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• Commonwealth Edison now faces an additional court-ordered refund on [_ARG1 its summer\/winter rate differential collections] that [_ARG0 the Illinois Appellate Court] has [_rel estimated] *T*-1 at [_ARG2-at $ 140 million *U*] .
• [_ARG0 The department] [_ARGM-TMP previously] [_rel estimated] [_ARG1 that durable-goods orders fell 0.1 % in September] .
• In September , the custom-chip maker said 0 excess capacity and lagging billings would result in an [_rel estimated] [_ARG2 $ 2 million to $ 3 million *U*] [_ARG1 net] loss for the third quarter .
• [_rel Estimated] [_ARG1 volume] was [_ARG2 a moderate 3.5 million ounces] .
• [_ARG0 A spokesman for Temple] [_rel estimated] [_ARG1 that Sea Containers ' plan -- if all the asset sales materialize -- would result in shareholders receiving only $ 36 to $ 45 *U* a share in cash] .
• [_ARGM-TMP In the first three months of 1990] , [_ARG0 the Treasury] [_rel estimates] [_ARG1 that it will have *-1 to raise between $ 45 billion and $ 50 billion *U*] , [_ARGM-ADV * assuming that it decides *-2 to aim for a $ 10 billion *U* cash balance at the end of March] .
• University Patents Inc. , based * in Westport , Conn. , said 0 it seeks [_ARG1 Johnson & Johnson 's profits from sales of Retin-A] , [_rel estimated] * at [_ARG2-at $ 50 million *U*] , a similar amount of punitive damages and the right * to license Retin-A elsewhere .
• PaineWebber Inc. , for instance , is forecasting growth in S&P 500 dividends of just under 5 % in 1990 , down from an [_rel estimated] [_ARG1 11] % [_ARGM-TMP this year] .
• [_ARG0 Mr. Einhorn of Goldman Sachs] [_rel estimates] [_ARG1 0 the stock market will deliver a 12 % to 15 % *U* total return from appreciation and dividends *ICH*-1 over the next 12 months -- vs. a `` cash rate of return '' of perhaps 7 % or 8 % *U* if dividend growth is weak] .
• The funding is attached *-11 to an [<sub>rel</sub> estimated] [<sub>ARG2</sub> $ 27.1 billion *U*] [<sub>ARG1</sub> transportation] bill that *T*-1 goes *ICH*-2 next to the Senate and carries with it a proposed permanent smoking ban on virtually all U.S. domestic airline flights .
• *-1 To accommodate the additional cash assistance , the House Appropriations Committee last week was required *-1 to reallocate an [<sub>rel</sub> estimated] [<sub>ARG1</sub> $ 140 million] *U* from the Pentagon .
• Despite federal disaster relief , the drought of 1988 was a severe financial setback for an [<sub>rel</sub> estimated] [<sub>ARG1</sub> 10,000] to 15,000 farmers , according to the department .
• [<sub>ARG0</sub> Oshkosh Truck Corp. , Oshkosh , Wis. ,] [<sub>rel</sub> estimated] [<sub>ARG1</sub> 0 earnings for its fourth quarter ended Sept. 30 fell 50 % to 75 % below the year-earlier $ 4.5 million *U* , or 51 cents a share] .
• [<sub>ARG1</sub> Volume in the second section] was [<sub>rel</sub> estimated] *-1 at [<sub>ARG2-at</sub> 18 million shares] , [<sub>ARGM-ADV</sub> up from 14 million Tuesday] .
• [<sub>ARG1</sub> Wednesday 's volume on the First Section] was [<sub>rel</sub> estimated] *-1 at [<sub>ARG2-at</sub> 900 million shares] , [<sub>ARGM-ADV</sub> in line with Tuesday 's 909 million] .
• 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 [_rel estimated] [_ARG1 after-tax] loss of $ 24 million *U* for the year ended June 30 .
• [_ARG0 Travelers] [_rel estimated] [_ARG1 that the California earthquake last month will result in a fourth-quarter pre-tax charge of less than $ 10 million *U*] .
• People close to the utility industry said 0 Mr. Dingell 's proposal appears *-3 to guarantee only an [_rel estimated] [_ARG2 seven-million-ton] [_ARG1 cut] in annual sulfur-dioxide emissions that *T*-2 lead to acid rain , though additional cuts could be ordered *-1 later .
• [_ARG0 One analyst , Arthur Stevenson , of Prudential-Bache Securities , New York ,] [_rel estimated] [_ARG1 that 65 % or more of Brazil 's newly made automobiles run on alcohol and ca n't use gasoline] .
• [_ARG1 * Depending upon how many warrants and options *T*-2 are exercised *-1 prior to completion of the transaction , Heritage would issue between 1.8 million and 2.35 million preferred shares] , [_ARG0 a Heritage spokesman] [_rel estimated] 0 *T*-3 .
• [_ARG0 It] [_ARGM-DIS also] [_rel estimated] [_ARG1 that losses from the Oct. 17 earthquake in California would be no more than $ 6 million *U* , and would be included *-1 in fourth-quarter results] .
• [_ARGM-ADV * Possibly offsetting that] , [_ARG0 Columbia] [_ARGM-TMP recently] [_rel estimated] [_ARG1 0 it has unrealized gains on publicly traded equity investments of more than $ 70 million *U*] .
• Upjohn officials said 0 [_ARG0 they] [_ARGM-MOD could] [_ARGM-NEG n't] [_rel estimate] [_ARG1 the size of the charge] [_ARGM-TMP until they determine which employees , and how many , *T*-1 will participate in the retirement plan] .
• [_ARG0 Upjohn] [_ARGM-ADV further] [_rel estimated] [_ARG1 that about 50 % of the employees who *T*-2 leave for early retirement may be replaced *-1] .
• [_rel Estimated] and actual [_ARG1 results] involving losses are omitted *-1 .
• [_ARG1 Second Section volume] was [_rel estimated] *-52 at [_ARG2-at 14 million shares] , [_ARGM-ADV *-52 unchanged from Monday] .
• [_ARG1 Volume on the First Section] was [_rel estimated] *-51 at [_ARG2-at 900 million shares] , [_ARGM-ADV up from 582 million shares Monday] .
• Analysts hailed the planned transaction as *-1 being beneficial to Armstrong and Shaw , the market leader in the U.S. carpet industry , with an [_rel estimated] [_ARG2 17 % to 20 %] *U* [_ARG1 share] .
• The price was n't disclosed *-1 but [_ARG0 one analyst] [_rel estimated] [_ARG1 that it was $ 150 million *U*] .
• Mitsubishi Estate has n't decided how it will raise the funds for the purchase , which *T*-199 are due in cash next April *T*-1 , but [_ARG1 the Marunouchi holdings alone] are [_rel estimated] *-2 [_ARG2 to have a market value of as much as 10 trillion yen to 11 trillion yen] .
• [_ARGM-DIS Likewise] , [_ARG0 journalists John Burgess and Michael Isikoff of the Washington Post] have [_rel estimated] [_ARG1 that at least $ 800 million *U* was transferred *-192 from Japan to the U.S. * to deal with the church 's annual operating losses in this country] .
• Start-up costs for the Washington Times alone were close to $ 50 million *U* , and [_ARG1 the total amount lost * in this journalistic black hole] was [_rel estimated] *-193 at [_ARG2-at $ 150 million *U* by 1984] .
• The tax increase , which *T*-1 will be considered *-238 at a special session of the state legislature that *T*-275 begins tomorrow , would cover only part of the [_rel estimated] [_ARG2 $ 4 billion to $ 6 billion] *U* in [_ARG1-in total damage caused * by the Oct. 17 quake] .
• Aside from as much as $ 3.45 billion *U* in recently approved federal aid , the state is expected *-1 to draw from [_ARG1 a gubernatorial emergency fund] that *T*-276 currently stands at an [_rel estimated] [_ARG2 $ 700 million] *U* .
