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frames- [ARG1 Exports in October] [rel stood] at [ARG2-at $ 5.29 billion *U* , a mere 0.7 % increase from a year earlier ,] [ARGM-TMP while imports increased sharply to $ 5.39 billion *U* , up 20 % from last October] .
- [ARG1 The managers ' index , which *T*-147 measures the health of the manufacturing sector ,] [rel stood] at [ARG2-at 47.6 % *ICH*-1] [ARGM-TMP in October] , [ARGM-LOC above September 's 46 % , and also above average forecasts for the index of 45.3 %] .
- [ARG1 An index of economic activity drawn * from the survey] [rel stood] [ARGM-TMP last month] at [ARG2-at 47.6 %] ; a reading above 50 % would have indicated that the manufacturing sector was improving .
- Aside from as much as $ 3.45 billion *U* in recently approved federal aid , the state is expected *-1 to draw from [ARG1 a gubernatorial emergency fund] that *T*-276 [ARGM-TMP currently] [rel stands] at [ARG2-at an estimated $ 700 million *U*] .
- [ARGM-LOC In late afternoon New York trading] [ARGM-TMP yesterday] , [ARG1 the dollar] [rel stood] at 1.8415 West German marks , up from 1.8340 marks late Monday , and at [ARG2-at 142.85 yen ,] [ARGM-ADV up from 141.90 yen late Monday] .
- Consumer stocks of copper in the U.S. fell to 44,000 tons at the end of September from 54,000 tons a month earlier , and [ARG1 stocks of copper held * by consumers and merchants outside of the U.S. at the end of July] [rel stood] at [ARG2-at 123,000 tons] , [ARGM-ADV down from 125,000 tons in June] .
- [ARG1 The company 's total firm backlog of unfilled orders at Sept. 30] [rel stood] at [ARG2-at a mighty $ 69.1 billion *U*] , [ARGM-ADV compared with $ 53.6 billion *U* at the end of]
- [ARGM-DIS As a result] , [ARG1 yields on long-term muni bonds] [ARGM-TMP now] [rel stand] at [ARG2-at about 95 % of long-term Treasury yields , the highest such level in more than two years] .
- [ARG1 The land available for housing construction] [rel stands] at [ARG2-at about 46.2 square meters a person -- 18 % lower than in Taiwan and only about half that of Japan] .
- [ARGM-LOC In late New York trading] , [ARG1 sterling] [rel stood] at [ARG2-at $ 1.5765 *U*] , [ARGM-ADV down from $ 1.6145 *U* late Wednesday] .
- [ARG1 The Chicago Mercantile Exchange margins for the Standard & Poor 's 500 stock-index futures] [rel stood] at [ARG2-at $ 10,000 *U* a contract for speculators and $ 5,000 *U* for hedgers] [ARGM-TMP before Oct. 16 , 1987] ; that day the hedging margin was raised *-1 to $ 7,500 *U* .
- [ARGM-TMP Currently] , [ARG1 they] [rel stand] at [ARG2-at $ 12,000 *U* for speculators , who *T*-1 are typically individuals and non-member traders , and $ 6,000 *U* for hedgers , which *T*-2 are usually institutions and have offsetting positions in the underlying stocks] .
- [ARG1 The success of `` Batibot ''] [rel stands] [ARGM-MNR in marked contrast to many academic and government attempts * to promote Filipino as a national language] .
- [ARG1 The yield on the issue] [rel stood] at [ARG2-at 7.88 %] .
- [ARGM-TMP At the time] , [ARG1 the Dow Jones Industrial Average] [rel stood] at [ARG2-at about 2200] .
- [ARG1 The Dow average] [ARGM-TMP now] [rel stands] [ARG2-LOC more than 20 % higher] , [ARGM-ADV while Renaissance 's portfolio of Treasurys produced a return of about 6 % through the first three quarters of the year] .
- Just this past week , a leading Japanese bank asked for a meeting with the machinists ' union leaders 0 * to determine [ARG2-LOC where] [ARG1 the union] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel stand] *T*-2 [ARGM-ADV if another bid or recapitalization became possible] *T*-1 .
- [ARGM-TMP On June 30] , [ARG1 loss reserves] [rel stood] at [ARG2-at $ 108.3 million *U*] .
- The natural resources development concern said 0 proceeds will be used *-2 * to repay [ARG1 long-term debt] , which *T*-1 [rel stood] at [ARG2-at 598 million Canadian dollars -LRB- US$ 510.6 million *U* -RRB-] [ARGM-TMP at the end of 1988] .
- But starting in early September , [ARG1 the index] started *-1 to slide *T*-2 and [ARGM-TMP now] [rel stands] [ARG2-LOC about even with the S&P 500] .
- [ARG1 The wholesale price index] [rel stood] at [ARG2-at 89.6] -LRB- 1985 equals 100 -RRB- .
- -LRB- During its centennial year , The Wall Street Journal will report [ARG1 events] of the past century that *T*-1 [rel stand] as [ARG2-as milestones of American business history] . -RRB-
- As [ARG1 it] [rel stands] [ARGM-TMP now] , the government would continue *-2 to hold 45 % of Picop after the 36 % stake is sold *-1 .
- The company estimated that the transaction would enhance [ARG1 its book value] , which *T*-1 [rel stood] at [ARG2-at $ 28.55 *U* a share] [ARGM-TMP on Sept. 30] , by more than $ 100 million *U* , or about $ 4 *U* a share .
- Republic 's total of nonperforming assets was $ 167 million *U* at Sept. 30 , with [ARG1 its reserve for loan losses] [ARGM-TMP now] [rel standing] at [ARG2-at $ 357 million *U*] .
- [ARG1 Jaguar shares] [rel stood] at [ARG2-at 405 pence] [ARGM-TMP before Ford 's initial announcement] , but the subsequent takeover frenzy has driven them up .
- [ARG1 Net outflows from Fidelity 's stock funds] [rel stood] at less than $ 300 million *U* , or below [ARG2-below 15 % of the $ 2 billion *U* cash position of the firm 's stock portfolios] .
- But with [ARG1 the company 's shares] [rel standing] at [ARG2-at $ 15 *U*] [ARGM-TMP yesterday] , a new offering seems unlikely , company officials say 0 *T*-1 .
- [ARGM-TMP At the close] , [ARG1 the Nikkei average of 225 stocks] [rel stood] at [ARG2-at 34468.69] , [ARGM-ADV down 647.33 points , or 1.8 %] .
- Trouble with a capital T and that rhymes with P and [ARG1 that] [rel stands] for [ARG2-for pool] .
- [ARG1 The wholesale price index] [rel stood] at [ARG2-at 90.1] , [ARGM-ADV compared with a 1985 base of 100] .