 a more than sixfold increase in earnings to $ 4.7 million *U* , or 26 cents a share , from $ 625,000 *U* , or four cents a share a year ago] .
- [ARG0 Most of the two dozen scientists taking the podium] [rel reported] [ARG1 results with new , more sophisticated variations of the seemingly simple electrolysis-of-water experiments described * last March by Messrs. Fleischmann and Pons] .
- [ARG1 The heat energy plus the energy consumed * by the breakup of the water molecules added to far more energy *ICH*-1 coming out of the apparatus than electrical energy going in] , [ARG0 they] [rel reported] 0 *T*-2 .
- [ARGM-TMP As of last weekend] , [ARG0 a dozen labs] [ARGM-DIS also] have [rel reported] [ARG1 *-1 measuring `` excess '' heat from similar electrolytic experiments] , [ARGM-ADV although amounts of such heat vary widely] .
- [ARG1 A cell filled * with heavy water is producing 1.0 to 1.5 watts more heat than an identical electrolytic cell filled * with ordinary water next to it] , [rel reported] 0 *T*-1 [ARG0 Turgut M. Gur , an associate of materials scientist Robert A. Huggins , head of the Stanford experimental team] .
- [ARG0 Mr. Bockris] [ARGM-TMP previously] [rel reported] [ARG1 *-1 getting bursts of excess heat and of *-1 detecting increasing amounts of tritium forming in the heavy water] .
- [ARG0 Messrs. Fleischmann and Pons] [ARGM-TMP initially] [rel reported] [ARG1 indirect evidence of neutrons being produced * in their experiment] but later conceded 0 the measurements were questionable .
- [ARG0 Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque , N.M. ,] [rel reported] [ARG1 0 they went so far as *-1 to take a `` cold fusion '' experiment and three neutron detectors into a tunnel under 300 feet of granite *-2 to shield the detectors from cosmic rays] .
- [ARG1 At the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory in California , new experiments indicated that the lithium added * to the heavy water so it will conduct a current can produce previously unsuspected electrical effects on the surface of the palladium rod -- which Messrs. Fleischmann and Pons might have misinterpreted *T*-1] , [rel reported] 0 *T*-2 [ARG0 Philip Ross from the California laboratory] .
- [ARGM-TMP After the close of trading] [ARGM-TMP Friday] , [ARG0 the Agriculture Department] [rel reported] [ARG1 that feedlots in the 13 biggest ranch states held 8.06 million cattle *ICH*-1 on Oct. 1 , down 6 % from that date a year earlier] .
- Most analysts had expected [ARG0 the government] to [rel report] [ARG1 a 4 % decline] .
- [ARG0 The government] [rel reported] [ARG1 that the number of young cattle placed * on feedlots during the quarter dropped 5 % compared with the year-earlier quarter] .
- [ARG0 Companies listed * below] [rel reported] [ARG1 quarterly profit substantially different from the average of analysts ' estimates] .
- [ARG0 Companies listed * below] [rel reported] [ARG1 quarterly profit substantially different from the average of analysts ' estimates] .
- Unreported alimony income can be spotted *-1 by computer because [ARG0 a payer of alimony -LRB- who *T*-2 gets a deduction -RRB-] [ARGM-MOD must] [rel report] [ARG1 the former spouse 's Social Security number] .
- Along the way , Mr. Tharp omitted a total of $ 1.5 million *U* from [ARG1 his receipts] [rel reported] * [ARGM-LOC on federal tax returns for three years] .
- The study provided criteria for * singling out returns of [ARG0 `` potentially noncompliant '' taxpayers] who *T*-1 [rel report] [ARG1 low income and large expenses from a part-time business] .
- [ARGM-TMP For 1984] , [ARG0 they] [rel reported] [ARG1 gross income of $ 1,647 *U* from Amway sales , offset * by expenses totaling $ 16,746 *U* -- including car costs of $ 6,805 *U* and travel and entertainment costs of $ 5,088 *U*] .
- [ARG0 Rorer Group Inc.] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel report] [ARG1 that third-quarter profit rose more than 15 % from a year earlier , though the gain is wholly due to asset sales] , Robert Cawthorn , chairman , president and chief executive officer , said 0 *T*-1 .
- [ARG0 Digital Equipment] gained 1 3\/8 to 89 3\/4 despite *-2 [rel reporting] [ARG1 earnings for the September quarter that *T*-1 were on the low end of expectations] .
- [ARG0 Pinnacle West Capital] , which *T*-1 suspended its common-stock dividend indefinitely and [rel reported] [ARG1 a 91 % decline in third-quarter earnings] , fell 5\/8 to 11 3\/8 .
- [ARG0 More than eight in 10 respondents] [rel reported] [ARG1 such a stress-provoking situation in their company] .
- [ARG0 Large furriers such as Antonovich Inc. , Fur Vault Inc. and Evans Inc.] [ARGM-ADV all] [rel reported] [ARG1 losses] [ARGM-TMP in their latest fiscal years] .
- [ARG1 The four cases] were [ARGM-ADV all] [rel reported] *-1 to [ARG2-to GTE 's medical director and state and local health authorities] .
- [ARG0 Baxter International Inc.] [ARGM-TMP yesterday] [rel reported] [ARG1 0 net climbed 20 % in the third period to $ 102 million *U* , or 34 cents a share , from $ 85 million *U* , or 28 cents a share , a year earlier] .
- But [ARG0 not every company] expects *-1 to [rel report] [ARG1 increased earnings] .
- [ARG0 Medical-supply houses] are expected *-1 to [rel report] [ARG1 earnings increases of about 15 % on average for the third quarter] , despite sales increases of less than 10 % , analysts say 0 *T*-2 .
- [ARG0 Hospitals companies] , [ARGM-TMP meanwhile] , are [rel reporting] [ARG1 improved earnings] .
- [ARGM-ADV *-2 Bolstered *-1 by strong performances by its psychiatric hospitals] , [ARG0 National Medical Enterprises Inc. , Los Angeles ,] [rel reported] [ARG1 net income of $ 50 million *U* , or 65 cents a share *ICH*-3 , for the first quarter ended Aug. 31 , up from $ 41 million *U* , or 56 cents a share , a year earlier] .
- [ARG0 Humana Inc. , Louisville , Ky. ,] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel reported] [ARG1 favorable results , with net income of $ 66.7 million *U* , or 66 cents *ICH*-1 , in the fourth quarter ended Aug. 31 , up from $ 58.2 million *U* , or 59 cents , a year earlier] .
- [ARG0 The Franklin Lakes , N.J. , company] is expected *-1 to [rel report] [ARG1 sales growth of only 5 % to 6 % *U*] , but should still maintain earnings growth of 10 % , says 0 *T*-2 Jerry E. Fuller , an analyst with Duff & Phelps Inc .
- [ARG0 Digital Equipment Corp.] [rel reported] [ARG1 a 32 % decline in net income] on a modest revenue gain in its fiscal first quarter , [ARGM-ADV *-1 causing some analysts to predict weaker results ahead than they had expected *?*] .
- [ARG0 Colgate Palmolive Co.] [rel reported] [ARG1 0 third-quarter net income rose 27 % , *-1 bolstered *-2 by strong sales in its Latin American business and surprisingly healthy profits from U.S. operations] .
- Short interest on the New York Stock Exchange declined for the second consecutive month , this time 4.2 % , while [ARG0 the American Stock Exchange] [rel reported] [ARG1 its third consecutive record month of short interest] .
- [ARG0 The Big Board] [rel reported] [ARG1 that short interest dropped to 523,920,214 shares as of Oct. 13 from 547,347,585 shares in mid-September] .
- For the year-earlier month , the Big Board reported 461,539,056 shares , * indicating a 13.5 % year-to-year rise , while [ARG0 the Amex] [rel reported] [ARG1 36,015,194 shares , a 48 % leap] .
- [ARGM-TMP For the year-earlier month] , [ARG0 the Big Board] [rel reported] [ARG1 461,539,056 shares] , [ARGM-ADV * indicating a 13.5 % year-to-year rise] , [ARGM-ADV while the Amex reported 36,015,194 shares , a 48 % leap] .
- [ARG0 Western Digital Corp.] [rel reported] [ARG1 a net loss of $ 2.7 million *U* , or nine cents a share ,] [ARGM-TMP for its first quarter ended Sept. 30] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 citing factors as varied as hurricane damage , an advance in graphics technology and the strengthening dollar] .
- [ARG1 Switzerland 's wholesale price index increased 0.3 % in September from August , and was up 3.9 % from a year ago , * marking the first time this year that the index has fallen below 4 % on a year-to-year basis *T*-1] , [ARG0 the government] [rel reported] 0 *T*-2 .
- [ARG1 Shearson Lehman Hutton Holdings Inc.] , as * [ARGM-TMP previously] [rel reported] *-1 , had net of $ 65.9 million *U* , * reversing a $ 3.5 million *U* loss a year earlier ; its latest results include a $ 37 million *U* gain from the sale of an institutional money management business .
