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frames- [ARGM-TMP When the stock market dropped nearly 7 % Oct. 13 *T*-1] [ARGM-DIS , for instance ,] [ARG1 the Mexico Fund] [rel plunged] [ARG2-EXT about 18 %] and the Spain Fund fell 16 % .
- While market sentiment remains cautiously bearish on the dollar based on sluggish U.S. economic indicators , dealers note that Japanese demand has helped *-1 underpin the dollar against the yen and has kept [ARG1 the U.S. currency] from *-2 [rel plunging] below [ARG4-below key levels] [ARGM-MNR against the mark] .
- The exchange said 0 it decided 0 a new circuit breaker was needed *-126 following a review of the tumultuous trading in stocks and stock-index futures on Friday [ARGM-TMP Oct. 13] , when [ARG1 the Dow Jones industrials] [rel plunged] [ARG2-EXT 190 points] *T*-1 and stock-index futures prices skidded as well *T*-1 .
- [ARGM-DIS But] [ARGM-TMP since the 1990 model year began Oct. 1] , [ARG1 Buick sales] have [rel plunged] [ARG2-EXT 33 %] .
- [ARGM-CAU In response to the ruling] , [ARG1 gilt futures] [ARGM-MNR swiftly] [rel plunged] [ARG2-EXT more than a point] [ARGM-TMP yesterday] [ARGM-TMP before *-1 recovering much of the loss by the end of the session] .
- A nickname for measures 0 * to stop [ARG1 the market] from *-2 [rel plunging] [ARG2-MNR too far] too fast *T*-1 .
- [ARGM-LOC In national over-the-counter trading] [ARGM-TMP yesterday] , [ARG1 POP] [rel plunged] [ARG2-EXT $ 4 *U*] to [ARG4-to $ 14.75 *U*] .
- The Avon , Conn. , company 's stock hit a high in 1983 after it unveiled its Adam home computer , but the product was plagued *-1 with glitches and [ARG1 the company 's fortunes] [rel plunged] .
- In another report yesterday , the Commerce Department said 0 [ARG1 sales of new single-family houses] [rel plunged] [ARG2-EXT 14 %] [ARGM-TMP in September] to [ARG4-to an annual rate of 618,000] from [ARG3-from 719,000] in August .
- [ARGM-TMP Meanwhile] , [ARG1 new-home sales] [rel plunged] [ARG2-EXT 14 %] [ARGM-TMP in the month] .
- [ARG1 The tabloid 's circulation] soared to 80,000 , [ARGM-DIS but] [rel plunged] to [ARG4-to under 10,000] [ARGM-TMP when the La Presse strike ended *T*-1] .
- [ARGM-CAU As a result] , [ARG1 the volume of Banco Exterior 's export credit portfolio] [rel plunged] from [ARG3-from 824 billion pesatas -LRB- $ 7.04 billion *U* -RRB-] as of Dec. 31 , 1986 , to [ARG4-to its current 522 billion pesetas] .
- But [ARG1 the important factory-jobs segment] , which *T*-2 [ARGM-TMP last month] [rel plunged] by [ARG2-by 103,000 positions] and raised recession fears , is most likely *-3 to be skewed *-1 by the month 's unusual events .
- [ARG1 Sterling] [rel plunged] [ARG2-EXT about four cents] [ARGM-TMP Thursday] and hit the week 's low of $ 1.5765 *U* when Mr. Lawson resigned from his six-year post because of a policy squabble with other cabinet members *T*-1 .
- [ARGM-TMP On so-called Manic Monday , Oct. 16 ,] [ARG1 stock prices] [rel plunged] [ARGM-LOC across Europe] and trading problems erupted .
- [ARGM-TMP On Tuesday] , [ARGM-DIS for instance] , [ARG1 the Dow Jones Industrial Average] [rel plunged] [ARG2-EXT 80 points] [ARGM-TMP in little more than an hour] .
- And [ARGM-TMP then] , [ARG1 asset values of the funds] [ARGM-MOD could] [rel plunge] [ARG2-EXT more than they have *?* so far] .
- [ARGM-TMP Yesterday] , [ARG1 Compaq] [rel plunged] [ARGM-EXT further] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 closing at $ 100 *U* a share , off $ 8.625 *U* a share , on volume of 2,633,700 shares] .
