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frames- Still , USX fared better than other major steelmakers , *-3 earning more per ton of steel shipped * than either Bethlehem Steel Corp. , which *T*-1 posted a 54 % drop in net income , or Inland Steel Industries Inc. , [ARG1 whose profit] *T*-2 [rel plummeted] [ARG2-EXT 70 %] .
- First Boston financings for several other highly leveraged clients , including Ohio Mattress , unraveled as [ARG1 the high-risk junk bond market] [rel plummeted] .
- Much of the market 's recent volatility has been blamed *-1 on this large-scale computerized trading technique that *T*-2 can send [ARG1 stock prices] surging or [rel plummeting] [ARGM-TMP in a matter of minutes] .
- [ARG1 Crossland Savings Bank 's stock] [rel plummeted] [ARGM-TMP after management recommended a suspension of dividend payments on both its common and preferred stock because Crossland may not meet the new government capital criteria effective Dec. 7] .
- That would send [ARG1 prices] *-2 [rel plummeting] from [ARG3-from what some gun-shy U.S. oil executives still regard *T*-1 as too low a level] .
- [ARG1 The price] [rel plummeted] [ARGM-TMP after a proposed leveraged buy-out of the airline fell through] .
- [ARG1 LIT Holdings shares] [rel plummeted] [ARG2-EXT 36 pence] [ARG4 *-1 to close at 54 pence -LRB- 85 cents -RRB- , a 40 % drop , on London 's stock exchange] .
- [ARG1 Deutsche Bank] [rel plummeted] [ARG2-EXT 12] to [ARG4-to 645] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 hurt *-2 by the general mood] .
- Fiat 's rejection of partnership with Saab means that the Swedish company , which *T*-1 announced last Friday that [ARG1 its pretax profit for the first eight months] [rel plummeted] [ARG2-EXT 49 %] , will have *-2 to look for a partner among other car manufacturers as both Ford Motor Corp. and Fiat have turned down the offer .
- [ARGM-MNR Without the increase in defense bookings] , [ARG1 September orders] [ARGM-MOD would] have [rel plummeted] [ARG2-EXT 3.9 %] .
- After [ARG1 *] [rel plummeting] [ARG2-EXT 1.8 %] [ARGM-TMP at one point during the day] , the composite rebounded a little , but finished down 5.52 , at 461.70 .
- Mr. Hulings gloats that he sold all his stocks a week before [ARG1 the market] [rel plummeted] [ARG2-EXT 190 points] [ARGM-TMP on Oct. 13] , and he is using the money * to help *-1 buy a 45-acre horse farm .
- Computer Associates International Inc. reported 0 [ARG1 earnings for the second quarter , ended Sept. 30 ,] [rel plummeted] [ARG2-EXT 66 %] , [ARGM-CAU primarily because of the acquisition of Cullinet Software Inc] .
- [ARG1 The Financial Times-Stock Exchange 100-Share Index] [rel plummeted] [ARG2-EXT 40.4 points] [ARG4 *-1 to close at 2149.3] .
- The tip-off came when he opened a recent Merrill Lynch statement and found that [ARG1 the CD 's `` estimated current market value ''] had [rel plummeted] by [ARG2-by $ 9,000 *U*] [ARGM-TMP in a month] *T*-1 .
- [ARG1 UAL , which *T*-1 had risen $ 9.875 *U* to $ 178.375 *U* in composite trading on the New York Stock Exchange on reports of a new bid being prepared *-2 by the group ,] reversed course and [rel plummeted] [ARGM-LOC in off-exchange trading] [ARGM-TMP after the 5:09 p.m. EDT announcement] .
- [ARG1 The Venezuelan currency] [rel plummeted] [ARGM-TMP this year] , [ARGM-ADV * making it *EXP*-1 difficult for auto makers there to afford imported parts] .
- [ARG1 Earnings] have [rel plummeted] , [ARGM-DIS too] , [ARGM-TMP in each of the past three quarters] .
- [ARG1 Medstone International] [rel plummeted] [ARG2-EXT 3 1\/4] to [ARG4-to 7 1\/4] .
- Mr. Marrie said 0 the bank expects [ARG1 Arizona real-estate prices] , which *T*-1 [rel plummeted] [ARG2-EXT 40 %] [ARGM-TMP over the last year] , to fall another 20 % before * stabilizing .
- By [ARGM-TMP the time] 0 [ARG1 the market] [rel plummeted] [ARGM-TMP 10 days ago] *T*-1 , Monetta was 55 % in cash , said 0 *T*-2 Robert Bacarella , president and portfolio manager .
- [ARGM-TMP In the six trading days since the UAL labor-management buy-out group failed *-1 to get bank financing] , [ARGM-ADV * culminating Friday with the withdrawal of its partner British Airways PLC] , [ARG1 UAL stock] has [rel plummeted] by [ARG2-by 41 %] to [ARG4-to 168 1\/2] from [ARG3-from 285 1\/4] .
- *-1 Speaking to reporters this week after Bank Bumiputra 's shareholders approved a rescue plan , Tan Sri Basir said 0 heavy lending to the property sector rocked the bank [ARGM-TMP when] [ARG1 property prices in Malaysia] [rel plummeted] [ARGM-TMP in 1984-85] *T*-2 .
- After *-1 watching [ARG1 interest in the sport] [rel plummet] [ARGM-TMP for years] , the ski industry is trying *-1 to give itself a lift .
- [ARG1 Retail sales] are [rel plummeting] , [ARGM-ADV while consumer prices still are rising] .
- [ARGM-TMP This year] , [ARG1 Scorpio sales] [rel plummeted] , and at the current sales pace it *EXP*-1 would take Ford 242 days * to sell off the current Scorpio inventory of about 4,600 cars .
