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frames- LTV Corp. said 0 [ARG0 a federal bankruptcy court judge] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to extend until March 8 , 1990 , the period in which the steel , aerospace and energy products company has the exclusive right * to file a reorganization plan *T*-2] .
- BRAMALEA Ltd. said 0 [ARG0 it] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to issue 100 million Canadian dollars -LRB- US$ 85.1 million *U* -RRB- of 10.5 % senior debentures due Nov. 30 , 1999 , together with 100,000 bond purchase warrants] .
- Democratic Lt. Gov. Douglas Wilder opened his gubernatorial battle with Republican Marshall Coleman with an abortion commercial produced * by Frank Greer that [ARG0 analysts of every political persuasion] [rel agree] [ARG1 0 *T*-1 was a tour de force] .
- [ARG0 The Stamford , Conn. , concern] has [rel agreed] to [ARG1-to a buy-out by Bank of New York] [ARGM-LOC in a transaction with an indicated value of about $ 100 *U* a share that *T*-119 expires next August] .
- [ARG0 The Pennsylvania bank] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to be acquired *-2 in a merger with Univest Corp. of Pennsylvania for $ 25.50 *U* a share] .
- [ARG0 Backe Group Inc.] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to acquire Atlantic Publications Inc. , which *T*-141 has 30 community papers and annual sales of $ 7 million *U*] .
- `` [ARG1 If you look at the third quarter as * posting roughly 2.5 % growth , I do see some slowing in the fourth quarter] , '' [rel agrees] *T*-1 [ARG0 Kansas City Fed President Roger Guffey] .
- Integra , which *T*-174 owns and operates hotels , said that [ARG0 Hallwood Group Inc.] has [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to exercise any rights that *T*-175 are n't exercised *-2 by other shareholders] .
- He also said that the group reduced its offer because [ARG0 it] was n't allowed *-1 to see Georgia Gulf 's confidential financial information without *-2 [rel agreeing] [ARG1 that it would n't make an offer unless it had Georgia Gulf 's consent] .
- [ARG0 Both sides] have [rel agreed] [ARG1 that the talks will be most successful if negotiators start by * focusing on the areas that *T*-186 can be most easily changed *-1] .
- [ARGM-DIS For instance] , [ARGM-LOC at the first meeting] [ARG0 the two sides] [ARGM-MOD could] [ARGM-NEG n't] even [rel agree] on [ARG1-on basic data used * in price discussions] .
- [ARGM-TMP When Bell established that the Berliner patent caveat was registered *-145 10 days before Edison 's application *T*-1] , [ARG0 Western Union] dropped the lawsuit and [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-2 never to enter the telephone business] -- the basis for the company 's current plight .
- But the legislation reflected [ARG1-to a compromise] [rel agreed] to * [ARGM-TMP on Tuesday] by [ARG0-by President Bush and Democratic leaders in Congress] , [ARGM-TMP after congressional Republicans urged the White House *-2 to bend a bit from its previous resistance * to compromise] .
- [ARG0 Mr. Hahn] [rel agrees] [ARG1 that he has a `` retentive '' memory] , but friends say 0 that 's an understatement .
- [ARG0 EVERYONE] [rel AGREES] [ARG1 that most of the nation 's old bridges need *-1 to be repaired or replaced *-13] .
- [ARGM-ADV Similarly] , [ARG0 highway engineers] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to keep the old railings on the Key Bridge in Washington , D.C. , as long as they could install a crash barrier between the sidewalk and the road] .
- [ARGM-ADV In most of the British transactions] , [ARG0 the municipalities] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to make floating-rate payments to banks , which *T*-62 would make fixed-rate payments] .
- [ARG0 Voters] [ARGM-ADV generally] [rel agree] [ARGM-TMP when they are given *-1 a chance * to decide if they want *-3 to sink their own tax dollars into a new mega-stadium *T*-2] .
- Dealers said 0 [ARG0 the market] [rel agreed] .
- [ARGM-ADV According to news service reports] , [ARG0 most workers at the Disputado mines owned * by Exxon Corp.] [rel agreed] to [ARG1-to a new two-year wage contract that *T*-1 includes a 5 % increase and other benefits] .
- Metallgesellschaft AG said 0 [ARG0 it] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to acquire 51 % of Lentjes AG from the Ferdinand Lentjes Foundation] .
- [ARG0 The Finnish government and major creditors of bankrupt shipyard Waertsilae Marine Industries Oy] [rel agreed] [ARGM-MNR in principle] [ARG1 *-1 to form a new company *-2 to complete most of the troubled shipyard 's backlog of 15 ships] .
- [ARG0 Comprehensive Care] had [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-2 to be acquired *-1 by closely held First Hospital Corp. of Norfolk , Va. ,] but the sale sputtered almost from the beginning and finally collapsed last week .
- This has n't much bothered [ARG0 the UNESCO delegates] , who *T*-31 [ARGM-TMP last week] [ARGM-MOD could] [ARGM-NEG n't] even [rel agree] [ARG1 *-2 to raise funds by *-3 selling off a fancy 19th-century French chateau 0 the agency somehow owns *T*-1] .
- In a surprise move , [ARG0 the British government] cleared the way for a bidding war for Jaguar PLC by *-1 [rel agreeing] [ARG1 *-2 to remove an obstacle to a takeover of the auto maker] .
- Trade and Industry Secretary Nicholas Ridley told the House of Commons yesterday that he will relinquish the government 's so-called golden share in the company as long as [ARG0 Jaguar shareholders] [rel agree] .
- [ARG0 People close to the GM-Jaguar talks] [rel agreed] [ARG1 that Ford now may be able *-1 to shut out General Motors] .
- The statement emphasized that [ARG0 holders representing 75 % of the shares voting at a special shareholders ' meeting] [ARGM-MOD must] [rel agree] [ARG1 *-1 to lift the takeover restrictions] .
- Mediobanca said during the weekend that [ARG0 it] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-2 to sell the shares back to Giovanni Agnelli for 333 billion lire] .
- The company said 0 [ARG0 Maria Sole Agnelli Teodorani , sister of Fiat Chairman Giovanni Agnelli ,] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to trade her shares in IFI for new ordinary shares in the limited partnership , which *T*-116 will give her control of 4.67 % of Giovanni Agnelli & Co] .
- [ARG0 The Aga Khan] , [ARGM-TMP meanwhile] , [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to trade some of his stake in Luxembourg-based Ifint S.A. , another Agnelli family company , for 7.45 % of Giovanni Agnelli & Co. 's capital] .
- [ARG0 Congressional Democrats and the Bush administration] [rel agreed] on [ARG1-on a compromise minimum-wage bill] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 opening the way for the first wage-floor boost in more than nine years] .
- [ARG0 Armstrong World Industries Inc.] [rel agreed] [ARGM-MNR in principle] [ARG1 *-1 to sell its carpet operations to Shaw Industries Inc] .
- [ARGM-TMP Last month] , [ARGM-DIS for example] , [ARG0 Mips] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to supply its computers to Nixdorf Computer AG of West Germany and France 's Groupe Bull] .
- [ARG0 Sony Corp. , Tandem Computers Inc. and Digital Equipment] have [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to sell MIPS computers] and companies such as Japan 's NEC Corp. and West Germany 's Siemens A.G. have agreed *-2 to make Mips chips under license .
- Sony Corp. , Tandem Computers Inc. and Digital Equipment have agreed *-1 to sell MIPS computers and [ARG0 companies such as Japan 's NEC Corp. and West Germany 's Siemens A.G.] have [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-2 to make Mips chips under license] .
- [ARGM-DIS In return] , [ARG0 HealthVest] [rel agreed] [ARG1 that it wo n't exercise its rights and remedies against Healthcare during the 120-day period] .
- [ARGM-DIS In addition] , [ARG0 Healthcare] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-4 to make monthly rent and mortgage payments of $ 2.7 million to $ 3 million *U* to HealthVest *ICH*-2 during the standstill period , 0 *T*-3 to be paid *-125 when Healthcare successfully completes asset sales *T*-1] .
- The IRS had demanded $ 90 million *U* but [ARG0 Mr. Hunt] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel agree] to [ARG1-to no more than $ 60 million *U*] .
- * Regarding Mr. Hunt 's taxes , [ARG0 he and the IRS] have [ARGM-ADV apparently] [rel agreed] on [ARG1-on a basic formula for * liquidating his estate in which the IRS would get 70 % of the proceeds from a liquidating trust and 30 % would go to other creditors *T*-1] .
- Instead , [ARG0 Sony] is likely *-1 to [rel agree] [ARG1 *-2 to let Warner participate in certain of its businesses , such as the record club of Sony 's CBS Records unit] .
- In addition , [ARG0 Sony] is expected *-1 to [rel agree] [ARG1 *-2 to swap Columbia 's 35 % stake in the sprawling Burbank , Calif. , studio that Warner and Columbia share *T*-3 , in exchange for the old MGM studio lot that Warner acquired *T*-201 with the purchase of Lorimar Telepictures Corp] .
- [ARG0 Mr. Moon] has [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to put up $ 10 million *U* a year for 25 years and keep the profits in China] .
- [ARGM-ADV Though Judge Keenan threw out most of Mrs. Marcos 's objections] , [ARG0 he] [rel agreed] with [ARG1-with one of her concerns : that * turning over the foreign documents could violate the defendant 's constitutional right against self-incrimination] .
- As * expected , Warner Bros . Records said 0 [ARG0 it] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to form a recorded-music and music-publishing joint venture with former MCA Records Chairman Irving Azoff] .
- [ARG0 Gov. George Deukmejian and key legislators] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to back a temporary one-quarter-cent increase in the state sales tax *-2 to raise $ 800 million *U* for repairs and relief associated * with last month 's earthquake] .
- [ARG0 The two sides] do [ARGM-NEG n't] [ARGM-ADV even] [rel agree] about [ARG1-about how much money *T*-1 is at issue] .
- [ARG0 Mr. Achenbaum , who *T*-292 had been considering *-1 paring down his firm or merging it with another small consulting outfit ,] [ARGM-TMP soon] [rel agreed] .
- [ARGM-TMP Last year] , [ARG0 Du Pont] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to pay $ 4.5 million *U* for rights to superconductor work at the University of Houston] .
- [ARG0 Ryukichi Imai , Japan 's ambassador to Mexico ,] [rel agrees] [ARG1 that Mexico may be too eager] .
- [ARG0 Robert White , a vice president and manager of corporate trade at First Interstate of California ,] [rel agreed] with [ARG1-with that view] and predicted 0 the U.S. federal funds rate will drop to between 7 3\/4 % and 8 % *U* within 60 days from its current level at 8 13\/16 % .
- The only permanent losers will be the 200,000 or so workers 0 [ARG0 everyone] [rel agrees] [ARG1 0 *T*-2 will be priced *-1 out of a job at the $ 4.25 *U* rate 0 Congress is likely * to approve *T*-3 today] .
- [ARGM-LOC In a forward-rate agreement] , [ARG0 a client] [rel agrees] to [ARG1-to an exchange rate on a future currency transaction] .
- [ARG0 Paramount] , which *T*-25 [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to sell the unit in July] , said 0 it would realize net proceeds from the sale of $ 2.6 billion *U* , with an after-tax gain of $ 1.2 billion *U* .
- But even if [ARG0 he] [rel agrees] , Mr. Kemp does n't write the nation 's housing law -- Congress does *?* .
- [ARGM-LOC In their new contract] [ARGM-TMP this year] , [ARG0 American Telephone & Telegraph Co. and the Communications Workers of America] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to look for `` prompt and lasting national solutions '' to rising health-care costs] .
- `` I ca n't remember [ARGM-TMP a time] when [ARG0 virtually everyone] [ARGM-MOD can] [rel agree] on [ARG1-on what the problem is *T*-1] *T*-3 , '' says *T*-2 Mr. Seidman , who *T*-36 heads the AFL-CIO 's department dealing with health matters .
- First Security Corp. said 0 [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MNR tentatively] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to acquire Deseret Bancorp. for stock valued * at about $ 18 million *U*] .
