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frames- The average seven-day compound yield of the 400 taxable funds tracked * by IBC 's Money Fund Report eased a fraction of a percentage point to 8.45 % from 8.47 % for [ARG1 the week] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Tuesday] .
- In [ARG0 *-2] [rel ending] [ARG1 Hungary 's part of the project] , Parliament authorized Prime Minister Miklos Nemeth to modify a 1977 agreement with Czechoslovakia , which *T*-64 still wants the dam to be built *-1 .
- [ARG1 The movie] [rel ends] [ARGM-MNR with sound , the sound of street people talking ,] and there is n't anything whimsical or enviable in those rough , beaten voices .
- The Huntsville , Ala. , electronic products maker said 0 it expects *-1 to post a `` significant '' loss for [ARG1 its fiscal first quarter] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Sept. 30] .
- [ARG1 The first two GAF trials] [rel ended] in [ARG2-in mistrials] [ARGM-TMP earlier this year] .
- The Treasury said 0 [ARG1 it] needs *-1 to raise $ 47.5 billion *U* in the current quarter in order *-1 to [rel end] [ARGM-TMP December] [ARGM-MNR with a $ 20 billion *U* cash balance] .
- Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co. posted a 62 % rise in pretax profit to 5.276 billion yen -LRB- $ 36.9 million *U* -RRB- in [ARG1 its fiscal first half] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Sept. 30] compared with 3.253 billion yen a year earlier .
- Sales by these subsidiaries in [ARG1 the fiscal year] [rel ending] [ARGM-TMP last March] were more than $ 17 billion *U* .
- Panama was stripped *-8 of this right because of U.S. differences with the Noriega regime , but the Central American country would have received a quota of 30,537 metric tons over [ARG1 a 21-month period] [rel ending] [ARGM-TMP Sept. 30 , 1990] .
- They have begun *-1 sending letters explaining [ARG1 the program] , which *T*-52 began Oct. 18 and [ARGM-MOD will] [rel end] [ARGM-TMP Dec. 18] , to about five million card holders .
- Reed International PLC said that net income for [ARG1 the six months] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Oct. 1] slipped 5 % to # 89.7 million *U* -LRB- $ 141.9 million *U* -RRB- , or 16 pence a share , from # 94.8 million *U* -LRB- $ 149.9 million *U* -RRB- , or 17.3 pence a share .
- Elco Industries Inc. said 0 it expects net income in [ARG1 the year] [rel ending] [ARGM-TMP June 30 , 1990 ,] to fall below a recent analyst 's estimate of $ 1.65 *U* a share .
- Oshkosh Truck Corp. , Oshkosh , Wis. , estimated 0 earnings for [ARG1 its fourth quarter] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Sept. 30] fell 50 % to 75 % below the year-earlier $ 4.5 million *U* , or 51 cents a share .
- [ARG1 It] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP the day] [ARGM-MNR up 80 yen -LRB- 56 cents -RRB- to 1,880 yen -LRB- $ 13.15 *U* -RRB-] .
- [ARG1 The index] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP the day] [ARGM-MNR near its session high of 2163.2 , which *T*-2 was posted *-1 within the last half-hour of trading] .
- The rating concern said 0 the textile and clothing company 's interest expense exceeds operating profit `` by a wide margin '' and it noted United 's estimated after-tax loss of $ 24 million *U* for [ARG1 the year] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP June 30] .
- Rockwell International Corp. reported flat operating earnings for [ARG1 the fourth quarter] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Sept. 30] .
- All four areas had higher revenue for [ARG1 the three months] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Sept. 30] .
- Buying for the most part carried over from the previous session , and traders apparently ignored reports that [ARG1 a Chilean mine strike] [ARGM-MOD may] have [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP almost before it began] , an analyst said 0 *T*-1 .
- [ARG1 The May contract , which *T*-1 also is without restraints ,] [rel ended] with [ARG2-with a gain of 0.54 cent to 14.26 cents] .
- Nissan Motor Co. , Japan 's second-largest car maker , announced Wednesday that the parent concern 's pretax earnings in [ARG1 the first half] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP last Sept. 30] rose 14 % to 88.32 billion yen -LRB- $ 618.1 million *U* -RRB- from 77.6 billion yen a year earlier .
- Atsushi Muramatsu , executive vice president and chief financial officer of Nissan , said , `` The company has experienced a remarkable turnaround in terms of profitability since [ARG1 the fiscal year] [rel ending] [ARGM-TMP March 1987] , when the sharp and rapid appreciation of the yen caused many difficulties *T*-1 .
- But the automotive parts and aerospace concern expects that net for [ARG1 the year] [rel ending] [ARGM-TMP Nov. 30] will exceed last fiscal year 's net of $ 70 million *U* , or $ 2.19 *U* a share , primarily because of $ 200 million *U* in gains from sales of discontinued operations .
- [ARG0 ORTEGA] [rel ENDED] [ARG1 a truce with the Contras] and said 0 elections were threatened *-1 .
- Mexico 's President Salinas said 0 [ARG1 the country 's recession] had [rel ended] and the economy was growing again .
- For [ARG1 the period] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Sept.30] , it earned 16.68 billion yen , -LRB- US$ 116.7 million *U* -RRB- up from 12.68 billion yen the year before .
- Komatsu predicted that for [ARG1 the fiscal year] [rel ending] [ARGM-TMP March 31] sales will climb to 600 billion yen from 566.54 billion yen ; pretax profit was forecast *-1 at 35 billion yen , up from 28.53 billion yen in fiscal 1989 .
- [ARG1 Year] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Dec. 31 , 1988] : Net income : $ 65 million *U* ; or $ 1.49 *U* a share
- They do at least come around to * saying that [ARG0 the courts] might want *-1 to [rel end] `` [ARG1 rigid affirmative action programs] . ''
- For [ARG1 the year] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Sept. 30] , Ralston earned $ 422.5 million *U* , or $ 6.44 *U* a share , up 8.9 % from $ 387.8 million *U* , or $ 5.63 *U* a share .
- It 's one more , too , for the fans who *T*-51 dream of [ARG1 a season] that *T*-52 [ARGM-NEG never] [rel ends] .
- While *-1 sipping a beer after practice , he vividly recounts *-1 getting [ARG0 the Red Sox 's Carl Yastrzemski] to pop out *-2 to [rel end] [ARG1 the 1975 World Series] , and repeating the feat against the Yankees ' Roy White in 1976 .
- [ARG0 Such a countermove] [ARGM-MOD could] [rel end] [ARG1 Jaguar 's hopes for * remaining independent and British-owned] .
- For [ARG1 the nine months] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP July 29] , SFE Technologies reported a net loss of $ 889,000 *U* on sales of $ 23.4 million *U* .
- In other stock-market news , the Tokyo Stock Exchange said that for [ARG1 the week] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Friday] , the balance of margin buying rose 189.8 billion yen -LRB- $ 1.34 billion *U* -RRB- , to 7.160 trillion yen -LRB- $ 50.46 billion *U* -RRB- .
- Yields on savings-type certificates of deposit dropped slightly in [ARG1 the week] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP yesterday] .
- [ARGM-DIS To wit] , [ARG1 my maiden voyage -LRB- and novitiates are referred to *-1 as virgins -RRB-] began at dawn on a dew-sodden fairway and [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP at noon] [ARGM-LOC in a soggy field] .
- [ARG0 The agreement] [rel ended] [ARG1 a long impasse between the congressional leaders and the White House over the wage issue] .
- Separately , UniFirst reported that net income rose 21 % to $ 3 million *U* , or 29 cents a share adjusted * for the split , for [ARG1 the fourth quarter] [rel ended] * [ARGM-TMP Aug. 26] .
- It 's known *-1 for its cautiousness in part because it has had little need for bold overseas ventures : In [ARG1 the year] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP March 31] , 57.4 % of its total revenue came from office building management .
- Nissan had record net income of 114.63 billion yen -LRB- $ 868 million *U* -RRB- in [ARG1 the fiscal year] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP last March 31] , a remarkable recovery from the 20.39 billion yen of two years earlier , when the company lost money on operations *T*-1 .
- [ARG0 Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew , Singapore 's leader and one of Asia 's leading statesmen for 30 years ,] recently announced his intention * to retire next year -- [ARGM-DIS though] [ARGM-NEG not necessarily] to [rel end] [ARG1 his influence] .
- Paramount said 0 the gain would be recorded *-1 in [ARG1 its fourth quarter] , which *T*-26 [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP yesterday] .
- More and more observers now realize that the key to [ARG0 *] [rel ending] [ARG1 future HUD scandals] lies in * forcing Congress to clean up its own act .
- The analysts argued that [ARG0 Georgia-Pacific 's offer , the first hostile bid ever among major players in the paper industry ,] [rel ends] [ARG1 the unwritten taboo on hostile bids] , and will push managements to look closely at the industry 's several attractive takeover candidates .
- For instance , wages of private-sector hospital workers leaped 6.6 % in [ARG1 the 12 months] [rel ended] * [ARGM-TMP in September] , compared with 4.4 % for workers in all industries .
- For [ARG1 the 12 months] [rel ended] * [ARGM-TMP in September] , this index was up 5.1 % .
- It rose 4.8 % for the 12 months ended * in June and 4.7 % in [ARG1 the 12 months] [rel ended] * [ARGM-TMP in September 1988] .
- It rose 4.8 % for [ARG1 the 12 months] [rel ended] * [ARGM-TMP in June] and 4.7 % in the 12 months ended * in September 1988 .
- In [ARG1 the 12 months] [rel ended] * [ARGM-TMP in September] , wages and salaries of private-sector workers rose 4.4 % , while health insurance costs spurted by 13.7 % .
- The overall private-sector employment cost index , which *T*-49 includes both wages and benefits , rose 4.7 % in [ARG1 the 12 months] [rel ended] * [ARGM-TMP in September] , compared with 4.5 % for both the 12 months ended * in June and the 12 months ended September 1988 .
- The overall private-sector employment cost index , which *T*-49 includes both wages and benefits , rose 4.7 % in the 12 months ended * in September , compared with 4.5 % for both [ARG1 the 12 months] [rel ended] * [ARGM-TMP in June] and the 12 months ended September 1988 .
- The overall private-sector employment cost index , which *T*-49 includes both wages and benefits , rose 4.7 % in the 12 months ended * in September , compared with 4.5 % for both the 12 months ended * in June and [ARG1 the 12 months] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP September 1988] .
- The Los Angeles thrift holding company said 0 it had a loss of $ 92.2 million *U* , or $ 6.98 *U* a share , for [ARG1 the quarter] [rel ended] * [ARGM-TMP Sept. 30] .
- The sole exceptions are [ARG1 an estimated 30 flights of six hours or more] beginning or [rel ending] [ARGM-LOC in Hawaii and Alaska] .
- [ARG1 Year] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Dec. 31 , 1988] :
- In [ARG1 the six months] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Sept. 30] , pretax profit at the British clothing and food retailer rose to # 208.7 million *U* -LRB- $ 330.1 million *U* -RRB- from # 185.5 million *U* a year ago .
- The company took a $ 20 million *U* charge *ICH*-1 in [ARG1 the fiscal first quarter] [rel ended] * [ARGM-TMP April 29] , related to * discontinuing the service .
- In [ARG1 the period] [rel ended] * [ARGM-TMP Sept. 30] , net income rose 90 % to 31.18 billion yen , or 9.34 yen a share , from 16.38 billion yen , or 5.05 yen a share .
- Price Stern Sloan Inc. said 0 it hired an investment banking firm 0 *T*-1 to assist in * evaluating restructuring or merger alternatives and reported a net loss of $ 8.1 million *U* , or $ 2.14 *U* a share , for [ARG1 the third quarter] [rel ended] * [ARGM-TMP Sept] .
