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frames- [ARG0 The House] has voted *-1 to [rel raise] [ARG1 the ceiling] to [ARG4-to $ 3.1 trillion *U*] , but the Senate is n't expected *-2 to act until next week at the earliest .
- `` When [ARG0 we] evaluated *-2 [rel raising] [ARG1 our bid] *T*-1 , the risks seemed substantial and persistent over the next five years , and the rewards seemed a long way out .
- In a disputed 1985 ruling , the Commerce Commission said 0 [ARG0 Commonwealth Edison] [ARGM-MOD could] [rel raise] [ARG1 its electricity rates] by [ARG2-by $ 49 million *U*] [ARGM-PNC *-1 to pay for the plant] .
- [ARG1 Oil production from Australia 's Bass Strait fields] [ARGM-MOD will] be [rel raised] *-34 by [ARG2-by 11,000 barrels a day] to [ARG4-to about 321,000 barrels] [ARGM-MNR with the launch of the Whiting field , the first of five small fields scheduled * to be brought *-35 into production before the end of 1990] .
- But in the three leading political contests of 1989 , [ARG0 the negative ads] have reached new levels of hostility , *-1 [rel raising] [ARG1 fears that this kind of mudslinging , empty of significant issues , is ushering in a new era of campaigns without content] .
- By Tuesday night , television stations were carrying new ads featuring [ARG0 Mr. Coleman himself] [rel raising] [ARG1 questions about Mr. Wilder 's sensitivity to rape victims] .
- Even so , according to Mr. Salmore , the ad was `` devastating '' because [ARG0 it] [rel raised] [ARG1 questions about Mr. Courter 's credibility] .
- `` There is incredible pressure *ICH*-2 on [ARG0 school systems and teachers] * to [rel raise] [ARG1 test scores] , '' says *T*-1 Walt Haney , an education professor and testing specialist at Boston College .
- One was [ARG0 statewide school reform] , which *T*-88 [rel raised] [ARG1 overall educational funding] and ushered in a new public spirit for school betterment .
- [ARGM-ADV With only two issues under its belt] , [ARG0 Garbage] has alienated some would-be advertisers and [rel raised] [ARG1 the ire of others] .
- Temple also said 0 [ARG0 Sea Containers ' plan] [rel raises] `` [ARG1 numerous legal , regulatory , financial and fairness issues] , '' but did n't elaborate .
- That $ 130 million *U* , Mr. Sherwood said 0 *T*-1 , `` gives us some flexibility in case [ARG0 Temple] [rel raises] [ARG1 its bid] .
- '' He declined *-2 to say , however , [ARG2-EXT how much] [ARG0 Sea Containers] [ARGM-MOD might] [rel raise] [ARG1 its price] *T*-1 .
- [ARG0 Auctions held * in October and those scheduled * for next week] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel raise] [ARG1 a total of $ 25.6 billion *U*] .
- That has been particularly true this year with [ARG0 many companies] [rel raising] [ARG1 their payouts] [ARG2-EXT more than 10 %] .
- Meanwhile , many market watchers say 0 [ARG0 recent dividend trends] [rel raise] [ARG1 another warning flag] : While dividends have risen smartly , their expansion has n't kept pace with even stronger advances in stock prices .
- [ARG0 A total of 139 companies *ICH*-1] [rel raised] [ARG1 dividends] [ARGM-TMP in October] , basically unchanged from 138 a year ago , S&P said 0 *T*-2 Wednesday .
- Stephen Boesel , president of T. Rowe Price Growth and Income Fund , explains that [ARG0 companies] [rel raise] [ARG1 their payouts] [ARG2-MNR most robustly] [ARGM-TMP only after the economy and corporate profits have been growing for some time] .
- [ARGM-ADV According to an American member of the Nixon party] , [ARG0 the former president] [rel raised] [ARG1 a number of controversial issues] [ARGM-LOC in his 20 hours of talks with top-level Chinese officials] .
