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frames- [ARG0 They] also have become large purchasers of Fannie Mae 's corporate debt , *-2 [rel buying] [ARG1 $ 2.4 billion *U* in Fannie Mae bonds] [ARGM-TMP during the first nine months of the year] , or almost a tenth of the total amount issued * .
- They argue that [ARG0 U.S. investors] [ARGM-TMP often] [ARGM-MOD can] [rel buy] [ARG1 American depositary receipts on the big stocks] [ARGM-LOC in many funds] ; these so-called ADRs represent shares of foreign companies traded * in the U.S. .
- [ARGM-MNR That way] [ARG0 investors] [ARGM-MOD can] [ARGM-ADV essentially] [rel buy] [ARG1 the funds] [ARGM-ADV without *-1 paying the premium] .
- For [ARG0 people] who *T*-45 insist on *-5 jumping in now *-1 to [rel buy] [ARG1 the funds] , Newgate 's Mr. Foot says : `` The only advice 0 I have *T*-2 for these folks is that those who *T*-3 come to the party late had better *-4 be ready *-4 to leave quickly .
- The Toronto-based real estate concern said 0 each bond warrant entitles [ARG0 the holder] to [rel buy] [ARG1 C$ 1,000 *U* principal amount of debentures] at [ARG3-at par plus accrued interest to the date of purchase] .
- She became an abortionist accidentally , and continued because it enabled [ARG0 her] to [rel buy] [ARG1 jam , cocoa and other war-rationed goodies] .
- Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. said 0 it has reached an agreement *ICH*-1 in principle [ARG0 *] to [rel buy] [ARG1 buildings and related property in Albany , Ga. ,] from [ARG2-from Bridgestone\/Firestone Inc] .
- [ARGM-TMP Last October] , [ARG0 the company] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel bought] [ARG1 a wheel-loader manufacturing plant in Heidelberg , West Germany ,] from [ARG2-from Dresser] .
- Meanwhile , traders in Tokyo say that the prospect of lower U.S. interest rates has spurred [ARG1 dollar] [rel buying] by [ARG0-by Japanese institutions] .
- But some of [ARG0 the TV stations] that *T*-149 [rel bought] [ARG1 `` Cosby '' reruns] for [ARG3-for record prices] [ARGM-TMP two years ago] are n't laughing much these days .
- But the ratings are considerably below expectations , and some stations say 0 [ARG0 they] [ARGM-MOD may] [ARGM-NEG not] [rel buy] [ARG1 new episodes] [ARGM-TMP when their current contracts expire *T*-1] .
- Meanwhile , stations are fuming because , many of them say 0 *T*-1 , the show 's distributor , Viacom Inc. , is giving an ultimatum : [ARG0 *] Either sign new long-term commitments * to [rel buy] [ARG1 future episodes] or risk *-2 losing `` Cosby '' to a competitor .
- Sea Containers , a Hamilton , Bermuda-based shipping concern , said Tuesday that [ARG0 it] would sell $ 1.1 billion *U* of assets and use some of the proceeds *-2 to [rel buy] [ARG1 about 50 % of its common shares] for [ARG3-for $ 70 *U* apiece] .
- Temple added that Sea Containers is still mired *-2 in legal problems in Bermuda , where the Supreme Court has temporarily barred [ARG0 Sea Containers] from *-3 [rel buying] [ARGM-DIR back] [ARG1 its own stock] in a case brought * by Stena and Tiphook *T*-1 .
- But [ARG0 consumers] who *T*-169 [rel buy] [ARGM-ADV at this level] are also more knowledgeable than they were *?* a few years ago .
- `` [ARG0 They] [ARGM-MOD wo] [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel buy] [ARGM-ADV if the quality is not there] , '' said *T*-1 Cedric Martin of Martin Wine Cellar in New Orleans .
- [ARGM-LOC In every major market in the U.S.] , [ARGM-DIS for instance] , [ARG0 you] [ARGM-MOD can] [rel buy] [ARG1 '86 La Tache or Richebourg , virtually all of the first growth Bordeaux -LRB- except Petrus -RRB- , as well as Opus One and Dominus from California and , at the moment , the Stag 's Leap 1985 Cask 23] .
- Each right entitles [ARG0 the shareholder] to buy $ 100 *U* face amount of 13.5 % bonds due 1993 and warrants * to [rel buy] [ARG1 23.5 common shares] at 30 cents a share .
- Each right entitles [ARG0 the shareholder] to [rel buy] [ARG1 $ 100 *U* face amount of 13.5 % bonds due 1993 and warrants * to buy 23.5 common shares at 30 cents a share] .
- The industrial average jumped more than 41 points Tuesday as [ARG0 speculators] rushed *-1 to [rel buy] [ARG1 shares of potential takeover targets] .
- [ARGM-TMP Last year] , [ARG0 Mitsubishi International Corp. , the New York-based arm of Mitsubishi Corp. ,] [rel bought] [ARG1 controlling interest in the glass company] [ARGM-LOC in a joint venture with Ronald Bodner , a glass industry executive and Mitsubishi consultant] .
- 1 . [ARG0 *] [rel Buy] [ARG1 a new Chevrolet] .
- 4 . [ARG0 *] [rel Buy] [ARG1 a diamond necklace] .
- Rather than *-1 increasing dividends , [ARG0 some companies] have used cash *-1 to [rel buy] [ARGM-ADV back] [ARG1 some of their shares] , notes 0 *T*-2 Steven G. Einhorn , co-chairman of the investment policy committee at Goldman , Sachs & Co .
- [ARG0 He] owns about 45,000 shares of Campbell stock and has options * to [rel buy] [ARG1 more than 100,000 additional shares] .
- Los Angeles is a sprawling , balkanized newspaper market , and advertisers seemed *-1 to feel 0 [ARG0 they] [ARGM-MOD could] [rel buy] [ARG1 space in the mammoth Times] , then target a particular area with one of the regional dailies .
- Higher margins would chase away dozens of smaller traders who *T*-72 help [ARG0 larger traders] [rel buy] and sell , they say *T*-1 .
- They continually advise [ARG0 their clients] on [ARG1 which individual stocks] * to [rel buy] or sell *T*-1 , while their clients continue *-2 to hope for superior performance .
- When it occurs *T*-1 , the traders place [ARG0 orders *ICH*-2] via computers * to [rel buy] [ARG1 the basket of stocks -LRB- such as the 500 stocks that *T*-3 constitute the Standard & Poor 's 500 stock index -RRB- in whichever market *T*-4 is cheaper] and sell them [ARGM-LOC in the more expensive market] ; they lock in the difference in price as profit .
- [ARG0 Index traders] who *T*-71 [rel buy] [ARG1 all 500 stocks in the S&P 500] often do n't even know what the companies 0 they own *T*-1 actually do *T*-2 , complains 0 *T*-3 Andrew Sigler , chairman of Champion International Corp .
- `` If we have a real bad day , the program would say , ` [ARG0 *] [rel Buy] , ' '' he explains *T*-1 .
- She believes that the only answer for [ARG0 individuals] is * to `` [rel buy] [ARG1 stocks that *T*-1 'll weather any storm] . ''
- [ARG0 Mrs. Gorman] took advantage of low prices after the 1987 crash *-1 to [rel buy] [ARG1 stocks] and has hunted for other bargains since the Oct. 13 plunge .
- Each $ 5,000 *U* bond carries one warrant , exercisable from Nov. 30 , 1989 , through Nov. 2 , 1993 , 0 [ARG0 *] to [rel buy] [ARG1 shares] at [ARG3-at an expected premium of 2 1\/2 % to the closing price] [ARGM-TMP when terms are fixed *-1 Tuesday *T*-2] *T*-3 .
- Buying plans were mixed in October , with [ARG0 fewer households] indicating plans * to [rel buy] [ARG1 cars] and more saying 0 they will buy homes and appliances in the coming six months .
- Buying plans were mixed in October , with fewer households indicating plans * to buy cars and more saying 0 [ARG0 they] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel buy] [ARG1 homes and appliances] [ARGM-TMP in the coming six months] .
- In October , 6.7 % of respondents said 0 [ARG0 they] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel buy] [ARG1 a car] , * easing from September when 8.1 % anticipated a purchase *T*-1 .
- In October 1988 , 7.3 % said 0 [ARG0 they] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel buy] [ARG1 a car] .
- In October 1988 , 3.7 % said 0 [ARG0 they] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel buy] [ARG1 a house] .
- In October , 30.6 % said 0 [ARG0 they] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel buy] [ARG1 appliances] [ARGM-TMP in the coming six months] , compared with 27.4 % in September and 26.5 % in October 1988 .
- The size of IBM 's issue was increased *-1 from an originally planned $ 500 million *U* as [ARG0 money managers and investors] scrambled *-2 to [rel buy] [ARG1 the bonds] .
- In the investment-grade corporate market , `` it 's rare that [ARG0 you] get an opportunity * to [rel buy] [ARG1 a name that *T*-1 has such broad appeal and has such attractive call features] , '' said 0 *T*-2 James Ednie , a Drexel industrial bond trader .
- Futures Contracts -- Obligations [ARG0 *] to [rel buy] [ARGM-ADV -LRB- for those who *T*-1 have purchased a contract -RRB-] or deliver -LRB- for those who *T*-2 sold one -RRB- [ARG1 a quantity of the underlying commodity or financial instrument] at [ARG3-at the agreed-upon price] [ARGM-TMP by a certain date] .
- Indexing -- [ARG0 Many investors , mainly institutions ,] follow an investment strategy of * [rel buying] and holding [ARG1 a mix of stocks 0 *T*-1 to match the performance of a broad stock-market barometer such as the S&P 500] .
- [ARGM-ADV If stocks are temporarily `` cheaper '' than futures] , [ARGM-DIS for example] , [ARG0 an arbitrager] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel buy] [ARG1 stocks] and sell futures .
- Stock-index futures -- Contracts [ARG0 *] to [rel buy] or sell [ARG1 the cash value of a stock index] [ARGM-TMP by a certain date] .
- Stock-index options -- Options give [ARG0 holders] the right *RNR*-1 , but not the obligation *RNR*-1 , * to [rel buy] -LRB- a call -RRB- or sell -LRB- a put -RRB- [ARG1 a specified amount of an underlying investment] [ARGM-TMP by a certin date] at [ARG3-at a preset price , known * as the strike price] .
- [ARG0 New York financier Saul Steinberg] sought federal permission * to [rel buy] [ARG1 more than 15 % of United Airlines ' parent , UAL Corp.] , *-1 saying 0 he might seek control of the nation 's second-largest airline .
- The filing adds a new twist to market speculation that [ARG0 Coniston Partners , a New York money manager ,] has [rel bought] [ARG1 more than 5 % of UAL stock] and may challenge the UAL board 's decision *ICH*-1 last week * to remain independent .
- But some investors have used such filings *-1 to boost the value of their stock holdings , which -- without [ARG0 *-2] [rel buying] [ARG1 more stock] -- they then sold *T*-3 .
- [ARG0 Reliance] had [ARGM-TMP already] [rel bought] and sold [ARG1 UAL stock] at [ARG3-at a big profit] [ARGM-ADV without *-1 making an antitrust filing before the collapse Oct. 13 of the $ 6.79 billion *U* , $ 300-a-share *U* labor-management buy-out] .
- Intelogic Trace Inc. , San Antonio , Texas , said 0 [ARG0 it] [rel bought] [ARG1 2.7 million shares *RNR*-1 , or about 18 % *RNR*-1 , of its common stock] from [ARG2-from an unaffiliated shareholder] for [ARG3-for $ 3.625 *U* a share , or $ 9.9 million *U*] .
- Prices also were boosted *-1 by another rumor that [ARG0 Mexico , usually a large producer and exporter ,] might have *-2 to [rel buy] [ARG1 a large quantity of sugar] .
- Although [ARG0 traders] rushed *-3 to [rel buy] [ARG1 futures contracts] , many remained skeptical about the Brazilian development , which *T*-4 could n't be confirmed *-1 , analysts said 0 *T*-2 .
- Last year , [ARG0 it] had *-1 to [rel buy] [ARG1 sugar] [ARGM-LOC on the world market] [ARGM-PNC *-2 to meet export commitments] , they noted 0 *T*-3 .
- This year [ARG0 it] is expected *-1 to be a net importer and is said *-1 to be seeking *-2 to [rel buy] [ARG1 about 200,000 tons of sugar] [ARGM-PNC *-3 to meet internal needs] , analysts said 0 *T*-4 .
- As an indicator of the tight grain supply situation in the U.S. , market analysts said that late Tuesday [ARG0 the Chinese government] , which *T*-1 [ARGM-TMP often] [rel buys] [ARG1 U.S. grains] [ARGM-MNR in quantity] , turned instead to Britain *-2 to buy 500,000 metric tons of wheat .
- As an indicator of the tight grain supply situation in the U.S. , market analysts said that late Tuesday [ARG0 the Chinese government , which *T*-1 often buys U.S. grains in quantity ,] turned instead to Britain *-2 to [rel buy] [ARG1 500,000 metric tons of wheat] .
- [ARG0 Younkers management] is likely *-1 to [rel buy] [ARG1 a 10 % to 20 % *U* interest in the chain] [ARGM-TMP in January] , said 0 *T*-2 Fred S. Hubbell , Equitable 's president and chief executive officer .
- Heritage Media Corp. , New York , said 0 [ARG0 it] offered *-2 to [rel buy] [ARG1 the shares of POP Radio Corp. 0 it does n't already own *T*-1] [ARGM-LOC in a stock swap] .
- [ARG0 Steinberg] sought clearance 0 * to [rel buy] [ARG1 more than 15 % of United Air 's parent] *T*-2 , *-1 saying 0 he may seek control .
- Metallgesellschaft , a diversified Frankfurt , West Germany-based metals group , said 0 [ARG0 it] is [rel buying] [ARG1 the stake in the specialized engineering company] [ARGM-PNC *-1 to expand its production of environmental supplies for power plants] .
- Once its ownership is finalized *-1 , [ARG0 the new company] will open talks *ICH*-3 with state-appointed receivers 0 * to [rel buy] or lease [ARG1 Waertsilae Marine 's shipyard facilities] *T*-2 .
- Many grain processors and exporters use the price of the corn futures contracts traded * there *-1 to calculate the price 0 [ARG0 they] offer *T*-2 *-3 to [rel buy] [ARG1 corn] from [ARG2-from farmers] .
- Some analysts are worried that reports of the grain industry 's problems might spark [ARG0 investors] to begin *-1 [rel buying] [ARG1 corn futures contracts] -- [ARGM-ADV *-2 only to see little appreciation] .
- `` [ARG0 The public] is [rel buying] [ARG1 the market] [ARGM-TMP when in reality there is plenty of grain 0 *T*-3 to be shipped *-1 *T*-2] , '' said *T*-4 Bill Biedermann , Allendale Inc. research director .
- [ARG0 The Soviet Union] usually begins *-1 [rel buying] [ARG1 U.S. crops] [ARGM-TMP earlier in the fall] .
- [ARG0 The Soviet Union] [rel bought] [ARG1 roughly 310 million bushels of U.S. corn *ICH*-2] [ARGM-TMP in October] , which *T*-1 is the most ever sold * to the Soviet Union in one month from the U.S. .
- [ARG0 Proceeds of that sale] are *-1 to be used *-2 * to reduce debt and [rel buy] [ARGM-DIR back] [ARG1 shares] .
- The company noted that [ARG0 it] has reduced debt by $ 1.6 billion *U* since the end of 1988 and [rel bought] [ARGM-DIR back] [ARG1 about 15.5 million shares of common stock] [ARGM-TMP since the fourth quarter of 1987] .
- [ARG0 The fund] [ARGM-DIS also] [ARGM-MOD might] [rel buy] and sell [ARG1 futures and options contracts] , subject to approval by the New York State Insurance Department .
- People 's Savings Financial Corp. said 0 [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel buy] [ARGM-ADV back] [ARG1 as much as 10 % of its 2.4 million shares outstanding] [ARGM-CAU because the stock is undervalued *-37] .
- Although [ARG0 GM] has U.S. approval *-1 to [rel buy] [ARG1 up to 15 % of Jaguar 's stock] , it has n't yet disclosed how many shares it now owns *T*-3 .
- [ARG0 Individuals and corporations , as well as dealers trading for their own account ,] [ARGM-MNR actively] [rel bought] [ARGM-TMP Tuesday] .
- [ARGM-DIS For instance] , [ARG0 Ifint] [ARGM-TMP earlier this year] [rel bought] [ARG1 an 18 % stake in Alisarda , the Aga Khan 's airline , which *T*-120 flies between Italy and Sardinia] .
- Analysts expect [ARG0 Armstrong] to use proceeds of the sale *-1 to reduce debt , [rel buy] [ARGM-DIR back] [ARG1 stock] or perhaps finance an acquisition .
- Prosecutors , in an indictment based on the grand jury 's report , maintain that at various times since 1975 , he owned a secret and illegal interest in a beer distributorship ; plotted hidden ownership interests in real estate that *T*-156 presented an alleged conflict of interest ; set up [ARG0 a dummy corporation] 0 *T*-3 to [rel buy] [ARG1 a car] and obtain insurance for [ARG4-for his former girlfriend -LRB- now his second wife -RRB-] ; and maintained 54 accounts in six banks in Cambria County .
- `` My name is judge , '' Judge O'Kicki told a car salesman in Ebensburg *T*-2 when [ARG0 he] [rel bought] [ARG1 a new red Pontiac Sunbird] [ARGM-TMP in October 1984] *T*-1 , according to the grand-jury report .
- When [ARG0 the judge] [rel bought] [ARG1 his new Sunbird] from [ARG2-from James E. Black Pontiac-Cadillac in Ebensburg] [ARGM-TMP five years ago] *T*-1 , the dealership had `` certain apprehensions '' about the judge 's reputation , according to the grand-jury report .
- Each $ 5,000 *U* bond carries one warrant *ICH*-2 , exercisable from Nov. 30 through Nov. 2 , 1993 , [ARG0 *] to [rel buy] [ARG1 company shares] at [ARG3-at an expected premium of 2 1\/2 % to the closing share price] [ARGM-TMP when terms are fixed *-162 Tuesday *T*-1] .
- Each $ 5,000 *U* bond carries one warrant *ICH*-2 , exercisable from Nov. 30 through Nov. 2 , 1994 , [ARG0 *] to [rel buy] [ARG1 company shares] at [ARG3-at an expected premium of 2 1\/2 % to the closing share price] [ARGM-TMP when terms are fixed *-163 Monday *T*-1] .
- [ARG0 An increasing number of big Japanese investors] are [rel buying] up [ARG1 U.S. home mortgages that *T*-175 have been pooled *-2 and packaged *-2 for sale as interest-bearing instruments known * as mortgage-backed securities] .
- Since most mortgages can be prepaid or refinanced *-1 at any time , [ARG0 issuers of mortgage securities] retain the right * to [rel buy] [ARGM-ADV back] [ARG1 their bonds] [ARGM-TMP before maturity] .
- Since 1985 , Japanese investors have bought nearly 80 % of $ 10 billion *U* in Fannie Mae corporate debt issued * to foreigners , money that [ARG0 Fannie Mae] uses *T*-183 *-1 to [rel buy] [ARG1 mortgages] from [ARG2-from U.S. banks] .
- [ARGM-TMP Since 1985] , [ARG0 Japanese investors] have [rel bought] [ARG1 nearly 80 % of $ 10 billion *U* in Fannie Mae corporate debt issued * to foreigners , money that Fannie Mae uses *T*-183 *-1 to buy mortgages from U.S. banks] .
- Although poison pills come in different colors and shapes , [ARG0 they] usually give current shareholders the right * to [rel buy] [ARG1 more stock of their corporation] at [ARG3-at a large discount] [ARGM-ADV if certain events occur -- typically , if a hostile bidder acquires more than a specified percentage of the corporation 's stock] .
- [ARG0 *] [rel Buying] [ARG1 51 % of Rockefeller Group Inc.] is right up Mitsubishi Estate Co. 's alley in one sense : The huge Japanese real estate company is entering a long-term relationship with a similarly conservative U.S. owner of tony urban property .
- Critics say 0 [ARG0 Mitsubishi Estate 's] decision * to [rel buy] into [ARG1-into Rockefeller] reflects the degree to which companies are irritated *-2 by the pressure * to act for the good of Japan *T*-1 .
- `` [ARG0 Those] who *T*-1 have no money and *T*-1 are [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel buying] think 0 it *EXP*-3 's right * to refrain , but those with money who *T*-193 want *-4 to buy for themselves pay no attention , '' says *T*-2 an official of the Japan-U.S . Business Council .
- `` Those who *T*-1 have no money and *T*-1 are n't buying think 0 it *EXP*-3 's right * to refrain , but [ARG0 those] with money who *T*-193 want *-4 to [rel buy] for [ARG4-for themselves] pay no attention , '' says *T*-2 an official of the Japan-U.S . Business Council .
- First of all , it is a friendly acquisition in which Rockefeller sought out Mitsubishi Estate and asked [ARG0 it] *-2 to [rel buy] [ARG1 a majority share] *T*-1 .
- In his affidavit , Mr. Yetnikoff accused Warner Chairman Steven J. Ross of *-2 having an `` antiSony , anti-Japanese bias '' and said that Mr. Ross had tried *-1 to talk him out of *-3 letting [ARG0 Sony] [rel buy] [ARG1 CBS Records] two years ago for that reason .
- Seagram asks [ARG0 customers] *-2 to [rel buy] [ARG1 only two or three bottles] [ARGM-TMP over a 12-month period] , says 0 *T*-1 Richard Shaw , vice president of U.S. direct marketing .
- This system produced [ARG1 boring , boxy cars] that [ARG0 consumers] [ARGM-ADV just] were [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel buying] *T*-245 .
- [ARG0 He] joined the firm in 1963 and * [rel bought] [ARG1 it] from [ARG2-from the owners] [ARGM-TMP the next year] .
- Sea Containers Ltd. , in a long-awaited move * to repel a hostile takeover bid , said 0 it will sell $ 1.1 billion *U* of assets and use some of the proceeds [ARG0 *-1] to [rel buy] [ARG1 about 50 % of its common shares] for [ARG3-for $ 70 *U* apiece] .
- Sea Containers said 0 the offer will proceed after the Bermuda Supreme Court lifts or modifies an interim injunction restraining [ARG0 the company] from *-1 [rel buying] [ARG1 its shares] .
- `` They hope 0 [ARG0 they] [ARGM-MOD can] [rel buy] [ARG1 some government cost discipline] , '' but this is a false hope , Mr. Schramm says 0 *T*-1 .
- [ARG0 Georgia-Pacific] owns 349,900 Nekoosa shares and *-1 would need federal antitrust clearance * to [rel buy] [ARG1 more than $ 15 million *U* worth] .
- Moreover , `` it *ICH*-1 's a lot cheaper and quicker *ICH*-2 [ARG0 *] to [rel buy] [ARG1 a plant] than * to build one . ''
- Dycom Industries gained 3\/4 to 16 3\/4 after it said 0 [ARG0 it] agreed *-1 to [rel buy] [ARG1 Ansco & Associates and two affiliates] for [ARG3-for cash and stock] .
- [ARG1 Brooks Brothers] , which [ARG0 Marks] [rel bought] *T*-1 [ARGM-TMP last year] , saw operating profit drop in half to # 5 million *U* .
- The portfolio unit of the French bank group Credit Lyonnais told stock market regulators that [ARG0 it] [rel bought] [ARG1 43,000 shares of Cie. de Navigation Mixte] , [ARGM-PNC apparently * to help *-1 fend off an unwelcome takeover bid for the company] .
- Earlier yesterday , the Societe de Bourses Francaises was told *-1 that [ARG0 a unit of Framatome S.A.] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel bought] [ARG1 Navigation Mixte shares] , [ARGM-ADV this purchase covering more than 160,000 shares] .
- Navigation Mixte 's chairman had suggested that [ARG0 friendly institutions] were likely *-1 to [rel buy] [ARG1 its stock] [ARGM-TMP as soon as trading opened Monday] .
- [ARGM-LOC In stock-index arbitrage] , [ARG0 traders] [rel buy] and sell [ARG1 large amounts of stock with offsetting trades in stock-index futures] [ARGM-PNC *-1 to profit from fleeting price discrepancies between the two markets] .
- Many specialist firms resent the Big Board 's new `` basket '' product that *T*-143 allows [ARG0 institutions] to [rel buy] or sell [ARG1 all stocks in the Standard & Poor 's 500-stock index] [ARGM-MNR in one shot] .
- Mr. Phelan has had difficulty * convincing the public that the Big Board is serious about * curbing volatility , especially as the exchange clearly relishes its role as the home for $ 200 billion *U* in [ARG0 stock-index funds] , which *T*-145 [rel buy] [ARG1 huge baskets of stocks] [ARGM-PNC * to mimic popular stock-market indexes like the Standard & Poor 's 500] , and which sometimes *T*-146 employ program trading .
- Sea Containers plans *-1 to sell $ 1.1 billion *U* of assets and use some of the proceeds [ARG0 *-2] to [rel buy] [ARG1 about 50 % of its common shares] for [ARG3-for $ 70 *U* each] .
- [ARG0 More big Japanese investors] are [rel buying] [ARG1 U.S. mortgage-backed securities] , [ARGM-ADV * reversing a recent trend] .
- Each right entitles [ARG0 shareholders] to [rel buy] [ARG1 one-half share of common] for [ARG3-for $ 30 *U*] .