- [ARG0 QVC] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to pay $ 19 *U* and one-eighth QVC share for each of CVN 's 20 million fully diluted shares] .
- Many marketers say 0 Philip Morris 's approach will be effective , [ARGM-DIS but] [ARG0 they] [rel agree] [ARG1 that the ads ' implied smoking message is unmistakable] .
- It surged 2 3\/4 to 6 on volume of more than 1.7 million shares after [ARG0 the company] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-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] .
- Dycom Industries gained 3\/4 to 16 3\/4 after it said 0 [ARG0 it] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to buy Ansco & Associates and two affiliates for cash and stock] .
- `` Those who *T*-93 testified -LCB- yesterday -RCB- have consistently maintained that [ARG0 anyone] who *T*-94 did [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel agree] with [ARG2-with them] is part of a coverup , a whitewash , or the subject of excessive influence , '' Mr. Bickwit said *T*-1 .
- `` [ARG0 We] [ARGM-ADV simply] do [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel agree] with [ARG1-with that or the findings of their investigation] . ''
- Shop Television Network Inc. , of Los Angeles , said 0 [ARG0 Penney] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to continue its exclusive arrangement with Shop Television , which *T*-103 does the production , marketing and cable distribution for the J.C. Penney Television Shopping Channel] .
- [ARG0 Shaw Industries] , which *T*-119 [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to acquire Armstrong World Industries ' carpet operations for an undisclosed price] , rose 2 1\/4 to 26 1\/8 .
- [ARG0 The company] [rel agreed] [ARG1 definitively *-1 to be acquired *-2 by Ogden Corp. in a stock swap valued * at about $ 82.5 million *U*] .
- Cilcorp Inc. , Peoria , Ill. , said 0 [ARG0 it] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to acquire the environmental consulting and analytical service businesses of Hunter Environmental Services Inc. of Southport , Conn .]
- Clarcor , a maker of packaging and filtration products , said 0 [ARG0 the two companies] [ARGM-MOD could] [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel agree] on [ARG1-on terms of a definitive agreement] .
- I.C.H. also named Steven B. Bing , 42 , senior vice president since 1986 , as president , *-3 succeeding John W. Gardiner , who *T*-198 will join the HMS Acquisition Corp. division of [ARG0 Hicks , Muse & Co.] , which *T*-199 has [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-2 to buy most of I.C.H. 's Denver-based subsidiaries] .
- [ARG0 Chugai] [rel agreed] [ARGM-TMP then] [ARG1 *-1 to fund certain associated research and development costs] .
- [ARG0 Chugai] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to pay $ 6.25 *U* a share for Gen-Probe 's 17.6 million common shares outstanding on a fully diluted basis] .
- [ARG0 Economists , businessmen and some politicians] [rel agree] [ARG1 that the answer is an orthodox economic austerity program including reduced state spending ; * focusing spending on vital areas such as education , health and welfare ; * turning state companies private ; * reforming the tax system , * raising public service rates * to match costs ; and possibly a temporary wage and price freeze and a devaluation of the cruzado] .
- [ARGM-ADV As part of the transaction] , [ARG0 Edisto] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to give Mesa , an Amarillo , Texas , oil and gas partnership managed * by T. Boone Pickens Jr. , a seat on its board] .
- [ARG0 USG Corp.] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to sell its headquarters building here to Manufacturers Life Insurance Co. of Toronto] , and will lease the 19-story facility until it moves to a new quarters in 1992 .
- [ARGM-DIS But] [ARG0 everyone] [rel agrees] [ARG1 that Mr. Gorbachev 's problems result from the failure of his own system] .
- [ARGM-DIS On the other hand] , [ARGM-TMP so long as Mr. Gorbachev is easing his grip on his empire] , [ARG0 everyone 0 we 've heard *T*-1] [rel agrees] [ARG1 that the U.S. can benefit by *-2 engaging him] .
- [ARG0 The Democratic leadership] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to allow a floor vote on the issue *ICH*-2 before the end of the year -- a debate certain * to focus on the alleged racial inequality of death sentencing] .
- Lone Star Technologies said 0 [ARG0 it and its subsidiary 's creditors] [rel agree] [ARG1 that the parent company owes the unit money] , but they have n't been able *-1 to reach agreement on the amount .
- `` We were never going *-2 to get [ARG0 these insurance companies] to [rel agree] [ARGM-TMP again] , '' says *T*-1 John V. Trump , a San Francisco defense lawyer in the case .
- Edison Brothers Stores Inc. said 0 [ARG0 it] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to buy 229 Foxmoor women 's apparel stores from Foxmoor Specialty Stores Corp. , a unit of Dylex Ltd. of Toronto] .
- Any reorganization proposal , Mr. Sells said 0 *T*-1 , is difficult 0 * to assess *T*-3 because [ARG1-upon it] [ARGM-MOD must] be [rel agreed] upon *-2 by [ARG0-by the company , bondholders , banks and other creditors] .
- According to one analyst , prices opened higher because of reports *ICH*-1 over the weekend that [ARG0 Brazil and Colombia] , [ARGM-LOC at the Pan-American summit meeting in Costa Rica] , had [rel agreed] to [ARG1-to a reduction in their coffee export quotas] [ARGM-PNC for the sake of * creating a new agreement] .
- [ARGM-LOC Under a merger agreement reached * Sept. 14] , [ARG0 the UAL board] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to reimburse certain of the buy-out group 's expenses out of company funds even if the transaction was n't completed *-2] , [ARGM-ADV provided 0 the group did n't breach the agreement] .
- [ARGM-ADV In response to a shareholder 's suggestion] , [ARG0 Mr. Greenberg] [rel agreed] [ARG1 that European firms will simply pick up the index-arbitrage business left * behind by U.S. institutions] .
- [ARG0 Officials at the University of Virginia Art Museum] [ARGM-ADV certainly] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel agree] .
- *-3 To confirm Mr. Guy 's identification , Sotheby 's and IFAR exchanged photos by fax , and [ARG0 the waiting man] , [ARGM-ADV *-2 apparently innocent of knowledge that the kylix was stolen *-1] , [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-2 to release it] .
- [ARG0 The Supreme Court] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to decide whether the federal Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. may require LTV Corp. to reassume funding responsibility for a $ 2.3 billion *U* shortfall in the company 's pension plans] .
- [ARGM-TMP In May] , [ARG0 a federal appeals court in New York] [rel agreed] [ARG1 that the agency acted unlawfully] .
- In Dallas , LTV said that it was disappointed *-1 that [ARG0 the court] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-2 to hear the case] because it believes 0 the move will further delay its Chapter 11 proceedings .
- `` [ARG1 It can backfire because companies can step across the line and go too far , be too pushy] , '' [rel agrees] *T*-1 [ARG0 Gary Stibel , a principal with New England Consulting Group , Westport , Conn] .
- [ARG0 Viacom Broadcasting Inc.] [ARGM-ADV definitively] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to acquire KOFY -LRB- AM -RRB- and KOFY-FM in San Francisco for about $ 19.5 million *U* from Pacific FM Inc] .
- The major question , said 0 *T*-2 one holder who *T*-1 asked *-3 not to be named *-4 , is whether New York investor Bennett S. LeBow , whose Brooke Partners *T*-5 controls Western Union , is willing *-6 to offer a large enough equity stake * to entice [ARG0 bondholders] into *-7 [rel agreeing] to [ARG1-to a new swap] .
- [ARG0 Weisfield 's] surged 14 to 53 after *-2 [rel agreeing] [ARGM-MNR in principle] [ARG1 *-3 to be acquired *-1 by a unit of Ratners Group for $ 50 *U* a share] .
- Yesterday , [ARG0 Quebecor Inc. , a Montreal printing , publishing and forest-products company 53%-owned by Mr. Peladeau ,] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to acquire Maxwell Communication Corp. 's U.S. printing subsidiary , Maxwell Graphics Inc. , for $ 500 million *U* in cash and securities] .
- [ARGM-LOC In yesterday 's accord] , [ARG0 Quebecor] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to pay $ 400 million *U* in cash for Maxwell Graphics , and to give Maxwell Communication a 20 % stake , valued * at $ 100 million *U* , in Quebecor 's new printing subsidiary] .
- [ARG0 The parties in the Connecticut case] have [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to stay proceedings pending the appeal of another EEOC age-bias case against Vermont] .
- In a separate matter , the Justice Department yesterday said 0 [ARG0 Boeing] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to pay the government $ 11 million *U* *-2 to settle claims that the company provided inaccurate cost information to the Air Force while *-3 negotiating contracts * to replace the aluminum skins on the KC-135 tanker aircraft] .
- [ARG0 Eastern and its creditors] [rel agreed] [ARGM-TMP in July] on [ARG1-on a reorganization plan that *T*-1 called for the carrier to sell off $ 1.8 billion *U* in assets and to emerge from Chapter 11 status in late 1989 at two-thirds its former size] .
- Such a change meant 0 [ARG1-on the reorganization plan] 0 [ARG0 the creditors] had [rel agreed] on *T*-1 was no longer valid , and the two sides had *-2 to begin *-3 negotiating again .
- Penn Central Corp. , Cincinnati , said 0 [ARG0 it] [rel agreed] [ARGM-MNR in principle] [ARG1 *-1 to acquire Noranda Inc. 's Carol Cable Co. unit for $ 177 million *U*] .
- Fletcher Challenge Ltd. said 0 [ARG0 its Petrocorp unit] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to acquire certain Alberta oil and gas interests from Amoco Corp. 's Canadian unit , for about 130 million Canadian dollars -LRB- US$ 110.6 million *U* -RRB-] .
- [ARG0 Rockefeller Group] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to sell a 51 % interest to Mitsubishi Estate , a major Japanese developer and property owner , for $ 846 million *U*] .
- [ARG0 Gen-Probe] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-2 to be bought *-1 by Chugai Pharmaceutical for about $ 110 million *U*] .
- [ARG0 Maxwell] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to sell its U.S. printing unit to Quebecor for $ 500 million *U* , * making Quebecor the No. 2 commercial printer in North America] .
- [ARG0 The justices] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to decide whether federal insurers can require LTV to take back responsiblilty for * funding its $ 2.3 billion *U* pension shortfall] .
- [ARG0 Ratners Group PLC 's U.S. subsidiary] has [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to acquire jewelry retailer Weisfield 's Inc. for $ 50 *U* a share , or about $ 55 million *U*] .
- [ARG0 I] [rel agree] with [ARG2-with Mr. Lehman] [ARGM-EXT 100 %] !
- [ARG0 Industry watchers] [rel agree] [ARG1 that Brooks Brothers is long overdue in *-2 updating its buttoned-down image , which *T*-1 has stunted its growth] .
- In a statement prepared * by lawyers for the university and Connaught , the parties said 0 [ARG0 they] [rel agreed] [ARG1 that as a result of * reaching a C 415 million *U* research accord , `` It *EXP*-1 is unnecessary that there be a judgment on the merits -LCB- of the case -RCB- at this time] . ''
- [ARGM-TMP While *-1 claiming that penalties , legal fees and interest have driven the value of its claim to more than $ 250 million *U*] , [ARG0 Minpeco] has [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to settle for an allowed claim of as much as $ 65.7 million *U*] .
- [ARG0 Society Corp. , which *T*-1 is also a bank ,] [rel agreed] [ARGM-TMP in June] [ARG1 *-2 to buy Trustcorp for 12.4 million shares of stock with a market value of about $ 450 million *U*] .
- [ARG0 Investment analysts] [ARGM-ADV generally] [rel agree] .
- While [ARG0 *-1] [ARGM-MNR no doubt] [rel agreeing] with [ARG2-with Mr. Lawson] on [ARG1-on everything else] , Sir Alan is a dyed-in-the-wool monetarist , inclined * to defend floating rates to the death .
- RJR Nabisco Inc. said 0 [ARG0 it] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to sell its Baby Ruth , Butterfinger and Pearson candy businesses to Nestle S.A. 's Nestle Foods unit for $ 370 million *U*] .