- Your Oct. 6 article `` Japan 's Financial Firms Lure Science Graduates '' states , `` Industrial companies are accusing [ARG0 financial institutions] of *-1 jeopardizing Japan 's economy by *-2 [rel raising] [ARG1 the salary stakes for new employees] . ''
- If the Japanese companies are seriously considering their survival , [ARG0 they] could do at least three things *ICH*-2 *-1 to improve the situation : [rel raise] [ARG1 salaries] [ARG4 higher than those of financial institutions] ; improve working conditions -LRB- better offices and more vacations , for example -RRB- ; accept and hire more labor from outside Japan .
- So both sides accepted the compromise , which *T*-259 would lead to the first lifting of the minimum wage since [ARG0 a four-year law] was enacted *-163 in 1977 , *-163 [rel raising] [ARG1 the wage] to [ARG4-to $ 3.35 *U* an hour] from [ARG3-from $ 2.65 *U*] .
- `` [ARG0 You] have ... [rel raised] [ARG1 important questions which *T*-26 ought *-2 to be answered *-3 : What does USIA say *T*-27 about America abroad ; how do we say it *T*-4 ; and how can American taxpayers get the answers to these questions *T*-5 ? ''] a man wrote me *T*-1 a couple of years ago .
- [ARGM-TMP Again and again] , [ARG0 program-trading 's critics] [rel raise] [ARG1 the `` casino '' theme] .
- Researchers at American Telephone & Telegraph Co. 's Bell Laboratories reported 0 [ARG0 they] [rel raised] [ARG1 the electrical current-carrying capacity of new superconductor crystals] by [ARG2-by a factor of 100] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 moving the materials closer to commercial use] .
- The scientists said 0 [ARG0 they] created small changes in the crystal-lattice structures of the superconductors *-2 to [rel raise] [ARG1 the amount of current that single crystals could carry *T*-1] to [ARG4-to 600,000 amps per square centimeter in a moderately strong magnetic field] .
- [ARG0 The combined processes] [ARGM-MOD may] [ARGM-MNR significantly] [rel raise] [ARG1 the current-carrying capacity of multi-crystal samples] .
- A family of ceramic superconductors discovered * during the past three years promise new technologies such as cheaper electrical generation -- but only if [ARG1 their current-carrying capacity] [ARGM-MOD can] be [rel raised] *-1 .
- `` The recent disarray in the junk bond market suggests that brokers may become longer-term creditors than they anticipated and may face long delays '' in * getting their money back , says 0 *T*-2 Jeffrey Bowman , a vice president at [ARG0 S&P] , which *T*-1 [rel raised] [ARG1 a warning flag] [ARGM-ADV for the industry] [ARGM-TMP in April when it downgraded CS First Boston *T*-3] .
- [ARG0 This] [rel raises] [ARG1 the key issue : What * to do *T*-2 about people who *T*-1 suffer serious injuries from beneficial drugs] ?
- Dealers said 0 [ARG0 the U.K. government 's decision *ICH*-1 Tuesday * to waive its protective `` golden share '' in the auto maker] [rel raised] [ARG1 prospects of a bidding war between the two U.S. auto giants] .
- So far , they said 0 *T*-2 , investors appear unenthusiastic about the new issue which *T*-1 might force [ARG0 the government] to [rel raise] [ARG1 the coupon] to [ARG4-to more than 7 %] .
- [ARG0 Ratners Group PLC , a fast-growing , acquisition-minded London-based jeweler ,] [rel raised] [ARG1 its price for Seattle-based specialty jeweler Weisfield 's Inc.] to [ARG4-to $ 57.50 *U* a share , or $ 62.1 million *U* ,] from [ARG3-from $ 50 *U* a share , or $ 55 million *U* ,] [ARGM-TMP after another concern said 0 it would be prepared *-1 to outbid Ratners 's initial offer] .
- [ARG0 The acquisition of 87-store Weisfield 's] [rel raises] [ARG1 Ratners 's U.S. presence] to [ARG4-to 450 stores] .