- [ARG0 Wary investors] have been running for the stock market 's equivalent of bomb shelters , *-1 [rel buying] [ARG1 shares of gold-mining and utility companies] .
- `` Anyone telling [ARG0 you] *-1 to [rel buy] [ARG1 stocks] [ARGM-LOC in this market] is technically irresponsible .
- Nevertheless , Mr. Stovall emphasizes that `` [ARG0 you] do [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel buy] [ARG1 -LCB- gold stocks -RCB-] [ARGM-MNR based on powerful fundamentals] . ''
- 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 agreed *-2 to [rel buy] [ARG1 most of I.C.H. 's Denver-based subsidiaries] .
- Bond Corp. , British Satellite 's biggest investor , would like *-1 to withdraw from the satellite-TV consortium , and analysts have speculated 0 [ARG0 Hollywood studios] [ARGM-MOD might] [rel buy] [ARG1 the Bond stake] .
- Tokyu Group announced during the weekend that [ARG0 each Group company] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel buy] [ARG1 the others ' stocks] [ARGM-PNC *-1 to defend themselves against a rumored takeover] .
- However , analysts expect [ARG0 the Fed] to [rel buy] [ARG1 Treasury bills that *T*-2 were auctioned *-1 yesterday in the secondary market] .
- Because the U.S. leads in most areas of biotechnology -- largely because of research investment by the U.S. government -- the sale is sure *-1 to increase concerns that [ARG0 Japanese companies] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel buy] [ARG1 American know-how] and use it *-2 to obtain the upper hand in biotechnology trade and competition .
- [ARG0 Kawasaki Steel Corp.] [rel bought] [ARG1 a Soviet steel-casting patent] [ARGM-TMP two years ago] and has jointly developed the system with the Soviets .
- Out of the blue , the Soviet Chamber of Commerce handed over details on [ARG1 59 technologies] that [ARG0 the Japanese] might want *-1 to [rel buy] .
- Tom Panelli had a perfectly good reason for * not using [ARG1 the $ 300 *U* rowing machine] 0 [ARG0 he] [rel bought] *T*-1 [ARGM-TMP three years ago] .
- She 's trying *-2 to sell [ARG1 a $ 150 *U* exercise bike] 0 [ARG0 she] [rel bought] *T*-1 [ARGM-TMP about five years ago] for [ARG4-for her roommate] .
- Only one in four companies with flexible benefit plans lets [ARG0 workers] [rel buy] or sell [ARG1 vacation days] , consultant Towers Perrin says 0 *T*-1 .
- [ARG0 A group of Michigan investors] has offered *-2 to [rel buy] [ARG1 Knight-Ridder Inc. 's ailing Detroit Free Press] for [ARG3-for $ 68 million *U*] but has left unclear how the offer will be financed *-1 *T*-3 .
- Edison Brothers Stores Inc. said 0 [ARG0 it] agreed *-1 to [rel buy] [ARG1 229 Foxmoor women 's apparel stores] from [ARG2-from Foxmoor Specialty Stores Corp. , a unit of Dylex Ltd. of Toronto] .
- Already Chrysler has closed the Kenosha , Wis. , plant 0 it acquired *T*-1 when [ARG0 it] [rel bought] [ARG1 American Motors Corp.] [ARGM-TMP in 1987] *T*-2 .
- `` If [ARG1 *] [rel bought] at [ARG3-at the right price] , it could still be profitable , '' said *T*-1 Jeffrey Stein , an analyst at McDonald & Co. , Cleveland .
- The reluctance *ICH*-1 of [ARG0 traders] * to [rel buy] [ARG1 contracts] indicates that they have begun *-2 focusing on demand rather than supply .
- [ARGM-TMP Recently] , [ARG0 Japan] has been [rel buying] [ARG1 copper] [ARGM-LOC elsewhere] .
- Earlier this month , the Supreme Soviet adopted two more resolutions restricting the freedom of cooperatives : The first enables the soviets to set prices for which goods may be sold *-1 *T*-2 ; the second bans [ARG0 cooperatives] from *-3 [rel buying] `` [ARG1 industrial and food goods] '' from [ARG2-from the state or other cooperatives] .
- Quotron is n't profitable on Citicorp 's books because of the interest charges 0 [ARG0 the New York bank holding company] incurred *T*-1 in *-3 [rel buying] [ARG1 the financial-data concern] for [ARG3-for $ 680 million *U*] , says 0 *T*-2 Ronald I. Mandle , analyst for Sanford C. Bernstein & Co .
- Of course , [ARG0 *] [ARGM-ADV simply] [rel buying] [ARG1 computers] does n't always solve problems , and many American companies have erred by *-2 purchasing technology 0 they did n't understand *T*-1 .
- [ARGM-LOC In stock-index arbitrage] , [ARG0 traders] [rel buy] and sell [ARG1 large amounts of stocks with offsetting trades in stock-index futures and options] .
- He sold them well below market value *-2 to raise cash `` *-3 to pay off [ARG0 mounting credit-card debts] , '' incurred * * to [rel buy] [ARG1 presents] for [ARG4-for his girlfriend] , his attorney , Philip Russell , told IFAR 0 *T*-1 .
- Ford has acquired more than 13 % of Jaguar 's shares , and [ARG0 GM] has received U.S. regulatory clearance * to [rel buy] [ARG1 15 %] .
- [ARGM-TMP Last October] , [ARG0 Quebecor] [rel bought] [ARG1 23 Canadian printing plants] from [ARG2-from BCE Inc. , a Montreal telecommunications , manufacturing , energy and real estate company] .
- [ARGM-ADV According to its most recent annual report , covering the 15 months ended March 31] , [ARG0 Maxwell Communication] [rel bought] [ARG1 $ 3.85 billion *U* in assets -- including Macmillan Inc. and Official Airlines Guides --] and sold $ 2 billion *U* in non-strategic businesses .
- [ARG0 They] are [rel buying] [ARG1 an operation that *T*-1 is running well] . ''
- Allianz said 0 [ARG0 it] won French government approval * to [rel buy] [ARG1 as much as one-third of Navigation Mixte , a diversified financial , transport and food holding company] .
- [ARG0 Commerzbank] had hoped *-1 to [rel buy] [ARG1 a stake in Credit Lyonnais] , until the Socialists returned to government last year and canceled plans * to privatize the large French bank .
- Paris market sources said 0 they believed 0 [ARG0 Allianz] was [rel buying] [ARGM-TMP yesterday morning] , and Navigation Mixte moved up 108 francs -LRB- $ 17.19 *U* -RRB- *-1 to close at 1,908 francs in heavy trading .
- Allianz also holds a 50 % stake in Navigation Mixte 's insurance subsidiary , [ARG1 one of France 's largest insurance groups] , which [ARG0 it] [rel bought] *T*-1 for [ARG3-for about 6.5 billion francs] [ARGM-TMP just before Paribas launched its bid] .
- [ARG0 Mercury] also is shrinking itself , part of its plan * to change its emphasis from * [rel buying] [ARG1 mortgage loans] from [ARG2-from mortgage brokers] to * making loans directly .
- Bancroft Convertible Fund Inc. , New York , likely will reject a renewed offer *ICH*-1 from [ARG0 Florida investor Robert I. Green] * to [rel buy] [ARG1 Bancroft] for [ARG3-for $ 18.95 *U* a share] .
- [ARG1 Gen-Probe] agreed *-2 to be [rel bought] *-1 by [ARG0-by Chugai Pharmaceutical] for [ARG3-for about $ 110 million *U*] .
- Nashua Corp. , rumored * a potential takeover target for six months , said that [ARG0 a Dutch company] has sought U.S. approval * to [rel buy] [ARG1 up to 25 % of Nashua 's shares] .
- Nashua immediately responded by *-1 strengthening a poison-pill plan and saying 0 [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel buy] [ARGM-DIR back] [ARG1 up to one million of its shares , or 10.4 % of the 9.6 million outstanding] .
- Nashua , whose major business *T*-1 is * selling copiers , facsimile machines and related supplies , said 0 [ARG0 Reiss & Co . B.V. of the Netherlands] filed a request *ICH*-2 with the Federal Trade Commission under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act for permission * to [rel buy] [ARG1 more than $ 15 million *U* of Nashua 's stock but less than 25 %] .
- The company said 0 it amended its shareholder rights plan by *-2 reducing to 10 % from 20 % the level of ownership by an outsider that *T*-1 would trigger the issuance to [ARG0 other holders] of rights * to [rel buy] [ARG1 additional shares of Nashua common] at [ARG3-at half price] .
- Stock-index funds frequently use the futures markets as a hedging tool , but that is a far less aggressive strategy than stock-index arbitrage , in which [ARG0 traders] [rel buy] and sell [ARG1 big blocks of stocks with offsetting trades in stock-index futures] [ARGM-PNC *-2 to profit from price differences] *T*-1 .
- Margin rules determine the minimum amount of cash 0 [ARG0 an investor] must put up *T*-1 [ARGM-TMP when] *-2 [rel buying] [ARG1 a security] *T*-3 .
- Stock-index arbitrage , because [ARG0 it] sells the more `` expensive '' market and [rel buys] [ARG1 the `` cheaper '' one] , attempts *-1 to reestablish the link between the stock and futures markets , and the adjustments are often abrupt .
- `` We have men who *T*-1 only buy their shirts and underwear here or [ARG0 younger customers] who *T*-2 [ARGM-ADV only] [rel buy] [ARG1 their -LCB- job -RCB- interview suit] [ARGM-LOC here] , '' says *T*-3 William Roberti , chairman *RNR*-4 and chief executive officer *RNR*-4 of Brooks Brothers . ``
- `` We have [ARG0 men] who *T*-1 [ARGM-ADV only] [rel buy] [ARG1 their shirts and underwear] [ARGM-LOC here] or younger customers who *T*-2 only buy their -LCB- job -RCB- interview suit here , '' says *T*-3 William Roberti , chairman *RNR*-4 and chief executive officer *RNR*-4 of Brooks Brothers . ``
- We want [ARG0 them] to [rel buy] [ARG1 more of their wardrobe] [ARGM-LOC here] . ''
- So two weeks ago , [ARG0 thousands of Brooks Brothers charge customers -- customers conditioned * *-1 to wait for twice-yearly clearance sales --] got a surprise : an invitation * to come in and [rel buy] [ARG1 any one item] for [ARG3-for 25 % off] .
- Ferro Corp. said 0 [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel buy] [ARGM-ADV back] [ARG1 as many as one million common shares] .
- The plan calls for [ARG0 the company] to [rel buy] [ARGM-ADV back] [ARG1 2,250,000 shares] , which *T*-3 reflects a 3-for-2 stock split this year .
- [ARGM-TMP So far] [ARG0 the company] had [rel bought] [ARGM-ADV back] [ARG1 1.6 million shares] .
- Mr. Price , 61 years old , also stepped down from the board of TVS Entertainment PLC , [ARG0 the British TV company] that *T*-1 [ARGM-TMP last year] [rel bought] [ARG1 MTM , producer of such TV programs as `` Hill Street Blues '' and `` The Mary Tyler Moore Show] . ''
- [ARG0 Society Corp. , which *T*-1 is also a bank ,] agreed in June *-2 to [rel buy] [ARG1 Trustcorp] for [ARG3-for 12.4 million shares of stock with a market value of about $ 450 million *U*] .
- The reorganization is supposed *-1 to make one-stop shopping -- [ARG0 *] [rel buying] [ARG1 advertising , public relations and design] all [ARGM-LOC in one place] , or `` Ogilvy Orchestration '' in Ogilvyspeak -- a reality .
- While our competitors are concerned *-1 with their financial viability and possible ownership changes , [ARG0 we] will be concentrating on *-3 [rel buying] and selling [ARG1 merchandise 0 our customers need and want *T*-2] . ''
- Since [ARG0 KKR] [rel bought] [ARG1 RJR] [ARGM-TMP in February] for [ARG3-for $ 25 billion *U* of debt] , it has agreed *-1 to sell nearly $ 5 billion *U* of RJR assets .
- *-1 Think 0 [ARG0 I] [ARGM-MOD 'll] [rel buy] [ARG1 one of those `` I Survived '' T-shirts] [ARGM-ADV after all] .
- [ARG0 The people who *T*-1 tape the most] [rel buy] [ARG1 the most] . ''
- [ARG0 *] [rel Buying] from [ARG2-from willing shareholders] makes an unfriendly takeover impossible , Mr. Rey contends 0 *T*-1 .
- `` [ARG0 I] [rel bought] from [ARG2-from willing shareholders] . ''
- Meanwhile , as such strategic investments have mounted , [ARG0 the merchant-banking arm of Mr. Rey 's Omni Holding] has been [ARGM-MNR busily] [rel buying] and selling [ARG1 dozens of companies] , [ARGM-TMP often after a financial or corporate restructuring] .
- [ARGM-TMP In August] , [ARG0 Omni] [ARGM-MNR unexpectedly] [rel bought] [ARG1 Inspectorate 's 80 % stake in Harpener AG of West Germany , a land-rich company] .
- [ARG0 Mr. Rey] [rel bought] [ARG1 a controlling stake in Inspectorate] for [ARG3-for 18 million Swiss francs] [ARGM-TMP in 1982] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 building up the little-known engineering company with European and U.S. acquisitions] .
- He said 0 the move toward standard operating systems means 0 [ARG0 customers] are n't locked *-1 into *-2 [rel buying] from [ARG2-from their traditional computer supplier] and can force prices down .
- The forecasts were widely disseminated , and , in a splashy ad campaign launched * in the summer of 1988 , Merrill Lynch urged [ARG0 investors] *-1 to [rel buy] [ARG1 bonds] .
- Crane holds 504,200 Milton Roy shares , including [ARG1 254,200] [rel bought] * [ARGM-TMP from Sept. 14 to Thursday] for [ARG3-for $ 15.50 to $ 16.75 *U* each] .
- RA acquired the Howick coal mine [ARGM-TMP Oct. 20] when [ARG0 it] [rel bought] [ARG1 British Petroleum Co. 's Australian coal interests] for [ARG3-for $ 275 million *U*] *T*-1 .
- So [ARG0 its senior executives] are talking openly about *-1 [ARGM-ADV possibly] [rel buying] [ARGM-DIR back] [ARG1 some of the company 's $ 172.5 million *U* in subordinated convertible debentures] [ARGM-TMP next year] .
- *-1 Noting that [ARG0 the company] is offering *-2 to [rel buy] [ARGM-DIR back] [ARG1 $ 154.2 million *U* in senior notes paying 12 3\/4 %] , he said 0 the response will help *-3 determine future debt-reduction efforts .
- In the opener , [ARG0 Sony Corp.] would agree *-1 to [rel buy] [ARG1 Columbia Pictures Entertainment Inc.] [ARGM-LOC in a transaction valued * at close to $ 5 billion *U*] .
- Shortly after that , [ARG0 Sony] would offer *-1 to [rel buy] [ARG1 Guber-Peters Entertainment Co.] for [ARG3-for $ 200 million *U*] and offer its co-chairmen , Peter Guber and Jon Peters , the chance * to run Columbia .
- Mr. Guber says 0 he brought to lunch a release document 0 Warner had agreed to *T*-1 in 1988 , when [ARG0 he and Mr. Peters] made an aborted bid * to [rel buy] [ARG1 part of MGM\/UA Entertainment Co.] [ARGM-PNC *-2 to run the MGM studio] *T*-3 .
- [ARGM-DIS But] [ARGM-ADV by all accounts] [ARG0 foreign companies] have [rel bought] [ARG1 only a relative handful of Japanese companies] [ARGM-TMP this year] , [ARGM-ADV while Japanese companies have acquired hundreds of foreign companies] .
- In response to BellSouth 's amended pact , [ARG0 the Kirkland , Wash. , company] extended its own offer * to [rel buy] [ARG1 22 million LIN shares] for [ARG3-for $ 125 *U* apiece] , which *T*-1 would give McCaw a 50.3 % controlling interest .
- *-1 To sweeten the pact further -- and to ease concerns of institutional investors -- BellSouth added a provision designed * *-3 to give extra protection to holders if [ARG0 the regional Bell company] ever decides *-2 to [rel buy] [ARG1 the rest of the new cellular company] .
- But Kenneth Leon , a telecommunications analyst with Bear , Stearns & Co. , finds the BellSouth proposal still flawed *-4 because [ARG0 the company] does n't have *-1 to wait five years *-2 to begin *-3 [rel buying] [ARG1 more LIN shares] .
- Mr. Leon of Bear Stearns speculated that [ARG0 McCaw] , in an attempt * to [rel buy] [ARG1 time] , might consider *-3 filing an antitrust suit against BellSouth with the Justice Department and U.S. District Judge Harold Greene , who *T*-1 oversees enforcement of the consent decree that *T*-2 broke up the Bell system in 1984 .
- In addition , [ARG0 New York-based LIN] would exercise its right * to [rel buy] out for [ARG3-for $ 1.9 billion *U*] [ARG1 the 55 % equity interest of its partner , Metromedia Co. , in a New York cellular franchise] .
- On days when prices are tumbling *T*-1 , [ARG0 they] must be willing *-2 to [rel buy] [ARG1 shares] from [ARG2-from sellers] [ARGM-TMP when no one else will *T*-3] .
- Fund managers said 0 Friday 's profittaking was a natural result of the week 's `` abnormal fever '' in [ARG0 *] [rel buying] [ARG1 real estate , shipbuilding , steel and construction shares] .
- Then [ARG0 Procter & Gamble Co.] agreed *-1 to [rel buy] [ARG1 Noxell Corp.] for [ARG3-for $ 1.3 billion *U*] .
- It is partly for this reason that the exchange last week began *-3 trading in its own stock `` basket '' product that *T*-2 allows [ARG0 big investors] to [rel buy] or sell [ARG1 all 500 stocks in the Standard & Poor 's index] [ARGM-MNR in a single trade] .
- [ARG1-MNR Computers that *T*-1 once were the state of the art] , [ARG0 The marvels] [rel bought] * [ARGM-TMP three years ago] , Are now obsolete .
- One of GE 's goals when [ARG0 it] [rel bought] [ARG1 80 % of Kidder] [ARGM-TMP in 1986] *T*-2 was * to take advantage of `` syngeries '' between Kidder and General Electric Capital Corp. , GE 's corporate-finance unit , which *T*-1 has $ 42 billion *U* in assets .
- It `` is going *-1 to sound neat to the dealer *NOT* except when his 15-day car supply does n't include [ARG1 the bright red one] that [ARG0 the lady] wants *-3 to [rel buy] *T*-2 *T*-4 and she goes up the street *-5 to buy one *T*-4 , '' a Chrysler spokesman said *T*-6 .
- It `` is going *-1 to sound neat to the dealer *NOT* except when his 15-day car supply does n't include the bright red one that the lady wants *-3 to buy *T*-2 *T*-4 and [ARG0 she] goes up the street *-5 to [rel buy] [ARG1 one] *T*-4 , '' a Chrysler spokesman said *T*-6 .
- [ARGM-LOC Under the plan] , [ARG0 Costa Rica] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel buy] [ARGM-ADV back] [ARG1 roughly 60 % of its bank debt outstanding] at [ARG3-at a deeply discounted price] , according to officials involved * in the agreement .
- Usually , October `` is n't a very interesting month -LCB- for retail figures -RCB- because [ARG1 school clothes] have been [rel bought] *-1 and people are waiting for December *-3 to buy Christmas presents , '' he said 0 *T*-2 .
- Usually , October `` is n't a very interesting month -LCB- for retail figures -RCB- because school clothes have been bought *-1 and [ARG0 people] are waiting for December *-3 to [rel buy] [ARG1 Christmas presents] , '' he said 0 *T*-2 .
- [ARG0 Factory owners] are [rel buying] [ARG1 new machinery] at [ARG3-at a good rate] [ARGM-TMP this fall] , machine tool makers say 0 *T*-1 , but sluggish sales of new cars and trucks raise questions about fourth-quarter demand from the important automotive industry .
- While [ARG0 many investors] are selling parts of their portfolios *-1 to [rel buy] [ARG1 the new issues] , prices on India 's 16 stock exchanges are holding up so far .
- [ARGM-LOC Under current rules] , [ARG0 investors in Taiwan] [ARGM-MOD can] [rel buy] [ARG1 overseas stocks] [ARGM-ADV only through the purchase of mutual funds issued * by local and foreign investment trusts] .
- The new rules will allow [ARG0 investors] to [rel buy] [ARG1 foreign stocks] [ARGM-MNR directly] .
- A spokesman for Shearson said 0 the brokerage service will be directed *-1 at [ARG0 individual investors] who *T*-2 want *-3 to [rel buy] [ARG1 foreign and domestic stocks] .
- The council 's report is based *-1 on [ARG1 data] 0 [ARG0 the trade group] [rel buys] *T*-2 from [ARG2-from the U.S. Census Bureau] .
- [ARG0 Insurers] [rel buy] [ARG1 this insurance protection] for [ARG4-for themselves] [ARGM-MNR by *-3 giving up a portion of the premiums 0 they collect *T*-2 on a policy to another firm -- a reinsurance company , which , in turn , *T*-1 accepts a portion of any losses resulting from this policy] .
- [ARG0 Insurers , such as Cigna Corp. , Transamerica Corp , and Aetna Life & Casualty Co. ,] [rel buy] [ARG1 reinsurance] from [ARG2-from other U.S.-based companies and Lloyd 's of London] [ARGM-ADV for one catastrophe at a time] .
- James Snedeker , senior vice president of Gill & Roeser Inc. , a New York-based reinsurance broker , says 0 insurers who *T*-1 took big losses this fall and had purchased little reinsurance in recent years will be asked *-2 *-3 to pay some pretty hefty rates if [ARG0 they] want *-4 to [rel buy] [ARG1 reinsurance] [ARGM-TMP for 1990] .
- A few years ago , [ARG0 State Farm , the nation 's largest home insurer ,] stopped [rel buying] [ARG1 reinsurance] [ARGM-CAU because no one carrier could provide all the coverage that it needed *T*-2] and the company found it *EXP*-1 cheaper * to self-reinsure .
- Rally 's Inc. said 0 it filed suit in U.S. District Court in Delaware against a group led * by Burt Sugarman , *-1 seeking *-2 to block [ARG0 the investors] from *-3 [rel buying] [ARG1 more shares] .
- [ARG0 Montedison S.p.A.] definitively agreed *-1 to [rel buy] [ARG1 all of the publicly held shares of Erbamont N.V.] for [ARG3-for $ 37 *U* each] .
- In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission , DPC Acquisition said 0 it expects 0 [ARG0 it] will need about $ 215 million *U* *-1 to [rel buy] [ARG1 the shares] and pay related fees and expenses .
- `` [ARG0 Most traders] will be looking *-1 to [rel buy] [ARGM-ADV -LCB- on -RCB- pullbacks] , '' he said *T*-2 .
- [ARGM-TMP So far] [ARGM-TMP this month] , [ARG0 the Soviets] have [rel bought] [ARG1 about 7.2 million metric tons of U.S. corn] .
- Some take a warm view of [ARG0 consumer-oriented paper companies] , which *T*-1 [rel buy] [ARG1 pulp] from [ARG2-from the commodity producers] and should benefit from the expected declines in pulp prices .
- Mutual funds , for example , are said *-1 to be selling existing municipal bonds *-2 to raise cash 0 [ARG0 *] to [rel buy] [ARG1 new issues] *T*-3 .
- Because municipal bonds yields have risen at a time when interest rates generally have fallen *T*-1 , some portfolio managers are assuming that [ARG1 bonds] [rel bought] * [ARGM-TMP now] will appreciate in value as the municipal bond market rebounds .
- As a result of its large-scale buying , some analysts now say that liquidity , or the ability [ARG0 *] to [ARGM-MNR easily] [rel buy] and sell , has been constrained *-1 in the benchmark Treasury bond issue .
- `` People are very concerned about [ARG0 who] *T*-1 is going *-2 to step up to the plate and [rel buy] [ARG1 municipal bonds] [ARGM-ADV in the absence of institutional buyers] . ''
- Nashua strengthened its poison-pill plan after *-1 announcing 0 [ARG0 a Dutch firm] is seeking *-2 to [rel buy] [ARG1 up to 25 % of the New Hampshire copier company] .
- [ARG0 Factory owners] are [rel buying] [ARG1 new machinery] [ARGM-MNR at a healthy rate] [ARGM-TMP this fall] , machine-tool makers say 0 *T*-1 .
- In a Securities and Exchange Commission filing , Hewlett-Packard said 0 it now holds 1,384,119 Octel common shares , including [ARG1 100,000 shares] [rel bought] * [ARGM-TMP from Aug. 26 to Oct. 20] for [ARG3-for $ 23.31 to $ 24.25 *U* a share] .
- That accord also called for [ARG0 Hewlett-Packard] to [rel buy] [ARG1 730,070 Octel shares] [ARGM-LOC in the open market] [ARGM-TMP within 18 months] .
- In addition , [ARG0 Hewlett-Packard] acquired a two-year option * to [rel buy] [ARG1 an extra 10 % , of which half *T*-2 may be sold *-1 directly to Hewlett-Packard by Octel] .
