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frames- [ARG1 Sales of medium-sized cars , which *T*-21 benefited from price reductions arising from introduction of the consumption tax ,] [ARGM-ADV more than] [rel doubled] to [ARG4-to 30,841 units] from [ARG3-from 13,056] [ARGM-TMP in October 1988] .
- [ARG0 The Polish government] increased home electricity charges by 150 % and [rel doubled] [ARG1 gas prices] .
- Mr. Klauser says 0 Mitsui has 75 U.S. subsidiaries in which it holds 35 % interest or more *T*-1 and [ARG0 the trading company] hopes *-2 to [rel double] [ARG1 the number of its U.S. affiliates] [ARGM-TMP in 1990] .
- [ARGM-TMP For the year] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 bolstered *-2 by the introduction of the Colorliner newspaper-printing press] , [ARG1 graphics earnings] [ARGM-ADV almost] [rel doubled] .
- Industrial Bank of Japan , which *T*-179 claims *-2 to be the biggest Japanese buyer of U.S. mortgage securities , says 0 [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD will] [ARGM-ADV more than] [rel double] [ARG1 its purchases] [ARGM-TMP this year] , to [ARG4-to an amount 0 one official puts *T*-1 at several billion dollars] .
- One person familiar with Georgia-Pacific said 0 [ARG0 the acquisition] [ARGM-MOD would] [ARGM-ADV more than] [rel double] [ARG1 the company 's debt of almost $ 3 billion *U*] .
- NEC Corp. said 0 [ARG0 it] plans * to [ARGM-ADV more than] [rel double] [ARG1 its British subsidiary 's capacity for the production of semiconductor wafers] .
- [ARG0 Apple Computer Inc.] has [rel doubled] [ARG1 its staff here] [ARGM-TMP over the past year] .
- [ARG0 That purchase] [rel doubled] [ARG1 Quebecor 's annual printing revenue] to [ARG4-to $ 750 million *U*] .
- First , [ARG1 the price of natural gas] will have *-1 to [ARGM-ADV almost] [rel double] .
- [ARG0 Florida National] , [ARGM-ADV if *-1 acquired *-2] , [ARGM-MOD would] [ARGM-ADV almost] [rel double] [ARG1 First Union 's banking franchise in Florida] to [ARG4-to $ 17 billion *U* in assets] .
- `` It 's not [ARG1 a crop] that *T*-1 [ARGM-MOD ca] [ARGM-NEG n't] be [rel doubled] or tripled *-2 , '' says *T*-3 Mr. Krishnamurthy .
- `` My own personal opinion is that Don threw in the towel just about the time 0 [ARG0 he] [ARGM-MOD should] have [rel doubled] [ARG1 his bet] *T*-2 , '' he says *T*-1 .
- [ARG0 This] [rel doubled] [ARG1 the mortgage interest rates of the many new homeowners that Mrs. Thatcher 's policies had created *T*-1] , [ARGM-ADV *-2 producing widespread disaffection and pushing Labor ahead in the polls] .
- Broad Inc. said 0 [ARG0 it] [rel doubled] [ARG1 its regular quarterly dividend] to [ARG4-to five cents a share] from [ARG3-from 2.5 cents on common] , and to 4.5 cents a share 2.25 cents on Class B stock , payable Nov. 10 to holders of record Nov. 6 .
- Broad Inc. said 0 [ARG0 it] [rel doubled] [ARG1 its regular quarterly dividend] to five cents a share from 2.5 cents on common , and to [ARG4-to 4.5 cents a share 2.25 cents on Class B stock , payable Nov. 10 to holders of record Nov. 6] .
- He took Polly Peck , once a small fabric wholesaler , and used it at as a base 0 * to build [ARG0 a conglomerate] that *T*-1 has been [rel doubling] [ARG1 its profits] [ARGM-TMP annually] [ARGM-TMP since 1980] *T*-2 .
- The Tokyo camera maker said 0 [ARG1 net income] [ARGM-ADV more than] [rel doubled] to [ARG4-to 5.85 billion yen , or 16.08 a share] , from [ARG3-from 2.63 billion yen , or 7.24 yen a share] .
- [ARGM-TMP As the good times rolled] [ARG0 they] [ARGM-ADV more than] [rel doubled] [ARG1 their prices for pulp , a raw material used * in all sorts of paper ,] to [ARG4-to $ 830 *U* a metric ton] this past spring from [ARG3-from $ 380 *U* a ton] at the start of 1986 .
- -LRB- [ARGM-DIS By comparison] , [ARG1 German domestic stock volume in Frankfurt] [ARGM-ADV only] [rel doubled] [ARGM-TMP that day] . -RRB-
- [ARGM-TMP By this month] , [ARG1 it] had [ARGM-ADV more than] [rel doubled] .
- Following a tripling of earnings , to $ 3.9 million *U* , on a [rel doubling] of [ARG1 revenue] , to [ARG4 $ 116 million *U*] , [ARGM-TMP over four years] , earnings in the company 's fiscal first quarter , which *T*-1 ended June 30 , plunged 90 % to $ 45,000 *U* .