- The Treasury plans *-1 to sell $ 30 billion *U* in notes and bonds next week but will delay the auction unless [ARG0 Congress] [ARGM-MNR quickly] [rel raises] [ARG1 the debt ceiling] .
- This is [ARG1 the real issue] [rel raised] * by [ARG0-by the Wedtech scandal] .
- [ARG0 The Chicago report] [rel raised] [ARG1 the possibility that the October survey of the National Association of Purchasing Management would also show a reading above 50 %] .
- [ARG0 Accounting problems] [rel raise] [ARG1 more knotty issues] .
- Allies concerned about the deadline include the British , French and smaller NATO allies , some of whom *T*-107 do n't have adequate staffs 0 *T*-1 to provide quick answers to [ARG1 the questions] being [rel raised] * by [ARG0-by what *T*-2 generally are considered *-72 the most complex arms-control talks ever attempted *] .
- [ARG1 Its capital] [ARGM-MOD will] [ARGM-DIS also] be [rel raised] *-84 to [ARG4-to 232.4 billion lire -LRB- $ 172.5 million *U* -RRB-] from [ARG3-from the current 204.3 billion lire] .
- [ARG0 The split] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel raise] [ARG1 the number of shares outstanding] to [ARG4-to about 10.2 million] .
- [ARGM-ADV *-1 The son of an immigrant stonemason of Slovenian descent] , [ARG1 he] was [rel raised] *-1 [ARGM-LOC in a small borough outside Ebensburg , the Cambria County seat] , and put himself through the University of Pittsburgh Law School .
- [ARG0 *] Please make me and thousands of other readers more comfortable with our daily purchase of your newspaper by *-1 [rel raising] [ARG1 your environmental standards] to [ARG4-to your overall impeccable quality levels] , and increase your use of recycled paper .
- Mr. Nahas , who *T*-231 single-handedly provoked a one-day closure of Brazil 's stock markets in June when he failed *-2 to honor a debt of $ 31.1 million *U* owed * to his brokers *T*-1 , yesterday blamed his predicament on the president of the Sao Paulo stock exchange ; [ARGM-TMP a few days before Mr. Nahas 's failure] , [ARG0 the exchange] [rel raised] [ARG1 the required margin on stock-margin transactions] .
- Aside from the Soviet economic plight and talks on * cutting strategic and chemical arms , [ARG1 one other issue] 0 [ARG0 the Soviets] are likely *-2 to want *-3 to [rel raise] *T*-1 is naval force reductions .
- [ARG0 Charles O. Givens of Mount Vernon , Ind. - investment broker , ex-accountant , and son of a former stable owner -] bred Tennessee Walking Horses for six years , [rel raised] [ARG1 cattle] [ARGM-TMP for four] , and never made a profit on either .
- [ARG0 Few people in the advertising business] have [rel raised] [ARG1 as many hackles as Alvin A. Achenbaum] .
- `` All 0 we could do *T*-1 was tell a patient , ` * squeeze my fingers as hard as you can *?* ' or ` [ARG0 *] [rel raise] [ARG1 your arm] . '
- [ARGM-DIS Indeed] , [ARGM-TMP in early October] [ARG0 the West German central bank] [rel raised] [ARG1 its discount and Lombard rates] by [ARG2-by a full percentage point] .
- [ARG0 Several other European central banks , notably in Britain ,] followed the West German Bundesbank 's lead by *-1 [rel raising] [ARG1 their own key rates] .
- [ARGM-DIS And] [ARGM-TMP a week later] , [ARG0 Japan] [rel raised] [ARG1 its official discount rate] by [ARG2-by a half point] to [ARG4-to 3.75 %] .
- [ARGM-TMP Next] , [ARG0 Mr. Wathen] [rel raised] [ARG1 Pinkerton 's rates , which *T*-21 were 75-cents-an-hour lower than California Plant Protection 's average rate of around $ 8.63 *U*] .