- Since KKR bought RJR in February for $ 25 billion *U* of debt , [ARG0 it] has [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to sell nearly $ 5 billion *U* of RJR assets] .
- [ARG0 Analysts] [rel agree] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 predicting that the revived market could significantly boost Westinghouse 's bottom line in coming years] .
- [ARG0 Analysts] [rel agreed] .
- The officials also said 0 [ARG0 the meeting] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to continue *-2 treating China as a special case , despite the recent repression of dissent there , but to offer no further concessions] .
- The U.S. officials said that [ARGM-ADV despite the rapid changes under way in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union] , [ARG0 all the Cocom members] [rel agreed] on `` [ARG1-on the continuing need for this organization , '' which *T*-2 was founded *-1 40 years ago at the start of the Cold War] .
- The officials said 0 [ARG0 the meeting] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-3 to continue *-2 working toward *-4 `` streamlining '' Cocom 's restricted products list , and to improve procedures for * punishing companies that *T*-1 do n't comply with the export restrictions] .
- Milton Roy disclosed in May that it was approached *-1 for a possible acquisition by [ARG0 Thermo Electron] , which *T*-2 [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-3 to purchase Milton Roy 's liquid-chromatography line for $ 22 million *U*] [ARGM-TMP in February] .
- CRA Ltd. said 0 [ARG0 it] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to sell a 40 % stake in its Howick coal mine in the state of New South Wales to Mitsubishi Development Pty. of Japan] .
- [ARGM-LOC In the opener] , [ARG0 Sony Corp.] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel agree] [ARG1 *-1 to buy Columbia Pictures Entertainment Inc. in a transaction valued * at close to $ 5 billion *U*] .
- Mr. Guber says 0 he brought to lunch [ARG1-to a release document] 0 [ARG0 Warner] had [rel agreed] to *T*-1 [ARGM-TMP in 1988 , when he and Mr. Peters made an aborted bid * to buy part of MGM\/UA Entertainment Co. *-2 to run the MGM studio *T*-3] .
- He said 0 he would contact Mr. Ross and Warner Brothers Chairman Robert Daly and that , [ARGM-LOC in a conference call] , [ARG0 the three] [rel agreed] [ARG1 0 they could n't let the producers out of their contract] .
- Mr. Peters claims 0 he reminded Mr. Ross that [ARG0 Robert Daly and Terry Semel , the top executives of the Warner Brothers studio ,] had `` [ARGM-TMP repeatedly] [rel agreed] [ARG1 that we had every right * to accept '' an offer such as Sony 's] .
- *-1 To mollify shareholders concerned * about the long-term value of the company under the BellSouth-LIN agreement , [ARG0 BellSouth] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to pay as much as $ 10 *U* a share , or $ 540 million *U* , if , after five years , the trading value of the new cellular company is n't as high as the value that shareholders would have realized *T*-2 from the McCaw offer] .
- [ARG0 Joseph Hardiman , president of the National Association of Securities Dealers , which *T*-1 oversees trading on Nasdaq ,] [rel agrees] [ARG1 that program trading is hurting the market 's efforts * to bring back small investors] .
- [ARGM-TMP Then] [ARG0 Procter & Gamble Co.] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to buy Noxell Corp. for $ 1.3 billion *U*] .
- [ARGM-TMP Over the past week] , [ARG0 the president] has [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to keep the committee informed *-2 , usually in advance , of covert actions and to put key intelligence decisions in writing] .
- [ARGM-ADV Despite objections by the CIA] , [ARG0 Mr. Bush] [ARGM-DIS also] has [rel agreed] to [ARG1-to the establishment of an inspector general at the CIA who *T*-1 would be independent of the CIA director] .
- [ARG0 It] [ARGM-DIS also] has removed a ban on CIA use of a contingency fund for covert acts and has [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to wipe away some tortured and legalistic restrictions on coup planning put * in place *-2 to ensure that the CIA did n't get back in the assassination game] .
- *-1 Asked *-3 whether [ARG0 they] [rel agreed] or disagreed with [ARG1-with the claim that men are emotionally better *ICH*-2 suited to politics than women] , 70 % of the Reagan generation disagreed , compared with under 60 % of younger men and women in the earlier years .
- Yet some lawyers point to Eli Lilly & Co. vs. Medtronic , Inc. , the patent infringement case 0 [ARG0 the Supreme Court] [ARGM-TMP this month] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-3 to review *T*-2] , as an example of poor legal reasoning by judges who *T*-1 lack patent litigation experience .
- DALLAS AND HOUSTON law firms merge : Jackson & Walker , a 130-lawyer firm in Dallas and Datson & Scofield , a 70-lawyer firm in Houston said 0 [ARG0 they] have [rel agreed] [ARGM-ADV in principle] [ARG1 *-1 to merge] .
- American Pioneer Inc. said 0 [ARG0 it] [rel agreed] [ARGM-ADV in principle] [ARG1 *-1 to sell its American Pioneer Life Insurance Co. subsidiary to Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Inc. 's HBJ Insurance Cos. for $ 27 million *U*] .
- [ARG0 Mr. Patel] [rel agrees] : `` [ARG1 There is no proper monitoring and screening of the use of these funds] .
- [ARGM-LOC Under the accord] , [ARG0 Finnair] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to coordinate flights , marketing and other functions with SAS , the 50%-state-owned airline of Denmark , Norway and Sweden] .
- Ciba-Geigy AG , the big Swiss chemicals company , said that [ARG0 it] [rel agreed] [ARGM-LOC in a letter of intent] with [ARG2-with Corning Inc.] [ARG1 *-1 to acquire Corning 's 50 % share of Ciba Corning Diagnostics Corp. , based * in Medfield , Mass] .
- Milton Petrie , chairman of Petrie Stores Corp. , said 0 [ARG0 he] has [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to sell his 15.2 % stake in Deb Shops Corp. to Petrie Stores] .
- In a Securities and Exchange Commission filing , Mr. Petrie said that [ARGM-TMP on Oct. 26] [ARG0 Petrie Stores] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to purchase Mr. Petrie 's 2,331,100 Deb Shops shares] .
- [ARG0 Montedison S.p.A.] [ARGM-MNR definitively] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to buy all of the publicly held shares of Erbamont N.V. for $ 37 *U* each] .
- [ARG0 Jayark Corp.] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to pay $ 4 million *U* in cash , $ 2 million *U* of 12 % convertible debentures , and 1.6 million common shares *-2 to acquire closely held Kofcoh Imports Inc] .
- [ARG0 Analysts] [rel agree] [ARG1 that the price drop should especially benefit the two big tissue makers , Scott Paper and Kimberly-Clark] .
- The company said 0 [ARG0 it] has [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to sell the extrusion division for $ 15 million *U* to R.D. Werner Co. , a closely held firm based * in Greenville , Pa] .
- Many of the RJR securities , which *T*-1 had been trading near their 52-week lows earlier in the session , bounced back after the company 's announcement that [ARG0 it] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-8 to sell its Baby Ruth , Butterfinger and Pearson candy businesses to Nestle Foods , a unit of the Swiss-based food concern] .
- [ARG0 RJR Nabisco] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to sell three candy businesses to Nestle for $ 370 million *U*] .
- [ARG0 Sansui Electric] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to sell a 51 % stake to Polly Peck of Britain for $ 110 million *U*] .
- Opinions *ICH*-3 vary about how important *PPA*-2 the UAL deal was *T*-1 to the market 's health , but [ARG0 analysts] [ARGM-ADV generally] [rel agree] [ARG1 that the market gyrations created * as the UAL plan crumbled revealed a fundamental change in investor psychology] .
- [ARG0 Montedison , which *T*-1 owns about 72 % of the company 's common stock ,] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-2 to buy the rest for $ 37 *U* a share] .
- [ARGM-ADV As * reported *-2] , [ARG0 CNW] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-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*] .
- [ARGM-TMP When this plan met resistance *T*-3] , it *EXP*-4 was [rel agreed] [ARGM-DIS instead] [ARG1 * to take money from HUD *-1 to subsidize needed improvements in two settling ponds for the mills , which *T*-2 employ an estimated 1,500 workers] , according to Mr. Inouye 's office .
- Security said 0 it signed a letter of intent * to purchase La Jolla Bancorp , [ARG0 *] [rel agreeing] [ARG1 *-1 to pay $ 15 *U* of its own stock for each share of La Jolla] .
- [ARGM-ADV With all this] , [ARG0 even the most wary oil men] [rel agree] [ARG1 0 something has changed] .
- Elizabeth Holtzman , district attorney for Brooklyn , N.Y. , said , `` [ARG0 The appellate division] has [rel agreed] with [ARG1-with our view that despite federal worker-safety laws , state prosecutors have the power * to protect working people] . ''
- Ford is willing *-1 to bid for 100 % of Jaguar 's shares if [ARG0 both the government and Jaguar shareholders] [rel agree] [ARG1 *-2 to relax the anti-takeover barrier prematurely] .
- [ARG0 Southam] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to sell its 47 % stake in Selkirk Communications Ltd. , a broadcasting concern , to Maclean Hunter Ltd. for about C$ 285 million *U* last year] .
- [ARGM-TMP By October , when the committee rejected a much more modest covert proposal *T*-2 ,] [ARG0 even the administration] was [rel agreeing] [ARG1 0 little should be done *-1] .
- `` [ARG0 I] [rel agree] , [ARG1 it 's ridiculous] , '' says *T*-2 Mr. Boren , and indeed by now ridiculous may be the only way 0 * to describe how the U.S. decides *-4 to take *RNR*-1 -- or rather , *-4 not to take *RNR*-1 -- covert action *T*-5 *T*-3 .
- `` [ARG1 He would *?*] , '' [rel agrees] *T*-1 [ARG0 the chairman] .
- [ARG0 Staff lawyers for both sides] were busy *-3 [rel agreeing] with [ARG2-with one another] about [ARG1-about what the U.S. could not do *T*-1 *-2 to oust the Panamanian thug] .
- [ARG0 Senior ministry officials] huddled with creditors during the week in an attempt * to [rel agree] on [ARG1-on some form of restructuring that *T*-1 would keep Waertsilae Marine operating] .
- Indeed , the potential losses make any rescue scheme unlikely unless [ARG0 the politicians] [ARGM-TMP once again] change tack and [rel agree] [ARG1 *-1 to pick up the bill] , analysts said 0 *T*-2 .
- The Qintex group 's problems began in earnest in [ARGM-TMP March] , when [ARG0 Mr. Skase] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to buy MGM\/UA Communications Co] *T*-2 .
- But since [ARG0 the member countries of the International Monetary Fund] [rel agreed] to [ARG1-to the `` Guidelines to Floating ''] [ARGM-TMP in 1974] , such difficulties have been avoided *-1 .
- [ARG0 Bethlehem Steel Corp.] has [rel agreed] [ARGM-ADV in principle] [ARG1 *-1 to form a joint venture with the world 's second-largest steelmaker , Usinor-Sacilor of France , *-2 to modernize a portion of Bethlehem 's ailing BethForge division] .
- [ARG0 The Usinor unit] has [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to provide technology and expertise *-2 to install a so-called spin caster by early next fall] .
- [ARG0 Mr. Brady] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel agreed] with [ARG1-with senators ' concerns about recent stock-market volatility] , and said 0 he realizes that the gyrations are scaring investors from *-1 investing in stocks .
- [ARG0 Mr. Brady and senators] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to have their staffs meet within the next week *-2 to start *-3 fine-tuning the bill] .
- [ARG0 All U.S. futures exchanges] [rel agree] [ARG1 that these and other trading practices require proper regulation and supervision] .
- [ARGM-TMP Earlier this month] , [ARG0 Mr. Iverson] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to buy exclusive rights to a software system developed * by Visher Systems Inc. , Salt Lake City] .
- Black & Decker Corp. said 0 [ARG0 it] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to sell its Bostik chemical adhesives unit to Orkem S.A. , a French chemical company , for $ 345 million *U*] .
- [ARG0 Black & Decker] rescued Emhart from the takeover bid of Topper Limited Partnership last March by *-1 [rel agreeing] [ARG1 *-2 to acquire the maker of door locks and gardening tools for about $ 2.8 billion *U*] .
