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frames- Thus , higher bidding narrows the investor 's return while [ARG0 lower bidding] [rel widens] [ARG1 it] .
- High-yield traders said 0 [ARG1 spreads between the bid and offered prices of Western Union junk bonds] have been [rel widening] [ARGM-TMP for some time] , and in certain cases , bids for Western Union securities are not available .
- [ARG0 The Oakland Athletics ' four-game sweep over the San Francisco Giants in the World Series] [ARGM-MOD may] [rel widen] [ARG1 already-sizable losses that the ABC network will incur *T*-1 on the current , final year of its baseball contract] .
- It *EXP*-2 is n't clear [ARG2-EXT how much] [ARG1 those losses] [ARGM-MOD may] [rel widen] *T*-1 [ARGM-CAU because of the short Series] .
- Value Line added , `` With [ARG1 discounts *ICH*-1] [rel widening] [ARGM-LOC on business papers] , and with newsprint and corrugated shipments flat , we expect negative earnings comparisons through next year . ''
- As the market tumbled , disorderly market conditions prevailed : [ARG1 The margins between buying bids and selling bids] [rel widened] ; * trading in many stocks was suspended *-2 ; orders took unduly long *-4 to be executed *-1 ; and many specialists stopped *-3 trading altogether .
- His skis spread farther and farther apart -- just as [ARG1 buy-sell spreads] [rel widen] [ARGM-TMP during a financial panic] -- and soon he is out of control .
- The most arbitrary of these is the imposition of [ARG0 `` service fees , ''] which *T*-1 [ARGM-MOD will] [ARGM-MNR directly] [rel widen] [ARG1 the cost spread between U.S. and foreign markets] .
- [ARG0 One] [ARGM-TMP in 1981] raised to $ 2,000 *U* a year from $ 1,500 *U* the amount 0 a person could put *T*-1 , tax-deductible , into the tax-deferred accounts and [rel widened] [ARG1 coverage] to [ARG4-to people under employer retirement plans] .
- Despite the [rel widening] [ARG1 gap] between the two sides , conferees eventually followed the pattern set * in previous years by *-1 opting *-2 to roughly split the difference .
- By a lopsided 401-18 margin , the chamber rejected an effort * to waive Gramm-Rudman for purposes of * addressing the two disasters , and budget analysts estimate 0 [ARG0 the increased appropriations] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel widen] [ARG1 the fiscal 1990 deficit] [ARGM-EXT by at least $ 1.44 billion *U*] [ARGM-ADV unless offsetting spending cuts or new revenues are found *-19 by Congress] .
- Thus , higher bidding narrows the investor 's return while [ARG0 lower bidding] [rel widens] [ARG1 it] .
- [ARG1 The Philippine merchandise trade deficit] [rel widened] to [ARG4-to $ 1.71 billion *U*] [ARGM-TMP during the first eight months of 1989] from [ARG3-from $ 807 million *U*] a year earlier .
- Thus , higher bidding narrows the investor 's return while [ARG0 lower bidding] [rel widens] [ARG1 it] .
- The Ginnie Mae 9 % issue was yielding 8.36 % to a 12-year average life assumption , as [ARG1 the spread above the Treasury 10-year note] [rel widened] [ARGM-MNR slightly] to [ARG4-to 1.46 percentage points] .
- According to the report , completed * last month , if [ARG1 China 's trade gap] continues *-1 to [rel widen] [ARGM-MNR at the pace seen * in the first seven months of this year] , the reserves would be wiped out *-2 either in 1990 or 1991 .
- Because of this and the huge trade gap , [ARG1 the deficit in China 's current account , which *T*-1 measures trade in goods and services plus certain unilateral transfers of funds ,] is expected *-2 to [rel widen] [ARGM-MNR sharply] from [ARG3-from the $ 3.8 billion *U* deficit] last year .
- [ARGM-LOC In one] , imports and exports continue *-1 to grow at the respective average rates of 25 % and 5 % recorded * during the first seven months , and [ARG1 the current-account deficit] [rel widens] to [ARG4-to $ 13.1 billion *U*] .
- [ARGM-CAU As a result] , [ARG1 the group 's third-quarter loss] [rel widened] to [ARG4-to $ 9.8 million *U*] from [ARG3-from the second quarter 's $ 3.6 million *U*] .
- Winnebago Industries Inc. , battered * by a deepening slowdown in recreational vehicle industry sales , reported a [rel widened] [ARG1 fourth-quarter] loss and slashed its dividend in half .