- Last week , housing lobbies persuaded [ARG0 Congress] *-1 to [rel raise] [ARG1 the ceiling] to [ARG4-to $ 124,875 *U*] , [ARGM-ADV * making FHA loans more accessible to the well-to-do] .
- A proposal [ARG0 *] to [rel raise] [ARG1 prices of beer , tobacco and luxuries] was rejected *-1 338-44 .
- [ARG0 Senior members of the House Budget Committee] are reduced *-1 in frustration to * [rel raising] [ARG1 doomed parliamentary obstacles] to individual bills , yet admit that much of the disorder now stems from the fiscal legerdemain associated * with their own summit agreement with the White House this past spring .
- However , the Treasury said 0 it will postpone the auction unless it has assurances of enactment of [ARG0 legislation] 0 *T*-1 to [rel raise] [ARG1 the statutory debt limit] before the scheduled auction date .
- *-2 Encouraged *-1 by the brisk performance , [ARG0 Mitsubishi] plans *-2 to [rel raise] [ARG1 its per-share dividend] to [ARG4-to 3.50 yen] from [ARG3-from three yen] .
- Senate leaders traded proposals aimed * at * speeding action on [ARG0 legislation] 0 *T*-1 to narrow the deficit and [rel raise] [ARG1 the federal government 's debt limit] -- but the major stumbling block remains President Bush 's proposal * to cut the capital-gains tax rate .
- *-1 To avoid default , lawmakers must pass [ARG0 legislation] [rel raising] [ARG1 the limit] to [ARG4-to $ 3.12 trillion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 2.80 trillion *U*] by next Wednesday , according to the Treasury .
- Great Northern surged 20 1\/8 to 62 7\/8 , well above Georgia-Pacific 's offering price of $ 58 *U* a share , amid speculation that other suitors for the company would surface or that [ARG1 the bid] [ARGM-MOD would] be [rel raised] *-1 .
- In October 1979 , just days before [ARG0 the Federal Reserve] [rel raised] [ARG1 interest rates] , IBM offered $ 1 billion *U* in debt securities .
- [ARGM-TMP On Oct. 5] , [ARG0 the Bundesbank] [rel raised] [ARG1 the Lombard and discount rates] by [ARG2-by one percentage point] to [ARG4-to 8 % and 6 % *U* , respectively , the highest levels in seven years] .
- Economists said 0 [ARG0 the report] [rel raised] [ARG1 speculation that the economic slowdown could turn into a recession , which *T*-151 would pave the way 0 for the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates *T*-1] .
- Despite yesterday 's modest bond market gains , economists say 0 investors are anxious about the Treasury 's huge quarterly refunding of government debt , the timing of which *T*-1 depends on Congressional efforts [ARG0 *] to [rel raise] [ARG1 the debt ceiling] .
- [ARG0 The central bank] [ARGM-DIS also] unexpectedly [rel raised] [ARG1 the base rate] by [ARG2-by half a percentage point] to [ARG4-to 3.75 %] [ARGM-TMP Oct. 11] [ARGM-ADV as part of an inflation-fighting move that *T*-1 indirectly increases interest rates charged * on new home construction loans] .
- Economists , businessmen and some politicians agree that the answer is an orthodox economic austerity program including reduced state spending ; * focusing spending on vital areas such as education , health and welfare ; * turning state companies private ; * reforming the tax system , [ARG0 *] [rel raising] [ARG1 public service rates] [ARGM-PNC * to match costs] ; and possibly a temporary wage and price freeze and a devaluation of the cruzado .
- [ARGM-DIS But] [ARG0 his inexperience] [rel raises] [ARG1 doubts that he would have the political power * to carry them out] .
- [ARGM-DIS But] [ARGM-ADV according to David Jones , Humana 's chief executive] , [ARG0 it] promotes technology monopolies , stifles innovation and [rel raises] [ARG1 prices] .