- [ARG0 Textron Inc.] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 hampered * by a slowdown in its defense sales] , [rel reported] [ARG1 an 8 % decline in per-share earnings on nearly flat revenue] [ARGM-TMP for its third quarter] .
- [ARGM-TMP For the nine months] , [ARG0 Textron] [rel reported] [ARG1 net of $ 182.1 million *U* , or $ 2.06 *U* a share ,] on revenue of $ 5.41 billion *U* .
- 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 [ARG0 the bank] will be on track 0 * to [rel report] [ARG1 a pretax profit of between M$ 160 million and M$ 170 million *U*] [ARGM-TMP for the fiscal year ending March 31] *T*-4 .
- [ARGM-TMP For the previous financial year] , [ARG0 the bank] [ARGM-MOD would] have [rel reported] [ARG1 a pretax profit of M$ 168 million *U*] [ARGM-ADV if it had n't made provisions for the nonperforming loans] , he said 0 *T*-1 .
- [ARG1 Consumer prices rose a surprisingly moderate 0.2 % in September , *-1 pushed *-2 up mostly by a jump in clothing costs] , [ARG0 the Labor Department] [rel reported] 0 *T*-3 .
- [ARGM-ADV Separately] , [ARG0 the Labor Department] [rel reported] [ARG1 that average weekly earnings rose 0.3 % in September , after * adjusting for inflation , following a 0.7 % decline in August] .
- [ARG1 Its Richter Scale measurement] was [rel reported] *-1 [ARGM-MNR as 6.5 , then 6.9 , then 7.0] .
- The stadium was ordered *-1 evacuated *-3 soon afterward ; the announcement , made * over police bullhorns , cited the power outage , but it later was revealed *-2 that there also had been damage of [ARG1 the sort] [rel reported] * by [ARG0-by my friend] .
- [ARG0 The Labor Department] [rel reported] [ARG1 that consumer prices rose just 0.2 % last month , slightly lower than some economists had expected] .
- [ARG1 The couple could n't be reached for comment and apparently have left Rockford] , [ARG0 law enforcement officials] [rel report] 0 *T*-1 .
- [ARG0 Westmoreland Coal Co.] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 realizing benefits of a sustained effort * to cut costs and boost productivity] , [rel reported] [ARG1 sharply improved third-quarter results] .
- [ARGM-TMP For all of 1988] , [ARG0 the company] [rel reported] [ARG1 an after-tax operating loss of $ 134,000 *U*] on revenue of $ 593.5 million *U* .
- [ARGM-TMP For the year-earlier period] , [ARG0 the company] [rel reported] [ARG1 a loss of $ 520,000 *U* or six cents a share] .
- -- The reward for that reckless lending was high [rel reported] [ARG1 earnings] -LRB- and management bonuses -RRB- ; the price , a sea of bad loans .
- [ARG1 Already many foreign firms , especially banks , have their own cryptographers] , [ARG0 conference speakers] [rel reported] 0 *T*-1 .
- On the other hand , [ARG0 Valley National] tumbled 24 % after *-1 [rel reporting] [ARG1 a sizable third-quarter loss] .
- [ARG1 One sign of a possible easing of credit policy was the decision *ICH*-3 this week of People 's Bank of China , the central bank , * to allocate $ 5.4 billion *U* in short-term loans *-1 to pay farmers for the autumn harvest] , [ARG0 the official China Daily] [rel reported] 0 *T*-2 .
- Bell Atlantic Corp. and Southern New England Telecommunications posted strong profit gains for the third quarter , while [ARG0 Nynex Corp. , Pacific Telesis Group and U S West Inc.] [rel reported] [ARG1 earnings declines] [ARGM-TMP for the period] .
- Nynex said 0 access lines in service at the end of the quarter were off 18,000 from [ARG0 the previous quarter] , which *T*-1 [rel reported] [ARG1 an increase of 160,000 new access lines] .
- [ARG0 Southern New England Telecommunications , which *T*-1 bolstered its marketing efforts for telephone and non-telephone subsidiaries ,] [rel reported] [ARG1 that net increased 8.1 %] .
- Amoco is [ARG0 the first major oil company] 0 *T*-1 to [rel report] [ARG1 third-quarter results] .
- Because of the charge , [ARG0 Ashland] expects *-1 to [rel report] [ARG1 a loss for the fourth quarter and `` significantly lower results '' for fiscal 1989] .
- The oil refiner said 0 [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel report] [ARG1 fiscal fourth quarter and 1989 results] [ARGM-TMP next week] .
- [ARG0 Hasbro Inc. , the nation 's largest toy maker ,] [rel reported] [ARG1 0 third-quarter earnings increased 73 % from a year earlier on a 9.4 % sales gain , * reflecting improved margins] .
- `` Politics has essentially put up a roadblock '' to * finding sites for new federal prisons , Mr. Bennett said 0 *T*-1 at [ARG0 a news conference] called * * to [rel report] on [ARG1-on his `` emergency assistance program '' for the capital] .
- Two months ago the company set up a toll-free number , based * outside California , 0 *T*-1 to handle queries from employees about when [ARG0 they] [ARGM-MOD should] [rel report] [ARGM-DIR back] to [ARG1-to work] [ARGM-TMP after an earthquake or other disaster] *T*-2 .
- [ARG0 Sales and service employees] were asked *-2 *-3 to [rel report] to [ARG1-to work] [ARGM-PNC *-4 to help Bay area clients who *T*-1 called with computer problems] .
- [ARG0 Dow Jones & Co.] [ARGM-TMP recently] [rel reported] [ARG1 0 net fell 9.9 % , a reflection , in part , of continued softness in financial advertising at The Wall Street Journal and Barron 's magazine] .
- [ARG0 The Asian Art Museum in Golden Gate Park] [rel reports] [ARG1 $ 10 million to $ 15 million *U* in damage , including shattered porcelains and stone figures] .
- One of [ARG0 the last big employers] in the Silicon Valley 0 *T*-1 to [rel report] in , Seagate Technology , said 0 it expects *-2 to be back at full strength Monday .
- FileNet Corp. , Costa Mesa , Calif. , said 0 [ARG0 it] expects *-2 to [rel report] [ARG1 a third-quarter loss of about $ 1.8 million *U* , or 17 cents a share ,] because of a $ 2.5 million *U* reserve 0 *T*-3 to be taken *-1 against potential losses on a contract with the state of California .
- In *-1 developing that theme at Interpublic Group of Cos . ' Lintas : New York unit , account supervisor Lisa Buksbaum says 0 [ARG0 she] made a `` couple of phone calls '' to Dallas ad friends and [rel reported] [ARG1 her `` findings ''] to [ARG2-to a team of writers] .
- Pride Petroleum Services Inc. said 0 [ARG0 it] agreed *-1 to buy well-servicing assets of two companies and expects *-1 to [rel report] [ARG1 higher third-quarter revenue and earnings] .
- [ARG0 Schlumberger Ltd. , New York ,] [rel reported] [ARG1 0 third-quarter net income edged up as growth in its oil-field services sector offset a decline in interest income] .
- The announcement came as [ARG0 Societe Commerciale , a trading company with activities in more than 40 countries ,] [rel reported] [ARG1 a loss of 320.5 million francs -LRB- $ 51 million *U* -RRB- for the first six months of this year] , [ARGM-CAU partly because of provisions on future losses] .
- [ARGM-DIS And] [ARG0 one White House official] [rel reported] [ARG1 that Mr. Agnos had been `` very helpful '' in *-1 making arrangements for Mr. Bush 's hastily scheduled trip to California] .
- [ARG1 Serious injuries or damages] were [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel reported] *-1 .
- Rebel artillerists bombarded the capital of Afghanistan , *-2 killing at least 12 people , as [ARG1 the Soviet Union] was [rel reported] *-1 to be airlifting arms and food to Kabul 's forces .
- [ARG1 Fighting] [ARGM-DIS also] was [rel reported] *-1 [ARGM-LOC around the strategic town of Khost , near the Pakistani border] .
- -LRB- [ARGM-TMP During its centennial year] , [ARG0 The Wall Street Journal] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel report] [ARG1 events of the past century that *T*-1 stand as milestones of American business history] . -RRB-
- [ARG0 Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. , New York , the newly merged drug and health-care-product company ,] [rel reported] [ARG1 record third-quarter earnings for both companies in the merger] .
- Bristol-Myers Co. and Squibb Corp. , Princeton , N.J. , merged Oct. 4 , but [ARG0 the new company] [rel reported] [ARG1 third-period earnings for both companies] .
- [ARGM-TMP For the fourth quarter] , [ARG0 Bristol-Myers Squibb] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel report] [ARG1 one set of earnings] .
