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The new ad plan from Newsweek , a unit of the Washington Post Co. , is [_ARG1 the second incentive plan] 0 [_ARG0 the magazine] has [_rel offered] [_ARG3 advertisers] *T*-1 [_ARGM-TMP in three years] .
[_ARG0 New England Electric , based * in Westborough , Mass. ,] had [_rel offered] [_ARG2 $ 2 billion *U* *ICH*-1] [_ARG1 *-4 to acquire PS of New Hampshire] , well below the $ 2.29 billion *U* value 0 United Illuminating places *T*-2 on its bid and the $ 2.25 billion *U* 0 Northeast says 0 its bid is worth *T*-3 .
[_ARG0 IBM , the world leader in computers ,] did [_ARGM-NEG n't] [_rel offer] [_ARG1 its first PC] [_ARGM-TMP until August 1981] [_ARGM-TMP as many other companies entered the market] .
The new , seven-year funds -- one offering a fixed-rate return and the other with a floating-rate return linked * to the London interbank [_rel offered] [_ARG1 rate] -- offer two key advantages to Japanese investors .
[_ARG0 The new , seven-year funds -- one offering a fixed-rate return and the other with a floating-rate return linked * to the London interbank offered rate --] [_rel offer] [_ARG1 two key advantages] to [_ARG3-to Japanese investors] .
The new , seven-year funds -- [_ARG0 one] [_rel offering] [_ARG1 a fixed-rate return] and the other with a floating-rate return linked * to the London interbank offered rate -- offer two key advantages to Japanese investors .
[_ARG0 Country funds] [_rel offer] [_ARG1 an easy way 0 * to get a taste of foreign stocks without the hard research of * seeking out individual companies *T*-1] .
[_ARG0 The report] [_rel offered] [_ARG1 new evidence that the nation 's export growth , though *-1 still continuing , may be slowing] .
Along the way , he meets [_ARG0 a solicitous Christian chauffeur] who *T*-55 [_rel offers] [_ARG3 the hero] [_ARG1 God 's phone number] ; and the Sheep Man , a sweet , roughhewn figure who *T*-56 wears -- what else -- a sheepskin .
[_ARGM-DIS In addition] , [_ARG0 the U.S.] [_ARGM-TMP this year] [_rel offered] [_ARG1 its own plan for cooperation around the Pacific rim] [_ARGM-LOC in a major speech by Secretary of State James Baker , following up a proposal made * in January by Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke] .
She says 0 [_ARG0 she] [_rel offered] [_ARG3 Mrs. Yeargin] [_ARG1 a quiet resignation] and thought 0 she could help *-1 save her teaching certificate .
The city had expected *-1 to pay about 11 million yen -LRB- $ 77,000 *U* -RRB- , but [_ARG0 Fujitsu] [_ARGM-ADV essentially] [_rel offered] [_ARG1 *-2 to do it for free] .
The company said 0 [_ARG0 it] has [_rel offered] [_ARG1 *-1 to withdraw its bids in Hiroshima and Nagano] .
The company also disclosed that [_ARGM-TMP during that period] [_ARG0 it] [_rel offered] [_ARG2 10,000 yen , or about $ 70 *U* ,] for [_ARG1-for another contract] .
`` [_ARG0 We] 're [_rel offering] [_ARG1 this plan] [_ARGM-TMP now] [_ARGM-CAU because we feel 0 it 's the right time] . ''
In this era of frantic competition for ad dollars , [_ARG0 a lot of revenue-desperate magazines] are getting pretty cozy with advertisers -- *-1 fawning over them in articles and [_rel offering] [_ARG1 pages of advertorial space] .
[_ARGM-TMP In May] , [_ARG0 the two companies] [_ARGM-MNR , through their jointly owned holding company , Temple ,] [_rel offered] [_ARG2 $ 50 *U* a share , or $ 777 million *U* ,] for [_ARG1-for Sea Containers] .
[_ARG0 Another small Burgundy estate , Coche-Dury ,] has [_ARGM-TMP just] [_rel offered] [_ARG1 its 1987 Corton-Charlemagne] for [_ARG2-for $ 155 *U*] .
[_ARG0 Some of the newer wines , even at $ 90 to $ 100 *U* *ICH*-1 a bottle or so ,] [_ARGM-ADV almost] [_rel offer] [_ARG1 a bargain] . ''
[_ARG0 *-1] [_rel Offering] [_ARG1 the wine] at [_ARG2-at roughly $ 65 *U* a bottle wholesale -LRB- $ 100 *U* retail -RRB-] , he sent merchants around the country a form asking them *-2 to check one of three answers : 1 -RRB- no , the wine is too high -LRB- 2 responses -RRB- ; 2 -RRB- yes , it 's high but I 'll take it -LRB- 2 responses -RRB- ; 3 -RRB- I 'll take all 0 I can get *T*-3 -LRB- 58 responses -RRB- .
[_ARG0 Investor Harold Simmons and NL Industries Inc.] [_rel offered] [_ARG1 *-1 to acquire Georgia Gulf Corp. for $ 50 *U* a share , or about $ 1.1 billion *U* ,] [_ARGM-ADV *-1 stepping up the pressure on the commodity chemicals concern] .
[_ARG0 The program] [_ARGM-ADV not only] [_rel offers] [_ARG1 a pre-approved car loan up to $ 18,000 *U*] , but throws in a special cash-flow statement 0 *T*-1 to help in * saving money .
Where a bank once offered a standard passbook savings account *T*-2 , [_ARG0 it] began *-1 [_rel offering] [_ARG3 money-market accounts] , [_ARG1 certificates of deposit] and interest-bearing checking , and staggering rates based on the size of deposits .
[_ARGM-LOC Where] [_ARG0 a bank] [_ARGM-TMP once] [_rel offered] [_ARG1 a standard passbook savings account] *T*-2 , it began *-1 offering money-market accounts , certificates of deposit and interest-bearing checking , and staggering rates based on the size of deposits .
The more accounts 0 customers have *T*-1 , Mr. Sullivan says 0 *T*-2 , the more likely they are *-3 to be attracted *-123 to a package -- and *-3 to be loyal to [_ARG0 the bank] that *T*-205 [_rel offers] [_ARG1 it] .
[_ARG0 The company] [_ARGM-TMP currently] [_rel offers] [_ARG1 a word-processing package for personal computers called * Legend] .
[_ARG0 Both Deryck C. Maughan , who *T*-256 heads Salomon in Tokyo , and John S. Wadsworth , who *T*-257 heads Morgan Stanley there ,] ascribe a good part of their firms ' success in Tokyo to their ability * to [_rel offer] [_ARG1 sophisticated , futures-related investment strategies] to [_ARG3-to big institutional clients] .
LONDON INTERBANK [_rel OFFERED] [_ARG1 RATES] -LRB- LIBOR -RRB- : 8 3\/4 % one month ; 8 3\/4 % three months ; 8 1\/2 % six months ; 8 7\/16 % one year .
FEDERAL FUNDS : 9 1\/2 % high , 8 3\/4 % low , 8 3\/4 % near closing bid , [_ARG1 9 %] [_rel offered] * .
[_ARGM-TMP A few years ago] , [_ARG0 the company] [_rel offered] [_ARG1 two round-trip tickets on Trans World Airlines] to [_ARG3-to buyers of its Riviera luxury car] .
If spreads available from index arbitrage are so enormous , surely [_ARG0 any sizable mutual-fund company] could profit from * [_rel offering] [_ARG1 it] to [_ARG3-to small investors] .
Charles Wohlstetter , the chairman of Contel Corp. who *T*-66 is rallying other CEOs to the anti-program trading cause , says 0 he has received [_ARG0 `` countless '' letters] [_rel offering] [_ARG1 support] .
[_ARG0 Hammacher Schlemmer & Co.] [_rel offers] [_ARG1 a fiber-optic Christmas tree that *T*-1 eliminates the need * to string lights] .
We can understand and share the compassion that *T*-2 makes [_ARG0 judges] sometimes wish *-3 to [_rel offer] [_ARG1 a kind of Solomonic aid] to [_ARG3-to those who *T*-4 've been hurt *-1] .
Just as all plaintiffs are not alike , it turns out that [_ARG0 DES defendants] marketed the drugs differently and [_ARGM-MOD may] have [_rel offered] [_ARG1 different warranties] .
[_ARG0 Intermec Corp.] , [_rel offering] of [_ARG1-of 1,050,000 common shares] , [_ARGM-MNR via Goldman , Sachs & Co. and Piper , Jaffray & Hopwood Inc] .
[_ARG0 Middlesex Water Co.] , [_rel offering] of [_ARG1-of 150,000 shares of common stock] , [_ARGM-MNR via Legg Mason Wood Walker Inc. and Howard , Weil , Labouisse , Friedrichs Inc] .
[_ARG0 IBM , the giant computer maker ,] [_rel offered] [_ARG1 $ 750 million *U* of non-callable 30-year debentures priced * *-1 to yield 8.47 % , or about 1\/2 percentage point higher than the yield on 30-year Treasury bonds] .
In addition , [_ARG0 it] is believed *-1 to [_rel offer] [_ARG1 a cost-sharing mechanism that *T*-2 would help *-3 subsidize the clean-up costs for the dirtiest coal-fired utilities in the country , *-3 sparing their customers from exorbitant jumps in their electric bills] .
DOT System -- The `` Designated Order Turnaround '' System was launched *-1 by [_ARG0 the New York Stock Exchange] in March 1976 , * to [_rel offer] [_ARG1 automatic , high-speed order processing] .
[_ARGM-TMP Previously] , [_ARG0 it] [_rel offered] [_ARG2 $ 13.65 *U* a share in cash , or $ 29 million *U*] .
Georgia Gulf added 1 3\/4 to 51 1\/4 after [_ARG0 NL Industries , controlled * by Dallas investor Harold Simmons ,] [_rel offered] [_ARG1 *-2 to acquire the stock 0 it does n't already own *T*-1 for $ 50 *U* a share] .
Heritage Media Corp. , New York , said 0 [_ARG0 it] [_rel offered] [_ARG1 *-2 to buy the shares of POP Radio Corp. 0 it does n't already own *T*-1 in a stock swap] .
Upjohn Co. said 0 [_ARG0 it] [_ARGM-MOD will] [_rel offer] [_ARG1 an early retirement package] to [_ARG3-to as many as 1,100 employees] [_ARGM-ADV in a cost-cutting move expected * to result in a fourth-quarter charge] .
The spokesman said 0 it is [_ARG1 the first early retirement plan] [_rel offered] [_ARGM-LOC under its two-year cost-control strategy] .
[_ARGM-DIS In addition] , [_ARG0 Upjohn] is [_rel offering] [_ARG1 a one-time retirement bonus equal to six months of base pay] .
[_ARGM-TMP When] [_ARG3 *-4] [_rel offered] *-3 [_ARG1 a free trip from the Bronx , Wedtech 's home , to Washington , D.C. ,] by [_ARG0-by one of Wedtech 's principals] *T*-2 , he tells the reader , `` *-5 mindful of * accepting anything of value from those 0 I was writing about *T*-1 , I declined . ''
[_ARG3 Subcontractors] [_ARGM-MOD will] be [_rel offered] *-1 [_ARG1 a settlement] and a swift transition to new management is expected *-2 to avert an exodus of skilled workers from Waertsilae Marine 's two big shipyards , government officials said 0 *T*-3 .
Many grain processors and exporters use the price of the corn futures contracts traded * there *-1 to calculate [_ARG2 the price] 0 [_ARG0 they] [_rel offer] *T*-2 [_ARG1 *-3 to buy corn from farmers] .
[_ARGM-LOC In parts of Iowa] , [_ARGM-DIS for example] , [_ARG0 some grain elevators] are [_rel offering] [_ARG3 farmers] [_ARG2 $ 2.15 *U* a bushel] for [_ARG1-for corn] .
[_ARG0 The nation 's largest pension fund , which *T*-10 oversees $ 80 billion *U* for college employees ,] plans *-1 to [_rel offer] [_ARG1 two new investment options] to [_ARG3-to its 1.2 million participants] .
[_ARG1 The investment choices] [_rel offered] * by [_ARG0-by the pension fund] currently are limited *-7 to a stock fund , an annuity and a money-market fund .
[_ARGM-TMP Then] , [_ARGM-ADV as if *-1 to show that he could play fast as well] , [_ARG0 he] [_rel offered] [_ARG1 the second movement from Saint-Saens 's Sonata for Clarinet , a whimsical , puckish tidbit that *T*-17 reflected the flip side of the Stoltzman personality] .
Either way it was a pity , because [_ARG0 Mr. Stolzman] [_rel offered] [_ARG1 the most substantial music of the evening *ICH*-1] [_ARGM-TMP just after intermission] : Steve Reich 's `` New York Counterpoint , '' one of a series of Reich works that *T*-21 juxtapose a live performer with recorded tracks of his or her own playing .
When he sent [_ARG0 letters] [_rel offering] [_ARG3 1,250 retired major leaguers] [_ARG1 the chance of another season] *T*-1 , 730 responded .
`` [_ARG1 There 's a satisfaction in * going against the rules] , '' [_rel offers] *T*-1 [_ARG0 Will McEnaney , once a stopper with Cincinnati 's Big Red Machine] .
FEDERAL FUNDS : 9 % high , 8 13\/16 % low , 8 7\/8 % near closing bid , [_ARG1 8 15\/16 %] [_rel offered] * .
[_ARG1 It] is [_rel offered] *-62 by [_ARG0-by the flagship banks of New York 's Manufacturers Hanover Corp.] [_ARGM-MNR in the one-year maturity only] .
[_ARG1 The yield] is [_rel offered] *-63 [_ARGM-LOC across a range of maturities] [_ARGM-LOC at San Francisco 's BankAmerica Corp. and Wells Fargo & Co] .