• But they were stripped *-242 from the Senate bill after [_ARG0 staffers] [_rel estimated] [_ARG1 0 penalty revenue would fall by $ 216 million *U* over five years] .
• Since then , at least two commercial versions have been put *-252 on the U.S. market , and an [_rel estimated] [_ARG2 500] have been sold *-253 .
• [_ARG0 Chrysler Corp.] [_rel estimates] [_ARG1 that health costs add $ 700 *U* *ICH*-1 to the price of each of its cars , about $ 300 to $ 500 *U* more per car than foreign competitors pay for health] .
• [_ARG0 HHS Secretary Sullivan] [_rel estimates] [_ARG1 that as much as 25 % of the medical procedures performed * each year may be inappropriate or unnecessary] .
• [_ARG0 A company spokesman] declined *-1 to [_rel estimate] [_ARG1 the impact of the closures on earnings] .
• [_ARG0 GP Express , an independent airline serving much of Nebraska ,] [_rel estimates] [_ARG1 that nearly 40 % of its revenues come from the subsidies that *T*-1 , in some cases , exceed the cost of a ticket] .
• [_ARGM-DIS But] [_ARGM-ADV given the few number of users] , [_ARG1 the cost to the federal government per passenger] is [_rel estimated] *-1 at [_ARG2-at $ 193 *U*] , according to House and Senate appropriations committees .
• [_ARGM-TMP On Monday] , [_ARG1 volume on the First Section] was [_rel estimated] *-1 at [_ARG2-at 600 million shares] , [_ARGM-ADV down from 1.24 billion shares Friday] .
• [_ARG1 Second Section volume] was [_rel estimated] *-1 at [_ARG2-at 15 million shares] , [_ARGM-ADV down from 24.5 million shares Friday] .
• [_ARG1 About $ 70 billion *U*] is [_rel estimated] *-2 [_ARG2 to be tied up in the short-term money market , which *T*-1 acts both as a hedge against inflation for consumers and an accelerator of inflation and deficits for the government] .
• [_ARG0 Judith Elkin , lawyer for the creditors ,] said 0 the creditors group is challenging certain accounting entries on the parent company 's books and [_rel estimates] [_ARG1 that the receivable owed the steel company * could be as much as $ 40 million *U*] .
• [_ARGM-DIS And] it is [_rel estimated] [_ARG1 that more than 20 % of that , $ 70 billion *U* , goes to `` defensive medicine '' -- those measures taken * by doctors * to protect themselves from the most unlikely possibilities] .
• [<sub>ARG0</sub> Some analysts] [<sub>rel</sub> estimate] [<sub>ARG1</sub> 0 the average PC costs about 50 % more *ICH*-2 in Japan than the U.S.] .
• [<sub>ARG0</sub> Authorities] [<sub>rel</sub> estimate] [<sub>ARG1</sub> that revenues from illegal drugs in the U.S. total about $ 110 billion *U* annually] .
• [<sub>rel</sub> Estimated] [<sub>ARG1</sub> volume] was a moderate 3.5 million ounces .
• An [<sub>rel</sub> estimated] [<sub>ARG2</sub> 14.7 million] [<sub>ARG1</sub> Cray] Computer shares will be distributed *-1 , Cray Research said 0 *T*-2 .
• [<sub>rel</sub> Estimated] and actual [<sub>ARG1</sub> results] involving losses are omitted *-1 .
• [<sub>ARG0</sub> He] [<sub>rel</sub> estimated] [<sub>ARG1</sub> the breakup value] at [<sub>ARG2-at</sub> $ 55 *U* a share] .
• [<sub>ARGM-TMP</sub> Previously] , [<sub>ARG1</sub> the July figure] was [<sub>rel</sub> estimated] *-1 at [<sub>ARG2-at</sub> a deficit of 613 million francs] .
• [<sub>ARG0</sub> Leucadia , New York ,] [<sub>rel</sub> estimated] [<sub>ARG1</sub> 0 it had a pre-tax gain on the transaction of $ 57 million *U* , including its part of Brae 's gain] .
• The [<sub>rel</sub> estimated] [<sub>ARG1</sub> gain] for Brae is $ 15 million *U* , including a tax credit of $ 7 million *U* , the sellers said 0 *T*-1 .
• The bank projects 0 Akzo will show per-share earnings of 24 guilders in 1990 , up from an [<sub>rel</sub> estimated] [<sub>ARG2</sub> 22.5] guilders [<sub>ARGM-TMP</sub> for this year] and the 20.9 guilders reported * for 1988 .
• [<sub>ARG0</sub> The company] [<sub>rel</sub> estimates] [<sub>ARG1</sub> its total debt] at [<sub>ARG2-at</sub> about $ 5.2 billion *U*] .
• [<sub>ARGM-TMP</sub> After the transaction] , [<sub>ARG0</sub> Mr. Rey] [<sub>rel</sub> estimates] [<sub>ARG1</sub> 0 the value of his 20 % stake in the new company , 0 *T*-2 to be held *-1 by his Omni Holding AG , will be about 1 billion Swiss francs] .
• Ultimate expects the 3 1\/2-year agreement to generate $ 100 million *U* in sales , but [<sub>ARG0</sub> it] [<sub>ARGM-MOD</sub> would] [<sub>ARGM-NEG</sub> n't] [<sub>rel</sub> estimate] [<sub>ARG1</sub> profit] .
• But while its stock is selling at about half Control Data 's [<sub>rel</sub> estimated] [<sub>ARG1</sub> breakup] value , neither Messrs. Perlman nor Price said 0 he spends much time *-1 considering the possibility of a hostile takeover .
• This would compare with an [<sub>rel</sub> estimated] [<sub>ARG1</sub> loss] of [<sub>ARG2-of</sub> 3 cents a share] for the comparable 10 months last year , which *T*-1 included restructuring costs .
• [<sub>ARGM-ADV</sub> Although he expressed confidence that the proposed new company 's cash flow would be sufficient *-1 to cover interest payments on the debt] , [<sub>ARG0</sub> he] [<sub>rel</sub> estimated] [<sub>ARG1</sub> that the company would n't be profitable until 1994 or later] .
• [<sub>ARG0</sub> Analyst] [<sub>rel</sub> estimate] [<sub>ARG1</sub> the value of the BellSouth proposal] at [<sub>ARG2-at</sub> about $ 115 to $ 125 *U* a share] .
• [<sub>ARG1</sub> The debt] , [<sub>rel</sub> estimated] * at [<sub>ARG2-at</sub> $ 4.7 billion *U*] , could mortgage the cellular company 's future earning power in order *-1 to placate some LIN holders in the short term .
• [<sub>ARG1</sub> First-section volume] was [<sub>rel</sub> estimated] *-1 at [<sub>ARG2-at</sub> 1.3 billion shares , up from 886 million shares Thursday] .
• Without P&G 's backing , Noxell might not have been able *-1 to spend the [<sub>rel</sub> estimated] [<sub>ARG1</sub> $ 5 million to $ 7 million] *U* needed * * to accomplish that without *-2 scrimping on its existing brands .
• Estee Lauder , for example , spends [<sub>ARGM-ADV</sub> only] an [<sub>rel</sub> estimated] [<sub>ARG1</sub> 5] % of sales on advertising in the U.S. , and Mr. Lauder says 0 he has no plans * to change his strategy .
• [<sub>ARG0</sub> It] [<sub>rel</sub> estimates] [<sub>ARG1</sub> 0 the time between college graduation and the awarding of a Ph. D. has lengthened by 30 % over the past 20 years , with the average gap now ranging from about 7.4 years in the physical sciences to 16.2 years in education] .