- `` What on earth does the UAL deal have *-2 to do *T*-1 with the price of [ARG1 Walmart] , which [ARG0 I] was able *-3 to [rel buy] *T*-4 [ARGM-TMP on Oct. 16] at [ARG3-at a very attractive price] ? ''
- Both companies declined *-1 to comment on the rumors , but several industry analysts told the Professional Investor Report 0 they believed 0 it *EXP*-2 was plausible that [ARG0 Pennzoil] [ARGM-MOD may] be [rel buying] [ARG1 Chevron shares] [ARGM-PNC as a prelude to * pushing for a restructuring of the company] .
- [ARG0 Montedison , which *T*-1 owns about 72 % of the company 's common stock ,] agreed *-2 to [rel buy] [ARG1 the rest] for [ARG3-for $ 37 *U* a share] .
- [ARGM-ADV Fortunately] , [ARG0 an aunt with a college degree] [rel bought] [ARG1 a small farm] and moved us 50 miles north to good schools and an environment that *T*-1 opened the world of opportunity for me as an eight-year-old .
- [ARG1 Bond mutual funds] offer diversification and are easy 0 [ARG0 *] to [rel buy] and sell *T*-1 .
- [ARGM-TMP In April] , when [ARG0 many of them] [rel bought] [ARG1 their CDs] *T*-1 , six-month certificates were yielding more than 9 % ; investors willing * to look could find double-digit yields at some banks and thrifts .
- The yen 's softness , she says 0 *T*-1 , apparently stems from Japanese investors ' interest in [ARG0 *] [rel buying] [ARG1 dollars] [ARGM-ADV against the yen] [ARGM-PNC *-2 to purchase U.S. bond issues] and persistent worries about this year 's upheaval in the Japanese government .
- A group of investors led * by Giant Group Ltd. and its chairman , Burt Sugarman , said 0 [ARG0 it] filed with federal antitrust regulators for clearance * to [rel buy] [ARG1 more than 50 % of the stock of Rally 's Inc. , a fast-food company based * in Louisville , Ky] .
- -LCB- A futures contract is an agreement [ARG0 *] to [rel buy] or sell [ARG1 a commodity or financial instrument] at [ARG3-at a set price] [ARGM-TMP on a specified date] .
- Each $ 5,000 *U* bond carries a warrant *ICH*-3 exercisable Dec. 1 , 1989 , through Nov. 9 , 1993 , [ARG0 *] to [rel buy] [ARG1 company shares] at [ARG3-at an expected premium of 2 1\/2 % to the closing share price] [ARGM-TMP when terms are fixed *-1 Nov. 2 *T*-2] .
- [ARG0 Security Pacific Corp.] has set its sights on * [rel buying] [ARG1 its second bank holding company] [ARGM-TMP this year] .
- [ARGM-LOC In a first step] , [ARG0 Dresdner Bank] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel buy] [ARG1 32.99 % of BIP] for [ARG3-for 1,015 French francs -LRB- $ 162 *U* -RRB- a share , or 528 million francs -LRB- $ 84.7 million *U* -RRB-] .
- Dresdner Bank said 0 [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD will] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel buy] [ARG1 all shares tendered * by shareholders on the Paris Stock Exchange] at [ARG3-at the same price] [ARGM-TMP from today through Nov. 17] .
- In addition , [ARG0 the bank] has an option * to [rel buy] [ARG1 a 30.84 % stake in BIP] from [ARG2-from Societe Generale] [ARGM-TMP after Jan. 1 , 1990] at [ARG3-at 1,015 francs a share] .
- But [ARG0 they] [ARGM-ADV either] did [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel buy] [ARG1 the right machines] or they wasted it , '' says *T*-1 Fleming 's Ms. Noble .
- Trinova Corp. said 0 [ARG0 it] will resume *-1 [rel buying] [ARGM-ADV back] [ARG1 as many as three million of its common shares] under a program announced * two years ago .
- `` Management does n't want surprises , '' notes *T*-1 [ARG0 Jack Zaves] , who , as fuel-services director at American Airlines , *T*-2 [rel buys] [ARG1 some 2.4 billion gallons of jet fuel a year] .
- [ARG0 Santa Fe Energy Co. , a unit of Santa Fe Southern Pacific Co. ,] [rel bought] from [ARG2-from Amoco] [ARG1 the rights that *T*-1 allowed it to drill the Sharpshooter] .
- `` Before futures , '' says *T*-1 New York investor Michael Harkins , `` you actually had *-2 to pay attention to whether [ARG1 the thing] 0 [ARG0 you] were [rel buying] *T*-3 had any intrinsic value . ''
- While it was once expected that futures would mimic stock prices , traders now routinely check the futures markets in Chicago before [ARG0 they] [rel buy] or sell [ARG1 stocks] .
- `` The kind of instant liquidity that *T*-2 is implied *-1 by index futures is that [ARG0 you] [ARGM-MOD can] [rel buy] [ARG1 a portfolio] [ARGM-TMP over two years] and get out in one day .
- A stock-index future is a contract [ARG0 *] to [rel buy] or sell [ARG1 the market value of a basket of stocks , such as the Standard & Poor 's 500-stock index] .
- And although criticism of futures generally comes from Wall Street , one Chicago futures trader notes that brokerage firms rely on futures as hedging tools when [ARG0 they] [rel buy] and sell [ARG1 big blocks of stocks] from [ARG2-from institutions] *T*-1 .
- Of course , portfolio trading -- the increasingly common practice of [ARG0 *] [rel buying] or selling [ARG1 baskets of actual stocks] -- also treats stocks as homogenous commodities .
- [ARG0 General Motors Corp.] wants *-1 to [rel buy] [ARG1 as much as 15 % of Jaguar PLC] , [ARGM-ADV *-2 marking its first salvo in a possible full-scale battle against Ford Motor Co. for control of the British car maker] .
- By the end of next year , all loss-making state enterprises would be put *-2 out of business or handed *-2 over to [ARG0 workers] who *T*-1 [ARGM-MOD would] [rel buy] or lease [ARG1 them] or turn them into cooperatives .
- [ARG0 Consumers] would still be able *-2 to [rel buy] [ARG1 some food and household goods] at [ARG3-at subsidized prices] , but luxury and imported items , including food , would be sold *-1 at market prices .
- And [ARGM-TMP on Mr. Engelken 's 40th birthday] , [ARG0 his wife] [rel bought] [ARG1 a book detailing the big homer] and sent it off to Mr. Thomson *-2 to be autographed *-1 .
- [ARG0 Y.J. Park and her family] scrimped for four years *-2 to [rel buy] [ARG1 a tiny apartment] [ARGM-LOC here] , but found that the closer they got *-3 to saving the $ 40,000 *U* 0 they originally needed *T*-1 , the more the price rose .
- For those with no holdings , the prospects of [ARG0 *] [rel buying] [ARG1 a home] are ever slimmer .
- But opposition legislators and others calling for help for South Korea 's renters say 0 the proposed changes do n't go far enough *-2 to make it *EXP*-1 possible for [ARG0 ordinary people] to [rel buy] [ARG1 a home] .
- The chief culprits , he says 0 *T*-2 , are [ARG0 big companies and business groups] that *T*-1 [rel buy] [ARG1 huge amounts of land] [ARGM-PNC `` not for their corporate use , but for resale at huge profit] . ''
- The government 's Office of Bank Supervision and Examination told the National Assembly this month that [ARGM-TMP in the first half of 1989] , [ARG0 the nation 's 30 largest business groups] [rel bought] [ARG1 real estate valued * at $ 1.5 billion *U*] .
- [ARG0 Drug money] has also gone *-2 to [rel buy] [ARG1 expensive cars , airplanes , launches and nightclubs where drugs are consumed *-1 *T*-3] .
- A few years ago , [ARG0 Mrs. Hammack] insisted on * [rel buying] [ARG1 earthquake insurance for this house , which *T*-2 had been converted *-1 into apartments] .
- *-1 Equipped *-2 with cellular telephones , laptop computers , calculators and a pack of blank checks , they parcel out money so [ARG0 their clients] [ARGM-MOD can] find temporary living quarters , [rel buy] [ARG1 food] , replace lost clothing , repair broken water heaters , and replaster walls .
- `` And you did n't want [ARG0 me] to [rel buy] [ARG1 earthquake insurance] , '' says *T*-2 Mrs. Hammack , *-1 reaching across the table and gently tapping his hand .
- The pound , which *T*-1 had been trading at about $ 1.6143 *U* in New York prior to Mr. Lawson 's announcement , sank more than two cents to $ 1.5930 *U* , * prompting [ARG0 the Federal Reserve Bank] to [rel buy] [ARG1 pounds] [ARGM-MNR for dollars] .
- The Qintex group 's problems began in earnest in March , when [ARG0 Mr. Skase] agreed *-1 to [rel buy] [ARG1 MGM\/UA Communications Co] *T*-2 .
- [ARG0 The Fed] [ARGM-TMP already] [rel buys] and sells [ARG1 foreign exchange] [ARGM-PNC *-1 to prevent disorderly conditions in foreign-exchange markets] .
- They , in turn , lent money to [ARG0 their customers] -- who *T*-1 were supposed *-2 to recognize the opportunity 0 *T*-3 to make a profit in the turmoil and [rel buy] [ARG1 shares] .
- Instead of * flooding the entire economy with liquidity , and thereby increasing the danger of inflation , [ARG0 the Fed] could support the stock market directly by *-1 [rel buying] [ARG1 market averages in the futures market] , thus *-1 stabilizing the market as a whole .
- [ARG3 The $ 13 billion *U* 0 the Fed injected *T*-1 into the money markets after the 1987 crash] is more than enough * to [rel buy] [ARG1 all the stocks traded * on a typical day] .
- It *EXP*-5 would be inappropriate for [ARG0 the government or the central bank] to [rel buy] or sell [ARG1 IBM or General Motors shares] .
- [ARGM-DIS Instead] , [ARG0 the Fed] [ARGM-MOD could] [rel buy] [ARG1 the broad market composites in the futures market] .
- Intel 's 80486 chip is the Corvette of Intel 's microprocessors , [ARG1 a super-fast , super-expensive chip] that [ARG0 only the most power-hungry computer users] are likely *-2 to [rel buy] *T*-1 [ARGM-TMP for at least several years] .
- Margins are the amount of money 0 [ARG0 an investor] needs *-2 to put *T*-1 up *-2 to [rel buy] or sell [ARG1 a futures contract] .
- Frankly , the only way 0 I can think of *T*-3 0 * to accomplish this *T*-4 is * to make it *EXP*-1 possible for [ARG0 addicts] to [rel buy] [ARG1 drugs] [ARGM-LOC at some regulated place] at [ARG3-at a price that *T*-2 approximates their cost] .
- While the SDI anti-missile program recently awarded W.J. Schafer two contracts totaling $ 13.4 million *U* , ERC 's chairman and founder , Jack Aalseth , says 0 [ARG0 he] [rel bought] [ARG1 the company] [ARGM-PNC `` more for its technology than its customer] . ''
- For now , he says 0 *T*-1 , `` [ARG0 we] 're looking at * [rel buying] [ARG1 some small companies with niche markets in the personal-computer business] . ''
- Earlier this month , [ARG0 Mr. Iverson] agreed *-1 to [rel buy] [ARG1 exclusive rights to a software system developed * by Visher Systems Inc. , Salt Lake City] .
- [ARG0 The growing crowd] of Japanese investors [rel buying] up [ARG1 foreign companies] are n't all strait-laced businessmen in dark suits .
- It *EXP*-1 's not clear whether [ARG0 Aska] plans *-2 to [rel buy] [ARG1 more shares] .
- A week ago , [ARG0 his gallery] racked up a $ 23 million *U* tab at a Sotheby 's auction in New York *-1 [rel buying] [ARG1 seven works , including a Picasso] .
- Nonetheless , speculation heated up yesterday when Tokyu Department Store Co. confirmed a report *ICH*-1 in Nihon Keizai Shimbun , Japan 's leading business daily , that [ARG0 Tokyu] is talking with Campeau about * [rel buying] [ARG1 Bloomingdale 's] *T*-2 .
- What Mr. Traub is hoping *-1 to put *T*-2 together , investment bankers say *T*-4 , is [ARG0 a management-led group] 0 *T*-3 to [rel buy] [ARG1 the New York department-store group that he heads *T*-5] from [ARG2-from Campeau 's Federated Department Stores subsidiary] .
- `` We have [ARG3 the money] 0 [ARG0 *] to [rel buy] *T*-1 .
- [ARG0 Dealers] [rel bought] [ARG1 the used stamps] [ARGM-MNR cheaply] from [ARG2-from charities , including the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association] .
- Protective barriers will start coming down within the insurance industry next summer , when [ARG0 big industrial companies] will be able *-2 to [rel buy] [ARG1 insurance] from [ARG2-from carriers in any other EC country] [ARGM-TMP for the first time] *T*-1 .
- Rochester Telephone Corp. said 0 [ARG0 it] agreed *-1 to [rel buy] [ARG1 Viroqua Telephone Co. of Viroqua , Wis] .
- Duriron Co. said 0 [ARG0 it] has agreed *-1 to [rel buy] [ARG1 Automax Inc. , a Cincinnati maker of control accessories for industrial valves] .
- Finnish conglomerate Nokia Oy AB said 0 [ARG0 it] reached an agreement * to [rel buy] [ARG1 Dutch cable company NKF Kabel B.V.] for [ARG3-for 420 million Finnish markka -LRB- $ 99.5 million *U* -RRB-] .
- Nokia said 0 [ARG0 it] will gain control over NKF Kabel by *-2 [rel buying] [ARG1 51 % of the shares in NKF Holding N.V. , which *T*-1 owns NKF Kabel] .
- Kyle Technology Corp. said 0 [ARG0 a Seattle investor] has signed a letter of intent * to [rel buy] [ARG1 the company] for [ARG3-for about $ 3.1 million *U* , or $ 1.20 *U* a share] .
- Once *-1 triggered *-2 , the rights allow [ARG0 holders] to [rel buy] [ARG1 additional shares] at [ARG3-at 50 % of the then current market price] or , at the board 's discretion , to receive securities or assets .
- [ARG0 Ohbayashi Corp.] agreed *-1 to [rel buy] [ARG1 E.W. Howell Co. , the U.S. subsidiary of Selmer-Sande AS , of Norway ,] for [ARG3-for about $ 7 million *U*] .
- [ARG0 They] use dollars *-1 to [rel buy] [ARG1 Western items such as video recorders and personal computers] and then sell them at a huge mark-up .
- With more than 300 billion rubles in savings accounts and little 0 * to spend them on *T*-1 , Soviet consumers grumble at the exorbitant black-market prices for such goods -- but [ARG0 they] [rel buy] [ARG1 them] [ARGM-ADV anyway] .
- [ARG0 Soviet companies] needing Western currencies * to [rel buy] [ARG1 equipment and supplies] [ARGM-LOC abroad] will be able *-2 to submit bids .
- In other words , [ARG0 it] was offsetting purchases of marks and yen by *-1 [rel buying] [ARG1 dollars] [ARGM-LOC in the domestic money market] .
- `` All 0 this has really established *T*-2 is that MCA and the Bronfmans have agreed on [ARG3-at a price] at which [ARG1 they] [ARGM-MOD can] be [rel 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] agreed in principle *-2 to [rel buy] for [ARG3-for $ 57 million *U*] [ARG1 *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 .
- [ARGM-LOC Under the agreement , which *T*-1 had been widely expected *-2 ,] [ARG0 Bell Atlantic] [ARGM-MOD would] be [rel buying] [ARG1 Control Data 's customer base and its approximately 100 U.S. maintenance facilities in about 33 cities] .
- It chronicles how , [ARGM-TMP over a period of a dozen years] , [ARG0 Southern Methodist University] [rel bought] [ARG1 its way to football respectability in the Southwest Conference] , [ARGM-ADV *-3 only to find itself trapped and strangled * by the athlete-payoff system 0 it created *T*-1] *T*-2 .
- Fresenius , a West German pharmaceutical concern , has been discussing a transaction in which [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel buy] [ARG1 Delmed stock] [ARGM-MNR for cash] *T*-1 [ARGM-PNC *-2 to bring its beneficial ownership to between 70 % and 80 % *U*] .
- [ARG0 The broker winning the business] does n't charge commissions , but instead profits by *-1 [rel buying] or selling for [ARG3-for less than the overall package price] .
- That puts the broker at risk if [ARG0 it] 's trying *-1 to [rel buy] [ARG1 stock] [ARGM-LOC in a rising market] .
- Renaissance 's last portfolio shift , carried out * by Goldman , Sachs & Co. , was a highly publicized decision *ICH*-1 last January [ARG0 *] to sell its entire stock portfolio and [rel buy] [ARG1 Treasury bills] .
- During that time , a buyer with the clout of a Renaissance could end up *-3 driving up the price of [ARG1 stocks] 0 [ARG0 it] was trying *-2 to [rel buy] *T*-1 if it tipped its hand .
- [ARG0 Renaissance , a Cincinnati-based money manager ,] began *-2 [rel buying] [ARG1 stocks] [ARGM-ADV again] [ARGM-TMP this week] [ARGM-ADV with half of the $ 1.8 billion *U* that it oversees *T*-1 for clients] , according to people familiar with the firm 's revised strategy .
- [ARGM-ADV As * reported] , [ARG0 PaineWebber] [rel bought] [ARG1 shares] [ARGM-TMP Tuesday] [ARGM-ADV as part of a customer strategy shift] , [ARGM-ADV although the broker 's client was said then *-1 to have been Japanese] .
- He succeeds Roger Kimmel , who *T*-1 resigned last week *-2 saying 0 his participation in * evaluating the company 's role in [ARG0 *] [rel buying] [ARG1 MGM\/UA Communications Co.] was no longer necessary .
- [ARG0 MGM Grand Inc.] has agreed *-1 to pay $ 93 million *U* and nearly 1.8 million common shares *-2 to [rel buy] [ARG1 117 acres of land along the Las Vegas , Nev. , Strip] [ARGM-PNC as a site for its planned movie-studio and theme-park resort] .
- Of the total purchase price , [ARG0 $ 50 million *U* cash and $ 30 million *U* in stock -LRB- nearly 1.8 million shares -RRB- *T*-1] would be paid *-2 * to [rel buy] [ARG1 the existing 700-room Marina Hotel & Casino] from [ARG2-from Southwest Securities , a Nevada limited partnership] .
- The usual maneuver is * to borrow against the portfolio value or issue preferred stock , * using [ARG0 the proceeds] * to [rel buy] [ARG1 additional bonds] .
- These people invested in `` leveraged '' junk bond mutual funds , the publicly traded funds that *T*-1 make a habit of * taking out [ARG0 loans] * to [rel buy] [ARG1 extra junk] .
- In a typical leverage strategy , a fund tries *-2 to capture the spread between what it costs *T*-1 * to borrow and the higher return on [ARG1 the bonds] 0 [ARG0 it] [rel buys] *T*-3 [ARGM-MNR with the borrowed money] .
- New America High Income Fund recently said that [ARG0 it] plans *-1 to reduce its leverage position by *-2 [rel buying] [ARGM-ADV back] [ARG1 $ 5 million *U* in preferred stock and notes] from [ARG2-from investors] .
- EWDB , formed * by the merger of Eurocom and Della Femina McNamee WCRS , said 0 [ARG0 it] agreed *-1 to [rel buy] [ARG1 Vizeversa , an agency in Barcelona] .
- [ARGM-TMP During the past administration] [ARG1 the foodstuffs] were [ARGM-TMP first] [rel bought] *-2 by [ARG0-by the institute] , then sold *-2 at low prices to `` unscrupulous businessmen '' who *T*-1 resold them to the institute at inflated prices , the statement said 0 *T*-3 .
- [ARG0 MGM Grand] has agreed *-1 to [rel buy] [ARG1 a 117-acre site for the resort] for [ARG3-for $ 93 million *U* in cash plus stock currently valued * at nearly $ 30 million *U*] .
- [ARG0 Some] have [rel bought] [ARG1 big chunks of Strip property] [ARGM-ADV for what *T*-1 may turn into another wave of building] .
- [ARG0 Troubled SCI Television Inc.] proposed *-1 to restructure much of its $ 1.3 billion *U* in debt * to [rel buy] [ARG1 time 0 * to sell assets and pay its obligations *T*-2] .
- WHY SHOULD [ARG0 the Japanese] cross the Pacific *-3 to [rel buy] [ARG1 American real estate] when they can simply recreate it at home *T*-1 *T*-2 ?
- `` If [ARG0 I] were [rel buying] [ARG1 a building in San Francisco] [ARGM-TMP now] the first thing 0 I 'd do *T*-1 is insist on a structural inspection , then I 'd delay a little , stall a little . ''
- Each $ 5,000 *U* bond carries a warrant *ICH*-2 exercisable Nov. 24 , 1989 , through Oct. 29 , 1993 , [ARG0 *] to [rel buy] [ARG1 company shares] at [ARG3-at an expected premium of 2 1\/2 % to the closing share price when terms are fixed *-1 Oct. 31 *T*-3] .
- `` [ARG0 I] 'm [rel buying] [ARG1 fabric] [ARGM-TMP right now] [ARGM-PNC for clothes which I may not be paid *-1 for *T*-2 until April or May] .
- But [ARG0 manufacturers] [ARGM-TMP now] [rel buying] [ARG1 fabric] [ARGM-PNC for spring season goods] wo n't be paid *-1 until March , April or even May .
- [ARGM-LOC In index arbitrage] , [ARG0 program traders] [rel buy] and sell [ARG1 stocks and stock-index futures] [ARGM-PNC *-1 to profit from small price discrepancies between the markets] .
- At the same time , [ARG0 only four securities firms] have signed up with the Big Board *-1 to [rel buy] and sell [ARG1 ESPs] [ARGM-MNR as market makers] , an unenthusiastic response .
- ESPs will allow [ARG0 institutional investors] to [rel buy] or sell [ARG1 all 500 stocks in Standard & Poor 's index] [ARGM-MNR in a single trade of a minimum of $ 5 million *U*] .
- As * reported *-1 last month , Mr. Kass said 0 [ARG0 he] was interested in * making an offer * to [rel buy] [ARG1 H.H. Robertson] for [ARG3-for $ 13 *U* a share] .
- [ARG0 The group] also is engaged *-1 in talks with third parties regarding * obtaining financing 0 * to [rel buy] [ARG1 more shares] *T*-3 , but no agreements have yet been reached *-2 , the filing said 0 *T*-4 .
- The group controls 795,900 H.H. Robertson common shares , * assuming exercise of [ARG0 an option *ICH*-2] 0 it acquired *T*-1 from Executive Life Insurance Co. * to [rel buy] [ARG1 497,400 shares] .
- Its stake includes [ARG1 106,100 shares] [rel bought] * [ARGM-LOC in the open market] [ARGM-TMP from Aug. 30 to Oct. 18] for [ARG3-for $ 10.375 to $ 12.125 *U* a share] .
- The plaintiffs are [ARG0 investors] who *T*-1 [rel bought] and sold [ARG1 securities in which Mr. Boesky and his partnerships were dealing *T*-2] .
- Some claim 0 they suffered losses because they sold while [ARG0 he] was [rel buying] and others because they bought while he was selling .
- Some claim 0 they suffered losses because they sold while he was buying and others because [ARG0 they] [rel bought] [ARGM-TMP while he was selling] .
- [ARG0 Traders] who *T*-1 had sold contracts earlier , in hopes of *-3 [rel buying] [ARG1 them] [ARGM-ADV back] at [ARG3-at lower prices] , yesterday were buying contracts back at higher prices *-2 to limit their losses .
- [ARG0 Traders who *T*-1 had sold contracts earlier , in hopes of *-3 buying them back at lower prices ,] [ARGM-TMP yesterday] were [rel buying] [ARG1 contracts] [ARGM-ADV back] at [ARG3-at higher prices] [ARGM-PNC *-2 to limit their losses] .
- The rumor , which *T*-1 has been neither confirmed nor denied *-2 , has [ARG0 China] [rel buying] [ARG1 125,000 to 200,000 bales] [ARGM-PNC for near-term delivery] .
- This trader characterized the recent price action as a contest between the fundamentalists , who *T*-1 see higher prices ahead , and [ARG0 the technicians] , who *T*-2 are [ARGM-ADV basically] [rel buying] [ARG1 cotton] toward [ARG3-toward the bottom of the current trading range , around 71 cents ,] and selling it when the price climbs more than 74 cents *T*-3 .
- Under certain circumstances , the rights would entitle [ARG0 Philip Morris holders] to [rel buy] [ARG1 shares of either the company or its acquirer] for [ARG3-for half price] .
- The new `` baskets '' of stocks will allow [ARG0 big investors] to [rel buy] or sell [ARG1 all 500 S&P index stocks] [ARGM-MNR in a single trade] .
- A major Tokyo newspaper reported that [ARG0 a Japanese department store concern] is planning *-1 to offer about $ 1.3 billion *U* *-2 to [rel buy] [ARG1 Bloomingdale 's] .
- Nihon Keizai Shimbun , Japan 's leading economic newspaper , reported Wednesday that [ARG0 Tokyu Department Store Co.] is planning *-2 to team up with U.S. and Western European financing *-3 to [rel buy] [ARG1 the New York-based retail chain , which Campeau has put up *T*-1 for sale] .
- [ARG0 McCaw] wants *-2 to [rel buy] [ARG1 22 million shares of LIN] for [ARG3-for $ 125 *U* each , or $ 2.75 billion *U* ,] which *T*-1 would result in McCaw 's owning 50.3 % of LIN .
- `` But [ARG0 people] do [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel buy] [ARG1 anything] [ARGM-MNR on expectation] [ARGM-TMP anymore] , '' says *T*-2 Jack Utter , who *T*-1 manages the high-yield fund of IDS Financial Services .
