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frames- [ARG1 The 30-day simple yield] [rel fell] to [ARG4-to an average 8.19 %] from [ARG3-from 8.22 %] ; the 30-day compound yield slid to an average 8.53 % from 8.56 % .
- [ARG1 Japan 's reserves of gold , convertible foreign currencies , and special drawing rights] [rel fell] by [ARG2-by a hefty $ 1.82 billion *U*] [ARGM-TMP in October] to [ARG4-to $ 84.29 billion *U*] , the Finance Ministry said 0 *T*-2 .
- [ARGM-TMP When the stock market dropped nearly 7 % Oct. 13 *T*-1] [ARGM-DIS , for instance ,] the Mexico Fund plunged about 18 % and [ARG1 the Spain Fund] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 16 %] .
- [ARG1 They] [rel fell] into [ARG4-into oblivion] [ARGM-TMP after the 1929 crash] .
- [ARG1 Factory payrolls] [rel fell] [ARGM-TMP in September] .
- But yesterday 's factory orders report had good news on that front : it said 0 [ARG1 factory inventories] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 0.1 %] [ARGM-TMP in September] , [ARGM-ADV the first decline since February 1987] .
- The department said 0 [ARG1 orders for nondurable goods -- those intended * to last fewer than three years --] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 0.3 %] [ARGM-TMP in September] to [ARG4-to $ 109.73 billion *U*] [ARGM-TMP after *-1 climbing 0.9 % the month before] .
- The Chicago Mercantile Exchange , a major futures marketplace , yesterday announced the addition of another layer of trading halts designed * to slow program traders during a [ARGM-MNR rapidly] [rel falling] [ARG1 stock] market , and the Big Board is expected today *-70 to approve some additional restrictions on program trading .
- He is n't convinced , though , that the price decline reflects [rel falling] [ARG1 demand] because the world economy remains relatively strong .
- `` Small net inflows into stock and bond funds were offset *-1 by slight declines in the value of mutual fund stock and bond portfolios '' stemming from [rel falling] [ARG1 prices] , said 0 *T*-2 Jacob Dreyer , the institute 's chief economist .
- It said 0 long-term interest rates , then above 9 % , could drop to 7 % by the end of 1989 , so bonds , which *T*-1 benefit from [rel falling] [ARG1 rates] , would be a good buy .
- * Try combining a money fund and an intermediate-term bond fund as a low-risk bet on [rel falling] [ARG1 rates] , suggests 0 *T*-1 Back Bay Advisors Inc. , a mutual fund unit of New England Insurance Co .
- Michael Deaver , the former White House aide , has become the most recent addition to the teeming ranks of [rel fallen] [ARG1 politicians] and officials earning their way as lobbyists and consultants here .
- When all else fails *T*-1 , Gucci Gulch -- the fabled halls of the Capitol inhabited * by lobbyists and their imported shoes -- offers a welcome environment for [rel fallen] [ARG1 officials] .
- [ARG1 Genentech stock] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 12.5 cents] [ARGM-LOC in trading yesterday on the New York Stock Exchange] to [ARG4-to $ 20.125 *U*] .
- [ARGM-TMP In the nine months] , [ARG1 net income] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 79 %] to [ARG4-to $ 31.1 million *U* , or 33 cents a share] , from [ARG3-from $ 149.3 million *U* , or $ 1.82 *U* a share ,] a year earlier .
- [ARGM-LOC In New York Stock Exchange composite trading] [rel-TMP yesterday] , [ARG1 ITT common stock] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 62.5 cents] [ARG4 *-1 to close at $ 58.75 *U* a share] .
- However , Harry Millis , an analyst at McDonald & Co. , Cleveland , said 0 [ARG1 Goodyear 's results] `` [rel fell] at [ARG4-at the bottom '' of his range of estimates] .
- [ARG1 Goodyear 's stock , which *T*-1 has been weak in recent weeks ,] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT $ 2.875 *U*] [ARGM-TMP yesterday] [ARG4 *-2 to close at $ 43.875 *U* a share] [ARGM-LOC in composite trading on the New York Stock Exchange] .
- What *T*-1 's more , the takeover occurred as [ARG1 natural-gas prices] [rel were falling] and just as Texas Oil & Gas reported its first annual loss in 28 years .
- [ARG1 The number of people who *T*-1 said 0 they were more likely *-2 to shop at Sears] [rel fell] [ARGM-TMP in September] to [ARG4-to 37 %] from [ARG3-from 66 %] [ARGM-TMP in March , when Sears blanketed the airwaves with ads about its new pricing strategy *T*-3] .
- [ARG1 Net income at Sears 's merchandise group , which *T*-1 includes international and credit card operations , as well as U.S. stores ,] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 25 %] .
- [ARG1 Profit at Sears 's Allstate insurance unit] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 38 %] to [ARG4-to $ 126.1 million *U*] [ARGM-CAU because of Hurricane Hugo , which *T*-1 inflicted the greatest single storm damage loss in the company 's history] .
- [ARGM-DIS Nevertheless] , [ARG1 Salomon 's stock] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT $ 1.125 *U*] [ARGM-TMP yesterday] *-1 [ARG4 to close at $ 23.25 *U* a share in New York Stock Exchange composite trading] .
- Even though [ARG1 the over-the-counter market] [ARGM-TMP usually] does [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel fall] by [ARG2-by as much as listed stocks] [ARGM-TMP during program-selling blitzes] , he said 0 *T*-2 , `` when the market does recover *T*-3 , the damage is done *-1 and it leaves Nasdaq down more than the Big Board . ''
- [ARGM-LOC In New York Stock Exchange composite trading] yesterday , [ARG1 Johnson & Johnson shares] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 37.5 cents] to [ARG4-to $ 54.625 *U*] .
- [ARG1 The stock] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 75 cents] .
- [ARG1 Sales] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 1.5 %] to [ARG4-to $ 884 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 897.2 million *U*] .
- Analysts have speculated in recent days that [ARG1 the value of offers received * by the committee] [rel fell] [ARG4 well short of what they had hoped 0 *?*] , or even that the company 's chairman , president and chief executive officer , Garth Drabinsky , is the only bidder for the company as a whole .
- Apogee Enterprises Inc. said 0 [ARG1 profit for the third quarter ending Dec. 2] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel fall] below [ARG4-below the year-earlier results] [ARGM-CAU because of an after-tax charge of $ 1.9 million *U* related * to a project that *T*-2 was guaranteed *-1 by the company] .
- Times Mirror Co. said 0 [ARG1 third-quarter net income] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 13 %] to [ARG4-to $ 70.1 million *U* , or 54 cents a share , compared with net income of $ 81 million *U* , or 62 cents a share , a year earlier] .
- They might even step up sales in a [rel falling] [ARG1 market] , he said 0 *T*-1 , in an effort * to maintain the flow of foreign exchange into their treasuries .
- [ARG1 Its stock] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 12.5 cents] , to [ARG4-to $ 2.125 *U*] , [ARGM-LOC in American Stock Exchange composite trading] [ARGM-TMP yesterday] .