- That is due mostly to payments from Allianz for most of the 50 % stake 0 [ARG0 it] has [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to acquire *T*-2] in Navigation Mixte 's insurance business .
- The measure provides $ 321 million *U* 0 *T*-1 to maintain services but would sharply curb the power of the current board until [ARG1-to successors] are [rel agreed] to *-2 by [ARG0-by the Bush administration] .
- [ARG0 The House] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to defer for a year a scheduled 50 % increase in the required state matching funds for law-enforcement grants] but , by a 287-123 margin , the chamber stripped a Senate initiative * to raise the minimum grant for smaller states , such as New Hampshire and Delaware , to $ 1.6 million *U* from $ 500,000 *U* .
- Marsh & McLennan Cos. said 0 [ARG0 it] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to acquire the rest of Gradmann & Holler , a leading West German insurance brokerage firm in which it has held a 15 % stake *T*-2 for 15 years] .
- [ARGM-TMP Earlier this year] , [ARG0 New York Life Insurance Co.] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to acquire Windsor Group Ltd.] , [ARGM-ADV a first step toward * establishing a presence in the European market ahead of 1992] .
- Diversified Investment Group Inc. said 0 [ARG0 it] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-2 to be acquired *-1 by Star States Corp. for stock valued * at $ 13.75 *U* a share , or about $ 24.4 million *U*] .
- I will be [ARG0 the first] 0 *T*-2 to [rel agree] [ARG1 that there is much 0 *T*-3 to be found *-1 wrong with modern movie making] .
- Rochester Telephone Corp. said 0 [ARG0 it] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to buy Viroqua Telephone Co. of Viroqua , Wis] .
- Duriron Co. said 0 [ARG0 it] has [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to buy Automax Inc. , a Cincinnati maker of control accessories for industrial valves] .
- [ARG0 Ohbayashi Corp.] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to buy E.W. Howell Co. , the U.S. subsidiary of Selmer-Sande AS , of Norway , for about $ 7 million *U*] .
- [ARG0 A merchant bank and investment fund] have [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to co-sponsor a reorganization plan * to bring Sharon Steel Corp. out of Chapter 11 proceedings and to acquire the company 's steel-related assets in a transaction valued * at more than $ 300 million *U*] .
- Quantum said 0 [ARG0 it] has [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to purchase as much as $ 50 million *U* in equity in the new company , if necessary , for the confirmation of the plan] .
- `` All 0 this has really established *T*-2 is that [ARG0 MCA and the Bronfmans] have [rel agreed] on [ARG1-on a price at which they can be bought *-1 out *T*-3] , '' said *T*-4 Jeffery Logsdon , an analyst with Crowell , Weedon in Los Angeles .
- The directors did n't indicate the source of financing for Mr. Drabinsky 's new proposal , but said 0 [ARG0 MCA and the Bronfman associates] [rel agreed] [ARGM-MNR in principle] [ARG1 *-2 to buy for $ 57 million *U* *RNR*-1 and then lease back to Cineplex *RNR*-1 its 18-screen theater complex in Universal City , Calif. , if Mr. Drabinsky succeeds in an offer] .
- [ARG0 MCA and Cineplex 's other major shareholder , Montreal-based financier Charles Bronfman and his associates ,] have [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-2 to tender their holdings to an offer by Mr. Drabinsky unless a higher offer is made *-1 by another bidder] .
- Bell Atlantic Corp. said 0 [ARG0 it] [rel agreed] [ARGM-MNR definitively] [ARG1 *-1 to acquire one of Control Data Corp. 's computer-maintenance businesses] .
- [ARGM-LOC In a decision in April of this year] , [ARG0 Judge Roger Miner] , *-1 joined *-2 by Judge Frank Altimari , [rel agreed] on [ARG1-on *] denying the injunction and did not doubt that `` Bare-Faced Messiah '' was a serious work but rejected Judge Leval 's argument that the public interest in scholarship could outweigh the sanctity of copyright .
- [ARGM-DIS And] [ARGM-ADV of course] [ARG0 they] [rel agree] [ARG1 that people can impose restrictions on the use of their papers , whether in their own possession or as * donated or sold *-1 to libraries] .
- [ARG0 The unsecured creditors] [rel agreed] [ARGM-MNR in principle] [ARG1 *-1 to support New Haven , Conn.-based United Illuminating 's new bid] .
- [ARG0 Mercedes-Benz] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to pay taxes owed * for the years 1986 through 1988] , Mr. Kidder added 0 *T*-2 .
- Many of the deals involved transactions in which [ARG0 scientific institutions or researchers] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-2 to commercialize their work] [ARGM-PNC in return for an equity stake or royalties] *T*-1 .
- [ARG0 MGM Grand Inc.] has [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to pay $ 93 million *U* and nearly 1.8 million common shares *-2 to buy 117 acres of land along the Las Vegas , Nev. , Strip as a site for its planned movie-studio and theme-park resort] .
- EWDB , formed * by the merger of Eurocom and Della Femina McNamee WCRS , said 0 [ARG0 it] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to buy Vizeversa , an agency in Barcelona] .
- Parker Hannifin Corp. said 0 [ARG0 it] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to sell its three automotive parts divisions to a management-led investor group for $ 80 million *U*] .
- [ARG0 MGM Grand] has [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to buy a 117-acre site for the resort for $ 93 million *U* in cash plus stock currently valued * at nearly $ 30 million *U*] .
- [ARG0 Ellen Cokely , a tourist from Alton , Ill. ,] seems inclined *-1 to [rel agree] .
- If [ARGM-TMP after such Reconsideration] [ARG0 two thirds of that House] [ARGM-MOD shall] [rel agree] [ARG1 *-3 to pass the Bill] , it shall be sent *-1 , together with the Objections , to the other House , by which it shall likewise be reconsidered *-2 *T*-4 , and if *-5 approved *-6 by two thirds of that House , it shall become a Law ... .
- [ARG0 Senator Daniel Inouye] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to close some bases in Hawaii in exchange for such goodies as $ 11 million *U* for a parking lot at Walter Reed Hospital] .
- International Business Machines Corp. said 0 [ARG0 it] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to let Motorola Inc. participate in a semiconductor research project] [ARGM-ADV as part of its effort * to bolster the U.S. semiconductor industry] .
- One reason : banks -- likely * to react to any new UAL deal with even more caution than the first time around -- probably will insist on labor harmony before [ARG0 they] [rel agree] [ARG1 *-1 to put up cash for any new bid or even a less-ambitious recapitalization plan] .
- It 's followed *-2 by [ARG0 Stroh Brewery Co.] , which *T*-1 has [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-3 to sell its assets to Coors] .
- [ARG0 Comprehensive Care Corp.] , which *T*-2 has [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-3 to be acquired *-1 by closely held First Hospital Corp.] , reported 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 .
- It has been three years since [ARG0 Mr. Boesky] , * now in prison , [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to pay a $ 100 million *U* fine *-2 to settle the government 's charges that he had traded illegally *-3 using insider information] .
- [ARG0 Drexel] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-4 to plead guilty to six felony counts and pay $ 650 million *U* , of which $ 350 million *U* *T*-5 was set *-1 aside for shareholders and other plaintiffs , including the limited partners , who *T*-3 claim 0 they were injured *-2 by Drexel] .
- [ARG0 House and Senate conferees] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to continue production of Grumman Corp. 's F-14 and to provide more than $ 3.8 billion *U* for the Strategic Defense Initiative during the current fiscal year] .
- [ARG0 Conferees] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel agreed] to [ARG1-to Pentagon requests * to earmark a total of nearly $ 1 billion *U* for work on both mobile MX and Midgetman nuclear missiles] , according to congressional aides .
- [ARG0 House-Senate conferees] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to continue production of Grumman Corp. 's F-14 jet and to provide more than $ 3.8 billion *U* during the current fiscal year * to develop a space-based anti-missile system] .
- The offer is in limbo , however , because [ARG0 LIN] has [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to merge its cellular-phone businesses with BellSouth Corp] .
- [ARG0 Mr. Lorin , a stock promoter ,] pleaded guilty to the stock-manipulation charges in April and [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to cooperate with the government 's investigation of Mr. Laff] .
- [ARG0 Stanley Aslanian , the Haas broker who *T*-1 agreed *-2 to carry a hidden microphone during the conversation ,] [ARGM-DIS also] has pleaded guilty to conspiracy * to commit securities violations in the stock manipulation and [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-3 to cooperate] .
- Stanley Aslanian , [ARG0 the Haas broker] who *T*-1 [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-2 to carry a hidden microphone during the conversation] , also has pleaded guilty to conspiracy * to commit securities violations in the stock manipulation and agreed *-3 to cooperate .
- ITT also said 0 [ARG0 its consumer finance unit] [rel agreed] [ARGM-TMP in September] [ARG1 *-1 to settle a civil suit *ICH*-2 with the California attorney general over alleged improper lending and sales practices] .
- Sun Microsystems Inc. said 0 [ARG0 Prime Computer Inc.] has [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to resell as much as $ 200 million *U* worth of Sun 's machines over the next two years] .
- Though [ARG0 I] [rel agree] with [ARG1-with many of Mr. Kageyama 's comments] , I believe 0 he points the gun in the wrong direction : It is n't the Americans who *T*-2 must be criticized *-1 for *-4 not understanding the Japanese culture , but the Japanese who *T*-3 insist on *-7 forcing their culture on Americans .
- Some speculate that [ARG0 Mr. Corry] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel agree] [ARGM-ADV if he could find a buyer at the right price] .
- `` Dave thought 0 the country needed a strong U.S. Steel and , while [ARG0 Chuck] [rel agreed] , he was more apt *-1 to say , ` Not at any cost to shareholders , ' '' a former executive says *T*-2 .
- Falcon Holding Group Inc. said 0 [ARG0 it] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to acquire about 54,000 subscribers from First Carolina Cable TV Limited Partnership for about $ 100 million *U* , or roughly $ 2,000 *U* a subscriber] .
- [ARGM-TMP Meanwhile] , [ARG0 House-Senate negotiators] have [ARGM-MNR tentatively] [rel agreed] on [ARG1-on a $ 3.18 billion *U* anti-drug and anti-crime intitiative] , [ARGM-ADV *-2 cutting other federal spending 0.43 % *-1 to pay for it] .
- [ARG0 Drexel] [ARGM-DIS therefore] [rel agreed] [ARGM-DIS instead] to [ARG1-to an arrangement allowing it to plea to charges `` which the company is not in a position * to dispute *T*-1 '' because of RICO] .
- We suspect that [ARG0 Justice] [ARGM-MOD will] [ARGM-TMP some day] [rel agree] [ARG1 that only the complete repeal of RICO can guarantee an end to injustices in its name] .
- [ARGM-TMP In June] , [ARG0 the company] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to settle for $ 18 million *U* several lawsuits related * to its sales practices , without * admitting or denying the charges] .
- Willie Brown , speaker of California 's Assembly , said that [ARG0 Gov. George Deukmejian] has [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to schedule a special session of the legislature within two weeks] .
- [ARG0 Lion Nathan Ltd.] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to buy the franchise * to bottle , distribute and market Pepsi-Cola soft-drink products in Australia] , the company said 0 *T*-2 .
- He said 0 [ARG0 it] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to sell a portion of its European real estate unit for $ 37 million *U*] .
- [ARG0 Axa] has [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to acquire Farmers from Sir James 's investment vehicle , Hoylake Investments Ltd. , for $ 4.5 billion *U* plus a $ 1 billion *U* investment in Hoylake] .
- Directors of Bergen Bank and Den Norske Creditbank , two of Norway 's leading banks , announced 0 [ARG0 they] had [rel agreed] to [ARG1-to the formal merger of the banks] .
- [ARGM-TMP Last week] , [ARG0 Tele-Communications] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-2 to pay Viacom Inc. $ 225 million *U* for a 50 % stake in its Showtime subsidiary , which *T*-1 is a distant second to Time 's Home Box Office in the delivery of pay-TV networks to cable subscribers] .