- CBS pursues top sports `` *-3 to belie the fact that they are n't supporting affiliates , viewers and advertisers , '' charges 0 *T*-4 Thomas H. Wyman , who *T*-2 was ousted *-1 as chairman of CBS Inc. after [ARG0 Laurence A. Tisch] [rel bought] [ARG1 a 24.9 % stake in the company] and took over three years ago .
- And [ARG0 they] 've [rel bought] [ARG1 one] . ''
- Though CBS might move up to No. 2 in household ratings , [ARG0 most advertisers] [rel buy] [ARGM-MNR based on ratings for women aged 18 to 49] .
- [ARG0 The state of Alaska] [ARGM-TMP recently] [rel bought] [ARG1 the Veritrac system] , he says 0 *T*-2 , `` [ARGM-PNC *-1 to monitor the Exxon cleanup effort] . ''
- `` [ARG0 European companies] are looking *-1 to [rel buy] [ARG1 American ones] , '' said *T*-2 Henry King , the managing partner at that firm .
- The two companies have been discussing [ARGM-LOC a transaction] under which [ARG0 Fresenius] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel buy] [ARG1 Delmed stock] for [ARG3-for cash] *T*-2 [ARGM-PNC *-3 to bring its beneficial ownership to between 70 % and 80 % *U* of Delmed 's fully diluted common stock] .
- The Italian auto maker confirmed that it was discussing technical cooperation with Saab , but declined *-1 to comment on rumors that [ARG0 it] was planning *-2 to [rel buy] [ARG1 Saab 's car division] .
- [ARG0 ITT] [rel bought] [ARGM-DIR back] [ARG1 8.8 million shares *ICH*-2] [ARGM-TMP this year] , including 2.8 million during the third quarter .
- Or [ARG0 he] might have *-1 to incur a huge expense of * either [rel buying] [ARG1 Mr. Icahn 's stock] , possibly at [ARG3-at a premium] , or paying stockholders a special dividend partly because of Mr. Icahn 's pressure .
- `` It *EXP*-5 's part of the capitalistic market system that [ARG1 equity] [ARGM-MOD can] be [rel bought] *-6 and equity is bought *-7 , '' he said *T*-1 .
- `` It *EXP*-5 's part of the capitalistic market system that equity can be bought *-6 and [ARG1 equity] is [rel bought] *-7 , '' he said *T*-1 .
- [ARG0 USX] , he noted 0 *T*-2 , was formed *-1 88 years ago , `` by * [ARGM-ADV in effect] [rel buying] out [ARG1 a bunch of other companies] ... .
- Westinghouse Electric Corp. said 0 [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel buy] [ARG1 Shaw-Walker Co] .
- U.S. officials , however , said 0 [ARG0 they] are [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel buying] [ARG1 the Israeli argument] .
- [ARG0 The Federal Housing Administration , Veterans Administration and the Department of Housing and Urban Development] further aggravate the problem of affordable housing stock by `` *-3 [rel buying] [ARGM-ADV in] '' [ARGM-ADV to their foreclosed properties -LRB- of which there are , alas , many *T*-1 -RRB-] at [ARG3-at an inflated `` balance due '' -- * say $ 80,000 *U* on a house worth $ 55,000 *U*] -- instead of allowing a free market to price the house for what it 's really worth *T*-2 .
- Norfolk Southern Corp. directors authorized [ARG0 the railroad company] to [rel buy] [ARGM-DIR back] [ARG1 as many as 45 million of its shares , which *T*-1 would have a current value of more than $ 1.7 billion *U*] .
- The buy-back `` is really a comfort *ICH*-2 to [ARG0 those] who *T*-1 want *-4 to [rel buy] [ARG1 the stock] that there is a -LCB- price -RCB- floor , '' he said 0 *T*-3 .
- `` [ARGM-MNR At a certain price] , [ARGM-ADV if the management thinks 0 -LCB- the stock -RCB- is cheap] , [ARG0 they] [ARGM-MOD can] go in and [rel buy] [ARG1 it] . ''
- Under the earlier plan , [ARG0 Norfolk] was authorized in 1987 *-1 to [rel buy] [ARG1 up to 20 million shares] .
- It also allows [ARG0 people] to [rel buy] [ARG1 the best and the cheapest goods from anywhere in the world] .
- It gave the Japanese people a value system , based on the rationalization that given the country 's lack of natural resources , [ARG0 they] must work hard *-1 to create value through exports and [rel buy] [ARG1 food] [ARGM-ADV with the surplus] .
- [ARG0 They] plan *-1 to expand the home site by *-2 [rel buying] [ARG1 five adjoining acres] for [ARG3-for $ 200,000 *U* , borrowed * against a first mortgage on the five acres and also collateralized * by the 15 acres] .
- For the real estate industry , a watchword for the 1990s will be [ARG0 *] [rel buy] , more than build .
- `` Why should you beat your brains out *-1 fighting the environmentalists , the neighborhood groups , dealing with traffic mitigation , sewers and fighting city hall *T*-2 , then try *-1 to convince a lender to lend you money in an overbuilt market when [ARG0 you] [ARGM-MOD can] get pension fund money , [rel buy] [ARG1 a portfolio] , sell off pieces off it and play your own game ? '' says *T*-3 Jack Rodman , managing partner of the Los Angeles office of Kenneth Leventhal Inc. a national accounting firm .
- [ARG0 They] [ARGM-TMP still] [rel buy] [ARG1 apples] [ARGM-CAU mainly for big , red good looks] -- that 's why so many taste like woodchucks ' punching bags *T*-1 .
- For example , [ARG0 an investor] may seek *-1 to profit during some takeover situations by *-2 [rel buying] [ARG1 stock in one company involved] and shorting the stock of the other .
- Generally , a short seller expects a fall in a stock 's price and aims *-5 to profit by *-6 selling borrowed shares that *T*-3 are *-7 to be replaced *-1 later ; the short seller hopes 0 [ARG1 the replacement shares] [rel bought] * [ARGM-TMP later] will cost less than those that *T*-4 were sold *-2 .
- That means that on days when prices are tumbling and sellers abound *T*-1 [ARG0 they] must be willing *-2 to [rel buy] [ARG1 shares] from [ARG2-from sellers] [ARGM-TMP when no one else will *T*-3] .
- The situation makes it *EXP*-1 harder [ARG0 *] to [rel buy] and sell [ARG1 shares] [ARGM-MNR quickly] , * exacerbating the rise and fall in stock prices during program-dominated trading .
- Manville Corp. said 0 [ARG0 it] offered *-1 to [rel buy] [ARG1 $ 500 million *U* of its convertible preferred stock] from [ARG2-from the Manville Personal Injury Settlement Trust] in a move that *T*-2 would improve the trust 's liquidity and reduce the potential number of Manville shares outstanding .
- Manville said 0 the shares issued * to the trust were intended *-2 to be sold *-1 , as * needed *-3 , and that [ARG0 Manville] has the right of first refusal * to [rel buy] [ARG1 those shares] .
- [ARG0 New England Electric System , Westborough , Mass. ,] has proposed * [rel buying] [ARG1 the company] for [ARG3-for $ 2 billion *U*] [ARGM-ADV as part of a plan that *T*-1 would require rate increases of only 4.8 % annually for seven years] .
- [ARG0 A private farmer in Poland] is free *-1 to [rel buy] and sell [ARG1 land] , hire help , decide what * to grow *T*-2 and how * to grow it *T*-3 .
- If [ARG0 nobody] [rel buys] , I bring my prices down .
- [ARG0 He] has [rel bought] [ARG1 some trendy Western clothes , and a green Mercedes with an American flag in the window] .
- `` [ARG0 You] [ARGM-MOD ca] [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel buy] [ARG1 anything] [ARGM-TMP nowadays] .
- `` [ARG0 They] [ARGM-MOD ca] [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel buy] [ARG1 feed] from [ARG2-from the state] .
- [ARG0 Some state middlemen] come *-1 to [rel buy] from [ARG2-from me] .
- [ARGM-ADV Even if I had a lot of money] , [ARG0 I] [ARGM-MOD could] [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel buy] [ARG1 what I need *T*-1] . ''
- Belgium decided that investors who *T*-1 demand the delivery of their securities when [ARG0 they] [rel buy] [ARG1 shares or domestic bonds] *T*-2 will have *-3 to pay an additional 100 Belgian francs -LRB- about $ 2.60 *U* -RRB- for each transaction , * bringing the total fee to 200 francs .
- [ARG0 Michael A. Miles , chief executive officer of Philip Morris Cos . ' Kraft General Foods unit ,] [rel bought] [ARG1 6,000 shares of the company] [ARGM-TMP on Sept. 22] for [ARG3-for $ 157 *U* each] .
- A spokesman for Mr. Miles said 0 [ARG0 he] [rel bought] [ARG1 the shares] [ARGM-CAU because he felt 0 they were `` a good investment] . ''
- Each $ 5,000 *U* bond carries one warrant *ICH*-2 , exercisable from Nov. 28 , 1989 , through Oct. 26 , 1994 , [ARG0 *] to [rel buy] [ARG1 shares] at [ARG3-at an expected premium of 2 1\/2 % to the closing share price] [ARGM-TMP when terms are fixed *-1 Oct. 26 *T*-3] .
- Each $ 5,000 *U* bond carries one warrant *ICH*-2 , exercisable from Nov. 27 , 1989 , through Oct. 26 , 1993 , [ARG0 *] to [rel buy] [ARG1 shares] at [ARG3-at an expected premium of 2 1\/2 % to the closing share price] [ARGM-TMP when terms are fixed *-1 Nov. 1 *T*-3] .
- Each $ 5,000 *U* bond carries one warrant *ICH*-2 , exercisable from Nov. 21 , 1989 , through Oct. 19 , 1993 , [ARG0 *] to [rel buy] [ARG1 shares] at [ARG3-at an expected premium of 2 1\/2 % to the closing share price] [ARGM-TMP when terms are fixed *-1 Oct. 31 *T*-3] .
- Each 5,000 mark bond carries one warrant *ICH*-3 and one certificate for four warrants , exercisable from Dec. 18 , 1989 , to Oct. 26 , 1994 , [ARG0 *] to [rel buy] [ARG1 shares] at [ARG3-at an expected premium of 2 1\/2 % above the closing share price] [ARGM-TMP when prices are fixed *-1 Oct. 30 *T*-2] .
- [ARG0 Lion Nathan Ltd.] agreed *-1 to [rel buy] [ARG1 the franchise * to bottle , distribute and market Pepsi-Cola soft-drink products in Australia] , the company said 0 *T*-2 .
- The UAL news had already caused a selling furor in the so-called third market , in which [ARG0 firms] [rel buy] and sell [ARG1 stock] [ARGM-LOC away from the exchange floor] *T*-1 .
- `` When the country gets wealthier *T*-1 , [ARG0 we] tend *-3 to [rel buy] [ARG1 high-quality imports] , '' Mr. Owen said *T*-2 .
- [ARG0 A group of investors] [ARGM-TMP recently] [rel bought] [ARG1 the remaining assets of Spendthrift] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 hoping *-2 to rebuild it] .
- Other investors have lost millions in [ARG0 partnerships] that *T*-1 [rel bought] [ARG1 thoroughbred racehorses or stallion breeding rights] .
- `` The industry is based *-1 on individual honesty , '' says *T*-3 Cap Hershey , a Lexington horse farmer and one of [ARG0 the investors] who *T*-2 [rel bought] [ARG1 Spendthrift] .
- Mr. Hulings gloats that he sold all his stocks a week before the market plummeted 190 points on Oct. 13 , and [ARG0 he] is using the money * to help *-1 [rel buy] [ARG1 a 45-acre horse farm] .
- Investors expect 0 these shares will be targets of [ARG0 investment trust funds] , which *T*-1 [ARGM-TMP often] [rel buy] [ARG1 small amounts spread * across a wide range of issues] .
- On the other hand , high-priced shares such as Pioneer Electronic and Sony failed *-2 to spark investor interest because [ARG1 these issues] are unlikely *-3 to be [rel bought] *-1 by [ARG0-by investment trust funds] , observers said 0 *T*-4 .
- Time Warner Inc. is considering a legal challenge to [ARG0 Tele-Communications Inc. 's] plan * to [rel buy] [ARG1 half of Showtime Networks Inc.] , a move that *T*-1 could lead to all-out war between the cable industry 's two most powerful players .
- But Showtime has continued *-2 to sign new contracts with Hollywood studios , and yesterday announced 0 [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel buy] [ARG1 movies] from [ARG2-from Columbia Pictures Entertainment Inc. , which *T*-1 currently has a non-exclusive arrangement with HBO] .
- However , one person familiar with UAL said 0 the signs pointed to Coniston because [ARG0 Mr. Trump] has n't asked for permission * to [rel buy] [ARG1 more than $ 15 million *U* of stock] under federal antitrust rules .
- Another trader noted that many arbitrage firms are afraid *-1 to sell their UAL stock at the bottom , but already own so much 0 [ARG0 they] [ARGM-MOD ca] [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel buy] [ARG1 any more] .
- But then steady , concentrated buying by [ARG0 Bear , Stearns & Co.] , which *T*-1 [ARGM-TMP frequently] [rel buys] [ARG1 stock] for [ARG4-for corporate raiders] , took hold and steadied the fall in UAL , which *T*-2 eventually buoyed the entire market .
- Some investors whose names *T*-2 were bandied *-1 about by traders as potential UAL stock buyers said 0 [ARG0 they] were [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel buying] .
- A source close to Carl Icahn , a corporate raider who *T*-1 owns Trans World Airlines Inc. , said 0 [ARG0 he] has n't owned any UAL stock and is [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel buying] .
- [ARG0 The Los Angeles investor] ca [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel buy] [ARG1 UAL stock] , solicit shareholder consents or make a new offer [ARGM-ADV unless he makes a formal offer of $ 300 *U* a share or UAL accepts an offer below $ 300 *U*] .
- Traders estimated that [ARG0 Bear , Stearns] [rel bought] [ARG1 more than 1 million shares] .
- In the past Mr. Threlkeld has been known *-1 to have substantial long positions that is , [ARG0 he] had [rel bought] [ARG1 copper futures] [ARGM-ADV in anticipation of rising prices] -- in the copper futures market .
- As for other export customers , [ARG0 the Soviet Union] is n't expected *-1 to be [ARGM-ADV back] [rel buying] [ARG1 U.S. corn] [ARGM-MNR in significant amounts] [ARGM-TMP until early next year] , he said 0 *T*-2 .
- [ARG0 A number of commercial grain users] buttressed that opinion yesterday by * [rel buying] [ARG1 certain corn options for delivery in March] , * indicating to analysts that the commercial companies would use the options *-1 to hedge against expected corn sales in next year 's first quarter .
- The December contract opened just under Monday 's close , triggered some previously placed buy orders just above $ 1,030 *U* a metric ton , * pushing the price to $ 1,040 *U* , and then encountered heavy selling by [ARG0 traders] who *T*-1 [rel buy] and sell [ARGM-PNC for their own accounts] and by commercial interests .
- Technically , Mr. Kaiser noted that [ARG0 a lot of traders] had [rel bought] [ARGM-ADV into the market] [ARGM-TMP when the price was in the $ 1.24 to $ 1.26 *U* range *T*-1] , *-2 thinking 0 there was support at the $ 1.20 *U* level .
- Citizens First Bancorp . Inc. said 0 [ARG0 it] agreed *-1 to [rel buy] [ARG1 Lakeland First Financial Group Inc. , a Succasunna , N.J. , bank holding company ,] for [ARG3-for about $ 50.6 million *U* in cash and stock] .
- With the other hand , [ARG0 KKR] put back into SCI TV less than 10 % of the cash 0 it had taken *T*-1 out , *-2 [rel buying] [ARG1 SCI TV common and preferred shares] .
- Some changes to the plan were minor adjustments , but the most significant was an amendment that *T*-1 provides that if any investor holds 25 % or more *U* of Rubbermaid 's voting securities , each right held * by others would entitle [ARG0 the holder] to [rel buy] [ARG1 Rubbermaid shares with a market value of twice the right 's exercise price] .
- Mr. Williams said 0 the exercise price is $ 125 *U* , *-1 meaning 0 [ARG0 holders] would have the right * to [rel buy] [ARG1 $ 250 *U* of Rubbermaid stock] for [ARG3-for half price] , [ARGM-ADV * diluting the investor 's 25 % stake] .
- But [ARGM-ADV as the fright began *-1 to spread through the S&P pit] , [ARG0 the big brokerage firms] came in and [rel bought] [ARG1 futures] [ARGM-MNR aggressively] .
- Then [ARG0 they] completed the other side of the trade by *-2 [rel buying] [ARG1 futures] , which *T*-1 abruptly halted the stock market 's decline as traders began *-3 to buy stocks .
- Then they completed the other side of the trade by *-2 buying futures , which *T*-1 abruptly halted the stock market 's decline as [ARG0 traders] began *-3 to [rel buy] [ARG1 stocks] .
- She said 0 [ARG0 she] used the market 's wild swings *-1 to [rel buy] [ARG1 shares] [ARGM-MNR cheaply] [ARGM-LOC on the sell-off] .
- There was very slow play on the market today , [ARG0 They] were selling and [rel buying] [ARGM-MNR by halves] ; Instead of *-1 trading like Bears and Bulls , They behaved like cubs and calves .
- Early in the day , bond dealers said 0 trading volume was heavy as [ARG0 large institutional investors] scrambled *-1 to [rel buy] [ARG1 long-term Treasury bonds] [ARGM-CAU on speculation that the stock market 's volatility would lead to a `` flight-to-quality '' rally] .
- He said , `` Possibly , [ARG0 they] 're waiting *-2 to [rel buy] [ARGM-LOC at the -LRB- quarterly -RRB- refunding '' of government debt 0 *T*-3 to be held *-1 next month by the Treasury] .
- That happens when [ARG0 nervous stock investors] dump equities and [rel buy] [ARG1 Treasurys , which *T*-1 are higher in quality and thus considered *-2 safe] *T*-3 .
- [ARG0 U.S. investors] will be permitted *-1 to [rel buy] [ARG1 the shares] from [ARG2-from EC investors] [ARGM-TMP 90 days later] .
- `` There should be no great rush for [ARG0 investors] to [rel buy] [ARG1 this] .
- [ARG0 A lot of big European banks , mostly French , and Swiss arb accounts] have been [rel buying] [ARG1 the stock] [ARGM-PNC just *-1 to flip it '' for a quick profit] , he said 0 *T*-2 .
- GM officials also see a lot of potential in * marrying Jaguar 's cars to the technological know-how of Group Lotus PLC , [ARG1 a British engineering and specialty car maker] 0 [ARG0 GM] [rel bought] *T*-1 [ARGM-TMP in 1986] .
- [ARG0 Consumers Power Co.] filed with the Michigan Public Service Commission a contract * to [rel buy] [ARG1 power] from [ARG2-from the Palisades nuclear plant] [ARGM-LOC under a proposed new ownership arrangement for the plant] .
- [ARG0 Consumers Power and Bechtel Power Corp.] last year announced a joint venture * to [rel buy] [ARG1 the plant , currently owned * completely by the utility] .
- And instead of [ARG0 *-1] [rel buying] [ARG1 the UAL stake] , the U.K. carrier will be able *-1 to reduce its high debt level and build an acquisition war chest .
- The obvious reason was -LRB- for [ARG0 British Air] -RRB- to [rel buy] [ARG1 a stake in United Airlines] . ''
- -LRB- * See related story : `` The American Way of Buying : Is [ARG0 *] [rel Buying] [ARG1 a Car] a Choice or a Chore ? --
- The New York Times Co. 's Magazine Group earlier this year began *-1 offering [ARG0 advertisers] extensive merchandising services built * around * [rel buying] [ARG1 ad pages in its Golf Digest magazine] .
- Your Sept. 21 article `` It *EXP*-1 's So Easy [ARG0 *] to Get Burned *-2 [ARGM-TMP When] *-2 [rel Buying] [ARG1 a Small Firm] *T*-3 '' was excellent .
- [ARG0 An accountant] did not review the seller 's books before *-1 [rel buying] [ARG1 a business] .
- MCA Inc. said 0 [ARG0 its toy-making unit] agreed *-1 to [rel buy] [ARG1 Buddy L Corp. , producer of a line of toy vehicles and preschool products] .
- In June 1980 , [ARG0 Michele Sindona] -- an Italian financier who [ARGM-TMP in July 1972] *T*-3 had [rel bought] [ARG1 a 22 % block of Franklin 's stock] from [ARG2-from Loews Corp. , headed * by Laurence A. Tisch] -- was sentenced *-1 to 25 years in prison after * being convicted *-2 of fraud and perjury .
- `` [ARG0 The affluent people and the corporations] [ARGM-MOD can] [rel buy] [ARG1 it] , the poor radicals -LCB- in political cases -RCB- get it free , and everybody in between is at a disadvantage , and that 's not the kind of system 0 we want *T*-2 , '' says *T*-3 Amitai Etzioni , a prominent sociologist who *T*-1 teaches at George Washington University .
- Several phone calls and a visit to his broker 's office later , the dentist found out that the $ 9,000 *U* drop represented the current value of the premium 0 he paid *T*-1 when [ARG0 he] [rel bought] [ARG1 the CD] *T*-2 , and that the amount was n't insured *-3 .
- Dr. Blumenfeld concedes 0 he did n't fully understand [ARG1 what] [ARG0 he] was [rel buying] *T*-1 .
- But he says 0 he did n't understand 0 [ARG0 he] was [rel buying] [ARG1 the CD] [ARGM-LOC on the secondary market] , and he contends 0 his broker never fully explained the risks .
- `` I assumed 0 [ARG0 I] was [rel buying] [ARG1 a CD] [ARGM-MNR as a CD] , '' he says *T*-1 .
- But [ARG0 investors] who *T*-1 [rel bought] [ARG1 zero-coupon CDs] [ARGM-LOC in the secondary market] are n't the only ones who *T*-2 may be surprised *-3 to learn 0 the full amount of their investments is n't insured *-4 .
- The problem is that [ARG1 the CD] 0 [ARG0 he] [rel bought] *T*-1 [ARGM-PNC for a retirement plan] was n't a plain vanilla CD .
- Americans are drinking less , but [ARG0 young professionals from Australia to West Germany] are rushing *-1 to [rel buy] [ARG1 premium-brand American vodka , brandy and other spirits] .
- [ARGM-MNR As part of a previously announced transaction] , [ARG0 Federal Mogul Corp.] has [rel bought] [ARG1 approximately 565,000 shares of its common stock] from [ARG2-from Nortek Inc.] at [ARG3-at $ 23.50 *U* a share] .
- Mr. Hardis said 0 [ARG0 truck-fleet operators] appear *-1 to be cautious about *-2 [rel buying] [ARG1 new trucks] until they see how the economy behaves *T*-3 .
- [ARG1 These shares] [ARGM-MOD will] be [rel bought] *-1 by [ARG0-by SIBV-MS Holdings] at [ARG3-at $ 41.75 *U* each] [ARGM-TMP after the acquisition of the minority shares] .
- [ARG0 Some analysts at least] are [rel buying] [ARG1 that argument] , and were n't alarmed *-1 by the losses .
- Inco said 0 [ARG0 it] plans *-1 to [rel buy] [ARGM-DIR back] [ARG1 as many as five million common shares] [ARGM-TMP over the next 12 months] [ARGM-ADV if nickel market conditions are favorable] .
- The nickel producer also raised its quarterly dividend to 25 cents a share from 20 cents and said 0 [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD may] [rel buy] [ARGM-DIR back] [ARG1 as much as 4.8 % of its common outstanding] .
- It is widely known *-1 within industry circles that [ARG0 Hess] had *-2 to [rel buy] [ARG1 oil products] [ARGM-LOC in the high-priced spot markets] [ARGM-PNC *-3 to continue *-4 supplying its customers] .
- In a recent investment letter entitled `` Winners of the ` Leverage Wars , ' '' Edward Kerschner , chairman of PaineWebber 's investment policy committee , suggested that [ARG0 investors] [rel buy] [ARG1 stocks of companies that *T*-1 have avoided *-2 loading up on debt] .
- He suggested that [ARG0 investors] [rel buy] [ARG1 the shares of Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea , J. Baker , McDonald 's , Philip Morris and Sara Lee] .
- USA Today reported that [ARG0 the Rales brothers , Washington , D.C.-based investors who *T*-1 made an unsuccessful offer * to acquire Interco last year ,] have [rel bought] [ARG1 nearly 3 % of Mead 's common shares] .
- [ARGM-LOC Among the 30 Dow industrials] , [ARG0 they] [rel bought] [ARG1 McDonald 's , Coca-Cola Co. and Procter & Gamble] and sold Aluminum Co. of America .
- He was finally given leave when [ARG0 he] was arrested *-1 for *-3 [ARGM-ADV allegedly] [rel buying] [ARG1 crack] *T*-2 .
- [ARG0 Ingersoll Publications Co.] agreed *-1 to [rel buy] [ARG1 the New Haven Register] [ARGM-LOC in a transaction valued * at $ 275 million *U*] from [ARG2-from Goodson Newspaper Group Inc] .
- Under the terms of the accord , Ingersoll will pay about $ 255 million *U* for the Register , [ARG1 a daily] that [ARG0 Goodson] [rel bought] *T*-1 for [ARG3-for about $ 170 million *U*] [ARGM-TMP in 1986] .
