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• [_ARG1 The average seven-day compound yield of the 400 taxable funds tracked * by IBC 's Money Fund Report] [_rel eased] [_ARG2-EXT a fraction of a percentage point] to [_ARG4-to 8.45 %] from [_ARG3-from 8.47 %] [_ARGM-TMP for the week ended Tuesday] .
• In October , 6.7 % of respondents said 0 they will buy a car , [_ARG1 *] [_rel easing] [_ARGM-TMP from September when 8.1 % anticipated a purchase *T*-1] .
• PRECIOUS METALS : [_ARG1 Futures prices] [_rel eased] [_ARGM-ADV as increased stability and strength came into the securities markets] .
• Most of the 10 analysts polled * last week by Dow Jones International News Service in Frankfurt , Tokyo , London and New York expect [_ARG1 the U.S. dollar] to [_rel ease] [_ARGM-MNR only mildly] [_ARGM-TMP in November] .
• [_ARG1 British sterling] [_rel eased] to [_ARG4-to $ 1.5775 *U*] from [_ARG3-from $ 1.5825 *U*] .
• [_ARG1 December delivery gold] [_rel eased] [_ARG2-EXT 40 cents an ounce] to [_ARG4-to $ 380.80 *U*] .
• [_ARG1 Institutional building , such as hospitals and schools ,] [_rel eased] [_ARGM-TMP in September] [_ARGM-TMP following a surge in August] .
• [_ARG1 Intel] [_rel eased] [_ARG2-EXT 1\/8] to [_ARG4-to 31 7\/8] .
• [_ARG1 Shell] [_rel eased] [_ARG2-EXT 1] to [_ARG4-to 416] [_ARGM-ADV on turnover of 4.8 million shares] .
• GM 's common closed at $ 44.375 *U* a share , down 50 cents , Ford fell 37.5 cents *-1 to end at $ 47.50 *U* , and [_ARG1 Chrysler] [_rel eased] [_ARG2-EXT 37.5 cents] to [_ARG4-to $ 22.25 *U*] , [_ARGM-ADV all in New York Stock Exchange composite trading] .
• Even in the short run , the investment boom could exacerbate a disturbing trend : [_ARG1 Japanese exports] are showing surprisingly little tendency * to [_rel ease] .
• Meanwhile , [_ARG1 the Nasdaq 100 Index of the big non-financial stocks] basically stood still , *-1 [_rel easing] [_ARG2-EXT 0.12] , to [_ARG4-to 452.23] .
• [_ARGM-TMP As some securities mature and the proceeds are reinvested *-1] , [_ARG1 the problems] [_ARGM-MOD ought] *-2 to [_rel ease] , he said 0 *T*-3 .
• Mr. Lothson of PaineWebber said 0 the company 's sales pace has been picking up largely because [_ARG1 the effect of unfavorable exchange rates] has been [_rel easing] -- [_ARGM-ADV a pattern continuing this quarter] .
• [_ARG1 Bond prices] surged in reaction to the sell-off in stocks , [_ARGM-TMP then] [_rel eased] [_ARGM-MNR slightly] [_ARGM-TMP during the afternoon recovery] .
• [_ARG1 Revenue] [_rel eased] [_ARG2-EXT 0.3 %] to [_ARG4-to $ 3.45 billion *U*] from [_ARG3-from $ 3.46 billion *U*] .
• [_ARG1 Stratus Computer , which *T*-1 reported earnings late Friday that *T*-2 were in line with a disappointing forecast ,] [_rel eased] [_ARG2-EXT 3\/4] to [_ARG4-to 24] [_ARGM-LOC on 816,000 shares] .
• [_ARG1 Another takeover target , LIN Broadcasting ,] [_rel eased] [_ARG2-EXT 1\/2] to [_ARG4-to 110 1\/8] [_ARGM-LOC on 313,800 shares] .
• [_ARG1 The DAX index] [_rel eased] [_ARG2-EXT 0.99 point] [_ARGM-ADV *-1 to end at 1523.22] [_ARGM-TMP after *-1 falling 5.5 points early in the session] .