- [ARG0 International Business Machines Corp.] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to acquire a 15 % stake in Paxus Corp. , an Australian computer-software and information-services concern , for 20 million Australian dollars -LRB- US$ 17 million *U* -RRB-] .
- [ARG0 IBM] can raise its stake in Paxus to 20 % over three years , but [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to not go beyond 20 % in that time] .
- [ARG0 Betty Raptopoulos , senior metals analyst at Prudential-Bache Securities in New York ,] [rel agreed] [ARG1 that most of the selling was of a technical nature] .
- Citizens First Bancorp . Inc. said 0 [ARG0 it] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to buy Lakeland First Financial Group Inc. , a Succasunna , N.J. , bank holding company , for about $ 50.6 million *U* in cash and stock] .
- Color Systems Technology Inc. , Los Angeles , said 0 [ARG0 its major creditor , General Electric Pension Trust ,] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to convert $ 11.8 million *U* of debt owed * into 25 % of Color System 's fully diluted common stock] .
- [ARG0 The Iran-Contra judge] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to allow Poindexter to subpoena the personal papers of ex-President Reagan] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 ruling that there was sufficient evidence that the data would be important to the defense] .
- Bausch & Lomb Inc. said 0 [ARG0 its pharmaceuticals subsidiary] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to supply collagen corneal shields for animal eye surgery to a unit of International Minerals & Chemical Corp] .
- International Minerals & Chemical Corp. said 0 [ARG0 it] [rel agreed] [ARGM-MNR definitively] [ARG1 *-1 to sell its international fragrance business to Bayer AG of West Germany] .
- It was [rel agreed] *-1 [ARGM-TMP at the outset of the Washington Drug Initiative] [ARG1 that the FBI 's role would be * to continue *-2 targeting the major drug traffickers through our National Drug Strategy] .
- [ARG0 Hugh Johnson , chief investment officer at First Albany Corp. ,] [rel agreed] [ARG1 that a deteriorating economy is worrisome] , but he said 0 the real concern among stock investors is that some new problem will crop up in the junk bond market .
- [ARG0 Kraft] [ARGM-TMP recently] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to spend an additional $ 3 million *U* on similar programs through 1990] .
- [ARG0 A former executive] [rel agreed] [ARG1 that the departures do n't reflect major problems] , [ARGM-ADV *-2 adding : `` If you see any company that *T*-1 grows as fast as Reebok did *?* , it is going *-3 to have people coming and going] . ''
- MCA Inc. said 0 [ARG0 its toy-making unit] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to buy Buddy L Corp. , producer of a line of toy vehicles and preschool products] .
- It is [ARGM-ADV generally] [rel agreed] [ARG1 that when CFCs rise from earth to stratosphere *T*-1 , the chlorine in them is capable of *-2 interfering with the process through which ultraviolet rays split oxygen molecules and form ozone *T*-3] .
- [ARGM-LOC In one of the most sweeping environmental regulatory efforts to date -- involving products with an annual value of $ 135 billion *U* in the U.S. alone --] [ARG0 the signatories] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to curtail sharply the use of chlorofluorocarbons -LRB- CFCs -RRB-] .
- [ARGM-ADV Nevertheless] , [ARG0 Merrill Lynch] has [rel agreed] [ARG1 that if the thrift that *T*-2 issued Dr. Blumenfeld 's CD , Peoples Heritage Federal Savings & Loan Association in Salina , Kan. , is liquidated *-1 and the CD terminated *-4 , the brokerage firm would cover the premium 0 Dr. Blumenfeld paid *T*-3] .
- [ARG0 Nortek] has [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 not to acquire any securities of Federal-Mogul for 10 years and not to influence company affairs during that period] .
- [ARG0 A committee representing the unsecured creditors] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to accept 24 cents on the dollar] , Eagle said 0 *T*-2 .
- [ARG0 Murray Lawrence , Lloyd 's chairman ,] [rel agrees] [ARG1 0 the exchange faces big challenges] .
- In return for an ownership stake in the company , [ARG0 the pilots] were willing *-3 to [rel agree] to [ARG1-to a seven-year contract that *T*-1 included a no-strike clause and significant wage concessions and productivity gains 0 the union previously resisted *T*-2] .
- [ARGM-ADV As a `` good-will measure , ''] [ARG0 the pilots] had been working four extra hours a month and had [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to fly UAL 's two new Boeing 747-400 aircraft] .
- [ARG0 Mr. Katz] [ARGM-MNR happily] [rel agreed] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 sliding over the fact that California 's roads and bridges are n't funded *-2 by property taxes but by state and federal gasoline taxes] .
- [ARG0 Mr. Lombardo , the last of the defendants 0 *T*-1 to settle the suit ,] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-2 to pay the government the $ 250,000 *U* within one week] .
- In September , [ARG0 Ashland] settled the long-simmering dispute by *-1 [rel agreeing] [ARG1 *-2 to pay Iran $ 325 million *U*] .
- [ARG0 Ingersoll Publications Co.] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to buy the New Haven Register in a transaction valued * at $ 275 million *U* from Goodson Newspaper Group Inc] .
- [ARGM-TMP After *-2 talking on and off for the past four weeks] , Mr. Roman said 0 *T*-1 , [ARG0 he] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-2 to take the job] [ARGM-CAU because `` it 's the right time , it 's a terrific opportunity , and I think 0 I leave the company in very strong hands] .
- [ARG0 The company] later apologized and [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to make $ 8 million *U* in contributions to charities chosen * by him] .
- Spokesmen for Emerson and [ARG0 Vermont American] , which *T*-2 has [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-3 to be acquired *-1] , said 0 they do n't anticipate `` any problems '' with the completion of the transaction .
- In a last-ditch effort * to keep its sales force and customer base , Integrated Resources Inc. said 0 [ARG0 it] [rel agreed] [ARGM-MNR in principle] [ARG1 *-1 to transfer ownership of its broker-dealer subsidiary to two of its top executives] .
- National says 0 [ARG0 it] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to acquire Krysalis 's assets] and will start *-1 shipping commercial quantities of its first chips , including a 4-kilobit memory , [ARGM-TMP next year] .
- A `` syndicate '' of shareholders holds just under 50 % of AG , Mr. Lippens said 0 *T*-1 , and [ARG0 members] have [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-2 to give one another the right of first refusal] should they sell any AG shares .
- Besides *-1 signing Mr. Aikman to a sizable contract , [ARG0 Mr. Jones] has [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to pay rookie quarterback Steve Walsh $ 4.1 million *U* over the next four years] .
- [ARGM-DIS But] [ARG0 industry and OPEC officials] [rel agree] [ARG1 that a handful of members still have enough unused capacity * to glut the market and cause an oil-price collapse a few months from now if OPEC does n't soon adopt a new quota system *-1 to corral its chronic cheaters] .
- Dow Chemical Co. said 0 [ARG0 its Destec Energy Inc. unit] has [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to buy PSE Inc. , a Houston energy company , in a deal valued * at about $ 115 million *U*] .
- [ARG0 BanPonce] jumped 4 1\/2 to 47 3\/4 after *-2 [rel agreeing] [ARG1 * to be acquired *-1 by Banco Popular de Puerto Rico for $ 56.25 *U* a share] .
- [ARG0 DREXEL BURNHAM LAMBERT Inc.] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-3 to pay a $ 50,000 *U* fine to Delaware , the 26th state 0 *T*-2 to settle with Drexel in the wake of the firm 's guilty plea to federal insider-trading charges] .
- [ARGM-TMP Now] [ARG0 Bond Corp.] has [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to sell at least half its Australian brewing assets] .
- Besides the marketing agreement , GRE said 0 [ARG0 Nationwide Anglia] has [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to develop life insurance products with the composite insurer] .
- [ARG0 Mr. Muniak 's company , Balag Ltd. ,] has [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-2 to set aside the money 0 * to plant and maintain it *T*-3] , but discussions are still going on over where * to place it *T*-4 and how * to ensure that it will be maintained *-1 *T*-5 .
- [ARG0 Economists] [ARGM-ADV generally] [rel agree] [ARG1 that the rate was lowered *-1 by the Fed from around 9 % , where it had been since July *T*-2 , to about 8 3\/4 % in early October on the heels of a weak employment report] .
- [ARGM-ADV Without *-1 admitting any guilt] , [ARG0 the bureau] [rel agreed] to [ARG1-to several conditions] [ARGM-ADV if it again contracts with an outside firm * to publish its directories] .
- The conditions include [ARG0 *] not misrepresenting how many directories *T*-3 will be distributed *-1 , and [rel agreeing] [ARG1 *-4 to make refunds to directory advertisers if any misrepresentations are involved *-2 in the sale] .
- [ARG0 Japan] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to enforce a decision *ICH*-2 by an international wildlife conference * to ban all trade in ivory] , a spokesman for the Ministry of International Trade and Industry said *T*-3 .
- The offer is in limbo , however , because [ARG0 LIN] has [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to merge its cellular-phone businesses with BellSouth Corp] .
- [ARG0 Investment bankers following UAL] [rel agree] [ARG1 that the strongest impetus for an eventual deal is that the pilots have been attempting a buy-out for more than two years , and are n't likely *-1 to stop , *-1 having come so close to success] .
- [ARG0 Convex] [ARGM-DIS also] [ARGM-TMP recently] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to use Posix , a standard for the computer language called * UNIX] .
- Wisconsin Toy Co. said 0 [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MNR definitively] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to acquire closely held Everything 's a Dollar Inc. of Virginia Beach , Va. , for stock currently valued at about $ 4.7 million *U*] .
- [ARG0 Analysts] [rel agree] [ARG1 0 there is little holding sterling firm *ICH*-2 at the moment other than Mr. Lawson 's promise that rates will be pushed *-1 higher if necessary] .
- [ARG1 Instead] , [ARG0 both congressional and administration officials] [rel agreed] 0 *T*-2 , it grew out of talks about coup-planning in Panama that *T*-1 were initiated *-3 by the administration in July 1988 and stretched into last October .
- In fact , yesterday the administration and Congress were still differing on [ARG1-to what] *T*-1 had been [rel agreed] to *-2 .
- [ARG0 The three men] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-2 to rewrite the guidelines , without *-3 changing the basic assassination ban , *-3 to clear up any ambiguities that *T*-1 may have hampered U.S. encouragement of coups against anti-American leaders] .
- [ARG0 P&G , Cincinnati ,] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-2 to exchange 0.272 share of its common stock *ICH*-1 for each share of Noxell common and Class B stock , a total of about 11 million P&G shares] .
- [ARG0 Eagle Financial Corp. and Webster Financial Corp. , two Connecticut savings bank-holding companies ,] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to merge in a tax-free stock transaction] .
- [ARGM-DIS Also] [ARGM-TMP late last week] , [ARG0 UAL flight attendants] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to participate with the pilots in * crafting a revised offer] .
- One advantage 0 the buy-out group intends *-2 to press *T*-1 with the board is that [ARG0 pilots] have [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-3 to make $ 200 million *U* in annual cost concessions *-4 to help *-5 finance a bid] .
- The Food and Drug Administration said 0 [ARG0 American Home Products Corp.] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-3 to recall certain generic drugs that *T*-2 were produced *-1 by its Quantum Pharmics unit in Amityville , N.Y] .
- [ARG0 American Home Products , based * in New York ,] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to recall four other products , trazadone , doxepin , diazepam and lorazapam , because of concerns about data submitted * in their original approval applications before the FDA] .
- [ARGM-TMP Earlier this year] , [ARG0 Cordis , a maker of medical devices ,] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to plead *-2 guilty to felony and misdemeanor charges related to the pacemakers and to pay the government about $ 5.7 million *U* in fines and other costs] .
- [ARG0 The Sandinista government and the U.S.-backed insurgents] [rel agreed] [ARGM-TMP in March] [ARG1 *-1 to suspend offensive operations] , but there has been sporadic fighting .