• [<sub>ARG0</sub> The property claims service division of the American Insurance Services Group] [<sub>rel</sub> estimated] [<sub>ARG1</sub> insured losses from the earthquake] at [<sub>ARG2-at</sub> $ 960 million *U*] .
• [<sub>ARG0</sub> He] 's [<sub>ARGM-TMP</sub> now] [<sub>rel</sub> estimating] [<sub>ARG1</sub> that after a period of consolidation , the Dow Jones Industrial Average will once again forge new highs] .
• It is [<sub>rel</sub> estimated] [<sub>ARG1</sub> that the Patterson group controls more than 40 % of Rally 's stock] .
• Pretax profit was estimated *-1 at 23.0 billion yen , down from 25.51 billion yen , while [<sub>ARG1</sub> net income] was [<sub>rel</sub> estimated] *-2 at [<sub>ARG2-at</sub> 12 billion yen] , [<sub>ARGM-ADV</sub> up from 11.95 billion yen] .
• [<sub>ARG1</sub> Pretax profit] was [<sub>rel</sub> estimated] *-1 at [<sub>ARG2-at</sub> 23.0 billion yen] , [<sub>ARGM-ADV</sub> down from 25.51 billion yen] , [<sub>ARGM-ADV</sub> while net income was estimated *-2 at 12 billion yen , up from 11.95 billion yen] .
• Pretax profit is seen *-1 at 45.00 billion yen , down from 47.17 billion yen , while [<sub>ARG1</sub> net income] is [<sub>rel</sub> estimated] *-2 at [<sub>ARG2-at</sub> 23.500 billion yen] , [<sub>ARGM-ADV</sub> up from 23.031 billion yen] .
• A company spokesman said 0 [<sub>ARG1</sub> the Veslefrikk field 's gross reserves] were [<sub>rel</sub> estimated] *-1 [<sub>ARGM-TMP</sub> in 1987] at [<sub>ARG2-at</sub> 229 million barrels] .
• [<sub>ARG0</sub> The company] declined *-1 to [<sub>rel</sub> estimate] [<sub>ARG1</sub> the value of the Norwegian holding] .
• For one thing , the size of the affected market is enormous -- the European stock markets account for some 22.5 % of global stock market capitalization , with an [<sub>rel</sub> estimated] [<sub>ARG1</sub> value] of [<sub>ARG2-of</sub> $ 2.175 trillion] *U* , according to Morgan Stanley Capital International .
• The Continental markets alone contribute about 14.3 % of [<sub>rel</sub> estimated] [<sub>ARG1</sub> world] market capitalization of [<sub>ARG2-of</sub> $ 9.671 trillion *U*] .
• The vaccine is effective in * preventing a disease that *T*-1 still afflicts about 60 million children a year world-wide , *-2 causing an [<sub>rel</sub> estimated] [<sub>ARG2</sub> one] million [<sub>ARG1</sub> deaths] .
• [<sub>ARG0</sub> Mr. Lee] [<sub>rel</sub> estimates] [<sub>ARG1</sub> that about 10,000 property speculators are operating in South Korea] .
• Once inside , [<sub>ARG0</sub> she] spends nearly four hours *-2 measuring and diagramming each room in the 80-year-old house , *-2 gathering enough information * to [<sub>rel</sub> estimate] [<sub>ARG1</sub> what it *EXP*-3 would cost *T*-1 * to rebuild it] .
• [<sub>rel</sub> Estimated] [<sub>ARG1</sub> volume] was five million ounces .
• At the time *-1 71%-controlled by Oy Waertsilae , a conglomerate , the shipbuilding unit faced [<sub>ARG1</sub> potential losses] [<sub>rel</sub> estimated] * at [<sub>ARG2-at</sub> one billion markka] and was on the brink of liquidation .
• Analysts say 0 Mr. Suominen had grown increasingly worried about the state 's potential financial exposure as Waertsilae Marine 's losses ballooned to [<sub>ARG1</sub> more than double the figure] [<sub>rel</sub> estimated] * [<sub>ARGM-TMP</sub> in August] .
• [<sub>ARGM-DIS</sub> But] [<sub>ARG0</sub> company insiders] [<sub>rel</sub> estimated] [<sub>ARG1</sub> that the loss could approach the equivalent of $ 10 million *U*] .
• We had intercepted during the year an [<sub>rel</sub> estimated] [<sub>ARG2</sub> $ 5 billion] *U* [<sub>ARG1</sub> street value] of cocaine .
• [<sub>ARG0</sub> The company] [<sub>rel</sub> estimates] [<sub>ARG1</sub> the offering price] at [<sub>ARG2-at</sub> between $ 14 and $ 16 *U* a share] .
• [<sub>ARGM-DIS</sub> But] [<sub>ARG0</sub> analysts] [<sub>rel</sub> estimated] [<sub>ARG1</sub> that GM had a loss of as much as $ 300 million *U* on domestic vehicle operations] .
• Analysts speculated that Marsh & McLennan would spend between 250 million marks -LRB- $ 136.4 million *U* -RRB- and 350 million marks *ICH*-1 for the rest of Gradmann & Holler , or roughly 25 to 30 times the private firm 's [<sub>rel</sub> estimated] [<sub>ARG1</sub> earnings] .
• [<sub>ARG0</sub> PWA] [<sub>ARGM-MOD</sub> would] [<sub>ARGM-NEG</sub> n't] [<sub>rel</sub> estimate] [<sub>ARG1</sub> the value of Wardair 's aircraft , which *T*-1 include 12 Airbus A310-300s and three Boeing 747-100s] .
• [<sub>ARGM-DIS</sub> But] [<sub>ARG0</sub> James Ireland , a Miami-based technical analyst with Avmark Inc. , an aircraft evaluation firm ,] [<sub>rel</sub> estimated] [<sub>ARG1</sub> the total `` half-life '' value of the 15 planes] at [_ARG2-at about $ 650 million or more *U*] .
• PWA did n't disclose the expected net cost of the fleet overhaul , but [_ARG0 a Toronto-based analyst] [_rel estimated] [_ARG1 it] at [_ARG2-at about $ 450 million *U* -LRB- US -RRB- , excluding replacement costs for the 11 DC10-30 aircraft that PWA plans *-2 to sell *T*-1 , and purchase costs for as many as 17 Airbus 320-200 aircraft that PWA previously ordered *T*-3] .
• Under Massachusetts tax laws , corporations must pay 9.5 % of [_rel estimated] [_ARG1 profits] resulting from business transactions in the state if the company conducts a variety of non-sales activities , including warranties , customer complaints and relations with independent dealerships .
• Last year , venture capitalists spent an [_rel estimated] [_ARG1 $] 600 million *U* *-1 to finance start-up companies in medical and biotechnology businesses , according to the National Venture Capital Association , a trade group .
• The company said 0 [_ARG0 it] [_rel estimates] [_ARG1 0 the Desert Inn remodeling will cost about $ 32 million *U* , and 0 the refurbishment of the three DC-8-62 aircraft , made * by McDonnell Douglas Corp. , will cost around $ 24.5 million *U*] .
• [_ARG0 They] [_rel estimate] [_ARG1 the value of the transaction] at [_ARG2-at close to $ 100 million *U*] .
• [_ARG0 Analysts] are [_rel estimating] [_ARG1 0 third-quarter earnings will drop between 13 % and 20 % *U* to about 50 to 55 cents per share , compared with 63 cents per share in the year-ago quarter] .
• [_ARGM-TMP At the same time] , [_ARG0 investors] [_rel estimate] [_ARG1 0 the restructuring would cut the company 's annual cash interest bill from about $ 90 million *U* to $ 85 million *U*] .
• `` The few million dollars 0 I could lose *T*-3 today is nothing against what I could lose *T*-2 on the spring line , '' says *T*-4 [<sub>ARG0</sub> Mr. Levy] , who *T*-1 [<sub>rel</sub> estimates] [<sub>ARG1</sub> that Campeau stores will sell $ 25 million *U* worth of his clothes this year] .