• [_ARG1 Sales] [_rel eased] [_ARG2-EXT 0.2 %] to [_ARG4-to $ 8.88 billion *U*] from [_ARG3-from $ 8.90 billion *U*] .
• [_ARG1 The real income of wage-earning families] [_ARGM-TMP in the month] [_rel eased] [_ARG2-EXT 1.2 %] to [_ARG4-to 438,845 yen] [_ARGM-TMP from the previous year] .
• [_ARG1 The Nasdaq Composite Index] [_rel eased] [_ARG2-EXT 0.13] to [_ARG4-to 470.67] .
• The FT-SE 100 largely remained within an 11-point range establshed * within the first hour of trading before [_ARG1 it] [_rel eased] to [_ARG4-to an intraday low] [_ARGM-TMP late in the session] [_ARGM-TMP when a flurry of program selling pushed Wall Street lower *T*-1] .
• Mr. Sculley also indicated that sagging margins , which *T*-1 dogged the company through most of 1989 , began *-2 to turn up in the fourth quarter as [_ARG1 chip prices] [_rel eased] .
• [_ARG1 Takeover speculation , which *T*-1 has been buoying stocks of supply houses ,] [_ARGM-MOD may] [_ARGM-DIS also] [_rel ease] , says 0 *T*-2 Peter Sidoti , an analyst with Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc .
• But with industrial growth stagnant and [_ARG1 inflation] showing signs of [_rel easing] , some voices may call for measures 0 *T*-1 to pump new life into the economy .
• [_ARG1 December silver] [_rel eased] [_ARG2-EXT 2.7 cents an ounce] to [_ARG4-to $ 5.133 *U*] .
• So , one analyst said , even though [_ARG1 the long-term production problems] [_ARGM-MOD may] be [_rel easing] , there will still be a significant need for copper over the next three months , when inventories will remain relatively low *T*-1 .
• [_ARG1 Volume] continued *-1 to [_rel ease] from [_ARG3-from the active dealings at the start of the week] .
• Other companies based * in the area include Hewlett-Packard , which *T*-1 rose 1\/4 to 49 ; National Semiconductor , which *T*-2 went up 1\/4 to 7 5\/8 , and [_ARG1 Genentech] , which *T*-3 [_rel eased] [_ARG2-EXT 1\/4] to [_ARG4-to 19 5\/8] .
• [_ARG1 BankAmerica] [_rel eased] [_ARG2-EXT 1\/2] to [_ARG4-to 31 7\/8] and Wells Fargo lost 1\/2 to 81 1\/2 ; the two bank holding companies , based * in San Francisco , were forced *-1 to curtail some operations due to the temblor .
• [_ARGM-LOC Among California savings-and-loan stocks] , [_ARG1 H.F. Ahmanson] [_rel eased] [_ARG2-EXT 3\/8] to [_ARG4-to 22 1\/4] , CalFed slid 3\/4 to 24 1\/8 , Great Western Financial dropped 1\/2 to 21 1\/4 and Golden West Financial fell 5\/8 to 29 1\/4 .
• [_ARG1 Futures prices] [_rel eased] [_ARGM-ADV on indications of improvement in the industry 's labor situation] .
• [_ARG1 Jaguar shares] jumped 23 before *-1 [_rel easing] *-2 [_ARGM-ADV to close at 654 , up 6] .
• [_ARG1 Amstrad , a British computer hardware and communications equipment maker ,] [_rel eased] [_ARG2-EXT 4] to [_ARG4-to 47] .
• International Paper fell 1 3\/8 to 51 1\/2 , [_ARG1 Union Carbide] [_rel eased] [_ARG2-EXT 7\/8] to [_ARG4-to 25] , Chevron gained 1\/8 to 64 , and Eastman Kodak closed down 3\/4 to 44 1\/4 .
• [_ARG1 Platinum] behaved more like an industrial metal , *-1 [_rel easing] [_ARGM-TMP early] [_ARGM-ADV on concern over a possible weaker economy] , but recovering later , as the stock market strengthened .
• [_ARG1 Futures prices] [_rel eased] , [_ARGM-ADV more in reaction to Hurricane Jerry than to any influence of the stock market] .