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frames- The protracted downturn reflects the intensity of Bank of Japan yen-support intervention since June , when [ARG1 the U.S. currency] [ARGM-TMP temporarily] [rel surged] above [ARG4-above the 150.00 yen level] *T*-1 .
- But some European funds recently have skyrocketed ; [ARG1 Spain Fund] has [rel surged] to [ARG4-to a startling 120 % premium] .
- The biggest beneficiary was [ARG1 Northeast Bancorp] , which *T*-118 [rel surged] [ARG2-EXT 7 3\/4] to [ARG4-to 69] .
- [ARG1 Weisfield 's] [rel surged] [ARG2-EXT 6 3\/4] to [ARG4-to 55 1\/2] and Ratners Group 's American depositary receipts , or ADRs , gained 5\/8 to 12 1\/4 .
- [ARG1 The average number of FT-SE option contracts traded * on the London exchange] has [rel surged] [ARG2-EXT nearly tenfold] [ARGM-TMP since the contract 's launch in 1984] .
- Wednesday 's dominant issue was [ARG1 Yasuda Fire & Marine Insurance] , which *T*-1 continued *-2 to [rel surge] on rumors of speculative buying .
- [ARG1 Great Northern Nekoosa] , which *T*-1 [rel surged] [ARG2-EXT 20 1\/8] [ARGM-TMP Tuesday] [ARGM-TMP after Georgia-Pacific launched a $ 3.18 billion *U* offer for the company] , dropped 1 3\/8 to 61 1\/2 in Big Board composite trading of 5.1 million shares .
- [ARG1 Profit] [rel surged] [ARG2-EXT 42 %] to [ARG4-to 40.21 billion yen , or 16.09 yen a share ,] from [ARG3-from 28.36 billion yen , or 11.72 yen a share] .
- [ARG1 Net income] [rel surged] [ARG2-EXT 31 %] to [ARG4-to 7.63 billion yen] from [ARG3-from 5.82 billion yen] .
- [ARGM-DIS As a result] , consumer prices for the first 10 months of 1989 [rel surged] by 5 % and [ARG1 wholesale prices] by [ARG2-by 1.3 %] .
- [ARGM-DIS As a result] , [ARG1 consumer prices for the first 10 months of 1989] [rel surged] by [ARG2-by 5 %] and wholesale prices by 1.3 % .
- [ARG1 Advancing issues on the Big Board] [rel surged] [ARG4 ahead of decliners] [ARG2-EXT 1,111 to]
- Bouygues S.A. , a diversified construction concern based * in Paris , said 0 [ARG1 its consolidated profit for the 1989 first half] , [ARGM-TMP after payments to minority interests] , [rel surged] to [ARG4-to 188 million French francs -LRB- $ 30.2 million *U* -RRB-] from [ARG3-from 65 million francs] a year earlier .
- [ARG1 The Nasdaq Composite Index] [rel surged] [ARG2-EXT 4.26 , or about 0.94 % ,] to [ARG4-to 455.63] .
- [ARG1 It] [rel surged] [ARG2-EXT 2 3\/4] to [ARG4-to 6] [ARGM-LOC on volume of more than 1.7 million shares] [ARGM-TMP after the company agreed *-1 to be acquired *-2 by Japan 's Chugai Pharmaceutical for about $ 110 million *U* -- almost double the market price of Gen-Probe 's stock] .
- [ARG1 Willamette Industries , whose stock *T*-76 has suffered steep losses in recent sessions ,] [rel surged] [ARG2-EXT 1 1\/2] to [ARG4-to 49] .
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. said 0 [ARG1 unconsolidated pretax earnings in the fiscal first half] [rel surged] [ARG2-EXT 79 %] to [ARG4-to a record 63.25 billion yen -LRB- $ 445.7 million *U* -RRB-] , [ARGM-ADV * reflecting strong demand for a variety of products] .
- [ARG1 Stock prices] [rel surged] [ARGM-TMP as a multibillion-dollar takeover proposal helped *-1 restore market players ' confidence about the prospects for further deal-making] .