[_ARGM-ADV Typically] , [_ARG0 banks] [_rel offer] [_ARG1 CD yields higher than those on Treasury bills , which *T*-1 are considered *-61 the safest short-term investments] ; banks need a competitive edge *-2 to sell their products .
[_ARG0 The Soviets] complicated the issue by *-1 [_rel offering] [_ARG1 *-2 to include light tanks , which *T*-109 are as light as 10 tons] .
The government 's primary economic-forecasting gauge rose a slight 0.2 % in September , but economists said 0 [_ARG0 the report] [_rel offered] [_ARG1 little new information on the degree to which the U.S. economy is slowing *T*-1] .
At [_ARG2-At that price] , an analyst familiar with the machine said 0 *T*-1 , [_ARG0 the computer] [_rel offers] [_ARG1 up to 10 times the performance of similar machines] .
[_ARG0 Ms. Shere] has [_rel offered] [_ARG2 a $ 500 *U* reward] for [_ARG1-for the book 's return] but figures 0 she 'll have *-1 to reinvent many recipes from scratch .
[_ARG1 $ 500 million *U* of Remic mortgage securities] is being [_rel offered] *-153 [_ARGM-MNR in 11 classes] by [_ARG0-by a Morgan Stanley group] .
[_ARG1 $ 100 million *U* issue of collateralized mortgage obligations] is being [_rel offered] *-155 [_ARGM-MNR in four classes] by [_ARG0-by a Morgan Stanley group] .
[_ARGM-DIS Third] , [_ARG0 they] [_rel offer] [_ARG1 high yields] .
[_ARGM-TMP At the moment] , [_ARG0 some] [_rel offer] [_ARG1 as much as 1.6 to 1.8 percentage points over Treasury securities of similar maturities] .
And Japanese investors took up nearly all of [_ARG1 two $ 200 million *U* Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduits] , a kind of collateralized mortgage obligation , that *T*-1 were [_rel offered] *-168 to [_ARG3-to foreigners] [_ARGM-TMP this year] .
Freddie Mac for years has offered [_ARG0 a so-called participation certificate] that *T*-184 guarantees 0 it wo n't be prepaid *-169 for a set number of years and [_rel offers] [_ARG1 semiannual payments] .
[_ARG0 Freddie Mac] [_ARGM-TMP for years] has [_rel offered] [_ARG1 a so-called participation certificate that *T*-184 guarantees 0 it wo n't be prepaid *-169 for a set number of years and offers semiannual payments] .
[_ARGM-TMP Last year] , [_ARG0 J&B Scotch] [_rel offered] [_ARG2 500 TWA frequent flier miles] in [_ARG1-in exchange for a label] .
They 're hiring models 0 *T*-1 to stroll the aisles *-2 sporting their jewels , and [_ARG0 they] 're even beginning *-4 to borrow a perennial favorite of the beauty business -- * [_rel offering] [_ARG1 a gift] [_ARGM-TMP when consumers make a purchase *T*-3] .
South Korean government officials said 0 they do n't expect that Seoul can loan money to Warsaw , but [_ARG0 it] [_ARGM-MOD can] `` [_rel offer] [_ARG1 experience] . ''
[_ARG0 Manville , a forest and building products concern ,] has [_rel offered] [_ARG1 *-1 to pay the trust $ 500 million *U* for a majority of Manville 's convertible preferred stock] .
[_ARG1 The amendment] , [_rel offered] * by [_ARG0-by Rep. Douglas Bosco -LRB- D. , Calif. -RRB-] , was approved *-1 283-132 during debate on a bill designed * to strengthen the Transportation Department 's authority in * dealing with leveraged buy-outs of airlines .
Nissan 's risk is that its low-base-price strategy might get lost *-1 amid [_ARG1 the highly publicized rebates] being [_rel offered] * by [_ARG0-by Detroit 's Big Three] .
There was [_ARG0 a wanted poster] [_rel offering] `` [_ARG1 Rewards for the Arrest of Express and Train Robbers Frank James and Jesse W. James] '' and the original Pinkerton 's logo with an open eye and the inscription `` We Never Sleep , '' which *T*-12 inspired the phrase `` private eye . ''
Walter Kirchberger , an analyst with PaineWebber Inc. , said that [_ARG0 *] [_rel offering] [_ARG3 holders] [_ARG2 a higher , $ 70-a-share price] is `` a fairly effective method of * blocking '' the Stena-Tiphook bid .
Ocean Drilling said 0 [_ARG0 it] [_ARGM-MOD will] [_rel offer] [_ARG1 15 % to 20 % *U* of the contract-drilling business] [_ARGM-MNR through an initial public offering *PPA*-1] [_ARGM-TMP in the near future] .
Great Northern Nekoosa soared $ 20.125 *U* a share , to $ 62.875 *U* , substantially above [_ARG2 the $ 58 *U* a share] 0 [_ARG0 Georgia-Pacific] is [_rel offering] *T*-1 .
Chairman Krebs says 0 the California pension fund is getting [_ARG2 a bargain price] that *T*-87 [_ARGM-MOD would] [_ARGM-NEG n't] have been [_rel offered] *-1 to [_ARG3-to others] .
[_ARG0 Steelmakers] announced a round of base-price increases last year , but began *-1 [_rel offering] [_ARG1 sizable discounts] [_ARGM-TMP over the summer] .
Ocean Drilling & Research dropped 1 1\/4 to 21 1\/2 following news of a restructuring plan that *T*-120 calls for [_ARG0 the company] to reorganize its drilling business into a separate company and [_rel offer] [_ARG1 a 15 % to 20 % stake] to [_ARG3-to the public] .
[_ARG0 The giant computer maker] is slated *-1 to [_rel offer] [_ARG2 $ 500 million *U* of 30-year non-callable debentures] [_ARGM-MNR through underwriters led * by Salomon Brothers Inc] .
The last time 0 IBM tapped the corporate debt market *T*-2 was in [_ARGM-TMP April 1988] , when [_ARG0 it] [_rel offered] [_ARG2 $ 500 million *U* of debt securities] *T*-1 .
[_ARGM-TMP In October 1979] , [_ARGM-TMP just days before the Federal Reserve raised interest rates] , [_ARG0 IBM] [_rel offered] [_ARG2 $ 1 billion *U* in debt securities] .
A month ago , when Beatrice first filed *-1 to sell debt *T*-3 , [_ARG0 the company] had planned *-2 to [_rel offer] [_ARG1 $ 200 million *U* of its senior subordinated reset notes] [_ARGM-MNR at a yield of 12 3\/4 %] .
By October , however , market conditions had deteriorated and [_ARG1 the reset notes] were targeted *-1 to be [_rel offered] *-2 at [_ARG2-at a yield of between 13 1\/4 % and 13 1\/2 %] .
Accessories not only sell faster than whole bikes , [_ARG0 they] [_ARGM-DIS also] [_rel offer] [_ARG1 profit margins nearly double the 25 % to 30 % or so *U* on sales of complete cycles] .
The company 's 7.90 % sinking fund debentures were quoted *-1 at a bid price of 14 1\/4 and an [_rel offered] [_ARG1 price] of 30 , while the 10 3\/4 % subordinated debentures of 1997 were being bid for *-2 at 28 and offered *-2 at around 34 3\/4 .
The company 's 7.90 % sinking fund debentures were quoted *-1 at a bid price of 14 1\/4 and an offered price of 30 , while [_ARG1 the 10 3\/4 % subordinated debentures of 1997] were being bid for *-2 at 28 and [_rel offered] *-2 at [_ARG2-at around 34 3\/4] .
High-yield traders said 0 spreads between the bid and [_rel offered] [_ARG1 prices] of Western Union junk bonds have been widening for some time , and in certain cases , bids for Western Union securities are not available .
[_ARG1 The senior subordinated debentures maturing in 2004] are targeted *-2 to be [_rel offered] *-1 [_ARGM-MNR at a yield of between 12 5\/8 % to 12 3\/4 % *U*] .
[_ARGM-LOC In the asset-backed market] , [_ARG0 Beneficial Corp.] [_rel offered] [_ARG1 $ 248 million *U* of securities backed * by home-equity loans , the second large deal in the past week] .
[_ARGM-TMP Last week] , [_ARG0 a unit of MNC Financial Corp.] [_rel offered] [_ARG1 $ 268 million *U* of home-equity securities] .
Mr. Bologna said 0 the sale would allow Gen-Probe to speed up the development of new technology , and to more quickly apply existing technology to an array of [_ARG1 diagnostic products] 0 [_ARG0 the company] wants *-3 to [_rel offer] *T*-2 .
A spokeswoman adds , however , that [_ARG0 the group] is considering *-2 [_rel offering] `` [_ARG1 a behavior-modification course , similar to a smoking-cessation program , 0 *T*-3 to teach people ways 0 * to stay with it *T*-1] . ''
But , with [_ARG0 the state] [_rel offering] [_ARG1 only $ 39,000 *U* a year] and California 's high standard of living , `` there are n't too many 0 * to choose from *T*-2 , '' says *T*-1 Brent Scott , a recruiting officer .
[_ARGM-TMP Now] [_ARG0 it] [_rel offers] [_ARG1 richer commissions] [_ARGM-PNC *-1 to lure a broker a week] .
Still , massive internal debt has forced [_ARG0 the government] to borrow massively on the domestic market and to [_rel offer] [_ARG1 inflation-adjusted returns of 2 % to 3 % *U* a month] just *-1 to get investors to hold on to its paper .
[_ARG0 A group of Michigan investors] has [_rel offered] [_ARG1 *-2 to buy Knight-Ridder Inc. 's ailing Detroit Free Press for $ 68 million *U*] but has left unclear how the offer will be financed *-1 *T*-3 .
[_ARG0 Dow Jones] has [_rel offered] [_ARG1 *-1 to pay $ 18 *U* a share , or about $ 576 million *U* , for the remaining Telerate stake] .
[_ARGM-DIS However] , [_ARG0 the group] is [_rel offering] [_ARG1 *-1 to pay off bondholders in cash only -- $ 260.5 million *U* -- and no equity] .
[_ARGM-PNC *-2 To ensure the loyalty of the business sector] , [_ARG0 Mr. Gorbachev] [_ARGM-MOD may] [_rel offer] [_ARG1 concessions and powers that *T*-1 will allow the business community to preserve its own interests , probably by * restricting competition] .
[_ARGM-DIS But] [_ARG0 it] [_ARGM-DIS also] [_rel offers] [_ARG1 opportunities] ; Americans are well poised *-1 to supply the weapons .
[_ARGM-DIS But] [_ARGM-TMP early on] , [_ARG0 IBM] [_rel offered] [_ARG1 its basic design] to [_ARG3-to anybody wanting * to copy it] .
[_ARG0 The government] [_rel offered] [_ARG1 a reward for the return of the antiquities] , but routine police work led to the recovery .
[_ARG1 Mr. Trotter 's fake Haberle] was [_rel offered] *-1 at [_ARG2-at a bargain price of $ 25,000 *U*] [_ARGM-MNR with a phony story that it belonged to his wife 's late aunt in New Canaan , Conn] .
Separately , Ford said 0 [_ARG0 it] [_ARGM-MOD will] [_rel offer] [_ARG1 $ 750 *U* cash rebates] to [_ARG3-to buyers of its 1990-model Ford Bronco sport utility vehicle] .
It said 0 [_ARG0 it] [_ARGM-MOD will] [_ARGM-DIS also] [_rel offer] [_ARG3 buyers] [_ARG1 the option of financing as low as 6.9 % on 24-month loans] .
[_ARG0 Ford] [_ARGM-DIS also] [_rel offered] [_ARG1 the low financing rate option] on 1989-model Broncos , which *T*-1 previously carried a $ 750 *U* cash discount .
The average of interbank [_rel offered] [_ARG1 rates] for dollar deposits in the London market based * on quotations at five major banks .
FEDERAL FUNDS : 8 3\/4 % high , 8 11\/16 % low , 8 3\/4 % near closing bid , [_ARG1 8 3\/4 %] [_rel offered] * .
The major question , said 0 *T*-2 one holder who *T*-1 asked *-3 not to be named *-4 , is whether [_ARG0 New York investor Bennett S. LeBow , whose Brooke Partners *T*-5 controls Western Union ,] is willing *-6 to [_rel offer] [_ARG1 a large enough equity stake * to entice bondholders into *-7 agreeing to a new swap] .
[_ARG0 Western Union] had [_rel offered] [_ARG1 *-1 to swap each $ 1,000 *U* face amount of the notes for six shares of common stock and two new debt issues : a $ 500 *U* note paying an interest rate starting at 16.75 % annually and rising in later years , due in 1992 , and a $ 500 *U* note , due in 1997 , paying a fixed rate of 17 % and including rights protecting a holder against a decline in the trading price of the bond] .
[_ARG1 It] is backed *-1 by Government National Mortgage Association 9 1\/2 % securities with a weighted average remaining term to maturity of 29 years and being [_rel offered] *-1 at [_ARG2-at market prices] .
[_ARG0 Paribas] currently intends *-2 to [_rel offer] [_ARG2 1,850 francs a share] for [_ARG1-for Navigation Mixte shares that *T*-1 receive full dividends this year] .
[_ARG0 It] is *-2 to [_rel offer] [_ARG2 1,800 francs] for [_ARG1-for shares created * on July 1 , which *T*-1 receive partial dividends] .
[_ARGM-DIS Alternatively] , [_ARG0 it] [_ARGM-MOD would] [_rel offer] [_ARG1 *-1 to swap three Paribas shares for one Navigation Mixte share] .
The bid created such a furor that Fujitsu said 0 [_ARG0 it] is [_ARGM-TMP now] [_rel offering] [_ARG1 *-1 to withdraw from the project] .
[_ARG0 Georgia-Pacific Corp.] [_rel offered] [_ARG1 *-1 to acquire Great Northern Nekoosa Corp. for $ 58 *U* a share , or about $ 3.18 billion *U*] .
