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frames- The average seven-day compound yield of [ARG1 the 400 taxable funds] [rel tracked] * by [ARG0-by IBC 's Money Fund Report] eased a fraction of a percentage point to 8.45 % from 8.47 % for the week ended Tuesday .
- But [ARG0 the broader Nasdaq bank index] , which *T*-116 [rel tracks] [ARG1 thrift issues] , jumped 3.23 to 436.01 .
- [ARG0 The Needham , Mass. , concern] [rel tracks] [ARG1 investments in new businesses] .
- The average one-year savings-type CD was down to 7.99 % from 8.01 % , according to Banxquote Money Markets , [ARG0 a New York information service] that *T*-83 [rel tracks] [ARG1 CD yields] .
- [ARG0 Several components] that *T*-131 [rel track] [ARG1 the health of the manufacturing sector of the economy] turned down in September .
- [ARG0 The brokerage firm] [rel tracks] [ARG1 technology stocks] with [ARG3-with its Technology Index , which *T*-72 appreciated only 10.59 % in the first nine months of this year] .
- But [ARG0 the firm] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel tracks] [ARG1 smaller technology companies] [ARGM-MNR as a subset of the larger group] .
- [ARG0 The Red Cross] does [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel track] [ARG1 contributions raised * by the disaster ads] , but it has amassed $ 46.6 million *U* since it first launched its hurricane relief effort Sept. 23 .
- The team used a battery of the newly developed `` gene probes , '' [ARG0 snippets] of genetic material that *T*-1 [ARGM-MOD can] [rel track] [ARG1 a gene 's presence] [ARGM-LOC in a cell] .
- [ARG0 Wells Fargo Investment Advisers] , for example , managed $ 25 billion *U* in stock investments *-1 [rel tracking] [ARG1 the S&P 500] [ARGM-TMP at the end of June] , according to Standard & Poor 's Corp .
- Doug Alligood , [ARG0 a black advertising executive] who *T*-1 [rel tracks] [ARG1 black viewing patterns] , gives the Carews an `` A '' for marketing moxie , but is n't alone in his lukewarm reaction .
- Of immediate concern is *T*-1 whether the Thatcher government will continue Mr. Lawson 's policy of [ARG0 *] [rel tracking] [ARG1 the monetary policies of the West German Bundesbank] and responding in kind when the Frankfurt authorities move interest rates *T*-2 .
- With average maturities of a month or so , money funds offer fixed share prices and [ARG0 floating returns] that *T*-1 [rel track] [ARG1 market interest rates] , [ARGM-MNR with a slight lag] .
- Agents say 0 [ARG0 airlines] , which *T*-1 [rel track] [ARG1 ticket numbers of all stolen tickets] , should be doing more *-2 to catch the thieves by * confiscating the tickets when they 're used *-3 *T*-4 .
- According to [ARG0 Teikoku Data Bank Ltd.] , which *T*-1 [rel tracks] [ARG1 company earnings] , Aichi 's revenue rose 15 % to 49.3 billion yen -LRB- $ 348.4 million *U* -RRB- in the year ended February .
- First they set up [ARG0 overseas merchandising offices] 0 *T*-1 to import items and [rel track] [ARG1 new fashion trends] .
- In an interview and in congressional testimony , he repeatedly points to the recent 190-point plunge in the Dow Jones Industrial Average -- the second-largest ever -- as evidence of the need for Congress to give [ARG0 the SEC] the ability * to better monitor leveraged buy-out loan activity by brokerage firms and to [rel track] [ARG1 big trades] [ARGM-LOC in the market] .
- Analysts said 0 the company 's effort will be helped *-1 by its decision *ICH*-4 last year * to put point-of-sale scanners in 200 stores , * allowing [ARG0 National Convenience] to [ARGM-MNR quickly] [rel track] [ARG1 items that *T*-2 are selling and those that *T*-3 are n't *?*] .
- Assets of [ARG1 the 400 taxable funds] [rel tracked] * by [ARG0-by IBC\/Donoghue 's Money Fund Report] jumped to $ 351.2 billion *U* in the week ended Tuesday , the Holliston , Mass.-based newsletter said 0 *T*-1 .
- It *EXP*-1 's almost impossible [ARG0 *] to [rel track] [ARG1 the number of companies trashing junk mail] , since the decision is usually made in the mail room -- not the board room .