- [ARG1 Revenue] [rel doubled] from [ARG3-from two years ago] .
- Mazda Motor Corp. is still considering its options , but [ARG0 it] boldly aims *-1 to [rel double] [ARG1 its annual domestic sales] to [ARG4-to 800,000 cars] [ARGM-TMP in the next four years] .
- After [ARG0 *-1] [rel doubling] [ARG1 production in one plant] , NEC is spending $ 275 million *U* *-1 to build another plant that *T*-2 , in two years , will be able *-3 to make a million four-megabit DRAMs a year .
- That 's easy 0 for him to say *T*-2 : [ARG1 CBS 's four-year NBA pact , now at $ 176 million *U* for four years ,] [ARGM-MOD could] [rel double] [ARGM-MNR in price] [ARGM-TMP by the time 0 his talks with Mr. Pilson are completed *-1 *T*-3] [ARGM-TMP later this month] .
- Genentech Inc. said 0 [ARG1 third-quarter profit] [ARGM-ADV more than] [rel doubled] to [ARG4-to $ 11.4 million *U* , or 13 cents a share ,] from [ARG3-from a depressed 1988 third-quarter performance of $ 5.3 million *U* , or six cents a share] .
- What *T*-1 miffed many USX executives and shareholders was that [ARG0 the acquisition , for $ 3 billion *U* of stock ,] [rel doubled] [ARG1 the USX shares outstanding] and considerably diluted them .
- [ARG1 Revenue] [ARGM-ADV more than] [rel doubled] to [ARG4-to $ 2.62 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 1.29 billion *U*] .
- [ARG1 Short interest in the American depositary receipts of Jaguar , the target of both Ford Motor and General Motors ,] [ARGM-ADV more than] [rel doubled] .
- * To raise more highway funds , [ARG0 a measure] 0 *T*-1 to [rel double] [ARG1 the state 's nine-cent a gallon tax] [ARGM-TMP over five years] is set *-2 to appear on the state 's June election ballot .
- Bankruptcy specialists say 0 Mr. Kravis set a precedent for * putting new money in sour LBOs recently when [ARG0 KKR] restructured foundering Seaman Furniture , *-1 [rel doubling] [ARG1 KKR 's equity stake] .
- [ARG1 Its third-quarter earnings] [ARGM-ADV more than] [rel doubled] from [ARG3-from a year earlier] and exceeded analysts ' expectations .
- [ARGM-DIS Largely as a result] , [ARG1 Litigation Sciences] has [ARGM-ADV more than] [rel doubled] [ARGM-MNR in size] [ARGM-TMP in the past two years] .
- Most zero-coupon CDs are in maturities of six to nine years , and [ARG1 they] [ARGM-TMP usually] [rel double] [ARGM-MNR in value] [ARGM-TMP by maturity] .
- [ARG1 U.S. brandy exports] [ARGM-ADV more than] [rel doubled] [ARGM-TMP last year] to [ARG4-to 360,000 proof gallons , a standard industry measure ,] according to Jobson Beverage Alcohol Group , an industry association .
- Between 1965 and 1985 , Polish waters fit for human consumption dropped from 33 % to 6 % of all surface waters , while [ARG1 those unfit even for industry use] [ARGM-ADV nearly] [rel doubled] .
- [ARG1 Total revenue] is expected *-1 to [rel double] to [ARG4-to more than $ 22 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 10.8 million *U*] .
- [ARG0 It] [ARGM-ADV more than] [rel doubled] [ARG1 Federal 's long-term debt] to [ARG4-to $ 1.9 billion *U*] , thrust the company into unknown territory -- heavy cargo -- and suddenly expanded its landing rights to 21 countries from four .
- [ARGM-TMP Since the beginning of the year] , [ARG1 the stock] has [ARGM-ADV nearly] [rel doubled] , [ARGM-ADV * giving AG a market value of about 105 billion Belgian francs -LRB- $ 2.7 billion *U* -RRB-] .
- [ARG0 Cathay] has long stated its desire * to [rel double] [ARG1 its weekly flights into China] to [ARG4-to 14] , and it is applying *-1 to restart long-canceled flights into Vietnam .
- AT&T said 0 [ARG0 its amended pension program] [ARGM-MOD will] [ARGM-ADV nearly] [rel double] to [ARG4-to 34,000] [ARG1 the number of managers eligible * to retire with immediate pension payments] .
- Meanwhile , the U.S. House of Representatives yesterday approved [ARG0 an $ 837.5 million *U* aid package] for Poland and Hungary that *T*-1 [ARGM-ADV more than] [rel doubles] [ARG1 the amount 0 President Bush had requested *T*-2] .
- [ARGM-TMP For the nine months] , [ARG1 Mattel net] [ARGM-ADV more than] [rel doubled] to [ARG4-to $ 58.9 million *U* , or $ 1.19 *U* a share ,] from [ARG3-from $ 25.4 million *U* , or 53 cents a share] , a year ago .