- [ARG0 Junk-portfolio managers] [rel raised] [ARG1 their cash position] to [ARG4-to 9.4 % of assets] in September from [ARG3-from 8.3 %] in August .
- So [ARGM-TMP every time] 0 [ARG0 a Bush official] [rel raises] [ARG1-MNR a doubt about Mr. Gorbachev] *T*-1 , the Washington community shouts `` Cold War '' and `` timidity , '' and an administration spokesman is quickly trotted out *-2 *-3 to reply , `` Mr. Bush wants perestroika to succeed . ''
- [ARG1 Dark hints *ICH*-1] [ARGM-MOD would] be [rel raised] *-2 that parts of the administration hope 0 Mr. Gorbachev would fail , [ARGM-ADV just as they were *?* when Vice President Quayle voiced similar sentiments *T*-3] .
- The Red Cross does n't track [ARG1 contributions] [rel raised] * by [ARG0-by the disaster ads] , but it has amassed $ 46.6 million *U* since it first launched its hurricane relief effort Sept. 23 .
- The notes became burdensome when reset provisions allowed [ARG1 their interest rate] to be [rel raised] *-3 to [ARG4-to 19.25 %] [ARGM-TMP last June] *T*-2 .
- The resulting haunted house tends *-1 to reward followership , not leadership , [ARG0 it] creates guilt about * wearing the uniform , and [rel raises] [ARG1 doubt about * having the will * to fulfill the ghosts ' role , i.e. , * to be able *-2 to win if * called on *-3] .
- `` I can assure you , '' attests *T*-1 a 25-year-old lawyer in New Delhi , with a [ARGM-MNR meaningfully] [rel raised] [ARG1 eyebrow] , `` from personal experience , 0 it works . ''
- One of the studies , done * at the University of Minnesota , tested 75 people with [rel raised] [ARG1 cholesterol] levels .
- `` [ARG1 The issues] that *T*-1 are [ARGM-TMP -LRB- now -RRB-] being [rel raised] *-3 , [ARGM-MNR in classic anti-intellectual fashion] , fly in the face of a number of post-crash studies , '' said *T*-2 Fred Grauer , chairman of Wells Fargo Investment Advisers .
- [ARG0 Judge Harold C. Abramson] [rel raised] [ARG1 the possibility] [ARGM-TMP after talks 0 *T*-1 to end a feud between two major creditors failed and all three reorganization plans in the case ran into roadblocks] .
- [ARG0 The firm] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel raised] [ARG1 the percentage of bonds in its model portfolio] from [ARG3-from 40 %] to [ARG4-to 45 %] and later to 55 % .
- [ARG0 The firm] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel raised] [ARG1 the percentage of bonds in its model portfolio] from [ARG3-from 40 %] to 45 % and [ARGM-TMP later] to [ARG4-to 55 %] .
- [ARG0 Gabelli Group] began *-1 [rel raising] [ARG1 its Milton Roy stake] [ARGM-TMP in July] , and holds 14.6 % , according to a recent SEC filing .
- [ARGM-TMP Then] , [ARGM-TMP when the currency falls *T*-1 ,] [ARG1 interest rates] are [rel raised] *-2 [ARGM-PNC * to attract financial flows in order *-3 to stabilize the exchange rate] .
- [ARG0 Personal spending , which *T*-1 fueled the economy 's growth in the third quarter ,] was clearly slowing by the end of the period , * [rel raising] [ARG1 questions about the economy 's strength] [ARGM-TMP as the year ends] .
- While [ARG0 lawmakers] have [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel raised] [ARG1 the possibility of * renewing military aid to the Contras following Ortega 's weekend threat * to end a truce] , Senate Majority Leader Mitchell said on NBC-TV that Ortega had made `` a very unwise move .
- [ARGM-DIS And] [ARG0 a pending Justice Department interpretation of the assassination ban] [ARGM-MOD could] [rel raise] [ARG1 questions that *T*-2 would have *-3 to be settled *-1] .