- [ARG0 First Fidelity Bancorp. , Lawrenceville , N.J. ,] [rel reported] [ARG1 a 24 % drop in third-quarter profit] , [ARGM-CAU because of a decline in earning assets , lower loan volume and tighter interest margins] .
- [ARG0 Loral] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel reported] [ARG1 that its bookings more than doubled to $ 654 million *U* in the quarter , ended Sept. 30 , from $ 257 million *U* , in the year-before period] .
- [ARG0 BankAmerica Corp.] [rel reported] [ARG1 a 34 % jump in third-quarter earnings] , [ARGM-ADV as its rocket-like recovery from nearly ruinous losses several years ago continued *-2 to be fueled *-1 by growth in consumer loans , higher interest margins and negligible loan losses] .
- But it continued *-2 to badly trail its San Francisco neighbor , [ARG0 Wells Fargo & Co.] , which *T*-1 [rel reported] [ARG1 an extraordinary 1.25 % return on assets] .
- [ARGM-ADV Separately] , [ARGM-TMP for the first nine months] , [ARG0 Soo Line] [rel reported] [ARG1 a loss of $ 398,000 *U* , or four cents a share , compared with net income of $ 12.5 million *U* , or $ 1.32 *U* a share , a year earlier] .
- [ARG0 Golden Nugget Inc.] [rel reported] [ARG1 a third-quarter net loss of $ 13.1 million *U* , or 76 cents a share , based on 17.2 million common shares and dilutive equivalents outstanding] .
- [ARGM-TMP For the nine months] , [ARG0 Golden Nugget] [rel reported] [ARG1 a net loss of $ 11.4 million *U* , or 69 cents a share , based on 16.6 million common and dilutive equivalents outstanding] .
- [ARG0 The group] [ARGM-TMP temporarily] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel report] to [ARG2-to Irving W. Bailey II , chairman , president and chief executive officer of Capital Holding] .
- -LRB- [ARGM-TMP During its centennial year] , [ARG0 The Wall Street Journal] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel report] [ARG1 events of the past century that *T*-1 stand as milestones of American business history] . -RRB-
- H.F. Ahmanson & Co. , the nation 's largest thrift holding company , posted a 12 % earnings decline for the third quarter while [ARG0 another large California savings and loan , Great Western Financial Corp. ,] [rel reported] [ARG1 a slight earnings gain] .
- [ARG0 H.F. Ahmanson , parent of Home Savings of America ,] [rel reported] [ARG1 third-quarter net of $ 49.2 million *U* , or 50 cents a share , down from $ 56.1 million *U* , or 57 cents a share , in the year-earlier period] .
- As [ARG1 *] [ARGM-TMP previously] [rel reported] *-2 , those sales have been declining this year in the wake of allegations that the company engaged in unfair sales practices that *T*-1 encouraged customers to overpurchase services .
- [ARG1 Housing construction sank in September to its lowest level since the last recession] , [ARG0 the Commerce Department] [rel reported] 0 *T*-1 .
- [ARGM-TMP Originally] [ARG0 the department] had [rel reported] [ARG1 the August decline] [ARGM-MNR as 5 %] .
- Two major drug companies posted strong third-quarter earnings , in line with [ARG1 profits] [ARGM-TMP already] [rel reported] * by [ARG0-by industry leaders] and analysts ' expectations .
- [ARGM-DIS But] [ARG0 Pfizer Inc. , based * in New York ,] [rel reported] [ARG1 flat earnings] .
- [ARG0 Schering-Plough Corp. , based * in Madison , N.J. ,] [rel reported] [ARG1 a 21 % rise in earnings] [ARGM-ADV as American Home Products Corp. of New York posted an 11 % increase in net] .
- It *EXP*-1 is quite unfortunate that [ARG0 you] failed so miserably in *-2 [rel reporting] [ARG1 the Hurricane Hugo disaster] .
- [ARG1 The damage] [rel reported] * focused on a select few who *T*-1 owned irreplaceable historic homes on the Battery .
- [ARGM-DIS But] [ARG0 freight railroads] [rel reported] [ARG1 that damage to their facilities was relatively minor , with Santa Fe Pacific Corp. 's rail unit the least affected by the quake] .
- [ARG0 The paper producer] [rel reported] [ARG1 0 that net income fell to $ 102.1 million *U* , or $ 1.09 *U* a share , from $ 122.4 million *U* , or $ 1.29 *U* a share , in the year-earlier period] .
- The Fort Worth , Texas , company is generally regarded *-1 as one of the best-run in the business , and its difficulties are likely *-2 to be reflected *-3 industrywide as [ARG0 other major carriers] [rel report] [ARG1 third-quarter results] [ARGM-TMP over the next several days] .
- That is [ARG1 the greatest share] [rel reported] * [ARGM-TMP for any year since 1950] , although changing definitions over the years distort the comparison .
- Mr. Butz said 0 the divergence in the two measures reflects changes in family size and structure , including the rising number of female-headed families and a sharp increase in [ARG1 income] [rel reported] * by [ARG0-by Americans who *T*-1 are n't living in families] .
- [ARGM-ADV According to the study] , [ARG0 slightly more than 34 % of those surveyed *] [rel reported] [ARG1 *-2 having at least one housing problem *ICH*-1 every year for which they had no legal help *T*-3] .
- Northrop Corp. 's third-quarter net income fell 25 % to $ 21.5 million *U* , or 46 cents a share , while [ARG0 General Dynamics Corp.] [rel reported] [ARG1 nearly flat earnings of $ 76.5 million *U* , or $ 1.83 *U* a share] .
- [ARGM-TMP For the nine months] , [ARG0 Northrop] [rel reported] [ARG1 a net loss of $ 46.9 million *U* , or $ 1 *U* a share ,] [ARGM-ADV compared with profit of $ 190.3 million *U* , or $ 4.05 *U* a share , in 1988] .
- [ARG0 Lotus Development Corp.] [rel reported] [ARG1 a surprisingly strong 51 % increase in third-quarter net income on a 32 % sales gain] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 buoyed *-2 by strong demand for a new version of its 1-2-3 computer spreadsheet] .
- Lotus 's results were about 10 % higher than analysts ' average expectations and compared favorably with [ARG1 the 36 % earnings rise] [rel reported] * [ARGM-TMP a day earlier] by [ARG0-by rival Microsoft Corp. of Redmond , Wash] .
- Digital Equipment Corp. , with major facilities in Santa Clara , Cupertino , Palo Alto and Mountain View , said that [ARG0 all of its engineering and manufacturing sites] had [rel reported] to [ARG2-to corporate headquarters in Maynard , Mass. ,] Tuesday night .
- [ARG0 Bank Building] , which *T*-1 expects *-2 to [rel report] [ARG1 a fourth-quarter loss] , said 0 it engaged advisers 0 *T*-3 to `` explore financial alternatives for the company including the possible sale of the company or one or more of its units . ''
- [ARG0 Both] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel report] to [ARG2-to Tim Breene , a former WCRS executive who *T*-1 will be chief executive officer at the new agency] .
- While [ARG0 no agencies] [rel reported] [ARG1 injuries to employees] , the quake damaged the offices of J. Walter Thompson , Chiat\/Day\/Mojo and DDB Needham , among others , spokesmen for those agencies said 0 *T*-1 .
- [ARG0 Even suburban Prince George 's County , Md. ,] [rel reported] [ARGM-TMP last week] [ARG1 0 there have been a record 96 killings there this year , most of them drug-related] .
- Governments have become sophisticated in *-3 handling moments of panic -LRB- a word 0 the London Times forbade my father to use *T*-1 [ARGM-TMP when] [ARG0 he] was [rel reporting] [ARG1 the Wall Street crash] [ARGM-TMP in 1929] *T*-2 -RRB- .
- [ARG0 Japanese newspaper Nihon Keizai Shimbun] [rel reported] [ARG1 that the three giants plan *-1 to integrate their cargo computers and ground-cargo and air-cargo systems] .
- Bridge and road builders *ICH*-2 had a field day , including Kasler Corp. , up $ 2.125 *U* to $ 9.875 *U* , Guy F. Atkinson Co. , up 87.5 to $ 61.875 *U* , and [ARG0 Morrison Knudsen Corp.] , which *T*-1 [rel reported] [ARG1 higher third-quarter earnings] [ARGM-TMP yesterday] , [ARGM-ADV up $ 2.25 *U* to $ 44.125 *U*] .
- [ARG0 Georgia Pacific Corp. , up $ 1.25 *U* to $ 58 *U* , and Maxxam Inc. , up $ 3 *U* to $ 43.75 *U* ,] [ARGM-ADV both] [rel reported] [ARG1 strong profits] .
- Some California thrift stocks *ICH*-2 also fell , including [ARG0 Golden West Financial Corp. and H.F. Ahmanson & Co.] , which *T*-1 [rel reported] [ARG1 lower earnings] [ARGM-TMP yesterday] .