- Cilcorp said 0 the businesses 0 *T*-1 to be acquired *-2 had revenue of $ 76 million *U* for [ARG1 the year] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP March 31] .
- Nicaragua 's Ortega postponed until today a decision on whether [ARG0 *] to [rel end] [ARG1 a 19-month-old cease-fire in the conflict with the Contra rebels] .
- Israel 's army lifted a blockade around a Palestinian town in the occupied West Bank , [ARG0 *] [rel ending] [ARG1 a 42-day campaign of * seizing cars , furniture and other goods * to crush a tax boycott] .
- [ARG0 The compromise proposal] , [rel ending] [ARG1 a long impasse between Democrats and the president] , would boost the minimum wage to $ 4.25 *U* an hour by April 1991 from $ 3.35 *U* now .
- A bidding war for Jaguar became more likely as [ARG0 Britain] unexpectedly decided *-1 to [rel end] [ARG1 restrictions blocking a takeover of the luxury car maker] .
- Traders expect the bonds to yield about 0.60 to 0.65 percentage point above [ARG1 the Treasury 's benchmark 30-year bond] , which *T*-152 [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Tuesday] [ARGM-MNR with a yield of about 7.90 %] .
- According to Avery , for [ARG1 the year] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Sept. 30 , 1988] , Uniroyal Chemical had sales of $ 734.2 million *U* and a net loss of $ 47.1 million *U* .
- Deere & Co. said 0 [ARG0 it] reached a tentative agreement with the machinists ' union at its Horicon , Wis. , plant , * [rel ending] [ARG1 a month-old strike by workers *PPA*-1 at the facility] .
- The divested Courtaulds textile operations had operating profit of # 50 million *U* on # 980 million *U* in revenue in [ARG1 the year] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP March 31] .
- Officials at the Japanese semiconductor maker said 0 the company intends *-1 to increase investment in plant and equipment by 10 billion yen -LRB- $ 70.6 million *U* -RRB- , to 90 billion yen , in [ARG1 the year] [rel ending] [ARGM-TMP March 31] , with the extra funds used * to increase production overseas .
- MAY 1 , 1975 , SIGNALED A DISTRESSFUL May Day for [ARG0 securities houses] , which *T*-1 were forced *-2 to [rel end] [ARG1 183 years of * charging fixed commissions] .
- [ARG0 Foreign stock markets , with which the U.S. is entwined *-2 ,] [ARGM-DIS also] have [rel ended] [ARG1 fixed commissions] [ARGM-TMP in recent years] .
- Workers at two Chilean mines , Los Bronces and El Soldado , which *T*-1 belong to the Exxon-owned Minera Disputado group , will vote Thursday on whether *-2 to strike after [ARG1 a two-year labor pact] [rel ends] [ARGM-TMP today] .
- [ARG1 The December contract] [rel ended] with [ARG2-with a gain of 1.29 cents a pound] [ARGM-EXT at 74.35 cents] .
- But other industry executives contend 0 the losses could reach $ 250 million *U* over four years and could go even higher if [ARG1 the World Series] [rel end] in [ARG2-in four-game romps] .
- b - [ARG1 Week] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Wednesday , October 25 , 1989 and Wednesday October 18 , 1989] .
- Pierre Peladeau , a Canadian newspaper publisher little-known in the U.S. , figures *-1 to become a big player in North American printing -- and [ARG1 his ambitions] do [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel end] [ARGM-LOC there] .
- The tabloid 's circulation soared to 80,000 , but plunged to under 10,000 [ARGM-TMP when] [ARG1 the La Presse strike] [rel ended] *T*-1 .
- According to its most recent annual report , covering [ARG1 the 15 months] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP March 31] , Maxwell Communication bought $ 3.85 billion *U* in assets -- including Macmillan Inc. and Official Airlines Guides -- and sold $ 2 billion *U* in non-strategic businesses .
- About 70,000 people attended the anti-government rally , at which [ARG0 leaders of the banned African National Congress] refused *-2 to renounce violence 0 * to [rel end] [ARG1 apartheid] *T*-3 *T*-1 .
- [ARG0 Ortega] had threatened *-1 to [rel end] [ARG1 a 19-month-old ceasefire] .
- Interface Systems Inc. , Ann Arbor , Mich. , said 0 it will report 0 net income for [ARG1 the fourth quarter] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Sept. 30] fell to $ 470,000 *U* , or 11 cents a share , from $ 805,000 *U* , or 19 cents a share , a year earlier .
- Priam had a loss of $ 25.4 million *U* for [ARG1 the fiscal year] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP July 7] , compared with year-earlier profit of $ 543,000 *U* , or two cents a share .
- [ARG0 The approval] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel ends] [ARG1 any hope that Banque Nationale de Paris , another state-sector bank , might have had *T*-1 about * taking Credit Lyonnais 's place in the accord] .
- According to the Value Line Investment Survey , demand for Nekoosa 's commodity paper has weakened , * prompting earnings to decline by 6.6 % in [ARG1 the third quarter] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Sept. 30] .
- In [ARG1 the fiscal year] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Jan. 31] , the company reported sales of $ 59.5 million *U* and pretax profit of $ 2.9 million *U* .
- Australia 's inflation is expected *-1 to rise as high as 8.3 % in [ARG1 the quarter] [rel ending] [ARGM-TMP March 30] , but could fall to around 7 % by June , according to economists .
- The government said 0 the consumer price index rose 2.3 % in [ARG1 the quarter] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Sept. 30] from the previous quarter and 8 % from a year ago .
- For [ARG1 the 11 months] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP March 31] , operating profit at the 52-store chain totaled $ 40.5 million *U* on sales of $ 286.8 million *U* .
- Judge Harold C. Abramson raised the possibility after talks 0 [ARG0 *T*-1] to [rel end] [ARG1 a feud between two major creditors] failed and all three reorganization plans in the case ran into roadblocks .
- R.H. Macy & Co. , the closely held department store chain , said in a financial filing Friday that its sales for [ARG1 the fiscal fourth quarter] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP July 29] were up 10 % to $ 1.59 billion *U* against $ 1.44 billion *U* a year earlier .
- As a police helicopter circled overhead , Mr. Sisulu repeated the ANC 's demands *ICH*-1 on [ARG0 the government] * to create a climate for negotiations : * Release all political prisoners unconditionally ; * lift all bans and restrictions on individuals and organizations ; * remove all troops from the black townships ; * [rel end] [ARG1 the state of emergency] , and * cease all political trials and political executions .
- Personal spending , which *T*-1 fueled the economy 's growth in the third quarter , was clearly slowing by the end of the period , * raising questions about the economy 's strength as [ARG1 the year] [rel ends] .
- For [ARG1 the 10-month fiscal year] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Sept. 30] , Chairman Eli Broad said 0 he expected earnings results to approximate analysts ' estimates , which the company said 0 *T*-1 have been revised *-2 upward to 80 cents a share .
- Mr. Peters would fly to New York with the intention of * telling Warner Communications Inc. Chairman Steven J. Ross that [ARG0 Guber-Peters] planned *-1 to [rel end] [ARG1 its five-year contract * to produce movies exclusively for Warner] .
- [ARGM-ADV Despite politicians ' hand-wringing about the federal budget] , [ARG1 the government] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP fiscal 1989] [ARGM-MNR with a $ 152.08 billion *U* deficit , about the same as the two previous years] .
- The 1989 deficit would have been nearly $ 10 billion *U* larger had the government been able *-1 to spend as much as Congress intended *?* on *-2 cleaning up the thrift industry before [ARG1 the year] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP on Sept. 30] .
- The health-care company said 0 it expects the refund to be included *-1 in [ARG1 the first quarter] [rel ending] [ARGM-TMP Nov. 30] .
- It expects *-1 to post a loss of 6.4 billion yen for [ARG1 the year] [rel ending] [ARGM-TMP tomorrow] and its liabilities currently exceed its assets by about 13.8 billion yen . ``
- An earthquake Oct. 17 in Northern California had caused a 10-day delay midway through [ARG1 the championship contest] , which *T*-1 [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Saturday] [ARGM-LOC at San Francisco 's Candlestick Park] .
- While lawmakers have n't raised the possibility of * renewing military aid to the Contras following [ARG0 Ortega 's] weekend threat * to [rel end] [ARG1 a truce] , Senate Majority Leader Mitchell said on NBC-TV that Ortega had made `` a very unwise move .
- [ARG0 The group] , Mr. Wohlstetter said 0 *T*-2 in an interview , wants *-3 to [rel end] [ARG1 the market 's wild price swings that critics blame *T*-1 on computer-aided program-trading strategies] .
- THE FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD'S coming rule on disclosure involving financial instruments will be effective for financial statements with [ARG1 fiscal years] [rel ending] [ARGM-TMP after June 15 , 1990] .
- The $ 6 billion *U* that some 40 companies are looking *-1 to raise *T*-2 in [ARG1 the year] [rel ending] [ARGM-TMP March 31] compares with only $ 2.7 billion *U* raised * on the capital market in the previous fiscal year .
- For [ARG1 the year] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP March 31] , Dentsu sales rose 19 % to $ 8.9 billion *U* from $ 7.5 billion *U* , and net income jumped 59 % to $ 102 million *U* from $ 64 million *U* .
- Shiseido Co. , Japan 's leading cosmetics producer , said 0 it had net income of 5.64 billion yen -LRB- $ 39.7 million *U* -RRB- in [ARG1 its first half] , which *T*-1 [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Sept. 30] .
- The Tokyo-based company had net of 3.73 billion yen in the previous reporting period , which *T*-1 was [ARG1 the four months] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP March 31] .
- Shiseido predicted that sales for the year ending next March 31 will be 318 billion yen , compared with 340.83 billion yen in [ARG1 the year] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Nov. 30 , 1988] .
- Shiseido predicted that sales for [ARG1 the year] [rel ending] [ARGM-TMP next March 31] will be 318 billion yen , compared with 340.83 billion yen in the year ended Nov. 30 , 1988 .
- The consumer electronics , home appliances and information-processing concern said 0 revenue in [ARG1 the six months] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Sept. 30] rose 8.9 % to 517.85 billion yen from 475.6 billion yen .
- Sharp projected sales for [ARG1 the current year] [rel ending] [ARGM-TMP March 31] at 1.6 trillion yen , a 7 % increase the previous fiscal year .
- But [ARG0 Mr. Ortega 's] threat over the weekend * to [rel end] [ARG1 a 19-month cease-fire with the rebels seeking * to topple him] , effectively elevated the Contras as a policy priority just as they were slipping from the agendas of their most ardent supporters .
- In addition to * undermining arguments in favor of [ARG0 *] [rel ending] [ARG1 Contra aid] , Mr. Ortega 's remarks also played to the suspicions of some U.S. officials and conservatives outside the government that he is searching for ways 0 * to manipulate or void the February elections *T*-1 .
- Mr. Ortega announced on Friday that [ARG0 he] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel end] [ARG1 the cease-fire] [ARGM-TMP this week] [ARGM-CAU in response to the periodic Contra assaults against his army] .
- Saturday , he amended his remarks *-1 to say that he would continue *-2 to abide by the cease-fire if [ARG0 the U.S.] [rel ends] [ARG1 its financial support for the Contras] .
- Nikon Corp. said 0 unconsolidated pretax profit increased 70 % to 12.12 billion yen -LRB- $ 85.3 million *U* -RRB- in [ARG1 the first half] [rel ended] * [ARGM-TMP Sept. 30] , from 7.12 billion yen a year ago .