- Computer Sciences Corp. , El Segundo , Calif. , said 0 [ARG0 it] is close to * making final an agreement * to [rel buy] [ARG1 Cleveland Consulting Associates] from [ARG2-from Saatchi & Saatchi]
- Payment by Allianz for [ARG1 the insurance interests] 0 [ARG0 it] has [ARGM-TMP just] [rel bought] *T*-1 will help swell the French concern 's treasury to an estimated 11 billion francs .
- When [ARG0 notoriously independent-minded Navigation Mixte Chairman Marc Fournier] rejected Paribas 's offer and began *-2 [rel buying] [ARG1 Paribas shares] [ARGM-MNR in retaliation] *T*-1 , Mr. Francois-Poncet said 0 *T*-3 , he felt obliged *-4 to bid for control .
- The cost of [ARG0 *] [rel buying] [ARG1 the additional 48 % stake] would be 10.95 billion francs -LRB- $ 1.74 billion *U* -RRB- .
- He told reporters 0 he had information that [ARG0 Mr. Fournier] was preparing *-1 to [rel buy] [ARG1 as much as 20 % of Paribas , up from less than 5 % currently] .
- According to Bernard Savaiko , senior commodity analyst at PaineWebber , the only stability to the market came when [ARG0 short sellers] periodically moved in *-2 to cover their positions by *-3 [rel buying] [ARG1 contracts] *T*-1 .
- Such support usually comes from [ARG0 arbitragers] who *T*-1 use a strong British pound *-2 to [rel buy] [ARG1 copper] [ARGM-LOC in New York] .
- He said 0 the traders are demanding a higher level of proof before [ARG0 they] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel buy] [ARG1 palladium] [ARGM-ADV again] .
- Many analysts believe that [ARG0 the Soviets '] thirst for dollars *ICH*-2 this year 0 *T*-1 to [rel buy] [ARG1 grain and other Western commodities and goods] will bring them to the market whenever prices rally very much *T*-3 .
- For the past week or so , traders have been expecting [ARG0 India] to [rel buy] [ARG1 between 150,000 and 200,000 tons of refined sugar] , and there have been expectations of a major purchase by Japan .
- What *T*-1 makes the most sense is * to find [ARG0 someone] who *T*-2 wants *-3 to [rel buy] [ARG1 the whole company] or cause a recapitalization of all shares . ''
- And he says 0 [ARG0 Manville] has the financial flexibility 0 * to [rel buy] [ARG1 other companies] [ARGM-TMP at the best possible moment when other construction-related firms are hurting and selling cheap *T*-2] *T*-1 .
- [ARGM-TMP So far] , [ARGM-MNR as a price-conscious shopper] , [ARG0 Manville] has [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel bought] [ARG1 much] .
- [ARG0 Itel] [rel bought] [ARG1 a 17 % stake in Sante Fe Pacific] [ARGM-TMP last year] and Olympia & York later purchased about a 20 % stake ; they would have interests in the new realty company in line with their holdings in Sante Fe Pacific .
- But fund officials said 0 [ARG0 the Santa Fe Pacific Realty investment] provides an opportunity * to [rel buy] [ARG1 a stake in a large real estate portfolio heavily weighted * with California properties] .
- Interstate banking is scheduled *-1 to begin in California in 1991 , and [ARG0 larger California banks , such as Wells Fargo & Co. ,] have been paying fat premiums *-2 to [rel buy] [ARG1 smaller banks] [ARGM-PNC *-3 to control markets before any out-of-state banks enter the fray] .
- Traders , however , are quick *-1 to point out that while there is little enthusiasm for [ARG0 *] [rel buying] [ARG1 dollars] , the U.S. unit has found a `` natural bottom '' at about 1.85 marks and 140 yen .
- `` It 's a case of the market being too high 0 [ARG0 *T*-2] to [rel buy] and too afraid 0 *T*-3 to sell , '' a senior dealer with Kleinwort Benson Securities said *T*-1 .
- [ARGM-DIS Further] , [ARG0 GSX] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel buy] $ 1 million *U* of Enviropact common stock , at $ 2.625 *U* a share , plus [ARG1 an option * to acquire an additional $ 1.5 million *U* of common at the same price] , the company said 0 *T*-1 .
- [ARGM-DIS Further] , [ARG0 GSX] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel buy] [ARG1 $ 1 million *U* of Enviropact common stock] , at [ARG3-at $ 2.625 *U* a share] , plus an option * to acquire an additional $ 1.5 million *U* of common at the same price , the company said 0 *T*-1 .
- In a Securities and Exchange Commission filing , Meson said 0 it holds 67,400 Verit common shares , including net purchases of [ARG1 8,100 shares] [rel bought] * [ARGM-TMP from Oct. 10 , 1988 , to Oct. 11 , 1989] , for [ARG3-for $ 3.875 to $ 7 *U* each] .
- It said 0 [ARG0 it] will buy back two million shares , or 18.4 % , of the total outstanding , and continue operations *-1 [rel buying] and managing [ARG1 real estate] .
- It said 0 [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel buy] [ARGM-DIS back] [ARG1 two million shares , or 18.4 % , of the total outstanding] , and continue operations *-1 buying and managing real estate .
- Shelley M. Zeiger , [ARG0 an entrepreneur] from New Jersey who *T*-1 [rel buys] [ARG1 Soviet porcelain and `` matryoshka '' nesting dolls] [ARGM-PNC for export to the U.S.] , says 0 West German companies already have snapped up much of the production of these items .
- Company officials said over the weekend that Qintex Australia 's bank creditors have become concerned about a barrage of bad news at the company , including a failed US$ 1.5 billion *U* plan [ARG0 *] to [rel buy] [ARG1 MGM\/UA Communications Co. , a Beverly Hills , Calif. , movie and television production concern] .
- What *T*-2 has jolted many junk buyers is the sudden realization that [ARG1 junk bonds] [ARGM-MOD can] [ARGM-NEG not] [ARGM-ADV necessarily] be [rel bought] and sold *-1 [ARGM-MNR with the ease of common stocks and many investment-grade bonds] .
- [ARG0 Three of every 10 buyers under 30] would prefer *-1 to [rel buy] [ARG1 a sports car] , compared with just 16 % of adults 30 and over , according to the Journal survey .
- `` For many baby boomers , [ARG0 *] [rel buying] [ARG1 a domestic car] is a totally foreign experience , '' says *T*-1 Christopher Cedergren , auto-market analyst with J.D. Power & Co. of Agoura Hills , Calif .
- Some 60 % of the survey respondents said 0 [ARG0 they] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel buy] [ARG1 anti-lock brakes] [ARGM-ADV even if they carry a medium or high price tag] .
- The most controversial of these is stock-index arbitrage , in which [ARG0 traders] [rel buy] or sell [ARG1 baskets of stocks] and offset the position with an opposite trade in stock-index futures 0 *T*-2 to lock in profits *T*-1 .
- [ARGM-ADV Although working women are `` forced *-1 to wear the uniform of the day] , [ARGM-PNC *-2 to retain their femininity] [ARG0 they] are [rel buying] [ARG1 better quality , more upscale intimate apparel] , '' he said *T*-3 .
- `` [ARGM-TMP Over the past three and a half years] , [ARG1 apparel companies , many of whom *T*-3 have strong brand names ,] have been [rel bought] *-1 at [ARG3-at about 60 % of sales] , '' says *T*-2 Deborah Bronston , Prudential-Bache Securities Inc. apparel analyst .
- In Europe , business suffered as [ARG0 Federal] [rel bought] [ARG1 several local companies] , [ARGM-ADV only *-1 to have the managers quit] .
- Amid heavy buying of shares in Belgium 's largest insurer , Maurice Lippens also warned in an interview that [ARG0 a white knight] , in *-1 [rel buying] out [ARG1 a raider] , could leave speculators with big losses on their AG stock .
- [ARG0 * Owning the Cowboys] has [rel bought] [ARG4 him] [ARG1 entree to a glitzy life that * drilling for oil in Arkansas just did n't provide *T*-1] .
- Shortly after [ARG0 *] [rel buying] [ARG1 66 % of the team] from [ARG2-from H.R. `` Bum '' Bright] for [ARG3-for $ 145 million *U*] , and mindful of the Cowboys ' ragged bottom line , the 47-year-old Mr. Jones set about his own round of team cuts .
- After college , [ARG0 he] worked at his father 's insurance company in Little Rock , and in 1966 led an aborted attempt * to [rel buy] [ARG1 the San Diego Chargers] .
- Mr. Jones has been taking prospective suite owners onto the field during practice *-2 to let them rub elbows with players , and promises [ARG0 those] who *T*-1 [ARGM-ADV actually] [rel buy] [ARG1 one of the rooms] an insider 's look at the team 's strategy before game time .
- The sales job seems *-2 to be paying off : When [ARG0 he] [rel bought] [ARG1 the team] *T*-3 , only six of the suites had been sold *-1 .
- Soon , [ARG0 only large corporations] will be able *-2 to afford *-3 to [rel buy] and run [ARG1 football teams] , predicts 0 *T*-4 John J. Veatch Jr. , an investment banker with Salomon Brothers who *T*-1 handled the Cowboys sale .
- Qintex said 0 Mr. Evans , the former president , resigned for `` personal reasons '' and that Mr. Kimmel , an attorney , resigned because his participation in [ARG0 *] evaluating the company 's role in * [rel buying] [ARG1 MGM\/UA] was no longer necessary .
- [ARG0 It] wanted *-1 to [rel buy] [ARG1 RJR Nabisco Inc. 's French cracker subsidiary , Belin ,] in hopes of *-1 selling its products in tobacco stores , but lost the bidding to food group BSN SA .
- The aim , says *T*-2 Mr. de Galle , is * to win market share from imported cigarettes , and * to persuade [ARG0 smokers who *T*-1 are switching to blonde cigarettes] *-4 to keep *-3 [rel buying] [ARG1 French] .
- Instead of *-2 paying for parking by * putting money in the existing machines , which *T*-1 deliver little paper receipts , [ARG0 drivers] would be able *-2 to [rel buy] [ARG1 electronic cards] [ARGM-LOC in local tobacco shops] .
- [ARG0 McCormick Capital Inc.] said 0 the final proration factor was 0.628394 on its oversubscribed , $ 3-a-share *U* tender offer * to [rel buy] [ARGM-DIR back] [ARG1 as many as 1.1 million of its common shares] .
- [ARGM-MNR Through a separate agreement between Peter Dauchy , president , and a group of selling shareholders] , the company said 0 *T*-1 , [ARG0 Mr. Dauchy] [ARGM-MOD will] [ARGM-TMP on Oct. 30] [rel buy] [ARG1 231,405 shares] from [ARG2-from the group] , [ARGM-ADV * boosting his stake to about 717,000 shares , or 50.7 % of the total after the buy-back] .
- In a blow to France 's Rafale jet fighter , [ARG0 the French navy] for the first time publicly stated its desire * to [rel buy] [ARG1 15 McDonnell Douglas Corp. F-18 Hornets] [ARGM-PNC *-1 to defend its aircraft carriers] .
- In an interview in the navy 's official weekly magazine Cols Bleus , the navy 's second-in-command , Adm. Yves Goupil , said 0 [ARG0 the navy] still intends *-1 to [rel buy] [ARG1 86 Rafales] [ARGM-ADV as * scheduled] [ARGM-TMP in the late 1990s and early 21st century] .
- Rather than *-4 renovate the Crusaders , which Dassault is proposing *-2 to do *T*-1 for around 1.8 billion French francs -LRB- $ 286.6 million *U* -RRB- , Adm. Goupil said 0 [ARG0 the navy] wants *-3 to [rel buy] [ARG1 used F-18s] from [ARG2-from the U.S. Navy] .
- Options give [ARG0 a holder] the right *RNR*-1 , but not the obligation *RNR*-1 , * to [rel buy] or sell [ARG1 a security] at [ARG3-at a set price] [ARGM-TMP within a set period of time] .
- Dow Chemical Co. said 0 [ARG0 its Destec Energy Inc. unit] has agreed *-1 to [rel buy] [ARG1 PSE Inc. , a Houston energy company ,] [ARGM-MNR in a deal valued * at about $ 115 million *U*] .
- Dow said 0 it already has agreements with Albert J. Smith Jr. , chairman and chief executive officer of PSE , and certain other officers of [ARGM-MNR the company] under which [ARG0 Dow] [ARGM-MOD may] [rel buy] [ARG1 about 40 % of the PSE common shares outstanding] *T*-1 .
- In anticipation of that shift , he and other analysts are encouraging [ARG0 their clients] to [rel buy] [ARG1 such issues] [ARGM-TMP now] .
- Also , [ARG1 the smaller growth stocks] are n't widely traded , and so are harder 0 [ARG0 *] to [rel buy] and sell *T*-1 [ARGM-MNR quickly] than blue chips .
- Each $ 5,000 *U* bond carries one warrant *ICH*-3 , exercisable from Nov. 28 , 1989 , through Oct. 28 , 1993 , [ARG0 *] to [rel buy] [ARG1 company shares] at [ARG3-at an expected premium of 2 1\/2 % to the closing share price] [ARGM-TMP when terms are fixed *-1 Oct. 27 *T*-2] .
- Now , annual population growth is running at about 2 % a year , [ARG1 some desert tracts] [rel bought] [ARGM-TMP three years ago] for [ARG3-for $ 90,000 *U* an acre] are being sold *-1 at $ 25,000 *U* an acre and Phoenix has a seven-year supply of unoccupied office space .
- [ARG0 Immunex] will have the option * to [rel buy] [ARGM-ADV back] [ARG1 Receptech shares] [ARGM-TMP after five years] .
- In his first year of * operating [ARG1 the store] 0 [ARG0 he] [rel bought] *T*-2 for [ARG3-for $ 220,000 *U*] , Mr. Ortiz was robbed *-1 at least twice at gunpoint .
- Last Monday , [ARG0 he] started `` *-2 [rel buying] [ARG1 the high-quality growth companies that people were throwing away *T*-1 at discount prices] . ''
- `` [ARG0 People] showed some staying power and , in fact , interest in * [rel buying] [ARG1 equities] . ''
- [ARG1 International Signal & Control , Lancaster , Pa. , a defense-equipment manufacturer ,] was [rel bought] *-1 by [ARG0-by Ferranti] [ARGM-TMP in 1987] for [ARG3-for # 420 million *U* -LRB- $ 670.3 million *U* -RRB-] .
- [ARG0 Royal] withdrew its offer * to [rel buy] [ARG1 Realist , a maker of optical and electronic products based * in Menomonee Falls , Wis. ,] for [ARG3-for $ 14.06 *U* a share] [ARGM-TMP in July] after Realist disclosed the Ammann purchase .
- `` So when there 's talk and concern about the economy *T*-1 , it *EXP*-2 's not unreasonable for a portion of the [rel buying] [ARG0 public] to defer purchases . ''
- But he said 0 the industry has `` a good decade ahead , '' particularly if [ARG0 aging baby boomers] fulfill the industry 's dreams by *-1 [rel buying] [ARG1 RVs] .
- Now some investment analysts insist that the economic climate has turned cold and gloomy , and they are urging [ARG0 clients] *-1 to [rel buy] [ARG1 bonds] [ARGM-TMP before the rally begins] .
- But * persuading [ARG0 investors] *-2 to [rel buy] [ARG1 bonds] may be especially tough this week , when the U.S. government will auction more than $ 30 billion *U* of new securities *T*-1 .
- [ARG0 Investors] rushed *-1 to [rel buy] [ARG1 bonds] [ARGM-TMP during the summer] [ARGM-ADV as prices soared on speculation that interest rates would continue *-2 to fall] .
- [ARG0 McCaw] is offering *-2 to [rel buy] [ARG1 22 million shares of LIN] for [ARG3-for $ 125 *U* each in cash] , which *T*-1 would result in McCaw owning 50.3 % of the cellular-phone and broadcasting concern .
- [ARGM-DIS For example] , [ARG0 Nissho Iwai Corp. , one of the biggest Japanese trading houses ,] [ARGM-TMP now] [rel buys] [ARG1 almost twice as many goods from China as it sells to that country] .
- These have been among the country 's leading imports , particularly last year when there were shortages that *T*-1 led [ARG0 many traders] to [rel buy] [ARGM-MNR heavily] and pay dearly *T*-2 .
- [ARG0 Traders] who *T*-1 had [rel bought] [ARG1 the goods] at [ARG3-at prices above the ceiling] do n't want *-2 to take a loss on resales and are holding onto their stock .
- [ARG0 Others] preach the gospel of * [rel buying] [ARG1 only blue-chip growth stocks] .
- [ARG0 They] are starting *-1 to [rel buy] [ARG1 growth stocks] .
- James Wright , chief investment officer for Banc One Asset Management , says , `` [ARG0 We] 've been selling a disproportionate share of cyclical companies and [rel buying] [ARG1 a disproportionate share of high earnings stocks] . ''
- `` [ARGM-TMP When] [ARG0 they] are [rel buying] [ARGM-DIR back] [ARG1 stock] at [ARG3-at 10 times earnings] *T*-1 , they are suggesting that the rate of return on competing internal projects is below '' returns on the stock .
- He suggests 0 [ARG0 investors] think about * [rel buying] [ARG1 cyclical shares in the weeks ahead , as well as growth issues] .
- [ARG0 Stockholders] [ARGM-MOD may] [rel buy] [ARG1 one share *ICH*-1] at [ARG3-at the subscription price] [ARGM-ADV for every four shares of stock 0 they own *T*-2] .
- [ARG0 Stockholders who *T*-1 exercise all their rights] [ARGM-MOD may] [rel buy] [ARG1 additional shares] , the company said 0 *T*-2 .
- Comair Holdings Inc. said in Cincinnati that [ARG0 it] [rel bought] [ARG1 Airline Aviation Academy , a pilot training school based * at Sanford Regional Airport near Orlando , Fla] .
- So [ARG0 anyone] [rel buying] [ARG1 the stock] [ARGM-TMP now] is betting on some special transaction such as a recapitalization or takeover , and must do so * using some guesswork about the likelihood of such an event .
- [ARG0 The pilots] could borrow against the value of their concessions , * using the proceeds *-2 to [rel buy] [ARGM-DIR back] [ARG1 stock] from [ARG2-from the public] and give themselves the majority control 0 they have been seeking *T*-1 .
- Industry executives said 0 [ARG0 Interpublic] approached Saatchi in August about * [rel buying] [ARG1 its Campbell-Mithun-Esty unit] , but was turned down *-1 by Chairman Maurice Saatchi .
- While Saatchi 's major agency networks -- Backer Spielvogel and Saatchi & Saatchi Advertising -- would be difficult for [ARG0 any ad firm] to [rel buy] because of potential client conflicts , its smaller businesses are quite attractive .
- Other Saatchi units include ad agency [ARG0 McCaffrey & McCall] , which *T*-1 has the Mercedes account and which *T*-2 has been attempting *-3 to [rel buy] [ARG1 itself] [ARGM-ADV back] ; and Howard Marlboro , a sports and event marketing firm .
- A company official said 0 [ARG0 Arthur Borie , until January chief operating officer of Pic 'N Save Inc. ,] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel buy] [ARG1 a 20 % stake in the new Wisconsin Toy subsidiary] , and will act as head of Everything 's a Dollar .
- It now holds 233,000 A.P. Green common shares , including [ARG1 30,000 shares] [rel bought] [ARGM-TMP last Thursday] for [ARG3-for $ 35.50 to $ 36.50 *U* a share] .
- [ARG1 Housings , constructions and pharmaceuticals] continued *-2 to be [rel bought] *-1 [ARGM-TMP following Thursday 's gains] because of strong earnings outlooks .
- That growth is the result of Mr. Andersson 's shopping spree , [ARGM-TMP during which] [ARG0 he] has [rel bought] and sold [ARG1 more than 100 companies] [ARGM-TMP during the past five years] *T*-1 .
- The prospect of [ARG0 *] [rel buying] into [ARG1-into a cash-hungry company] [ARGM-MNR without *-1 getting management control] persuaded at least three foreign buyers , including a member of the Elders group of Australia , *-2 to pull out of the bidding , the bankers and analysts say 0 *T*-3 .
- Mr. Conway was executive vice president and chief investment officer of Union Central Life Insurance Co. , of Cincinnati , in [ARGM-TMP 1987] , when [ARG0 Union Central] [rel bought] [ARG1 a 54 % interest in Manhattan National Corp] *T*-1 .
- [ARG0 He] may sell more shares in the open market or in private transactions , but would n't rule out *-2 changing his intentions and [rel buying] [ARG1 shares] , the filing said 0 *T*-1 .
- A shortage of young cattle has made [ARG1 them] more expensive for [ARG0 feedlot operators] to [rel buy] *?* .
- [ARG0 Photographic developers] , [ARGM-DIS for example] , [rel bought] [ARG1 equipment 0 * to recover silver from spent photographs , negatives and processing solutions *T*-1] .
- He also noted that [ARG0 the Japanese] , who *T*-1 had been [rel buying] at [ARG3-at prices just above the $ 1.25 *U* level] , apparently pulled back from the market on Friday .
- [ARGM-TMP For years] , [ARG1 the canceled checks of a small number of well-known baseball players] have been [rel bought] and sold *-1 .
- For example , if wheat is being offered *-2 at $ 4.065 *U* and bid *-2 at $ 4.060 *U* , a market order [ARG0 *] to [rel buy] would be filled *-1 at the higher price and a market order * to sell at the lower price .
- Stop Order : Stop orders tell [ARG0 a floor broker] *-1 to [rel buy] or sell [ARG1 an investment] [ARGM-TMP once the price reaches a certain level] .
- You just call your broker and say `` [ARG0 *] [rel buy] '' or `` sell . ''
- It instructs [ARG0 a broker] *-1 to [rel buy] or sell [ARG1 an investment] at [ARG3-at the specified price or better] .
- But if [ARG1 the investment] [ARGM-MOD ca] [ARGM-NEG n't] be [rel bought] or sold *-1 [ARGM-TMP immediately] , the order is automatically canceled *-2 .
- It is a market order that *T*-1 allows [ARG0 floor brokers] to take more time 0 * to [rel buy] or sell [ARG1 an investment] *T*-2 , if they think 0 they can get a better price by waiting .
- They found 0 [ARG0 they] had [rel bought] [ARG1 stock] from [ARG2-from limit orders that they might have entered *T*-1 weeks or months earlier and had forgotten *-2 to cancel *T*-1] .
- With a market order , an investor tells [ARG0 a broker] *-1 to [rel buy] or sell `` at [ARG3-at the market] . ''
- Even the minority of them who *T*-1 must register with the Securities and Exchange Commission as `` investment advisers '' -- people who *T*-2 are in the business of * counseling others on the [rel buying] and selling of [ARG1-of securities] specifically -- have been enough * to swamp the agency 's capacity .
- Now , investment salesmen say 0 it 's time 0 * to take some risks *T*-2 if you want [ARG0 the kind] of returns that *T*-1 [ARGM-MOD will] [rel buy] [ARG4 your toddler] [ARG1 a ticket to Prestige U.] [ARGM-TMP in 18 years] .
- And [ARG0 they] have [rel bought] [ARG1 about $ 500 million *U* in prepaid-tuition plans , offered * in Michigan , Florida and Wyoming] .
- Had zeros been available in 1972 and had [ARG0 parents] [rel bought] [ARG1 a face amount equal to four years ' tuition] [ARGM-TMP at the time] , [ARGM-ADV *-2 aiming for their children 's 1988 enrollment] , they would have been left *-3 with only enough * to pay for two years , Mr. Anderson figures 0 *T*-1 .
- He sold quarter-inch fingerlings 0 *T*-2 to stock other farmers ' ponds , and [ARG0 he] [rel bought] [ARGM-ADV back] [ARG1 one-pound-or-so food-fish that he `` live-hauled '' *T*-1 to market along with his own whiskery crop] .
- And [ARG0 he] [ARGM-TMP nearly always] [rel bought] and sold [ARGM-MNR for cash] .
- `` [ARG0 We] were saving up *-1 to [rel buy] [ARG1 a house] , and my wife was pregnant , '' says *T*-2 Mr. Cortese .
- What *T*-1 makes [ARG0 a person] [rel buy] [ARG1 an oil well] from [ARG2-from some stranger knocking on the screen door] ?
- It 's much cheaper than [ARG1 permanent insurance] [rel bought] * [ARGM-TMP at the same age] .
- It may also stipulate that the insured must pass another medical exam before renewal ; if you flunk -- which *T*-1 means 0 you need insurance more than ever -- [ARG0 you] may not be able *-2 to [rel buy] [ARG1 it] .
- Like [ARG0 *] trying *-1 to [rel buy] [ARG1 life insurance] , for instance , an endeavor notably lacking in dash .
- And considering the extra cost of such provisions , some figure that [ARG0 people interested in , say , * paying for extended nursing-home care] would be better off *-2 [ARGM-ADV just] [rel buying] [ARG1 a separate policy that *T*-1 provides it] .
- Did [ARG0 I] [rel buy] [ARG1 it] ?
- Stock-index arbitrage buy programs -- in which [ARG0 traders] [rel buy] [ARG1 stock] [ARGM-ADV against offsetting positions in futures] [ARGM-PNC *-1 to lock in price differences] *T*-2 -- helped the rally 's momentum .
- The company said 0 [ARG0 six officers] are [rel buying] [ARG1 a total of $ 1.5 million *U* of its stock] .