- As [ARG1 stocks and stock-index futures] [rel fell] , a trading limit was hit *-1 in the S&P 500 stock futures pit .
- Under a post-1987 crash reform , the Chicago Mercantile Exchange would n't permit [ARG1 the December S&P futures] to [rel fall] [ARG2-EXT further than 12 points for a half hour] .
- [ARGM-TMP At this point] , [ARG1 the Dow industrials] were down 75.41 points and [rel falling] .
- [ARG1 Other airline stocks *ICH*-1] [rel fell] [ARGM-CAU in response to the UAL board 's decision * to remain independent for now] , including USAir Group , which *T*-3 separately reported a third-quarter loss of $ 1.86 *U* a share compared with a year-ago profit .
- [ARG1 USAir] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 2 1\/2] to [ARG4-to 40] .
- [ARG1 AMR , the parent of American Airlines ,] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 1 3\/4] to [ARG4-to 68 7\/8] [ARGM-LOC on 2.3 million shares] ; Delta Air Lines lost 1 1\/2 to 66 , Southwest Airlines slid 3\/4 to 24 1\/4 and Midway Airlines dropped 1\/4 to 14 7\/8 .
- Aluminum Co. of America dropped 1 1\/2 to 70 1\/4 , [ARG1 Phelps Dodge] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 4] to [ARG4-to 59 7\/8] , Asarco lost 1 3\/8 to 31 3\/4 , Reynolds Metals slid 1 3\/8 to 50 3\/8 , Amax dropped 1 1\/8 to 21 5\/8 and Cyprus Minerals skidded 2 to 26 3\/4 .
- [ARG1 Its third-quarter earnings] were higher than a year ago , but [rel fell] [ARG4 short of expectations] .
- Other stocks in the Dow industrials that *T*-1 failed *-4 to benefit from the market 's rebound included United Technologies , which *T*-2 dropped 1 to 53 5\/8 , and [ARG1 Bethle hem Steel] , which *T*-3 [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 1] to [ARG4-to 16 7\/8] .
- Dividend-related trading swelled volume in two issues : [ARG1 Security Pacific] , which *T*-1 [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 7\/8] to [ARG4-to 44 1\/2] and led the Big Board 's most actives list on composite volume of 14.8 million shares , and Nipsco Industries , which *T*-2 lost 3\/8 to 17 3\/8 on 4.4 million shares .
- [ARG1 The Amex Market Value Index] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 3.10] to [ARG4-to 376.36] .
- [ARG1 Net premiums written * through Sept. 30] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 5 %] to [ARG4-to $ 2.1 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 2.2 billion *U* a year ago] , [ARGM-CAU because of the writing of fewer policies at flat prices] , the company said 0 *T*-1 .
- For the nine months , the insurance company said 0 [ARG1 net] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 46 %] to [ARG4-to $ 88.8 million *U* , or $ 1.54 *U* a share] , from [ARG3-from $ 164 million *U* , or $ 3.16 *U* a share ,] the previous year .
- Several blue-chip companies tapped the new-issue market yesterday *-1 to take advantage of [rel falling] [ARG1 interest] rates .
- [ARG1 Shell 's chemical earnings] [rel fell] by [ARG2-by $ 67 million *U*] , to [ARG4-to $ 137 million *U*] , [ARGM-ADV * reflecting lower margins and less demand for commodity chemicals] .
- [ARG1 Chevron 's net income] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 0.7 %] , to [ARG4-to $ 417 million *U* , or $ 1.22 *U* a share ,] from [ARG3-from $ 420 million *U* , or $ 1.23 *U* a share] .
- [ARG1 Foreign earnings] [rel fell] to [ARG4-to $ 180 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 182 million *U* that *T*-1 included a $ 48 million *U* gain from lower Canadian and Australian taxes] .
- [ARG1 Chemical profits] [rel fell] to [ARG4-to $ 78 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 98 million *U*] .
- [ARGM-LOC In New York Stock Exchange composite trading] , [ARG1 Asarco] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT $ 1.375 *U*] [ARG4 *-1 to close at $ 31.75 *U*] .
- [ARG1 The Miami-based company 's stock] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT $ 1.75 *U*] [ARGM-TMP yesterday] to [ARG4-to $ 20.75 *U* a share] [ARGM-LOC in heavy American Stock Exchange composite trading] .
- Eaton does n't provide profit figures *ICH*-1 separately for each category , but [ARG1 operating profit for vehicle parts as a group] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 26 %] to [ARG4-to $ 51 million *U*] [ARGM-LOC on an about 1 % drop in sales to $ 488 million *U*] .
- Sales of medium and heavy-duty trucks continue *-1 to lag previous-year rates , * leading Eaton to expect [ARG1 fourth-quarter net income] to [rel fall] below [ARG4-below year-earlier levels] , said 0 *T*-2 Stephen R. Hardis , vice chairman and chief financial and administrative officer .
- [ARG1 Operating profit from electrical and electronics controls , Eaton 's other major business group ,] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 11 %] to [ARG4-to $ 32 million *U*] , [ARGM-ADV despite a 7.7 % increase in sales to $ 376 million *U*] .
- Eaton said 0 [ARG1 sales of truck axles , transmissions and other parts] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 7.2 %] to [ARG4-to $ 295 million *U*] .
- Other technology stocks that *T*-1 were weaker included [ARG1 Intel] , which *T*-2 [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 1 1\/4] to [ARG4-to 33 1\/2] [ARGM-LOC on 1.9 million shares] , Mentor Graphics , down 3\/4 to 16 1\/4 on 1.6 million shares , Sun Microsystems , which *T*-3 slipped 3\/8 to 18 1\/4 , and MCI Communications , down 1 to 42 3\/4 .
- [ARG1 Microsoft , which last week *T*-1 rose to a record ,] [rel fell] [ARG4 victim] to profit-taking , traders said , [ARGM-ADV as it declined 2 1\/8 to 83 1\/8] .
- [ARG1 Novell , a computer networking concern ,] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 1 1\/2] to [ARG4-to 30] [ARGM-LOC on 152,000 shares] .
- [ARGM-TMP For the third quarter] , [ARG1 operating profit from Carbide 's chemicals and plastics business] [rel fell] to [ARG4-to $ 238 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 352 million *U*] a year ago , [ARGM-TMP before * accounting for taxes and interest expense] .
- [ARG1 Prices for polyethylene , a common plastic and an important Carbide product ,] started *-1 to [rel fall] [ARGM-TMP early this year] ; the slide accelerated in the third quarter as buyers continued *-2 to trim inventories .
- [ARG1 Prices *ICH*-1] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel fell] [ARGM-ADV for ethylene oxide and glycols , products used * in * making antifreeze] .
- Both banks have been battered *-1 , as have *?* other Arizona banks , by [rel falling] [ARG1 real] estate prices .
- [ARG1 Inco shares] [rel fell] [ARGM-TMP after the announcements] .
- [ARG1 Inco 's net] [rel fell] to [ARG4-to $ 129.3 million *U* , or $ 1.23 *U* a share ,] in the third quarter from [ARG3-from $ 200.3 million *U* , or $ 1.88 *U* a share ,] a year earlier .