- But once [ARG0 a franchisee] [rel agrees] to [ARG1-to a promotional program] , the franchiser can demand full participation to the very end , says 0 *T*-1 Lew Rudnick , a principal of Rudnick & Wolfe , a Chicago law firm with franchise industry clients .
- [ARG0 USX Corp. and its Japanese partner , Kobe Steel Ltd. ,] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to form a joint venture *-2 to build a new plant 0 *T*-3 to produce hot-dipped galvanized sheet products , mainly for the automotive market] .
- [ARG0 John Blodgett] [rel agrees] -- and he ought *-1 to know .
- The poll showed that company size had a bearing on a manager 's view of the problem , with 65 % of those in companies of more than 15,000 employees saying 0 stress-related problems were `` fairly pervasive '' and [ARG0 55 % of those in companies with fewer than 4,000 employees] [rel agreeing] .
- [ARG0 J. Thomas Allen , president of Pittsburgh-based Advanced Investment Management Inc. ,] [rel agrees] [ARG1 0 it *EXP*-1 's a good idea * to jump between the S&P 500 stocks and futures] .
- [ARGM-ADV Although the proposal must be approved *-1 by federal Judge Harold C. Abramson] , [ARG0 W. Herbert Hunt] has [rel agreed] to [ARG1-to the Peruvian mineral concern 's proposal] .
- Banc One Corp. said 0 [ARG0 it] [rel agreed] [ARGM-MNR in principle] [ARG1 *-1 to buy five branch offices from Trustcorp Inc. , Toledo , Ohio , following the planned merger of Trustcorp into Society Corp. , Cleveland] .
- His client , Mr. Davis , used just such a letter from Citicorp in *-1 pursuing UAL ; [ARG0 Citicorp] [ARGM-TMP later] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-2 to work with a competing UAL buy-out group] .
- [ARGM-ADV For those investors who *T*-3 believe -- or fear -- that 1990 will be a recession year] , [ARG0 many economists and money managers] [rel agree] on [ARG1-on steps that *T*-4 can be taken *-1 * to lower the risks in a portfolio] .
- [ARG0 The United flight-attendants union] [rel agreed] to [ARG1-to negotiations that *T*-1 could lead to the flight attendants contributing concessions to a revived bid in exchange for an ownership stake] .
- [ARGM-TMP Meanwhile] , [ARG0 Mr. Guber and Mr. Peters] had [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to extend their Warner agreement with the new five-year exclusive contract] .
- [ARG0 Sony] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to indemnify the producers against any liability to Warner] .
- Mr. Daly in his affidavit acknowledges that [ARG0 Warner] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to release the producers last year *-2 to take over MGM] but says 0 that situation was altogether different .
- Not only that , [ARG0 Sony] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to give them a stake in Columbia 's future profits and buy their company , Guber Peters Entertainment Co. , for $ 200 million *U* , almost 40 % more than the market value of the company] .
- Universal Studios was working on a competing film , but [ARG0 the studio and its producers] [ARGM-ADV ultimately] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to co-produce the film with Guber Peters and Warner] .
- [ARGM-TMP In July] [ARGM-TMP a year later] , [ARG0 Warner] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to release the producers from their old contract when Messrs. Guber , Peters and Sugarman made a $ 100 million *U* offer * to buy 25 % of MGM\/UA *T*-2] .
- The University said 0 [ARG0 the two companies] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to spend 25 million Canadian dollars -LRB- $ 21.3 million *U* -RRB- over 10 years on research at Canadian universities] [ARGM-ADV if they are successful in *-2 acquiring the vaccine maker] .
- The University is seeking an injunction against the Merieux bid , *-2 arguing that [ARG0 Connaught 's predecessor company] [rel agreed] [ARGM-TMP in 1972] [ARG1 that Connaught 's ownership would n't be transferred *-1 to foreigners] .
- But [ARG0 lawmakers of both parties] [rel agree] [ARG1 that the streamlining was temporary] .
- [ARGM-DIS Nevertheless] , [ARG0 the Bush administration] [rel agreed] to [ARG1-to the dubious arrangement] [ARGM-TMP in July] , [ARGM-TMP a few weeks before the Central American presidents met in Tela , Honduras , *-1 to discuss a timetable for * disbanding the anti-Sandinista rebels] .
- In Honduras , where the Contras are a hot political issue , he promised *-1 to help unblock some $ 70 million *U* in assistance withheld * due to the failure *ICH*-2 of local agencies * to comply with [ARG1-upon conditions] [rel agreed] upon * with [ARG2-with Washington] .
- That debt is part of the $ 2.1 billion *U* of Holiday debt that Bass PLC of Britain said 0 it would retire or assume *T*-1 when [ARG0 it] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-2 to buy the Holiday Inn business] [ARGM-TMP in August] *T*-3 .
- MCA owns WWOR in New York and [ARG0 Paramount] [ARGM-TMP last month] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to purchase a 79 % stake in the TVX Broadcast Group from Salomon Inc.] [ARGM-LOC in a deal valued * at $ 140 million *U*] .
- [ARG0 Banco Popular de Puerto Rico and BanPonce Corp.] -- [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to merge in a transaction valued * at $ 324 million *U*] .
- [ARG0 CML , Acton , Mass. ,] had [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to sell the unit to Reebok for about $ 42 million *U*] .
- [ARGM-TMP Last week] , [ARG0 Bonn] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-2 to reschedule 2.5 billion marks in Polish debt that *T*-1 came due last year] .
- MARK RESOURCES INC. , Calgary , Alberta , said 0 [ARG0 it] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to sell 75 million Canadian dollars -LRB- US$ 63.9 million *U* -RRB- of 8 % convertible debentures to a group of securities dealers] .
- Mr. Cook said that [ARGM-TMP last June] , [ARG0 the international executive committes of Deloitte and Touche] [rel agreed] to [ARG1-to a world-wide merger] .
- [ARG0 General Motors Corp. , a Deloitte audit client] , [ARGM-DIS for example] , has [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-2 to keep its annual $ 18 million *U* world-wide audit and associated tax work with the merged Deloitte-Touche firm , 0 *T*-3 to be known *-1 as Deloitte & Touche in the U.S.] .
- [ARG0 Analysts] [rel agreed] with [ARG2-with company expectations] [ARG1 that operating profit will be down this year and in 1990] .
- [ARG0 Lawmakers] scrapped all of a $ 7.4 million *U* State Department request for the 1992 Expo in Seville , Spain , but [rel agreed] [ARGM-LOC elsewhere] to [ARG1-to $ 15,000 *U* for an oil portrait of former Chief Justice Warren Burger] .
- [ARG0 Clinton and Timken] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 not to disclose the value of the contract] .
- In a statement , Alex Kroll , Young & Rubicam 's chairman , said `` [ARGM-LOC under the present circumstances] -LCB- [ARG0 we] -RCB- have [rel agreed] [ARG1 that it *EXP*-1 is prudent * to discontinue that contract] . ''
- [ARG0 Basketball star Michael Jordan and singer Randy Travis] have [ARGM-DIS also] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to appear in ads] .
- [ARG0 TransAtlantic , whose Transol Investments Ltd. unit *T*-1 owns the largest minority stake in Sun Life ,] has [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-2 not to make a takeover bid for the British life insurer without the prior consent of the French company , known * as UAP] .
- Pride Petroleum Services Inc. said 0 [ARG0 it] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to buy well-servicing assets of two companies] and expects *-1 to report higher third-quarter revenue and earnings .
- [ARG0 Brokers] [rel agreed] with [ARG1-with the two-tier price theory] .
- Amdura Corp. said 0 [ARG0 its bank group , led * by Chicago-based Continental Bank ,] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to extend its $ 40 million *U* bridge loan until March 31 , 1990] , and gave it a new $ 30 million *U* credit line .
- International Business Machines Corp. and MCA Inc. said 0 [ARG0 they] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to sell their Discovision Associates joint venture to U.S. units of Pioneer Electronic Corp. for $ 200 million *U*] .
- The Federal National Mortgage Association said 0 [ARG0 39 lenders across the U.S.] have [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to offer home loans under Fannie Mae 's pilot program for elderly people] .
- [ARG0 Fannie Mae] has [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-2 to buy as much as $ 100 million *U* of loans under its Seniors ' Housing Opportunities pilot program , which *T*-1 offers four types of loans to people 62 years of age or older *-3 to help them maintain their home or obtain housing] .
- [ARG0 Argentina and Britain] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to resume diplomatic and economic relations , seven years after the two nations battled over the Falkland Islands] .
- [ARG0 American Medical] has [rel agreed] to [ARG1-to the offer] , but [ARGM-TMP earlier this month said 0 it had received new `` expressions of interest '' from two previous bidders] .
- [ARG0 Sony] has [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to buy both companies] , but is in a legal battle with Warner Communications Inc. over the services of producers Peter Guber and Jon Peters .
- Combustion Engineering Inc. , Stamford , Conn. , said 0 [ARG0 it] sold *RNR*-2 *RNR*-5 and [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to sell *RNR*-2 *RNR*-5] several investments and nonstrategic businesses for about $ 100 million *U* , which *T*-4 will be used *-3 for * reducing debt and general purposes .
- [ARG0 The company] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to sell its minority investments in makers of steam-generating and related equipment , Stein Industrie and Energie & Verfahrenstechnik , to the major shareholder in the companies , Dutch-based GEC Alsthom N.V] .
- [ARG0 LIN] , which *T*-1 has [rel agreed] with [ARG2-with BellSouth Corp.] [ARG1 *-2 to merge their cellular-telephone businesses] , said then that it would n't take a position on McCaw 's revised tender offer .
- `` [ARG0 We] [rel agree] with [ARG2-with world] opinion [ARG1 that the status quo in South Africa is morally wrong] , '' says *T*-1 Pieter Bruwer , the Orange Workers ' chief scribe and pamphleteer .
- [ARG0 Mr. Canelo of Bear Stearns] [rel agrees] : `` [ARG1 If we do have an economic slowdown] , '' he says *T*-1 , `` companies with high debt ratios will be dumped *-2 en masse . ''
- [ARG0 Not everybody] [rel agrees] [ARG1 that it 's time 0 * to trim *T*-1] .
- [ARG0 I] [rel agreed] .
- Affiliated Bankshares of Colorado Inc. said 0 [ARG0 it] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to sell its 10 % interest in Rocky Mountain Bankcard Systems for $ 18.5 million *U* to Colorado National Bank of Denver and Central Bank of Denver] .
- Bank of New York Co. said 0 [ARG0 it] [rel agreed] [ARGM-MNR in principle] [ARG1 *-1 to acquire the credit-card business of Houston-based First City Bancorp. of Texas for between $ 130 million and $ 134 million *U*] .
- [ARGM-TMP Just last month] , [ARG0 a Bank of New York subsidiary] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-3 to buy the credit-card operation of Dreyfus Corp. 's Dreyfus Consumer Bank for $ 168 million *U* , a transaction that *T*-2 is expected *-4 to be completed *-1 by the end of the year] .
- [ARG0 First City , which *T*-1 issues both MasterCard and Visa cards ,] has [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-2 to act as an agent bank] .
- [ARG0 UAL 's management] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to reduce the seniority of those pilots in exchange for the support of the United pilot union for the buy-out proposal] .
- David Rahill of A. Foster Higgins & Co. said that clients of his consulting firm report that utilization management reduces their hospital care bills by about 5 % , but [ARG0 he] [rel agreed] [ARG1 that for the health-care system as whole , some of these savings are offset *-1 by administrative and outpatient care costs] .
- [ARG0 Jerome Grossman , chairman of the panel ,] [rel agrees] [ARG1 that administrative costs of utilization management programs can be high] .
- [ARG0 Bally Manufacturing Corp. and New York developer Donald Trump] have [rel agreed] [ARGM-MNR in principle] to [ARG1-to a $ 6.5 million *U* settlement of shareholder litigation stemming from Bally 's alleged greenmail payment to Mr. Trump] .
- In February 1987 , [ARG0 Bally] thwarted a possible hostile takeover bid from Mr. Trump by *-1 [rel agreeing] [ARG1 *-2 to buy 2.6 million of Mr. Trump 's 3.1 million Bally shares for $ 83.7 million *U* -- more than $ 18 million *U* above market price] .