- [ARGM-CAU As a result] , [ARG1 prices paid * to farmers for the commodities , which *T*-2 are used *-1 in products as diverse as bubble gum and chicken feed ,] [rel plummet] [ARG2-EXT 20 % to 33 %] .
- Early yesterday , bonds rose as investors rushed *-1 to buy Treasury securities on the prospect that [ARG1 stocks] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel plummet] [ARGM-LOC in the aftermath of the massive California earthquake] .
- On a day 0 some United Airlines employees wanted Mr. Wolf fired *-2 and takeover stock speculators wanted his scalp *T*-1 , Messrs. Wolf and Pope saw [ARG1 their prospective personal fortunes] continue *-3 to [rel plummet] *PPA*-5 as shares of UAL , United 's parent company , dived $ 24.875 *U* on the Big Board *-4 to close at $ 198 *U* .
- Early yesterday , investors scrambled *-2 to buy Treasury bonds for safety as [ARG1 stock prices] [rel plummeted] and fears *ICH*-1 mounted of a replay of Friday .
- Since [ARG1 stock market indexes] [rel plummeted] [ARGM-TMP last Friday] , participants in all markets have been wary .
- [ARG1 UAL stock] [rel plummeted] [ARG2-EXT a further $ 24.875 *U*] to [ARG4-to $ 198 *U*] [ARGM-LOC on volume of more than 2.8 million shares] [ARGM-LOC in New York Stock Exchange composite trading] .
- [ARGM-ADV Although Mr. Paul has pared a $ 1.35 billion *U* junk-bond portfolio to less than $ 900 million *U* since April] , [ARG1 the high-yield debt market] has [rel plummeted] .
- Traders nervously watching their Quotron electronic-data machines yesterday morning were stunned *-1 to see [ARG1 the Dow Jones Industrial Average] [rel plummet] [ARG2-EXT 99 points] [ARGM-TMP in seconds] .
- In the center of the trading floor , chief trader Roger Streeter and two colleagues scrambled for the telephones as soon as [ARG1 the New York market] opened -- *-1 [rel plummeting] [ARG2-EXT more than 60 points] [ARGM-TMP in the first few minutes] .
- [ARG1 Share prices] [rel plummeted] [ARGM-LOC across Europe] [ARGM-TMP yesterday] [ARGM-MNR in response to Friday 's New York sell-off] , but some issues staged a late comeback after Wall Street opened without another rout .
- [ARGM-LOC In London] , [ARG1 prices] [rel plummeted] [ARGM-TMP in early trading] and were off as much as 9 % before *-1 coming back strong after the New York opening *-2 to close down only 3.2 % .
- After [ARG1 Treasury bill rates] [rel plummeted] [ARG2-EXT as much as 0.70 percentage point] [ARGM-TMP on Friday] , they gave back three-fourths of that amount yesterday .
- [ARGM-LOC The setback] , in which [ARG1 Treasury bond prices] [rel plummeted] *T*-1 , reflected a rebound in the stock market and profit-taking .
- The dollar also rebounded , while [ARG1 bond prices] [rel plummeted] and Treasury bill rates soared .
- [ARGM-DIS But] [ARGM-TMP now] prices have nose-dived and [ARG1 Quantum 's profit] is [rel plummeting] .
- [ARG1 Energy prices] [ARGM-TMP then] [rel plummeted] [ARGM-TMP through the summer] , [ARGM-ADV * causing the index to decline for three consecutive months] .
- It was Friday the 13th , and [ARG1 the stock market] [rel plummeted] [ARG2-EXT nearly 200 points] .
- reminiscent of those during the 1987 crash -- that as [ARG1 stock prices] [rel plummeted] and trading activity escalated , some phone calls to market makers in over-the-counter stocks went unanswered .
- [ARG1 Commercial Intertech] [rel plummeted] [ARG2-EXT 6] to [ARG4-to 26] .
- But if [ARG1 the stock market] does n't continue *-1 to [rel plummet] , the beneficial effects of lower interest rates and a lower dollar may well dominate .
- A widening of the deficit , if it were combined *-1 with a stubbornly strong dollar , would exacerbate trade problems -- but the dollar weakened Friday as [ARG1 stocks] [rel plummeted] .
- He flew to Dallas on [ARGM-TMP Oct. 19] , when [ARG1 the market] [rel plummeted] [ARG2-EXT 508 points] *T*-8 , but then turned around the next morning and returned to Washington without *-9 delivering his speech .
- [ARG1 The yield on three-month Treasury bills , considered the safest of all investments ,] [rel plummeted] [ARG2-EXT about 0.7 percentage point] to [ARG4-to 7.16 %] , [ARGM-ADV the largest one-day decline since 1982] .
- Prices of Treasury bonds surged in the biggest rally of the year as investors fled a [rel plummeting] [ARG1 stock] market .
- [ARGM-DIS For example] , [ARG1 the price of Southland Corp. 's $ 500 million *U* of 16 3\/4 % bonds due 2002 -- sold less than two years ago by Goldman , Sachs & Co. --] [rel plummeted] [ARG2-EXT 25 %] to [ARG4-to just 30 cents on the dollar] .
- But [ARGM-TMP when the company revealed Lisa 's poor sales late in 1983 *T*-1] , [ARG1 the stock] [rel plummeted] to [ARG4-to a low of $ 17.37 *U* a share] , according to the suit .
- [ARGM-DIS In other words] , [ARG1 real-estate market indicators , such as building permits and leasing activity ,] [rel plummet] [ARGM-MNR much further than a local economy in recession] .