• Ms. Applebaum had [<sub>rel</sub> estimated] [<sub>ARG1</sub> third-quarter] earnings of [<sub>ARG2-of</sub> 55 cents a share] , but said 0 the losses for the unusual items were larger than *?* expected .
• [<sub>rel</sub> Estimated] [<sub>ARG1</sub> volume] was a light 1.7 million ounces .
• [<sub>ARG1</sub> Volume on the first section] was [<sub>rel</sub> estimated] *-1 at [<sub>ARG2-at</sub> 1 billion shares , up from 914 million Tuesday] .
• Yesterday 's vote dealt with the largest of these bills , an [<sub>rel</sub> estimated] [<sub>ARG1</sub> $] 156.7 billion *U* measure funding the departments of Labor , Education , and Health and Human Services .
• [<sub>ARG1</sub> But although Japanese companies increased their U.S. auto output by 42 % from January to September compared with the year-earlier period , their exports to the U.S. will drop only 9 % this year] , [<sub>ARG0</sub> Nikko Research Center] [<sub>rel</sub> estimates] 0 *T*-1 .
• Bloomingdale 's does an [<sub>rel</sub> estimated] [<sub>ARG2</sub> $ 1.2 billion] *U* in [<sub>ARG1-in</sub> annual sales] .
• [<sub>rel</sub> Estimated] and actual [<sub>ARG1</sub> results] involving losses are omitted *-1 .
• The Communications Workers of America , which *T*-1 opposes such monitoring , says 0 supervisors listen in on an [<sub>rel</sub> estimated] [<sub>ARG2</sub> 400 million] [<sub>ARG1</sub> calls] [<sub>ARGM-TMP</sub> each year] .
• IBM 's mainframe sales have held up better than expected this year , with [<sub>ARG0</sub> analysts] [<sub>rel</sub> estimating] [<sub>ARG1</sub> 0 they have risen 10 % to 12 % *U*] .
• [<sub>ARG0</sub> Some analysts] have [<sub>rel</sub> estimated] [<sub>ARG1</sub> 0 IBM 's fourth-quarter per-share earnings will fall 10 % to $ 3.57 *U* a share from $ 3.97 *U* a share a year earlier] .
• [<sub>ARGM-ADV</sub> Although Ryder did n't break out the charge] , [<sub>ARG0</sub> analysts] [<sub>rel</sub> estimated] [<sub>ARG1</sub> that the majority of the $ 57 million *U* was linked *-1 to workers ' compensation reserves and anticipated losses on the disposal of trucks] .
• Those creditors , [<sub>ARG1</sub> whose claims] *T*-2 are [<sub>rel</sub> estimated] *-1 at [<sub>ARG2-at</sub> about $ 200 million *U*] , include doctors and hospitals .
• [<sub>ARG0</sub> The institute] did [<sub>ARGM-NEG</sub> n't] [<sub>rel</sub> estimate] [<sub>ARG1</sub> annual price growth] [<sub>ARGM-TMP</sub> in September] , but a 0.2 % rise by the consumer price index would put growth at either 178.8 or 178.9 , up 3.3 % or 3.4 % from the year-earlier level of 173.1 .
• [<sub>ARG0</sub> Analysts] [<sub>rel</sub> estimated] [<sub>ARG1</sub> that sales at U.S. stores declined in the quarter , too] .
• [<sub>ARG0</sub> The General Accounting Office] [<sub>rel</sub> estimates] [<sub>ARG1</sub> that 50 % of IRS audits do n't spot companies that *T*-1 fail *-2 to file the reports] .
• [<sub>ARG0</sub> The U.S. Department of Agriculture] [<sub>rel</sub> estimates] [<sub>ARG1</sub> that this year Americans will eat about 40 % more fresh apples per capita than the Japanese] .
• Last month , the General Accounting Office reported that [<sub>ARG1</sub> defaults in Federal Housing Administration guarantees] were five times as high as * [<sub>ARGM-TMP</sub> previously] [<sub>rel</sub> estimated] *-1 , and that FHA 's equity fell to minus $ 2.9 billion *U* .
• [<sub>ARG1</sub> This figure] [<sub>ARGM-MOD</sub> could] be [<sub>rel</sub> estimated] *-1 [<sub>ARGM-MNR</sub> * using techniques employed * by private lenders * to forecast losses] , or determined *-1 by * selling loans to private owners -LRB- without federal guarantees -RRB- .
• [<sub>ARG0</sub> The company] [<sub>rel</sub> estimated] [<sub>ARG1</sub> that losses from Hurricane Hugo reduced net income by 32 cents a share in the most recent quarter] .
• By a lopsided 401-18 margin , the chamber rejected an effort * to waive Gramm-Rudman for purposes of * addressing the two disasters , and [<sub>ARG0</sub> budget analysts] [<sub>rel</sub> estimate] [<sub>ARG1</sub> 0 the increased appropriations will widen the fiscal 1990 deficit by at least $ 1.44 billion *U* unless offsetting spending cuts or new revenues are found *-19 by Congress] .
• But the fund 's size is disputed *-1 by [<sub>ARG0</sub> Mr. Brown 's office] , which *T*-2 [<sub>rel</sub> estimates] [<sub>ARG1</sub> 0 the fund holds from $ 630 million to $ 800 million *U*] .
• [<sub>ARG1</sub> About 11,000 shares sold at $ 170 *U* on the bell , *-1 representing about eight to 10 late orders] , [<sub>ARG0</sub> the specialists] [<sub>rel</sub> estimate] 0 *T*-2 .
• A company spokesman said 0 [<sub>ARG1</sub> the gain on the sale] [<sub>ARGM-MOD</sub> could] [<sub>ARGM-NEG</sub> n't] be [<sub>rel</sub> estimated] *-1 [<sub>ARGM-TMP</sub> until the `` tax treatment has been determined *-2] .
• [_ARG1 First section volume] was [_rel estimated] *-1 at [_ARG2-at 900 million shares , up from 605 million Monday] .
• [_ARG0 Mercedes-Benz of North America Inc. , Grosse Pointe Shores , Mich. ,] [_rel estimated] [_ARG1 0 it will sell about as many cars *ICH*-3 in 1990 as the 75,000 0 it expects *-1 to deliver *T*-2 this year] .
• Domestic demand continues *-2 to grow , but its contribution to higher production was sapped *-1 in September by the [_rel estimated] [_ARG2 2 %] [_ARG1 fall] [_ARGM-LOC in imports] , accompanied * by a growing tendency for Japanese manufacturers to build vehicles overseas , according to the association .
• [_ARG0 Traders] [_rel estimated] [_ARG1 that Bear , Stearns bought more than 1 million shares] .
• So , while KKR today has an [_rel estimated] [_ARG1 $ 250 million] *U* *ICH*-1 sunk * in now-shaky SCI TV , including equity and debt , the LBO firm still is $ 1 billion *U* ahead on the SCI TV buy-out after * taking cash up front .
• Takeover speculators -- who *T*-1 have already taken [_ARG1 a record loss] [_rel estimated] * at [_ARG2-at more than $ 700 million *U*] on UAL -- started *-2 selling other stocks as well as S&P futures in an attempt * to hedge against a further UAL blood bath .
• [_ARG0 A trader at a Japanese firm] [_rel estimated] [_ARG1 that the Japanese purchased no more than 10 % of the two-year notes] .
• [_ARG0 Mr. Dempsey] [_rel estimated] [_ARG1 that the issue 's London debut was accompanied *-1 by `` very , very heavy turnover -- between five million and six million shares] . ''
• U.S. takeover-stock speculators now own an [<sub>rel</sub> estimated] [<sub>ARG2</sub> 25] % of [<sub>ARG1-of</sub> Jaguar shares] .