- [ARGM-LOC In composite trading on the New York Stock Exchange] , [ARG1 Phillips Petroleum shares] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT $ 1.125 *U*] to [ARG4-to $ 23.125 *U*] .
- [ARG1 Exxon 's earnings from chemicals operations] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT $ 90 million *U*] , to [ARG4-to $ 254 million *U*] , [ARGM-ADV while refining and marketing profits declined $ 180 million *U* , to $ 357 million *U*] .
- Occidental said 0 [ARG1 oil and gas earnings] [rel fell] to [ARG4-to $ 17 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 20 million *U*] .
- [ARG1 Chemical earnings] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 10 %] , [ARGM-ADV * reflecting softening of demand] .
- [ARG1 Sales] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 20 %] , to [ARG4-to $ 3.7 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 4.6 billion *U*] .
- [ARG1 Arco 's earnings from its 49.9 % stake in Lyondell] [rel fell] to [ARG4-to $ 37 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 156 million *U*] for the same period last year , when Lyondell was wholly owned *-1 *T*-2 .
- Many of those `` cyclical '' issues are in [ARG1 the Dow Jones Industrial Average] , which *T*-1 [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 26.23] to [ARG4-to 2662.91] .
- [ARG1 A&P] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 1 1\/4] to [ARG4-to 57 5\/8] , and J. Baker gained 3\/8 to 21 1\/4 .
- Union Carbide , [ARG1 whose third-quarter earnings] *T*-1 dropped about 35 % from a year earlier and [rel fell] [ARG4 short of analysts ' expectations] , declined 1\/2 to 24 1\/2 .
- Texas Instruments , which *T*-1 had reported Friday that [ARG1 third-quarter earnings] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT more than 30 %] from [ARG3-from the year-ago level] , went down 2 1\/8 to 33 on 1.1 million shares .
- [ARG1 Pinnacle West Capital , whose earnings *T*-2 have been hurt *-1 by continued problems at its MeraBank unit ,] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 1 5\/8] to [ARG4-to 9 1\/8] [ARGM-LOC on 2.1 million shares] [ARGM-PNC *-3 to lead the Big Board 's list of most active issues] .
- [ARGM-LOC Elsewhere in the chemicals sector] , [ARG1 Dow Chemical] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 1 1\/4] to [ARG4-to 97 1\/2] , Monsanto lost 1 7\/8 to 118 , B.F. Goodrich slipped 2 1\/4 to 44 3\/4 and Olin slid 1 to 57 3\/4 .
- [ARGM-DIS However] , [ARG1 Delta Air Lines] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 1 1\/2] to [ARG4-to 67 1\/2] and USAir Group dropped 3\/4 to 42 1\/2 .
- [ARG1 Carnival Cruise Lines Class A] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 1 3\/4] to [ARG4-to 20 3\/4] .
- Dana Corp. said 0 [ARG1 its third-quarter net income] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 27 %] to [ARG4-to $ 29.6 million *U* , or 72 cents a share ,] from [ARG3-from $ 40.7 million *U* , or $ 1 *U* a share] , a year earlier .
- [ARG1 Real estate operating income for the first nine months] [rel fell] to [ARG4-to $ 71.9 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 143 million *U*] a year earlier , the company said 0 *T*-1 .
- [ARGM-LOC In New York Stock Exchange composite trading] [ARGM-TMP yesterday] , [ARG1 Bankers Trust] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 12.5 cents] to [ARG4-to $ 50.50 *U*] .
- [ARGM-ADV Although Cummins 's stock stumbled last month after the company projected a `` substantial '' third-period loss ,] [ARG1 the stock] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT $ 1.125 *U*] [ARGM-LOC in composite New York Stock Exchange trading] [ARGM-TMP yesterday] , to [ARG4-to $ 51.75 *U*] .
- CMS Enhancements Inc. said 0 it estimates that [ARG1 sales and earnings for the fiscal first quarter ended * Sept. 30] [rel fell] [ARG2-MNR somewhat] from [ARG3-from the year-earlier period] .
- [ARG1 Exxon 's profit] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 9 %] [ARGM-TMP in the third quarter] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 hurt *-2 by sagging results at two of its three main businesses] .
- [ARG1 Stock prices] [rel fell] and bonds rose [ARGM-TMP as worries *ICH*-1 mounted about the economy and the junk bond market] .
- [ARG1 Tandy 's stock] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT $ 1.375 *U* a share] [ARG4 *-1 to close at $ 44 *U*] [ARGM-LOC in New York Stock Exchange composite trading] .
- Meanwhile , Prudential , the nation 's largest insurer and the biggest investor in junk bonds , has seen the value of its junk bond portfolio drop to $ 6.5 billion *U* from $ 7 billion *U* since August because of [rel falling] [ARG1 junk] prices .
- It has also rattled Federal 's strongly anti-union management , which *T*-1 is already contending with *-2 melding far-flung operations and with [rel falling] [ARG1 profits] .
- [ARGM-TMP In the fiscal first period ended Aug. 31] , [ARG1 profit] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 54 %] to [ARG4-to $ 30.4 million *U* , or 58 cents a share ,] [ARGM-CAU mostly because of the Tiger merger] , Federal says 0 *T*-1 .
- Texaco , like many other oil companies , has been struggling *-1 to replace its [rel falling] [ARG1 oil] and gas reserves .
- Merchants Bank of New York lost 1 to 106 after *-1 reporting that [ARG1 its third-quarter net income] [rel fell] to [ARG4-to $ 1.62 *U* a share] from [ARG3-from last year 's $ 1.67 *U* a share] .
- Mr. Marrie said 0 the bank expects [ARG1 Arizona real-estate prices , which *T*-1 plummeted 40 % over the last year ,] to [rel fall] [ARG2-EXT another 20 %] [ARGM-TMP before * stabilizing] .
- Mr. Curran expects [ARG1 industry RV sales for all of 1989] to [rel fall] [ARG2-EXT about 5 %] [ARGM-TMP from 1988 , when sales of 427,300 units were the highest since 1978 *T*-1] .
- The news sent [ARG1 Winnebago stock] [rel falling] [ARG2-EXT 62.5 cents] , to [ARG4-to $ 5.25 *U*] , [ARGM-LOC in New York Stock Exchange composite trading] - [ARGM-ADV a 52-week low] .
- [ARGM-LOC At Winnebago] , [ARG1 sales for the quarter] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 6 %] to [ARG4-to $ 89.5 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 95.4 million *U*] a year earlier .
- Ekco Group Inc. , Nashua , N.H. , expects *-1 to report that [ARG1 net income in the third quarter , ended * Oct. 1 ,] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 50 %] to [ARG4-to 60 %] from [ARG3-from $ 2.1 million *U* , or 11 cents a share , a year earlier] .
- Some money managers are pursuing growth stocks at the expense of [ARG1 those] that *T*-1991 rise and [rel fall] [ARGM-MNR along with the economic cycle] .
