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• [_ARG1 National Market System volume] [_rel improved] to [_ARG4-to 94,425,000 shares] from [_ARG3-from 71.7 million Monday] .
• [_ARG1 Apple Computer] [_rel improved] [_ARG2-EXT 7\/8] to [_ARG4-to 47 5\/8] ; Intel slipped 1\/4 to 33 1\/4 , and Valley National Corp. was up 1\/8 to 15 1\/8 .
• [_ARG1 Profits] [_rel improved] [_ARGM-LOC across Hess 's businesses] .
• [_ARG1 The index of smaller banks] [_rel improved] [_ARG2-EXT 1.97] .
• [_ARG1 Shareholder equity] [_rel improved] to [_ARG4-to 4.68 %] from [_ARG3-from 4.23 %] [_ARGM-TMP in the previous quarter] .
• Mr. Connolly noted that [_ARG1 net third-quarter charge-offs , at $ 63 million *U* ,] [_rel improved] [_ARGM-MNR slightly] from [_ARG3-from the $ 67 million *U* in the second quarter] .
• But favorable earnings was n't a guarantee that [_ARG1 a stock 's price] [_ARGM-MOD would] [_rel improve] [_ARGM-TMP yesterday] .
• CoreStates Financial slipped 3\/8 to 43 1\/8 in active trading after *-1 reporting that [_ARG1 third-quarter earnings] [_rel improved] to [_ARG4-to $ 1.27 *U* a share] from [_ARG3-from $ 1.15 *U* a share] a year earlier .