• [<sub>rel</sub> Estimated] and actual [<sub>ARG1</sub> results] involving losses are omitted *-1 .
• [<sub>ARGM-ADV</sub> With many rural districts yet to report ballots] , [<sub>ARG0</sub> election officials] [<sub>rel</sub> estimate] [<sub>ARG1</sub> 0 support for Christian Democrats fell an average five percentage points statewide] .
• [<sub>ARG0</sub> Mr. Vinson] [<sub>rel</sub> estimates] [<sub>ARG1</sub> 0 the industry 's total revenues approach $ 200 million *U*] .
• The tip-off came when he opened a recent Merrill Lynch statement and found that the CD 's `` [_rel estimated] [_ARG1 current] market value '' had plummeted by $ 9,000 *U* in a month *T*-1 .
• Merrill Lynch says 0 it *EXP*-1 's impossible [_ARG0 *] to [_rel estimate] [_ARG1 how many investors *T*-2 are in Dr. Blumenfeld 's situation] , although it says 0 the firm has received only one other complaint about premiums on the secondary market in three years .
• [_ARG0 Merrill Lynch] [_rel estimates] [_ARG1 that fewer than 10 financial institutions currently issue zero-coupon CDs] .
• In [_ARGM-LOC an unrelated program] in which [_ARG0 the Labor Department] does [_rel estimate] [_ARG1 output per employee] [_ARGM-PNC for more than two-thirds of federal civilian employees] *T*-1 , it found an average annual rate of productivity improvement of 1.7 % during the 1980s .
• [_ARG0 I] [_rel estimate] [_ARG1 that these mismeasurements as * detailed *-1 by Martin N. Baily and Robert J. Gordon add a further 0.12 percentage point to the downward bias in the growth rate of real business product] .
• [_ARG0 He] [_rel estimates] [_ARG1 that the price of West Texas Intermediate , the U.S. benchmark crude , was $ 4.04 *U* a barrel higher *ICH*-1 during the third quarter of this year than in the same period last year] .
• [_ARG0 Gill & Duffus Ltd. , a British cocoa-trading house ,] [_rel estimated] [_ARG1 that the 1989-90 world cocoa surplus would be 231,000 tons , down from 314,000 tons for the previous year] .
• [_ARG1 Volume on the first section] was [_rel estimated] *-1 at [_ARG2-at 600 million shares] , [_ARGM-ADV down from 1.03 billion shares Friday] .
• [_ARG0 A White House budget office analysis] [_rel estimates] [_ARG1 that $ 500 million *U* -- or half the level in the committee bill -- is needed *-1 for highway assistance 0 *T*-2 to meet California 's needs] , and the administration rejects the notion that new appropriations are needed *-3 * to finance disaster loans by the Small Business Administration .
• [_ARG1 Per-share earnings] are [_rel estimated] *-1 at [_ARG2-at more than 40 cents] , [_ARGM-ADV up from 22 cents for fiscal 1988] .
• [_ARG1 A crowd] [_rel estimated] * at [_ARG2-at 100,000] held a torch-lit march through Budapest as Acting President Szuros delivered a nationally televised address rejecting communist dominance .
• CMS Enhancements Inc. said 0 [_ARG0 it] [_rel estimates] [_ARG1 that sales and earnings for the fiscal first quarter ended * Sept. 30 fell somewhat from the year-earlier period] .
• [_ARG0 U.S. officials] [_rel estimated] [_ARG1 that gray-market imports total about 2,100 units a year , a small part of the more than three million vehicles exported * to the U.S. each year] .
• [_ARG1 Shareholders ' funds] [_ARGM-TMP as of July 31] were [_rel estimated] *-1 at [_ARG2-at more than A$ 1 billion *U*] , Mr. Skase said 0 *T*-2 , [_ARGM-ADV compared with A$ 725 million *U* a year earlier] .
• Qintex Australia has n't disclosed its borrowings , but [_ARG0 analysts] [_rel estimate] [_ARG1 the company 's debt] at [_ARG2-at A$ 1.2 billion *U*] .
• [_ARG1 Consumer spending in Britain rose 0.1 % in the third quarter from the second quarter and was up 3.8 % from a year ago] , [_ARG0 the Central Statistical Office] [_rel estimated] 0 *T*-1 [_ARGM-TMP Friday] .
• Kodak wo n't disclose the cost or when its converter will be on the market *T*-1 , but it 's [_rel estimated] [_ARG1 0 the machine may be available within two years] .
• [_ARG0 The U.S. electronics industry] [_rel estimates] [_ARG1 that the HDTV market will total about $ 150 billion *U* over the next two decades , with an additional $ 400 billion *U* expected * to go for related products] .
• [_ARG0 Experts] [_rel estimate] [_ARG1 0 the first sets of HDTVs wo n't be available for another five to 10 years , and will probably retail for more than $ 3,000 *U* each in today 's dollars] .
• It 's [_rel estimated] [_ARG1 that just about 250 hours of HD programming is currently available for airing] .
• [_ARGM-DIS And] [_ARGM-CAU because the pachinko industry is regularly at the top of annual lists for tax evasion] , [_ARG0 some observers] [_rel estimate] [_ARG1 0 the real income could be as much as 20 trillion yen] .
• CRI Inc. said 0 it reduced the [_rel estimated] [_ARG1 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 the year ending June 9 , 1990 .
• [_ARGM-DIS But] [_ARG0 he] [_rel estimated] [_ARG1 that a raider would have been able *-1 to amass no more than 4 % of the shares in recent months] .
• [_ARG0 One bond trader] [_rel estimated] [_ARG1 that more than $ 50 million *U* of New York City general obligation bonds were put *-1 up for sale Friday alone] .
• [_ARG0 Ali Khalifa Al-Sabah , Kuwait 's oil minister ,] [_ARGM-TMP recently] [_rel estimated] [_ARG1 OPEC capacity at 25 million barrels a day] .
• [_ARGM-DIS But] it is [_rel estimated] [_ARG1 that at least three million barrels a day -- and possibly as much as seven million barrels a day -- of spare capacity still exists within OPEC] .
• Adm. Goupil rejected Dassault 's proposal * to renovate the Crusaders , *-2 saying 0 [_ARG1 the cost] was impossible 0 [_ARG0 *] to [_rel estimate] *T*-1 .
• It charged off an [_rel estimated] [_ARG2 $ 200 million] *U* of [_ARG1 Arizona loans] , * leaving the unit with a reserve for future losses of $ 255 million *U* , about 61 % of its $ 416 million *U* of troubled loans and repossessed real estate .
• Today , Conner controls an [_rel estimated] [_ARG2 90] % of [_ARG1-of the hard-disk drive market for laptop computers] .
• [_ARG1 These new products could account for as much as 35 % of the company 's business in 1990] , [_ARG0 Mr. Conner] [_rel estimated] 0 *T*-1 .
• In England , Martin Leach , a spokesman for Lloyd 's of London , said 0 [_ARG0 the insurance market] has n't yet been able *-1 to [_rel estimate] [_ARG1 the total potential claims from the disaster] .
• That total was below the $ 140 million *U* 0 [_ARG0 the auction house] [_rel estimated] [_ARG1 0 the collection might sell for *T*-2] , but was enough * to ensure that an unprecedented financial arrangement 0 Sotheby 's had made *T*-1 with the Dorrance family proved profitable to the auction house .
• [_ARG0 Albert Lee , a veteran trader who *T*-2 specializes in machinery sales ,] [_rel estimates] [_ARG1 that as many as 70 % of projects that *T*-3 had obtained approval * to proceed have been canceled *-1 in recent months] .
• [_ARG0 Mr. Kamm , the China trade expert ,] [_rel estimates] [_ARG1 that as much as 50 % of Guangdong 's exports is made *-1 up of processed imported raw materials] .