- The amount 0 Bally and Mr. Trump will pay *T*-1 *-2 to settle the class-action suit pales in comparison to the $ 45 million *U* 0 [ARG0 Walt Disney Co. and Saul Steinberg 's Reliance Group Holdings Inc.] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-3 to pay *T*-4 *-5 to settle a similar suit] [ARGM-TMP in July] .
- [ARG0 International Proteins Corp.] [ARGM-MNR definitively] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to pay $ 49 million *U* and 2,850,000 of its shares for Hanson PLC 's Ground Round restaurant subsidiary] .
- [ARG0 Control Data Corp.] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to sell its idle supercomputer manufacturing plant here to Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co. for $ 5.8 million *U*] .
- He added that [ARG0 Eurocom and WCRS] had [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to provide a development fund of # 100 million *U* for acquisitions] .
- [ARGM-DIS In addition] , [ARG0 specialists on the exchanges] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to provide backup capital for market-making in Pacific exchange options traded * on the exchanges] .
- Sir John noted that [ARG0 GM , a longtime Jaguar supplier ,] [rel agrees] `` [ARG1 0 we should remain an independent company] . ''
- If [ARG0 no margin] [rel agreed] , there is a fallback rate of Libor plus 0.75 point in years one to 15 , and Libor plus 1.25 point thereafter .
- [ARG0 Ms. Smith] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel agreed] to [ARG1-to a permanent injunction barring her from *-1 acting as an officer , director or investment adviser of any mutual fund , unit investment trust or face-amount certificate company] .
- Computer Associates International Inc. , Garden City , N.Y. , and Digital Equipment Corp. said 0 [ARG0 they] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to jointly develop software 0 *T*-2 to help *-3 manage Digital 's Vax computers] .
- In a separate announcement , Trinova said 0 [ARG0 the Aeroquip group] has [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to sell its spring-brake , piston-brake and related businesses to Midland Brake Inc. of Branford , Conn] .
- [ARG0 A group of investors , including Giancarlo Parretti 's Pathe Communications Corp. and Sasea Holding S.A. ,] have [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to buy 76.66 % of Odeon Finanziaria , a financially troubled Italian TV station] .
- Florio Fiorini , managing director of Geneva-based Sasea , said 0 the investors would pay only a symbolic one lira for the station , `` but [ARG0 we] have [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-2 to raise the capital that *T*-1 will enable the company to continue *-3 operating] .
- The joint venture is being undone *-1 , with McCall 's magazine being sold *-2 last summer to the New York Times Co. 's Magazine Group for about $ 80 million *U* , and [ARG0 Time Warner] [rel agreeing] [ARG1 *-3 to sell back its 50 % interest in Working Woman and Working Mother to Mr. Lang] .
- [ARG0 Christian legislators] are insisting on a Syrian troop pullout from Lebanon before *-1 [rel agreeing] to [ARG1-to political changes giving the nation 's Moslems a greater role in Beirut 's government] .
- [ARG1 Nevertheless , the increasing likelihood that these two major supply disruptions will be resolved *-1 weighed on the market] , [ARG0 the analysts] [rel agreed] 0 *T*-2 .
- At noon Friday , a senior White House official advised Richard Rahn , the Chamber 's chief economist , that [ARG0 the White House] [ARGM-MOD would] [ARGM-NEG not] [rel agree] to [ARG1-to a budget reconciliation bill] [ARGM-ADV unless it had firm assurances that a vote on substance would be permitted *-1 in the Senate] .
- Two hours later , the first word *ICH*-1 emerged on Capitol Hill that [ARG0 the administration] had [rel agreed] to [ARG1-to reconciliation] [ARGM-ADV with no such assurances from Senate Democrats] .
- The budget reconciliation had *-2 to be dealt with *-1 by the Oct. 15 deadline , and [ARG0 these Senate Democrats] refused *-3 to [rel agree] [ARG1 *-4 to allow a vote 0 *T*-5 to append capital gains to the budget bill] , *-3 knowing 0 it would pass .
- [ARGM-ADV In return] , [ARG0 Mr. Craig] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to cooperate in the government 's continuing payola probe] , says 0 *T*-2 a spokeswoman for the U.S. attorney 's office .
- In a speech prepared * for delivery in New York yesterday , retired Justice Lewis Powell contested the notion that the last Supreme Court term marked a turn toward conservatism : `` [ARG0 Commentators] who *T*-1 [rel agreed] on [ARG1-on little else] unanimously proclaimed a ` shift in direction ' on the court ... .
- [ARGM-TMP In July] , [ARG0 Par and a 60%-owned unit] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to plead guilty in that inquiry , as did another former Par official *?*] .
- `` Lawmakers have been saying for weeks that they plan *-2 to roll back the cuts as soon as [ARG0 they] [rel agree] to [ARG1-to a compromise on a deficit-cutting bill] . ''
- [ARG0 Prospect , a New York-based leveraged buy-out firm ,] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-2 to invest $ 15 million *U* in Recognition , which *T*-1 in turn agreed *-3 to repurchase as much as $ 20 million *U* of its stock] .
- Prospect , a New York-based leveraged buy-out firm , also agreed *-2 to invest $ 15 million *U* in [ARG0 Recognition] , which *T*-1 [ARGM-ADV in turn] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-3 to repurchase as much as $ 20 million *U* of its stock] .
- Of the combined $ 114.4 million *U* 0 the two men were scheduled *-1 to reap *T*-2 under the buy-out , [ARG0 they] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-3 to invest in the buy-out just $ 15 million *U* *T*-5] , [ARGM-ADV * angering many of the thousands of workers asked * *-4 to make pay concessions so the buy-out would be a success] .
- US Facilities Corp. said 0 [ARG0 Robert J. Percival] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to step down as vice chairman of the insurance holding company] .
- In 1979 , the pair split the company in half , with [ARG0 Walter and his son , Sam ,] [rel agreeing] [ARG1 *-1 to operate under the Merksamer Jewelery name] .
- [ARG0 It] is providing $ 50 million *U* in emergency financing to the company and has [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to buy as much as $ 75 million *U* in receivables from B. Altman & Co. and Bonwit Teller , L.J. Hooker 's two fully owned department-store chains] .
- [ARGM-TMP In July] , [ARG0 Eastern and its creditors] [rel agreed] on [ARG1-on a reorganization plan that *T*-1 called for Eastern to sell $ 1.8 billion *U* in assets and to emerge from bankruptcy-law protection at two-thirds its former size] .
- [ARGM-DIS But] [ARG0 most experts] [rel agree] [ARG1 that the concept that *T*-2 is *-3 to be introduced *-1 drags in great complexity] ; they have been trying *-4 to head it off this year .
- [ARGM-DIS Similarly] , [ARG0 the House] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to add back $ 62 million *U* * to continue work on the advanced communications technology satellite , being developed by General Electric Co] .
- [ARG0 The Soviets] have [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to complete a treaty cutting strategic weapons without * including restrictions on space-based defenses] .
- [ARGM-ADV While the U.S. share of the increase probably will not reach the $ 12 billion *U* or more implicit in the IMF 's request for a doubling of its $ 90 billion *U* capital] , [ARG0 the administration] [ARGM-ADV probably] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel agree] to [ARG1-to a multibillion-dollar increase] .
- [ARGM-LOC In a move that *T*-1 could pose a new competitive challenge to Time Warner Inc. 's powerful Home Box Office] , [ARG0 cable giant Tele-Communications Inc.] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-2 to buy half of Showtime Networks Inc. from Viacom Inc. for $ 225 million *U*] .
- [ARGM-TMP Later] , [ARGM-DIS however] , [ARG0 the company] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to meet on Monday with the Seattle Professional Engineering Employees Association after a federal mediator intervened] , according to the union .
- [ARG0 The two companies] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to settle any future property rights issues over the next 10 years through binding arbitration] , both companies said 0 *T*-2 .
- [ARG0 He] has [ARGM-DIS also] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-2 to become president of a new subsidiary 0 *T*-3 to be formed *-1 * to make future acquisitions] , the company said 0 *T*-4 .
- Ford might challenge the proposal by *-2 offering a full bid if [ARG0 holders and the U.K. government] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to drop the anti-takeover barrier early] .
- [ARG0 Tele-Communications] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to buy half of Showtime Networks from Viacom for $ 225 million *U*] .
- [ARG0 Hooker 's U.S. unit] is expected *-1 to [rel agree] [ARGM-MNR in principle] [ARGM-TMP this week] [ARG1 * to sell its Merksamer Jewelers chain to management] , according to executives .
- Last week another potential buyer , [ARG0 Whitehall Financial Group] -- which *T*-1 had [rel agreed] [ARGM-TMP in August] [ARG1 *-2 to purchase most of Integrated 's core companies for $ 310 million *U*] -- ended talks with Integrated .
- [ARG0 Admirers of Mr. Glass] [ARGM-MOD may] [rel agree] with [ARG1-with the critic Richard Kostelanetz 's sense that the 1974 `` Music in Twelve Parts '' is as encyclopedic and weighty as `` The Well-Tempered Clavier] . ''
- [ARG0 Victor Wiener , the executive director of the Appraisers Association of America ,] [rel agrees] [ARG1 that Mr. Paul paid very dearly for the Rubens] and adds that * getting rid of it any time soon for a similar sum would be quite a feat .
- Helionetics Inc. said 0 [ARG0 it] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to team with a unit of Minneapolis-based Honeywell Inc. *-2 to provide power amplifiers for a new military sonar system being proposed * by Honeywell] .
- [ARGM-LOC At Saks Fifth Avenue] , [ARG0 Paul Leblang , senior vice president , marketing ,] [rel agreed] [ARG1 that lower prices will help his management team in their proposed LBO] .
- [ARG0 The court] , [rel agreeing] with [ARG2-with pipeline companies] , found 0 the March 31 deadline was `` arbitrary and capricious '' and `` highly prejudicial to the bargaining power of pipelines '' that *T*-1 were forced *-2 to negotiate settlement of the old take-or-pay contracts *-3 to meet the deadline .
- [ARG0 South Africa 's National Union of Mineworkers] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to suspend the strike by diamond workers and resume negotiations with De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd. over their wage dispute] , De Beers said 0 *T*-2 .
- It also said 0 [ARG0 the union] had [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to meet the company for further talks tomorrow] .
- Amcore Financial Inc. said 0 [ARG0 it] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to acquire Central of Illinois Inc. in a stock swap] .
- [ARG0 Robert Crandall , with the Brookings Institute ,] [rel agrees] .
- `` There 's nothing that *T*-1 says that [ARG0 people at Harvard Business school] have *-2 to [rel agree] with [ARG2-with each other] , '' said *T*-3 Mr. Buzzell .
- [ARG0 The two companies] [ARGM-TMP later] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to settle for $ 95 million *U*] .
- Options traders who *T*-2 , in return for a small fee , or premium , had previously sold put options on stocks or stock indexes were forced on Friday *-1 to buy those contracts back at the [ARGM-TMP previously] [rel agreed] [ARG1 prices] , which *T*-3 were substantially above those in the market as it was falling .
- [ARG0 The syndicate , led * by Schroders Asia Ltd. ,] [rel agreed] [ARGM-TMP last November] [ARG1 *-1 to provide the loan to Asia Development Corp. , a U.S. property developer] .
- [ARG0 K mart Corp.] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to acquire Pace Membership Warehouse Inc. for $ 23 *U* a share , or $ 322 million *U* ,] [ARGM-LOC in a move * to expand its presence in the rapidly growing warehouse-club business] .
- But some analysts contend 0 [ARG0 K mart] has [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to pay too much for Pace] .
- Mr. Friend says 0 [ARG0 he] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to strike Mr. Alexander above the belt] .
- [ARGM-DIS So] [ARG0 she] has [rel agreed] *-1 [ARG1 to forgo monetary damages against Mr. Alexander 's client in return for the right * to punch the attorney] .