- Nikon forecast sales for [ARG1 the year] [rel ending] [ARGM-TMP March 31] will rise 9.6 % to 240 billion yen .
- NEC Corp. , a Tokyo-based computer and electronics concern , said 0 net income rose 18 % to 29.66 billion yen -LRB- $ 208.7 million *U* -RRB- in [ARG1 the fiscal first half] , [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Sept. 30] , from 25.12 billion yen a year earlier .
- In [ARG1 the period] [ARGM-TMP just] [rel ended] , computers accounted for 44 % of total sales , NEC said 0 *T*-1 , and electrical devices made up 23 % .
- NEC forecast sales for [ARG1 the year] [rel ending] [ARGM-TMP next March 31] of 2.74 trillion yen , an increase of 27 % from the previous fiscal year .
- In [ARG1 the quarter] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP July 31] , Jayark had an average of 5.6 million shares outstanding .
- Sales in [ARG1 the six months] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Sept. 30] were up 4.5 % to 229.03 billion yen from 219.27 billion yen .
- Ajinomoto predicted sales in [ARG1 the current fiscal year] [rel ending] [ARGM-TMP next March 31] of 480 billion yen , compared with 460.05 billion yen in fiscal 1989 .
- Michael Frawley , metals trader for PaineWebber Inc. in New York , said 0 there is good technical support between $ 1.10 and $ 1.12 *U* a pound for [ARG1 December copper] , which *T*-1 [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Friday] [ARGM-EXT at $ 1.1580 *U* a pound , up 1.6 cents] .
- [ARG0 Investors] usually do n't want *-1 to take physical delivery of a contract , *-1 preferring instead *-2 to profit from its price swings and [ARGM-DIS then] [rel end] [ARG1 any obligation * to take delivery or make delivery as it nears expiration] .
- Shoney 's Inc. said 0 it will report a write-off of $ 2.5 million *U* , or seven cents a share , for [ARG1 its fourth quarter] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP yesterday] .
- Mr. Kume made the earnings projection for [ARG1 fiscal 1990] , [rel ending] [ARGM-TMP next March 31] , in an interview with U.S. automotive writers attending the Tokyo Motor Show .
- The House has voted *-2 to repeal most of the Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988 , however , [ARG0 which] *T*-1 [ARGM-MOD would] [rel end] [ARG1 the monthly catastrophic-care premium , as well as an unpopular income surtax paid * by about 40 % of the wealthier Medicare beneficiaries] .
- The results made net income for [ARG1 the year] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Aug. 31] C$ 2.7 million *U* , or 20 Canadian cents a share , down from C$ 9.7 million *U* , or 70 Canadian cents a share last year .
- The company , which *T*-1 makes data base systems and software , said 0 it expects *-2 to report a loss for [ARG1 the third quarter] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Sept. 30] .
- For [ARG1 the year] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP July 2] , Rally had net income of $ 2.4 million *U* , or 34 cents a share , on revenue of $ 52.9 million *U* .
- Two of Japan 's largest paper manufacturers , Oji Paper Co. and Jujo Paper Co. , posted unconsolidated pretax profit gains from a year earlier *ICH*-1 for [ARG1 the first half] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Sept. 30] , on continuing robust domestic demand for paper products .
- Jujo Paper predicted that for [ARG1 the full fiscal year] [rel ending] [ARGM-TMP next March 31] , sales will total 400.0 billion yen , up from 366.89 billion yen .
- For [ARG1 the full fiscal year] [rel ending] [ARGM-TMP next March] , Oji predicted that total sales of 477.00 billion yen , up from 420.68 billion yen in the previous fiscal year .
- In the comparable year-ago quarter , [ARG1 the second quarter] 0 *-1 [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Oct. 31] , Service Corp. had a loss of about $ 12.5 million *U* , or 26 cents a share , on revenue of $ 175.4 million *U* .
- Furukawa Electric Co. , one of Japan 's leading electric wire and cable manufacturers , said 0 unconsolidated pretax profit in [ARG1 the fiscal first half] [rel ended] * [ARGM-TMP Sept. 30] fell 5.3 % to 6.11 billion yen -LRB- $ 43.1 million *U* -RRB- from 6.45 billion yen a year earlier .
- Canadian steel production totaled 290,541 metric tons *ICH*-1 in [ARG1 the week] [rel ended] * [ARGM-TMP Oct. 21] , a 5.1 % increase from 276,334 tons the previous week but a 7.2 % decline from 313,125 tons a year earlier , Statistics Canada said 0 *T*-2 .
- [ARGM-TMP About a year ago] , [ARG0 it] [rel ended] [ARG1 an on-again , off-again internal production war that *T*-1 had put prices on a roller coaster and pitched oil towns from Houston to Caracas into recession] .
- [ARGM-TMP About the same time] , [ARG1 the Iran-Iraq war , which *T*-1 was roiling oil markets ,] [rel ended] .
- Mr. Brady also said 0 he expects [ARG1 the leveraged buy-out phenomenon] to `` [rel end] [ARGM-MNR under -LRB- its -RRB- own weight] . ''
- Initial claims for state unemployment benefits fell to a seasonally adjusted 332,000 for [ARG1 the week] [rel ended] * [ARGM-TMP Oct. 14] from 396,000 the previous week , the Labor Department said 0 *T*-1 .
- The number of people receiving state benefits in [ARG1 the week] [rel ended] * [ARGM-TMP Oct. 7] fell to a seasonally adjusted 2,202,000 , or 2.1 % of those covered by unemployment insurance , from 2,205,000 the previous week , when the insured unemployment rate was 2.2 % *T*-1 .
- * Counting all state and federal benefit programs , the number of people receiving unemployment benefits in [ARG1 the week] [rel ended] * [ARGM-TMP Oct. 7] fell to 1,784,400 from 1,810,700 a week earlier .
- [ARGM-ADV As orders for its aircraft and submarine parts dwindled] , [ARG1 three years of steady growth] [rel ended] [ARGM-MNR with a 69 % drop in income] [ARGM-TMP in this year 's first half] .
- Following a tripling of earnings , to $ 3.9 million *U* , on a doubling of revenue , to $ 116 million *U* , over four years , earnings in [ARG1 the company 's fiscal first quarter] , which *T*-1 [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP June 30] , plunged 90 % to $ 45,000 *U* .
- The closing contributed to a $ 3.4 million *U* loss in [ARG1 the fiscal first quarter] [rel ended] * [ARGM-TMP July 31] -- its first quarterly loss since 1974 .
- But the costly efforts did little *-1 to slow Japanese market gains , and domestic car sales have plunged 19 % since [ARG0 the Big Three] [rel ended] [ARG1 many of their programs] [ARGM-TMP Sept. 30] .
- Separately , Dominion Textile posted net income of 4.7 million Canadian dollars -LRB- $ 4 million *U* -RRB- , or 12 Canadian cents a share , for [ARG1 the fiscal-first quarter] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Sept. 30] .
- Sun , a maker of computer workstations , reported sales of $ 538.5 million *U* for [ARG1 the quarter] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Sept. 29] , up 39 % from $ 388.5 million *U* a year earlier .
- These problems also resulted in Sun reporting a $ 20.3 million *U* loss for [ARG1 its fourth quarter] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP June 30] .
- *-2 To promote its new strategy , National Convenience said 0 it plans *-1 to spend about $ 12 million *U* on advertising for [ARG1 the year] [rel ending] [ARGM-TMP June 30] , up from about $ 10 million *U* in fiscal 1989 .
- [ARG1 The current distribution arrangement] [rel ends] [ARGM-TMP in March 1990] , [ARGM-ADV although Delmed said 0 it will continue *-1 to provide some supplies of the peritoneal dialysis products to National Medical] , the spokeswoman said 0 *T*-2 .
- SHORT INTEREST in International Mobile Machines Corp. fell to 3,102,935 shares in [ARG1 the month] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Oct. 13] from 3,420,936 in September .
- The jewelry chain , which *T*-2 is based *-1 in Sacramento , Calif. , had revenue of $ 62 million *U* and operating profit of $ 2.5 million *U* for [ARG1 the year] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP June 30] .
- Assets of the 400 taxable funds tracked * by IBC\/Donoghue 's Money Fund Report jumped to $ 351.2 billion *U* in [ARG1 the week] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Tuesday] , the Holliston , Mass.-based newsletter said 0 *T*-1 .
- The average yield on six-month CDs of $ 50,000 or less *U* at major banks was 7.96 % in [ARG1 the week] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Tuesday] , according to Banxquote Money Markets , a New York information service .
- K mart previously had announced 0 it would report its third consecutive decline in quarterly earnings for [ARG1 the period] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP yesterday , the same day 0 the real estate deal was completed *-1 *T*-2] .
- Net sales for the units for [ARG1 the fiscal year] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP June 30] were $ 135.6 million *U* .
- Sales increased in [ARG1 the quarter] [rel ended] * [ARGM-TMP Sept. 30] to $ 747.8 million *U* from $ 623.5 million *U* a year ago .
- For [ARG1 the six months] [rel ended] * [ARGM-TMP Aug. 12] , Provigo posted net income of C$ 6.5 million *U* , or eight Canadian cents a share , compared with C$ 18.1 million *U* , or 21 Canadian cents a share , a year earlier .
- The apparel holding company had sales in [ARG1 the quarter] [rel ended] * [ARGM-TMP Aug. 27] of $ 1 billion *U* , up 12 % from $ 908.8 million *U* a year ago .
- For [ARG1 the quarter] [rel ended] * [ARGM-TMP Sept. 30] , Delta posted net income of $ 133.1 million *U* , or $ 2.53 *U* a share , up from $ 100 million *U* , or $ 2.03 *U* a share , a year earlier .
- [ARG1 Daiwa House] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel ended] [ARGM-MNR easier] , but Misawa Home was firmer .
- Separately , First Hospital reported a 1.6 % rise in net income to $ 6.1 million *U* for [ARG1 its year] [rel ended] * [ARGM-TMP June 30] on a 27 % increase in revenue to $ 110.6 million *U* .
- It said , however , that net income for [ARG1 the two-month period] [rel ended] * [ARGM-TMP Aug. 31] plunged to $ 150,000 *U* from $ 851,000 *U* in the prior year on a 33 % rise in revenue to $ 21.4 million *U* .
- In the last hour of the trading day , [ARG0 December contract] took a tumble *-1 to [rel end] [ARG1 the session] [ARGM-MNR 10 cents lower] [ARGM-EXT at $ 19.62 *U* a barrel] .
- Bay , which *T*-1 has substantial investments in the floundering Massachusetts market , reported a loss of $ 62 million *U* , or $ 15.97 *U* a share , for [ARG1 the fiscal year] [rel ended] * [ARGM-TMP June 30] .
- So big *ICH*-1 is *T*-2 the capital-spending boom that Japanese companies ' outlays in Japan topped American companies ' domestic outlays by $ 521.4 billion to $ 494.8 billion *U* in [ARG1 the 12 months] [rel ended] * [ARGM-TMP March 31] even though Japan 's total output of goods and services is less than two-thirds America 's .
- A Lebanese Christian alliance accepted an Arab-sponsored proposal aimed * at [ARG0 *] [rel ending] [ARG1 Lebanon 's 14-year-old civil war] .
- [ARG0 Ladislav Adamec] , [rel ending] [ARG1 a two-day visit to Austria] , pledged changes in Czechoslovakia , including freer travel to the West .
- [ARG1 Year] [rel ended] * [ARGM-TMP Dec. 31 , 1988] \*
- In [ARG1 its fiscal-first quarter] [rel ended] * [ARGM-TMP Sept. 30] , the biomedical-products maker earned 10 cents a share , up from eight cents a share in the 1988 quarter , which *T*-1 included an extraordinary credit .