• [_ARG0 The Commerce Department] [_rel estimates] [_ARG1 that Japanese government and industry spending on HDTV research is already over $ 1 billion *U*] .
• Their [_ARG2 $ 700 million-plus] *U* in [_rel estimated] [_ARG1 paper] losses easily tops the $ 400 million *U* in paper losses 0 the takeover traders , known * as arbitragers , suffered *T*-1 in 1982 when Gulf Oil Co. dropped a $ 4.8 billion *U* offer for Cities Service Co *T*-2 .
• [_ARGM-ADV *-3 Using the the NWA takeover as a benchmark] , [_ARG0 First Boston] [_ARGM-TMP on Sept. 14] [_rel estimated] [_ARG1 that UAL was worth $ 250 to $ 344 *U* a share based on UAL 's results for the 12 months ending last June 30 , but only $ 235 to $ 266 *U* based on a management estimate of results for 1989] .
• [_ARGM-ADV *-1 Using estimates of the company 's future earnings under a variety of scenarios] , [_ARG0 First Boston] [_rel estimated] [_ARG1 UAL 's value] at [_ARG2-at $ 248 to $ 287 *U* a share if its future labor costs conform to Wall Street projections ; $ 237 to $ 275 *U* if the company reaches a settlement with pilots similar to one at NWA ; $ 98 to $ 121 *U* under an adverse labor settlement , and $ 229 to $ 270 *U* under a pilot contract imposed * by the company following a strike] .
• [_ARGM-DIS And] [_ARGM-ADV *-1 using liquidation value assuming the sale of all UAL assets] , [_ARG0 First Boston] [_rel estimated] [_ARG1 0 the airline is worth $ 253 to $ 303 *U* a share] .
• [_ARG0 Wall Street traders and analysts] [_rel estimate] [_ARG1 that takeover stock traders own UAL stock and options equal to as many as 6.5 million shares , or about 30 % of the total outstanding] .
• [_ARG0 Frank Gallagher , an analyst with Phoenix Capital Corp. in New York ,] [_rel estimates] [_ARG1 that the arbs paid an average of about $ 280 *U* a share for their UAL positions] .
• That 's based on a multiple of anywhere between 8.5 to 10 times UAL earnings , which *T*-1 are [_rel estimated] [_ARG1 *-2 to come in somewhere around $ 16 *U* a share [_ARGM-TMP this year] ] .
• During the third quarter , it said , 0 it won several significant contracts , including [_ARG1 a five-year contract] with the National Institutes of Health valued * at an [_rel estimated] [_ARG2 $ 8 million] *U* .
• : American Suzuki Motor Corp. , Brea , Calif. , awarded its [_rel estimated] [_ARG2 $ 10 million to $ 30 million *U*] [_ARG1 account] to Asher\/Gould , Los Angeles .
• The administration claims that its Clean Air bill will cost businesses between $ 14 billion and $ 19 billion *U* annually , but [_ARG0 economist Michael Evans] [_rel estimates] [_ARG1 that the costs for firms will actually be in the $ 60 billion *U* a year range] .
• [_rel Estimated] [_ARG1 volume] was a light 2.4 million ounces .
• [_ARG1 Volume in the second section] was [_rel estimated] *-1 at [_ARG2-at 30 million shares , up from 28 million Thursday] .
• [_ARG1 Friday 's volume on the First Section] was [_rel estimated] *-1 at [_ARG2-at one billion shares , up from 862 million Thursday] .
• At current market prices , the twin public offerings 0 *T*-2 to be completed *-1 next year would add an [_rel estimated] [_ARG1 2.5 billion] Swedish kronor -LRB- $ 386 million *U* -RRB- to Trelleborg 's coffers , analysts say 0 *T*-3 .
• Signal , which *T*-2 has an [_rel estimated] [_ARG2 10,000] [_ARG1 subscribers] and is profitable , provides stock quotes over an FM radio band that *T*-3 can be received *-1 by specially equipped personal computers .
• [_rel Estimated] and actual [_ARG1 results] involving losses are omitted *-1 .
• [_rel Estimated] and actual [_ARG1 results] involving losses are omitted *-1 .
• [_ARG0 They] [_rel estimate] [_ARG1 the return 0 a person 's current portfolio is likely *-3 to generate *T*-2 over time , along with a standard deviation that *T*-1 suggests how much the return will vary *T*-4 year by year] .
• [_ARG0 Nobody] [_ARGM-MOD can] [_rel estimate] [_ARG1 the toll] , but John Gargan , a Tampa , Fla. , planner and head of one trade group , the International Association of Registered Financial Planners , thinks 0 the danger to investors from incompetence is `` humongous , '' far greater than that from crookery .
• An [<sub>rel</sub> estimated] [<sub>ARG2</sub> 10 million] [<sub>ARG1</sub> Americans] are now using financial planners , and the pool of capital 0 they influence *T*-1 is enormous .
• [<sub>ARG0</sub> NASAA] [<sub>rel</sub> estimates] [<sub>ARG1</sub> that nearly 90 % of planners receive some or all of their income from sales commissions on securities , insurance and other financial products 0 they recommend *T*-1] .
• This is reflected *-1 in a built-in mortality cost -- in effect , your share of the company 's [<sub>rel</sub> estimated] [<sub>ARG1</sub> liability] in * paying off beneficiaries of people who *T*-2 had the effrontery * to die while * under its protection .
• [<sub>ARGM-ADV</sub> In *-1 presenting the study] [<sub>ARGM-TMP</sub> late last week] , [<sub>ARG0</sub> Dr. Warshaw] [<sub>rel</sub> estimated] [<sub>ARG1</sub> 0 the cost of these types of disorders to business is substantial] .
• [<sub>ARGM-ADV</sub> In terms of days lost * on the job] , [<sub>ARG0</sub> the study] [<sub>rel</sub> estimated] [<sub>ARG1</sub> that each affected employee loses about 16 work days a year because of stress , anxiety or depression] .
• [<sub>ARG1</sub> Every dollar 's worth of stock in the Los Angeles money manager 's portfolio is traded *-1 seven or eight times a year] , [<sub>ARG0</sub> the firm] [<sub>rel</sub> estimates] 0 *T*-2 .
• [<sub>ARG0</sub> Traders] [<sub>rel</sub> estimated] [<sub>ARG1</sub> that more than $ 140 million *U* of high-grade bonds was put *-1 up for sale via bid-wanted lists circulated * by a handful of major brokers] .
• California expects *-1 to rely on federal emergency funds and its $ 1.06 billion *U* in general fund reserves *-2 to meet the [<sub>rel</sub> estimated] [<sub>ARG2</sub> $ 500 million to $ 1 billion] *U* in [<sub>ARG1-in</sub> damages resulting from the quake] , according to a state official .
• [<sub>ARG1</sub> The market during the start-up] is [<sub>rel</sub> estimated] *-1 at [<sub>ARG2-at</sub> 25,000 subscribers] .
• The bill does n't include an [<sub>rel</sub> estimated] [<sub>ARG2</sub> $ 1.9 billion] *U* in [<sub>ARG1-in</sub> supplemental anti-drug funds for Justice Department and law-enforcement accounts that *T*-1 are still in conference with the House] .
• An [<sub>rel</sub> estimated] [<sub>ARG1</sub> $ 321 million] *U* is provided *-2 *-3 to maintain the program , but Mr. Rudman also succeeded in *-4 attaching language seeking * to curb the authority of the current board until new members are confirmed *-1 .
• The action came as Congress sent to President Bush a fiscal 1990 bill providing an [<sub>rel</sub> estimated] [<sub>ARG1</sub> $ 156.7 billion] *U* for the Departments of Labor , Education , Health and Human Services .