- Merchants discovered a consumer largely ignored * by higher-priced furriers : the younger woman -- even in her late 20s -- who *T*-1 never thought 0 [ARG0 she] [ARGM-MOD could] [rel buy] [ARG1 a mink] .
- [ARG0 A woman] who *T*-1 once would have saved for two or three seasons *-2 to [rel buy] [ARG1 a U.S.-made mink] can now get an imported mink right away for less than $ 2,000 *U* .
- Besides *-2 adding to sales , leathers also attract [ARG0 retailers] who *T*-1 [ARGM-MOD may] [rel buy] [ARG1 furs] [ARGM-TMP later] , he adds 0 *T*-3 .
- [ARGM-TMP This year] [ARG0 he] [rel bought] [ARG1 two stores , one in Brooklyn and one in Queens] .
- In other moves , Mr. Rosen says 0 [ARG0 he] [rel bought] [ARG1 a truck] [ARGM-TMP three years ago] [ARGM-PNC *-1 to reach more retailers] .
- But Mr. Rosen responds : `` [ARG1 Whatever] [ARG0 people] want *-1 to [rel buy] *T*-2 , I 'll sell *T*-3 .
- I suggest that The Wall Street Journal -LRB- as well as other U.S. news publications of like mind -RRB- should put its money where its mouth is *T*-1 : [ARG0 *] Lend computer equipment *-2 to replace that damaged * at El Espectador , [rel buy] [ARG1 ad space] , publish stories under the bylines of El Espectador journalists .
- When it comes to [ARG0 *] [rel buying] and selling [ARG1 shares] *T*-1 , Westridge Capital Management Inc. takes a back seat to no one .
- [ARG0 The firm] [ARGM-TMP sometimes] [rel buys] [ARG1 S&P 500 futures] [ARGM-TMP when they are selling at a discount to the actual stocks *T*-1] , and will switch back and forth between stocks and stock-index futures *-2 to take advantages of any momentary price discrepencies .
- Mr. Carder also goes through periods when [ARG0 he] [rel buys] [ARG1 stocks] [ARGM-MNR in conjunction with options] [ARGM-PNC *-2 to boost returns and protect against declines] *T*-1 .
- And [ARGM-TMP in some months] , [ARG0 he] [rel buys] [ARG1 stock-index futures and not stocks at all] .
- `` [ARG0 You] 're [rel buying] [ARG1 the S&P] , and you always want *-2 to hold the cheapest form of it , '' he says *T*-1 .
- That leaves [ARG0 $ 13 *U*] , which *T*-1 could be used *-3 * to [rel buy] [ARG1 S&P 500 options that *T*-2 will nearly match any gain in the S&P index] .
- Another approach : [ARG0 An investor with $ 100 million *U*] might use $ 75 million *U* *-1 to [rel buy] [ARG1 the S&P 500 index] and spend the other $ 25 million *U* on a favorite group of stocks .
- [ARG0 Indexing] for the most part has involved *-2 [ARGM-ADV simply] [rel buying] [ARG1 *RNR*-1] and then holding *RNR*-1 stocks in the correct mix * to mirror a stock market barometer , such as Standard & Poor 's 500-stock index , and match its performance .
- Traders who *T*-1 sell short borrow stock and sell it , *-2 betting that the stock 's price will decline and that [ARG0 they] [ARGM-MOD can] [rel buy] [ARG1 the shares] [ARGM-ADV back] [ARGM-TMP later] at [ARG3-at a lower price] [ARGM-PNC for return to the lender] .
- Although a substantial short position reflects heavy speculation that a stock 's price will decline , some investors consider an increase in short interest bullish because [ARG1 the borrowed shares] [ARGM-TMP eventually] [ARGM-MOD must] be [rel bought] *-1 [ARGM-ADV back] .
- But a few days later the police accused [ARG0 him] of *-1 stealing electricity , acquiring rubber without permission and [rel buying] [ARG1 stolen property] .
- Last year , Hochiminh City Food says 0 [ARG0 it] [rel bought] [ARG1 two million metric tons of unhusked rice , more than 10 % of the country 's output] .
- Banc One Corp. said 0 [ARG0 it] agreed in principle *-1 to [rel buy] [ARG1 five branch offices] from [ARG2-from Trustcorp Inc. , Toledo , Ohio ,] [ARGM-TMP following the planned merger of Trustcorp into Society Corp. , Cleveland] .
- *-2 To make skiing more convenient for time-strapped visitors , [ARG0 several resorts] are [rel buying] or starting [ARG1 their own travel agencies] .
- [ARGM-LOC In one phone call] , [ARG0 ski buffs] [ARGM-MOD can] make hotel and restaurant reservations , [rel buy] [ARG1 lift tickets] , rent ski equipment and sign up for lessons .
- But it was broad-scale rejection by Japanese banks that *T*-1 helped *-2 seal the fate of the attempt [ARG0 *] to [rel buy] [ARG1 UAL] .
- [ARG0 Market makers] [rel buy] [ARG1 what investors wish *-2 to sell *T*-1] ; their business is reselling these unwanted positions as quickly as possible to other investors , and at a profit .
- That means that [ARG0 a corporation] , [ARGM-TMP after a specified amount of time has passed] , [ARGM-MOD can] [rel buy] [ARGM-ADV back] [ARG1 its bonds] [ARGM-MNR by *-1 paying investors the face value -LRB- plus , in some cases , a sweetener -RRB-] .
- But [ARG0 several mutual-fund managers] , *-3 nervous about the deteriorating quality of their junk-bond portfolios and shy about * [rel buying] [ARG1 new issues] , said 0 they 're staying away from any junk security that *T*-2 is n't considered *-1 first rate for its class .
- The equity arrangement apparently would allow [ARG0 bondholders] to [rel buy] [ARG1 a total of 10 % of the stock of CNW Corp. , Chicago & North Western 's parent company] .
- But there were also rumors *ICH*-1 yesterday that [ARG0 several Japanese institutional investors] were shifting their portfolios and [rel buying] [ARG1 long-term bonds] [ARGM-TMP while *-2 selling shorter-term Treasurys] .
- Some of [ARG1 the coal] 0 [ARG0 the plants] [rel buy] *T*-1 will come from Westmoreland mines .
- [ARG0 Chase] had purchased an option * to [rel buy] [ARG1 the building at One New York Plaza] for [ARG3-for an undisclosed sum] from the late Sol Atlas as part of its original lease in 1970 .
- The names of some of these products do n't suggest the risk involved * in [ARG0 *] [rel buying] [ARG1 them] , either .
- Larry Biehl , a money manager in San Mateo , Calif. , blames that on the advent of program trading , in which [ARG0 computers used * by big institutional investors] are programmed *-2 to [rel buy] and sell [ARG1 big blocks] [ARGM-TMP when certain market conditions prevail *T*-3] *T*-1 .
- [ARG0 Berkshire Hathaway] [ARGM-TMP earlier this year] [rel bought] [ARG1 $ 600 million *U* of preferred stock in Gillette that *T*-2 is convertible into an 11 % stake] , and Gillette said at the time that Mr. Buffett would be added *-1 to the board .
- In his affidavit filed * yesterday , Warner 's Mr. Ross indicated 0 [ARG0 he] is [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel buying] [ARG1 any such argument] : `` If Sony succeeds here , no written contract in Hollywood will be worth the paper 0 it 's written on *T*-1 .
- Sometimes [ARG0 Mr. Guber and Mr. Peters] do little more than grab the first draft of a screenplay for a `` Flashdance , '' or [rel buy] [ARG1 rights to a best seller such as `` The Color Purple] . ''
- Not only that , [ARG0 Sony] also agreed *-1 to give them a stake in Columbia 's future profits and [rel buy] [ARG1 their company , Guber Peters Entertainment Co. ,] for [ARG3-for $ 200 million *U* , almost 40 % more than the market value of the company] .
- On a number of occasions , he adds 0 *T*-1 , he tried *-2 to get [ARG0 Warner] to [rel buy] [ARG1 Guber Peters] [ARGM-MNR outright] .
- In July a year later , Warner agreed *-1 to release the producers from their old contract when [ARG0 Messrs. Guber , Peters and Sugarman] made a $ 100 million *U* offer * to [rel buy] [ARG1 25 % of MGM\/UA] *T*-2 .
- They have offered bundles of homeequity loans , as well as [ARG0 packages] of loans used * * to [rel buy] [ARG1 vacation time-shares] .
- Better than all those offers *ICH*-2 0 [ARG0 you] get *T*-1 * to [rel buy] [ARG1 securities backed * by nothing] .
- That kind of spread can be critical for [ARG0 money managers] who *T*-1 [rel buy] [ARG1 bonds] [ARGM-MNR in large quantities] and whose livelihood *T*-2 depends on * outperforming the money manager across the street .
- But for [ARG0 individuals] who *T*-1 [rel buy] [ARG1 much smaller amounts] and care less *ICH*-2 about relative performance than in * preserving what they have *T*-3 , that margin is meaningless .
- He points out that institutions buying asset-backed issues in large quantities can earn higher spreads over Treasurys than [ARG0 individuals] [rel buying] [ARG1 smaller amounts] .
- He points out that [ARG0 institutions] [rel buying] [ARG1 asset-backed issues] [ARGM-MNR in large quantities] can earn higher spreads over Treasurys than individuals buying smaller amounts .
- But skeptics ask why [ARG0 you] should bother *-1 [rel buying] [ARG1 this stuff] when you can get only slightly lower yields on government-guaranteed paper *T*-2 .
- [ARGM-TMP When] [ARG0 you] [rel buy] [ARG1 an asset-backed issue] *T*-1 , you take the risk that a bank or an insurer could run into unexpected difficulties .
- At the very least , a recession would prompt [ARG0 investors] to [rel buy] [ARG1 the highest-quality bonds 0 they can find *T*-1 -- that is , Treasurys] .
- [ARG0 Most] own two to 10 stocks , and [rel buy] or sell [ARGM-TMP no more than three times a year] .
- [ARG0 Some 71 %] had [rel bought] [ARG1 some stock] [ARGM-TMP in the past year] ; only 57 % had sold any .
- Jeremiah Mullins , head of OTC trading at Dean Witter Reynolds , said 0 [ARG0 both institutional and retail investors] were [rel buying] .
- [ARG0 Long lines of people] waited *-1 to [rel buy] [ARG1 special souvenir World Series postcards with official postmarks] .
- A young mother found [ARG0 her boy] , who *T*-1 had been out *-2 [rel buying] [ARG1 a hotdog] .
- While there are n't any major deals *ICH*-1 in the works currently on the scale of [ARG0 Sony Corp. 's] recent $ 3.4 billion *U* agreement * to [rel buy] [ARG1 Columbia Pictures Entertainment Inc.] , observers do n't rule out a transaction of that size .
- Susumu Ohara , president of Nihon Keizai Shinbun America Inc. , publisher of the Japan Economic Journal , said 0 he receives telephone calls *ICH*-1 weekly from media bankers on whether [ARG0 his parent company] is interested in *-2 [rel buying] [ARG1 a U.S. consumer or business magazine] .
- In effect , Holiday is asking holders for permission for [ARG0 Bass] to [rel buy] [ARG1 their debt] .
- 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] agreed *-2 to [rel buy] [ARG1 the Holiday Inn business] in August *T*-3 .
- [ARG0 Pitney Bowes] acquired the core of what *T*-1 evolved into Wheeler Group in 1979 by *-2 [rel buying] [ARG1 Dictaphone Corp] .
- `` [ARG0 You] need *-1 to [rel buy] [ARG1 the entire lot] , '' Mr. Seidman said *T*-2 , `` so * get out your checkbooks .
- First they get [ARG0 us] to [rel buy] [ARG1 computers] [ARGM-PNC so we can get more information] .
- Those rumors were confirmed *-1 after the end of trading yesterday when the U.S. Agriculture Department announced that [ARG0 the Soviets] had [rel bought] [ARG1 1.2 million metric tons of U.S. corn] , [ARGM-ADV * bringing their U.S. corn purchases confirmed * so far this month to about five million metric tons] *T*-2 .
- The Soviet purchases are close to *-1 exceeding [ARG1 what] some analysts had expected [ARG0 the Soviet Union] to [rel buy] *T*-2 [ARGM-TMP this fall , the season in which it usually buys much of the corn 0 it imports *T*-4 from the U.S. *T*-3] .
- The Soviet purchases are close to *-1 exceeding what some analysts had expected the Soviet Union to buy *T*-2 this fall , the season in which [ARG0 it] [ARGM-TMP usually] [rel buys] [ARG1 much of the corn 0 it imports *T*-4 from the U.S.] *T*-3 .
- One sign that more Soviet purchases are possible is that [ARG0 U.S. grain companies] [ARGM-TMP yesterday] [rel bought] [ARG1 an unusually large amount of corn futures contracts] .
- [ARGM-ADV By some estimates] , [ARG0 several grain companies combined *] [rel bought] [ARG1 contracts for the possession of roughly one million metric tons of corn] .
- By [ARG0 *-1] [rel buying] [ARG1 futures contracts] , these companies attempt *-1 to protect themselves from swings in the price of the corn that they are obligated *-3 to deliver *T*-2 .
- The decline reflected the expense of [ARG0 *] [rel buying] [ARG1 three magazines] , lower earnings from the forest-products group , and what *T*-1 is proving *-2 to be a nagging major problem , continued declines in advertising linage at the New York Times , the company 's flagship daily newspaper .
- 1 -RRB- [ARG0 Voters] [ARGM-MOD can] `` [rel buy] '' [ARG1 one of two brands *ICH*-1] [ARGM-TMP when they select their political agents *T*-4] -- a Republican brand that *T*-2 believes in the minimalist state and in the virtues of private markets over the vices of public action , and a Democratic brand that *T*-3 believes in big government and in public intervention * to remedy the excesses attendant to the pursuit of private interest .
- [ARG0 Timken , a producer of bearings and specialty steel ,] [ARGM-TMP already] [rel buys] [ARG1 gas] from [ARG2-from Clinton] .
- [ARG1 Even the beloved Dallas Cowboys] were [rel bought] *-1 by [ARG0-by an Arkansas oil man] .
- In return , the agreement would force [ARG0 UAP] to [rel buy] [ARG1 TransAtlantic 's 29.8 % holding in Sun Life] or sell its 22.9 % stake to TransAtlantic at a price set * by Transatlantic .
- Pride Petroleum Services Inc. said 0 [ARG0 it] agreed *-1 to [rel buy] [ARG1 well-servicing assets of two companies] and expects *-1 to report higher third-quarter revenue and earnings .
- The lower interest income occurred because [ARG0 Schlumberger] spent $ 1.2 billion *U* *-1 [rel buying] [ARGM-DIR back] [ARG1 its stock] last year .
- Under terms of the transaction , which *T*-2 was proposed *-1 in June , Doman said 0 it acquired International Forest Products Ltd. 's 22 % stake in Western Forest , and [ARG0 Western Forest] , [ARGM-LOC in a related transaction] , [rel bought] [ARGM-ADV back] [ARG1 a 22 % interest in the company] from [ARG2-from Fletcher Challenge Canada Ltd] .
- [ARG0 It] [ARGM-DIS also] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel buy] [ARG1 about $ 91.7 million *U* of assets] , and the FDIC will advance $ 31.8 million *U* to the assuming bank .
- He said 0 it *EXP*-2 is n't certain whether Discovision 's current management will remain [ARGM-TMP when] [ARG0 Pioneer] [rel buys] [ARG1 the company] *T*-1 .
- With [ARG0 the company] also exercising a plan * to [rel buy] [ARGM-DIR back] [ARG1 as many as 10 % of its shares outstanding] , B.A.T closed at 783 , up 27 .
- [ARG0 Fannie Mae] has agreed *-2 to [rel buy] [ARG1 as much as $ 100 million *U* of loans] [ARGM-LOC 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 It] [rel buys] [ARG1 loans] from [ARG2-from lenders] , packages some into securities for sale to investors and holds the remainder in a portfolio .
- Xtra said 0 [ARG0 it] [ARGM-TMP recently] [rel bought] [ARGM-DIR back] [ARG1 approximately 55,000 of its shares] [ARGM-ADV pursuant to its existing authorization * to acquire as many as 650,000 shares] .
- Eugene Sit , president of Sit Investment Associates in Minneapolis , says , `` When [ARG0 we] [rel bought] [ARG1 it] *T*-2 , we thought 0 the growth rate was going *-3 to accelerate '' because of computerized tax filing and instant refunds -LRB- the customer gets a refund immediately but pays extra to the tax preparer , which *T*-1 waits for Uncle Sam 's check -RRB- .
- PUTS AND CALLS , STOCK MARKET PATOIS for options [ARG0 *] to sell or [rel buy] [ARG1 a company 's shares] , were long an arcane Wall Street art best left * to the experts , who *T*-1 used them either as a hedge or for pure speculation .
- [ARGM-TMP Last year] , [ARG0 more than 1,800 traders on the CBOE] [rel bought] and sold [ARG1 112 million contracts on 178 listed stocks , 60 % of all U.S. listed options trading] .
- It listed just 16 options [ARG0 *] to [rel buy] [ARG1 a `` pilot list '' of stocks on the New York Stock Exchange] .
- [ARG0 Sony] has agreed *-1 to [rel buy] [ARG1 both companies] , but is in a legal battle with Warner Communications Inc. over the services of producers Peter Guber and Jon Peters .
- In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission , Sony also said 0 two more suits *ICH*-2 have been filed *-1 opposing [ARG0 the company 's] agreement * to [rel buy] [ARG1 Columbia] .
- `` If [ARG0 people] are [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel buying] , you have *-1 to close plants , '' he said *T*-2 .
- Exxon Corp. built the plant but closed it in 1985 and sold off much of the equipment to [ARG2 dismantling contractors] , from whom [ARG0 Coastal] [rel bought] [ARGM-MNR back] [ARG1 much of the equipment] *T*-1 .
- McCaw is seeking 50.3 % of the cellular and broadcasting concern ; the revised offer includes a feature requiring McCaw to begin an auction process *ICH*-2 in July 1994 [ARG0 that] *T*-1 [ARGM-MOD would] [rel buy] out [ARG1 remaining holders] at [ARG3-at a per-share price roughly equivalent to what a third party might then have *-4 to pay *T*-3 for all of LIN] .
- Tom Schlesinger , market analyst at A.G. Edwards & Sons Inc. , says 0 investors should consider selling if there has been a fundamental change in a company since [ARG0 they] [rel bought] [ARG1 its stock] .
- Trading *ICH*-2 was suspended *-1 in WCRS Group , a U.K. advertising concern , pending an announcement that [ARG0 it] is [rel buying] [ARG1 the remaining 50 % of France 's Carat Holding] for [ARG3-for 2.02 billion French francs -LRB- $ 318.7 million *U* -RRB-] and expanding commercial and equity ties with advertising group Eurocom .
- Just last month , [ARG0 a Bank of New York subsidiary] agreed *-3 to [rel buy] [ARG1 the credit-card operation of Dreyfus Corp. 's Dreyfus Consumer Bank] for [ARG3-for $ 168 million *U*] , a transaction that *T*-2 is expected *-4 to be completed *-1 by the end of the year .
- Or , [ARG0 a wage that *T*-1 was $ 100 *U* 30 years ago] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel buy] [ARG1 only $ 23.53 *U* worth of stuff] [ARGM-TMP today] .
- Whitbread already has been approached *-1 by [ARG0 `` about half a dozen '' companies] interested in * [rel buying] [ARG1 all or part of the spirits business] , a spokesman said 0 *T*-3 .
- Bond prices rallied early yesterday morning as [ARG0 traders] scrambled *-1 to [rel buy] [ARG1 Treasury issues] on fears that the Northern California earthquake might lead to a stock-market debacle .
- In February 1987 , [ARG0 Bally] thwarted a possible hostile takeover bid from Mr. Trump by *-1 agreeing *-2 to [rel buy] [ARG1 2.6 million of Mr. Trump 's 3.1 million Bally shares] for [ARG3-for $ 83.7 million *U* -- more than $ 18 million *U* above market price] .
- [ARG0 Opponents] do [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel buy] [ARG1 such arguments] .
- [ARG0 Eurocom] will also have the right * to [rel buy] [ARG1 the remaining 40 % of the merged ad agency group] [ARGM-TMP in six years] .
- Carat will receive its WCRS stake as part of payment for [ARG1 the 50 % Carat stake] that [ARG0 WCRS] is [rel buying] *T*-1 , while Eurocom said 0 it expects *-2 to pay about # 32 million *U* for its WCRS stake .
- By [ARG0 *-1] [rel buying] [ARG1 the space] [ARGM-MNR in bulk] , they obtain discounts as high as 50 % , which they can pass on *T*-2 to customers .
- WCRS 's restructuring reflects the growing importance of media buying in Europe , where the only way 0 * to get a good price on advertising time and space *T*-1 is [ARG0 *] to [rel buy] [ARG1 it] [ARGM-MNR in bulk] .
- From the history of capitalism we can take it *EXP*-1 as a sound bet that if it *EXP*-2 takes only 43 cents [ARG0 *] to [rel buy] [ARG1 a dollar 's worth of a firm 's capital stock] , an alert entrepreneur wo n't look the other way .
- His assumption is that the underlying profitability rate will go up and 0 [ARG1 the capital assets] 0 [ARG0 he] [rel bought] *T*-1 [ARGM-MNR on the cheap] will soon be *-2 producing profits , * thus restoring the market 's faith in them .
- SEC Chairman Richard Breeden said 0 the cooperation by the exchanges would enable [ARG0 investors] to [rel buy] and sell [ARG1 options listed * solely on the Pacific exchange] , *-1 guaranteeing the liquidity of the market .
- -LRB- Put options give holders the right *RNR*-1 , but not the obligation *RNR*-1 , * to sell a financial instrument at a specified price , while call options give [ARG0 holders] the right *RNR*-2 , but not the obligation *RNR*-2 , * to [rel buy] [ARG1 a financial instrument] at [ARG3-at a specified price] -RRB- .
- [ARGM-ADV At yesterday 's closing price] , [ARG0 $ 1 billion *U*] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel buy] [ARGM-DIR back] [ARG1 about 10 million shares , or less than 2 % of the roughly 580 million outstanding] .
- In addition , as of Sept. 30 , [ARG0 the company] still had authorization * to [rel buy] [ARG1 $ 368 million *U* of stock] under a prior repurchase program .
- Steve Milunovich , a securities analyst at First Boston , said that while [ARG0 investors] were looking for an excuse 0 * to [rel buy] [ARG1 IBM shares] *T*-1 a year ago , even the big institutional investors are looking for a reason 0 * to avoid the stock *T*-2 these days .
- [ARG0 The company] has spent some $ 5 billion *U* over the past 3 1\/2 years *-1 to [rel buy] [ARGM-DIR back] [ARG1 42 million common shares , or roughly 7 % of those outstanding] .
- For the survey , Peter D. Hart Research Associates asked some 2,000 consumers , including Mrs. Lombardi , whether [ARG0 they] [ARGM-TMP usually] [rel buy] [ARG1 one brand of a certain type of product] or have no brand loyalty .
- For such products as canned vegetables and athletic shoes , devotion to a single brand was quite low , with fewer than 30 % saying 0 [ARG0 they] [ARGM-TMP usually] [rel buy] [ARG1 the same brand] .
- Coke and Pepsi are all the same to me , and [ARG0 I] [ARGM-TMP usually] [rel buy] [ARG1 whichever brand of coffee *T*-1 happens *-2 to be on sale] . ''
- [ARG0 Only 23 % of trash-bag users in the Journal survey] [ARGM-TMP usually] [rel buy] [ARG1 the same brand] , and just 29 % of battery buyers stick to one brand .
- Marketers speculate that more affluent people tend *-3 to lead more pressured lives and do n't have time 0 * to research [ARG1 the products] 0 [ARG0 they] [rel buy] *T*-1 for the highest quality and most reasonable price *T*-2 .
- `` [ARG0 They] 're [rel buying] [ARG1 whatever *T*-1 's cheaper] . ''
- [ARGM-ADV While *-1 not as brand loyal as in the past] , [ARG0 consumers today] do [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel buy] [ARG1 products] [ARGM-MNR capriciously] , [ARGM-DIS either] .
- `` When there 's a clutter of brands *T*-5 , consumers simplify the complexity by *-6 telling themselves , ` All brands are the same so what difference does it *EXP*-2 make *T*-1 [ARG1 which] [ARG0 I] [rel buy] *T*-3 , ' '' says *T*-4 Karen Olshan , a senior vice president at BBDO .
- After she heard about the artery-clogging hazards of tropical oils in many cookies , [ARG0 she] dropped Pepperidge Farm and started *-1 [rel buying] [ARG1 brands free of such oils] .
- Campbell Soup Co. , for one , has concluded that it *EXP*-3 makes good sense * to focus more on its most loyal customers than on [ARG0 people] who *T*-4 [rel buy] [ARG1 competitive brands] .
- For example , insurers may seek *-2 to limit their future exposure to catastrophes by *-3 increasing [ARG1 the amount] of reinsurance 0 [ARG0 they] [rel buy] *T*-1 .
- The anti-takeover measure prevents [ARG0 any outside investor] from *-1 [rel buying] [ARG1 more than 15 % of Jaguar shares] [ARGM-MNR without permission] until Dec. 31 , 1990 .
- [ARG0 Program traders] were [rel buying] and selling [ARGM-ADV at full steam] [ARGM-TMP Monday , the first trading session after the stock market 's 190.58-point plunge Friday] .