- If [ARG1 the playoffs] [rel end] in [ARG2-in four-game sweeps] , losses could soar .
- [ARGM-DIS And] [ARG1 the vacillation] did [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel end] [ARGM-LOC there] .
- [ARGM-DIS And] [ARGM-ADV although the recent turmoil in the stock and junk-bond markets , by *-1 making it *EXP*-2 harder * to arrange takeover financing , has eased some of the pressure on Mr. Corry] , [ARG0 it] does [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel end] [ARG1 the takeover threat] .
- [ARG0 Israel] wants *-1 to [rel end] [ARG1 the dialogue] , but our analysts take a different view than theirs . ''
- Net for [ARG1 the quarter] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Sept. 30] climbed to $ 551 million *U* , or $ 1.66 *U* a share , from $ 400 million *U* , or $ 1.18 *U* a share , a year earlier .
- The company said 0 net rose to 38 cents a share in [ARG1 its fiscal-first quarter] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Sept. 30] , from 35 cents a shares a year ago .
- Vincent Tolentino , a correspondent for the French magazine Telerama , says of the [ARGM-TMP recently] [rel ended] [ARG1 Tokyo] festival : `` No one makes deals ... and most of the films have been seen *-1 before at other festivals . ''
- And then it will be required *-1 to lower taxes by a corresponding amount during a three-year period after [ARG1 the temporary tax increase] [rel ends] , said 0 *T*-2 Cindy Katz , assistant director of the state department of finance .
- Changes in CD yields in [ARG1 the week] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Tuesday] were in line with blips up and down within a fairly narrow range for the last two months .
- The Oakland grocery retailer , closely held * since a $ 4.2 billion *U* leveraged buy-out in 1986 , said 0 profit for [ARG1 the three months] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Sept. 9] was $ 7.1 million *U* , compared with $ 23 million *U* a year earlier .
- Buell recently said 0 it would incur an aftertax charge of about $ 3.6 million *U* in [ARG1 its fourth quarter] [rel ending] [ARGM-TMP Tuesday] , in connection with the sale and discontinuance of several lines at a plant .
- The bank said 0 the C$ 1 billion *U* in reserves will result in a charge of C$ 595 million *U* against earnings but said 0 it still expects *-1 to report a profit for [ARG1 the year] [rel ending] [ARGM-TMP Tuesday] .
- The bank reported net income of C$ 389 million *U* for [ARG1 the nine months] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP July 31] .
- The disclosure follows last Friday 's news that Bond Corp. incurred an overall loss of A$ 980.2 million *U* for [ARG1 the fiscal year] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP June 30] , the largest loss in Australian corporate history .
- He predicted 0 the debt will be reduced *-1 by another A$ 3.8 billion *U* [ARG1 this fiscal year] [rel ending] [ARGM-TMP June 30 , 1990] , but did n't explain how this will be achieved *-2 *T*-3 .
- Apogee Enterprises Inc. said 0 profit for [ARG1 the third quarter] [rel ending] [ARGM-TMP Dec. 2] will fall below the year-earlier results because of an after-tax charge of $ 1.9 million *U* related * to a project that *T*-2 was guaranteed *-1 by the company .
- [ARG0 Prices for the U.S. benchmark West Texas Intermediate crude] remained locked in a fairly narrow range before * [rel ending] [ARG1 the session] [ARGM-MNR four cents lower] [ARGM-EXT at $ 19.72 *U* a barrel for December delivery] .
- Color Systems , which *T*-1 converts black-and-white film to color videotape , posted a loss of $ 7.1 million *U* , or $ 1.32 *U* a share , on revenue of $ 10.6 million *U* for [ARG1 the fiscal year] [rel ended] * [ARGM-TMP June 30] .
- [ARG1 The Treasury 's 30-year bond] [rel ended] [ARGM-MNR over 1\/4 point higher] .
- [ARGM-LOC In secondary trading] , [ARG1 investment-grade corporate bonds] [rel ended] [ARGM-MNR 1\/8 to 1\/4 higher] .
- [ARG1 Actively traded municipal bonds] [rel ended] [ARGM-MNR 1\/4 to 1\/2 point higher] [ARGM-LOC in brisk trading] , [ARGM-ADV despite a flood of new supply] .
- [ARGM-ADV Among major pass-through issues] , [ARG1 Ginnie Mae 9 % securities for November delivery] [rel ended] [ARGM-EXT at 98 15\/32] , [ARGM-MNR up 5\/32] , [ARGM-TMP after *-1 touching an early high of 98 27\/32] ; 8 % securities were at 94 5\/32 , up 9\/32 ; 9 1\/2 % securities at 100 15\/32 , up 4\/32 ; and 10 % securities at 102 11\/32 , up 3\/32 .
- [ARG1 The bonds] [rel ended] [ARGM-MNR about 1\/2 point higher] [ARGM-TMP yesterday] .
- [ARG1 The industrial average] [rel ended] [ARGM-EXT at 2659.22] , [ARGM-MNR down 3.69 points] .
- [ARG1 The No. 111 4.6 % bond due 1998] [rel ended] [ARGM-LOC on brokers ' screens] [ARGM-EXT at 95.22] , [ARGM-MNR down 0.17 point] , [ARGM-PNC * to yield 5.41 %] .
- Short interest increased 6 % in the Nasdaq over-the-counter market for [ARG1 the month] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Oct. 13] .
- Computer Associates International Inc. reported 0 earnings for [ARG1 the second quarter] , [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Sept. 30] , plummeted 66 % , primarily because of the acquisition of Cullinet Software Inc .
- [ARG0 Asarco Inc.] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 continuing its effort * to refocus its business] , [rel ended] [ARG1 its involvement in asbestos mining] [ARGM-TMP in the third quarter] and said 0 it would stop *-2 mining and selling coal by year end .
- Asarco said 0 [ARG0 it] plans *-2 to shut down *RNR*-1 or sell *RNR*-1 its Rapatee coal mine and [ARGM-MOD will] [rel end] [ARG1 its involvement in southern Illinois strip mining] .
- [ARG0 Workers at Peugeot S.A. 's car plant at Sochaux , in eastern France ,] voted *-2 to [rel end] [ARG1 a six-week-old strike that *T*-1 has cost the Peugeot group production of 60,000 automobiles] , a company spokesman said 0 *T*-3 .
- Revenue for [ARG1 its first quarter] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Sept. 30] was $ 86.4 million *U* , a 95 % increase over the year-ago period .
- Figures for the period ended Sept. 30 for the four largest brokerage firms -- Nomura Securities Co. , Daiwa Securities Co. , Yamaichi Securities Co. and Nikko Securities -- also reflected a changeover to [ARG1 a fiscal year] [rel ending] [ARGM-TMP March 31] , replacing the 12-month term formerly finishing Sept. 30 .
- Figures for [ARG1 the period] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Sept. 30] for the four largest brokerage firms -- Nomura Securities Co. , Daiwa Securities Co. , Yamaichi Securities Co. and Nikko Securities -- also reflected a changeover to a fiscal year ending March 31 , replacing the 12-month term formerly finishing Sept. 30 .
- The statistics follow a year-on-year rebound in consolidated and unconsolidated results in [ARG1 the full fiscal year] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP in March 1989] , *-1 recovering from dismal results in the prior fiscal year as a result of the October 1987 stock market crash .
- Nomura said 0 its pretax profits inched up 0.9 % to 248.91 billion yen -LRB- US$ 1.75 billion *U* -RRB- from 246.60 billion yen in [ARG1 the six months] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP March 31] .
- During [ARG1 the five-year period] [rel ended] * [ARGM-TMP 1986] , roughly 80 % of the names had money tied up in money-losing syndicates , according to Chatset consultants .
- For [ARG1 the six months] [rel ended] * [ARGM-TMP Sept. 30] , Daiwa reported unconsolidated -LRB- parent company -RRB- net income of 79.03 billion yen -LRB- $ 556.5 million *U* -RRB- on revenue of 332.38 billion yen -LRB- $ 2.34 billion *U* -RRB- .
- As part of the agreement , [ARG0 Goodson] also terminated the contract under which Ingersoll manages Goodson 's 66 newspapers *T*-2 , *-3 [rel ending] [ARG1 a long association between the two companies that *T*-1 has turned increasingly bitter recently] .
- [ARG1 The March contract] [rel ended] [ARGM-EXT at 13.79 cents a pound] , [ARGM-MNR down 0.37 cent] .
- [ARG1 The Treasury 's benchmark 30-year bond] [rel ended] [ARGM-MNR about 1\/2 point higher , or up about $ 5 *U* for each $ 1,000 *U* face amount ,] [ARGM-ADV while the yield slid to 7.93 % from 7.98 % Friday] .
- [ARG1 Municipals] [rel ended] [ARG2 *-1 mixed] , [ARGM-ADV while mortgage-backed and investment-grade corporate bonds rose] .
- [ARG1 Prices of high-yield , high-risk corporate securities] [rel ended] [ARGM-MNR *-1 unchanged] .
- [ARG1 The benchmark 30-year bond] [rel ended] [ARGM-EXT at a price of 102 3\/32 , compared with 101 17\/32 Friday] .
- [ARG1 Japanese government bonds] [rel ended] [ARGM-MNR lower] [ARGM-TMP after the dollar rose modestly against the yen] .
- [ARG1 The benchmark No. 111 4.6 % bond due 1998] [rel ended] [ARGM-LOC on brokers ' screens] [ARGM-EXT at a price of 95.39] , [ARGM-MNR off 0.28] .
- [ARG1 West German bond prices] [rel ended] [ARGM-MNR lower] [ARGM-TMP after a day of aimless trading] .
- [ARG1 British government bonds] [rel ended] [ARGM-MNR slightly higher] [ARGM-LOC in quiet trading] [ARGM-ADV as investors looked ahead to today 's British trade report] .
- [ARG1 Year] [rel ended] * [ARGM-TMP Dec. 31 , 1988] : Sales : $ 2.06 billions *U* Net loss : $ 1.30 billion *U* \*
- Individuals familiar with the case said that throughout September , defense attorneys were talking with the government in an effort * to prevent a trial , but [ARGM-TMP by the end of the month] [ARG1 the talks] had [rel ended] .
- [ARG1 The first GAF trial] [rel ended] in [ARG2-in a mistrial] [ARGM-TMP after four weeks] [ARGM-TMP when U.S. District Judge Mary Johnson Lowe found that a prosecutor improperly , but unintentionally , withheld a document *T*-1] .
- For [ARG1 the six months] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP June 30] , it earned $ 3.1 million *U* , or 61 cents a share , compared with net income of $ 2.4 million *U* , or 41 cents a share , a year earlier .
- The diversified electronics company blamed the decline in [ARG1 the quarter] [rel ended] * [ARGM-TMP Sept. 29] , on previously reported operating problems in its Electron Devices & Systems Group .
- [ARG1 The DAX index] eased 0.99 point *-1 to [rel end] [ARGM-EXT at 1523.22] after *-1 falling 5.5 points early in the session .
- b - [ARG1 Week] [rel ended] * [ARGM-TMP Wednesday , October 18 , 1989 and Wednesday October 11 , 1989] .
- [ARG0 The space shuttle Atlantis] landed at a desert air strip at Edwards Air Force Base , Calif. , * [rel ending] [ARG1 a five-day mission that *T*-1 dispatched the Jupiter-bound Galileo space probe] .
- The plan , approved * by lawmakers and rejected * Sunday by Aoun , includes [ARG0 political changes] aimed * at * [rel ending] [ARG1 the 14-year-old civil war] .
- CMS Enhancements Inc. said 0 it estimates that sales and earnings for [ARG1 the fiscal first quarter] [rel ended] * [ARGM-TMP Sept. 30] fell somewhat from the year-earlier period .