- [ARGM-ADV Although two Baby Bells showed strong growth in access lines , usage and unregulated business revenue] , [ARG0 one] [rel reported] [ARG1 a modest gain in third-quarter net] [ARGM-ADV while the other posted a small drop] .
- [ARG0 Valley National Corp.] [rel reported] [ARG1 a third-quarter net loss of $ 72.2 million *U* , or $ 3.65 *U* a share ,] and suspended its quarterly dividend because of potential losses on its Arizona real estate holdings .
- [ARGM-ADV Of the scores of companies contacted * by this newspaper] , [ARG0 few] [rel reported] [ARG1 any damage that they did n't expect *-1 to have *-2 remedied *T*-3 within a day or two] .
- [ARG1 Poland plans *-1 to start negotiations *ICH*-3 soon on * purchasing natural gas from Iran] , [ARG0 the official Islamic Republic News Agency] [rel reported] 0 *T*-2 .
- Pinnacle West Capital Corp. said 0 [ARG0 it] suspended indefinitely its common stock dividend and [rel reported] [ARG1 a 91 % plunge in third-quarter net income] .
- Commodore International Ltd. said 0 [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel report] [ARG1 a loss] [ARGM-TMP for the first quarter ended Sept. 30] [ARGM-CAU because sales of personal computers for the home market remained weak in some major countries] .
- [ARG0 None of the firms] [rel reported] [ARG1 any major damage to facilities as a result of the quake] .
- [ARG0 Wang Laboratories Inc. , Lowell , Mass.] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 beset * by declining demand for its computers] , [rel reported] [ARG1 a $ 62.1 million *U* , 38-cents-a-share loss in its first quarter ended Sept. 30] .
- [ARG0 Viacom Inc. , New York ,] [rel reported] [ARG1 that its third-quarter loss widened to $ 21.7 million *U* , or 41 cents a share , primarily because of interest expense of $ 70.1 million *U*] .
- [ARG0 Consolidated Rail Corp. , New York ,] [rel reported] [ARG1 that third-quarter net income climbed 4.8 % to $ 87 million *U* , or $ 1.27 *U* a share , *-1 exceeding analysts ' expectations] .
- [ARG0 Hawker Siddeley Group PLC , a U.K. engineering company ,] [rel reported] [ARG1 a 16 % jump in pretax profit for the six-month period ending June 30] .
- [ARG0 Fleet\/Norstar Financial Group] [rel reported] [ARG1 a 12 % increase in net income in the third quarter , led * by a 43 % gain in its financial services group] .
- [ARG0 Fleet] [rel reported] [ARG1 nine-month net of $ 279.0 million *U* , or $ 2.51 *U* a primary share , up from $ 248.2 million *U* , or $ 2.28 *U* a share , a year earlier] .
- Franklin said 0 [ARG0 it] expects *-1 to [rel report] [ARG1 earnings for the latest quarter] [ARGM-TMP next week] .
- Arkla said 0 [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel report] [ARG1 $ 179 milllion *U* in one-time charges against continuing operations for the third quarter] , [ARGM-ADV * reflecting settlement of certain natural gas contracts] .
- [ARG0 Workers] , except for senior management , were asked *-1 *-2 [ARGM-NEG not] to [rel report] [ARGM-PNC for work] [ARGM-TMP yesterday] .
- [ARG1 After *-1 touring the area , California Gov. George Deukmejian late yesterday called for an inquiry into the freeway 's collapse , *-1 blaming the disaster on substandard construction] , [ARG0 the Associated Press] [rel reported] 0 *T*-2 .
- [ARG0 Beazer PLC , a major British building materials and construction concern ,] [rel reported] [ARG1 a 24 % jump in pretax profit for its latest financial year] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 helped *-2 largely by contributions from its U.S. unit , Koppers Co] .
- [ARG0 The Census Bureau] [rel reported] [ARG1 that 13.1 % of the U.S. population , or 31.9 million people , were living in poverty in 1988] .
- [ARG1 At least 270 people] were [rel reported] *-3 killed *-1 *RNR*-5 and 1,400 injured *RNR*-5 in the rush-hour tremor that *T*-4 caused billions of dollars of damage along 100 miles of the San Andreas fault .
- [ARGM-TMP After the market closed] [ARGM-TMP Tuesday] , [ARG0 the American Petroleum Institute] had [rel reported] [ARG1 that crude stocks increased by 5.7 million barrels in the week ended Friday , which traders viewed *T*-1 as bearish] .
- Among other things , [ARG0 the government] is expected *-1 to [rel report] [ARG1 that the number of young cattle placed * on feedlots during the quarter slipped 3 %] .
- Indeed , some analysts expect [ARG0 the government] to [rel report] [ARG1 that the movement of young cattle onto feedlots in the month of September in seven big ranch states dropped 8 % compared with the level for September 1988] .
- In other trading , [ARG0 Medco Containment Services] gained 7\/8 to 15 on 1.9 million shares after *-2 [rel reporting] [ARG1 a loss for the first quarter , which *T*-1 ended Sept. 30] .
- [ARG0 Companies listed * below] [rel reported] [ARG1 quarterly profit substantially different from the average of analysts ' estimates] .
- -LRB- [ARGM-TMP During its centennial year] , [ARG0 The Wall Street Journal] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel report] [ARG1 events of the past century that *T*-1 stand as milestones of American business history] . -RRB-
- [ARGM-DIS However] , [ARG0 Bear Stearns] [ARGM-TMP on Monday] [rel reported] [ARG1 improved earnings for its first quarter , ended Sept. 29 ,] [ARGM-CAU partly because of a 31 % increase in commissions during the quarter] .
- AVX Corp. and Unitrode Corp. said 0 they completed the [ARGM-TMP previously] [rel reported] [ARG1 sale] of Unitrode 's San Diego-based Passive Components division to AVX .
- [ARG0 Yesterday 's edition] [ARGM-MNR incorrectly] [rel reported] [ARG1 Monday 's trading volume] [ARGM-ADV as a record for the S&P 500 contract] .
- [ARG1 The merchandise trade deficit] widened in August to $ 10.77 billion *U* *ICH*-2 , [ARG0 the Commerce Department] [rel reported] 0 *T*-1 , a sharp deterioration from July 's $ 8.24 billion *U* and the largest deficit of any month this year .
- [ARG1 Exports declined for the second consecutive month in August , *-1 slipping 0.2 % to $ 30.41 billion *U*] , [ARG0 the Commerce Department] [rel reported] 0 *T*-2 .
- Not only was August 's deficit far worse than July 's , but the government revised the July figure substantially from [ARG1 the $ 7.58 billion *U* deficit] 0 [ARG0 it] had [ARGM-TMP initially] [rel reported] *T*-1 [ARGM-TMP last month] .
- [ARG0 Ashton-Tate Corp.] [rel reported] [ARG1 a net loss of $ 19.4 million *U* , or 74 cents a share ,] [ARGM-TMP for the third quarter , which *T*-2 was burdened *-1 by severance costs and the expense of * upgrading its database software inventories] .
- [ARG0 Ethyl Corp.] [rel reported] [ARG1 that third-quarter net income fell 12 % from a year-earlier quarter *-1 helped *-2 by a gain from discontinued operations] .
- The [rel reported] [ARG1 figures] for the public sector borrowing requirement include receipts from the sale of state-owned industries .
- By * concealing the non-enforcement agreement , certain transactions with Messrs. Taylor and Watson were entered *-1 on FirstSouth 's books as loans , * allowing [ARG0 the thrift] to [rel report] [ARG1 fees and interest] [ARGM-ADV as current income] , according to the U.S. attorney 's office in Little Rock , Ark .
- [ARG1 Canada , which *T*-1 is preparing *-2 to speed up tariff cuts with the U.S. , recorded a 47 % narrowing in its trade surplus with the U.S. in August] , [ARG0 Statistics Canada , a federal agency ,] [rel reported] 0 *T*-3 .
- [ARG0 The bank holding company] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel reported] [ARG1 that third-quarter profit dropped 41 % , to $ 42.7 million *U* , or 61 cents a share , from the year-earlier $ 72.3 million *U* , or $ 1.04 *U* a share] .
- [ARG1 Italy 's wholesale price index rose 0.4 % in August from July and was up 6.1 % from a year earlier] , [ARG0 the state statistical institute] [rel reported] 0 *T*-1 .