`` [_ARG0 Insurance companies] [_ARGM-MOD will] [_rel offer] [_ARG1 a good rate] [_ARGM-ADV if no one is sick] , but it 's a roll of the dice , '' says Rosemary Heinhold of the Small Business Service Bureau , a group representing 35,000 small businesses nationwide .
[_ARG0 China 's land and labor] [_rel offer] [_ARG1 inexpensive alternatives to local industry] .
Though [_ARG1 the trading halts] are [_rel offered] *-1 [_ARGM-PNC as a sign of concern about recent stock market volatility] , most Wall Street firms remain open *-2 to handle program trading for customers .
[_ARG3 All 700 Toronto-based employees] [_ARGM-MOD will] be [_rel offered] *-1 [_ARG1 positions in Calgary] , the company said 0 *T*-2 .
Thus , Brooks Brothers has lost customers to [_ARG0 stores] that *T*-1 [_rel offer] [_ARG1 more variety] such as Paul Stuart , Barneys New York and Louis , Boston .
[_ARGM-DIS But] [_ARG0 it] [_ARGM-TMP now] [_rel offers] [_ARG1 more two-button versions and suits with a tapered fit] .
[_ARG0 Institut Merieux S.A.] , which *T*-1 [_rel offered] [_ARG2 942 million Canadian dollars -LRB- US$ 801.2 million *U* -RRB- , or C$ 37 *U* a share] for [_ARG1-for Connaught] , said 0 it would extend its bid , due * to expire last Thursday , to Nov. 6 .
The Canadian government previously said 0 [_ARG0 Merieux 's bid] did [_ARGM-NEG n't] [_rel offer] [_ARG1 enough `` net benefit ''] to [_ARG3-to Canada] [_ARGM-PNC *-2 to be approved *-1] , and gave Merieux an until mid-November *-3 to submit additional information .
[_ARG0 The program , which *T*-1 runs through Jan. 4 ,] [_ARGM-DIS also] [_rel offers] [_ARG1 low-rate financing] [_ARGM-ADV in lieu of the cash rebate] .
[_ARG0 We] had been soliciting opinions on it long before Mr. Lawson 's resignation , and [_rel offer] [_ARG1 some of the collection] for [_ARG3-for the benefit of his successor and one-time deputy , John Major] .
Home is an estate with green meadows opening onto Lake Geneva and [_ARG0 a low-slung house] whose rooms *T*-1 overlook the water and [_rel offer] [_ARG1 a view of the French Alps] .
The officials also said 0 [_ARG0 the meeting] agreed *-1 to continue *-2 treating China as a special case , despite the recent repression of dissent there , but to [_rel offer] [_ARG1 no further concessions] .
*-1 Noting that [_ARG0 the company] is [_rel offering] [_ARG1 *-2 to buy back $ 154.2 million *U* in senior notes paying 12 3\/4 %] , he said 0 the response will help *-3 determine future debt-reduction efforts .
[_ARGM-TMP Shortly after that] , [_ARG0 Sony] [_ARGM-MOD would] offer *-1 to buy Guber-Peters Entertainment Co. for $ 200 million *U* and [_rel offer] [_ARG3 its co-chairmen , Peter Guber and Jon Peters ,] [_ARG1 the chance * to run Columbia] .
[_ARGM-TMP Shortly after that] , [_ARG0 Sony] [_ARGM-MOD would] [_rel offer] [_ARG1 *-1 to buy Guber-Peters Entertainment Co. for $ 200 million *U*] and offer its co-chairmen , Peter Guber and Jon Peters , the chance * to run Columbia .
[_ARG0 McCaw , which *T*-1 dropped 2 1\/2 to 37 3\/4 ,] has [_rel offered] [_ARG2 $ 125 *U* a share] for [_ARG1-for a majority of LIN 's shares] .
'' [_ARG0 Minority Leader Dole] plans *-2 to [_rel offer] [_ARG1 a resolution] [_ARGM-TMP tomorrow] *-3 denouncing the Nicaraguan president , whose remarks *T*-1 came during a celebration in Costa Rica marking regional moves to democracy .
P&G , in fact , is noted *-1 for *-3 gaining market leadership by *-4 introducing [_ARG0 products] that *T*-2 [_rel offer] [_ARG1 a technical edge over the competition] .
LONDON INTERBANK [_rel OFFERED] [_ARG1 RATES] -LRB- LIBOR -RRB- : 8 11\/16 % one month ; 8 11\/16 % three months ; 8 7\/16 % six months ; 8 3\/8 % one year .
The average of interbank [_rel offered] [_ARG1 rates] for dollar deposits in the London market based on quotations at five major banks .
FEDERAL FUNDS : 8 3\/4 % high , 8 11\/16 % low , 8 5\/8 % near closing bid , [_ARG1 8 11\/16 %] [_rel offered] * .
With 700 branches in Spain and 12 banking subsidiaries , five branches and 12 representative offices abroad , [_ARG0 the Banco Exterior group] has [_ARG1 a lot] 0 * to [_rel offer] [_ARG3 a potential suitor] *T*-1 .
[_ARGM-DIS Also] , [_ARG3 debt holders] [_ARGM-MOD would] be [_rel offered] *-2 [_ARG1 an equity position in Leaseway , which in total *T*-3 would represent a controlling interest in the company] .
He said 0 Gulf Canada will likely report an extraordinary gain from the sale in the fourth quarter , but [_ARG0 he] [_ARGM-MOD would] [_ARGM-NEG n't] [_rel offer] [_ARG1 a specific estimate] .
But while analysts say that [_ARG0 municipal bonds] [_ARGM-TMP still] [_rel offer] [_ARG1 good value] , you would n't know it by the way 0 institutional investors are rushing *-1 to dump their holdings *T*-2 .
[_ARG0 LIN Broadcasting and BellSouth] sweetened their plan * to merge cellular phone operations , *-1 [_rel offering] [_ARG3 LIN holders] [_ARG1 a special $ 42-a-share *U* payout] .
Subscribers also get the Classroom Channel , which *T*-1 will feature ad-free educational programming similar to some public-TV shows , and [_ARG0 the Educator 's Channel] , which *T*-2 [_ARGM-MOD will] [_rel offer] [_ARG1 instructional programming for teachers and school administrators] and will be supported *-3 by advertising .
[_ARG1 The Educational Network , as Mr. Whittle has named the three programs ,] has been [_rel offered] *-1 to [_ARG3-to 1,290 school districts] and Whittle continues *-2 to negotiate with 919 districts .
[_ARG0 A frozen mountaintop in Tibet] [_ARGM-MOD may] [_rel offer] [_ARG1 an important clue about whether the Earth is warming perilously] .
On Wednesday , [_ARG0 Mobil] will begin *-1 [_rel offering] [_ARG1 separation packages and voluntary retirement] in its U.S. production operation .
* Wanted *-2 : [_ARG0 An investment] that *T*-1 's as simple and secure as a certificate of deposit but [_rel offers] [_ARG1 a return worth * getting excited about *?*] .
[_ARG0 Bond mutual funds] [_rel offer] [_ARG1 diversification] and are easy 0 * to buy and sell *T*-1 .
[_ARGM-DIS For instance] , [_ARG0 a CD-type annuity from North American Co. for Life & Health Insurance , Chicago ,] [_rel offers] [_ARG1 8.8 % interest] [_ARGM-TMP for one year] or a 9 % rate for two years .
[_ARGM-DIS For instance] , [_ARG0 a CD-type annuity from North American Co. for Life & Health Insurance , Chicago ,] [_rel offers] 8.8 % interest for one year or [_ARG1 a 9 % rate] [_ARGM-TMP for two years] .
[_ARGM-MNR With average maturities of a month or so] , [_ARG0 money funds] [_rel offer] [_ARG1 fixed share prices and floating returns that *T*-1 track market interest rates , with a slight lag] .
That 's because [_ARG0 top-yielding funds] [_ARGM-TMP currently] [_rel offer] [_ARG1 yields almost 1 1\/2 percentage points above the average CD yield] .
[_ARG0 The company] went public earlier this month , *-1 [_rel offering] [_ARG1 1,745,000 shares of common stock] at [_ARG2-at $ 15 *U* a share] .
Federal National Mortgage Association -- [_ARG1 $ 500 million *U* of Remic mortgage securities] being [_rel offered] * [_ARGM-MNR in 12 classes] by [_ARG0-by Shearson Lehman Hutton Inc] .
World Bank -LRB- agency -RRB- -- # 100 million *U* of [_ARG1 10 7\/8 % bonds] due Aug. 15 , 1994 , [_rel offered] at [_ARG2-at 96.95] [_ARGM-PNC * to yield 11.71 %] , [_ARGM-DIR via Baring Brothers & Co] .
[_ARG0 The World Bank] [_ARGM-ADV also] [_rel offered] [_ARG1 100 million Swiss francs of 6 % bonds due Nov. 16 , 1999 , priced at 101 1\/4 * to yield 5.83 % via Credit Suisse] .
OPEC Secretary-General Subroto explains : [_ARG0 Consumers] [_rel offer] [_ARG1 security of markets] , [_ARGM-ADV while OPEC provides security of supply] .
[_ARG0 Accepted theories of asset pricing] [_rel offer] [_ARG1 a perfectly legitimate explanation] .
[_ARG0 The airlines] presented it as * [_rel offering] [_ARG3 consumers] [_ARG1 more choice and better flight connections] .
He often groans , he says 0 *T*-3 , at the `` clutter '' of sports stories about drugs , alcohol , gambling and some player 's lament `` about [_ARG2 the miserly millions] 0 [_ARG3 he] is [_rel offered] *-1 *T*-2 [_ARG1 *-1 to play the game] . ''
I can attest that [_ARG3 a recent Colombian visitor to the U.S.] was [_rel offered] *-1 [_ARG1 drugs] [_ARGM-TMP three times] [_ARGM-LOC in the few blocks ' walk between Grand Central Terminal and the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in midtown Manhattan] .
`` The thing about the Dinkins candidacy is that [_ARG0 it] [_rel offers] [_ARG1 hope] to [_ARG3-to a broad range of people] , '' says *T*-1 Meyer Frucher , a real-estate executive and former aide to Gov. Mario Cuomo .
The Federal Communications Commission allowed [_ARG0 American Telephone & Telegraph Co.] to continue *-1 [_rel offering] [_ARG1 discount phone services for large-business customers] and said 0 it would soon re-examine its regulation of the long-distance market .
The agency said that because MCI 's offer had expired [_ARG0 AT&T] could n't continue *-1 to [_rel offer] [_ARG1 its discount plan] .
Indeed , Joe Nacchio , AT&T 's vice president for business-communications services , said 0 [_ARG0 AT&T] [_rel offered] [_ARG1 a similar Tariff 15 discount] to [_ARG3-to Resort Condominium International , of Indianapolis ,] [_ARGM-PNC *-1 to meet another MCI bid] .
By a 4-0 vote , it allowed [_ARG0 AT&T] to continue *-2 [_rel offering] [_ARG1 special discount packages *ICH*-1] to [_ARG3-to big customers] , called * Tariff 12 , *-3 rejecting appeals by AT&T competitors that the discounts were illegal .
AT&T gave a 5 % to 10 % discount to the Memphis , Tenn. , company that *T*-1 oversees Holiday Inns , in response to [_ARG1 a similar discount] [_rel offered] * to [_ARG3-to Holiday Corp.] by [_ARG0-by MCI Communications Corp] .
Parametric Technology Corp. , initial public offering of 1.7 million common shares , of which [_ARG1 1,365,226 *T*-3] [_ARGM-MOD will] be [_rel offered] *-1 by [_ARG0-by the company] and 334,774 *T*-3 will be offered *-2 by holders , via Alex . Brown & Sons Inc. , Hambrecht & Quist Inc. and Wessels , Arnold & Henderson .
Parametric Technology Corp. , initial public offering of 1.7 million common shares , of which 1,365,226 *T*-3 will be offered *-1 by the company and [_ARG1 334,774 *T*-3] [_ARGM-MOD will] be [_rel offered] *-2 by [_ARG0-by holders] , via Alex . Brown & Sons Inc. , Hambrecht & Quist Inc. and Wessels , Arnold & Henderson .
Congress 's ham-handed treatment of the existing structure of junk-bond holdings reminds us of a story in the Journal earlier this year about the Baby Bell companies ' desire * to have the court-ordered bans *ICH*-2 lifted *-1 on [_ARG0 *] [_rel offering] [_ARG1 information services] .
[_ARG0 The former Wall Street executive] refused *-2 to [_rel offer] [_ARG1 an opinion on the controversy surrounding program trading , which *T*-1 has recently become a larger part of the trading in the market and has been blamed *-3 for * accelerating the drop two weeks ago] .
[_ARGM-DIS In fact] , [_ARG0 several London markets] [_ARGM-TMP already] [_rel offer] [_ARG1 lower costs for trading in the same or very similar contracts] .
In one sense , this limits him ; [_ARGM-ADV unlike a writer such as Gabriel Garcia Marquez , who *T*-2 has a distinctive Latin voice] , [_ARG0 Mr. Mahfouz 's style] [_rel offers] [_ARG1 little that *T*-3 can be labeled *-1 `` Egyptian] . ''
[_ARG0 Three novels , `` The Beginning and the End '' -LRB- 412 pages , $ 19.95 *U* -RRB- , `` The Thief and the Dogs '' -LRB- 158 pages , $ 16.95 *U* -RRB- , and `` Wedding Song '' -LRB- 174 pages , $ 16.95 *U* -RRB- , recently published * by Doubleday] [_rel offer] [_ARG1 an uneven sample of the 77-year-old Mr. Mahfouz 's talent] .
General Motors Corp. 's Chevrolet division said 0 [_ARG0 it] is [_rel offering] [_ARG1 $ 750 *U* cash incentives on all 1990 models of its full-size Blazer and Suburban truck lines] .
[_ARGM-ADV Although Mr. Morishita says little about his business] , [_ARG0 he] [_rel offers] [_ARG1 one rule to success : * Never gamble too far] .