- Legent Corp. said 0 it expects *-1 to report net income between $ 6.4 million *U* and $ 6.9 million *U* , or between 32 cents and 34 cents a share , for [ARG1 its fourth quarter] [rel ended] * [ARGM-TMP Sept. 30] .
- Archive Corp. said 0 it expects *-1 to report net income for [ARG1 its fiscal year] [rel ended] * [ARGM-TMP Sept. 29] of a record $ 15 million *U* , or $ 1.15 *U* a share , up 43 % from $ 10.5 million *U* , or 80 cents a share , for the prior year .
- Qintex Australia has n't yet reported results for [ARG1 the fiscal year] [rel ended] * [ARGM-TMP July 31] .
- Tandy Corp. , *-1 citing sluggish sales of consumer-electronics goods , said 0 net income dropped 3.3 % for [ARG1 the first quarter] [rel ended] * [ARGM-TMP Sept. 30] .
- Tandy earned $ 88.8 million *U* , or $ 3.64 *U* a share , in [ARG1 the year] [rel ended] * [ARGM-TMP June 30] .
- In [ARG1 the fiscal first period] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Aug. 31] , profit fell 54 % to $ 30.4 million *U* , or 58 cents a share , mostly because of the Tiger merger , Federal says 0 *T*-1 .
- Analysts expect Federal 's earnings to improve again in [ARG1 its fiscal third quarter] [rel ending] [ARGM-TMP Feb. 28] , when the company should begin *-2 benefiting from Tiger 's extra flights , back-up planes and landing rights *T*-1 .
- CRI Inc. said 0 it reduced the estimated cash distribution for its Capital Housing and Mortgage Partners Inc. trust to between 71 cents and 74 cents a share , from between 75 cents and 80 cents , for [ARG1 the year] [rel ending] [ARGM-TMP June 9 , 1990] .
- H&R BLOCK Inc. had net income of $ 100.2 million *U* , or $ 1.90 *U* a share , in [ARG1 the fiscal year] [rel ended] * [ARGM-TMP April 30] .
- At present , analysts project a budget gap on the order of $ 500 million to $ 600 million *U* for [ARG1 the fiscal year] [rel ending] [ARGM-TMP June 30 , 1990] , although the city 's own budget analysts project a narrower deficit .
- As the yield on New York general obligation bonds rose , the Bond Buyer 20-bond general obligation index , the mostly widely followed gauge of the tax-exempt market , held steady at 7.19 % in [ARG1 the week] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Oct. 19] .
- [ARGM-ADV For Cathay Pacific Airways] , [ARG1 the smooth ride] [ARGM-MOD may] be [rel ending] .
- The company said 0 results for [ARG1 its second quarter] [rel ended] * [ARGM-TMP Oct. 28] could drop as much as 20 % below the 30 cents a share reported * in the year-earlier quarter .
- For [ARG1 the six months] [rel ended] * [ARGM-TMP June 30] , it reported net income of $ 234.3 million *U* , or $ 4.83 *U* a share , including $ 46 million *U* from tax credits and accounting changes .
- In preliminary , unaudited results reported * Friday , Bond Corp. also posted an operating loss of A$ 814.1 million *U* for [ARG1 the year] [rel ended] * [ARGM-TMP June 30] , compared with operating profit of A$ 354.7 million *U* a year earlier .
- General equity funds fell an average of 2.35 % in [ARG1 the week] [rel ended] * [ARGM-TMP Thursday] , compared with a 2.32 % slide for the Standard & Poor 's 500-stock index .
- The Forest City , Iowa , maker of motor homes said 0 it had a loss of $ 11.3 million *U* , or 46 cents a share , in [ARG1 the quarter] [rel ended] * [ARGM-TMP Aug. 26] .
- [ARGM-ADV Although the rate briefly drifted even lower following the stock market sell-off that *T*-1 occurred Oct. 13] , [ARG1 it] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Friday] [ARGM-EXT at about 8 11\/16 %] .
- [ARG1 Treasury bonds] [rel ended] with [ARG2-with losses of as much as 1\/4 point , or about $ 2.50 *U* for each $ 1,000 *U* face amount] .
- [ARG1 The benchmark 30-year bond , which *T*-1 traded as high as 102 1\/4 during the day ,] [rel ended] [ARGM-EXT at 101 17\/32] .
- Ekco Group Inc. , Nashua , N.H. , expects *-1 to report that net income in [ARG1 the third quarter] , [rel ended] * [ARGM-TMP Oct. 1] , fell 50 % to 60 % from $ 2.1 million *U* , or 11 cents a share , a year earlier .
- [ARG1 The strike] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Oct] .
- Many Law School Grads Find 0 [ARG1 Classes] [ARGM-NEG Never] [rel End]
- The company , which *T*-1 reported that its loss for [ARG1 the fiscal quarter] [rel ended] * [ARGM-TMP Aug. 26] widened from a year earlier , cut its semiannual dividend in half in response to the earnings weakness .
- Greg Davies , Central Fund 's vice president , finance , said 0 losses for [ARG1 the fiscal year] [rel ending] [ARGM-TMP Oct. 31] could be as high as one million Canadian dollars -LRB- US$ 852,000 *U* -RRB- .
- *-3 Using the the NWA takeover as a benchmark , First Boston on Sept. 14 estimated that UAL was worth $ 250 to $ 344 *U* a share based on UAL 's results for [ARG1 the 12 months] [rel ending] [ARGM-TMP last June 30] , but only $ 235 to $ 266 *U* based on a management estimate of results for 1989 .
- [ARG1 Year] [rel ended] * [ARGM-TMP Dec. 31 , 1988] :
- [ARG1 The key Financial Times-Stock Exchange 100-share index] [rel ended] [ARGM-MNR 10.2 points lower] [ARGM-EXT at 2179.1 , above its intraday low of 2176.9 , but off the day 's high of 2189] .
- [ARG1 B.A.T] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP the day] [ARGM-MNR at 778] , [ARGM-MNR down 5] , [ARGM-CAU on turnover of 7.5 million shares] .
- Excluding the gain , the company registered a modest 4.6 % increase for [ARG1 the quarter] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Sept. 29] to $ 113 million *U* , or 87 cents a share , from the year-earlier $ 107.9 million *U* , or 84 cents a share .
- [ARG0 Ford and Saab] [rel ended] [ARG1 talks about a possible alliance] [ARGM-TMP after Ford concluded that the cost * to modernize Saab 's car operations would outweigh the likely return] .
- Inmac recently disclosed a $ 12.3 million *U* write-off related * to a corporate restructuring that *T*-1 resulted in the company 's posting a $ 6.4 million *U* net loss *ICH*-2 for [ARG1 the year] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP July 29] , compared with year-earlier profit of $ 9.7 million *U* , or $ 1.02 *U* a share .
- The Thousand Oaks , Calif.-based biotechnology company reported a 97 % increase in revenue to $ 42.5 million *U* for [ARG1 the quarter] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Sept. 30] .
- [ARG0 Lebanon 's Parliament] passed the power-sharing accord *-1 to [rel end] [ARG1 the country 's 14-year-old conflict] , but the Christian military leader wad 0 the plan was `` full of ambiguities . ''
- On Friday , one analyst said 0 *T*-1 , rank-and-file workers ratified [ARG0 a new labor agreement] [rel ending] [ARG1 a three-month strike at the Highland Valley mine in British Columbia] .
- Tuitions at private colleges rose 154 % in [ARG1 the 10 years] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP in June of this year] ; that 's twice the 77 % increase in consumer prices for the same period .
- In [ARG1 the fiscal nine months] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP June 30] , reports 0 *T*-1 Raymond P. Keenan , assistant commissioner for collection , they examined about 13,000 employers , assessed more than $ 67 million *U* in delinquent employment taxes , and reclassified about 56,000 workers as employees instead of self-employed contractors .
- *-2 Bolstered *-1 by strong performances by its psychiatric hospitals , National Medical Enterprises Inc. , Los Angeles , reported net income of $ 50 million *U* , or 65 cents a share *ICH*-3 , for [ARG1 the first quarter] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Aug. 31] , up from $ 41 million *U* , or 56 cents a share , a year earlier .
- Humana Inc. , Louisville , Ky. , also reported favorable results , with net income of $ 66.7 million *U* , or 66 cents *ICH*-1 , in [ARG1 the fourth quarter] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Aug. 31] , up from $ 58.2 million *U* , or 59 cents , a year earlier .
- Initial claims for regular state unemployment benefits rose to a seasonally adjusted 396,000 during [ARG1 the week] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Oct. 7] from 334,000 the previous week , the Labor Department said 0 *T*-1 .
- The number of people receiving regular state benefits in [ARG1 the week] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Sept. 30] decreased to a seasonally adjusted 2,202,000 , or 2.2 % of those covered * by unemployment insurance , from 2,205,000 the previous week , when the insured unemployment rate also was 2.2 % *T*-1 .
- Counting all state and federal benefit programs , the number of people receiving unemployment benefits in [ARG1 the week] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Sept. 30] fell to 1,809,300 from 1,838,200 a week earlier .
- Net for [ARG1 the quarter] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Sept. 30] fell to $ 150.8 million *U* , or $ 1.20 *U* a share , from $ 223 million *U* , or $ 1.71 *U* a share , a year ago .
- Western Digital Corp. reported a net loss of $ 2.7 million *U* , or nine cents a share , for [ARG1 its first quarter] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Sept. 30] , *-1 citing factors as varied as hurricane damage , an advance in graphics technology and the strengthening dollar .
- The shares were suspended *-1 from trading following disclosure of the Atlanta scandal ; [ARG0 Consob , the stock exchange regulatory body ,] reportedly will decide soon whether *-2 to [rel end] [ARG1 the trading suspension] .
- Yields on money funds dropped in [ARG1 the week] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Tuesday] , according to Donoghue 's Money Fund Report , a Holliston , Mass. , newsletter .
- Likewise , certificates of deposit on average posted lower yields in [ARG1 the week] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Tuesday] .
- Once the plan is approved *-1 , Tan Sri Basir said 0 *T*-3 , most of Bank Bumiputra 's nonperforming loans will have been fully provided for *-2 and the bank will be on track 0 * to report a pretax profit of between M$ 160 million and M$ 170 million *U* for [ARG1 the fiscal year] [rel ending] [ARGM-TMP March 31] *T*-4 .
- About six months before [ARG1 a recession] [rel ends] , stocks typically begin *-1 to rise again , as investors anticipate a recovery .
- [ARG1 Junk bonds] [rel ended] [ARGM-MNR about one-half point higher] with [ARGM-ADV so-called high-quality issues from RJR Capital Holdings Corp. and Petrolane Gas Service Limited Partnership rising one point] .
- [ARG1 Short-term Treasury securities] [rel ended] [ARGM-MNR narrowly mixed] , [ARGM-ADV with two-year notes posting slight declines] [ARGM-ADV while three-year notes were slightly higher] .
- [ARG1 Mortgage securities] [ARGM-ADV generally] [rel ended] [ARGM-MNR 6\/32 to 9\/32 point higher] , but lagged gains in the Treasury market because of a shift in the shape of the Treasury yield curve and rumored mortgage sales by thrifts .
- [ARG1 Ginnie Mae 9 % securities] [rel ended] [ARGM-EXT at 98 6\/32] , [ARGM-MNR up 9\/32] , and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 9 % securities were at 97 10\/32 , up 6\/32 .
- [ARG1 British government bonds] [rel ended] [ARGM-MNR little changed] [ARGM-ADV as investors awaited an economic policy address last night by Chancellor of the Exchequer Nigel Lawson] .