- [ARGM-TMP Following a tripling of earnings , to $ 3.9 million *U* , on a doubling of revenue , to $ 116 million *U* , over four years] , [ARG1 earnings in the company 's fiscal first quarter , which *T*-1 ended June 30 ,] [rel plunged] [ARG2-EXT 90 %] to [ARG4-to $ 45,000 *U*] .
- [ARG1 Iverson 's earnings] [rel plunged] [ARG2-EXT 70 %] to [ARG4-to $ 1.2 million *U*] .
- The troubles continued in [ARGM-TMP this year 's first half] , when [ARG1 profit] [rel plunged] [ARG2-EXT 81 %] to [ARG4-to $ 302,000 *U*] *T*-1 .
- [ARG1 The company 's stock] [rel plunged] [ARGM-TMP when it first announced that it planned *-1 to acquire Emhart *T*-2] .
- But the costly efforts did little *-1 to slow Japanese market gains , and [ARG1 domestic car sales] have [rel plunged] [ARG2-EXT 19 %] [ARGM-TMP since the Big Three ended many of their programs Sept. 30] .
- [ARGM-MNR With a leveraged position of about 45 %] , [ARG1 the fund 's share price] has [rel plunged] [ARG2-EXT 28.5 %] [ARGM-TMP so far] [ARGM-TMP this year] .
- The projection sent [ARG1 Anheuser shares] [rel plunging] [ARG2-EXT $ 4.375 *U*] in New York Stock Exchange composite trading yesterday .
- [ARGM-LOC In the auto sector] , [ARG1 Bayerische Motoren Werke] [rel plunged] [ARG2-EXT 14.5 marks] to [ARG4-to 529 marks -LRB- $ 288 *U* -RRB-] , Daimler-Benz dropped 10.5 to 700 , and Volkswagen slumped 9 to 435.5 .
- [ARGM-LOC In composite trading yesterday on the New York Stock Exchange] , [ARG1 Comprehensive Care shares] [rel plunged] [ARG2-EXT $ 3.625 *U*] *-1 [ARG4 to close at $ 4.75 *U* on volume of 1,177,000 shares] .
- It said , however , that [ARG1 net income for the two-month period ended * Aug. 31] [rel plunged] to [ARG4-to $ 150,000 *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 851,000 *U*] [ARGM-TMP in the prior year] [ARGM-MNR on a 33 % rise in revenue to $ 21.4 million *U*] .
- [ARG1 Anheuser-Busch] [rel plunged] [ARG2-EXT 4 3\/8] to [ARG4-to 38 1\/2] [ARGM-LOC on 3.5 million shares] .
- [ARG1 The Dow Jones Industrial Average] , which *T*-1 [rel plunged] [ARG2-EXT more than 80 points] [ARGM-LOC in early trading] [ARGM-TMP Tuesday] and then recovered nearly all of its losses by the close , fell 5.94 to 2653.28 in the latest session .
- [ARG1 Comprehensive Care] [rel plunged] [ARG2-EXT 4 3\/4] to [ARG4-to 3 5\/8] [ARGM-LOC on 1.2 million shares] .
- [ARG1 Bethlehem Steel 's profit] [rel plunged] [ARG2-EXT 54 %] [ARGM-TMP in the third quarter] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 hurt * by higher costs and lower shipments to key clients] .
- [ARG1 Star States] [rel plunged] [ARG2-EXT 3 1\/4] to [ARG4-to 8 3\/4] [ARGM-LOC on 207,000 shares] .
- [ARGM-TMP By midmorning] , [ARG1 the DJIA] had [rel plunged] [ARG2-EXT 80 points] and foreign-exchange dealers quickly drove the dollar down .
- [ARG1 Sales of North American-built cars and trucks] [rel plunged] [ARG2-EXT 20.5 %] [ARGM-TMP in mid-October] from [ARG3-from a year earlier] , [ARGM-TMP as domestic manufacturers paid the price for heavy incentives earlier this year] .
- [ARGM-DIS However] , [ARG1 HomeFed 's loan originations and purchases] [rel plunged] [ARG2-EXT 26 %] [ARGM-TMP in the quarter] , to [ARG4-to $ 1.4 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 1.9 billion *U*] a year earlier .