- In August , soon after Wang Laboratories Inc. reported a staggering $ 424.3 million *U* loss and replaced its president , two Boston sales representatives sent customers a letter saying : `` We fully expect that you will soon be reading [ARG0 stories] [ARGM-LOC in the press] [rel reporting] [ARG1 the ` Amazing Comeback at Wang] . ' ''
- In August , soon after [ARG0 Wang Laboratories Inc.] [rel reported] [ARG1 a staggering $ 424.3 million *U* loss] and replaced its president , two Boston sales representatives sent customers a letter saying : `` We fully expect that you will soon be reading stories in the press reporting the ` Amazing Comeback at Wang . ' ''
- After [ARG0 the company] [rel reported] [ARG1 red ink] [ARGM-TMP for the fiscal third quarter] , Wang 's marketing department provided the sales force answers to questions such as `` How could you not have known 0 you were going *-1 to lose $ 55 million *U* *T*-3 ? '' and `` Is *ICH*-2 Wang still a viable company ? ''
- Although [ARG0 Wang] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel report] [ARG1 a loss] [ARGM-TMP for the first quarter ended Sept. 30 and the full fiscal year] , Mr. Miller says 0 he expects 0 the company will return to profitability by the fourth quarter .
- [ARG0 GTE Corp. and MCI Communications Corp.] [rel reported] [ARG1 strong earnings gains to record levels] [ARGM-TMP for the third quarter] .
- [ARG0 MCI , which *T*-1 stepped up efforts * to sell long-distance telephone service to residential customers ,] [rel reported] [ARG1 a 59 % jump in earnings] .
- [ARG0 The company] [rel reported] [ARG1 a 3.1 % increase in the number of access lines in service] , and also said 0 its Southwestern Bell Mobile Systems unit added 30,000 new customers , with a current total of about 333,000 .
- [ARG0 Three leading drug companies] [rel reported] [ARG1 robust third-quarter earnings , bolstered * by strong sales of newer , big-selling prescriptions drugs that *T*-1 provide hefty profit margins] .
- [ARG0 Warner-Lambert , Morris Plains , N.J. ,] [rel reported] [ARG1 sales that *T*-1 were a record for any quarter and the eighth quarter in a row of 20 % or more per-share earnings growth] .
- [ARG0 Merck & Co.] [rel reported] [ARG1 a 25 % increase in earnings] ; Warner-Lambert Co. 's profit rose 22 % and Eli Lilly & Co. 's net income rose 24 % .
- [ARG0 UPJOHN Co.] [rel reported] [ARG1 that third-quarter net income rose to $ 96 million *U* , or 52 cents a share , from $ 89.6 million *U* , or 49 cents a share , a year earlier] .
- [ARG1 Lung-cancer mortality rates for people under 45 years of age have begun *-1 to decline] , [ARG0 federal researchers] [rel report] 0 *T*-2 .
- [ARGM-TMP Earlier this week] , [ARG0 Genetics Institute] [rel reported] [ARG1 wider losses in its fiscal third quarter ended Aug. 31] .
- [ARG0 The wholesaler of cash and carry merchandise] [rel reported] [ARG1 fiscal fourthquarter earnings that *T*-1 were better than analysts had expected *?*] .
- [ARG0 Intermec , a maker of optical character-recognition devices ,] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel reported] [ARG1 higher third-quarter earnings] .
- MCI Communications tumbled 2 5\/8 to 42 3\/8 on 4.7 million shares even though [ARG0 the telecommunications giant] [rel reported] [ARG1 a 63 % increase in third-quarter profit] .
- [ARG0 CoreStates Financial] slipped 3\/8 to 43 1\/8 in active trading after *-1 [rel reporting] [ARG1 that third-quarter earnings improved to $ 1.27 *U* a share from $ 1.15 *U* a share a year earlier] .
- [ARG0 The company , which *T*-1 leases technology equipment ,] [rel reported] [ARG1 substantially lower net income for its fiscal first quarter , which *T*-2 ended Aug. 31] .
- As [ARG1 *] [ARGM-TMP earlier] [rel reported] *-1 , L.J. Hooker this week received a $ 409 million *U* bid for its three shopping malls , plus other properties from a consortium led * by Honolulu real-estate investor Jay Shidler and A. Boyd Simpson , an Atlanta developer and former L.J. Hooker senior executive .
- WHEN AN IRA OWNER dies *T*-1 , the trustee of the individual retirement account must file [ARG0 forms 5498] [rel reporting] [ARG1 market values relating to the decedent and each beneficiary] , with copies to the executor and beneficiaries .
- But judges usually find 0 the real aim is * to escape tax on hidden income ; and the IRS said 0 Brown must have had such income -- although it uncovered no source -- because [ARG0 he] deposited $ 124,732 *U* in a bank account in 1982-84 while * [rel reporting] [ARG1 income of only $ 52,012 *U*] .
- *-1 Asked how he made charitable gifts of $ 26,350 *U* out of [rel reported] [ARG1 two-year] income of $ 46,892 *U* *T*-2 , Thomas H. McFall of Bryan , Texas , told the Tax Court 0 he had understated his income .
- [ARG0 Weyerhaeuser Co.] [rel reported] [ARG1 a one-time gain and strong wood-product sales that *T*-1 offset weakness in pulp and paper * to fuel a 15 % jump in third-quarter net income to $ 166.8 million *U* , or 78 cents a share] .
- [ARGM-TMP In the 1988 third quarter] , [ARG0 the forest-products company] [rel reported] [ARG1 profit of $ 144.9 million *U* , or 69 cents a share] .
- [ARG0 Some competing forest-products firms] have [ARGM-TMP recently] [rel reported] [ARG1 improved results due to strong pulp and paper business] .
- [ARG0 PNC Financial Corp. , the parent of Pittsburgh National Bank ,] [rel reported] [ARG1 0 net income climbed 9.8 %] , [ARGM-TMP while net for Banc One Corp. of Columbus , Ohio , grew 3.8 %] .
- The bank also said 0 [ARG0 it] expects *-1 to [rel report] [ARG1 a $ 1.42 billion *U* loss for the third quarter and a loss for the full year] .
- [ARG0 Citicorp] [ARGM-TMP yesterday] [rel reported] [ARG1 a 9 % third-quarter earnings drop , which analysts called *T*-1 a bit disappointing] , [ARGM-ADV while Manufacturers Hanover Corp. posted a $ 789 million *U* loss for the quarter after * adding $ 950 million *U* to its reserve for loans to less-developed countries] .
- [ARG0 Swedish National Radio] [rel reports] [ARG1 that about $ 40 million *U* -- nearly 3 % of the total contract -- was paid *-1 by Bofors as commissions to middlemen] .
- [ARG0 The comptroller and auditor-general of India] [rel reports] [ARG1 serious lapses in the government 's technical and financial evaluation of the Bofors deal] .
- [ARG0 Rep. Bill McCollum -LRB- R. , Fla. -RRB-] [rel reports] [ARG1 that these included 20,000 to 30,000 Soviet Central Asian KGB Border Guards , ethnically indistinguishable from Afghans and wearing unmarked uniforms] .
- They took more than 25 % casualties ; [ARG0 journalists] [rel report] [ARG1 that they faced minefields without mine detectors] .
- [ARG0 We] 're sorry * to [rel report] [ARG1 that on Monday President Bush accepted the resignation of William Allen as chairman of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission] .
- [ARG0 Polaroid Corp. , benefiting from staff-reduction savings ,] [rel reported] [ARG1 a strong gain in third-quarter operating results and net income of $ 29.9 million *U* , or 40 cents a share , after preferred-stock requirements] .
- [ARGM-TMP For the nine months] , [ARG0 Polaroid] [rel reported] [ARG1 earnings of $ 98.5 million *U* , or $ 1.27 *U* a share] .
- [ARG0 Polaroid] [rel reported] [ARG1 operating profit before taxes and interest costs of $ 63.1 million *U* for the third quarter , more than double the year-before $ 24 million *U*] .
- [ARG0 Both Citicorp and Manufacturers Hanover] [rel reported] [ARG1 earnings] [ARGM-TMP yesterday] .
- [ARG0 The company] [rel reported] [ARG1 that earnings from operations for the September quarter were up about 25 % from a year earlier] .
- [ARGM-TMP On Monday] , [ARG0 the company , a provider of environmental consulting services ,] [rel reported] [ARG1 a wider fiscal fourth-quarter loss] and predicted a loss for its fiscal 1990 first quarter , but said 0 a profit is expected *-1 for all of fiscal 1990 .
- `` What *T*-3 happened in the stock market and [ARG1 the bigger trade deficit] '' [rel reported] * [ARGM-TMP yesterday] `` make it *EXP*-2 unlikely that short-term interest rates will rise '' any time soon , said *T*-1 Mr. Mehl of Banxquote .
- [ARG0 Some bankers] are [rel reporting] [ARG1 more inquiries *ICH*-1 than usual about CDs] [ARGM-TMP since Friday] .
- [ARG0 The U.S. Commerce Department] [rel reported] [ARG1 a $ 10.77 billion *U* deficit in August , compared with a revised July deficit of $ 8.24 billion *U*] .
- [ARG0 Matra S.A.] [rel reported] [ARG1 0 its 1989 first-half profit soared 88 %] , and indicated that its previous estimate of a 50 % rise in earnings for all of 1989 will be exceeded *-1 by a wide margin .