Paribas says 0 [_ARG0 it] [_ARGM-MOD will] [_rel offer] 1,850 francs -LRB- $ 296.95 *U* -RRB- each for Navigation Mixte shares that *T*-1 enjoy full dividend rights , and [_ARG2 1,800 francs each] for [_ARG1-for a block of shares issued * July 1 , which *T*-4 will receive only partial dividends this year] .
Alternatively , [_ARG0 it] is *-1 to [_rel offer] [_ARG1 three Paribas shares] for [_ARG2-for one Navigation Mixte share] .
[_ARG1 Each note] is being [_rel offered] *-1 at [_ARG2-at $ 308.32 *U* per $ 1,000 *U* principal amount at maturity] , [_ARGM-ADV * representing an 8 % yield to maturity] .
[_ARG0 Sen. Packwood] has [_rel offered] [_ARG1 his capital-gains-cut package] [_ARGM-MNR as an amendment to a bill , now pending in the Senate , that *T*-1 would authorize aid to Poland and Hungary] .
[_ARGM-TMP When all else fails *T*-1] , [_ARG0 Gucci Gulch -- the fabled halls of the Capitol inhabited * by lobbyists and their imported shoes --] [_rel offers] [_ARG1 a welcome environment for fallen officials] .
[_ARG0 Raymond Donovan , the New Jersey construction executive who *T*-1 was forced *-2 to resign as labor secretary and indicted *-2 in 1985 , only *-2 to be acquitted *-3 of fraud charges ,] often calls other scandal-tossed public figures *-4 to [_rel offer] [_ARG1 a sympathetic ear] .
[_ARG0 Explonaft] [_ARGM-MOD will] develop application guidelines for lubricants , sell high-quality mineral oils , and [_rel offer] [_ARG1 services in industrial cleaning and related fields] .
[_ARG3 Western tourists in the Soviet Union who *T*-2 could exchange a dollar -- albeit illegally -- for about four rubles a year ago] are [_ARGM-TMP now] being [_rel offered] *-1 [_ARG1 15 rubles or more] .
The occasional media witch hunt about some politician 's private peccadilloes notwithstanding , the general inclination is [_ARG0 *] to [_rel offer] [_ARG1 a version of the old refrain , `` Who am I *T*-1 *-2 to judge] ? ''
The board said 0 [_ARG0 Mr. Drabinsky and Vice Chairman Myron Gottlieb] are negotiating financing before *-1 [_rel offering] [_ARG2 C$ 16.40 *U* a share] [_ARG1 *-2 to acquire all of Cineplex 's shares outstanding] .
An investment company said 0 [_ARG0 it] [_rel offered] [_ARG1 *-1 to acquire Arby 's Inc. , the fast-food operator , for $ 205 million *U*] .
[_ARG0 United Illuminating 's plan] , [_ARGM-DIS however] , [_rel offers] [_ARG1 more for unsecured creditors] .
What *T*-1 's more , [_ARG0 the coming months] [_ARGM-ADV likely] [_ARGM-MOD will] [_rel offer] him [_ARG1 the opportunity * to obtain his own majority on the five-member commission] , [_ARGM-ADV * enabling him to avoid the dissension that *T*-2 frustrated his predecessor] .
A Mint official says 0 [_ARG0 the agency] [_rel offered] [_ARG1 *-1 to clean the coins for its `` bare-bones '' cost of $ 17,000 *U* plus certain other expenses] .
The average of interbank [_rel offered] [_ARG1 rates] for dollar deposits in the London market based * on quotations at five major banks .
FEDERAL FUNDS : 8 3\/4 % high , 8 11\/16 % low , 8 3\/4 % near closing bid , [_ARG1 8 13\/16 %] [_rel offered] * .
[_ARG0 Mr. Breeden] [_rel offered] [_ARG1 strong support for two other provisions in the bill] .
Their tone was good-natured , with Mr. Packwood saying 0 [_ARG0 he] intended *-1 to [_rel offer] [_ARG1 the proposal] [_ARGM-TMP again and again] [_ARGM-LOC on future legislation] and Sen. Mitchell saying 0 he intended *-2 to use procedural means *-3 to block it again and again .
[_ARG0 Casinos] [_ARGM-TMP today] [_rel offer] [_ARG1 bowling alleys , water parks , golf courses , tennis courts , lush swimming pools and other diversions] , and more such facilities are being designed *-1 .
[_ARGM-MNR Through investment banker Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc.] , [_ARG0 SCI TV] is [_rel offering] [_ARG1 *-1 to exchange three classes of junk bonds for packages of new bonds and equity that investors value *T*-2 at ranges from 20 cents to 70 cents on the dollar] .
[_ARGM-ADV Instead of Japan 's typical small homes clustered * on narrow streets with no sidewalks] , [_ARG0 the new `` One Hundred Hills '' development] [_ARGM-MOD will] [_rel offer] [_ARG1 65 houses on half-acre lots] .
Market participants hope 0 [_ARG0 today 's GNP report] [_ARGM-MOD will] [_rel offer] [_ARG1 more substantial evidence on U.S. economic growth] , although analysts are quick *-1 to point out that the figures may overstate the economy 's vigor .
[_ARGM-TMP Over the summer] , [_ARG0 Anheuser competitors] [_rel offered] [_ARG1 more and deeper discounts than industry observers have seen *?* for a long time] .
[_ARG0 The company] [_rel offered] [_ARG1 *-2 to purchase $ 500 million *U* of convertible preferred stock from the trust that *T*-1 handles its payments to asbestos victims] .
[_ARG0 Esselte AB of Sweden] [_rel offered] [_ARG2 $ 43.50 *U* a share] for [_ARG1-for the 22 % of the company 0 it does n't already own *T*-1] .
Still , all this comes nearly a year and a half after [_ARG0 Philip Pizzo of the National Cancer Institute] [_rel offered] [_ARG1 evidence that AZT could reverse the ravages of AIDS dementia , *-1 sometimes prompting dramatic recovery of IQ levels and reappearance of lost motor skills] .
[_ARG0 Baker] [_rel offered] [_ARG1 *-1 to review Israel 's `` suggested changes '' to his proposal for direct Israeli-Palestinian talks] .
A major Tokyo newspaper reported that [_ARG0 a Japanese department store concern] is planning *-1 to [_rel offer] [_ARG2 about $ 1.3 billion *U*] [_ARG1 *-2 to buy Bloomingdale 's] .
The new letter purports *-2 to do this , *-2 saying that in addition to $ 7 *U* a share in cash , [_ARG0 StatesWest] [_ARGM-MOD would] [_rel offer] [_ARG1 one share of new 6 % convertible preferred stock of StatesWest 0 it values *T*-1 at $ 3 *U* a share] .
[_ARG0 The Counter Spy Shop in Washington , D.C.] , [_ARGM-DIS for instance] , [_rel offers] [_ARG1 the `` Secret Connection '' attache case , which *T*-1 can surreptitiously record conversations for nine hours at a stretch] .
`` Sears is likely *-1 to be unsuccessful if it continues with its pricing policy [_ARGM-TMP when] [_ARG0 everyone else] is [_rel offering] [_ARG1 unusual values] *T*-2 . ''
The company is highlighting more special deals in its advertising and stores , and [_ARG0 it] 's [_rel offering] [_ARG1 *-1 to defer finance charges on certain big-ticket items] .
In a new TV ad , for instance , a woman going through the Sunday newspaper brands as hype claims by other stores that [_ARG0 they] are [_rel offering] [_ARG1 goods] for `` [_ARG2-for 50 % , 60 % and 70 % off] .
LONDON INTERBANK [_rel OFFERED] [_ARG1 RATES] -LRB- LIBOR -RRB- : 8 11\/16 % one month ; 8 11\/16 % three months ; 8 1\/2 % six months ; 8 1\/2 % one year .
The average of interbank [_rel offered] [_ARG1 rates] for dollar deposits in the London market based on quotations at five major banks .
FEDERAL FUNDS : 8 3\/4 % high , 8 5\/8 % low , 8 11\/16 % near closing bid * , [_ARG1 8 11\/16 %] [_rel offered] * .
[_ARG0 Notice 89-107] [_rel offers] [_ARG1 added relief for hurricane-hit concerns that *T*-108 must file pension and benefit-plan returns] .
Manville Corp. said 0 [_ARG0 it] [_rel offered] [_ARG1 *-1 to buy $ 500 million *U* of its convertible preferred stock from the Manville Personal Injury Settlement Trust] [_ARGM-ADV in a move that *T*-2 would improve the trust 's liquidity and reduce the potential number of Manville shares outstanding] .
[_ARGM-DIS For example] , [_ARG0 disaster loans , which *T*-1 will go to small businesses and homeowners ,] [_rel offer] [_ARG1 credit as low as 4 %] [_ARGM-LOC in some cases] .
[_ARG3 Some] [_ARGM-MOD will] [_ARGM-ADV likely] be [_rel offered] *-1 [_ARG1 severance packages] [_ARGM-ADV while others will be transferred *-2 to overseas operations] .
[_ARGM-TMP Once she did so] , [_ARG0 the big-souled German maestro with the shaky nerves who *T*-1 so often cancels] [_rel offered] [_ARG1 a limpid , flowing performance that in its unswagged and unswaggering approach *T*-2 was totally at odds with the staging] .
Baltimore Gas & Electric Co. -- [_ARG1 $ 100 million *U* of first and refunding mortgage bonds] , due Oct. 15 , 1999 , through Shearson Lehman Hutton Inc. , [_rel offered] * at [_ARG2-at par] [_ARGM-PNC *-1 to yield 8.40 %] .
[_ARGM-TMP On July 18 , 1974] , [_ARG0 International Nickle of Canada -- advised * by Morgan --] [_rel offered] [_ARG2 $ 28 *U* a share , equal to $ 157 million *U* ,] for [_ARG1-for ESB , a Philadelphia battery maker] .
ESB spurned Inco and within five days ESB had a `` white knight '' as [_ARG0 United Aircraft -- headed * by Harry Gray , a shrewdly friendly acquirer of companies --] [_rel offered] [_ARG2 $ 34 *U* a share] .
The brokerage firms , which *T*-1 negotiate rates with the banks and thrifts whose CDs they sell *T*-2 , generally feel 0 [_ARG0 they] have *-3 to [_rel offer] [_ARG3 clients] [_ARG1 more than they can get *?* on T-bills or from banks and thrifts directly] .
[_ARG0 Katherine Voss , a veteran trainer at the Laurel , Md. , track ,] [_rel offers] [_ARG3 neophytes] [_ARG1 a sobering tour of a horse barn] , [_ARGM-ADV *-1 noting that only three of about a dozen horses have won sizable purses] .
Just last week , for example , [_ARG0 Trans World Airlines and Pan Am Corp. 's Pan American World Airways] went so far as *-1 to [_rel offer] [_ARG1 cash rebates or gift checks of $ 200 to $ 1,000 *U*] to [_ARG3-to certain frequent-flier members making trans-Atlantic flights in business class or first class] .
[_ARG0 The association spokesman] said 0 bus production has declined since January , but [_ARGM-MOD could] [_ARGM-NEG n't] [_rel offer] [_ARG1 an explanation] for the fall .
People who *T*-1 have seen SCI TV 's restructuring plan say 0 [_ARG0 it] [_rel offers] [_ARG1 concessions by KKR and Gillett Corp] .
CONTROL DATA Corp. said 0 [_ARG0 it] is [_rel offering] [_ARG1 *-3 to purchase the $ 154.2 million *U* amount of its 12 3\/4 % senior notes due June 15 , 1991 *ICH*-2 , at par , plus accrued *ICH*-1 interest to the Dec. 8 purchase date] .
The initial [_ARG1 bond] [_rel offering] by [_ARG0-by the new government agency , which *T*-1 was created *-2 * to help rescue the nation 's troubled thrifts ,] is n't expected *-3 to see robust demand .
[_ARG0 Exxon Capital , long-rumored * to be a potential debt issuer ,] [_rel offered] [_ARG1 $ 200 million *U* of 10-year notes priced * *-2 to yield 8.31 %] .
In its first day of when-issued trading here , Euro Disney soared like Dumbo *-1 to close at 814 pence -LRB- $ 13.05 *U* -RRB- , up 15 % from its 707-pence [_rel offering] [_ARG1 price] .
Ford did n't say [_ARG2 how much] [_ARG0 it] [_ARGM-MOD might] [_rel offer] *T*-1 for [_ARG1-for Jaguar] , or when .
Chemical Waste Management Inc. , proposed global offering of 8,500,000 shares of common stock , of which [_ARG1 seven million of the shares] [_ARGM-MOD will] be [_rel offered] *-1 [_ARGM-LOC in the U.S.] and 1,500,000 shares *T*-3 will be offered *-2 overseas , via Merrill Lynch Capital Markets -LRB- domestic -RRB- and Kidder , Peabody & Co . -LRB- international -RRB- .
Chemical Waste Management Inc. , proposed global offering of 8,500,000 shares of common stock , of which seven million of the shares will be offered *-1 in the U.S. and [_ARG1 1,500,000 shares] *T*-3 [_ARGM-MOD will] be [_rel offered] *-2 [_ARGM-LOC overseas] , via Merrill Lynch Capital Markets -LRB- domestic -RRB- and Kidder , Peabody & Co . -LRB- international -RRB- .
A De Beers spokesman said yesterday 0 [_ARG0 the company] had [_rel offered] [_ARG1 *-1 to increase the minimum wage by 18 % , while the union was demanding 26.6 %] .
[_ARGM-TMP Before the two parties resumed talks last week] , [_ARG0 De Beers] [_rel offered] [_ARG2 17 %] and the union wanted 37.6 % .
Most recently , [_ARG0 the Bank Group] has been expanded *-2 to include the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency * to stimulate direct foreign investment in developing countries by * [_rel offering] [_ARG1 guarantees against noncommercial risk and advice *ICH*-1] to [_ARG3-to member countries] on how * to improve their business climate *T*-3 .