- While [ARG0 no one] has [rel tracked] [ARG1 how many company mail rooms *T*-1 throw out junk mail] , direct-mail advertising firms say 0 the number is growing .
- [ARG0 The dollar] finished lower yesterday , after *-1 [rel tracking] [ARG1 another rollercoaster session on Wall Street] .
- Insider selling is not unusual at Dun & Bradstreet ; in fact , the recent pace of selling is just about average for the company , according to figures compiled * by Invest\/Net , [ARG0 a North Miami , Fla. , firm] that *T*-3 specializes in * [rel tracking] and analyzing [ARG1 SEC insider filings] .
- For the first nine months , advertising pages in [ARG1 consumer magazines] [rel tracked] * by [ARG0-by the Publishers Information Bureau] increased 4 % from the same period last year , to 125,849 pages .
- Traders say that after a week of [ARG0 *] [ARGM-MNR nervously] [rel tracking] [ARG1 every development on Wall Street] , the foreign-exchange market has settled back *-1 to catch its breath ahead of new U.S. economic data .
- For example , a group of [ARG1 long-term Treasury bonds] [rel tracked] * by [ARG0-by Merrill Lynch & Co.] produced a total return of 1 % in the first quarter , 12.45 % in the second quarter and -0.06 % in the third quarter .
- [ARG1 The 473 funds] [rel tracked] * by [ARG0-by the Investment Company Institute , a Washington-based trade group ,] rose to $ 356.1 billion *U* , a record .
- One early user , David Semmel , a Chicago venture capitalist and investor in Desktop Data , says 0 [ARG0 he] uses it *-1 to [rel track] [ARG1 takeover developments] .
- [ARG0 It] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel tracks] [ARG1 personnel and financial announcements] by [ARG2-by NEC 's distributors and customers] .
- The firm said that losers outnumbered gainers by more than three to one among [ARG1 the 122 funds] 0 [ARG0 it] [rel tracks] *T*-1 .
- `` These systems are more rugged than many people would believe *?* , '' said *T*-2 [ARG0 Thomas Kurlak] , who *T*-1 [rel tracks] [ARG1 the computer industry] for [ARG2-for Merrill Lynch Research] .
- The average maturity of [ARG1 the funds] [rel tracked] * by [ARG0-by IBC\/Donoghue 's] remained at 38 days for the third consecutive week .
- The average seven-day compound yield on [ARG1 the 400 taxable funds] [rel tracked] * by [ARG0-by IBC\/Donoghue 's] was 8.55 % in the latest week , down from 8.60 % .
- [ARG0 The spy network] would serve two clients *NOT* : the Panamanian government , by * monitoring political opponents in the region , and the U.S. , by * [rel tracking] [ARG1 the growing Communist influence in the unions organized * at United Fruit Co. 's banana plantations in Bocas del Toros and Puerto Armuelles] .
- The House 's bill would prohibit dual trading in markets with daily average volume of 7,000 contracts or more , comprising [ARG1 those] considered * too difficult 0 [ARG0 *] to [rel track] *T*-1 [ARGM-MNR without a sophisticated computer system] .
- Salomon Brothers Inc. , the investment-banking firm , in its annual tally of investment returns , reported that old masters appreciated 51 % *ICH*-4 in the year ended June 1 , the greatest return of any of [ARG1 13 assets] 0 [ARG0 it] [rel tracked] *T*-5 .
- -LRB- [ARG1 Impressionist and modern paintings] , [ARGM-NEG not] [rel tracked] * by [ARG0-by Salomon] , are ranked *-1 even higher at 74 % by Sotheby 's . -RRB-
- [ARG0 Art indexes] [rel track] [ARG1 winners , not losers] .
- For instance , Ken Gregory , a San Francisco money manager , calculates that if an investor holds [ARG0 a basket] of stocks that *T*-1 [rel tracks] [ARG1 the Standard & Poor 's 500-stock index] , the chance of * losing money is 3 % to 4 % *U* over a 10-year period , compared with 15 % over three years and 30 % over one year .
- [ARG0 The Crest Report] , which *T*-1 [rel tracks] [ARG1 consumer purchases] , says 0 customer traffic at chicken restaurants fell 10 % in the second quarter , while the overall fast-food customer count was down 2 % .
- Indeed , [ARG0 a Moody 's index] that *T*-1 [rel tracks] [ARG1 the net asset values of 24 high-yield mutual funds] declined for the 17th consecutive day Friday .