• An [<sub>rel</sub> estimated] [<sub>ARG1</sub> $ 1.32 billion] *U* *ICH*-2 is provided *-1 for next year 's census , and negotiators stripped a Senate-passed rider seeking * to block the counting of illegal aliens .
• Business and civic operations lurched back toward normalcy here as [<sub>ARG0</sub> congressional officials] [<sub>rel</sub> estimated] [<sub>ARG1</sub> that the price tag for emergency assistance to earthquake-ravaged California would total at least $ 2.5 billion *U*] .
• [<sub>ARG0</sub> Santa Cruz County] [<sub>rel</sub> estimates] [<sub>ARG1</sub> total damage] at [<sub>ARG2-at</sub> nearly $ 600 million *U*] .
• [<sub>ARG0</sub> San Francisco Mayor Art Agnos] [<sub>rel</sub> estimated] [<sub>ARG1</sub> that damages to the city total $ 2 billion *U*] .
• [<sub>ARG1</sub> Revenue] is [<sub>rel</sub> estimated] *-1 at [<sub>ARG2-at</sub> $ 18.6 million *U*] .
• The board would n't comment on its impending search for a new ad agency 0 *T*-1 to handle its [<sub>rel</sub> estimated] [<sub>ARG1</sub> $] 5 million to $ 6 million *U* account .
• Sunshine Biscuits Inc. , Woodbridge , N.J. , awarded its [<sub>rel</sub> estimated] [<sub>ARG2</sub> $] 5 million *U* [<sub>ARG1</sub> account] to Waring & LaRosa , New York .
• [<sub>ARG1</sub> Volume on the first section] was [<sub>rel</sub> estimated] *-1 at [<sub>ARG2-at</sub> 800 million shares] , [<sub>ARGM-ADV</sub> compared with 841 million Wednesday] .
• Bush is *-1 to visit the area today , and [<sub>ARG0</sub> officials in Washington] [<sub>rel</sub> estimated] [<sub>ARG1</sub> that emergency assistance would total at least $ 2.5 billion *U*] .
• [<sub>rel</sub> Estimated] [<sub>ARG1</sub> volume] was three million ounces .
• [<sub>ARG1</sub> The base price of the car] is [<sub>rel</sub> estimated] *-1 at [<sub>ARG2-at</sub> 30 million yen -LRB- about $ 213,000 *U* -RRB-] .
• [<sub>ARG0</sub> The board] [<sub>rel</sub> estimated] [<sub>ARG1</sub> that the cost of * building a pipeline from the Mackenzie delta to Alberta would be about C$ 5.9 million *U*] .
• [<sub>ARG0</sub> Industry sources] [<sub>rel</sub> estimate] [<sub>ARG1</sub> 0 the agency brokers property and casualty premiums worth about $ 25 million *U* annually , and has revenue , based on a standard 10 % commission rate , of about $ 2.5 million *U*] .
• Both can be expected *-1 to go after the market aggressively : [<sub>ARG0</sub> Gartner Group Inc. , a research firm ,] [<sub>rel</sub> estimated] [<sub>ARG1</sub> 0 the Digital gets 30 % of its revenue from the manufacturing market , and Hewlett-Packard gets 50 %] .
• [<sub>ARGM-TMP</sub> When the company last considered *-2 adding the equipment two years ago *T*-1] , [<sub>ARG0</sub> it] [<sub>rel</sub> estimated] [<sub>ARG1</sub> the cost] at [<sub>ARG2-at</sub> $ 21 million *U* to $ 22 million *U*] , but a task force will have *-3 to prepare a detailed plan before the company can predict the current cost .
• [<sub>ARG1</sub> Volume] was [<sub>rel</sub> estimated] *-1 at [<sub>ARG2-at</sub> 800 million shares , compared with 678 million Tuesday] .
• [<sub>ARG0</sub> The company] [<sub>rel</sub> estimated] [<sub>ARG1</sub> that the transaction would enhance its book value , which *T*-1 stood at $ 28.55 *U* a share on Sept. 30 , by more than $ 100 million *U* , or about $ 4 *U* a share] .
• The provision seeks *-1 to wipe out an [<sub>rel</sub> estimated] [<sub>ARG2</sub> $ 1.4 million] *U* in [<sub>ARG1-in</sub> claims made * by the Health Care Finance Administration against HEI , which *T*-1988 owned the hospital in Sullivan , Mo. , during most of the four-year period -- 1983-1987 -- covered * in the amendment] .
• 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 * to end a dispute which for two weeks *T*-3 has delayed action on an [<sub>rel</sub> estimated] [<sub>ARG1</sub> $] 44 billion *U* agriculture bill .
• An [<sub>rel</sub> estimated] [<sub>ARG2</sub> $ 33 million] *U* was added *-1 for university and science grants , including $ 1.5 million *U* for Smith College .
• [<sub>ARG0</sub> Analysts] [<sub>rel</sub> estimate] [<sub>ARG1</sub> that sales of the two businesses could raise roughly $ 2 billion *U*] .
• [<sub>ARGM-DIS</sub> But] [<sub>ARG0</sub> analysts] [<sub>rel</sub> estimate] [<sub>ARG1</sub> their trading profit] at [<sub>ARG2-at</sub> # 30 million *U*] .
• IBM has a near-monopoly on mainframes , with an [<sub>rel</sub> estimated] [<sub>ARG1</sub> 70] % share of the market .
• [<sub>ARG0</sub> Barry F. Willman , an analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. ,] [<sub>rel</sub> estimates] [<sub>ARG1</sub> 0 the 9000 could boost sales by more than $ 1 billion *U* in the fiscal year beginning in July] .
• Already , the 1982 legislation has saved an [<sub>rel</sub> estimated] [<sub>ARG1</sub> $ 800 million] *U* .
• [<sub>ARG0</sub> The electronics maker and retailer] [<sub>ARGM-TMP</sub> previously] [<sub>rel</sub> estimated] [<sub>ARG1</sub> the sale price *ICH*-1] at [<sub>ARG2-at</sub> between $ 100 million and $ 200 million *U*] [<sub>ARGM-ADV</sub> for Datatronic 's Victor microcomputer and Micronic hand-held computer subsidiaries] .
• [<sub>ARG1</sub> Typically] , [<sub>ARG0</sub> Mr. Willens] [<sub>rel</sub> estimates] 0 *T*-1 , this type of debt makes up 15 % to 20 % of the financing for LBOs .
• [<sub>ARG0</sub> The Senate] [<sub>rel</sub> estimates] [<sub>ARG1</sub> that its version of the provision would yield $ 17 million *U* the first year and a total of $ 409 million *U* over five years] .
• [<sub>ARG0</sub> The federal government] is n't even attempting yet *-1 to [<sub>rel</sub> estimate] [<sub>ARG1</sub> how much the earthquake will cost it *T*-2] .
• It 's [<sub>rel</sub> estimated] [<sub>ARG1</sub> that one in six couples experiences infertility] , and in 1987 , Americans spent about $ 1 billion *U* *-1 to fight the problem .
• The harvest arrives in plenty after last year 's drought-ravaged effort : [<sub>ARG0</sub> The government] [<sub>rel</sub> estimates] [<sub>ARG1</sub> corn output] at [<sub>ARG2-at</sub> 7.45 billion bushels , up 51 % from last fall] .
• [<sub>ARG0</sub> Blunt Ellis & Loewi] [<sub>rel</sub> estimates] [<sub>ARG1</sub> 0 direct mail catalog sales rose to $ 12 billion *U* last year] .
• [<sub>ARGM-DIS</sub> Also] , [<sub>ARG0</sub> he] [<sub>rel</sub> estimated] [<sub>ARG1</sub> 0 unit shipments of 1-2-3 in all its forms were about 315,000 , up 7 % from 1988 's quarterly average] .