- Standard & Poor 's 500-Stock Index gained 0.03 to 347.16 , [ARG1 the Dow Jones Equity Market Index] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 0.02] to [ARG4-to 325.50] , and the New York Stock Exchange Composite Index fell 0.05 to 192.12 .
- Standard & Poor 's 500-Stock Index gained 0.03 to 347.16 , the Dow Jones Equity Market Index fell 0.02 to 325.50 , and [ARG1 the New York Stock Exchange Composite Index] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 0.05] to [ARG4-to 192.12] .
- [ARG1 The Dow Jones Transportation Average] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 32.71] to [ARG4-to 1230.80] [ARGM-LOC amid renewed weakness in the airline sector] .
- [ARG1 British Airways] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 1] to [ARG4-to 31 7\/8] .
- [ARG1 Unocal] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 1 1\/2] to [ARG4-to 52 1\/4] and Burlington Resources declined 7\/8 to 45 5\/8 .
- Paper and forest-products stocks declined after Smith Barney , Harris Upham & Co. lowered investment ratings on a number of issues in the two sectors , based on a forecast that [ARG1 pulp prices] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel fall] [ARG2-MNR sharply] .
- International Paper dropped 5\/8 to 51 , [ARG1 Georgia-Pacific] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 1 3\/4] to [ARG4-to 56 1\/4] , Stone Container tumbled 1 1\/2 to 26 5\/8 , Great Northern Nekoosa went down 5\/8 to 38 3\/8 and Weyerhaeuser lost 7\/8 to 28 1\/8 .
- [ARG1 Lamson & Sessions , which *T*-1 posted sharply lower third-quarter earnings and forecast that results for the fourth quarter might be `` near break-even , ''] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 1\/2] to [ARG4-to 9 1\/4] .
- [ARG1 MassMutual Corporate Investors] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 3] to [ARG4-to 29] [ARGM-TMP after *-1 declaring a quarterly dividend of 70 cents a share , down from 95 cents a share] .
- [ARG1 Apple shares] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 75 cents] [ARGM-LOC in over-the-counter trading] [ARG4 *-1 to close at $ 48 *U* a share] .
- [ARGM-LOC In national over-the-counter trading] , [ARG1 Webster shares] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 25 cents] to [ARG4-to $ 12.375 *U*] .
- [ARG1 Most bond prices] [rel fell] , but junk bonds and the dollar rose .
- Lyondell Petrochemical Co. said 0 [ARG1 third-quarter net income] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 54 %] , to [ARG4-to $ 73 million *U* , or 91 cents a share] , from [ARG3-from $ 160 million *U*] a year earlier .
- * Reflecting the impact of lower semiconductor prices and cuts in defense spending , Texas Instruments Inc. said 0 [ARG1 third-quarter net income] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 31 %] and sales dropped slightly from a year earlier .
- [ARG1 Net] [rel fell] to [ARG4-to $ 65 million *U* , or 67 cents a common share] , from [ARG3-from $ 93.7 million *U* or $ 1.03 *U* a share] , a year ago .
- [ARG1 Sales] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 2.5 %] to [ARG4-to $ 1.54 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 1.58 billion *U*] .
- One risk : Investors may regret the restriction if [ARG1 the stock] reaches 54 and [ARGM-TMP then] [rel falls] .
- [ARGM-DIS On the other hand] , Symbol Technologies dropped 1 1\/4 to 18 1\/2 after Shearson Lehman Hutton lowered its short-term investment rating on the stock and its 1989 earnings estimate , and [ARG1 Commodore International] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 7\/8] to [ARG4-to 8] [ARGM-TMP after the company said 0 it expects *-1 to post a loss for the September quarter] .
- [ARG1 Pinnacle West Capital , which *T*-1 suspended its common-stock dividend indefinitely and reported a 91 % decline in third-quarter earnings ,] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 5\/8] to [ARG4-to 11 3\/8] .
- [ARG1 Sales] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 1.2 %] to [ARG4-to $ 190.1 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 192.5 million *U*] .
- [ARG1 Net for the quarter ended Sept. 30] [rel fell] to [ARG4-to $ 150.8 million *U* , or $ 1.20 *U* a share] , from [ARG3-from $ 223 million *U* , or $ 1.71 *U* a share ,] a year ago .
- [ARG1 Sales for the just-ended period] [rel fell] to [ARG4-to about $ 225 million *U*] , the maker of computer parts said 0 *T*-1 .
- [ARG1 American Express Bank earnings] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 50 %] to [ARG4-to $ 21.3 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 42.5 million *U*] [ARGM-ADV despite a 29 % revenue gain] .
- The aerospace and financial services concern said 0 [ARG1 net income] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 5 %] to [ARG4-to $ 59.5 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 62.8 million *U*] .
- [ARG1 Per-share net of 66 cents] , [ARGM-ADV down from 72 cents] , [rel fell] by [ARG2-by more than overall net] [ARGM-CAU because of more shares outstanding] .
- [ARG1 Profit before taxes] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 17 %] to [ARG4-to $ 84.4 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 101.4 million *U*] .
- [ARG1 Sales] [rel fell] to [ARG4-to $ 981.2 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 1.02 billion *U*] .
- As surely as a seesaw tilts , [rel falling] [ARG1 interest] rates force up the price of previously issued bonds .
- [ARG1 The original transaction] [rel fell] through [ARGM-TMP on the same day 0 British Air shareholders approved the plan at a special meeting after the British succeeded in *-2 arranging the financing for its equity contribution *T*-1] .
- [ARG1 The buy-out] [rel fell] through [ARGM-TMP after Citicorp and Chase Manhattan Corp. , the lead banks in the transaction , failed *-1 to obtain $ 7.2 billion *U* in financing needed * for the plan] .
- It *EXP*-1 [rel falls] to [ARG4-to others] [ARG1 * to do the writing , directing and producing] .
- Of the 4,346 issues that *T*-1 changed hands , 1,435 *T*-2 rose and [ARG1 629 *T*-2] [rel fell] .
- [ARG1 Amoco 's refining and marketing profit in the quarter] [rel fell] to [ARG4-to $ 134 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 319 million *U*] .
- But [ARG1 foreign exploration and production earnings] [rel fell] [ARG2-MNR sharply] , to [ARG4-to $ 12 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 95 million *U*] .
- For the nine months , Amoco said that [ARG1 net income] [rel fell] to [ARG4-to $ 1.29 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 1.69 billion *U*] but if unusual items are excluded *-1 , operations produced essentially flat results .
- [ARGM-TMP For the nine months] , [ARG1 earnings] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 2.9 %] to [ARG4-to $ 99.1 million *U* , or $ 3.86 *U* a share ,] from [ARG3-from $ 102.1 million *U* , or $ 4.10 *U* a share] , a year earlier .
- The construction equipment maker said 0 [ARG1 third-quarter profit] [rel fell] to [ARG4-to $ 108 million *U* , or $ 1.07 *U* a share ,] from [ARG3-from $ 190 million *U* , or $ 1.87 *U* a share] , a year earlier .