[_ARG0 Meredith Corp.] is launching a new service 0 *T*-1 to [_rel offer] [_ARG3 advertisers] [_ARG1 package deals combining its book , magazine and videocassette products] .
Time Warner Inc. recently formed [_ARG0 a `` synergy department ''] 0 *T*-2 to seek out ways 0 * to [_rel offer] [_ARG3 advertisers] [_ARG1 packages that *T*-1 could combine Time 's magazines with Warner products such as videocassettes] *T*-3 .
The Des Moines-based publisher said 0 it created [_ARG0 a new Custom Marketing Group] that *T*-1 [_ARGM-MOD will] [_rel offer] [_ARG3 advertisers] [_ARG1 special rates for combination packages in its magazines , such as Ladies Home Journal and Better Homes and Gardens] .
[_ARG0 The New York Times Co. 's Magazine Group] earlier this year began *-1 [_rel offering] [_ARG3 advertisers] [_ARG1 extensive merchandising services built * around * buying ad pages in its Golf Digest magazine] .
[_ARG0 A few attorneys] [_rel offer] [_ARG1 horror stories of jobs botched * by consultants or of overpriced services -- as when one lawyer paid a consultant -LRB- not at Litigation Sciences -RRB- $ 70,000 *U* *-1 to interview a jury after a big trial and later read more informative interviews with the same jurors in The American Lawyer magazine] .
In addition , [_ARG0 the company] has made it tough on competitors by *-1 [_rel offering] [_ARG1 a stream of desktop computers] at [_ARG2-at sharply lower prices] .
A year ago , Silicon Graphics introduced a model priced * at $ 15,000 *U* -- almost as cheap as [_ARG0 mainstream workstations] that *T*-1 do [_ARGM-NEG n't] [_rel offer] [_ARG1 special graphics features] .
`` [_ARG0 No other -LCB- computer -RCB- vendor] [_rel offers] [_ARG1 graphics performance that good] for [_ARG2-for their price] . ''
[_ARG0 Pacific Gas & Electric Co.] is [_rel offering] [_ARG3 its 6,000 San Francisco employees] [_ARG1 a two-tier flextime schedule -- either 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. or 10 a.m. to 6 p.m] .
[_ARGM-DIS And] [_ARGM-TMP in the second game , with Mr. Kasparov advancing ferociously as white ,] [_ARG0 D.T.] [_rel offered] [_ARG1 feeble resistance] and lost even faster .
In May 1986 , Dr. Blumenfeld gave Merrill Lynch & Co. about $ 40,000 *U* for [_ARG0 a federally insured certificate of deposit] [_rel offering] [_ARG1 an effective yield of more than 9 %] .
Officials in some of these states say 0 they do n't want *-1 to simply accept [_ARG1 the settlements] [_rel offered] * by [_ARG0-by Drexel] .
[_ARG0 Bigger rivals , such as Aetna and Allianz] , [_ARGM-ADV *-1 backed * by armies of statisticians using computers in hundreds of branches] , operate more efficiently and [_ARGM-TMP often] [_ARGM-MOD can] [_rel offer] [_ARG1 lower rates] , brokers say 0 *T*-2 .
[_ARGM-ADV Separately] , [_ARG1 a $ 400 million *U* issue of Fannie Mae Remic mortgage securities] is being [_rel offered] *-1 [_ARGM-MNR in 15 classes] by [_ARG0-by Bear , Stearns & Co] .
[_ARGM-DIS Finally] , [_ARG1 a $ 300 million *U* issue of Fannie Mae Remic mortgage securities] is being [_rel offered] *-1 [_ARGM-MNR in 12 classes] by [_ARG0-by Smith Barney , Harris Upham & Co] .
But Mr. Roman flatly denied the speculation , *-1 saying 0 [_ARG0 Mr. Sorrell] had tried several times *-2 to persuade him *-3 to stay , *-2 [_rel offering] [_ARG1 various incentives] and in one instance sending a note with a case of wine -LRB- The wine , naturally , was Seagram 's brand , an Ogilvy client -RRB- .
Although [_ARG1 it] [_ARGM-TMP ultimately] was [_ARGM-NEG n't] [_rel offered] *-1 to [_ARG3-to him] , he will be on retainer to American Express as an adviser on international matters .
Paribas said that once it receives the go-ahead from French stock market authorities , [_ARG0 it] [_ARGM-MOD will] [_rel offer] [_ARG1 *-1 to boost its Navigation Mixte stake to 66.7 % from the current 18.7 %] .
Alternatively , it said 0 [_ARG0 it] [_ARGM-MOD would] [_rel offer] [_ARG1 three Paribas shares , themselves eligible for dividends as of next Jan. 1 ,] for [_ARG2-for one Navigation Mixte share] .
[_ARG0 The company] [_rel offered] [_ARG1 securities backed * by automobile loans] [_ARGM-MNR through an underwriting group headed * by First Boston Corp] .
[_ARG1 The issue] was [_rel offered] *-1 [_ARGM-MNR at a yield nearly one percentage point above the yield on two-year Treasurys] .
In light of the recent skittishness in the high-yield market , junk bond analysts and traders expect other high-yield deals to be sweetened or restructured *-2 before [_ARG1 they] are [_rel offered] *-1 to [_ARG3-to investors] .
The Federal National Mortgage Association offered $ 1.2 billion *U* of Remic securities in three issues , and [_ARG0 the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.] [_rel offered] [_ARG1 a $ 250 million *U* Remic backed * by 9 % 15-year securities] .
[_ARG0 The Federal National Mortgage Association] [_rel offered] [_ARG1 $ 1.2 billion *U* of Remic securities] [_ARGM-MNR in three issues] , and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. offered a $ 250 million *U* Remic backed * by 9 % 15-year securities .
FEDERAL FUNDS : 8 3\/4 % high , 8 11\/16 % low , 8 11\/16 % near closing bid , [_ARG1 8 3\/4 %] [_rel offered] * .
[_ARGM-TMP When] [_ARG0 Mr. Fazio] [_rel offered] [_ARG1 the California-backed $ 3.84 billion *U* plan] *T*-2 , Mr. Whitten insisted that the full 14 pages be read *-1 aloud by the panel 's clerk * to underscore the range of legislative changes also sought * by the delegation .
LDI Corp. , Cleveland , said 0 [_ARG0 it] [_ARGM-MOD will] [_rel offer] [_ARG1 $ 50 million *U* in commercial paper backed * by lease-rental receivables] .
[_ARG0 Iran 's President Rafsanjani] [_rel offered] [_ARG1 *-1 to help *-2 gain freedom for Western hostages in Lebanon] , but said 0 the assistance was contingent on U.S. aid in * resolving the cases of three Iranians kidnapped * in Lebanon in 1982 or the release of frozen Iranian assets .
[_ARG1 It] was [_rel offered] *-1 [_ARGM-MNR as an expression of cooperation] to [_ARG3-to Mr. Gonzalez , who *T*-2 is investigating the $ 2.5 billion *U* failure of Lincoln Savings & Loan Association] .
Are the hats merely part of her new L.A. persona , along with the many ultra-thin Capri cigarettes 0 she smokes *T*-1 , the parties 0 she throws *T*-2 for 500 people , [_ARG1 the Chekovian feasts] 0 [_ARG0 she] [_rel offers] [_ARG3 guests] *T*-3 [_ARGM-LOC at her weekend place in Santa Barbara] ?
[_ARGM-LOC In life] , [_ARG0 she] [_rel offers] [_ARG1 practical dieting advice] : `` * Divide your meals into important and unimportant .
[_ARG0 Generali , Italy 's biggest insurer ,] [_ARGM-TMP last month] [_rel offered] [_ARG2 5,500 lire a share] for [_ARG1-for the Nuovo Banco stake held * by Banco Popolare di Milano , the bank 's largest shareholder , which *T*-1 announced plans * to sell the holdings earlier this year] .
In the name of civic pride and from the desire * to nullify a negative image , some city promoters seek *-1 to link their municipality with [_ARG1 the most recognizable names] 0 [_ARG0 the city] has *T*-2 *-3 to [_rel offer] .
[_ARG0 GM 's Pontiac division] is [_rel offering] [_ARG1 a turbo-charged V-6 engine] [_ARGM-LOC on its Grand Prix model] , [_ARGM-ADV even though it expects *-1 to sell only about 4,000 cars equipped * with that option] .
Consumers will be able *-2 to switch on their HDTV sets and get [_ARG1 all the viewing benefits] 0 [_ARG0 the high-tech medium] [_rel offers] *T*-1 .
The magazine alleged that in * making the donations , [_ARG0 the pachinko industry] [_ARGM-MOD may] have been [_rel offering] [_ARG1 bribes 0 *T*-1 to win support in the battle against prepaid cards] , or it may have been laundering money back and forth between the JSP and the North Korean residents ' organization , the Chosen Soren .
Matthew Lesko , something of a professional defender of government , thought 0 he had a sure-fire winner [_ARGM-TMP last summer] when [_ARG0 he] [_rel offered] [_ARG2 $ 5,000 *U*] for [_ARG1-for the best `` verifiable story of 250 words or less about how a government bureaucrat helped you *T*-2] *T*-1 . ''
[_ARGM-DIS And] [_ARGM-ADV in addition to the $ 5,000 *U*] , [_ARG0 he] has promised the winner a `` My Favorite Bureaucrat '' plaque and [_rel offered] [_ARG3 each of two runners-up] [_ARG1 $ 500 *U*] .
Individuals close to the Ford side of the negotiations said late last week that the No. 2 U.S. auto maker lost interest as it became clear that [_ARG0 the Swedish auto maker 's automotive operations] had [_ARG1 little] to [_rel offer] [_ARGM-ADV in the way of image or technology] .
[_ARG0 The suites] are air-conditioned , have wet bars and plush seating , and [_rel offer] [_ARG3 a clear view of the field] -- all for a sale price of $ 475,000 to $ 1 million *U* , depending on their size and location .
Moreover , analysts point out that Japanese banks have a reputation for *-2 doing deals that *T*-1 are n't extremely profitable if [_ARG0 they] [_rel offer] [_ARG1 the chance * to build market share , cement an important business relationship or curry favor with powerful bureaucrats] .
[_ARGM-ADV While Seita does n't own the French tabacs] , [_ARG0 its close alliance with them] [_rel offers] [_ARG1 distribution possibilities] .
[_ARGM-LOC Under a 1981 Missouri law] , [_ARG0 persons accused * of some crimes , including trespassing ,] [_ARGM-MOD may] [_rel offer] [_ARG1 a defense that their actions were justified `` as an emergency measure 0 *T*-1 to avoid an imminent public or private injury] . ''
The average of interbank [_rel offered] [_ARG1 rates] for dollar deposits in the London market based * on quotations at five major banks .
FEDERAL FUNDS : 8 3\/4 % high , 8 5\/8 % low , 8 11\/16 % near closing bid , [_ARG1 8 3\/4 %] [_rel offered] * .
[_ARG0 The Marina rescue center] [_rel offered] [_ARG1 a very San Franciscan response to the disaster] .
In addition to free massages , there was free counseling , phone calls and a free shuttle bus to [_ARG0 a health club] , which *T*-1 [_rel offered] up [_ARG1 its showers , saunas and hot tubs] .
[_ARG0 The cafeteria] [_rel offered] donated croissants and brie for breakfast , and [_ARGM-PNC for dinner] , [_ARG1 pasta salad and chocolate mousse torts along with the salmon] .
[_ARG0 The cafeteria] [_rel offered] [_ARG1 donated croissants and brie] [_ARGM-PNC for breakfast] , and for dinner , pasta salad and chocolate mousse torts along with the salmon .
[_ARG0 She and some friends] are considering *-1 [_rel offering] [_ARG3 earthquake victims] [_ARG1 free yoga classes and `` aroma therapy '' -- massages with scented oils] .
[_ARGM-TMP When he sneaked back later *-3 to try again *T*-1] , [_ARG0 a different policeman] [_rel offered] [_ARG1 *-2 to help him get the car out] .
[_ARGM-LOC On lampposts along Fillmore Street , a major Marina artery ,] [_ARG0 posters] were [_rel offering] [_ARG1 a $ 100 *U* reward for a cat lost * during the quake] .
Major regional and national chain stores are replaced *-1 by [_ARG0 mom-and-pop operations] [_rel offering] [_ARG1 poorer-quality merchandise] at [_ARG2-at higher prices] .
The equity kicker is not attached to the offering , but underwriters said 0 [_ARG1 it] [_ARGM-MOD will] be [_rel offered] *-1 [_ARGM-TMP after a filing for 68,548 common shares of CNW Holdings is declared * effective by the Securities & Exchange Commission] .
From its inception , Conner has targeted the market for battery-operated machines , *-3 building hard-disk drives that *T*-2 are smaller *RNR*-1 and use far less power *RNR*-1 than [_ARG1 those] [_rel offered] by [_ARG0-by competitors such as Seagate] .
Telelawyer is apparently [_ARG0 the only telephone service] that *T*-1 [_rel offers] [_ARG1 the telephone equivalent of an office visit] .
[_ARG0 The Red and White Fleet , which *T*-1 operates regular commuter ferry service to and from Marin County , and tourist tours of the bay ,] is [_rel offering] [_ARG3 East Bay commuters] [_ARG1 a chance * to ride the waves for the price of $ 10 *U* round-trip] .
[_ARG0 Underclass neighborhoods] [_rel offer] [_ARG1 relatively few employment opportunities] , [_ARGM-ADV * contributing to the poverty of local residents] .
He defeated the contentious Mr. Koch in the Democratic primary partly because [_ARG0 he] seemed *-1 to [_rel offer] [_ARG1 hope 0 he could heal the city 's racial and ethnic wounds] .