- The decline in prices cut broadly through the blue-chip issues , as Siemens tumbled 7.5 to 544 , [ARG1 Deutsche Bank] [rel plunged] [ARG2-EXT 7] to [ARG4-to 657] , and the auto makers fell sharply as well .
- [ARGM-TMP For the nine months] , [ARG1 the Arlington , Va. , company 's net] [rel plunged] [ARG2-EXT 73 %] to [ARG4-to $ 38.5 million *U* , or 76 cents a share] , from [ARG3-from $ 142.2 million *U* , or $ 3.28 *U* a share] .
- [ARG1 The Dow Jones Industrial Average] [rel plunged] [ARG2-EXT about 80 points] [ARGM-TMP in slightly more than one hour] [ARGM-TMP after the opening bell] .
- [ARG1 HomeFed] [rel plunged] [ARG2-EXT 3 5\/8] to [ARG4-to 38 1\/2] ; its third-quarter earnings were down from a year ago .
- Fireman 's Fund Corp. said 0 [ARG1 third-quarter net income] [rel plunged] [ARG2-EXT 85 %] to [ARG4-to $ 7.2 million *U*] from [ARG3-from last year 's $ 49.1 million *U* , or 99 cents a share ,] [ARGM-CAU because of ravages of Hurricane Hugo and increased reserves for legal expenses] .
- [ARG1 The stock] closed down $ 8.375 *U* , at $ 170 *U* , after *-1 [rel plunging] [ARG2-EXT $ 33 *U*] , to [ARG4-to $ 145 *U*] .
- Union Carbide Corp. said 0 [ARG1 third-quarter net income] [rel plunged] [ARG2-EXT 35 %] [ARGM-TMP from a year earlier] [ARGM-CAU on weakness in the company 's mainstay chemicals and plastics business] .
- Varian Associates Inc. , Palo Alto , Calif. , reported 0 [ARG1 fiscal fourth-quarter profit] [rel plunged] [ARG2-EXT more than 95 %] to [ARG4-to $ 1 million *U* , or five cents a share] , from [ARG3-from $ 24.2 million *U* , or $ 1.10 *U* a share] , in the year-earlier quarter .
- [ARG1 Union Carbide 's earnings] [rel plunged] [ARG2-EXT 35 %] [ARGM-TMP in the third quarter] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 reflecting weakness in the company 's core chemicals and plastics businesses] .
- [ARGM-TMP Before its shares were suspended *-1 from trading] , [ARG1 Qintex Australia] [rel plunged] to [ARG4-to 16 Australian cents -LRB- 12 U.S. cents -RRB- a share] [ARGM-TMP yesterday] from [ARG3-from 33 Australian cents] [ARGM-TMP Friday] .
- [ARGM-DIS Overall] , [ARG1 Saab-Scania 's pretax profit during the first eight months of the year] [rel plunged] [ARG2-EXT 48.9 %] to [ARG4-to 1 billion Swedish kronor -LRB- $ 155.1 million *U* -RRB-] from [ARG3-from 1.96 billion kronor -LRB- $ 303.9 million *U* -RRB-] a year earlier .
- [ARG1 Pittston Co. 's third-quarter net income] [rel plunged] [ARG2-EXT 79 %] , [ARGM-ADV * reflecting the impact of a prolonged and bitter labor strike at its coal operations] .
- Foreign exchange dealers said that the currency market has begun *-2 to distance itself from the volatile stock exchange , which *T*-1 has preoccupied the market since [ARGM-TMP Oct. 13] , when [ARG1 the Dow Jones Industrial Average] [rel plunged] [ARG2-EXT more than 190 points] *T*-3 .
- [ARG1 Trelleborg 's internationally traded `` Bfree '' series stock] [rel plunged] [ARG2-EXT SKr29 -LRB- $ 4.48 *U* -RRB-] to [ARG4-to SKr205 -LRB- $ 31.65 *U* -RRB-] [ARGM-LOC in volatile trading] [ARGM-TMP Monday] [ARGM-LOC in Stockholm] .
- If [ARG1 interest rates] [rel plunge] , the insurer may be knocking on my door , *-1 asking for steeper premium payments 0 *T*-2 to maintain the same amount of protection .
- C.R. Bard Inc. yesterday said 0 [ARG1 third-quarter net] [rel plunged] [ARG2-EXT 51 %] to [ARG4-to $ 9.9 million *U* , or 18 cents a share] , from [ARG3-from $ 20 million *U* , or 35 cents a share ,] a year earlier .