- [ARGM-LOC In Japan] , [ARG1 the bellwether No. 111 4.6 % bond of 1998] [rel ended] [ARGM-MNR off 0.03] [ARGM-EXT at 95.72] , [ARGM-PNC *-1 to yield 5.32 %] , and in West Germany , the 7 % benchmark issue due October 1999 ended 0.05 point lower at 99.85 *-2 to yield 7.02 % .
- In Japan , the bellwether No. 111 4.6 % bond of 1998 ended off 0.03 at 95.72 , *-1 to yield 5.32 % , and [ARGM-LOC in West Germany] , [ARG1 the 7 % benchmark issue due October 1999] [rel ended] [ARGM-MNR 0.05 point lower] [ARGM-EXT at 99.85] [ARGM-PNC *-2 to yield 7.02 %] .
- Company officials said later that British Airways believes 0 [ARG1 its involvement in the UAL buy-out] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP last Friday] [ARGM-TMP when the buy-out group , which *T*-1 also includes UAL 's management and pilot union , failed *-3 to obtain financing for the $ 6.79 billion *U* transaction *T*-2] .
- It 's [ARG1 a process] that *T*-1 [ARGM-NEG never] [ARGM-ADV really] [rel ends] . ''
- Canadian steel ingot production totaled 276,334 metric tons in [ARG1 the week] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Oct. 14] , down 5.3 % from the preceding week 's total of 291,890 tons , Statistics Canada , a federal agency , said 0 *T*-1 .
- Microsoft 's surge followed a report this week of substantially improved earnings for [ARG1 its first quarter] , [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Sept. 30] .
- The company said 0 earnings for [ARG1 the year] [rel ending] [ARGM-TMP Jan. 28 , 1990 ,] are expected *-1 to be 25 to 35 cents a share , compared with a previous estimate of 50 to 60 cents a share .
- `` [ARG1 The week] [rel ending] [ARGM-TMP the 24th] is going *-1 to save the entire month for everyone .
- Ashland Oil Inc. said 0 it will take after-tax charges of $ 78 million *U* , or $ 1.40 *U* a share , in [ARG1 its fiscal fourth quarter] , [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Sept. 30] .
- [ARG0 That award] [rel ended] [ARG1 a dispute between Dean Witter and Mr. Bachman over who *T*-1 was responsible for certain bond-trading losses around the time of the 1987 stock-market crash] .
- [ARG1 Crude oil prices] [rel ended] [ARGM-MNR mixed] .
- [ARG1 Heating oil and gasoline futures] [rel ended] [ARGM-MNR higher] [ARGM-DIS as well] .
- [ARG1 The trial of the case] lasted seven months and [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP in September] [ARGM-MNR with a hung jury] .
- There are no easy choices in Cambodia , but we ca n't imagine that it *EXP*-2 benefits the U.S. *-3 to become the catalyst for [ARG1 an all-too-familiar process] that *T*-1 [ARGM-MOD could] [rel end] in [ARG2-in another round of horror in Cambodia] .
- The aim would be [ARG0 *] to [rel end] [ARG1 the guerrilla war for control of Cambodia] [ARGM-MNR by *-1 allowing the Khmer Rouge a small share of power] .
- Revenue for [ARG1 the quarter] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Sept. 30] fell 20 % , to $ 41.3 million *U* from $ 51.9 million *U* in the year-earlier period .
- Although the personal computer maker said 0 it expects revenue to meet or exceed previous projections of $ 385 million *U* for [ARG1 the year] [rel ending] [ARGM-TMP Jan. 28 , 1990] , earnings are expected *-1 to be 25 cents to 35 cents a share , down from previous estimates of 50 cents to 60 cents .
- Results for [ARG1 the third quarter] [rel ending] [ARGM-TMP Oct. 31] , are expected *-2 to be released *-1 the third week of November , according to Michael Dell , chairman and chief executive officer .
- They and many other major Japanese corporations will issue results *ICH*-1 soon for [ARG1 the fiscal first half] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Sept. 30] .
- [ARG0 IBM] plans *-1 to unveil over 50 software products on Tuesday *-1 to try *-2 to [rel end] [ARG1 some of the problems in * computerizing manufacturing operations] .
- Big Board short interest fell 4.2 % for [ARG1 the month] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Oct. 13] , the second decline in a row .
- For [ARG1 its fiscal year] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP March 31] , CSC had revenue of $ 1.3 billion *U* .
- [ARG1 Year] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP April 30 , 1989] :
- Jefferies , a Los Angeles holding company primarily engaged * in securities trading , also said 0 stock market declines since [ARG1 the quarter] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Sept. 30] created an unrealized pretax loss of about $ 6 million *U* in its risk arbitrage account .
- Loral also reported that its bookings more than doubled to $ 654 million *U* in [ARG1 the quarter] , [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Sept. 30] , from $ 257 million *U* , in the year-before period .
- Storage Technology Corp. had net income of $ 8.3 million *U* , or 32 cents a share , *ICH*-2 for [ARG1 its fiscal-third quarter] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Sept. 29] , almost 15 times the $ 557,000 *U* , or two cents a share , 0 it posted *T*-1 for the year-ago period .
- [ARG0 The Afrikaner] [ARGM-MOD must] [rel end] [ARG1 his reliance on others] . ''
- In a separate development , a private meeting *ICH*-1 is scheduled *-2 this morning between House Appropriations Committee Chairman Jamie Whitten -LRB- D. , Miss . -RRB- and Sen. Dale Bumpers -LRB- D. , Ark . -RRB- in an effort [ARG0 *] to [rel end] [ARG1 a dispute which for two weeks *T*-3 has delayed action on an estimated $ 44 billion *U* agriculture bill] .
- Whitbread 's wine , spirits and soft-drink operations had trading profit of # 35.4 million *U* on sales of # 315.5 million *U* in [ARG1 the year] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Feb. 25] .
- Whitbread had total pretax profit in [ARG1 the year] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Feb. 25] of # 223.2 million *U* , on sales of # 2.26 billion *U* .
- According to lawyers familiar with the settlement talks , the verbal agreement [ARG0 *] to [rel end] [ARG1 a lawsuit filed * more than two years ago] was reached *-1 last week and will soon be submitted *-1 to a federal judge in Camden , N.J .
- [ARGM-DIS But] , [ARGM-TMP so far] , [ARG0 the change of scenery] has [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel ended] [ARG1 his string of bad breaks] .
- Bank Building , which *T*-1 builds and equips banks , had announced 0 it would restate the first-three quarters of [ARG1 this fiscal year] , which *T*-2 [rel ends] [ARGM-TMP Oct. 31] .
- For [ARG1 the nine months] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP July 31] , Bank Building had a net loss of $ 1 million *U* , on revenue of $ 66.5 million *U* .
- Money-fund assets soared $ 4.5 billion *U* in [ARG1 the week] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Tuesday] , to a record $ 348.4 billion *U* , according to IBC\/Donoghue 's Money Fund Report , a Holliston , Mass.-based newsletter .
- `` It is just one of a number of strategies 0 JAL has embarked upon *T*-2 *-3 to come to terms with the situation in Europe after 1992 , '' the deadline for [ARG0 *] [rel ending] [ARG1 trade barriers in the EC] , he said 0 *T*-1 .
- Yesterday , the brokerage firm Conning & Co. said 0 [ARG0 insurers] will use the earthquake as an excuse 0 * to raise insurance rates *T*-1 , *-2 [rel ending] [ARG1 their long price wars] .
- In fact , [ARG1 Fireman 's Fund Corp.] , which *T*-1 [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP the day] [ARGM-MNR off 50 cents to $ 36.50 *U*] , said 0 earthquake damage would slightly hurt fourth-quarter profit .
- At Ameritech , based * in Chicago , customer access lines increased by 402,000 , or 2.6 % , and cellular mobile lines increased by 80,000 , or 62.3 % , for [ARG1 the 12-month period] [rel ended] * [ARGM-TMP Sept. 30] .
- At BellSouth , based * in Atlanta , customer access lines grew by 162,000 , or 3.5 % , during [ARG1 the 12-month period] [rel ended] * [ARGM-TMP Sept] .
- Though it collects such data daily , its monthly reports on program trading usually come out about three weeks after [ARG1 each month] [rel ends] .
- Futures trading resumed a half-hour later , but [ARG1 the session] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP shortly thereafter] , [ARGM-ADV * leaving the stock market set * up for more sell programs] , traders said 0 *T*-1 .
- That plan would provide a 30 % exclusion to assets sold * over [ARG1 a 2 1\/2-year period] [rel ending] [ARGM-TMP Dec. 31 , 1991] .
- [ARG1 Treasury bonds] [rel ended] [ARGM-MNR *-1 narrowly mixed] [ARGM-LOC in quiet trading] .
- [ARG1 The benchmark 30-year bond] [rel ended] [ARGM-EXT at a price of 100 29\/32 0 * to yield 8.03 % *T*-1] , [ARGM-ADV compared with 100 28\/32 0 * to yield 8.04 % *T*-3 Tuesday] .
- [ARG1 Investment-grade corporate bonds] [rel ended] [ARGM-MNR *-1 1\/4 point lower] .
- [ARG1 Municipal bonds] [rel ended] [ARGM-MNR *-1 about 1\/8 to 3\/8 point lower] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 hurt *-2 by the circulation of two `` bid-wanted '' lists totaling $ 655 million *U*] .
- [ARG1 Mortgage securities] [rel ended] [ARGM-MNR *-1 little changed] [ARGM-TMP after light dealings] .
- [ARGM-DIS Meanwhile] , [ARG1 Government National Mortgage Association 9 % securities for November delivery] [rel ended] [ARGM-MNR at 97 29\/32] , [ARGM-MNR *-1 unchanged] .
- [ARG1 The Treasury 's benchmark 30-year bond , which *T*-1 jumped 3\/8 point , or about $ 3.75 *U* for each $ 1,000 *U* face amount , during the first hour of trading ,] [rel ended] [ARGM-MNR *-2 little changed *-3] .
- [ARG1 British government bonds , or gilts ,] [rel ended] [ARGM-MNR *-1 moderately lower] [ARGM-TMP as equities there recovered from Tuesday 's drop] .
- [ARG1 Japan 's bellwether 4.6 % bond due 1998] [rel ended] [ARGM-LOC on brokers ' screens] [ARGM-MNR at 95.75 0 * to yield 5.315 % *T*-1] .
- [ARG1 Most junk bonds , which *T*-2 have been battered *-1 in recent weeks ,] continued a slow recuperation and [rel ended] [ARGM-MNR *-3 unchanged to slightly higher] .
- *-1 Born in 1937 in a Baltic Sea town now part of Poland , he was eight years old [ARGM-TMP when] [ARG1 World War II] [rel ended] *T*-2 .
- Commodore International Ltd. said 0 it will report a loss for [ARG1 the first quarter] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Sept. 30] because sales of personal computers for the home market remained weak in some major countries .
- Wang Laboratories Inc. , Lowell , Mass. , *-1 beset * by declining demand for its computers , reported a $ 62.1 million *U* , 38-cents-a-share loss in [ARG1 its first quarter] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Sept. 30] .
- The decision was announced *-1 after [ARG1 trading] [rel ended] .
- Boise , Idaho-based Morrison had losses totaling $ 186 million *U* over [ARG1 the two years] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP in December] , but it has surged back to profitability as a result of cost-cutting and * shedding of unprofitable operations .
- Hawker Siddeley Group PLC , a U.K. engineering company , reported a 16 % jump in pretax profit for [ARG1 the six-month period] [rel ending] [ARGM-TMP June 30] .