- [ARG1 Great Northern] [rel surged] [ARG2-EXT 20 1\/8] to [ARG4-to 62 7\/8] , [ARGM-MNR well above Georgia-Pacific 's offering price of $ 58 *U* a share] , [ARGM-LOC amid speculation that other suitors for the company would surface or that the bid would be raised *-1] .
- [ARG1 Average annual earnings of those who *T*-2 have hung on] , [ARGM-DIS though] , [rel surged] to [ARG4-to $ 78,625 *U*] last year from [ARG3-from $ 69,553 *U*] in 1987 .
- [ARG1 Assets of these and other short-term funds] [rel surged] [ARG2-EXT more than $ 5 billion *U*] [ARGM-TMP in September] , the institute said 0 *T*-1 .
- Much of the market 's recent volatility has been blamed *-1 on this large-scale computerized trading technique that *T*-2 can send [ARG1 stock prices] [rel surging] or plummeting [ARGM-TMP in a matter of minutes] .
- [ARG1 Weisfield 's] [rel surged] [ARG2-EXT 14] to [ARG4-to 53] [ARGM-TMP after *-2 agreeing in principle *-3 to be acquired *-1 by a unit of Ratners Group for $ 50 *U* a share] .
- With [ARG1 inflation] [rel surging] , the pound began *-1 falling against the mark .
- [ARG1 LIN Broadcasting] [rel surged] [ARG2-EXT 4 5\/8] to [ARG4-to 112 5\/8] ; LIN and BellSouth sweetened their merger agreement in an attempt * to keep shareholders from *-1 tendering their shares to McCaw Cellular Communications .
- [ARG1 Orders *ICH*-1] [ARGM-TMP last month] for metal-forming presses and other machinery 0 * to form metal with pressure *T*-2 [rel surged] to [ARG4-to $ 110.1 million *U* , a 78 % rise from $ 61.7 million *U* a year earlier and a 55 % gain from $ 70.9 million *U* in August] .
- But [ARG1 sales in the oil-patch state of Texas] [rel surged] [ARG2-EXT 12.9 %] and sales in South Carolina jumped 10.6 % in the period , the New York trade group said 0 *T*-1 .
- Abby Joseph Cohen , a market strategist at Drexel Burnham Lambert , is n't nearly so sanguine about [ARG1 the market 's] chances of * [rel surging] to [ARG4-to new highs] [ARGM-TMP anytime soon] .
- But any chance for [ARG1 prices] to [rel surge] above [ARG4-above fair value] lies in the speculation that *T*-1 accompanies a vigorous merger and buy-out business , and UAL has obviously put a damper on that .
- [ARG1 Net income] [rel surged] [ARG2-EXT 10 %] to [ARG4-to 7.12 billion yen] from [ARG3-from 6.47 billion yen] .
- [ARG1 Pulp , processed and miscellaneous paper sales] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel surged] .
- Mr. Ireland said 0 current demand for used aircraft is strong , partly because [rel surging] [ARG1 orders] for new aircraft have lengthened waiting lists .
- If [ARG1 the market] [rel surges] , holders can make that much more profit ; the leverage effectively acts as an interest-free margin account for investors .
- [ARG1 Operating revenue] [rel surged] [ARG2-EXT 54 %] [ARGM-TMP in the latest period] to [ARG4-to $ 42.9 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 27.7 million *U*] .
- This occurred partly because of more competition as [ARG1 the number of new businesses] [rel surged] .
- Other admen , however , say 0 rates could rise later if [ARG1 ad spending] [rel surges] .
- [ARGM-ADV Whereas most men were a bit ambivalent about the sex scandals -LRB- though they were furious about Recruit -RRB-] , [ARG1 women] were upset about both and [rel surged] to [ARG4-to the polls] .
- [ARG1 Omni Capital Group] [rel surged] [ARG2-EXT 1 3\/4] to [ARG4-to 16 1\/4] .
- [ARG1 Kellogg] [rel surged] [ARG2-EXT 4 1\/4] to [ARG4-to 75] .