- [ARGM-LOC In it] , [ARG0 traders] [rel buy] or sell [ARG1 stocks] and offset those positions in stock-index futures contracts *-1 to profit from fleeting price discrepancies .
- Each $ 5,000 *U* bond carries [ARG0 one warrant *ICH*-2] , exercisable from Dec. 1 , 1989 , through Nov. 2 , 1993 , * to [rel buy] [ARG1 company shares] at [ARG3-at an expected premium of 2 1\/2 % to the closing share price when terms are fixed *-1 Oct. 24 *T*-3] .
- [ARG0 A somewhat higher percentage of people living in the Bay area] have [rel bought] [ARG1 the additional insurance protection] , but the great majority are n't covered *-1 .
- Early yesterday , bonds rose as [ARG0 investors] rushed *-1 to [rel buy] [ARG1 Treasury securities] on the prospect that stocks would plummet in the aftermath of the massive California earthquake .
- In recent days , traders say 0 [ARG0 USAir] has been [rel buying] [ARG1 its own shares] , [ARGM-PNC as part of a program * to retire about eight million USAir shares] , though the carrier wo n't discuss its buy-back program .
- Since last April , the investor has made seven so-called 13D filings in USAir , as [ARG0 he] [rel bought] and sold [ARG1 the company 's stock] .
- She thinks 0 [ARG0 traders] [ARGM-MOD should] [rel buy] [ARG1 the stock] [ARGM-ADV if it tumbles to 35] .
- While [ARG0 he] has [rel bought] and sold [ARG1 some USAir shares] [ARGM-TMP in recent days] , he says that contrary to rumors , he has n't tried *-1 to unload his holding .
- Mr. Steinhardt adds that [ARG0 he] [rel bought] [ARG1 USAir stock] [ARGM-TMP earlier this year] [ARGM-MNR as `` part of a fundamental investment in the airline group] . ''
- [ARG0 The buyer] [ARGM-TMP then] picks a price and [rel buys] [ARG1 shares] at [ARG3-at that price] from [ARG2-from holders who *T*-1 offered *-2 to sell at that price or lower] .
- [ARG0 A subsidiary of Britain 's Imperial Chemical Industries] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel buy] [ARG1 electricity and steam] from [ARG2-from the proposed station] .
- [ARG0 A group of investors , including Giancarlo Parretti 's Pathe Communications Corp. and Sasea Holding S.A. ,] have agreed *-1 to [rel buy] [ARG1 76.66 % of Odeon Finanziaria , a financially troubled Italian TV station] .
- `` We think that it *EXP*-1 's going *-4 to be far more favorable *ICH*-6 * to own a station before the law is passed *-3 than [ARG0 *] to try *-2 to [rel buy] [ARG1 one] [ARGM-TMP afterward] , '' Mr. Fiorini said *T*-5 .
- Last month , [ARG0 Mr. Ruskin] proposed , among other things , *-1 to [rel buy] [ARG1 3.5 million shares , or 38 % ,] for [ARG3-for $ 4 *U* apiece] .
- [ARG0 IBM] plans *-1 to [rel buy] [ARGM-DIR back] [ARG1 $ 1 billion *U* of its common shares] , [ARGM-ADV a move likely * to help the computer giant 's battered stock] .
- Both of these mines are normally major suppliers of copper to [ARG0 Japan] , which *T*-1 has been [rel buying] [ARG1 copper] [ARGM-LOC on the world market] .
- The first analyst said that [ARG0 the Japanese , as well as the Chinese] , [rel bought] [ARG1 copper] [ARGM-TMP earlier in the week] [ARGM-LOC in London] , but that this purchasing has since slackened as the supply situation , at least over the long term , appears *-1 to have improved .
- [ARG0 That country] [ARGM-TMP recently] [rel bought] [ARG1 200,000 tons of sugar] and had been expected *-1 to seek a like quantity last week but did n't *?* .
- `` We 've known for six months the effect of this drug , and our advice to our people has been [ARG0 *] [ARGM-NEG not] to [rel buy] [ARG1 the company 's stock] , '' Dr. Starzl said *T*-2 , *-1 adding that * profiting from FK-506 would n't be ethical .
- While Steppenwolf was in London with `` The Grapes of Wrath , '' [ARG0 Bruce Sagan , the president of its board of directors ,] quietly returned to Chicago *-1 to [rel buy] [ARG1 a piece of real estate in the city 's rapidly reviving North Halsted Street restaurant and theater district] .
- Then , if the stocks fell sharply , [ARG0 he] planned *-3 to begin *-4 [rel buying] [ARG1 them] [ARGM-MNR aggressively] , on the theory that the companies that *T*-1 insure against property damage and accidents will have *-5 to raise rates eventually *-6 to compensate for the claims 0 they will pay *T*-2 to earthquake victims and victims of last month 's Hurricane Hugo .
- The largest purchase was by [ARG0 Dudley Taft] , who *T*-1 [rel bought] [ARG1 4,400 shares] for [ARG3-for $ 125,075 *U*] .
- Mr. Taft , who *T*-1 is also president of Taft Broadcasting Co. , said 0 [ARG0 he] [rel bought] [ARG1 the shares] [ARGM-CAU because he keeps a utility account at the brokerage firm of Salomon Brothers Inc. , which *T*-2 had recommended the stock as a good buy] .
- [ARG0 The two other directors] [rel bought] [ARG1 1,000 and 1,900 shares] , [ARGM-ADV respectively] , at [ARG3-at prices between $ 28.15 *U* a share and $ 28.75 *U* a share] , filings with the SEC show 0 *T*-1 .
- [ARG0 Mr. Templeton] [rel bought] [ARG1 his shares] [ARGM-LOC in several separate purchases between Aug. 30 and Sept. 28] , [ARGM-ADV according to reports with the SEC] .
- [ARG0 He] [rel bought] at [ARG3-at share prices ranging from $ 9.375 *U* to $ 9.625 *U*] .
- Each $ 5,000 *U* bond carries one warrant , exercisable from Nov. 16 , 1989 , through Oct. 19 , 1993 , [ARG0 *] to [rel buy] [ARG1 company shares] at [ARG3-at an expected premium of 2 1\/2 % to the closing share price] when terms are fixed *-1 Oct. 24 *T*-2 .
- Each $ 5000 *U* bond carries one warrant , exercisable from Nov. 15 , 1989 , to Oct. 18 , 1993 , [ARG0 *] to [rel buy] [ARG1 company shares] at [ARG3-at an expected premium of 2 1\/2 % to the closing share price] when terms are fixed *-1 Oct. 23 *T*-2 .
- Each $ 5,000 *U* bond carries one warrant , exercisable from May 8 , 1991 , through Oct. 8 , 1994 , [ARG0 *] to [rel buy] [ARG1 company shares] at [ARG3-at an expected premium of 75 % to 85 % *U* to the closing share price] when terms are fixed *-1 Oct. 18 *T*-2 .
- Under Northern Trust 's plan , shareholders were issued *-1 rights that , in the event of certain attempted takeovers , *T*-2 allow [ARG0 holders] to [rel buy] [ARG1 shares in the company] at [ARG3-at half price] .
- If [ARG0 you] [rel bought] , you wish 0 you had n't *?* , and if you sold , you wish 0 you had n't *?* . ''
- The stock market 's dizzying gyrations during the past few days have made a lot of individual investors wish 0 [ARG0 they] [ARGM-MOD could] [rel buy] [ARG1 some sort of insurance] .
- There are more than 650 stocks on which [ARG1 options *T*-2] [ARGM-MOD may] be [rel bought] and sold *-1 , including some over-the-counter stocks .
- *-2 Called *-1 a `` married put , '' the technique is carried *-2 out by [ARG0 *] purchasing a stock and [ARGM-TMP simultaneously] [rel buying] [ARG1 a put option on that stock] .
- A call option is similar to a put , except that it gives [ARG0 its owner] the right * to [rel buy] [ARG1 shares] at [ARG3-at a stated price] [ARGM-TMP until expiration] .
- That 's because the cost of [ARG0 *] [rel buying] [ARG1 put options] eats into an investor 's profit when stock prices rise *T*-1 .
- `` This is [ARG1 the type] of fire insurance 0 [ARG0 you] [ARGM-ADV only] [rel buy] *T*-1 [ARGM-TMP when the nearby woods are on fire *T*-3] , '' says *T*-2 Mr. Roth .
- McCormick Capital Inc. said 0 [ARG0 its tender offer * to [rel buy] [ARGM-DIR back] [ARG1 as many as 1.1 million , or 44 % , of its common shares] at [ARG3-at $ 3 *U* apiece] , which *T*-2 expired Friday evening ,] was oversubscribed *-1 .
- A computer with the optical device will still cost $ 6,495 *U* , but from now on Next will outfit every computer with a hard drive and supply one at no cost to [ARG0 those] who *T*-1 have [ARGM-TMP already] [rel bought] [ARG1 Next machines] .
- `` We 'd still like *-2 to see a student model , '' priced * at about $ 3,500 *U* , said 0 *T*-3 Ronald Johnson , director of academic computing at [ARG0 Minnesota 's Gustavus Adolphus College] , which *T*-1 has [rel bought] [ARG1 eight Next machines] .
- However , most universities that *T*-1 have bought the machines say 0 [ARG0 they] are [rel buying] [ARG1 small numbers] [ARGM-PNC for evaluation purposes] .
- However , [ARG0 most universities] that *T*-1 have [rel bought] [ARG1 the machines] say 0 they are buying small numbers for evaluation purposes .
- [ARG0 Universities] [ARGM-MOD can] [ARGM-TMP now] [rel buy] [ARG1 a Next computer without an optical storage device] for [ARG3-for $ 4,995 *U*] .
- [ARG0 Fannie Mae , a federally chartered , shareholder-owned corporation ,] operates a secondary market for mortgage loans , *-1 [rel buying] [ARG1 loans] from [ARG2-from lenders] , packaging some into securities for sale to investors and keeping the rest in its portfolio .
- [ARGM-ADV As * described *-1 in `` The New Crowd] , '' [ARG0 they] take on ambitious new wives , move to Greenwich , Conn. , or Bedford , N.Y. , [rel buy] [ARG1 OK pictures] , and let their wives share the wealth with decorators .
- They include [ARG1 122,700 shares] [rel bought] * [ARGM-TMP Friday] for [ARG3-for between $ 47.125 and $ 48 *U* each] .
- [ARG0 Mr. Pope] owns 10,000 UAL shares and has options * to [rel buy] [ARG1 another 150,000] at [ARG3-at $ 69 *U* each] .
- [ARG0 Mr. Wolf] owns 75,000 UAL shares and has options * to [rel buy] [ARG1 another 250,000] at [ARG3-at $ 83.3125 *U* each] .
- In the same statement , US Facilities also said 0 [ARG0 it] had [rel bought] [ARGM-ADV back] [ARG1 112,000 of its common shares] [ARGM-LOC in a private transaction] .
- `` Instead of [ARG0 *] [rel buying] [ARG1 masks] for [ARG4-for your kids] , * just cut out the columnists ' pictures ... .
- Mr. Noriega became an even greater threat in 1976 , when U.S. intelligence services discovered that [ARG0 he] had been [rel buying] [ARG1 recordings of electronically monitored conversations] from [ARG2-from three sergeants working for the U.S. Army 's 470th Military Intelligence Group] *T*-1 .
- The forces at work included computer-guided trading , as well as profit-driven market makers and [ARG0 institutional investors] who *T*-1 had [rel bought] [ARG1 stock] on [ARG3-on the cheap] [ARGM-TMP during the recent correction] .
- [ARG0 Consumers] have been accustomed *-1 to * [rel buying] [ARG1 soft-drinks] at [ARG3-at discounted prices] for several years .
- [ARG0 It] is providing $ 50 million *U* in emergency financing to the company and has agreed *-1 to [rel buy] [ARG1 as much as $ 75 million *U* in receivables] from [ARG2-from B. Altman & Co. and Bonwit Teller , L.J. Hooker 's two fully owned department-store chains] .
- Some of those debtholders have filed a suit , * saying 0 they believed 0 [ARG0 they] were [rel buying] [ARG1 government-insured certificates of deposit] .
- When Lincoln was seized *-1 by the government *T*-3 , for example , 15 % of its loans , or $ 250 million *U* , were to [ARG0 borrowers] who *T*-2 were [rel buying] [ARG1 real estate] from [ARG2-from one of American Continental 's 50 other subsidiaries] , according to Mr. Seidman .
- Early yesterday , [ARG0 investors] scrambled *-2 to [rel buy] [ARG1 Treasury bonds] [ARGM-PNC for safety] as stock prices plummeted and fears *ICH*-1 mounted of a replay of Friday .
- Their combined stake consists of 880,500 CACI common shares , including [ARG1 86,500 shares] [rel bought] * [ARGM-TMP in the past 60 days] at [ARG3-at $ 2.3125 to $ 2.4375 *U* a share] .
- [ARG1 Additional shares] [ARGM-MOD may] be [rel bought] or sold *-1 [ARGM-LOC in the open market , in private transactions or otherwise] , [ARGM-ADV depending on market conditions and other factors] .
- Also , Mr. Savaiko noted *T*-2 , [ARG0 stock market investors seeking greater safety] are veering toward * [rel buying] [ARG1 bonds rather than precious metals] because `` we are tending more toward a disinflationary economy that *T*-1 does n't make gold and precious metals attractive . ''
- Jeffrey Nichols , president of APMS Canada , Toronto precious metals advisers , said 0 there is little 0 *T*-1 to motivate [ARG0 gold traders] to [rel buy] [ARG1 the metal] .
- There is n't any rush on the part of [ARG0 investors in the West] * to [rel buy] [ARG1 gold] , he said 0 *T*-1 .
- `` They still bear the memory of October 1987 , when [ARG0 they] [rel bought] [ARG1 gold] [ARGM-TMP after the stock market crashed] and ended up *-2 losing money because gold prices subsequently fell *T*-3 , '' Mr. Nichols said *T*-1 .
- There is little incentive 0 [ARG0 *] to [rel buy] [ARG1 gold] *T*-1 because if the stock market goes higher , it may be just a false alarm .
- `` Japan is perceived *-1 as [ARG0 a wealthy nation] that *T*-2 [ARGM-MOD can] turn elsewhere in the world market and [rel buy] [ARG1 the sugar] , '' the analyst said *T*-3 .
- The prices of most soybean and soybean-meal futures contracts rose amid rumors that [ARG0 the Soviet Union] is interested *-1 in * [rel buying] from [ARG2-from the U.S. or South America] [ARG1 about 250,000 metric tons of soybeans and as many as 400,000 metric tons of soybean meal] .
- [ARG0 Those] who *T*-1 [rel bought] [ARG1 that illusion] are now bewildered .
- [ARG0 Institutions -- who *T*-1 now account for most trading --] count on * being able * to [rel buy] and sell [ARG1 big blocks of stock] [ARGM-MNR at an eye-blink] .
- On Monday , for instance , Howard Ward , a principal at Scudder , Stevens & Clark , found that `` [ARG0 you] [ARGM-MOD could] [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel buy] [ARG1 blue-chips] at [ARG3-at quoted prices] [ARGM-ADV without * paying up] . ''
- Unlike traditional buy-and-hold strategies , all of the above require that [ARG0 market makers] be on hand * to provide liquidity by * [rel buying] and selling [ARG1 stocks] [ARGM-LOC in a crunch] .
- Wall Street traders say that , with institutional brokerage commissions far lower than in the 1970s , [ARG0 securities firms] ca n't afford *-1 to take the risk of * [rel buying] [ARG1 too much stock] .
- *-1 Hearing of this information , the husband discussed it with his broker , Mr. Chestman , and [ARG0 Mr. Chestman] [ARGM-TMP then] [rel bought] for [ARG4-for his own account and other clients] .
- [ARG0 Investors] were [rel buying] [ARGM-TMP yesterday] , but they were running scared to premier blue chips such as Procter & Gamble , which *T*-1 jumped 3 3\/8 to 127 .
- [ARG0 Investors] `` are [rel buying] [ARG1 stocks that *T*-1 have predictable earnings] , '' said 0 *T*-2 Edward J. Laux , head of block trading at Kidder Peabody .
- -LRB- [ARGM-LOC In stock-index arbitrage] , [ARG0 traders] [rel buy] or sell [ARG1 big baskets of stocks] [ARGM-MNR against offsetting positions in futures] . -RRB-
- 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.] agreed *-2 to [rel buy] [ARG1 half of Showtime Networks Inc.] from [ARG2-from Viacom Inc.] for [ARG3-for $ 225 million *U*] .
- Marc M. Goloven , an economist with Manufacturers Hanover Trust in New York , said that while the figures appear *-1 to indicate a sadly deteriorating U.S. trade performance , there 's still enough positive news *ICH*-2 in the data * to justify [ARG0 *] [rel buying] [ARG1 dollars] .
- [ARG0 Tele-Communications] agreed *-1 to [rel buy] [ARG1 half of Showtime Networks] from [ARG2-from Viacom] for [ARG3-for $ 225 million *U*] .
- The exchanges contend that dual trading improves liquidity in the markets because [ARG0 traders] [ARGM-MOD can] [rel buy] or sell [ARGM-TMP even when they do n't have a customer order in hand *T*-1] .
- [ARG0 He] [rel bought] [ARG1 $ 4 billion *U* in prepositioning ships and $ 7 billion *U* in ammo and equipment 0 *T*-1 to fill them] , and parked them at a new $ 6 billion *U* base at Diego Garcia in the middle of the Indian Ocean .
- But the shah still kept *-1 leaping out at Cap , so [ARG0 Cap] [rel bought] [ARG1 a hundred merchant ships more and $ 7 billion *U* of loading barges , ramps , etc. ,] [ARGM-PNC in order that those seven new Army divisions and three Marine brigades could unload from all those new ships and aircraft and go to war in the Zagros mountains] .
- [ARG0 Everybody] was out *-1 [rel buying] [ARG1 Monets] . ''
- Mr. Wachter says 0 [ARG0 Mr. Paul] was a quick study who *T*-1 worked intensely and [rel bought] [ARG1 the best pictures available at the moment] .
- One dealer , Martin Zimet of French & Co. in New York , says 0 [ARG0 he] `` would have loved *-1 to [rel buy] '' [ARG1 a Jan Davids de Heem painting] from [ARG2-from the bank] .
- `` [ARG0 I] tried *-1 to steal the picture -- to [rel buy] [ARG1 it] [ARGM-MNR attractively] -- and -LCB- Sotheby 's -RCB- would n't do it .
- [ARG0 The great collectors 0 we depended on *T*-2 , such as Paul Mellon or Norton Simon ,] have stopped *-3 [rel buying] , and the new buyers are brilliant men who *T*-1 made money in the stock market or in takeovers and rushed into collecting ... . ''
- And , according to one dealer , Mr. Wachter had a penchant for * introducing Mr. Paul with the phrase : `` [ARG0 He] [ARGM-MOD can] [rel buy] [ARG1 anything] . ''
- [ARG0 Dealers contemptuous of the purchase price] , he says 0 *T*-1 , were themselves interested in *-2 [rel buying] [ARG1 the Rubens] but lost out .
- [ARG0 Mr. Paul] had no right * to [rel buy] [ARG1 art] for the S&L [ARGM-ADV in the first place] -- it is n't on the comptroller 's `` permissible '' list -- [ARGM-MNR without *-2 seeking a special dispensation , which he did not do *T*-1] .
- Amcast previously had said 0 it planned *-1 to repurchase shares , but did n't disclose when or [ARG1 how many shares] [ARG0 it] intended *-2 to [rel buy] *T*-3 [ARGM-ADV back] .
- But [ARG0 quite a few money managers] are [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel buying] [ARG1 it] .
- After *-1 sitting with 20 % of his fund in cash before Friday 's sell-off , Mr. Neff says 0 [ARG0 he] [rel bought] [ARG1 `` a narrow list of stocks ''] [ARGM-TMP yesterday] .
- `` [ARG0 Institutions] that *T*-1 [ARGM-ADV usually] [rel buy] [ARG1 retail paper] have *-2 to be more concerned . ''
- `` [ARG0 Retailers who *T*-1 had good track records of *-2 producing profits] will have a better chance * to [rel buy] [ARGM-ADV back] [ARG1 their companies] . ''
- `` Competition from [ARG0 third parties] who *T*-1 have cash and are prepared *-2 to [rel buy] has always existed and will continue , '' added *T*-3 Mr. Rosenthal .
- `` We never thought 0 we 'd own a car , '' says *T*-2 [ARG0 Kwang Ok Kyong] , who *T*-1 [ARGM-TMP just] [rel bought] [ARG1 a Daewoo LeMans] [ARGM-MNR on a five-year loan] .
- [ARG0 South Korean consumers] are expected *-1 to [rel buy] [ARG1 almost 500,000 passenger cars] [ARGM-TMP this year] , [ARGM-ADV up 60 % from 1988] .
- And [ARG0 some investors at Fidelity and elsewhere] even began *-1 [rel buying] [ARG1 stock funds] [ARGM-TMP during the day] .
- [ARG0 GPA] is indeed talking about * leasing Western planes to Aeroflot and even about * [rel buying] [ARG1 Soviet-built Tupolev 204s] .
- `` We said : ` We 've got a product : [ARGM-ADV if you want it] , [ARG0 you] [ARGM-MOD can] [rel buy] [ARG1 it] , ' '' he says *T*-2 , *-3 adding : `` Now we 're figuring out what people need *T*-1 , and are going back *-4 to make it . ''
- An options contract gives [ARG0 the holder] the right * to [rel buy] -LRB- call -RRB- or sell -LRB- put -RRB- [ARG1 a specific amount of stock , or in this case the value of a stock index , based * on a predetermined price] [ARGM-TMP within a given time period] .
- [ARG0 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 [rel buy] [ARG1 those contracts] [ARGM-ADV back] at [ARG3-at the previously agreed prices , which *T*-3 were substantially above those in the market as it was falling] .
- At about 10:40 a.m. on the over-the-counter trading desk at a major brokerage firm , [ARG0 a veteran trader] who *T*-1 [rel buys] and sells [ARG1 some of the most active stocks] looked at a senior official and asked , `` What 's *T*-2 going on ?
- Meanwhile , some currency traders at West German banks in Frankfurt said 0 [ARG0 they] sold dollars on the news and had *-1 to [rel buy] [ARG1 them] [ARGM-DIR back] [ARGM-TMP later] at [ARG3-at higher prices] .
- `` [ARG0 You] [ARGM-MOD could] [rel buy] at [ARG3-at the bid] and sell at the offer and make a fortune , '' he marveled *T*-1 .
- But before the stock market rebounded from a sharp early sell-off yesterday , he said 0 *T*-1 , `` [ARG0 You] [ARGM-MOD could] [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel buy] -LCB- [ARG1 junk bonds] -RCB- and you could n't give them away . ''
- So what *T*-1 's [ARGM-MNR the best way] 0 [ARG0 *] to [rel buy] [ARG1 stocks] *T*-2 ?
- But , they say 0 *T*-2 , people should n't try *-3 to be [ARG0 traders] , who *T*-1 [rel buy] and sell [ARGM-PNC in an effort * to ride the latest economic trend or catch the next hot stock] .
- `` [ARG0 *] [rel Buy] [ARG1 stocks] [ARGM-ADV on weakness for their long-term fundamentals] , '' he says *T*-1 .
- In the long run , investment advisers say 0 *T*-1 , [ARG0 most investors] will be better off * using the dollar-cost averaging method of * [rel buying] [ARG1 stocks] .
- `` [ARGM-TMP When the market is low *T*-1] , [ARG0 you] are [rel buying] [ARG1 more shares] , and when it 's high *T*-2 , you 're buying fewer shares , '' he says *T*-3 .
- `` When the market is low *T*-1 , you are buying more shares , and [ARGM-TMP when it 's high *T*-2] , [ARG0 you] 're [rel buying] [ARG1 fewer shares] , '' he says *T*-3 .
- `` One of the hardest things 0 * to do *T*-1 is [ARG0 *] to [rel buy] [ARG1 stocks] [ARGM-TMP when the market is down *T*-2] , '' he says *T*-3 .
- `` But that 's just [ARGM-TMP the time] when [ARG0 you] [ARGM-MOD should] be [rel buying] [ARG1 them] *T*-1 . ''
- `` He 's done this thing where [ARG0 he] [ARGM-MOD 'll] [rel buy] [ARG1 a little bit of a company] and then trade out of it *T*-1 .
- Separately , bankers representing [ARG0 the group] trying * to [rel buy] [ARG1 United 's parent UAL Corp.] met with other banks about * reviving that purchase at a lower price , possibly around $ 250 *U* a share , or $ 5.65 billion *U* .
- Mr. Trump never said [ARG1 how much AMR stock] [ARG0 he] had [rel bought] *T*-1 , only that his holdings were `` substantial . ''
- However , [ARG0 he] only received federal clearance * to [rel buy] [ARG1 more than $ 15 million *U* of the stock] [ARGM-TMP on Sept. 20 , when the price rose $ 2 *U* a share to $ 78.50 *U* *T*-1] .
- He said 0 [ARG0 he] [ARGM-MOD might] [ARGM-TMP now] sell his AMR stake , [rel buy] [ARG1 more shares] , or make another offer at a lower price .
- `` [ARGM-TMP When] [ARG0 I] want *-2 to [rel buy] *T*-1 , they run from you -- they keep changing their prices , '' Mr. Smith said *T*-3 .