- [ARG0 Goodrich 's vinyl-products segment] [rel reported] [ARG1 operating profit for the quarter of $ 30.1 million *U* , less than half the $ 64.1 million *U* of the year-earlier quarter] .
- Microsoft Corp. 's earnings growth continued *-1 to outstrip that of most of its competitors and customers in the personal-computer industry , as [ARG0 it] [rel reported] [ARG1 a 36 % jump in fiscal first-quarter earnings on a 33 % revenue gain] .
- [ARG0 The Redmond , Wash. company , a bellwether provider of operating systems and software for personal-computer makers and users ,] [rel reported] [ARG1 net income for the quarter ended 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] .
- [ARG0 Hachette S.A. , a European media and publishing group ,] [rel reported] [ARG1 a small rise in its attributable first-half group profit , excluding exceptional items , to 133.8 million francs -LRB- $ 21.1 million *U* -RRB- from 130.1 million francs a year earlier] .
- Integrated also said 0 [ARG0 it] expects *-1 to [rel report] [ARG1 a second-quarter loss wider than the earlier estimate of about $ 600 million *U*] .
- [ARG1 Numerous injuries] were [rel reported] *-1 .
- [ARG1 Major injuries] were [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel reported] *-2 [ARGM-LOC at Candlestick Park , where the third game of baseball 's World Series was canceled *-1 and fans evacuated *-4 from the stadium *T*-3] .
- Yesterday 's selling began after [ARG0 a Japanese news agency] [rel reported] [ARG1 that Japanese banks , which *T*-1 balked at the first bid , were ready *-2 to reject a revised version at around $ 250 *U* a share , or $ 5.65 billion *U*] .
- [ARGM-TMP For the nine months] , [ARG0 Honeywell] [rel reported] [ARG1 earnings of $ 212.1 million *U* , or $ 4.92 *U* a share ,] [ARGM-ADV compared with earnings of $ 47.9 million *U* , or $ 1.13 *U* a share , a year earlier] .
- [ARGM-ADV Overall] , [ARG0 Honeywell] [rel reported] [ARG1 earnings of $ 74.4 million *U* , or $ 1.73 *U* a share , for the three months ended Oct. 1] [ARGM-ADV compared with a loss of $ 41.4 million *U* , or 98 cents a share , a year earlier] .
- In its letter to him , dated * March 2 and shared * with reporters , Alex Hager , the chief of the thrift-institution bureau in the comptroller 's office , expressed puzzlement that the S&L could be so profligate [ARGM-TMP when] [ARG0 it] had [rel reported] [ARG1 losses of more than $ 13 million *U*] [ARGM-TMP in its two preceding quarters] *T*-1 .
- [ARG0 Salomon Brothers Inc. , the investment-banking firm ,] [ARGM-LOC in its annual tally of investment returns] , [rel reported] [ARG1 that old masters appreciated 51 % *ICH*-4 in the year ended June 1 , the greatest return of any of 13 assets 0 it tracked *T*-5] .
- [ARG0 Companies listed * below] [rel reported] [ARG1 quarterly profit substantially different from the average of analysts ' estimates] .
- -LCB- [ARGM-TMP During its centennial year] , [ARG0 The Wall Street Journal] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel report] [ARG1 events of the past century that *T*-1 stand as milestones of American business history] . -RCB-
- CREATIVE ACCOUNTING , mostly by conglomerates , forced CPAs to change their way of * setting standards 0 *T*-3 to be followed *-1 by [ARG0 corporations] [rel reporting] [ARG1 financial results] , standards that *T*-2 had become all too flexible .
- As [ARG1 *] [ARGM-TMP previously] [rel reported] , Helionetics emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy-law protection in February .
- Reynolds is [ARG0 the third big aluminum company] [ARGM-TMP since Friday] to [rel report] [ARG1 disappointing earnings] .
- [ARGM-DIS And] [ARG0 Alcan Aluminium Ltd.] [ARGM-TMP yesterday] [rel reported] [ARG1 0 net income slid 30 % to $ 180 million *U* , or 77 cents a share , from $ 258 million *U* , or $ 1.07 *U* a share] .
- Flowers Industries Inc. said 0 [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel report] [ARG1 a charge of eight cents to 10 cents a share] [ARGM-TMP for its fiscal first quarter , ended Sept. 23 ,] from the sale of two bakeries , in High Point , N.C. , and Gadsden , Ala .
- [ARG1 China 's top film actress , Liu Xiaoqing , paid $ 4,555 *U* in back taxes and fines in Shandong province] , [ARG0 the People 's Daily] [rel reported] 0 *T*-1 .
- [ARG0 Other mutual fund companies] [rel reported] [ARG1 even lighter withdrawal requests] .
- -LRB- [ARGM-TMP During its centennial year] , [ARG0 The Wall Street Journal] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel report] [ARG1 events of the past century that *T*-1 stand as milestones of American business history] . -RRB-
- [ARG0 Bay Financial Corp. , hurt * by high debts and deteriorating real estate investments ,] [rel reported] [ARG1 a wider loss for the fourth quarter] and said 0 it might be forced *-1 to seek a bankruptcy-court reorganization if it ca n't renegotiate its borrowings .
- Annualized interest rates on certain investments as [ARG1 *] [rel reported] *-1 by [ARG0-by the Federal Reserve Board] [ARGM-MNR on a weekly-average basis] : 1989 and Wednesday October 4 , 1989 .
- [ARG0 TRW Inc.] [rel reported] [ARG1 a 12 % decline in third-quarter net income] , but the company said that * excluding unusual gains in both quarters , operating profit rose 16 % .
- [ARG1 Share earnings] are [rel reported] *-1 [ARGM-MNR on a fully diluted basis] , [ARGM-ADV by company tradition] .
- Sales for the quarter rose 8.3 % to $ 1.79 billion *U* , from $ 1.65 billion *U* , with [ARG0 all three major product groups] [rel reporting] [ARG1 gains] .
- [ARGM-TMP At the time] , [ARG0 Quotron] was [rel reporting] [ARG1 that the industrial average was down 70 points] .
- [ARG0 NCR Corp.] [rel reported] [ARG1 a 10 % drop in third-quarter net income] , [ARGM-ADV *-2 citing intense competition that *T*-1 caused its gross profit margins to dip] .
- [ARG0 Steve Clark , a Shearson Lehman Hutton Inc. trader ,] [rel reported] [ARGM-PNC for work] [ARGM-TMP at 5 a.m. , two and a half hours before the usual Monday morning strategy meeting] .
- J.P. Morgan & Co. swung to a loss in the third quarter , while [ARG0 NCNB Corp.] [rel reported] [ARG1 0 net income more than doubled] , and Security Pacific Corp. net rose 10 % .
- As a result , Security Pacific 's net interest margin fell only 13 basis points , a more mild decrease than [ARG0 some major banks] outside California , which *T*-1 have been [rel reporting] [ARG1 more sluggish earnings] .
- [ARG0 Security Pacific] [rel reported] [ARG1 a 33 % increase in net credit losses for the quarter , to $ 109 million *U* from $ 81.9 million *U* in the year-ago period] .
- [ARG0 The brokerage] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel reported] [ARG1 a loss of $ 2.2 million *U* from the discontinued operations and disposal of its Fine Homes International Limited Partnership real-estate subsidiary] .
- [ARG0 A third of 439 companies surveyed * by the Employee Relocation Council] [rel report] [ARG1 a rise in 1988 sales losses over 1987] .
- [ARG1 Frank Lloyd Wright] is [rel reported] *-1 to have said once that if you tipped the world on its side , everything loose would end up in California .
- Shares of [ARG0 International Business Machines] , which *T*-1 [rel reported] [ARG1 earnings] [ARGM-TMP yesterday] , finished at 103 , up 1 , after *-2 slipping below 100 during Friday 's session for the first time in five years .
- Shares of three brokerage firms rose after [ARG0 they] [rel reported] [ARG1 earnings] .
- [ARGM-ADV *-1 Enjoying several blockbuster movie hits including `` Batman , ''] [ARG0 Los Angeles-based Guber-Peters Entertainment Co.] [rel reported] [ARG1 earnings for the first quarter ended Aug. 31 of $ 5.8 million *U* , or 50 cents a share , compared with a year-earlier loss] .
- As [ARG1 *] [ARGM-TMP previously] [rel reported] *-1 , Huntsman Holdings Corp. , owned * by Jon M. Huntsman and other members of his family , proposed that Banstar Corp. , an affiliate of Huntsman Holdings , acquire Aristech in a friendly transaction for $ 25-a-share *U* in cash , or $ 817.5 million *U* .