- [ARG1 Bond prices] [rel surged] [ARGM-CAU in reaction to the sell-off in stocks] , then eased slightly during the afternoon recovery .
- [ARG1 Procter & Gamble 's profit] [rel surged] [ARG2-EXT 38 %] [ARGM-TMP in its latest fiscal quarter] , [ARGM-MNR *-1 aided *-2 by a gain from a legal settlement and continued growth overseas] .
- [ARG1 Exports of rum] [rel surged] [ARG2-EXT 54 %] to [ARG4-to 814,000 proof gallons] .
- [ARG1 Net income] [rel surged] [ARG2-EXT 21 %] to [ARG4-to 55.59 billion yen] from [ARG3-from 46.02 billion yen] .
- Daiwa said 0 [ARG1 its pretax profits] [rel surged] [ARG2-EXT 9.6 %] to [ARG4-to 171.04 billion yen] from [ARG3-from 156.12 billion yen] in the preceding six-month term .
- [ARGM-TMP During the almost seven-year-old economic expansion] , inflation-adjusted gross national product , disposable personal income and personal consumption expenditures have risen 30 % , but [ARG1 inflation-adjusted consumer installment credit] has [rel surged] [ARG2-EXT 66 %] .
- Mr. Eddington regards * promoting Hong Kong as an important part of * attracting visitors from Japan , South Korea and [ARGM-LOC Taiwan] , where [ARG1 the number of people looking * to travel abroad] has [rel surged] *T*-1 .
- Security Pacific Corp. said 0 [ARG1 third-quarter credit losses] [rel surged] [ARG2-EXT a third] to [ARG4-to $ 109 million *U*] , [ARGM-CAU mainly because of sour Arizona real-estate loans] .
- [ARG1 Pioneer] [rel surged] [ARG2-EXT 450 yen -LRB- $ 3.16 *U* -RRB-] to [ARG4-to 6,050 yen -LRB- $ 42.60 *U* -RRB-] .
- [ARGM-TMP Between 1985 and 1988] , sales multipled more than 10 times and [ARG1 pretax profit] [rel surged] [ARG2-EXT almost twelvefold] .
- [ARG1 Silver , now trading around $ 5 *U* an ounce ,] [rel surged] to [ARG4-to an all-time peak of $ 50 *U* an ounce] [ARGM-TMP in January 1980] from [ARG3-from around $ 9 *U* in mid-1979] .
- [ARG1 Capital Cities-ABC] [rel surged] [ARG2-EXT 42 5\/8] to [ARG4-to 560] .
- [ARG1 Microsoft and other software stocks] [rel surged] , [ARGM-ADV * leading the Nasdaq composite index of over-the-counter stocks to its biggest advance of the year on breathtaking volume] .
- [ARG1 Caere , a new software issue ,] [rel surged] from [ARG3-from its offering price of 12] [ARGM-PNC *-1 to close at 16 1\/8] .
- [ARG1 Another recently offered Alex . Brown issue , Rally 's ,] [rel surged] [ARG2-EXT 3 1\/8] to [ARG4-to 23] .
- [ARG1 A new issue , Exabyte ,] [rel surged] [ARG2-EXT 2 1\/8] from [ARG3-from its initial offering price] [ARGM-PNC *-1 to close at 12 1\/8] .
- -LRB- [ARG1 Industrial output] [rel surged] [ARG2-EXT 21 %] [ARGM-TMP in 1988] , [ARGM-ADV while inflation peaked last February at nearly 30 %] . -RRB-
- [ARGM-LOC In major market activity] : [ARG1 Stock prices] [rel surged] [ARGM-LOC in heavy trading] .
- [ARG1 B.A.T Industries] [rel surged] [ARGM-LOC in afternoon dealings] [ARGM-TMP after its shareholders approved a plan * to dispose of its U.S. and U.K. retailing operations *-1 to fend off Hoylake Investment 's # 13.4 billion *U* -LRB- $ 21.33 billion *U* -RRB- hostile bid] .