- [ARGM-TMP Last month] , Mr. Friend says 0 *T*-1 , [ARG0 Mr. Alexander 's associate] [rel agreed] [ARG1 that Derr would pay $ 50,000 *U* as part of an overall settlement] .
- `` [ARG0 I] [ARGM-TMP never] [rel agreed] to [ARG1-to it] , '' Mr. Alexander says *T*-2 , *-3 adding that `` it *EXP*-1 's not necessary * to pay these nuisance settlements . ''
- [ARG0 Citibank and Chase] had [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to commit $ 3 billion *U*] , and said 0 they were `` highly confident '' of * raising another $ 4.2 billion *U* .
- It also negotiated an arrangement with Cable News Network [ARGM-LOC under which] [ARG0 CNN] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel agree] [ARG1 *-1 to air its last-minute creations] *T*-2 .
- Such *ICH*-2 is *T*-5 his reputation among the East Bay Bashers that [ARGM-TMP when he hit his first career home run last season *T*-3] , [ARG0 the fan who *T*-1 caught it] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-4 to turn the ball over to him in return for an autograph] .
- BancOklahoma Corp. said 0 it completed [ARG1-to a restructuring agreement] [ARGM-TMP previously] [rel agreed] to * by [ARG0 the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. , creditor banks and subordinated debenture holders] .
- It 's time for [ARG0 the exchanges and the Securities and Exchange Commission] to [rel agree] on [ARG1-on joint conditions for * halting trading or staying open] .
- Should [ARG0 the SEC and the Commodities Futures Trading Commission -LRB- which , with the SEC , *T*-2 regulates the Chicago stock-index markets -RRB-] be unable *-3 to [rel agree] , the issue may have *-4 to be resolved *-1 by decision of the Treasury secretary .
- [ARGM-TMP After the 1987 plunge] , [ARG0 markets] [rel agreed] [ARG1 that it *EXP*-1 would be wise * to halt trading whenever panic conditions arose *T*-2] .
- Says *ICH*-3 Mr. Dahlen , `` We 'll still be forced *-1 to sell [ARG1-with items] 0 [ARG0 we] [ARGM-MOD might] [ARGM-NEG not] [ARGM-MNR philosophically] [rel agree] with *T*-2 . ''
- In an attempt * to give new momentum to European Community plans for a single currency , [ARG0 EC government leaders] are likely *-1 to [rel agree] [ARG1 *-2 to set a date for * starting formal talks on * amending the EC 's founding Treaty of Rome] .
- [ARGM-ADV According to diplomatic sources in Brussels] , [ARG0 most EC leaders] [rel agree] that [ARG1 talks] should begin in the second half of 1990 , and will make a declaration on that during a summit meeting in Strasbourg , France , on Dec. 8 and 9 .
- Diplomatic sources said 0 [ARG0 Mr. Kohl] [ARGM-MOD may] [ARGM-TMP now] [rel agree] [ARG1 *-3 to set a date for the conference] [ARGM-PNC *-3 to make it *EXP*-1 clear that West Germany is still committed *-2 to EC unity] .
- The industry sought *-2 to impose conditions that *T*-1 would have delayed funds for the project until [ARG0 Denver and the airlines] had [rel agreed] to [ARG1-to leases for 50 % of the gates] .
- Though smaller in total dollars , [ARG0 the conference] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to preserve an estimated $ 30.6 million *U* in controversial subsidies to carriers serving rural or isolated airports] .
- [ARGM-DIS But] [ARG1-to the six-hour compromise] was [ARGM-TMP soon] [rel agreed] to *-1 [ARGM-LOC in subsequent discussions] .
- [ARG0 Sony] [ARGM-TMP two weeks ago] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to acquire Columbia for $ 3.4 billion *U* , or $ 27 *U* a share] .
- Gitano Group Inc. said 0 [ARG0 it] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to buy 50 % of Regatta Sport Ltd. , a closely held apparel maker , with the assumption of $ 3 million *U* of contingent debt] .
- BSN S.A. , a leading French food group , said 0 [ARG0 it] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to acquire Birkel G.m.b . H. , a West German pasta maker] .
- [ARG0 The Supreme Court] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-2 to decide whether a federal court may dismantle a merger that *T*-1 has won regulatory approval but been ruled *-3 anticompetitive in a private suit] .
- [ARG0 K mart] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to acquire Pace Membership Warehouse for $ 322 million *U*] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 expanding its presence in the growing wholesale-store business] .
- [ARGM-TMP Last month] , [ARG0 United Biscuits] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to sell its entire restaurant operations to Grand Metropolitan PLC for # 180 million *U*] .
- [ARGM-DIS But] [ARG0 most market observers] [rel agreed] [ARG1 that Friday 's stock market drop is what *T*-1 dampened spirits in the petroleum pits yesterday] .
- Knight-Ridder said 0 [ARG0 it] [rel agreed] with [ARG1-with estimates that net income for all of 1989 would be around $ 2.86 *U* a share , compared with $ 2.59 *U* a share a year earlier] .
- [ARGM-DIS As * previously reported *-2] , [ARGM-LOC under the terms of a confidentiality agreement with Dunkin ' Donuts] , [ARG0 the partners] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-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] .
- But it said 0 [ARG0 Charles Johnston , ISI chairman and president ,] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to sell his 60 % stake in ISI to Memotec upon completion of the tender offer for a combination of cash , Memotec stock and debentures] .
- Hughes Aircraft Co. , a unit of General Motors Corp. , said 0 [ARG0 it] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to purchase the Electro-Optics Technology division of Perkin-Elmer Corp] .
- [ARG0 The unions and the company] [ARGM-TMP last week] [rel agreed] to [ARG1-to mediation] .
- [ARGM-LOC In Somerset , Wis. ,] [ARG0 Adrian Sween , who *T*-1 owns a supplier of nursing-home equipment and is n't active in the stock market ,] [rel agrees] .
- [ARG0 Chicago investor William Farley] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to sell three divisions of Cluett Peabody & Co. for about $ 600 million *U* to Bidermann S.A. , a closely held clothing maker based * in Paris] .
- -- United Auto Workers Local 1069 , which *T*-1 represents 3,000 workers at Boeing 's helicopter unit in Delaware County , Pa. , said 0 [ARG0 it] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-2 to extend its contract on a day-by-day basis , with a 10-day notification * to cancel , while it continues *-3 bargaining] .
- [ARG0 Japan] , [ARGM-DIS however] , has [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to cut its quota to about 5 % from 5.9 % previously] .
- [ARGM-DIS However] , [ARG0 these agencies] [ARGM-ADV generally] [rel agree] [ARG1 that the West should be cautious about any further liberalization] .
- Financial Corp. said 0 [ARG0 it] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to buy the bonds] [ARGM-TMP after a representative of Ivan F. Boesky Corp. visited it in November 1983 and said 0 Financial Corp. could improve its financial condition by *-2 purchasing the bonds] .
- [ARG0 The Samsung Group and Bozell Inc.] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to establish a joint venture advertising agency in South Korea] .
- Gulf Resources & Chemical Corp. said 0 [ARG0 it] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-2 to pay $ 1.5 million *U* as part of an accord with the Environmental Protection Agency regarding an environmental cleanup of a defunct smelter 0 the company formerly operated *T*-1 in Idaho] .
- [ARG0 Mr. Burt] nonetheless paid the penalty as if he had lost , *-1 [rel agreeing] [ARG1 *-2 to spend a day with West German Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher *-3 frying and selling their combined weight in potato pancakes] .
- The European defense industry is consolidating ; for instance , West Germany 's Siemens AG recently joined GEC in a takeover of Britain 's Plessey Co. , and [ARG0 Daimler-Benz] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to buy Messerschmitt-Boelkow Blohm G.m.b . H .]
- Senators hope that the need * to avoid those cuts will pressure [ARG0 the House] to [rel agree] to [ARG1-to the streamlined bill] .
- Today could even be an up day , Mr. Davis says 0 *T*-1 , if [ARG0 major brokerage firms] [rel agree] [ARG1 *-2 to refrain from program trading] .
- [ARG0 Bolar , the subject of a criminal investigation by the FDA and the Inspector General 's office of the Health and Human Services Department ,] [ARGM-ADV only] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to recall two strengths of its version of Macrodantin `` as far down as direct customers , mostly wholesalers] , '' Mr. Nesbit said 0 *T*-2 .
- [ARG0 Lawmakers and administration officials] [rel agree] [ARG1 that Friday 's drop , by itself , is n't enough * to force both sides back to the table *-2 to try *-3 to reach a deficit-reduction agreement that *T*-1 would be more serious and more far-reaching than last spring 's gimmick-ridden plan , which *T*-4 still is n't fully implemented *-5] .
- [ARGM-DIS But] [ARG0 administration officials] [ARGM-MNR privately] [rel agree] with [ARG2-with Mr. Panetta , who *T*-1 said 0 a precipitous drop this week `` is going *-2 to force the president and Congress to take a much harder look at fiscal policy] . ''
- *-2 Asked *-1 if [ARG0 the administration] [rel agreed] , he curtly replied : 0 `` The adminstration will have *-3 to speak for itself . ''
- Senate Republicans expressed the hope that the House would follow the lead of [ARG0 the Senate] , which *T*-1 [ARGM-TMP on Friday] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-2 to drop a variety of spending measures and tax breaks that *T*-4 would have increased the fiscal 1990 deficit] .
- Compaq 's announcement also spells trouble for [ARG0 Zenith] , which *T*-1 last year had 28 % of the U.S. laptop market but [ARGM-TMP recently] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-2 to sell its computer business to Cie. des Machines Bull , the French government-owned computer maker] .
- [ARGM-LOC In an attempt * to appease U.S. regulators ' concern over a Goldsmith acquisition of Farmers] , [ARG0 Sir James] [ARGM-TMP in August] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to sell Farmers to Axa if he is successful in *-2 acquiring B.A.T] .
- [ARGM-ADV As part of the agreement] , [ARG0 Axa] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to invest $ 1 billion *U* in Hoylake Investments Ltd. , Sir James 's acquisition vehicle] .
- * Let 's begin by *-1 recognizing a main source of confusion -- `` national service '' has [ARGM-NEG no] [rel agreed] [ARG1 meaning] .
- [ARG0 Giant] [rel agreed] [ARGM-TMP last month] [ARG1 *-1 to purchase the carrier] .
- Lockheed Aeronautical Systems Co. , a unit of Lockheed Corp. , said 0 [ARG0 it] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to join with Aermacchi S.p . A. of Varese , Italy , * to propose a new generation of jet trainers for the U.S. Air Force] .
- [ARG0 A jury] [ARGM-TMP in 1986] [rel agreed] with [ARG1-with the USFL 's claims that the NFL monopolized major league football] .
- [ARGM-TMP Late last month] , [ARG0 the appeals court] [rel agreed] [ARG1 that most of the case should be dismissed *-1] .
- Vitro S.A. , a major Mexican glass maker , said yesterday that [ARG0 it] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-2 to buy Anchor Glass Container in a tender offer for $ 21.25 *U* a share , sweetened * from the original $ 20-a-share *U* offer 0 Vitro launched *T*-1 two months ago] .
- [ARG0 Columbia Pictures Entertainment] , which *T*-1 has [rel agreed] to [ARG1-to a friendly $ 27-a-share *U* bid from Sony of Japan] , fell only 1\/8 * to close at 26 5\/8 .
- Shares of [ARG0 American Medical International] , which *T*-1 [rel agreed] [ARGM-TMP last week] [ARG1 *-3 to accept a lower price from a buy-out group that *T*-2 includes First Boston Corp. and the Pritzker family of Chicago] , fell 15.8 % on Friday * to close at 20 .
- Both sides are *-1 to sit down next month for yet another meeting on [ARGM-MNR how] [ARG0 they] [ARGM-MOD might] [rel agree] on [ARG1 * reducing fin-syn restraints] *T*-2 .
- [ARGM-LOC In the agreement] , [ARG0 Recognition] [rel agreed] [ARG1 *-1 to pay the government $ 20,000 *U* in return for the release of all claims against the company , Mr. Moore and Mr. Reedy] .