[_ARG0 McCaw] is [_rel offering] [_ARG1 *-2 to buy 22 million shares of LIN for $ 125 *U* each in cash , which *T*-1 would result in McCaw owning 50.3 % of the cellular-phone and broadcasting concern] .
[_ARG0 Bar associations and consultants] are [_rel offering] [_ARG1 more programs 0 * to teach associates all 0 they need *-2 to know *T*-1 about law but did n't learn *T*-1 in law school *T*-3] .
The Bloomfield Hills , Mich.-based real-estate holding company said 0 [_ARG0 it] [_ARGM-MOD will] [_rel offer] [_ARG1 the rights] at [_ARG2-at $ 8.75 *U* a share] to [_ARG3-to shareholders of record on Oct. 26] .
[_ARG0 Campbell-Mithun-Esty] , [_ARGM-DIS for example] , has had big problems at its New York office , but [_rel offers] [_ARG1 strong offices] [_ARGM-LOC in other areas of the country , including Minneapolis and Chicago] .
When a David Baltimore -- or the next target -- decides 0 it *EXP*-3 is better * to stand up to these forces *T*-2 , [_ARG0 his fellow scientists] would do well *-4 to recognize what *T*-1 is fundamentally at stake , and [_rel offer] [_ARG1 their public support] .
While *-1 welcoming [_ARG0 Nicholas McInnes 's Sept. 18 letter] [_rel offering] [_ARG1 corrections to your `` World-Wide Tax Revolution '' table] -LRB- editorial page , Aug. 29 -RRB- , I am surprised *-1 that he neglected other errors that *T*-2 , for some of us , strike close to home .
Eventually , the money funds ' success forced relaxation of curbs on bank interest rates 0 *T*-1 to allow [_ARG0 banks] to [_rel offer] [_ARG1 competing yields] .
[_ARG0 Manila] is [_rel offering] [_ARG1 several major assets] [_ARGM-TMP for the first time] and is trying *-1 to conclude sales already arranged * .
[_ARGM-TMP At the end of the month] , [_ARG0 the agency] [_ARGM-TMP again] [_ARGM-MOD will] [_rel offer] [_ARG1 the bank] .
[_ARG2 Not a peso] is [_rel offered] *-1 .
Mr. Garcia acknowledges the problem and says 0 the Asset Trust will study why the bidding failed *T*-1 and [_ARG1 what changes] [_ARG0 the agency] may be able *-2 to [_rel offer] *T*-3 .
[_ARGM-DIS For example] , [_ARG0 the group] [_ARGM-MOD could] [_rel offer] [_ARG2 $ 200 *U* a share in cash plus stock valued * at $ 30 *U* a share] .
[_ARG0 The company] [_rel offers] [_ARG1 more than 3,500 parts and supplies] [_ARGM-MNR directly] to [_ARG3-to microcomputer and minicomputer users] [_ARGM-MNR through catalog sales] .
[_ARG0 The meeting] [_rel offered] [_ARG1 stark evidence of a dramatic fall in scientific interest in cold fusion research] .
[_ARG0 The Journal] [_ARGM-DIS also] [_ARGM-MOD will] [_rel offer] [_ARG1 expanded volume and frequency discounts] .
`` Bargain hunters believe that [_ARG0 silver] [_rel offers] [_ARG1 the best value] [_ARGM-LOC amongst precious metals] , '' says *T*-1 Frederick R. Demler , analyst at Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc .
The situation was further aggravated *-1 early this month , when [_ARG0 McDonald 's] set plans * to heat up the discounting by *-3 [_rel offering] [_ARG1 coupons] *T*-2 .
[_ARG0 The chains] `` used *-1 to [_rel offer] [_ARG1 discounts] [_ARGM-TMP during winter when business was slow *T*-2] , but in the last year or so , discounting has become a 12-month thing , '' says 0 *T*-3 Donald Harty , president of Charisma Group Inc. , a New York franchisee of Grand Metropolitan PLC 's Burger King chain .
[_ARGM-DIS For example] , if [_ARG1 wheat] is being [_rel offered] *-2 at [_ARG2-at $ 4.065 *U*] and bid *-2 at $ 4.060 *U* , a market order * to buy would be filled *-1 at the higher price and a market order * to sell at the lower price .
According to my calculations , these outlays should have brought the value of my sedan *ICH*-1 to more than $ 22,000 *U* on [_ARGM-LOC the open market] -LRB- Figure 6 -RRB- , where [_ARG0 I] plan *-2 to [_rel offer] [_ARG1 it] [_ARGM-TMP shortly] *T*-3 .
[_ARG0 The places renowned * for * breeding bunco , like the Miami neighborhood known * as the `` Maggot Mile '' and Las Vegas 's flashy strip of casinos ,] [_ARGM-ADV invariably] [_rel offer] [_ARG1 fast cars , high rollers , glamorous women and lots of sunshine] .
They have laid out about $ 1 billion *U* for [_ARG1 so-called baccalaureate zero-coupon municipal bonds] -- [_ARGM-TMP so far] [_rel offered] * by [_ARG0-by Connecticut , Illinois , Virginia and eight other states] .
And they have bought about $ 500 million *U* in [_ARG1 prepaid-tuition plans] , [_rel offered] * [_ARGM-LOC in Michigan , Florida and Wyoming] .
One variation that *T*-1 appealed to me at first was [_ARG1 the `` Money Smart Term Life '' policy] [_rel offered] * by [_ARG0-by Amex Life Insurance Co. , the American Express unit] , to [_ARG3-to the parent company 's credit-card holders] .
[_ARG0 Some insurers] have also started *-2 [_rel offering] [_ARG1 `` persistency bonuses , '' such as extra dividends or a marginally higher interest yield] , if the policy is maintained *-1 for 10 years .
[_ARG1 *-3] [_rel Offered] *-2 by [_ARG0-by insurers that *T*-1 include Security-Connecticut Life Insurance Co. , Jackson National Life Insurance Co. , and National Travelers Life Insurance Co. ,] these policy riders let me tap a portion of my death benefits while I 'm still alive .
In addition : -- Soo Line jumped 2 3\/4 to 20 1\/4 , above [_ARG2 the $ 19.50 *U*] a share that [_ARG0 Canadian Pacific] [_rel offered] *T*-1 for [_ARG1-for the company] [_ARGM-LOC in a takeover proposal] .
Continental , a Texas Air Corp. unit , recently unveiled [_ARG0 a marketing program] [_rel offering] [_ARG1 free companion tickets] to [_ARG3-to business-class and first-class passengers on international flights] .
[_ARGM-LOC In Myrtle Beach , S.C. ,] [_ARG0 the damaged Yachtsman Resort] [_rel offers] [_ARG1 daily rates as low as $ 35 *U* , or as much as 22 % below regular prices] .
[_ARGM-TMP Last year] when [_ARG0 Northwest] [_ARGM-TMP first] [_rel offered] [_ARG1 the promotion] *T*-1 , only six centenarians flew free .
[_ARGM-TMP This year] [_ARG0 he] produced a men 's line and [_rel offers] [_ARG1 dyed furs in red , cherry red , violet , royal blue and forest green] .
[_ARG0 The company] has begun *-3 [_rel offering] [_ARG1 shots of gamma globulin , which *T*-1 will diminish the flu-like symptoms of hepatitis A , in anyone who *T*-2 has contracted the disease] , Mr. Mattausch said 0 *T*-4 .
AT&T said that based on studies of [_ARG0 other companies] that *T*-1 have [_rel offered] [_ARG1 retirement plans] , it expects about one-third of its eligible managers to retire under the new program .
`` There is n't a boatload -LCB- of big investors -RCB- out there *-1 still waiting *-4 to get into indexing , '' says *T*-3 P. James Kartalia , vice president of [_ARG0 ANB Investment Management Co. , Chicago ,] which *T*-2 [_rel offers] [_ARG1 both indexing and active management services] .
Prudential currently is seeking approval * to offer [_ARG0 a new fund] [_rel offering] [_ARG1 a return equal to the S&P 500 index plus 5\/100 of a percentage point] .
[_ARG0 Prudential] currently is seeking approval * to [_rel offer] [_ARG1 a new fund offering a return equal to the S&P 500 index plus 5\/100 of a percentage point] .
They dropped 0.4 % as [_ARG0 dealers] continued *-1 to [_rel offer] [_ARG1 rebates 0 *T*-2 to attract customers] .
[_ARG0 The disarray in the junk-bond market that *T*-1 began last month with a credit crunch at Campeau Corp.] has [_rel offered] [_ARG3 commercial banks] [_ARG1 a golden opportunity * to play a greater role in *-2 financing billion-dollar takeovers] .
Another 20 % of the borrowed funds would come from the sale to investors of [_ARG0 junk bonds] , which *T*-1 [_rel offer] [_ARG1 less security] and typically carry higher yields than bank loans .
[_ARG0 George Putnam III , editor of Turnaround Letter in Boston ,] [_rel offers] [_ARG1 one final tip for recession-wary investors] .
*-2 To lure buyers to the Chicago & North Western bonds , portfolio managers said 0 [_ARG0 Donaldson Lufkin] sweetened the transaction by *-2 [_rel offering] [_ARG1 the bonds] [_ARGM-MNR with a resettable interest rate and a 10 % equity kicker] *T*-1 .
Mr. Webster cites [_ARG0 a four-page mailing] from the United Cancer Council that *T*-1 [_rel offers] [_ARG1 a chance * to win $ 5,000 *U* in gold bullion] to [_ARG3-to those giving as little as $ 5 *U* to cancer education] .
[_ARG0 Senate Democrats favoring a cut in the capital-gains tax] have decided , under pressure from their leaders , *-1 [_ARGM-NEG not] to [_rel offer] [_ARG1 their own proposal] , *-1 placing another obstacle in the path of President Bush 's legislative priority .
`` [_ARG0 I] may want *-1 to [_rel offer] [_ARG1 additional amendments 0 *T*-2 to improve it] when the bill comes to the floor *T*-3 , '' said *T*-4 Sen. David Boren -LRB- D. , Okla. -RRB- , a leader of those Democrats .
Afterward , leaders of the dissident Democrats relented , and said 0 [_ARG0 they] [_ARGM-MOD would] [_ARGM-NEG n't] [_rel offer] [_ARG1 their own proposal] [_ARGM-ADV as they had planned] .
But it paled by comparison to [_ARG1 what] [_ARG0 Sony] was *-1 to [_rel offer] [_ARGM-TMP last month] : the chance , at last , * to run a major studio , about $ 50 million *U* in deferred compensation , up to 10 % of Columbia 's future cash flow , 8 % of the future appreciation of Columbia 's market value , and annual salaries of $ 2.7 million *U* for each .
And [_ARGM-TMP before the week was out] , [_ARG0 Sony] had [_rel offered] [_ARG3 Mr. Guber and his partner , Jon Peters ,] [_ARG1 the most lucrative employment contracts in the history of the movie business] .
[_ARG0 They] have [_rel offered] [_ARG1 bundles of homeequity loans , as well as packages of loans used * * to buy vacation time-shares] .
But skeptics question whether [_ARG0 asset-backed bonds] [_rel offer] [_ARG1 sufficient rewards 0 *T*-1 to compensate for the extra risks] .
[_ARG0 The triple-A-rated issue] [_rel offered] [_ARG1 a yield of only about 0.5 percentage point above four-year Treasury issues] .
The front cover of the prospectus for the Citibank [_ARG0 credit-card] receivables [_rel offering] points out in bold capital letters that the certificates represent an interest only in the specially created trust and `` do not represent interests in *RNR*-1 or obligations of *RNR*-1 the banks , Citibank N.A. , Citicorp or any affiliate thereof . ''
[_ARG1 The letter of credit] [_ARGM-TMP typically] is [_ARGM-NEG not] [_rel offered] *-1 by [_ARG0-by the bank selling the assets 0 *T*-2 to back the securities] .
Another [_ARGM-TMP recently] [_rel offered] [_ARG1 Alex] . Brown issue , Rally 's , surged 3 1\/8 to 23 .
[_ARG0 Even Sears , Roebuck & Co.] is getting into the act , *-1 [_rel offering] [_ARGM-TMP for the first time] [_ARG1 *-2 to have Federal Express deliver toys ordered * by Dec. 20 from its Wish Book catalog] .
[_ARG0 The television units of Paramount Communications Inc. and MCA Inc.] are exploring the possibility of * [_rel offering] [_ARG1 prime-time programming] to [_ARG3-to independent stations] [_ARGM-TMP two nights a week] , industry executives say 0 *T*-1 .
Fox said 0 [_ARG0 it] plans *-1 to [_rel offer] [_ARG3 its stations] [_ARG1 movies , theatrical and made-for-TV ventures ,] [_ARGM-TMP probably on Wednesdays] , [_ARGM-TMP sometime next year] .
[_ARG0 Paramount and MCA] , according to the broadcasting executive , plan *-1 to [_rel offer] [_ARG1 theatrical movies produced * separately by Paramount and MCA for Wednesdays and perhaps a block of original shows Fridays] .
Mr. Conway said 0 the Fox shows appearing on nights [_ARGM-TMP when] [_ARG1 Paramount-MCA shows] [_ARGM-MOD would] [_ARGM-NEG n't] be [_rel offered] *-2 *T*-3 could be promoted *-1 on the programs produced * by Paramount-MCA .
[_ARGM-ADV Separately] , [_ARG1 $ 400 million *U* of Freddie Mac Remic mortgage securities] is being [_rel offered] *-1 [_ARGM-MNR in 10 classes] by [_ARG0-by Kidder , Peabody & Co] .
For [_ARG3-For those who *T*-1 do n't need their personalized information moment by moment] , [_ARG0 some services] are [_rel offering] [_ARG1 overnight newsletters] .
DILLARD DEPARTMENT STORES Inc. said 0 [_ARG0 it] [_rel offered] [_ARG1 $ 50 million *U* of 9 1\/2 % debentures due 2001 at par] .