- [ARG1 STOCKS AND BONDS] [rel SURGED] [ARGM-TMP on the second anniversary of Black Monday] [ARGM-ADV as a favorable inflation report prompted speculation of lower interest rates] .
- It also said 0 projections of [rel surging] [ARG1 U.S.] demand for natural gas and price forecasts of C$ 5.25 *U* per thousand cubic feet by 2005 would make the project economically viable .
- * Not selling into a panic turned out *-1 to be very good advice : [ARGM-ADV Despite the market 's volatility] , [ARG1 the Dow Jones Industrial Average] has [rel surged] [ARG2-EXT 114 points] [ARGM-TMP in the past four days] .
- An outstanding issue in yesterday 's session was [ARG1 Mitsubishi Rayon] , which *T*-1 [rel surged] [ARG2-EXT 95] to [ARG4-to 905 yen -LRB- $ 6.34 *U* -RRB- a share] .
- [ARGM-LOC Elsewhere] , [ARG1 prices] [rel surged] [ARGM-TMP for a second day] [ARGM-LOC in Frankfurt] , closed *-1 higher in Zurich , Stockholm and Amsterdam and were broadly lower in Milan , Paris and Brussels .
- [ARG1 Its interest expense] [rel surged] to [ARG4-to $ 21.5 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 12.4 million *U*] .
- Boise , Idaho-based Morrison had losses totaling $ 186 million *U* over the two years ended in December , but [ARG1 it] has [rel surged] [ARGM-DIR back] to [ARG4-to profitability] [ARGM-CAU as a result of cost-cutting and * shedding of unprofitable operations] .
- [ARG1 Net] [rel surged] to [ARG4-to $ 210.8 million *U* , or $ 2.68 *U* a share ,] from [ARG3-from $ 26.7 million *U* , or 33 cents a share ,] a year earlier .
- The dollar initially fell against other major currencies on news that [ARG1 the U.S. trade deficit] [rel surged] [ARGM-TMP in August] to [ARG4-to $ 10.77 billion *U*] .
- [ARG1 British government bonds] [rel surged] [ARGM-CAU on] renewed volatility in the stock market .
- The stock closed yesterday at $ 103 *U* a share , up just $ 1 *U* in composite trading on the New York Stock Exchange as [ARG1 the market] [rel surged] .
- [ARG1 Retail profit] [rel surged] , but the company said 0 it was only a `` modest contributor '' to third-quarter results .
- But [ARGM-LOC in New York] [ARGM-TMP yesterday] , [ARG1 the Dow Jones Industrial Average] [rel surged] [ARG2-EXT 88.12] [ARGM-PNC *-1 to close at 2657.38] [ARGM-LOC on heavy volume of 416,290,000 shares] , [ARGM-ADV although declining issues still outnumbered advancing ones on the broad market] .
- [ARG1 Foreign bonds] [rel surged] [ARGM-TMP as the dollar weakened against most major currencies] .
- [ARG1 Sales] [rel surged] [ARG2-EXT 40 %] to [ARG4-to 250.17 billion yen] from [ARG3-from 178.61 billion] .
- Back on Friday , Oct. 16 , l987 , the stock market declined during the day , and [ARG1 gold prices] [rel surged] [ARGM-TMP as the stock market fell] .
- But the selling wave had no conviction , and [ARG1 the market] [ARGM-TMP first] [rel surged] [ARG4 upward] by [ARG2-by 200 points] , then drifted lower , * closing down 647 .
- Inflation unquestionably has fallen back from its torrid pace last winter , when a steep run-up in world oil prices sent [ARG1 the index] [rel surging] at [ARG2-at double-digit annual rates] *T*-1 .
- The announcement caused [ARG1 the company 's stock] to [rel surge] [ARG2-EXT $ 6.50 *U*] [ARGM-PNC *-1 to close at $ 75.50 *U* a share] .
- [ARG1 Prices of Treasury bonds] [rel surged] [ARGM-LOC in the biggest rally of the year] [ARGM-TMP as investors fled a plummeting stock market] .