- Plain-vanilla funds have become so commonplace that [ARG1 fees 0 they can charge *T*-1] have [rel plunged] to [ARG4-to almost nothing] , and in some cases are just that .
- [ARG1 Short interest in International Business Machines Corp.] [rel plunged] to [ARG4-to 1,425,035 shares] from [ARG3-from 2,387,226 shares] a month earlier .
- The report was the brightest news 0 the financial markets had seen *T*-1 since before [ARG1 the stock market] [rel plunged] [ARG2-EXT more than 190 points] [ARGM-TMP last Friday] .
- Amoco Corp. said 0 [ARG1 third-quarter net income] [rel plunged] [ARG2-EXT 39 %] to [ARG4-to $ 336 million *U* , or 65 cents a share] , [ARGM-ADV as gasoline refining and marketing profits lagged substantially behind last year 's record level] .
- [ARG1 The Dow Jones Industrial Average] [rel plunged] [ARG2-EXT a breathtaking 63.52 points] [ARGM-TMP in the first 40 minutes of trading] [ARGM-TMP Monday] [ARGM-TMP as stock-index arbitrage sell programs kicked in] .
- [ARGM-ADV *-1 Reflecting concerns about Commodore 's outlook] , [ARG1 its stock] has [rel plunged] [ARG2-EXT more than 50 %] [ARGM-TMP since May] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 closing yesterday *-2 unchanged at $ 8.875 *U* a share in composite trading on the New York Stock Exchange] .
- [ARGM-TMP As the news *ICH*-1 spread that the refineries were intact] , [ARG1 crude prices] [rel plunged] , [ARGM-ADV *-2 ending the day at $ 20.56 *U* a barrel , down 19 cents] .
- Markets usually get *-1 noticed because [ARG1 they] soar or [rel plunge] .
- Yesterday , the Dow Jones Industrial Average did a now familiar dance : [ARG1 It] [rel plunged] [ARG2-EXT 60.25 points] [ARGM-TMP before lunch] , [ARGM-ADV with most of the drop occurring in 25 minutes] .
- For instance , First Quadrant Corp. , an asset allocator based * in Morristown , N.J. , said 0 it quickly boosted stock positions in its `` aggressive '' accounts to 75 % from 55 % * to take advantage of [rel plunging] [ARG1 prices] Friday .
- Many traders say that `` circuit breakers '' put in place * to damp volatility after the 1987 crash actually added to volatility [ARGM-TMP when] [ARG1 the stock market] [rel plunged] [ARGM-TMP Friday] *T*-1 .
- [ARGM-TMP Within 10 minutes] [ARGM-TMP after an 11:13 a.m. trading halt in UAL , parent of United Airlines] , [ARG1 the Dow Jones Industrial Average] [rel plunged] [ARG2-EXT nearly 27 points] to [ARG4-to a 60.25-point deficit] .
- [ARG1 Bay Financial , which *T*-1 said 0 it may be forced *-2 to file under Chapter 11 if it ca n't reach an agreement *ICH*-3 with its lenders * to relieve its debt burden ,] [rel plunged] [ARG2-EXT 1 3\/8] to [ARG4-to 2 1\/8] .
- [ARGM-TMP Soon after the release of the U.S. trade figures] , [ARG1 the dollar] [rel plunged] to [ARG4-to an intraday low of 140.95 yen] .
- [ARG1 The Dow Jones industrials] closed off 18.65 points , at 2638.73 , after * [rel plunging] [ARG2-EXT over 60.25 points] [ARGM-TMP in the morning] .
- So [ARGM-PNC why] did [ARG1 advertising pages] [rel plunge] by [ARG2-by almost 10 %] and ad revenue by 7.2 % [ARGM-TMP in the first half] *T*-3 ?
- So [ARGM-PNC why] did advertising pages [rel plunge] by almost 10 % and [ARG1 ad revenue] by [ARG2-by 7.2 %] [ARGM-TMP in the first half] *T*-3 ?
- Of course , the relative calm could be jolted *-1 if [ARG1 the market] [rel plunges] [ARGM-TMP again] .
- CHICAGO - Options traders *ICH*-1 were among the big victims of [ARGM-TMP Friday 's] [rel plunging] [ARG1 stock] market , including one small firm that *T*-3 required an emergency $ 50 million *U* bailout .