- [ARG1 Earnings from continuing operations of the Union Pacific Resources unit] [ARGM-ADV almost] [rel doubled] , the company said 0 *T*-1 .
- W.R. Grace & Co. , New York , said 0 [ARG1 its earnings for the third quarter] [ARGM-ADV nearly] [rel doubled] [ARGM-CAU as a result of a $ 114.4 million *U* pre-tax gain from * restructuring its energy operations and other adjustments] .
- Loral also reported that [ARG1 its bookings] [ARGM-ADV more than] [rel doubled] to [ARG4-to $ 654 million *U* in the quarter , ended Sept. 30] , from [ARG3-from $ 257 million *U* , in the year-before period] .
- Still , consultants and industry executives said 0 the products could help *-1 make manufacturing operations more efficient , and provide a boost to the computer-integrated-manufacturing market -- [ARG1 a market] that Yankee Group , a research firm , has said 0 *T*-2 [ARGM-MOD may] [rel double] to [ARG4-to $ 40 billion *U*] [ARGM-TMP by 1993] .
- More than $ 1.8 million *U* is allocated *-1 for pensions and expenses for former presidents , and [ARG1 the budget for the official residence of Vice President Quayle] is [ARGM-ADV more than] [rel doubled] *-2 , [ARGM-ADV with $ 200,000 *U* designated *-3 for improvements to the property] .
- Spiegel , which *T*-1 also owns Eddie Bauer and Honeybee , says that [ARGM-TMP since 1987] , [ARG1 sales] have [rel doubled] [ARGM-TMP during the week before Christmas] .
- If [ARG1 the tax on any gain to those assets] was [rel doubled] *-1 , would n't the value fall to the owners of the assets ?
- [ARG0 Three of the utility 's directors] have [ARGM-ADV at least] [rel doubled] [ARG1 their holdings in the company] [ARGM-TMP since July] .
- Chairman D.H. Hibbard said 0 [ARG0 the company] has set a new five year goal of *-1 [rel doubling] [ARG1 revenues] to [ARG4-to about $ 1.8 billion *U*] [ARGM-TMP while *-2 steadily increasing net] .
- Analysts believe 0 the car makers also will create [ARG0 joint ventures 0 * to develop new executive models *T*-1] , * [rel doubling] [ARG1 Jaguar 's yearly output of 50,000 cars] .
- J.P. Morgan & Co. swung to a loss in the third quarter , while NCNB Corp. reported 0 [ARG1 net income] [ARGM-ADV more than] [rel doubled] , and Security Pacific Corp. net rose 10 % .
- [ARG1 NCNB Corp. 's net income] [ARGM-ADV more than] [rel doubled] [ARGM-TMP in the period] , [ARGM-CAU largely because of continued strong performance by the bank 's Texas operations] .
- [ARG1 Volume] [ARGM-ADV more than] [rel doubled] to [ARG4-to 959.3 million shares] from [ARG3-from 457.7 million] [ARGM-TMP Friday] .
- Roland M. Machold , director of the New Jersey Division of Investment , which *T*-1 oversees $ 29 billion *U* in investments , said 0 [ARG0 the `` first thing 0 we did *T*-2] was * to [rel double] [ARG1 our orders] '' [ARGM-TMP yesterday morning] .
- [ARG0 His On-Broadway Photography studio in Portland , Ore. ,] [rel doubled] [ARG1 its business] [ARGM-TMP last year] and , he says 0 *T*-1 , is booked *-2 solid for the next five .
- [ARG1 NCNB 's profit] [ARGM-ADV more than] [rel doubled] .
- [ARGM-TMP At the same time] , [ARG1 its annual payments on long-term debt] [ARGM-MOD will] more than [rel double] from [ARG3-from a year ago] to [ARG4-to about $ 240 million *U*] , [ARGM-CAU largely because of debt taken * on * to pay a $ 50-a-share *U* special dividend earlier this year] .
- [ARG0 Mexico , which *T*-1 was one of the first countries 0 *T*-2 to conclude its steel talks with the U.S. ,] [ARGM-ADV virtually] [rel doubled] [ARG1 its quota] to [ARG4-to 0.95 % of the U.S. steel market] from [ARG3-from 0.48 % under the previous quotas] .
- In July , the company reported that booming sales of new personal computers from Apple and IBM had resulted in [ARG1 net income] [ARGM-ADV more than] [rel doubling] [ARGM-TMP for its fourth quarter ended June 30] to [ARG4-to $ 7.4 million *U* , or 23 cents a share] .
- [ARG1 THE NUMBER of women and minorities who *T*-1 hold jobs in top management in the nation 's largest banks] has [ARGM-ADV more than] [rel doubled] [ARGM-TMP since 1978] .
- Laptops -- generally anything under 15 pounds -- have become the fastest-growing personal computer segment , with [ARG1 sales] [rel doubling] [ARGM-TMP this year] .