- At the same time , some congressional liberals will accuse Sens. Boren and Cohen of *-1 wimping out , and they will warn that [ARG0 the lawmakers ' concessions] [rel raise] [ARG1 the specter of more internationally embarrassing covert operations like the mining of Nicaraguan harbors and the Iran arms sales] .
- It also is considered *-1 critical to [ARG0 the country 's] efforts * to both attract other investment from Taiwan and [rel raise] [ARG1 heavy industry capabilities] .
- But [ARG0 the important factory-jobs segment] , which *T*-2 [ARGM-TMP last month] plunged by 103,000 positions and [rel raised] [ARG1 recession fears] , is most likely *-3 to be skewed *-1 by the month 's unusual events .
- Factory owners are buying new machinery at a good rate this fall , machine tool makers say 0 *T*-1 , but [ARG0 sluggish sales of new cars and trucks] [rel raise] [ARG1 questions about fourth-quarter demand from the important automotive industry] .
- [ARGM-DIS But] [ARG0 the mega-issues] are [rel raising] [ARG1 megaquestions about the rapidly evolving Indian capital market] .
- [ARG0 The media] has [rel raised] [ARG1 questions about Larsen & Toubro 's issue] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 pointing out that it exceeds the company 's annual sales and its market capitalization] .
- Ford got a similar go-ahead earlier in October , and on Friday , Jaguar announced that [ARG0 the No. 2 U.S. auto maker] had [rel raised] [ARG1 its stake] to [ARG4-to 13.2 % , or 24.2 million shares ,] from [ARG3-from 12.4 %] earlier in the week .
- [ARG0 Lawmakers] have [ARGM-NEG n't] [ARGM-MNR publicly] [rel raised] [ARG1 the possibility of * renewing military aid to the Contras] , and President Bush parried the question at a news conference here Saturday , *-1 saying only that `` if there 's an all-out military offensive , that 's going *-2 to change the equation 180 degrees . ''
- Several longtime observers of the commodities industry think 0 the fortunes of the Merc over the next decade will be determined *-1 to a large extent by how well its new natural gas futures contract does *T*-3 and how successful [ARG0 its new president] is *T*-2 in *-4 [rel raising] [ARG1 the level of compliance by floor traders with exchange and Commodity Futures Trading Commission rules] .
- But now the companies are getting into trouble because they undertook a record expansion program while [ARG0 they] were [rel raising] [ARG1 prices] [ARG2-MNR sharply] .
- [ARG0 The slowdown] [rel raises] [ARG1 questions about the economy 's strength] [ARGM-CAU because spending fueled much of the third-quarter GNP growth] .
- But [ARG0 weak car sales] [rel raise] [ARG1 questions about future demand from the auto sector] .
- Hewlett-Packard Co. said 0 [ARG0 it] [rel raised] [ARG1 its stake in Octel Communications Corp.] to [ARG4-to 8.5 % of the common shares outstanding] .
- USX gained 1\/2 to 33 3\/8 on a report *ICH*-2 in Business Week magazine that [ARG0 investor Carl Icahn] is said *-1 to have [rel raised] [ARG1 his stake in the oil and steel company] to [ARG4-to just about 15 %] .
- [ARG0 A substantial warming] would melt some of the Earth 's polar ice caps , *-1 [rel raising] [ARG1 the level of the oceans] and causing widespread flooding of heavily populated coastal areas .
- Dr. Toseland , a toxicologist , said 0 he was preparing [ARG0 an article] for a British forensic medical journal *-2 [rel raising] [ARG1 the possibility that the deaths may have occurred after human insulin blunted critical warning signs indicating hypoglycemia , or low blood sugar , which *T*-1 can kill diabetics] .
- [ARGM-MNR With proper warning] , [ARG0 diabetics] [ARGM-MOD can] [ARGM-MNR easily] [rel raise] [ARG1 their blood sugar] to [ARG4-to safe levels] [ARGM-MNR by *-1 eating sugar or sugary food] .