- [ARGM-ADV As Wall Street traders dumped American Depositary Receipts in Jaguar PLC] , [ARG0 Mr. Streeter and trader Sam Ruiz] [rel bought] [ARG1 them] [ARGM-PNC *-1 to resell in the U.K] .
- [ARG0 People] are looking for possible opportunities * to [rel buy] , but nobody wants *-1 to stick their chin out . ''
- He said 0 he told [ARG0 clients] *-1 to [rel buy] [ARG1 selected West German blue chips] [ARGM-TMP after they fell by about 10 %] .
- LIN Broadcasting Corp. said 0 it wo n't take a position on a revised tender offer *ICH*-1 by [ARG0 McCaw Cellular Communications Inc.] * to [rel buy] [ARG1 LIN] and has asked for clarification of the offer .
- McCaw 's revised tender offer would require McCaw to begin [ARG0 an auction process *ICH*-1] in July 1994 that *T*-2 [ARGM-MOD would] [rel buy] out [ARG1 remaining holders] at [ARG3-at a per-share price roughly equivalent to what a third party might then have *-4 to pay *T*-3 for all of LIN] .
- [ARG0 Our offer] is * to [rel buy] [ARG1 any and all shares tendered * at $ 18 *U* a share] .
- In exchange for the other $ 40 million *U* , the FDIC will receive additional warrants entitling [ARG0 it] to [rel buy] [ARG1 60 % of BancOklahoma 's common stock outstanding] , [ARGM-ADV up from the 55 % option 0 the FDIC received *T*-1 under terms of the 1986 capital infusion] .
- Each warrant allows [ARG0 the holder] to [rel buy] [ARG1 one BSN share] for [ARG3-for $ 10.75 *U* a share] [ARGM-TMP at any time over the next seven years] .
- Individual investors , investment firms and arbitragers who *T*-1 speculate in the stocks of takeover candidates can suffer liquidity and payment problems when stocks dive *T*-2 ; [ARG0 those investors] often borrow heavily *-3 to [rel buy] [ARG1 their holdings] and use the stocks as collateral for loans .
- * SPRUCING UP THE DIGS : [ARG0 About 200 employees of the Maryland Department of Economic and Employment Development] [ARGM-TMP for four months] painted walls , polished and carpeted floors , [rel bought] [ARG1 plants] , cleaned windows and blinds , and hung pictures [ARGM-LOC at the agency 's Baltimore office] .
- [ARG0 Federal Express , Dow Chemical , Ford and National City Corp.] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel buy] [ARG1 the home] or let the worker sell to an outside firm , but usually wo n't cover a loss .
- `` Unless there is a panic , this is [ARGM-TMP the best time] 0 [ARG0 *] to [rel buy] *T*-1 , as was the case *?* two years ago , '' he said *T*-2 .
- Even if [ARG0 one] [rel buys] into [ARG1-into the whole greenhouse theory] , it *EXP*-1 is inconceivable that reductions in a single state could have any impact on what *T*-3 is billed *-2 as a global problem .
- There was heavy stock-index arbitrage , as [ARG0 traders] sold big baskets of stock and [rel bought] [ARG1 stock-index futures] [ARGM-PNC *-1 to profit from the price discrepancies between the two markets] .
- All the selling had pushed stocks to such cheap values that [ARG0 big investment banks and major money management firms] started *-1 [rel buying] [ARG1 stocks] [ARGM-MNR heavily] .
- But then it shot upward 7 1\/2 as [ARG0 Goldman , Sachs & Co.] stepped in and [rel bought] , traders said 0 *T*-1 .
- Then when [ARG0 the market] was at a technical level 0 * to [rel buy] *T*-1 *T*-2 , they came in with a vengeance . ''
- [ARGM-ADV Instead] , [ARG0 they] [rel bought] on [ARG1-on weakness] and sold into the strength , which *T*-1 kept the market orderly .
- In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission , the Huntsman group said 0 it controls 2,720,675 Aristech common shares , including [ARG1 306,000 shares] [rel bought] * [ARGM-TMP from Aug. 21 to Oct. 13] for [ARG3-for $ 20 to $ 20.875 *U* per share] .
- That caused [ARG0 investors] to flee stocks and [rel buy] [ARG1 high-quality Treasury bonds , which *T*-1 are safer than other types of securities] .
- U.S. Banknote said 0 it believes 0 the sale , if *-2 completed *-1 , apparently would satisfy antitrust issues raised * by the U.S. Justice Department about [ARG0 U.S. Banknote 's] offer * to [rel buy] [ARG1 International Banknote] .
- Gitano Group Inc. said 0 [ARG0 it] agreed *-1 to [rel buy] [ARG1 50 % of Regatta Sport Ltd. , a closely held apparel maker ,] [ARGM-ADV with the assumption of $ 3 million *U* of contingent debt] .
- [ARG0 Agip S.p . A. and Societe National Elf Aquitaine , the state oil companies of Italy and France , respectively ,] submitted an offer * to [rel buy] [ARG1 Gatoil Suisse S.A] .
- The French group has [ARG0 an agreement] giving it the right * to [rel buy] [ARG1 all the shares outstanding] , and this could be completed *-1 within a few months , a BSN spokeswoman said 0 *T*-2 .
- A price-depressing factor , one analyst said 0 *T*-2 , was that [ARG0 India] , which *T*-1 had been expected *-3 to [rel buy] [ARG1 around 200,000 tons of sugar] [ARGM-LOC in the world market] , did n't make any purchases .
- [ARG0 India] recently bought 200,000 tons and was expected *-1 to [rel buy] [ARG1 more] , the analyst said 0 *T*-2 .
- [ARG0 India] [ARGM-TMP recently] [rel bought] [ARG1 200,000 tons] and was expected *-1 to buy more , the analyst said 0 *T*-2 .
- `` India may have felt that if there was a severe drop in the stock market and it affected sugar , [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD could] [rel buy] at [ARG3-at lower prices] , '' said *T*-1 Judith Ganes , analyst for Shearson Lehman Hutton , New York .
- At any rate , she added 0 *T*-1 , `` India needs the sugar , so [ARG0 it] will be in sooner or later *-2 to [rel buy] [ARG1 it] . ''
- A broad rally began when [ARG0 several major processors] began *-2 [rel buying] [ARG1 futures contracts] , [ARGM-PNC apparently *-3 to take advantage of the price dip] *T*-1 .
- The company said 0 [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel buy] [ARG1 additional shares] `` [ARGM-TMP from time to time] [ARGM-LOC in the open market or in private transactions] at [ARG3-at prevailing market prices] . ''
- [ARG0 Many major institutions] , for example , came into work yesterday ready *-2 to [rel buy] [ARG1 some of the blue chips 0 they felt 0 *T*-3 had been sharply undervalued *-1 on Friday] .
- But then it suddenly burst upward 7.5 as [ARG0 Goldman , Sachs & Co.] stepped in and [rel bought] [ARG1 almost every share offer] , traders said 0 *T*-1 .
- *-2 Asked *-3 [ARG1 what stocks] [ARG0 the computer] [rel bought] *T*-1 , the money manager says , `` I do n't know . ''
- Instead , the rally only paused for about 25 minutes and then steamed forward as [ARG0 institutions] resumed [rel buying] .
- At a meeting Friday , the Kremlin leader complained about recent articles that *T*-1 raised the possiblity of civil unrest , and accused the media of * fueling [ARGM-MNR panic] [rel buying] of [ARG1-of goods] by *-2 publishing stories about impending shortages .
- [ARG0 Big investment banks] refused *-1 to step up to the plate *-2 to support the beleaguered floor traders by *-3 [rel buying] [ARG1 big blocks of stock] , traders say 0 *T*-4 .
- -LRB- [ARGM-LOC In a stock-index arbitrage sell program] , [ARG0 traders] [rel buy] or sell [ARG1 big baskets of stocks] and offset the trade in futures *-1 to lock in a price difference . -RRB-
- It *EXP*-1 would be my inclination * to advise [ARG0 clients] *-3 not to sell , to look for an opportunity * to [rel buy] , '' Mr. Ball told the brokers *T*-2 .
- At those levels , stocks are set up *-3 to be hammered *-1 by [ARG0 index arbitragers] , who *T*-2 lock in profits by *-4 [rel buying] [ARG1 futures] [ARGM-TMP when futures prices fall *T*-5] , and simultaneously sell off stocks .
- Mr. Phelan said , 0 `` It *EXP*-2 will take another day or two '' * to analyze [ARG0 who] *T*-1 was [rel buying] and selling [ARGM-TMP Friday] .
- And many fund managers have built up cash levels and say 0 [ARG0 they] [ARGM-MOD will] be [rel buying] [ARG1 stock] [ARGM-TMP this week] .
- Many fund managers argue that now 's [ARGM-TMP the time] 0 [ARG0 *] to [rel buy] *T*-1 .
- And today [ARG0 he] 'll be looking *-3 to [rel buy] [ARG1 drug stocks like Eli Lilly , Pfizer and American Home Products whose dividend yields *T*-2 have been bolstered *-1 by stock declines] .
- If the market drops further today , he said 0 [ARG0 he] [ARGM-MOD 'll] be [rel buying] [ARG1 blue chips such as Bristol-Myers and Kellogg] .
- Kaufman & Broad Home Corp. said 0 it formed [ARG0 a $ 53.4 million *U* limited partnership subsidiary] 0 *T*-1 to [rel buy] [ARG1 land in California suitable for residential development] .
- The partnership runs the risk that it may not get the approvals for development , but [ARGM-ADV in return] , [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD can] [rel buy] [ARG1 land] at [ARG3-at wholesale rather than retail prices] , which *T*-2 can result in sizable savings , said 0 *T*-1 Bruce Karatz , president and chief executive officer of Kaufman & Broad .
- `` There are really [ARG0 very few companies] that *T*-3 have adequate capital 0 * to [rel buy] [ARG1 properties in a raw state] for [ARG3-for cash] *T*-1 .
- Typically , developers option property , and then [ARGM-TMP once they get the administrative approvals] , [ARG0 they] [rel buy] [ARG1 it] , '' said *T*-1 Mr. Karatz , *-2 adding that he believes 0 the joint venture is the first of its kind .
- By *-1 setting up the joint venture , [ARG0 Kaufman & Broad] can take the more aggressive approach of *-1 [rel buying] [ARG1 raw land] , while *-1 avoiding the negative impacts to its own balance sheet , Mr. Karatz said 0 *T*-2 .
- [ARG0 RJR Nabisco Inc.] is disbanding its division responsible for * [rel buying] [ARG1 network advertising time] , just a month after *-1 moving 11 of the group 's 14 employees to New York from Atlanta .
- Under the latest offer , HK$ 62.5 million *U* -LRB- US$ 8 million *U* -RRB- of three-year warrants will be issued *-1 in London , each giving [ARG0 buyers] the right * to [rel buy] [ARG1 one Hong Kong Telecommunications share] at [ARG3-at a price 0 *T*-3 to be determined *-2 Friday] .
- [ARG0 Salomon] will `` cover '' the warrants by *-1 [rel buying] [ARG1 sufficient shares , or options 0 * to purchase shares *T*-2 , 0 *T*-3 to cover its entire position] .
- Bankers said 0 warrants for Hong Kong stocks are attractive because they give [ARG0 foreign investors , wary of volatility in the colony 's stock market ,] an opportunity * to [rel buy] [ARG1 shares] [ARGM-ADV without *-1 taking too great a risk] .
- Financial Corp. of Santa Barbara filed suit against former stock speculator Ivan F. Boesky and Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc. , *-1 charging 0 they defrauded the thrift by *-2 concealing their relationship when * persuading [ARG0 it] *-4 to [rel buy] [ARG1 $ 284 million *U* in high-yield , high-risk junk bonds] *T*-3 .
- Financial Corp. said 0 [ARG0 it] agreed *-1 to [rel buy] [ARG1 the bonds] 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 .
- He said 0 it has reached the same conclusions about some attempts [ARG0 *] to [rel buy] [ARG1 closely held] concerns , but eventually allowed those acquisitions to proceed .
- The company said 0 Salomon Brothers Inc. and Howard , Weil , Labouisse , Friedrichs Inc. , underwriters for the offering , were granted *-1 an option [ARG0 *] to [rel buy] [ARG1 as much as an additional 1.5 million shares] [ARGM-PNC *-2 to cover over-allotments] .
- [ARG0 A Canadian bank] [rel bought] [ARG1 another thrift] , [ARGM-LOC in the first RTC transaction with a foreign bank] .
- Valley Federal Savings & Loan Association said 0 [ARG0 Imperial Corp. of America] withdrew from regulators its application * to [rel buy] [ARG1 five Valley Federal branches] , *-1 leaving the transaction in limbo .
- At the time , [ARG0 a group called * R.B. Partners Ltd. , consisting of eight of Arby 's largest franchisees ,] offered more than $ 200 million *U* *-2 to [rel buy] [ARG1 Arby 's Inc. , which *T*-1 is part of DWG Corp] .
- Regulators also ordered [ARG0 CenTrust] *-1 to stop *-2 [rel buying] [ARGM-DIR back] [ARG1 the preferred stock] .
- One of Italy 's favorite shows , `` Fantastico , '' a tepid variety show , is so popular that [ARG0 viewers] clamored *-3 to [rel buy] [ARG1 a chocolate product , `` Cacao Fantastico , '' whose praises *T*-2 were sung *-1 each week by dancing showgirls] -- even though the product did n't exist .
- 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] agreed *-1 to [rel buy] [ARG1 Messerschmitt-Boelkow Blohm G.m.b . H .]
- Just last week they announced 0 [ARG0 they] may make a joint bid * to [rel buy] [ARG1 Ferranti International Signal PLC , a smaller British defense contractor rocked * by alleged accounting fraud at a U.S. unit] .
- [ARGM-LOC Across the board] , [ARG0 these consumers] value quality , [rel buy] [ARG1 what they like *T*-2 rather than just what they need *T*-3] , and appreciate products that *T*-1 are distinctive .
- [ARGM-DIS But] [ARG0 a majority of the Addison council] did [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel buy] [ARG1 those arguments] .
- My advice is [ARG0 *] to [rel buy] . ''
- `` [ARG0 Companies] are still going *-2 to [rel buy] [ARG1 companies] [ARGM-LOC around the world] , '' he says *T*-1 .
- On days like Friday , that means 0 [ARG0 they] [ARGM-MOD must] [rel buy] [ARG1 shares] from [ARG2-from sellers] [ARGM-TMP when no one else is willing *-2 to *?* *T*-1] .
- Mr. Tarantino of Hambrecht & Quist said 0 some prices fell without trades taking place , as market makers kept *-1 dropping the prices at which [ARG0 they] would [rel buy] [ARG1 shares] *T*-2 .
- In addition , he said 0 *T*-2 , [ARG0 some bigger institutional investors] placed bids * to [rel buy] [ARG1 some OTC stocks whose prices *T*-1 were beaten down *-3] .
- [ARG0 McCaw Cellular Communications] , for instance , has offered *-1 to [rel buy] [ARG1 LIN Broadcasting as well as Metromedia 's New York City cellular telephone interests] , and in a separate transaction , sell certain McCaw properties to Contel Cellular .
- On a day when negative takeover-related news did n't sit well with investors *T*-1 , Commercial Intertech , a maker of engineered metal parts , said 0 Haas & Partners advised it that [ARG0 it] does n't plan *-2 to pursue its previously reported $ 27.50-a-share *U* bid * to [rel buy] [ARG1 the company] .
- `` I was buying at the close -LRB- Friday -RRB- and [ARG0 I] [ARGM-MOD 'll] be [rel buying] [ARGM-TMP again] [ARGM-CAU because I know 0 we 're getting good value] , '' said *T*-1 Frederick A. Moran , president of Moran Asset Management Inc. , Greenwich , Conn .
- `` [ARG0 I] was [rel buying] [ARGM-TMP at the close] [ARGM-TMP -LRB- Friday -RRB-] and I 'll be buying again because I know 0 we 're getting good value , '' said *T*-1 Frederick A. Moran , president of Moran Asset Management Inc. , Greenwich , Conn .
- And [ARG0 they] plan *-1 to [rel buy] [ARG1 more] [ARGM-TMP today] .
- `` If [ARG0 you] [rel bought] [ARGM-TMP after the crash] , you did very very well off the bottom , '' said *T*-1 Stephen B. Timbers , chief investment officer of Chicago-based Kemper Financial Services Inc .
- Rightly or wrongly , many giant institutional investors appear *-2 to be fighting the latest war by *-3 applying the lesson 0 they learned *T*-1 in the October 1987 crash : [ARG0 *] [rel Buying] [ARGM-LOC at the bottom] pays off .
- `` Last time , [ARG0 we] got rewarded *-3 for *-4 going out and [rel buying] [ARG1 stocks] [ARGM-TMP when the panic was the worst *T*-5] , '' said *T*-2 John W. Rogers , president of Chicago-based Ariel Capital Management Inc. , which *T*-1 manages $ 1.1 billion *U* of stocks .
- [ARG0 He] has [ARG1 four stocks *ICH*-3] in mind 0 * to [rel buy] *T*-2 [ARGM-ADV if the prices drop to the level 0 he wants *T*-1] .
- This time [ARG0 he] 's ready *-1 to [rel buy] [ARGM-DIR in] `` [ARGM-TMP when the panic wears off] . ''
- `` And I can tell you that [ARG0 a high roller] is n't going *-1 to come in tomorrow and [rel buy] [ARG1 a Chrysler TC by Maserati] . ''
- `` And I think 0 [ARG0 institutions] are going *-1 to come in and [rel buy] ...
- The No. 2 auto maker disclosed last month that [ARG0 it] wants *-2 to [rel buy] [ARG1 as much as 15 % of the British luxury-car maker , the maximum allowed * under current United Kingdom government restrictions] .
- General Motors Corp. said 0 it had discussed the possibility of a joint venture with Jaguar before [ARG0 Ford] began *-1 [rel buying] [ARG1 shares] .
- [ARG0 Investors] who *T*-1 [rel bought] [ARG1 stock] [ARGM-MNR with borrowed money] -- that is , `` on margin '' -- may be more worried than most following Friday 's market drop .
- Merrill Lynch & Co. officials `` do n't expect -LCB- margin calls -RCB- to be as big a factor as in 1987 '' because [ARG0 fewer individual investors] are [rel buying] [ARG1 stock] [ARGM-MNR on margin] , a spokesman said 0 *T*-1 .
- Moreover , the Wilmington , Del. , company is helped *-1 when prices *ICH*-3 weaken on [ARG1 the commodity chemicals] 0 [ARG0 it] [rel buys] *T*-2 [ARGM-PNC for its own production needs , such as ethylene] *T*-4 .
- So , OK kids , everybody *?* on stage for `` * Carry On *-2 Trading '' : The cast is frantically searching the office for misplaced Japanese bonds that suddenly *T*-1 have soared in value because [ARG0 Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank] has [ARGM-TMP just] [rel bought] [ARG1 the White House] .
- [ARG0 Australian press magnate Rupert Murdoch] has [rel bought] [ARG1 50 % stakes in two popular and gossipy Hungarian newspapers] , [ARGM-ADV while Britain 's Robert Maxwell has let it *EXP*-2 be known *-1 here that he is thinking about similar moves] .
- [ARG0 Only Canadian residents] are permitted *-3 to [rel buy] [ARG1 Canada Savings Bonds , which *T*-2 may be redeemed *-1 any time at face value] .
- [ARG0 The Fed] provides money to the banking system by *-1 [rel buying] [ARG1 government securities] from [ARG2-from financial institutions] .
- On the other hand , it 's not necessarily [ARGM-TMP a good time] 0 [ARG0 *] to jump in and [rel buy] *T*-1 .
- But he also thinks 0 it is `` a good week 0 * to consider [ARG0 *-2] [rel buying] *T*-1 . ''
- And [ARG0 we] hope *-1 to take advantage of panics and [rel buy] [ARG1 stocks] [ARGM-TMP when they plunge *T*-2] . ''
- Over the next days and weeks , they say 0 *T*-1 , [ARG0 investors] should look for [ARG1 stocks] 0 * to [rel buy] *T*-2 .
- `` It will be chaotic at first , but [ARG0 I] [ARGM-MOD would] [ARGM-NEG not] be [rel buying] [ARGM-ADV if I thought 0 we were headed *-1 for real trouble] , '' he says *T*-2 .
- One strategy for [ARG0 investors who *T*-1 want *-3 to stay in but hedge their bets] is * to [rel buy] [ARG1 `` put '' options , either on the individual stocks 0 they own *T*-2 or on a broad market index] .
- Thus , [ARG0 *] [rel buying] [ARG1 puts] [ARGM-TMP after a big market slide] can be an expensive way 0 * to hedge against risk *T*-1 .
- He noted that unlike an employee stock ownership plan , where [ARG0 a company] usually borrows money from third party lenders * to [rel buy] [ARG1 stock that it sets *T*-1 aside * to award employees over time] *T*-2 , here employees had *-3 to fork out their own cash for the stock .
- Those pauses -- from 2:07 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. CDT and from 2:45 p.m. until the close of trading a half-hour later -- forced [ARG0 traders] to [rel buy] and sell [ARG1 contracts] at [ARG3-at prices at *RNR*-1 or higher than *RNR*-1 their frozen levels] .
- [ARG1 The stock] was [rel bought] *-1 [ARGM-TMP on Thursday] [ARGM-LOC in a privately negotiated transaction] , the filing said 0 *T*-2 .
- In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission , Mr. Rocha Garza said 0 [ARG0 Biscayne Syndicate Inc. , Lahus II Inc. , and Lahus III Inc.] [rel bought] [ARG1 the 600,000 shares] [ARGM-TMP on Oct. 11] for [ARG3-for $ 1.4 million *U* , or $ 2.375 *U* a share] .
- Investcorp , New York , said 0 [ARG0 it and the management of Sports & Recreation Inc.] [rel bought] [ARG1 the operator of the 10-store Sports Unlimited chain] for [ARG3-for some $ 40 million *U*] .
- [ARG0 The Air Force] is looking *-1 to [rel buy] [ARG1 540 new primary jet trainers , with a total value of $ 1.5 billion *U* to $ 2 billion *U* ,] [ARGM-TMP between 1994 and 2004] .
- Lockheed said 0 [ARG0 the U.S. Navy] [ARGM-MOD may] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel buy] [ARG1 an additional 340 trainer aircraft 0 *T*-1 to replace its T34C trainers made * by the Beech Aircraft Corp. unit of Raytheon Corp] .
- `` The junk bond market is in a state of gridlock now -- there are no bids , only offers , '' says *T*-3 [ARG0 independent investor Martin D. Sass] , who *T*-1 manages nearly $ 4 billion *U* and who *T*-2 recently decided *-4 to [rel buy] [ARG1 distressed securities] for [ARG4-for a new fund] .
- There is plenty of money available from [ARG0 people] who *T*-1 want *-3 to [rel buy] [ARG1 well-structured deals] ; it *EXP*-4 's the stuff that *T*-2 's financed on a shoestring that people are wary of *T*-5 . ''
- `` [ARGM-TMP Last year] [ARG0 we] [ARGM-ADV probably] [rel bought] [ARG1 one out of every three new deals] , '' he says *T*-1 .
- The group trying * to buy UAL announced Friday that it could n't arrange [ARG0 the $ 7.2 billion *U*] in bank loans 0 it needs *T*-1 * to [rel buy] [ARG1 the parent of United Airlines] for $ 300 *U* a share .
- [ARG0 The group] trying * to [rel buy] [ARG1 UAL] announced Friday that it could n't arrange the $ 7.2 billion *U* in bank loans 0 it needs *T*-1 * to buy the parent of United Airlines for $ 300 *U* a share .
- Vitro S.A. , a major Mexican glass maker , said yesterday that [ARG0 it] agreed *-2 to [rel buy] [ARG1 Anchor Glass Container] [ARGM-LOC 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 Those looking for real-estate bargains in distressed metropolitan areas] [ARGM-MOD should] lock in leases or [rel buy] [ARGM-TMP now] ; those looking in healthy metropolitan areas should take a short-term -LRB- three-year -RRB- lease and wait for the bargains ahead .
- Fred Wertheimer -- president of Common Cause , the self-styled citizens lobby -- said 0 [ARG0 Mr. Keating] already has conceded *-1 attempting *-2 to [rel buy] [ARG1 influence with the lawmakers -- Democratic Sens. Dennis DeConcini of Arizona , Alan Cranston of California , John Glenn of Ohio and Donald Riegle of Michigan ; and GOP Sen. John McCain of Arizona] .
- The latest provocation : [ARG0 Sony Corp. 's] plan * to acquire Columbia Pictures Entertainment Inc. for $ 3.4 billion *U* , and * to [rel buy] [ARG1 independent producer Guber Peters Entertainment Co.] for [ARG3-for $ 200 million *U*] .
- Although [ARG0 Time] already had a long-term contract * to [rel buy] [ARG1 movies] from [ARG2-from Warner] , the merger will let Time 's largely unregulated pay-cable channel , Home Box Office , own the Warner movies aired * on HBO -- a vertical integration that *T*-2 is effectively blocked *-1 by fin-syn regulations .
- Fin-syn rules do n't explicitly block [ARG0 a network] from * [rel buying] [ARG1 a passive , small stake in a company that *T*-1 profits from the rerun syndication 0 networks ca n't enjoy *T*-2] .