- The company , which *T*-1 reported that [ARG1 its loss for the fiscal quarter ended * Aug. 26] [rel widened] from [ARG3-from a year earlier] , cut its semiannual dividend in half in response to the earnings weakness .
- Winnebago posted a [rel widened] [ARG1 quarterly] loss and slashed its dividend in half , * reflecting the deepening slowdown in recreational vehicle sales .
- By a 2-to-1 ratio , voters appear more at ease with Mr. Florio 's stance on abortion , and polls indicate 0 [ARG1 his lead] [rel widens] [ARGM-TMP when the candidates are specifically linked *-2 to the issue *T*-1] .
- Thus , higher bidding narrows the investor 's return while [ARG0 lower bidding] [rel widens] [ARG1 it] .
- The Ginnie Mae 9 % issue was yielding 9.42 % to a 12-year average life assumption , as [ARG1 the spread above the Treasury 10-year note] [rel widened] [ARG2-EXT 0.03 percentage point] to [ARG4-to 1.48] .
- [ARG0 That] [ARGM-MOD could] [rel widen] [ARG1 the yield spread between Treasurys and asset-backed securities] , [ARGM-ADV as well as] make it *EXP*-1 tougher * to unload the latter .
- Experts predict 0 the coming year will be characterized *-1 by flat or negative industrial growth , rising unemployment and a [rel widening] [ARG0 budget] deficit .
- [ARG1 Third-quarter spreads] [rel widened] to [ARG4-to the highest level in two years] [ARGM-TMP as loan portfolio yields rose and money costs declined] , the company said 0 *T*-1 .
- The uncertainty was multiplied *-1 by the persistent strength of the dollar , traders said 0 *T*-3 , and by [ARG1 the U.S. trade deficit] , which *T*-2 [rel widened] by [ARG2-by 31 %] [ARGM-TMP in August] from [ARG3-from the previous month] .
- [ARG1 Losses at El Dorado Investment Co. , the venture-capital operation ,] [rel widened] to [ARG4-to $ 6.8 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 425,000 *U*] a year earlier .
- Viacom Inc. , New York , reported that [ARG1 its third-quarter loss] [rel widened] to [ARG4-to $ 21.7 million *U* , or 41 cents a share ,] [ARGM-CAU primarily because of interest expense of $ 70.1 million *U*] .
- [ARG1 The merchandise trade deficit] [rel widened] [ARGM-TMP in August] to [ARG4-to $ 10.77 billion *U* *ICH*-2] , the Commerce Department reported 0 *T*-1 , a sharp deterioration from July 's $ 8.24 billion *U* and the largest deficit of any month this year .
- He said that while [ARG1 the U.S. trade gap with Canada] has [rel widened] [ARGM-MNR significantly] , the trade deficit with Western Europe and Japan continues *-1 to narrow .
- Waterford Wedgwood PLC , a financially troubled Irish maker of fine crystal and Wedgwood china , reported that [ARG1 its pretax loss for the first six months] [rel widened] to [ARG4-to 10.6 million Irish punts -LRB- $ 14.9 million *U* -RRB-] from [ARG3-from 5.8 million Irish punts] a year earlier .
- [ARG1 The August trade deficit] is expected *-1 to have [rel widened] to [ARG4-to $ 9.1 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 7.58 billion *U*] in July .
- Thus , higher bidding narrows the investor 's return while [ARG0 lower bidding] [rel widens] [ARG1 it] .
- Late Friday night , the Senate voted 87-7 *-1 to approve an estimated $ 13.5 billion *U* measure that *T*-2 had been stripped *-8 of [ARG0 hundreds of provisions] that *T*-9 [ARGM-MOD would] have [rel widened] , [ARGM-ADV rather than] narrowed , [ARG1 the federal budget deficit] .
- [ARG1 The trade gap] is expected *-1 to [rel widen] to [ARG4-to about $ 9 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from July 's $ 7.6 billion *U*] , according to a survey by MMS International , a unit of McGraw-Hill Inc. , New York .
- -- [ARGM-TMP By the end of July] , [ARG1 the difference in yield between an index of junk bonds and seven-year Treasury notes] [rel widened] to [ARG4-to more than 5.5 percentage points] .
- [ARGM-DIS But] [ARG1 the yield spread between lower-quality , investment-grade issues and higher-quality bonds] [rel widened] .
- They say 0 [ARG1 China 's trade deficit] is [rel widening] and the country is too short *ICH*-1 of foreign exchange for it to hamper production in Guangdong .