- [ARG0 Waterford Wedgwood PLC , a financially troubled Irish maker of fine crystal and Wedgwood china ,] [rel reported] [ARG1 that its pretax loss for the first six months widened to 10.6 million Irish punts -LRB- $ 14.9 million *U* -RRB- from 5.8 million Irish punts a year earlier] .
- [ARG0 The company] [rel reported] [ARG1 a loss after taxation and minority interests of 14 million Irish punts , compared with a loss of 9.3 million Irish punts for the year-earlier period] .
- [ARG0 Interspec Inc.] [rel reported] [ARG1 a net loss of $ 2.4 million *U* for the fiscal third quarter ended Aug. 31] .
- [ARGM-TMP In the year-earlier quarter] , [ARG0 the company] [rel reported] [ARG1 net income of $ 955,000 *U* , or 15 cents a share] .
- [ARG0 The manufacturer of ultrasound diagnostic systems , based * in Ambler , Pa. ,] [rel reported] [ARG1 a nine-month net loss of $ 2.43 million *U* compared with net income of $ 2.71 million *U* , or 44 cents a share , for the nine-month period a year earlier] .
- [ARG0 Allegheny Ludlum Corp.] expects *-1 to [rel report] [ARG1 third-quarter net of about $ 34 million *U* , or $ 1.50 *U* a share , down from $ 38.4 million *U* , or $ 1.70 *U* a share , a year earlier] , Richard P. Simmons , chairman and chief executive officer , told institutional investors in New York 0 *T*-2 .
- [ARG0 Portrait studios accustomed * to * shooting only in color] [rel report] [ARG1 a rush to black-and-white portrait orders] .
- [ARG1 `` No meeting is scheduled *-1 because the expansion shows no sign of * going off the tracks , ''] [ARG0 Mr. Moore] [rel reports] *T*-2 .
- [ARG0 Burmah , which *T*-1 owns the Castrol brand of lubricant oils ,] [rel reported] [ARG1 a 17 % rise in net income to # 43.5 million *U* -LRB- $ 68.3 million *U* -RRB- in the first half] .
- In July , [ARG0 Mr. Stanley , editor of American Press International , a Washington D.C.-based conservative wire service ,] visited Namibia *-1 to [rel report] on [ARG1-on the U.N.-monitored election campaign] .
- [ARG0 He] interviewed Mr. O'Linn , head of a commission charged * with *-1 investigating electoral intimidation , and [rel reported] [ARG1 that Mr. O'Linn was openly sympathetic to SWAPO and indeed had defended its leaders in court] .
- [ARGM-TMP Last week] it was [rel reported] [ARG1 that company and union negotiations had overcome the major hurdle , the contracting out of work by the company] .
- Knight-Ridder Inc. said 0 it would report increased earnings per share for the third quarter , * contrary to [rel reported] [ARG1 analysts '] comments that the publishing company 's earnings would be down .
- Knight-Ridder Inc. said 0 [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel report] [ARG1 increased earnings per share] [ARGM-TMP for the third quarter] , [ARGM-ADV * contrary to reported analysts ' comments that the publishing company 's earnings would be down] .
- The Knight-Ridder spokesman said 0 [ARG1 the third-quarter earnings] that [ARG0 the company] plans *-1 to [rel report] *T*-2 [ARGM-TMP Oct. 24] are expected *-3 to be up .
- The spokesman said 0 he was `` comfortable '' with revised analysts ' projections that [ARG0 the company] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel report] [ARG1 earnings of between 62 cents and 64 cents *U* a share] , compared with the 53 cents a share 0 it reported *T*-1 for the 1988 third quarter .
- The spokesman said 0 he was `` comfortable '' with revised analysts ' projections that the company would report earnings of between 62 cents and 64 cents *U* a share , compared with [ARG1 the 53 cents a share] 0 [ARG0 it] [rel reported] *T*-1 [ARGM-TMP for the 1988 third quarter] .
- As [ARG1 *] [ARGM-TMP previously] [rel reported] *-2 , under the terms of a confidentiality agreement with Dunkin ' Donuts , the partners agreed *-1 to keep their offer open until Nov. 1 , and not to acquire any additional shares except through a tender offer expiring on that date .
- Environmental Systems Co. said 0 it is restating its results *-2 to reduce its [rel reported] [ARG1 net] income for the first nine months of its fiscal year after *-2 discovering 0 it took tax credits that *T*-1 already had been taken *-3 last year .
- [ARG0 The company] [ARGM-TMP previously] [rel reported] [ARG1 net of $ 2.3 million *U* , or 15 cents a share] .
- But because of confusion , [ARG0 it] took those credits again in *-1 [rel reporting] [ARG1 its results through the first nine months] .
- [ARG0 The Washington Post] [rel reported] [ARG1 that unidentified senior administration officials were frustrated with Webster 's low-profile activities during the insurrection and wanted him replaced *-1] .
- [ARGM-TMP Meanwhile] , [ARGM-TMP as the first of more than 1,300 East Germans trying * to flee to the West through Poland renounced their citizenship] , [ARG0 a West German newspaper] [rel reported] [ARG1 that regional Communist officials demanded the dismissal of hard-line leader Honecker] .
- Blue Arrow was able *-1 to pull off the $ 1.34 billion *U* takeover of Manpower in 1987 largely because different British and American accounting standards produce higher [rel reported] [ARG1 earnings] for British companies .
- *-1 As a U.S.-based company , Blue Arrow would have *-1 to amortize the good will over as many as 40 years , * creating a continuing drag on [rel reported] [ARG1 earnings] .
- [ARGM-DIS But] [ARGM-ADV with so many shares now held * in the U.S.] , [ARG0 Blue Arrow] [rel reports] [ARG1 its earnings] [ARGM-MNR two ways] , [ARGM-ADV based on both U.K. and U.S. accounting standards] .
- Newport Corp. said 0 [ARG0 it] expects *-1 to [rel report] [ARG1 fiscal-first-quarter earnings of between 15 cents and 19 cents *U* a share , somewhat below analysts ' estimates of 19 cents to 23 cents] .
- A spokesman added that sales in the current quarter will about equal the yearearlier quarter 's figure , when [ARG0 Newport] [rel reported] [ARG1 net income of $ 1.7 million *U* , or 21 cents a share , on $ 14.1 million *U* in sales] *T*-1 .
- PSE Inc. said 0 [ARG0 it] expects *-1 to [rel report] [ARG1 third earnings of $ 1.3 million to $ 1.7 million *U* , or 14 cents to 18 cents a share] .
- Traditional Industries Inc. said 0 [ARG0 it] expects *-2 to [rel report] [ARG1 a net loss for the fourth quarter that *T*-1 ended June 30] and is seeking new financing .
- [ARGM-TMP In the year ended June 30 , 1988] , [ARG0 Traditional] [rel reported] [ARG1 net income of $ 4.9 million *U* , or $ 1.21 *U* a share] .
- [ARG0 Major oil companies] in the next few days are expected *-1 to [rel report] [ARG1 much less robust earnings than they did *?* for the third quarter a year ago , largely reflecting deteriorating chemical prices and gasoline profitability] .
- [ARG0 The London Sunday Times] , which *T*-1 [ARGM-TMP first] [rel reported] [ARG1 the U.S. concerns] , cited a U.S. intelligence report as the source of the allegations that Olivetti exported $ 25 million *U* in `` embargoed , state-of-the-art , flexible manufacturing systems to the Soviet aviation industry . ''
- [ARG0 Newspaper publishers] are [rel reporting] [ARG1 mixed third-quarter results , aided * by favorable newsprint prices and hampered * by flat or declining advertising linage , especially in the Northeast] .
- [ARG0 The publisher of the Boston Globe] [rel reported] [ARG1 net of $ 8.5 million *U* , or 12 cents a share , compared with a loss of $ 26.5 million *U* , or 38 cents a share] , [ARGM-TMP for the third quarter in 1988] .
- [ARG0 New York Times Co.] is expected *-1 to [rel report] [ARG1 lower earnings] [ARGM-TMP for the third quarter] [ARGM-CAU because of continued weak advertising levels at its flagship New York Times and deep discounting of newsprint at its affiliate , Forest Products Group] .
- [ARG0 Washington Post Co.] is expected *-1 to [rel report] [ARG1 improved earnings] , largely because of increased cable revenue and publishing revenue helped * by an improved retail market in the Washington area .
- [ARG0 Gannett 's 83 daily *RNR*-1 and 35 non-daily *RNR*-1 newspapers] [rel reported] [ARG1 a 3 % increase in advertising and circulation revenue] .
- Several analysts said 0 they expected Warner-Lambert 's profit also to increase by more than 20 % from [ARG1 $ 87.7 million *U* , or $ 1.25 *U* a share ,] 0 [ARG0 it] [rel reported] *T*-2 [ARGM-TMP in the like period last year] .
- Revenue is expected *-1 to be `` up modestly '' from [ARG1 the $ 26.5 million *U*] [rel reported] * [ARGM-TMP a year ago] .