• [<sub>ARG0</sub> He] [<sub>rel</sub> estimated] [<sub>ARG1</sub> that 1-2-3 outsold Microsoft 's Excel spreadsheet by four-to-one in the quarter , and held a 70 % or better share of the spreadsheet market] .
• [<sub>ARGM-TMP</sub> On Oct. 5] , [<sub>ARG0</sub> the company] [<sub>rel</sub> estimated] [<sub>ARG1</sub> 0 after-tax effects on the year 's earnings would be `` at least '' $ 1.3 million *U*] .
• [_ARG0 The Association of California Insurance Companies] [_rel estimated] [_ARG1 0 damage to residential property could total $ 500 million *U*] , but only $ 100 million to $ 150 million *U* is insured *-1 , it said 0 *T*-2 .
• Business in the nation 's fourth-largest metropolitan region was nearly paralyzed *-1 ; an [_rel estimated] [_ARG2 one million] [_ARG1 members] of the work force stayed at home .
• [_ARG0 Analysts] have [_rel estimated] [_ARG1 that Pinnacle West may have *-1 to inject between $ 300 million and $ 400 million *U* into the MeraBank unit before *-2 turning the thrift over to federal regulators] .
• He was threatening *-1 to take over the carrier , after *-1 spending an [_rel estimated] [_ARG1 $ 167 million] *U* *-2 to build an 8.4 % USAir stake for his investment clients .
• [_ARG0 Analysts] [_rel estimate] [_ARG1 0 Colgate 's sales of household products in the U.S. were flat for the quarter] , and they estimated operating margins at only 1 % to 3 % *U* .
• Analysts estimate 0 Colgate 's sales of household products in the U.S. were flat for the quarter , and [_ARG0 they] [_rel estimated] [_ARG1 operating margins] at [_ARG2-at only 1 % to 3 % *U*] .
• [_ARG0 Analysts] [_rel estimate] [_ARG1 0 Colgate 's world-wide third-quarter sales rose about 8 % to $ 1.29 billion *U*] .
• The [_rel estimated] [_ARG1 improvement] in Colgate 's U.S. operations took some analysts by surprise .
• A House-Senate conference approved an [_rel estimated] [_ARG2 $ 67 billion *U*] [_ARG1 fiscal] 1990 spending bill that *T*-1 provides a 28 % increase for space research and development and incorporates far-reaching provisions affecting the federal mortgage market .
• An [_rel estimated] [_ARG1 $] 1.57 billion *U* is separately allocated for the National Science Foundation , and within the Housing and Urban Development Department , more than $ 9.2 billion *U* is provided *-1 for federally assisted housing , including an expanded effort * to modernize public housing units that *T*-2 serve the poorest families .
• The government currently is subsidizing an [_rel estimated] [_ARG2 23,000] [_ARG1 loans] above 11 % under the 235 program , and however disruptive to private investors , the refinancing is expected *-1 to yield at least $ 15 million *U* in savings in fiscal 1990 .
• Before the 1987 crash , an [_rel estimated] [_ARG1 $ 60 billion] *U* in institutional money was managed *-1 under this hedging technique .
• [_rel Estimated] [_ARG1 volume] was a moderate 3.5 million ounces .
• FDIC Chairman Seidman said that Lincoln Savings & Loan of California should have been seized *-1 in 1986 * to contain losses 0 [_ARG0 he] [_rel estimated] [_ARG1 0 *T*-2 will cost taxpayers as much as $ 2 billion *U*] .
• [_rel Estimated] and actual [_ARG1 results] involving losses are omitted *-1 .
• Bulls say 0 the market is an incredible bargain , *-1 priced at only about 12 times [_rel estimated] [_ARG1 1989] earnings for stocks in the Standard & Poor 's 500 index .
• Domestic soft-drink bottler case sales are [_rel estimated] [_ARG1 *-2 to have risen only 1 % in the third quarter -- well below the 4 % to 5 % *U* growth of recent years -- but about in line with the rest of the soft-drink industry] .
• But the Makro chain , which *T*-1 operates as a joint venture between K mart and SHV Holdings N.V. of the Netherlands , has only six stores and [_ARG1 annual sales] that [_ARG0 one analyst] [_rel estimated] *T*-2 at [_ARG2-at about $ 300 million *U*] .
• Separately , McDonald 's Corp. , Oak Brook , Ill. , named Arnold to handle its [_rel estimated] [_ARG2 $ 4 million *U*] [_ARG1 cooperative] ad account for the Hartford , Conn. , area .
• [_ARG0 Analysts] [_rel estimate] [_ARG1 those gains] at [_ARG2-at 12 % to 13 % *U*] , [_ARGM-ADV a good part of it coming from large orders placed * by a few of NCR 's major customers] .
• Though smaller in total dollars , the conference agreed *-1 to preserve an [_rel estimated] [_ARG2 $ 30.6 million] *U* in [_ARG1-in controversial subsidies to carriers serving rural or isolated airports] .
• Sales climbed to an [_rel estimated] [_ARG2 $ 245 million] *U* in [_ARG1-in fiscal 1989 , ended Aug. 31 ,] from $ 99.9 million *U* in fiscal 1985 .
• [_ARG0 Mr. Pierce] [_rel estimated] [_ARG1 that the processors and convenience phones would produce about $ 5 *U* of recurring net earnings for each machine each month] .
• [_ARG0 Traditional] declined *-1 to [_rel estimate] [_ARG1 the amount of the loss] and would n't say if it expects *-2 to show a profit for the year .
• Mr. Atorino at Salomon Brothers said 0 [_ARG0 he] [_rel estimates] [_ARG1 that Times Mirror Co. 's earnings were down for the third quarter , because of soft advertising levels at its Long Island Newsday and Hartford Courant newspapers] .
• Mr. Sweig said 0 [_ARG0 he] [_rel estimated] [_ARG1 that Lilly 's earnings for the quarter jumped about 20 % , largely because of the performance of its new anti-depressant Prozac] .
• Squibb 's profit , *-2 [_rel estimated] by [_ARG0-by analysts] [_ARG1 *-3 to be about 18 % above the $ 123 million *U* , or $ 1.25 *U* a share , 0 it earned *T*-1 in the third quarter of 1988 ,] was the result of especially strong sales of its Capoten drug for * treating high blood pressure and other heart disease .
• Analysts said 0 profit for the dozen or so big drug makers , as a group , is [_rel estimated] [_ARG1 *-1 to have climbed between 11 % and 14 % *U*] .
• [_ARG0 Mr. Sweig] [_rel estimated] [_ARG1 that Merck 's profit for the quarter rose by about 22 % , *-1 propelled *-2 by sales of its line-up of fast-growing prescription drugs , including its anti-cholesterol drug , Mevacor ; a high blood pressure medicine , Vasotec ; Primaxin , an antibiotic , and Pepcid , an anti-ulcer medication] .
• [_ARGM-DIS Accordingly] , [_ARG0 CityFed] [_rel estimated] [_ARG1 that it will provide between $ 85 million and $ 110 million *U* for credit losses in the third quarter] .
• [_ARG0 Mr. Brown] [_rel estimates] [_ARG1 0 Wyse , whose terminals business *T*-1 is strong , will report a loss of 12 cents a share for its quarter ended Sept] .
• His company -LRB- annual sales : about $ 25 million *U* -RRB- may suffer a costly blow -- * losing an [_rel estimated] [_ARG1 10] % of total sales -- if Sony -LRB- annual sales : about $ 16 billion *U* -RRB- prevails .
• Keystone will have *-1 to consider *-2 expanding its casting operation , at an [_rel estimated] [_ARG1 cost] of [_ARG2-of $ 8 million to $ 10 million *U*] , within the next 18 to 24 months , Mr. Simmons said 0 *T*-3 .
• Manufacturers say 0 there is no immediate substitute for southern China , where an [_rel estimated] [_ARG1 120,000] people are employed *-1 by the toy industry *T*-2 .