- [ARGM-ADV If the pound falls closer to 2.80 marks] , [ARG0 the Bank of England] [ARGM-MOD may] [rel raise] [ARG1 Britain 's base lending rate] by [ARG2-by one percentage point] to [ARG4-to 16 %] , says 0 *T*-1 Mr. Rendell .
- [ARG0 The Bank of England] indicated its desire * to leave its monetary policy unchanged Friday by *-4 declining *-3 to [rel raise] [ARG1 the official 15 % discount-borrowing rate that it charges discount houses *T*-1] , analysts say 0 *T*-2 .
- [ARG0 OPEC] has [ARGM-MNR repeatedly] [rel raised] [ARG1 its self-imposed production ceiling] [ARGM-PNC *-1 to legitimize some of that unauthorized output] .
- [ARG0 Texaco , thinking in terms of $ 18-to-$19 *U* oil for 1990 ,] [ARGM-MOD may] [rel raise] [ARG1 spending , especially for low-risk prospects] , an official says 0 *T*-1 .
- [ARGM-DIS And] [ARG0 those who *T*-1 remain] , he says 0 *T*-2 `` [ARGM-MOD will] demand a higher return and [ARGM-TMP over time] [rel raise] [ARG1 the cost of capital to companies] . ''
- And like college radicals everywhere , they are talking about a demonstration -- [ARGM-LOC where] [ARG0 protesters] [ARGM-MOD would] gather quietly near the science building and [rel raise] [ARG1 their hands] , [ARGM-MNR classroom style] *T*-1 .
- [ARG0 The former U.S. attorney , who *T*-1 prosecuted targets ranging from Mafia dons to Wall Street executives ,] has succeeded in *-2 [rel raising] [ARG1 questions about Mr. Dinkins 's ethical standards] , but so far has failed *-2 to generate excitement about his own candidacy .
- If *-1 elected *-2 , [ARG0 Mr. Dinkins] will probably have no choice but *-1 to [rel raise] [ARG1 taxes on overburdened businesses] or cut spending in already under-serviced neighborhoods .
- [ARG1 The issue of * seeking relief from Congress] was [rel raised] *-1 [ARGM-DIR to Delbert Staley , the chairman of Nynex] .
- The Chicago Mercantile Exchange margins for the Standard & Poor 's 500 stock-index futures stood at $ 10,000 *U* a contract for speculators and $ 5,000 *U* for hedgers before Oct. 16 , 1987 ; [ARGM-TMP that day] [ARG1 the hedging margin] was [rel raised] *-1 to [ARG4-to $ 7,500 *U*] .
- [ARG1 Margins] were [rel raised] or lowered *-1 [ARGM-TMP about a dozen times] [ARGM-TMP since the crash Oct. 19 , 1987] .
- `` [ARG0 This] [rel raises] [ARG1 questions whether futures and equity margin requirements are consistent at these levels and whether futures margins are adequate] , '' Mr. Brady said *T*-1 .
- [ARG1 Margins on the futures exchanges] [ARGM-TMP typically] are [rel raised] and lowered *-1 [ARGM-MNR according to market volatility] .
- Black & Decker said 0 [ARG0 it] plans *-1 to put other Emhart units on the block in the future , with the goal of * [rel raising] [ARG1 $ 1 billion *U* in net proceeds] .
- [ARG0 Congress] has decided *-1 to [rel raise] [ARG1 $ 40 million *U*] [ARGM-MNR by *-2 charging companies $ 20,000 *U* for the honor of * filing the required papers under the Hart-Scott-Rodino law] .
- The House agreed *-1 to defer for a year a scheduled 50 % increase in the required state matching funds for law-enforcement grants but , by a 287-123 margin , the chamber stripped a [ARG0 Senate] initiative * to [rel raise] [ARG1 the minimum grant for smaller states , such as New Hampshire and Delaware ,] to [ARG4-to $ 1.6 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 500,000 *U*] .