- Thus , in an unprecedented arrangement underscoring the seriousness of the transfer , the CBOE , the American Stock Exchange and the Options Clearing Corp. , as well as the firm 's owner , Stephen Fossett , put up a total of $ 50 million *U* *-1 to guarantee the customer positions being transferred * to the bank holding company subsidiary in case [ARG1 the market] [rel plunged] [ARGM-TMP again] [ARGM-TMP yesterday] .
- At the start of trading last Wednesday , [ARG1 the average] appeared *-1 to [rel plunge] [ARG2-EXT more than 200 points] .
- [ARG1 The DAX Index of 30 West German blue chips] [rel plunged] [ARG2-EXT 12.8 % , a one-day record ,] [ARGM-ADV * wiping out the summer 's gains] .
- [ARG1 The Financial Times-Stock Exchange 100 Share Index] closed off 70.5 points , at 2163.4 , its high for the day , after *-1 having [rel plunged] [ARG2-EXT 204.2 points] [ARGM-TMP at 12:49 p.m] .
- Hong Kong is the region 's next most open market , but many foreign investors have been staying away from it since [ARG1 it] [rel plunged] [ARGM-TMP in June] [ARGM-LOC amid political turmoil in China] .
- [ARG1 Transports] [rel plunged] [ARGM-LOC on takeover disappointments in two airline stocks , UAL and AMR , which *T*-2 each fell more than 20 % when they reopened for trading yesterday after *-4 being suspended *-1 Friday afternoon *T*-3] .
- While [ARGM-TMP Friday 's] [rel plunging] [ARG1 stock] market prompted new fears about the economy 's prospects , a little-known indicator that *T*-1 has faithfully foreshadowed the economy 's ups and downs by exceptionally long lead times points to a sustained rise in overall business activity .
- [ARGM-DIS Indeed] , [ARG1 the Dow Jones Transportation Average] [rel plunged] [ARG2-EXT 102.06 points] , [ARGM-ADV its second-worst drop in history] .
- [ARG1 The average] [rel plunged] [ARG2-EXT some 600 points , or 1.7 % ,] [ARGM-TMP in the first 20 minutes of trading] .
- But while the New York Stock Exchange did n't fall apart Friday as [ARG1 the Dow Jones Industrial Average] [rel plunged] [ARG2-EXT 190.58 points -- most of it in the final hour --] it barely managed *-2 to stay this side of chaos .
- Now , at 3:07 , one of the market 's post-crash `` reforms '' took hold as [ARG1 the S&P 500 futures contract] had [rel plunged] [ARG2-EXT 12 points , equivalent to around a 100-point drop in the Dow industrials] .
- [ARG1 It] has [rel plunged] [ARG2-EXT 13 %] [ARGM-TMP since July] to [ARG4-to around 26 cents a pound] .
- `` I 'm not going *-2 to worry about one day 's decline , '' said *T*-3 Kenneth Olsen , Digital Equipment Corp. president , who *T*-1 was leisurely strolling through the bright orange and yellow leaves of the mountains here after [ARG1 his company 's shares] [rel plunged] [ARG2-EXT $ 5.75 *U*] [ARGM-PNC *-4 to close at $ 86.50 *U*] .
- Moreover , this year 's good inflation news may have ended last month , when [ARG1 energy prices] zoomed up 6.5 % after *-2 [rel plunging] [ARG2-EXT 7.3 %] [ARGM-TMP in August] *T*-1 .
- [ARG1 Honda Motor Co. 's sales of domestically built vehicles] [rel plunged] [ARG2-EXT 21.7 %] from [ARG3-from a year earlier] .
- The action was expected *-1 to begin with the opening of the New Zealand foreign exchange markets at [ARGM-TMP 5 p.m. EST] -- when [ARG1 stocks there] [rel plunged] *T*-2 -- and to continue as the trading day began later in the evening in Tokyo and through early this morning in Europe .
- And we hope *-1 to take advantage of panics and buy stocks [ARGM-TMP when] [ARG1 they] [rel plunge] *T*-2 . ''
- [ARG1 Many takeover stocks] [rel plunged] [ARGM-TMP Friday] , [ARGM-TMP as speculators retained their confidence in corporate buyers but fled from the socalled whisper stocks , the targets of rumored deals] .