Mr. Gaubert 's suit * to recover his damages was dismissed *-1 last year by U.S. District Judge Robert Maloney of Dallas under [_ARG0 the Federal Tort Claims Act] , which *T*-2 [_rel offers] [_ARG1 broad protection for actions by federal agencies and employees] .
[_ARG0 Mr. Coats] plans *-1 to [_rel offer] [_ARG1 his proposal] [_ARGM-MNR as an amendment to a bill 0 *T*-2 to raise the federal debt limit] [_ARGM-TMP before the end of the month] .
A good place 0 * to start the rehabilitation *T*-1 is [_ARG1 a `` legislative line-item veto '' bill] [_ARGM-TMP now] being [_rel offered] * by [_ARG0-by Indiana Senator Dan Coats] .
[_ARG0 NEW ENGLAND CRITICAL CARE Inc.] [_rel offered] [_ARG1 $ 35 million *U* in convertible subordinated debentures] [_ARGM-ADV through Morgan Stanley & Co. and Prudential-Bache Capital Funding] .
The White House said 0 [_ARG0 Mr. Quayle 's staff] had invited the mayor to two meetings of the vice president and groups of local officials and had [_rel offered] [_ARG1 *-1 to dispatch a helicopter *-2 to pick him up] .
The Federal National Mortgage Association said 0 [_ARG0 39 lenders across the U.S.] have agreed *-1 to [_rel offer] [_ARG1 home loans] [_ARGM-LOC under Fannie Mae 's pilot program for elderly people] .
Fannie Mae has agreed *-2 to buy as much as $ 100 million *U* of loans under [_ARG0 its Seniors ' Housing Opportunities pilot program] , which *T*-1 [_rel offers] [_ARG1 four types of loans] to [_ARG3-to people 62 years of age or older] [_ARGM-PNC *-3 to help them maintain their home or obtain housing] .
[_ARG0 The TV units of Paramount and MCA] are exploring *-1 [_rel offering] [_ARG1 prime-time programming] to [_ARG3-to independent stations] [_ARGM-TMP two nights a week] .
So the men who *T*-1 ran the grain pits listened when [_ARG0 Joseph Sullivan , a 35-year-old former Wall Street Journal newsman ,] [_rel offered] [_ARG3 them] [_ARG1 the idea of all-options trading] *T*-2 .
LONDON INTERBANK [_rel OFFERED] [_ARG1 RATES] -LRB- LIBOR -RRB- : 8 3\/4 % one month ; 8 11\/16 % three months ; 8 9\/16 % six months ; 8 9\/16 % one year .
The average of interbank [_rel offered] [_ARG1 rates] for dollar deposits in the London market based * on quotations at five major banks .
FEDERAL FUNDS : 8 3\/4 % high , 8 5\/8 % low , 8 11\/16 % near closing bid , [_ARG1 8 11\/16 %] [_rel offered] * .
Sluggish sales of the Beretta and Corsica spurred [_ARG0 GM] to [_rel offer] [_ARG1 $ 800 *U* rebates on those cars] .
The board said 0 the export licenses would be issued *-1 on the condition that Canadian interests would also be allowed *-2 to bid for the Mackenzie delta gas on terms similar to [_ARG1 those] [_rel offered] * to [_ARG3-to U.S. customers] .
[_ARG0 They] [_rel offer] [_ARG1 these suggestions] :
Companies might be able *-2 to tell salespeople daily , for instance , about idle equipment , so [_ARG0 they] [_ARGM-MOD could] [_rel offer] [_ARG1 discounts on whatever that equipment produces *T*-1] .
In addition , the executives said 0 [_ARG0 IBM] [_ARGM-MOD will] be [_rel offering] [_ARG1 programming tools designed * to let anyone working on a factory floor write ad-hoc software , for instance , 0 *T*-2 to do statistical analysis that *T*-1 would pinpoint a problem on a manufacturing line] .
The package helps carriers solve pricing problems , such as how * to react to [_ARG1 discounts] [_rel offered] * by [_ARG0-by competitors] *T*-2 or what *T*-1 would be the optimum number of seats 0 * to offer *T*-3 at a given price .
Under a separate arrangement , [_ARG0 British Aerospace PLC 's Rover Group PLC subsidiary] will also be able *-1 to [_rel offer] [_ARG1 the vehicles] [_ARGM-MNR through its dealers in the U.K.] , and Renault 's truck-building subsidiary Renault Vehicles Industriels will have similar rights in France .
[_ARGM-TMP When] [_ARG0 Disney] [_rel offered] [_ARG1 *-1 to pay Mr. Steinberg a premium for his shares] *T*-2 , the New York investor did n't demand 0 the company also pay a premium to other shareholders .
The average [_ARGM-MNR publicly] [_rel offered] [_ARG1 commodity] fund fell 4.2 % in September , largely because of the volatile markets in foreign currencies , according to Norwood Securities .
[_ARG0 Only about five states] [_ARGM-TMP now] [_rel offer] [_ARG1 some form of insurance coverage] , but more are expected *-1 .
A letter in the New England Journal of Medicine notes that while [_ARG0 technology] [_rel offers] `` [_ARG1 almost endless hope] ... when * to stop *T*-1 has become a difficult question ... . ''
[_ARG0 Michael Maynard] [_rel offered] [_ARG3 the world] [_ARG1 a faster way 0 * to break eggs *T*-1] .
[_ARGM-DIS But] [_ARGM-TMP when Mr. Maynard came forward with his machine in the early 1970s *T*-1] [_ARG0 nobody else] was [_rel offering] [_ARG1 them] [_ARGM-LOC in the U.S.] .
Despite recent declines in interest rates , [_ARG0 money funds] continue *-1 to [_rel offer] [_ARG1 better yields than other comparable investments] .
If [_ARG0 Colgate toothpaste] [_rel offers] [_ARG1 a tempting money-saving coupon] , she 'll cross Crest off her shopping list without a second thought .
He said 0 the tie-up would mean 0 [_ARG0 Jaguar] could `` develop cars down range -LCB- in price -RCB- from where we are *T*-1 '' by *-2 [_rel offering] [_ARG1 access to GM 's high-volume parts production] .
$ 200 million *U* of floating-rate notes due November 1994 , paying six-month London interbank [_rel offered] [_ARG1 rate] plus 3\/16 point and priced * at par via Credit Suisse First Boston Ltd .
[_ARG1 Notes] [_rel offered] * at [_ARG2-at a fixed level of 99.75] .
[_ARG1 About $ 190 million *U*] were [_rel offered] *-1 [_ARGM-ADV through Shearson Lehman Hutton Inc] .
[_ARG0 Shearson] is [_rel offering] [_ARG1 the notes] [_ARGM-MNR as 6 3\/4 % securities priced * *-1 to yield 6.15 %] .
[_ARGM-DIS In addition] , [_ARG1 a planned two-part offering of $ 58 million *U* in unsecured notes] was [_ARGM-NEG n't] [_rel offered] *-1 .
[_ARG0 J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.] is [_rel offering] [_ARG1 the remaining $ 10 million *U* of notes] .
[_ARG1 $ 400 million *U* of Remic mortgage securities] being [_rel offered] * [_ARGM-MNR in 16 classes] by [_ARG0-by Bear , Stearns & Co] .
Sen. Bob Packwood -LRB- R. , Ore. -RRB- , the lead sponsor of the GOP proposal , said 0 [_ARG0 he] intends *-2 to unveil the plan today and to [_rel offer] [_ARG1 it] [_ARGM-MNR as an amendment to whatever legislation *T*-1 comes along , particularly this month 's bill 0 *T*-3 to raise the federal borrowing limit] .
A Continental spokeswoman said 0 [_ARG1 the notes] [_ARGM-MOD may] be [_rel offered] *-1 [_ARGM-TMP at a later date] .
[_ARG0 It] *EXP*-1 did not make sense * to [_rel offer] [_ARG1 unsecured paper] [_ARGM-LOC in an unsettling market] . ''
The official line was [_ARG0 *] to [_rel offer] [_ARG1 warmer ties] to [_ARG3-to Mr. Krenz] , [_ARGM-ADV provided 0 he is willing *-1 to institute reforms] .
LONDON INTERBANK [_rel OFFERED] [_ARG1 RATES] -LRB- LIBOR -RRB- : 8 11\/16 % one month ; 8 11\/16 % three months ; 8 1\/2 % six months ; 8 1\/2 % one year .
The average of interbank [_rel offered] [_ARG1 rates] for dollar deposits in the London market based on quotations at five major banks .
FEDERAL FUNDS : 8 15\/16 % high , 8 5\/8 % low , 8 3\/4 % near closing bid , [_ARG1 8 7\/8 %] [_rel offered] * .
British Airways , a member of [_ARG0 the group] that *T*-1 had [_rel offered] [_ARG2 $ 300 *U* a share] for [_ARG1-for UAL] [_ARGM-ADV in a leveraged buy-out] , said 0 it had yet *-2 to receive a revised proposal and it was `` in no way committed *-3 '' to the completion of a bid .
The buyer then picks a price and buys shares at that price from [_ARG0 holders] who *T*-1 [_rel offered] [_ARG1 *-2 to sell at that price or lower] .
Viacom said 0 it also restructured bank debt under [_ARG0 a $ 1.5 billion *U* unsecured bank agreement] that *T*-1 [_rel offers] [_ARG1 significant interest rate savings] .
Today , Mr. Lang believes 0 [_ARG0 his magazines] [_ARGM-MOD will] [_rel offer] [_ARG1 what many women 's magazines do n't *?* *T*-1] .
Diana D. Brooks , president of Sotheby 's North America division , vehemently denies 0 [_ARG0 it] [_rel offered] [_ARG3 the Dorrance heirs] [_ARG1 a money-back guarantee] , *-1 calling such reports `` inaccurate . ''
[_ARGM-TMP In November 1987] , [_ARG0 Sotheby 's] [_ARGM-ADV essentially] [_rel offered] [_ARG1 a Wall Street-style `` bridge loan '' of about $ 27 million *U*] to [_ARG3-to Australian businessman Alan Bond] [_ARGM-PNC *-1 to enable him to purchase Vincent van Gogh 's `` Irises '' for $ 53.9 million *U*] .
[_ARG0 Sotheby 's] is [_rel offering] [_ARG1 such deals] [_ARGM-CAU because it 's an art sellers ' market , at least where the best works are concerned *-1 *T*-3] , says 0 *T*-2 Ralph Lerner , an attorney and author of the book `` Art Law . ''
A Christie 's spokeswoman said that [_ARGM-ADV while the auction house sometimes waives its seller 's commission *-1 to attract art works -- it still gets a commission from the buyer --] [_ARG0 Christie 's] [_ARGM-MOD wo] [_ARGM-NEG n't] [_rel offer] [_ARG1 financial guarantees] [_ARGM-CAU because `` Christie 's believes 0 its primary role is as an auction house , and therefore as an agent -LCB- for buyer and seller -RCB- , not as a bank] .
Health Care Property Investors Inc. , [_rel offering] of [_ARG1-of 2,250,000 shares of common stock] , [_ARGM-MNR via Merrill Lynch Capital Markets , Alex . Brown & Sons Inc. and Dean Witter Reynolds Inc] .
[_ARG1 Revivals of a different sort] [_ARGM-DIS also] are being [_rel offered] *-1 by [_ARG0-by our two major theater troupes , the Goodman and Steppenwolf] .
[_ARG0 The Goodman] is [_rel offering] [_ARG1 a modernized version of Moliere 's `` The Misanthrope ''] [_ARGM-TMP through Nov. 4] .
[_ARG0 The group] is [_rel offering] [_ARG1 the notes priced * as 6 3\/4 % securities *-1 to yield 6.25 %] .
[_ARG1 All serial bonds *ICH*-1] are being [_rel offered] *-2 at [_ARG2-at par] [_ARGM-ADV except those due 2002] .
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. -- $ 500 million *U* of [_ARG1 Remic mortgage securities] being [_rel offered] [_ARGM-MNR in eight classes] by [_ARG0-by Salomon Brothers Inc] .
Federal National Mortgage Association -- $ 350 million *U* of [_ARG1 Remic mortgage securities] being [_rel offered] [_ARGM-MNR in 11 classes] by [_ARG0-by Greenwich Capital Markets] .
Seats are currently quoted *-1 at $ 425,000 *U* bid * and [_ARG1 $ 475,000 *U*] [_rel offered] * .
Mr. Jobs said 0 the changes were prompted *-1 by requests from customers who *T*-3 are frustrated *-2 with the performance of [_ARG1 the optical device] , which *T*-4 is [_ARGM-NEG n't] [_rel offered] *-5 [_ARGM-MNR as standard equipment] by [_ARG0-by any rivals] .
Educators added that [_ARG0 Next] needs *-1 to [_ARGM-TMP soon] [_rel offer] [_ARG1 a color version of its computer] .
[_ARG0 Every major maker] [_rel offers] [_ARG1 computers with color displays] .
LONDON INTERBANK [_rel OFFERED] [_ARG1 RATES] -LRB- LIBOR -RRB- : 8 5\/8 % one month ; 8 9\/16 % three months ; 8 7\/16 % six months ; 8 7\/16 % one year .
The average of interbank [_rel offered] [_ARG1 rates] for dollar deposits in the London market based * on quotations at five major banks .
FEDERAL FUNDS : 8 11\/16 % high , 8 5\/8 % low , 8 5\/8 % near closing bid , [_ARG1 8 11\/16 %] [_rel offered] * .
[_ARG0 Enserch] had [_rel offered] [_ARG2 one-half a share of its common and $ 1 *U* in cash] for [_ARG1-for each unit] .
Beyond that , Prospect said 0 [_ARG0 it] [_ARGM-MOD would] [_ARGM-NEG n't] [_rel offer] [_ARG1 *-1 to acquire additional shares for less than $ 11.25 *U* a share during the next year or less than $ 14.06 *U* a share during the subsequent two years] .