- For the first nine months of the year , Caterpillar said 0 [ARG1 earnings] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 14 %] to [ARG4-to $ 390 million *U* , or $ 3.85 *U* a share] , from [ARG3-from $ 453 million *U* , or $ 4.46 *U* a share] , a year earlier .
- [ARG1 Union Pacific Corp . third-quarter net income] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 17 %] .
- [ARGM-ADV * Excluding earnings from discontinued operations a year earlier] , [ARG1 net] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT only 2 %] .
- [ARGM-TMP Before good will] , [ARG1 Overnite Transportation earnings] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 11 %] to [ARG4-to $ 15 million *U*] , Union Pacific said *T*-1 .
- [ARGM-TMP In the nine months] , [ARG1 net] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 6.3 %] to [ARG4-to $ 427.7 million *U* , or $ 3.98 *U* a share ,] from [ARG3-from $ 456.4 million *U* , or $ 4 *U* a share] , a year earlier .
- [ARGM-DIS However] , [ARG1 operating profit] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 35 %] to [ARG4-to $ 16.4 million *U*] .
- Dow Jones & Co. recently reported 0 [ARG1 net] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 9.9 %] , [ARGM-ADV a reflection , in part , of continued softness in financial advertising at The Wall Street Journal and Barron 's magazine] .
- [ARG1 Revenue for the quarter ended Sept. 30] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 20 %] , to [ARG4-to $ 41.3 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 51.9 million *U* in the year-earlier period] .
- [ARG1 Nine-month net] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 9.5 %] to [ARG4-to $ 323.4 million *U* , or $ 1.36 *U* a share ,] from [ARG3-from $ 357.2 million *U* , or $ 1.32 *U* a share ,] a year earlier .
- [ARG1 Steel shares] [rel fell] [ARG4-DIR back] [ARGM-TMP after *-1 advancing for three days] .
- [ARG1 Mitsubishi Rayon , a leading advancer Wednesday ,] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 44] to [ARG4-to 861] [ARGM-ADV as investors grabbed profits] .
- [ARG1 Sun Alliance] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 1] [ARG4 *-1 to close at 289] , and General Accident jumped 10 to # 10.13 *U* .
- Mr. Bloch concedes that [ARG1 a recent diversification attempt] [rel fell] through .
- PPG Industries Inc. , *-2 hurt *-1 by softness in the U.S. automotive and construction industries , said 0 [ARG1 third-quarter net income] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 5.5 %] to [ARG4-to $ 106.7 million *U* , or 97 cents a share ,] from [ARG3-from $ 112.9 million *U* , or $ 1.03 *U* a share ,] a year ago .
- Jefferies Group Inc. said 0 [ARG1 third-quarter net income] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 4 %] , to [ARG4-to $ 2.2 million *U* , or 35 cents a share ,] from [ARG3-from $ 2.3 million *U* , or 31 cents a share on more shares ,] a year earlier .
- For the nine months , Jefferies said 0 [ARG1 net] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 39 %] , to [ARG4-to $ 6.8 million *U* , or $ 1.07 *U* a share ,] from [ARG3-from $ 11.1 million *U* , or $ 1.50 *U* a share] .
- [ARG1 Revenue] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 3 %] , to [ARG4-to $ 105.2 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 108.4 million *U*] .
- [ARG1 Net income] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 8.6 %] to [ARG4-to $ 37.1 million *U* , or $ 1.43 *U* a share ,] from [ARG3-from $ 40.6 million *U* , or $ 1.56 *U* a share] .
- MCA Inc. said 0 [ARG1 third-quarter net] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 6.3 %] to [ARG4-to $ 50.8 million *U* , or 69 cents a share ,] from [ARG3-from $ 54.3 million *U* , or 74 cents a share ,] a year earlier .
- [ARG1 Revenue] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 5.8 %] to [ARG4-to $ 407.9 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 433.2 million *U*] .
- [ARG1 Revenue] [rel fell] to [ARG4-to $ 1.04 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 1.07 billion *U*] .
- Life insurers fared similarly , with Legal & General advancing 3 to 344 , although [ARG1 Prudential] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 2] to [ARG4-to 184 1\/2] .
- [ARG1 B.A.T Industries] [rel fell] [ARGM-LOC in early dealings] but recovered *-1 to finish at 754 , up 5 .
- The recent stock market drop has shaken confidence in the plan , but dealers said 0 [ARG1 the shares] [rel fell] [ARGM-TMP initially] [ARGM-LOC on questions about whether Mr. Goldsmith 's highly leveraged bid will come to fruition] .
- [ARG1 Investment banking revenue] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 32 %] to [ARG4-to $ 205 million *U*] , [ARGM-ADV * in part reflecting the continued slowdown of the underwriting business] .
- [ARGM-TMP In the nine months] , [ARG1 net] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 3 %] to [ARG4-to $ 106 million *U* , or 98 cents a share] , from [ARG3-from $ 110 million *U* , or $ 1.05 *U* a share] .
- [ARGM-LOC In Big Board composite trading] , [ARG1 Schering-Plough shares] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 75 cents] [ARG4 *-1 to close at $ 74.125 *U*] .
- [ARGM-TMP Since then] , [ARG1 UAL stock] has [rel fallen] [ARG2-EXT 33 %] [ARGM-LOC in what *T*-1 may rank as the largest collapse of a takeover stock ever] .
- [ARG1 UAL] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT $ 6.25 *U* a share] to [ARG4-to $ 191.75 *U*] [ARGM-LOC on volume of 2.3 million shares] [ARGM-LOC in composite trading] [ARGM-LOC on the New York Stock Exchange] [ARGM-TM as concern *ICH*-3 deepened among takeover stock traders about the length of time 0 it *EXP*-2 will take *T*-1 * to revive the purchase] .
- The paper producer reported 0 [ARG1 that net income] [rel fell] to [ARG4-to $ 102.1 million *U* , or $ 1.09 *U* a share ,] from [ARG3-from $ 122.4 million *U* , or $ 1.29 *U* a share ,] in the year-earlier period .
- [ARGM-TMP In the third quarter] , AMR said 0 *T*-1 , [ARG1 net] [rel fell] to [ARG4-to $ 137 million *U* , or $ 2.16 *U* a share ,] from [ARG3-from $ 150.3 million *U* , or $ 2.50 *U* a share] .
- [ARG1 Northrop Corp. 's third-quarter net income] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 25 %] to [ARG4-to $ 21.5 million *U* , or 46 cents a share ,] [ARGM-ADV while General Dynamics Corp. reported nearly flat earnings of $ 76.5 million *U* , or $ 1.83 *U* a share] .
- [ARG1 F-16 deliveries] [ARGM-DIS also] have [rel fallen] `` [ARG4 *-3 slightly behind schedule] , '' [ARGM-ADV although a return to the previous schedule *ICH*-2 is expected *-17 in 1990] , the company said 0 *T*-1 .
- Northrop said 0 [ARG1 sales] [rel fell] [ARGM-CAU because of the decline in B-2 development dollars from the government as the plane continues its initial production stage and because fewer F\/A-18 fighter sections are being produced *-19 in its subcontract work with prime contractor McDonnell Douglas Corp] .