- [ARG0 Relational Technology] [rel reported] [ARG1 net income of $ 1.5 million *U* , or 12 cents a share , in the year-earlier period] .
- [ARG1 The decision] , *-1 [rel reported] * by [ARG0-by the official Xinhua News Agency] , indicated that the crackdown prompted * by student-led pro-democracy protests in June is intensifying .
- [ARG0 The Soviet Union] [rel reported] [ARG1 that thousands of tons of goods needed * *-1 to ease widespread shortages across the nation were piled *-2 up at ports and rail depots , and food shipments were rotting because of a lack of people and equipment 0 *T*-3 to move the cargo] .
- [ARGM-ADV *-2 Further fueling the belief that pressures in the economy were sufficient * to keep the Fed from *-1 easing credit] , [ARG0 the Commerce Department] [rel reported] [ARGM-TMP Friday] [ARG1 that retail sales grew 0.5 % in September , to $ 145.21 billion *U*] .
- CityFed Financial Corp. said 0 [ARG0 it] expects *-1 to [rel report] [ARG1 a loss of at least $ 125 million to $ 150 million *U* for the third quarter] .
- [ARG0 Inland Steel Industries Inc.] expects *-1 to [rel report] [ARG1 that third-quarter earnings dropped more than 50 % from the previous quarter as a result of reduced sales volume and increased costs] .
- *-2 To illustrate , Mr. Rogers said that of the 14 computer-related firms 0 he follows *T*-1 , [ARG0 half *T*-3] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel report] [ARGM-TMP for their most recent quarter] [ARG1 earnings below last year 's results] , and half above those results .
- [ARG0 International Business Machines Corp.] also is expected *-1 to [rel report] [ARG1 disappointing results] .
- [ARGM-TMP In July] , [ARG0 the company] [rel reported] [ARG1 that booming sales of new personal computers from Apple and IBM had resulted in net income more than doubling for its fourth quarter ended June 30 to $ 7.4 million *U* , or 23 cents a share] .
- He expects [ARG0 Aldus] to [rel report] [ARG1 earnings of 21 cents a share on revenues of $ 19.5 million *U* for its third quarter , compared with earnings of 30 cents a share on revenue of 20.4 million in the year-earlier period] .
- Mr. Brown estimates 0 [ARG0 Wyse , whose terminals business *T*-1 is strong ,] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel report] [ARG1 a loss of 12 cents a share for its quarter ended Sept] .
- Average household income for the sample was $ 194,000 *U* , and [ARG1 average net assets] were [rel reported] *-1 [ARGM-MNR as $ 775,000 *U*] .
- On a day when negative takeover-related news did n't sit well with investors *T*-1 , Commercial Intertech , a maker of engineered metal parts , said 0 Haas & Partners advised it that it does n't plan *-2 to pursue its [ARGM-TMP previously] [rel reported] [ARG1 $ 27.50-a-share *U*] bid * to buy the company .
- Tandem said 0 [ARG0 it] expects *-1 to [rel report] [ARG1 revenue of about $ 450 million *U* and earnings of 35 cents to 40 cents a share] .
- [ARGM-TMP In the year-earlier period] , [ARG0 Tandem] [rel reported] [ARG1 net income of $ 30.1 million *U* , or 31 cents a share , on revenue of $ 383.9 million *U*] .
- [ARG0 Tandem] expects *-1 to [rel report] [ARG1 the full results for the quarter] [ARGM-TMP next week] .
- Analysts have predicted that [ARG0 the Cupertino , Calif. , company] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel report] [ARG1 revenue of $ 430 million to $ 460 million *U* and earnings of 35 cents to 40 cents a share] .
- [ARG0 The chemical industry] is expected *-1 to [rel report] [ARG1 that profits eroded in the third quarter because of skidding prices in the commodity end of the business] .
- First Boston Corp. projects that [ARG0 10 of the 15 companies 0 it follows *T*-1] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel report] [ARG1 lower profit] .
- Still , [ARG0 some industry giants] are expected *-1 to [rel report] [ARG1 continuing gains] , largely because so much of their business is outside commodity chemicals .
- Analysts are divided *-5 over whether [ARG0 Du Pont] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel report] [ARG1 much of a gain *ICH*-1 in the latest quarter from its Conoco Inc. oil company] .
- [ARG0 Monsanto Co.] , too , is expected *-2 to continue *-3 [rel reporting] [ARG1 higher profit] , even though its sales of crop chemicals were hurt *-1 in the latest quarter by drought in northern Europe and the western U.S. .
- [ARG0 The St. Louis-based company] is expected *-1 to [rel report] [ARGM-TMP again] [ARG1 that losses in its G.D. Searle & Co. pharmaceutical business are narrowing] .
- [ARGM-ADV *-1 Once the chief beneficiaries of the industry 's now fading boom] , [ARG0 these producers] [ARGM-DIS also] [ARGM-MOD will] be [rel reporting] [ARGM-MNR against exceptionally strong performances in the 1988 third quarter] .
- * Perhaps most prominent , [ARG0 Dow Chemical Co. , which as of midyear *T*-1 had racked up eight consecutive record quarters ,] is expected *-2 to [rel report] [ARG1 that profit decreased in the latest quarter from a year earlier , if only by a shade] .
- Thursday 's report on the September consumer price index is expected *-1 to rise , although not as sharply as [ARG1 the 0.9 % gain] [rel reported] * [ARGM-TMP Friday] [ARGM-LOC in the producer price index] .
- Lexus sales were n't available ; the cars are imported *-1 and [ARG0 Toyota] [rel reports] [ARG1 their sales] [ARGM-TMP only at month-end] .
- a - Totals include [ARG1 only vehicle sales] [rel reported] * [ARGM-MNR in period] .
- [ARG1 An omnibus bill assembled by Sen. Edward Kennedy -LRB- D. , Mass. -RRB- , and including some diluted Nunn-McCurdy provisions along with proposals by fellow Democratic Sens. Claiborne Pell , Barbara Mikulski and Christopher Dodd ,] has been [rel reported] *-1 [ARG0 out of the Senate Labor Committee] .
- Following is *T*-1 a weekly listing of unadited net asset values of [ARG1 publicly traded investment fund shares] , [rel reported] * by [ARG0-by the companies] [ARGM-TMP as of Friday 's close] .
- As [ARG0 *] [ARGM-TMP previously] [rel reported] , [ARG1 Unitil , Exeter , N.H. , and Fitchburg Gas & Electric Co. , Fitchburg , Mass. ,] are targets of unsolicited tender offers from Boston-based Eastern Utilities Associates .
- They wrote : `` The opinion establishes a new rule of immunity -- that if [ARG1 a wide variety of opinions on a company 's business] are [ARGM-MNR publicly] [rel reported] *-1 , the company can say anything without fear of securities liability . ''
- [ARG0 Keystone Consolidated Industries Inc.] expects *-1 to [rel report] [ARG1 earnings before extraordinary tax benefits of about $ 1.5 million *U* , or about 41 cents a share , for the third quarter , compared with a loss last year] , said 0 *T*-2 Glenn R. Simmons , chairman and chief executive officer .
- After a tax benefit of about $ 780,000 *U* , [ARG0 Keystone] expects *-2 to [rel report] [ARG1 net income of $ 2.3 million *U* , or about 62 cents a share] , Mr. Simmons said 0 *T*-1 .
- [ARGM-TMP For third quarter last year] , [ARG0 Keystone] [rel reported] [ARG1 a $ 1 million *U* loss from continuing operations and a $ 200,000 *U* loss from discontinued operations] , [ARGM-ADV for a net loss of $ 1.2 million *U*] .
- As a result , [ARG0 the company] hopes *-1 to [rel report] [ARG1 net income for the year of about $ 11.6 million *U* , or about $ 3.10 *U* to $ 3.15 *U* a share , compared with a net loss of $ 24.4 million *U* last year , after a loss from discontinued operations of $ 18.4 million *U*] .
- For the nine months ended Sept. 30 , [ARG0 Keystone] expects *-1 to [rel report] [ARG1 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] .
- Details of the affair have become public gradually over the past two years , mostly as a result of [rel reporting] by [ARG0-by several newspapers] .
- [ARG0 Intel Corp.] [rel reported] [ARG1 a 50 % drop in third-quarter net income] , [ARGM-CAU partly because of a one-time charge for discontinued operations] .
- [ARGM-TMP For the nine-month period] , [ARG0 Intel] [rel reported] [ARG1 net of $ 268.3 million *U* , or $ 1.43 *U* a share , down 27 % from $ 367.1 million *U* , or $ 2.05 *U* a share] .
- In order * to head off any divisions , Mr. Mandela , in a meeting with his colleagues before they were released *-1 , instructed [ARG0 them] *-2 to [rel report] to [ARG2-to the ANC headquarters in Lusaka] [ARGM-TMP as soon as possible] .