- At a nationally televised legislative session in Budapest , the Parliament overwhelmingly approved [ARG0 changes] [ARGM-MNR formally] [rel ending] [ARG1 one-party domination] [ARGM-LOC in the country] , regulating free elections by next summer and establishing the office of state president 0 *T*-1 to replace a 21-member council .
- But [ARG0 other nations at the opening of the 49-nation meeting of Britain and its former colonies] pressed for continued or stronger embargoes in an effort * to [rel end] [ARG1 apartheid] .
- Arab officials in Saudi Arabia said 0 three-week-old talks by Lebanese lawmakers aimed * at [ARG0 *] [rel ending] [ARG1 Lebanon 's civil war] appeared *-1 about *-2 to collapse .
- As the news *ICH*-1 spread that the refineries were intact , [ARG1 crude prices] plunged , *-2 [rel ending] [ARGM-TMP the day] [ARGM-MNR at $ 20.56 *U* a barrel] , [ARGM-MNR down 19 cents] .
- After the market closed Tuesday , the American Petroleum Institute had reported that crude stocks increased by 5.7 million barrels in [ARG1 the week] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Friday] , which traders viewed *T*-1 as bearish .
- [ARG1 The March delivery] [rel ended] with [ARG2-with an advance of 0.16 cent a pound to 14.27 cents] , [ARGM-ADV for a two-day gain of 0.3 cent] .
- Though [ARG1 the Cubs ' championship season] [rel ended] with [ARG2-with the National League playoffs] , a revival of the Organic Theater 's production of `` Bleacher Bums , '' a play in nine innings set * in the Wrigley Field bleachers , continues within spitting distance of the ballpark .
- In other trading , Medco Containment Services gained 7\/8 to 15 on 1.9 million shares after *-2 reporting a loss for [ARG1 the first quarter] , which *T*-1 [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Sept. 30] .
- [ARG0 The verdict , reached * late last week in Cincinnati ,] [ARGM-MOD may] [rel end] [ARG1 an eight-year legal battle for the Greensboro , N.C. , carpet maker] .
- Four Bear Stearns executives besides the 62-year-old Mr. Greenberg were paid *-1 $ 3 million *U* or more before dividends for [ARG1 the 14 months] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP in June] .
- At Bear Stearns Cos. , for example , the 15 executive officers led * by Chairman Alan `` Ace '' Greenberg got a pay increase to $ 35.9 million *U* for [ARG1 the 14-month period] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP June 30] from $ 22.9 million *U* for the 12 months ended April 30 , 1988 .
- At Bear Stearns Cos. , for example , the 15 executive officers led * by Chairman Alan `` Ace '' Greenberg got a pay increase to $ 35.9 million *U* for the 14-month period ended June 30 from $ 22.9 million *U* for [ARG1 the 12 months] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP April 30 , 1988] .
- The latest period includes 14 months instead of 12 because Bear Stearns changed to [ARG1 a fiscal year] [rel ending] [ARGM-TMP in June instead of April] .
- However , Bear Stearns on Monday reported improved earnings for [ARG1 its first quarter] , [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Sept. 29] , partly because of a 31 % increase in commissions during the quarter .
- Tribune Co. , *-1 helped *-2 by a hefty boost in performance at its broadcasting and entertainment operations , said 0 net income jumped 21 % in [ARG1 its third quarter] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Sept. 24] on a 3 % increase in revenue .
- In August , Recognition said 0 it was in violation of certain terms of its debt agreements with bank lenders because of a $ 3.9 million *U* loss for [ARG1 the third quarter] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP July 31] .
- Although Wang will report a loss for [ARG1 the first quarter] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Sept. 30] and the full fiscal year , Mr. Miller says 0 he expects 0 the company will return to profitability by the fourth quarter .
- [ARGM-TMP About 20,000 years ago] [ARG1 the last ice age] [rel ended] .
- Earlier this week , Genetics Institute reported wider losses in [ARG1 its fiscal third quarter] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Aug. 31] .
- The company also pleased analysts by *-1 announcing four new store openings planned * for [ARG1 fiscal 1990] , [rel ending] [ARGM-TMP next August] .
- The company , which *T*-1 leases technology equipment , reported substantially lower net income for [ARG1 its fiscal first quarter] , which *T*-2 [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Aug. 31] .
- *-2 Writing in the 1960s Ms. Carson suggested that the human race could be eliminated *-1 in 20 years , and Mr. Wald suggested that [ARG1 life on earth] [ARGM-MOD might] [rel end] [ARGM-TMP by 1985] .
- For [ARG1 the year] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP June 30 , 1989] , Merksamer Jewelers had $ 62 million *U* of revenue and operating profit of $ 2.5 million *U* .
- [ARG1 The yield on 30-year Treasury bonds] climbed back above 8 % , * [rel ending] [ARGM-TMP the day] [ARGM-EXT at 8.03 %] .
- `` People are breathing a major sigh *ICH*-1 of relief that [ARG1 the world] did [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel end] [ARGM-TMP Monday morning '' or yesterday] .
- [ARG1 It] [rel ended] [ARGM-EXT at about 8 11\/16 %] [ARGM-TMP yesterday] , but was as low as 8 1\/2 % Monday .
- Investment-grade corporate bonds ended 1\/4 to 1\/2 point lower , while [ARG1 most junk bonds] [rel ended] [ARGM-MNR unchanged] .
- [ARG1 Investment-grade corporate bonds] [rel ended] [ARGM-MNR 1\/4 to 1\/2 point lower] , [ARGM-ADV while most junk bonds ended unchanged] .
- [ARG1 Ginnie Mae 9 % securities for November delivery] [rel ended] [ARGM-EXT at 97 29\/32] , [ARGM-MNR down 7\/32] ; 9 1\/2 % securities at 99 31\/32 , down 6\/32 ; and 10 % securities at 101 29\/32 , down 5\/32 .
- [ARGM-DIS But] [ARG1 Japanese bonds] [rel ended] [ARGM-MNR weaker] .
- [ARG1 The benchmark No. 111 4.6 % bond due 1998] [rel ended] [ARGM-LOC on brokers ' screens] [ARGM-MNR at a price of 96 , off 0.15 point] [ARGM-PNC * to yield 5.27 %] .
- [ARG1 The December 1989 contract , which *T*-1 has the greatest trading volume ,] [rel ended] [ARGM-EXT at $ 371.20 *U* an ounce] .
- Sen. Strom Thurmond -LRB- R. , S.C . -RRB- protests pending [ARG0 legislation] * to [rel end] [ARG1 the preference that the federal prison system gets *T*-1 in * selling prisoner-made furniture and other goods to government agencies] .
- [ARG0 *] [rel Ending] [ARG1 tax-free shopping in the European Community] [ARGM-TMP after 1992] could threaten more than 3,000 jobs , the International Duty Free Confederation said *T*-1 .
- [ARG1 The volatility] [ARGM-MOD wo] [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel end] [ARGM-TMP soon] .
- Six-month CDs of $ 50,000 *U* and less yielded an average 8.02 % in [ARG1 the week] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Tuesday] , down from 8.10 % , according to Banxquote .
- White House Press Secretary Marlin Fitzwater said 0 [ARG1 negotiations between Bush aides and lawmakers] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Monday] [ARGM-MNR without success] .
- [ARG1 Year] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Dec. 31 , 1988] :
- [ARG1 First half] [rel ended] , [ARGM-TMP June 30 , 1989] :
- The Redmond , Wash. company , a bellwether provider of operating systems and software for personal-computer makers and users , reported net income for [ARG1 the quarter] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Sept. 30] of $ 49.6 million *U* , or 87 cents a share , up from $ 36.6 million *U* , or 65 cents a share , in the year-ago period .
- Integrated Resources said 0 [ARG1 talks *ICH*-2] have [rel ended] with [ARG2-with another potential buyer of its core businesses] .
- Integrated Resources Inc. , the troubled financial-services company that *T*-1 has been trying *-2 to sell its core companies *-3 to restructure debt , said 0 [ARG1 talks with a potential buyer] [rel ended] .
- [ARGM-TMP Last week] [ARG0 another potential buyer , Whitehall Financial Group -- which *T*-1 had agreed in August *-2 to purchase most of Integrated 's core companies for $ 310 million *U* --] [rel ended] [ARG1 talks with Integrated] .
- In `` Mad Rush , '' which *T*-1 came from a commission * to write a piece of indeterminate length -LRB- Mr. Glass charmingly , and tellingly , confessed that `` this was no problem for me '' -RRB- , an A section alternates with a B section several times before [ARG1 the piece] [rel ends] [ARGM-MNR unresolved] .
- [ARG1 The evening] [rel ended] [ARGM-MNR with Mr. Glass 's `` Metamorphosis , '' another multiple work] .
- Overall , Honeywell reported earnings of $ 74.4 million *U* , or $ 1.73 *U* a share , for [ARG1 the three months] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Oct. 1] compared with a loss of $ 41.4 million *U* , or 98 cents a share , a year earlier .
- Salomon Brothers Inc. , the investment-banking firm , in its annual tally of investment returns , reported that old masters appreciated 51 % *ICH*-4 in [ARG1 the year] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP June 1] , the greatest return of any of 13 assets 0 it tracked *T*-5 .
- Flowers Industries Inc. said 0 it will report a charge of eight cents to 10 cents a share for [ARG1 its fiscal first quarter] , [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Sept. 23] , from the sale of two bakeries , in High Point , N.C. , and Gadsden , Ala .
- The company said 0 it had a net loss in [ARG1 its fourth quarter] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP June 30] of $ 36.2 million *U* , or $ 9.33 *U* a share , on revenue of $ 13.1 million *U* .
- [ARGM-TMP Last month] , the complaints intensified and [ARG1 the massages] [rel ended] .
- In [ARG1 the year] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Jan. 31] , Pace rang up profit of $ 9.4 million *U* , or 72 cents a share , after a tax-loss carry-forward , on sales of $ 1.3 billion *U* , and analysts expect its results to continue *-1 to improve .
- But as [ARG1 the day] [rel ended] in [ARG2-in a frantic Wall Street-inspired rally] , the City breathed a sigh of relief .
- `` We fully expect that Canada will comply with the panel 's ruling '' that [ARG1 the `` landing requirement ''] [ARGM-DIS also] [ARGM-MOD must] be [rel ended] *-1 , she said 0 *T*-2 .
- Bear Stearns said 0 net in [ARG1 the first quarter] [rel ended] * [ARGM-TMP Sept. 29] reached $ 22.1 million *U* , or 23 cents a share , from $ 20.5 million *U* , or 20 cents a share , in the year-earlier quarter .
- The federal government has had *-1 to pump in $ 2.28 billion *U* into the VA housing program since 1984 *-2 to keep the fund afloat and the VA requested an additional $ 120 million *U* for [ARG1 the fiscal year] [ARGM-TMP just] [rel ended] .
- Far better for policy makers to concentrate on the war against drugs , Panama and the deficit , all of them [ARG1 parades] that *T*-1 seem *-2 [ARGM-NEG never] to [rel end] .
- Although the union-bidder expects *-1 to patch together a substitute offer , consisting of less cash , the failure * to get cash from Japanese and American banks confirmed a growing fear *ICH*-2 among arbitragers that [ARG1 the pageant of high-leverage takeover deals] is [rel ending] .
- [ARGM-DIS Similarly] , [ARG1 Kuala Lumpur 's composite index] [ARGM-TMP yesterday] [rel ended] [ARGM-MNR 27.5 % above its 1988 close] .
- [ARG1 London 's Financial Times-Stock Exchange 100-share index , the most closely watched market barometer ,] [rel ended] [ARGM-EXT at its intraday high of 2163.4] , [ARGM-MNR down 70.5 , or 3.2 %] .