- The tremendous energy of the quake was dissipated *-1 by the distance , so that most parts of the valley and the major cities suffered largely cosmetic damage -- broken windows , [rel falling] [ARG1 brick] and cornices , buckled asphalt or sidewalks .
- [ARG1 Pacific Gas & Electric] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 3\/8] to [ARG4-to 19 5\/8] [ARGM-LOC in Big Board composite trading of 1.7 million shares] and Pacific Telesis Group slipped 5\/8 to 44 5\/8 as the companies worked *-1 to restore service to areas affected * by the quake .
- [ARGM-LOC Among California savings-and-loan stocks] , H.F. Ahmanson eased 3\/8 to 22 1\/4 , CalFed slid 3\/4 to 24 1\/8 , Great Western Financial dropped 1\/2 to 21 1\/4 and [ARG1 Golden West Financial] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 5\/8] to [ARG4-to 29 1\/4] .
- The stock had been on the decline since [ARG1 the financing for the UAL buy-out] [rel fell] through [ARGM-TMP on Friday] and developer Donald Trump subsequently withdrew a takeover offer of $ 120 *U* a share for AMR .
- [ARG1 Revenue] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 12.7 %] to [ARG4-to $ 596.8 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 684 million *U*] , [ARGM-ADV although some of the decline was caused *-1 by discontinued operations] .
- Georgia Gulf Corp. , hurt * by declining sales and [rel falling] [ARG1 chemical] prices , said 0 third-quarter earnings fell 13 % to $ 46.1 million *U* from $ 53.1 million *U* in the year-earlier period .
- Georgia Gulf Corp. , hurt * by declining sales and falling chemical prices , said 0 [ARG1 third-quarter earnings] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 13 %] to [ARG4-to $ 46.1 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 53.1 million *U*] in the year-earlier period .
- [ARG1 Dow 's third-quarter net] [rel fell] to [ARG4-to $ 589 million *U* , or $ 3.29 *U* a share ,] from [ARG3-from $ 632 million *U* , or $ 3.36 *U* a share ,] a year ago .
- [ARG1 UAL 's stock] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT $ 6.25 *U*] , to [ARG4-to $ 191.75 *U*] .
- If Sen. Bradley would permit a vote on capital gains , though , it would pass , Christmas retail sales would be strong instead of burdened by a [rel falling] [ARG1 stock] market , the 1990 economy would be robust , and the revenue gains at every level of government , including New Jersey 's , would be surprisingly high .
- [ARG1 London 's Financial Times-Stock Exchange 100-share index] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 27.9 points] to [ARG4-to 2135.5] .
- [ARG1 The narrower Financial Times 30-share index] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 29.6] to [ARG4-to 1730.7] .
- The rise came a day after the year 's biggest drop on [ARGM-TMP Monday] , when [ARG1 the Nikkei] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 647.33 , or 1.8 % ,] [ARGM-CAU in response to Friday 's 6.9 % plunge on Wall Street] *T*-1 .
- British Gas finished at 197 , down 2 , on 13 million shares , [ARG1 British Petroleum] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 8] to [ARG4-to 291] [ARGM-LOC on 9.4 million shares] , and British Telecom was 4 lower at 261 on turnover of 10 million shares .
- [ARG1 Cable & Wireless] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 20] to [ARG4-to 478] .
- [ARGM-DIS Also] [ARGM-LOC in active trading] , [ARG1 British Steel] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 1] to [ARG4-to 124] [ARGM-ADV as 20 million shares changed hands] .
- On Tuesday , [ARG1 the broader-based Tokyo Stock Price Index] of issues listed * in the first section , which *T*-1 [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 45.66] [ARGM-TMP Monday] , rose 41.76 , or 1.61 % , to 2642.64 .
- Ethyl Corp. reported that [ARG1 third-quarter net income] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 12 %] from [ARG3-from a year-earlier quarter] [ARGM-ADV *-1 helped *-2 by a gain from discontinued operations] .
- For the nine months , Ethyl said 0 [ARG1 net] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 2 %] to [ARG4-to $ 168.7 million *U* , or $ 1.40 *U* a share ,] from [ARG3-from $ 172.2 million *U* , $ 1.42 *U* a share ,] a year ago .
- [ARGM-LOC In national over-the-counter trading] , [ARG1 MCI] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT $ 2.625 *U*] to [ARG4-to $ 42.375 *U*] .
- [ARG1 Southwestern shares] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 50 cents] to [ARG4-to $ 55.875 *U*] [ARGM-LOC in composite trading] [ARGM-LOC on the New York Stock Exchange] .
- [ARGM-LOC In composite trading] [ARGM-LOC on the New York Stock Exchange] , [ARG1 Cincinnati Bell] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 25 cents] to [ARG4-to $ 29 *U*] .
- [ARG1 Electrical products ' sales] [rel fell] to [ARG4-to $ 496.7 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 504.5 million *U*] [ARGM-ADV with higher world-wide lighting volume offset * by lower domestic prices and the impact of weaker currencies in Europe and South America] .
- Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. , *-1 fulfilling its dismal earnings forecast for 1989 , said 0 [ARG1 its third-quarter net income] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 68 %] [ARGM-LOC on flat revenue] .
- *-1 Stung by higher marketing costs and slowing volume growth , the giant Coke bottling operation said 0 [ARG1 net] [rel fell] to [ARG4-to $ 12.7 million *U* , or six cents a share ,] from [ARG3-from $ 39.9 million *U* , or 26 cents a share] , the year earlier .
- [ARGM-TMP For the nine months] , [ARG1 Coca-Cola Enterprises ' net] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 31 %] to [ARG4-to $ 65 million *U* , or 39 cents a share] , from [ARG3-from $ 93.8 million *U* , or 63 cents a share] .
- West German government bond prices took a wild roller-coaster ride , * pulled down by Monday 's U.S. stock market gains then up by a wider-than-expected U.S. trade deficit and [rel falling] [ARG1 U.S.] stock prices .
- The circuit breakers caused a 30-minute shutdown in trading in Standard & Poor 's 500-stock index futures contract as [ARG1 the markets] were [rel falling] .
- In addition , Sanford Grossman , a Wharton School finance professor , says 0 volatile jumps in stock prices will continue as long as [ARG1 liquidity] [rel falls] [ARG4 short of the voracious demands of institutions `` who *T*-1 can go out and say ` I have a billion dollars of stocks 0 * to sell *T*-2] . ' ''
- [ARG1 Citicorp] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 1\/2] to [ARG4-to 32] , and Manufacturers Hanover slipped 3\/8 to 40 1\/4 .
- [ARG1 The Dow Jones Transportation Average] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 49.96] [ARG4 * to close at 1254.27] .
- [ARG1 The stock] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 3 1\/4] to [ARG4-to 73 1\/4] [ARGM-LOC on 3.4 million shares] .
- [ARG1 Delta Air Lines] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 1 7\/8] to [ARG4-to 67 7\/8] , USAir Group dropped 3\/4 to 40 1\/4 , Southwest Airlines dipped 1\/2 to 25 and Alaska Air Group slid 3\/8 to 24 1\/4 .