General Motors Corp. 's Chevrolet division , *-1 reacting to slow sales , said 0 [_ARG0 it] [_ARGM-MOD will] [_rel offer] [_ARG1 $ 800 *U* rebates on its 1990 Beretta , the two-door version of its core compact-car line] .
[_ARG0 Chevrolet] [_ARGM-TMP already] is [_rel offering] [_ARG1 an $ 800 *U* rebate on the 1990-model Corsica] .
[_ARGM-ADV As * recounted *-4 in a stipulation that *T*-1 summarized government documents released * for the North trial] , [_ARG0 Mr. Noriega] [_rel offered] [_ARG1 *-2 to assassinate the Sandinista leadership] in [_ARG2-in exchange `` for a promise * to help *-3 clean up Noriega 's image and a commitment * to lift the -LCB- U.S. . -RCB- ban on military sales to the Panamanian Defense Forces] . ''
[_ARG0 I] have [_ARGM-NEG not] [_rel offered] and will not offer [_ARG1 routine therapy with the two drugs , levamisole and 5-fluorouracil] , to [_ARG3-to any of my colon-cancer patients] .
[_ARG0 I] have not offered and [_ARGM-MOD will] [_ARGM-NEG not] [_rel offer] [_ARG1 routine therapy with the two drugs , levamisole and 5-fluorouracil] , to [_ARG3-to any of my colon-cancer patients] .
I believe 0 [_ARG0 any physician who *T*-1 truly cares about cancer patients , both today and tomorrow] , [_ARGM-MOD should] [_rel offer] [_ARG1 the hope of something better than that] .
[_ARG0 These research protocols] [_rel offer] to [_ARG3-to the patient] [_ARG1 not only the very best therapy which we have established *T*-1 today but also the hope of something still better] .
I feel 0 any patient with high-risk cancer is getting short shrift if [_ARG3 he] is [_ARGM-NEG not] [_rel offered] [_ARG1 this opportunity] . ''
It lets victims elect *-2 to deduct casualty losses on [_ARG0 either 1989 or amended 1988 returns] , whichever *T*-1 [_rel offers] [_ARG1 the larger tax benefit] ; they have until April 16 * to choose .
[_ARG0 The IRS] [_rel offered] [_ARG1 no evidence of hidden sources of taxable income] , so Judge Shields rejected its claims .
Golar Gas Holding Co. , a subsidiary of Gotaas-Larsen Shipping Corp. , [_rel offering] of [_ARG1-of $ 280 million *U* first preferred ship mortgage notes] , [_ARGM-MNR via Merrill Lynch Capital Markets] .
[_ARG3 Advertisers] [_ARGM-MOD will] be [_rel offered] *-1 [_ARG1 an advertising package , which for a single price , *T*-2 will include time on the CNBC program and ad pages in the special guides] .
[_ARG0 The TVA 's] [_ARG1 public] debt [_rel offering] was its first in 15 years .
Some traders estimate 0 $ 9.75 billion *U* of new two-year Treasurys will be sold *-1 next week , and they expect [_ARG0 Refcorp] to [_rel offer] [_ARG1 $ 4 billion to $ 6 billion *U* of long-term `` bailout '' bonds] .
The Office of Finance of the Federal Home Loan Banks said 0 it priced a four-part $ 2.27 billion *U* [_ARG1 bond] [_rel offering] 0 for the banks to yield from 8.125 % to 8.375 % *U* .
[_ARG0 TVA] [_rel offered] [_ARG1 $ 2 billion *U* of 30-year bonds priced * to yield 9.06 % ; $ 1 billion *U* in 10-year notes priced * to yield 8.42 % ; and $ 1 billion *U* in five-year notes priced * to yield 8.33 %] .
Meanwhile , Lockheed Corp. priced a $ 300 million *U* [_ARG1 note] [_rel offering] * to yield 9.39 % .
The derivative mortgage-backed market revived after a brief hiatus as [_ARG1 two new Remics totaling $ 850 million *U*] were [_rel offered] *-4 and talk *ICH*-3 circulated about two more issues that *T*-6 could be priced *-5 today .
[_ARGM-MNR As part of its College Savings Plan] , [_ARG0 Connecticut] [_rel offered] [_ARG1 $ 100.4 million *U* of general obligation capital appreciation bonds priced * to yield to maturity from 6.25 % in 1994 to 6.90 % in 2006 , 2007 and 2009] .
`` With the repeal of Section 89 , we can no longer say 0 they 're discouraging [_ARG0 businesses] from * [_rel offering] [_ARG1 health plans] , '' says *T*-1 Christine Russell , the Chamber of Commerce 's small-business advocate .
[_ARGM-LOC At the Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. stand] , [_ARG0 Mrs. Nelson Rockefeller , a board member ,] [_rel offered] [_ARG3 him] [_ARG1 a soy burger] .
[_ARG0 First National Bank of Boston] , [_ARGM-DIS for example] , is [_rel offering] [_ARG3 certain new depositors] [_ARG1 an extra quarter of a percentage point] [_ARGM-LOC on six-month and 12-month CDs] .
[_ARGM-TMP In late April , when interest rates were at their recent highs *T*-1 ,] [_ARG0 short-term CDs sold * by brokers] were [_rel offering] [_ARG1 yields half a percentage point or more higher than banks] .
[_ARG0 Ford] might challenge the proposal by *-2 [_rel offering] [_ARG1 a full bid] if holders and the U.K. government agreed *-1 to drop the anti-takeover barrier early .
Profit from the calls goes to charity , but ABC Sports also uses the calls as a sales tool : [_ARGM-TMP After * thanking callers for voting] , [_ARG0 Frank Gifford] [_rel offers] [_ARG1 a football videotape] for [_ARG2-for $ 19.95 *U*] , and 5 % of callers stay on the line *-1 to order it .
[_ARGM-LOC Under the original proposal] , [_ARG0 the maker of specialty coatings and a developer of information-display technologies] [_rel offered] [_ARG2 $ 400 *U* of notes due 1996 , 10 common shares and $ 175 *U* in cash for each $ 1,000 *U* face amount] .
Five million shares will be offered *-1 in the U.S. , and [_ARG1 3.4 million additional shares] [_ARGM-MOD will] be [_rel offered] *-2 [_ARGM-MNR in concurrent international offerings] [_ARGM-LOC outside the U.S.] .
[_ARG1 Five million shares] [_ARGM-MOD will] be [_rel offered] *-1 [_ARGM-LOC in the U.S.] , and 3.4 million additional shares will be offered *-2 in concurrent international offerings outside the U.S. .
[_ARG0 National Geographic , the sixth-largest U.S. magazine ,] is attracting more readers than ever and [_rel offers] [_ARG1 the glossy , high-toned pages that upscale advertisers love *T*-1] .
Even though [_ARG0 National Geographic] [_rel offers] [_ARG1 far more readers than does a magazine like Smithsonian *?*] , `` the page costs you an arm and a leg *-2 to develop any frequency , '' says 0 *T*-1 Harry Glass , New York media manager for Bozell Inc .
*-1 To combat that problem , [_ARG0 National Geographic] , like other magazines , began *-1 [_rel offering] [_ARG1 regional editions allowing advertisers to appear in only a portion of its magazines] -- for example , ads can run only in the magazines sent * to subscribers in the largest 25 markets .
[_ARGM-DIS But] [_ARG0 the magazine] was slower *ICH*-1 than its competitors * to come up with its regional editions , and [_ARGM-TMP until last year] [_rel offered] [_ARG1 fewer of them than did competitors *?*] .
[_ARG0 It] [_ARGM-TMP now] [_rel offers] [_ARG1 30 regional editions] , it very recently began *-1 running ads adjacent to articles , and it has been beefing up its sales force .
Worse , [_ARG0 it] lagged behind competitors in * [_rel offering] [_ARG1 now-standard gimmicks , from regional editions to discounts for frequent advertisers] .
[_ARGM-PNC *-1 To head off arguments] , [_ARG0 Infiniti] [_rel offers] [_ARG3 dealers] [_ARG1 cash bonuses and low-interest construction loans] .
That 's [_ARG1 the lesson] [_rel offered] * [_ARGM-MNR through one case study featured * in a design exhibit] .
-LRB- Some 64 % of [_ARG1 items] [_rel offered] * [_ARGM-LOC at the Guterman auction] were sold *-1 , at an average price of $ 343,333 *U* .
Also , at any of Sotheby 's auctions of old masters , roughly one-third to one-fifth of [_ARG1 what] *T*-2 is [_rel offered] *-1 does n't sell at any price .
[_ARG0 Kia] is the most aggressive of the Korean Big Three in * [_rel offering] [_ARG1 financing] .
[_ARGM-TMP In 1983] [_ARG1 `` extended wear '' versions , designed * to be worn *-1 for 30 days at a time ,] wree [_rel offered] *-2 .
Earlier this month , Staples Inc. , a Newton , Mass. , office-supplies discounter , said 0 [_ARG0 it] [_ARGM-MOD would] accelerate expansion plans nationwide and [_rel offer] [_ARG1 more of its stock] to [_ARG3-to the public] .
In comparison , the sorts of [_ARG1 sights] [_rel offered] * [_ARGM-LOC in such places as Africa and America] , though undoubtedly very exciting , would , I am sure , strike the objective viewer as inferior on account of their unseemly demonstrativeness . ''
Nor does it at all resemble -LRB- despite what some executives think *T*-1 -RRB- [_ARG1 the more intimate variety] [_rel offered] * [_ARGM-LOC at specialty parlors] [_ARGM-LOC in bad parts of town] .
The following issues *ICH*-3 were recently filed *-2 with the Securities and Exchange Commission : Gehl Co. , initial public offering of two million shares of common stock , of which [_ARG1 1,450,635 shares *T*-4] are being [_rel offered] *-1 by [_ARG0-by the company] and 549,365 shares *T*-4 by holders , [_ARGM-MNR via Blunt , Ellis & Loewi Inc. and Robert W. Baird & Co] .
[_ARG0 BSN] [_ARGM-DIS also] is [_rel offering] [_ARG1 $ 850 *U* face amount of new notes and 64 common-stock warrants] for [_ARG2-for each $ 1,000 *U* face amount of its convertible debt outstanding] .
Hospitals have signed up *-1 to use the messages *-2 to promote fundraisers , and [_ARG0 Equitable Gas Co.] is considering the format *-3 to [_rel offer] [_ARG1 energy tips] to [_ARG3-to consumers] .
[_ARG0 Sony Corp.] , which *T*-1 has [_rel offered] [_ARG1 *-2 to acquire the movie-production company] , is seeking *-3 to free its top executives , Peter Guber and Jon Peters , from an exclusive agreement with Time Warner Inc. 's Warner Communications Inc. so they can run Columbia Pictures Entertainment Inc .
[_ARG0 Closely held U.S. Banknote] [_rel offered] [_ARG2 the $ 7 *U* a share , or $ 126 million *U* ,] for [_ARG1-for as many as 14.9 million shares , or 78.6 % , of International Banknote 's shares outstanding] .
In a related move , Enron said 0 it increased the number of [_ARG1 the partnership 's] units 0 [_ARG0 it] [_ARGM-MOD will] [_rel offer] *T*-1 to 6,930,000 from 5,500,000 .
LONDON INTERBANK [_rel OFFERED] [_ARG1 RATES] -LRB- LIBOR -RRB- : 8 1\/2 % one month ; 8 1\/2 % three months ; 8 7\/16 % six months ; 8 3\/8 % one year .
The average of interbank [_rel offered] [_ARG1 rates] for dollar deposits in the London market based * on quotations at five major banks .
[_ARG1 The Merksamer chain] is [_ARGM-TMP currently] being [_rel offered] *-1 [_ARGM-PNC for sale] by [_ARG0-by First Boston Corp] .
`` We view [_ARG0 -LCB- Friday 's -RCB- market decline] as *-1 [_rel offering] [_ARG3 us] [_ARG1 a buying opportunity] as long-term investors , '' a recording at Gabelli & Co. funds said *T*-2 over the weekend .
PacifiCare Health Systems Inc. , proposed offering of 1.5 million common shares , of which [_ARG1 700,000 shares *T*-2] [_ARGM-MOD will] be [_rel offered] *-1 by [_ARG0-by PacifiCare] and 800,000 shares *T*-2 by UniHealth America Inc . -LRB- PacifiCare 's 71 % -RRB- , via Dillon , Read & Co. Inc. , Goldman , Sachs & Co. and Dean Witter Reynolds Inc .
PacifiCare Health Systems Inc. , proposed offering of 1.5 million common shares , of which 700,000 shares *T*-2 [_ARGM-MOD will] be [_rel offered] *-1 by PacifiCare and [_ARG1 800,000 shares *T*-2] by [_ARG0-by UniHealth America Inc .] -LRB- PacifiCare 's 71 % -RRB- , via Dillon , Read & Co. Inc. , Goldman , Sachs & Co. and Dean Witter Reynolds Inc .
LONDON INTERBANK [_rel OFFERED] [_ARG1 RATES] -LRB- LIBOR -RRB- :
The average of interbank [_rel offered] [_ARG1 rates] for dollar deposits in the London market based on quotations at five major banks .
In August , First Boston withdrew a $ 475 million *U* junk [_rel offering] of [_ARG1-of Ohio Mattress bonds] because potential buyers were `` very skittish . ''
And the yields on telephone and utility issues rose relative to other investment-grade bonds in anticipation of this week 's $ 3 billion *U* [_ARG1 bond] [_rel offering] by [_ARG0-by the Tennessee Valley Authority] .
[_ARG0 The company] is [_ARGM-DIS also] [_rel offering] [_ARG1 a free trial of its computers] to [_ARG3-to consumers who *T*-1 qualify for its credit cards or leases] .
[_ARG0 The buy-out group] is [_rel offering] [_ARG1 $ 26.50 *U* a share] for [_ARG2-for 63 million American Medical shares] , down from its offer in July of $ 28 *U* a share for 68.8 million shares .