- *-1 Enjoying several blockbuster movie hits including `` Batman , '' Los Angeles-based Guber-Peters Entertainment Co. reported earnings for [ARG1 the first quarter] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Aug. 31] of $ 5.8 million *U* , or 50 cents a share , compared with a year-earlier loss .
- [ARG1 The Treasury 's benchmark 30-year bond] , [rel ended] [ARGM-MNR about 1 3\/4 points lower , or down about $ 17.50 *U* for each $ 1,000 *U* face amount] .
- [ARGM-DIS But] [ARGM-ADV as Japanese stocks rebounded] , [ARG1 Treasurys] retreated and [rel ended] [ARGM-MNR just modestly higher] .
- [ARG1 Investment-grade corporate bonds] [rel ended] [ARGM-MNR one to 1 1\/2 point lower] .
- [ARGM-LOC Among benchmark issues] : -- [ARG1 Japan 's No. 111 4.6 % bond due 1998] [rel ended] on [ARG2-on brokers screens] [ARGM-MNR at 96.15] , [ARGM-MNR up 1.17 point] .
- -- [ARG1 West Germany 's 6 3\/4 % issue due June 1999] [rel ended] [ARGM-MNR at 98.30] , [ARGM-MNR up 0.91 point] [ARGM-PNC *-1 to yield 6.99 %] .
- -- [ARG1 Britain 's 11 3\/4 % bond due 2003\/2007] [rel ended] [ARGM-MNR 1 1\/8 higher] [ARGM-MNR at 111 19\/32] [ARGM-PNC *-1 to yield 10.12 %] , [ARGM-ADV while the 11 3\/4 % notes due 1991 rose 21\/32 to 98 26\/32 *-2 to yield 12.74 %] .
- Mortgage securities gave up most of Friday 's gains as [ARG1 active issues] [rel ended] [ARGM-MNR 24\/32 to 30\/32 point lower] .
- Nintendo Co. , a Japanese maker of video games , electronic information systems and playing cards , posted a 23 % unconsolidated surge in pretax profit to 61.41 billion yen -LRB- $ 429 million *U* -RRB- from 50 billion yen -LRB- $ 349.9 million *U* -RRB- for [ARG1 the fiscal year] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Aug. 31] .
- Interspec Inc. reported a net loss of $ 2.4 million *U* for [ARG1 the fiscal third quarter] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Aug. 31] .
- *-2 A leading authority on the business cycle , Mr. Moore also is a member of the Business Cycle Dating Group , the panel of private economists that *T*-1 decides for the government [ARGM-TMP when] [ARG1 expansions and recessions] begin and [rel end] *T*-3 .
- The business , based * in St. Louis , had sales of more than $ 14 million *U* in [ARG1 the fiscal year] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP March 31] , Omnicare said 0 *T*-1 .
- *-1 Citing a $ 3.1 million *U* provision for doubtful accounts , Dallas-based National Heritage Inc. posted a loss for [ARG1 its fourth quarter] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP June 30] .
- The company also said 0 expenses incurred * by the previous board and management in the recent contest for control were recognized *-1 primarily in [ARG1 the first quarter] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Sept. 30] .
- Last year , the U.S. brokered a peace settlement * to remove Cuba 's `` Afrika Korps '' from Angola and hold [ARG0 `` free and fair '' elections] that *T*-1 [ARGM-MOD would] [rel end] [ARG1 South Africa 's control of Namibia] .
- The Little Rock , Ark. , hazardous-waste services company said 0 the restatement will reduce its net for [ARG1 the nine months] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP July 31] to $ 2.5 million *U* , or 17 cents a share , from $ 3.7 million *U* , or 26 cents a share .
- But for [ARG1 the fiscal year] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP July 31 , 1988] , the most recent period for which results were broken out *T*-1 , the Perkin-Elmer unit accounted for more than half the $ 145 million *U* in sales recorded * by the company 's government systems sector .
- [ARG1 It] [rel ended] with [ARG2-with a gain of 88.12 points] .
- For [ARG1 the 12 weeks] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Sept. 3] , Skipper 's had net income of $ 361,000 *U* , or 13 cents a share , compared with a net loss a year earlier .
- [ARG0 El Salvador 's government] opened a new round of talks with the country 's leftist rebels in an effort * to [rel end] [ARG1 a decade-long civil war] .
- For [ARG1 the three months] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP in September] , retail sales volume was down 0.5 % from the previous three months and up 1.2 % from a year earlier .
- In [ARG1 the fiscal year] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Sept. 30 , 1988] , Cluett had operating profit of $ 37 million *U* on sales of $ 757 million *U* .
- The number of U.S. temporary workers fell about 1 % in [ARG1 the 12 months] [rel ending] [ARGM-TMP Aug. 31] , after *-2 sliding nearly 3.5 % in July , said 0 *T*-1 Kidder Peabody 's Mr. Arthur .
- Blue Arrow blamed the pretax profit drop in [ARG1 the quarter] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP July 31] partly on slower earnings growth of non-Manpower units in Britain .
- Sales climbed to an estimated $ 245 million *U* in [ARG1 fiscal 1989] , [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Aug. 31] , from $ 99.9 million *U* in fiscal 1985 .
- The company expects that earnings , which *T*-1 have marched steadily upward in recent years , reached about $ 20.8 million *U* , or $ 1.58 *U* a share , in [ARG1 the fiscal year] [ARGM-TMP just] [rel ended] , up from $ 15.2 million *U* in fiscal 1988 and $ 3.9 million *U* in 1985 .
- Canadian steel-ingot production totaled 291,890 metric tons in [ARG1 the week] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Oct. 7] , up 14.8 % from the preceding week 's total of 254,280 tons , Statistics Canada , a federal agency , said 0 *T*-1 .
- Brazil and Venezuela are the only two countries that *T*-1 have n't completed steel talks with the U.S. for [ARG1 the year] [rel ending] [ARGM-TMP Oct. 1 , 1990] .
- Elcotel , a telecommunications company , had net income of $ 272,000 *U* , or five cents a share , in [ARG1 its year-earlier second quarter] , [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Sept. 30] .
- Traditional Industries Inc. said 0 it expects *-2 to report a net loss for [ARG1 the fourth quarter] that *T*-1 [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP June 30] and is seeking new financing .
- In [ARG1 the year] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP June 30 , 1988] , Traditional reported net income of $ 4.9 million *U* , or $ 1.21 *U* a share .
- [ARG0 Royal Crown Cola Co.] has [rel ended] [ARG1 its relationship with the Boston office of Hill , Holliday , Connors , Cosmopulos] .
- *-1 Citing a payment from a supplier and strong sales of certain data-storage products , Maxtor Corp. said 0 earnings and revenue jumped in [ARG1 its second quarter] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Sept. 24] .
- In [ARG1 the year] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Aug. 31 , 1988] , MedChem earned $ 2.9 million *U* , or 72 cents a share , on sales of $ 17.4 million *U* .
- The database software company said 0 it expects a $ 2 million *U* net loss for [ARG1 the fiscal first quarter] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Sept. 30] .
- And Time 's paid circulation , according to Audit Bureau of Circulations , dropped 7.3 % to 4,393,237 in [ARG1 the six months] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP June 30 , 1989] .
- Zaire 's President Mobutu met in southern France with Angolan rebel leader Savimbi and a senior U.S. envoy in a bid * to revive [ARG0 an accord] 0 *T*-1 to [rel end] [ARG1 Angola 's civil war] .
- [ARGM-DIS Moreover] , [ARG1 this year 's good inflation news] [ARGM-MOD may] have [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP last month , when energy prices zoomed up 6.5 % after *-2 plunging 7.3 % in August *T*-1] .
- For [ARG1 the nine months] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP June 30] , CenTrust had a net loss of $ 21.3 million *U* , compared with year-earlier net income of $ 52.8 million *U* .
- A French knock-off of `` Dallas , '' called * `` Chateauvallon '' and set * in a French vineyard , had [ARG1 a good run] in France , which *T*-2 [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP after the female lead was injured *-1 in a real-life auto accident] .
- Apple Computer Inc. , meanwhile , is expected *-1 to show improved earnings for [ARG1 the period] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Sept] .
- In July , the company reported that booming sales of new personal computers from Apple and IBM had resulted in net income more than doubling for [ARG1 its fourth quarter] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP June 30] to $ 7.4 million *U* , or 23 cents a share .
- This month , however , Businessland warned investors that results for [ARG1 its first quarter] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Sept. 30] had n't met expectations .
- Mr. Brown estimates 0 Wyse , whose terminals business *T*-1 is strong , will report a loss of 12 cents a share for [ARG1 its quarter] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Sept] .
- Last week , Microsoft said 0 it expects revenue for [ARG1 its first quarter] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Sept. 30] to increase 34 % .
- [ARG1 Population Drain] [rel Ends] For Midwestern States
- -- Curb junk bonds by [ARG0 *] [rel ending] [ARG1 tax benefits for certain securities , such as zero-coupon bonds , that *T*-1 postpone cash interest payments] .
- Marc Perkins , a Tampa , Fla. , investment banker , said 0 the market drop is one of `` a tremendous number of signs that [ARG1 the leveraged take-out era] is [rel ending] .
- A month ago , Hertz , of Park Ridge , N.J. , said that it would drop its marketing agreements *ICH*-1 at year end with Delta , America West and Texas Air Corp. 's Continental Airlines and Eastern Airlines , and that [ARG1 pacts with American Airlines , UAL Inc 's United Airlines and USAir] [ARGM-DIS also] [ARGM-MOD would] be [rel ended] *-2 ... [ARGM-TMP sometime after Dec. 31] .
- Tandem Computers Inc. , *-1 preparing *-2 to fight with International Business Machines Corp. for a piece of the mainframe business , said 0 it expects *-3 to post higher revenue and earnings for [ARG1 its fiscal fourth quarter] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Sept. 30] .
- The consensus among economists is that it grew a much more sluggish 2.3 % in [ARG1 the third quarter of 1989] , which *T*-1 [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP two weeks ago] .
- For [ARG1 the year] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP June 30] , Prime had a net loss of $ 3 million *U* on sales of $ 13.8 million *U* .
- Sports Unlimited , Tampa , Fla. , posted revenue of $ 59 million *U* for [ARG1 the year] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP July 31] .
- [ARG0 Striking auto workers] [rel ended] [ARG1 their 19-day occupation of a metal shop at a Peugeot S.A. factory in eastern France] [ARGM-TMP Friday] [ARGM-TMP as pay talks got under way in the capital] .
- [ARG1 The Ginnie Mae November 9 % issue] [rel ended] [ARGM-MNR at 98 25\/32] , [ARGM-MNR up 7\/8 point on the day] , [ARGM-PNC * to yield about 9.28 % to a 12-year average life assumption] .
- For [ARG1 the nine months] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP Sept. 30] , Keystone expects *-1 to report net income of $ 9.3 *U* milion , or about $ 2.53 *U* a share , after an extraordinary gain from $ 3.2 million *U* in tax benefits .
- The bank said 0 about C$ 525 million *U* will be added *-1 to its existing LDC and general loss provisions in [ARG1 its fourth quarter] , [rel ending] [ARGM-TMP Oct. 31] .
- The bank 's net income for [ARG1 the nine months] [rel ended] [ARGM-TMP July 31] was C$ 577 million *U* , or C$ 3.10 *U* a share .
- They hope 0 the foreign deals will divide the Hollywood opposition and prod Congress to push for [ARG0 *] [rel ending] [ARG1 federal rules that *T*-1 prohibit the networks from *-3 grabbing a piece of rerun sales and owning part of the shows 0 they put *T*-2 on the air] .