- [ARG1 Broader averages] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel fell] .
- Standard & Poor 's 500-stock index fell 1.69 to 341.16 , and [ARG1 the New York Stock Exchange Composite Index] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 0.88] to [ARG4-to 188.89] .
- [ARG1 Standard & Poor 's 500-stock index] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 1.69] to [ARG4-to 341.16] , and the New York Stock Exchange Composite Index fell 0.88 to 188.89 .
- Philips Industries tumbled 3\/8 to 22 7\/8 ; [ARG1 Hilton Hotels] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 2 1\/2] to [ARG4-to 92] and Holiday Corp. fell 2 1\/8 to 69 7\/8 .
- Philips Industries tumbled 3\/8 to 22 7\/8 ; Hilton Hotels fell 2 1\/2 to 92 and [ARG1 Holiday Corp.] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 2 1\/8] to [ARG4-to 69 7\/8] .
- [ARG1 International Paper] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 1 3\/8] to [ARG4-to 51 1\/2] , Union Carbide eased 7\/8 to 25 , Chevron gained 1\/8 to 64 , and Eastman Kodak closed down 3\/4 to 44 1\/4 .
- [ARG1 The Amex Market Value Index] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 1.25] to [ARG4-to 375.16] .
- [ARGM-LOC Among active Amex issues] , [ARG1 the American depositary receipts of B.A.T Industries] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 1\/4] to [ARG4-to 11 3\/4] [ARGM-LOC on turnover of 885,800] .
- Banks are continuing *-1 to go after individual investors , despite [rel falling] [ARG1 interest] rates .
- [ARG1 Net] [rel fell] to [ARG4-to $ 40.1 million *U* , or $ 1.50 *U* a share] , from [ARG3-from $ 60.7 million *U* , or $ 2.32 *U* a share] , a year earlier .
- [ARGM-LOC In New York Stock Exchange composite trading] , [ARG1 shares of the Akron , Ohio-based company] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT $ 1.375 *U*] to [ARG4-to $ 49.125 *U*] .
- [ARGM-DIS As a result] , [ARG1 Microsoft 's cost of goods , as a percentage of sales ,] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 17 % from the year-ago quarter and 13 % from the previous period] .
- [ARG1 UAL] has [rel fallen] [ARG2-EXT $ 87.25 *U* , or 31 % ,] [ARGM-TMP in the three trading days since disclosure of the buy-out 's collapse jolted the stock market] .
- [ARG1 Stock prices] [rel fell] [ARG2-MNR broadly] [ARGM-LOC in heavy trading] , [ARGM-ADV * dominated by futures-related program selling and further declines by UAL and other airline stocks] .
- [ARG1 Industrial output] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 0.1 %] [ARGM-TMP in September] , the latest sign 0 manufacturing is slowing .
- [ARG1 The stock] has [rel fallen] [ARG2-EXT $ 87.25 *U* , or 31 % ,] [ARGM-LOC in the three trading days since announcement of the collapse of the $ 300-a-share *U* takeover jolted the entire stock market into its second-worst plunge ever] .
- -LRB- [ARG1 CenTrust shares] have [rel fallen] [ARG2-MNR sharply] [ARGM-MNR in price] from [ARG3-from a high of $ 15.125 *U*] in 1986 [ARGM-ADV *-1 to close yesterday at $ 2.875 *U*] . -RRB-
- But [ARG1 art] that *T*-2 has [rel fallen] [ARG2-MNR sharply] [ARGM-MNR in value] is rarely put *-1 up for sale .
- The No. 1 domestic aluminum producer , Aluminum Co. of America , Friday said 0 [ARG1 its earnings] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 3.2 %] to [ARG4-to $ 219 million *U* , or $ 2.46 *U* a share] .
- [ARG1 Earnings] [rel fell] to [ARG4-to $ 877 million *U* , or $ 1.51 *U* a share ,] [ARGM-ADV somewhat below securities analysts ' revised expectations of around $ 1.60 *U* a share] .
- K mart , based * in Troy , Mich. , recently said 0 [ARG1 net income] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel fall] [ARGM-TMP for the third consecutive quarter] , [ARGM-TMP after a 16 % drop in the first half of its current fiscal year] .
- [ARG1 AMR] was trading at around $ 84 *U* yesterday before his withdrawal announcement , then [ARGM-TMP immediately] [rel fell] to [ARG4-to about $ 76 *U*] .
- [ARGM-TMP For the nine months] , [ARG1 the company 's earnings] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 9 %] to [ARG4-to $ 264.6 million *U* , or $ 3.40 *U* a share ,] from [ARG3-from $ 289.7 million *U* , or $ 3.49 *U* a share] .
- [ARG1 Net income for the quarter] [rel fell] to [ARG4-to $ 93.1 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 103.1 million *U*] , [ARGM-ADV roughly what analysts had expected *T*-1] .
- [ARGM-LOC In New York Stock Exchange composite trading] [ARGM-TMP yesterday] , [ARG1 NCR shares] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 75 cents] [ARGM-ADV *-1 to close at $ 57 *U*] .
- [ARG1 Revenue] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 1 %] to [ARG4-to $ 1.39 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 1.41 billion *U*] .
- Red figures on the screens indicated [rel falling] [ARG1 stocks] ; blue figures , rising stocks .
- He said 0 he told clients *-1 to buy selected West German blue chips after [ARG1 they] [rel fell] by [ARG2-by about 10 %] .
- [ARG1 Share prices] [rel fell] [ARGM-LOC in Milan , Amsterdam , Zurich , Madrid and Stockholm] .
- [ARGM-DIS As a result] , [ARG1 Security Pacific 's net interest margin] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT only 13 basis points , a more mild decrease than some major banks outside California , which *T*-1 have been reporting more sluggish earnings] .
- [ARG1 Non-interest income] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 6 %] [ARGM-TMP in the quarter] , [ARGM-CAU mainly because of an unusual gain a year earlier from the sale of Hong Kong banking operations] .
- Merrill Lynch & Co. 's net income dropped 37 % , while Bear Stearns Cos. posted a 7.5 % gain in net , and [ARG1 PaineWebber Group Inc. 's profit] [rel fell] , but would have risen without a special gain a year ago .
- [ARG1 Investment banking revenue] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 22 %] to [ARG4-to $ 296.6 million *U*] [ARGM-LOC on fewer equity and municipal underwritings] .
- [ARGM-LOC In over-the-counter trading] , [ARG1 Interspec] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 37.5 cents] to [ARG4-to $ 4.25 *U*] .
- [ARG1 Sales for the Pittsburgh-based producer of specialty steels and other materials] [rel fell] to [ARG4-to about $ 265 million *U*] in the third quarter from [ARG3-from $ 320.5 million *U*] a year earlier , he said 0 *T*-1 .
- [ARG1 UAL] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT $ 56.875 *U*] , to [ARG4-to $ 222.875 *U*] .
- [ARG1 National Heritage stock] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 12.5 cents] [ARGM-TMP yesterday] [ARG4 *-1 to close at $ 1.375 *U* a share in New York Stock Exchange composite trading] .
