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frames- But [ARGM-ADV with the index proving somewhat better than * expected and the widely anticipated report on October employment scheduled *-1 to arrive tomorrow] , [ARG1 stock prices] firmed only modestly in response to the report and [ARGM-TMP then] [rel faltered] .
- Western Union has had major losses in recent years as [ARG1 its telex business] has [rel faltered] [ARGM-ADV in the face of competition from facsimile machines] and as other business ventures have gone awry .
- If [ARG1 the exchange] [rel falters] [ARGM-LOC in these moves] , they say 0 *T*-1 , it might once again fall behind its chief New York competitor , the Commodity Exchange .
- But [ARG1 the transaction] [rel faltered] [ARGM-TMP in September , when Qintex Australia was forced *-1 to increase its offer to US$ 1.5 billion *U* following a counterbid from Rupert Murdoch *T*-2] ; the deal fell apart altogether earlier this month .
- Still , with [ARG1 competitors such as Eastman Kodak Co.] [rel faltering] [ARGM-MNR in copier sales] , Xerox 's sales increases `` were encouraging , '' says 0 *T*-1 Eugene Glazer of Dean Witter Reynolds Inc .
- COCOA : [ARG1 Futures] at first continued the rally begun * on Monday , but [ARGM-TMP then] [rel faltered] and closed lower .
- Convex Computer Corp. , *-1 continuing its rapid growth while [ARG1 other computer companies] [rel falter] , reported an 87 % increase in third-quarter net income from a year earlier and a 50 % increase in revenue .
- Although IBM last year produced its first strong results in four years and was expected *-1 to continue *-2 to roll this year , [ARG1 it] began *-3 [rel faltering] as early as January .
- While [ARG1 UAL] [rel faltered] , AMR , the parent of American Airlines , pulled out of its recent nosedive by *-1 rising 3\/4 to 74 .
- But [ARG1 the advance] [rel faltered] [ARGM-TMP as index-options traders and investors jittery about the U.K. economic outlook took over] .
- Still , the consensus *ICH*-2 seems almost as wide that one [rel faltering] [ARG1 bid] is no reason 0 * to write down the value of all U.S. business *T*-1 .
- [ARGM-LOC In Congress] , [ARG1 the issue] [rel falters] : It 's about money , not program quality , and Hollywood has lots of clout given its fund raising for senators and representatives overseeing the issue .