- In percentage terms , however , the Dow 's dive was the 12th-worst ever and the sharpest since [ARG1 the market] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 156.83 , or 8 %] , [ARGM-TMP a week after Black Monday] .
- But while [ARG1 the New York Stock Exchange] did [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel fall] [ARG4 apart] [ARGM-TMP Friday] [ARGM-TMP as the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 190.58 points -- most of it in the final hour --] it barely managed *-2 to stay this side of chaos .
- [ARG1 The Dow] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 22.6 %] [ARGM-TMP on Black Monday] .
- For example , their selling caused trading halts *ICH*-1 to be declared *-5 in USAir Group , which *T*-2 closed down 3 7\/8 to 41 1\/2 , [ARG1 Delta Air Lines] , which *T*-3 [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 7 3\/4] to [ARG4-to 69 1\/4] , and Philips Industries , which *T*-4 sank 3 to 21 1\/2 .
- Selling snowballed because of waves of automatic `` stop-loss '' orders , which *T*-2 are triggered *-1 by computer [ARGM-TMP when] [ARG1 prices] [rel fall] to [ARG4-to certain levels] *T*-3 .
- But [ARG1 stocks] kept *-1 [rel falling] .
- Meanwhile , during the the S&P trading halt , S&P futures sell orders began *-2 piling up , while [ARG1 stocks in New York] kept *-1 [rel falling] [ARG2-MNR sharply] .
- Under another post-crash system , Big Board President Richard Grasso -LRB- Mr. Phelan was flying to Bangkok as [ARG1 the market] was [rel falling] -RRB- was talking on an `` inter-exchange hot line '' to the other exchanges , the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Federal Reserve Board .
- Futures traders say 0 the S&P was signaling that [ARG1 the Dow] [ARGM-MOD could] [rel fall] [ARG2-EXT as much as 200 points] .
- At those levels , stocks are set up *-3 to be hammered *-1 by index arbitragers , who *T*-2 lock in profits by *-4 buying futures [ARGM-TMP when] [ARG1 futures prices] [rel fall] *T*-5 , and simultaneously sell off stocks .
- The maker of scientific instruments and laser parts said 0 [ARG1 orders] [rel fell] below [ARG4-below expectations] [ARGM-TMP in recent months] .
- [ARG1 Boeing 's shares] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT $ 4 *U*] [ARGM-TMP Friday] [ARG4 *-1 to close at $ 57.375 *U*] [ARGM-LOC in composite trading] [ARGM-LOC on the New York Stock Exchange] .
- *-2 Asked *-1 about a bid for Quantum , a BP spokesman says , `` 0 We pretty much have a policy of *-3 not commenting on rumors , and I think 0 [ARG1 that] [rel falls] in [ARG4-in that category] .
- [ARGM-LOC At Dow Jones & Co.] , [ARG1 third-quarter net income] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 9.9 %] from [ARG3-from the year-earlier period] .
- [ARG1 Net] [rel fell] to [ARG4-to $ 28.8 million *U* , or 29 cents a share] , from [ARG3-from $ 32 million *U* , or 33 cents a share] .
- [ARG1 Ad linage at the Journal] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 6.1 %] [ARGM-TMP in the third quarter] .
- `` The Miami market is coming back strong after a tough couple of [ARGM-TMP years] '' when Knight-Ridder `` was starting up a Hispanic edition *T*-2 and [ARG1 circulation] was [rel falling] *T*-2 , '' said *T*-1 Bruce Thorp , an analyst for Provident National Bank .
- [ARGM-LOC Amid a crowd of crashing stocks] , [ARG1 Relational Technology Inc. 's stock] [rel fell] [ARG2-MNR particularly hard] [ARGM-TMP Friday] , [ARGM-ADV *-2 dropping 23 % because its problems were compounded *-1 by disclosure of an unexpected loss for its fiscal first quarter] .
- [ARG1 It] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT $ 1.875 *U* a share] [ARGM-TMP Friday] , to [ARG4-to $ 6.25 *U* , a new low] , [ARGM-LOC in over-the-counter trading] .
- Mr. Lichtblau stressed that the delay of Interprovincial 's proposed expansion wo n't by itself increase U.S. dependence on offshore crude , however , since Canadian imports are limited *-1 in any case by Canada 's [rel falling] [ARG1 output] .
- [ARGM-TMP When selling is so frenzied *T*-1] , [ARG1 prices] [rel fall] [ARG2-MNR steeply and fast] .
- Mr. Tarantino of Hambrecht & Quist said 0 [ARG1 some prices] [rel fell] without [ARG2-without trades taking place] , [ARGM-TMP as market makers kept *-1 dropping the prices at which they would buy shares *T*-2] .
- But [ARG1 they] [rel fell] [ARG2-MNR sharply] .
- [ARGM-DIS By comparison] , the New York Stock Exchange Composite tumbled 5.8 % Friday and [ARG1 the American Stock Exchange Composite] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 4 %] .
- Among other OTC issues , Intel , dropped 2 1\/8 to 33 7\/8 ; Laidlaw Transportation lost 1 1\/8 to 19 1\/2 ; the American depositary receipts of Jaguar were off 1\/4 to 10 1\/4 ; MCI Communications slipped 2 1\/4 to 43 1\/2 ; [ARG1 Apple Computer] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 3] to [ARG4-to 45 3\/4] and Nike dropped 2 1\/4 to 66 3\/4 .
- [ARGM-TMP On Oct. 16 , 1987] , [ARG1 the Nasdaq Composite] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 16.18 points , or 3.8 %] , [ARGM-ADV *-2 followed *-1 by its devastating 46.12-point , or 11 % slide , three days later] .
- [ARGM-MNR Sharply] [rel falling] [ARG1 stock] prices do reduce consumer wealth , damage business confidence and discourage the foreign investors upon whom the U.S. now relies *T*-1 for financial sustenance .
- In the latest quarter , at least , [ARG1 profit] is expected *-1 to [rel fall] [ARG2-MNR sharply] .
- For those hoping * to see a modicum of political normalcy restored -- in view of Greece 's eight-year misadventure under autocratic pseudosocialism and subsequent three-month hitch with a conservative-communist coalition government -- there is but one bright sign : The scandals still encircling former Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou and his [rel fallen] [ARG1 socialist] government are like flies buzzing around a rotting carcass .
- [ARGM-TMP On Friday] , [ARG1 Anchor shares] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 1 1\/4] [ARG4 * to close at 18 1\/2] .
- On Friday , LIN shares were among [ARG1 the few takeover issues] that *T*-1 did [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel fall] [ARG2-MNR much] , *-2 dropping 5 1\/2 , or 4.9 % , *-3 to close at 107 1\/2 .
- [ARG1 Columbia Pictures Entertainment , which *T*-1 has agreed to a friendly $ 27-a-share *U* bid from Sony of Japan ,] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT only 1\/8] [ARG4 * to close at 26 5\/8] .
- [ARGM-DIS But] [ARG1 several stocks long rumored * to be ripe for a takeover or restructuring] [rel fell] [ARG2-EXT 10 % or more] .