- In Japan , Furukawa said 0 [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel raise] [ARG1 production] [ARGM-LOC at a plant outside Tokyo] to [ARG4-to 300,000 sheets monthly] from [ARG3-from 100,000] .
- [ARG0 PRIMERICA Corp. , New York ,] [rel raised] [ARG1 its quarterly 14 %] to [ARG4-to eight cents a share] , from [ARG3-from seven cents] , [ARGM-ADV * payable Nov. 24 to stock of record Nov. 6] .
- [ARG0 Du Pont] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel raised] [ARG1 its quarterly dividend] to [ARG4-to $ 1.20 *U* a share] from [ARG3-from $ 1.05 *U*] , [ARGM-ADV a change that *T*-1 will increase the annualized payout to shareholders by some $ 140 million *U*] .
- He adds : `` [ARG0 We , and the rest of the EC] have *-1 to talk to the Germans , now , frankly and [rel raise] [ARG1 these future risks] [ARGM-ADV with them] . ''
- [ARG0 One] [ARGM-TMP in 1981] [rel raised] to [ARG4-to $ 2,000 *U* a year] from [ARG3-from $ 1,500 *U*] [ARG1 the amount 0 a person could put *T*-1 , tax-deductible , into the tax-deferred accounts] and widened coverage to people under employer retirement plans .
- [ARGM-ADV *-2 Punching away] , [ARG0 we] [rel raised] [ARG1 what I still think 0 *T*-1 were all the right issues] and landed more than one hard blow , but at the end of the affair , there was just the tiniest nagging worry that we had been aiming at the wrong target .
- [ARGM-DIS In fact] , [ARGM-DIS however] , [ARG0 Mr. Reagan 's casual debasement of the office 0 he so recently held *T*-1] [rel raises] [ARG1 issues about which Americans can actually do something *T*-2] .
- The new U.S. package also says 0 [ARG0 countries] [ARGM-MOD could] [ARGM-TMP temporarily] [rel raise] [ARG1 tariffs on certain products] [ARGM-ADV if they experience an unusually heavy volume of imports] .
- [ARGM-LOC In the bidding war for Public Service Co. of New Hampshire] , [ARG0 United Illuminating Co.] [rel raised] [ARG1 its proposed offer] to [ARG4-to one 0 it valued *T*-1 at $ 2.29 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 2.19 billion *U*] , [ARGM-ADV * apparently topping all other bidders] .
- [ARG0 Congressmen] [rel raised] [ARG1 the issue] [ARGM-TMP yesterday] [ARGM-LOC at a hearing] .
- Mr. Ireland said 0 11 DC10-30 aircraft that PWA also said 0 it plans *-2 to sell *T*-1 , * beginning in 1992 , have [ARG0 a current half-life value of about $ 34 million *U* each , or a total $ 374 million *U*] , * [rel raising] [ARG1 aggregate potential proceeds from the aircraft sale] to [ARG4-to about $ 1.02 billion *U*] .
- [ARG0 Some] have [rel raised] [ARG1 their cash positions] to [ARG4-to record levels] .
- At the 50%-leveraged Zenith Income Fund , [ARG0 portfolio manager John Bianchi] recently dumped Mesa Petroleum , Wickes and Horsehead Industries , among others , *-1 to [rel raise] [ARG1 his cash position] to [ARG4-to a record 15 %] .
- If the White House is looking for another unconstitutional bill , [ARG0 Rep. John Dingell] is trying again *-1 to [rel raise] [ARG1 the Fairness Doctrine] from [ARG3-from the dead] .
- It was further helped *-2 by Ford , which *T*-1 announced after London 's close that [ARG0 it] had [rel raised] [ARG1 its stake] to [ARG4-to 12 %] from [ARG3-from just under 11 % on Tuesday] .
- [ARG0 Tough talk from trade union officials at the conference of the powerful IG Metall metals worker union in West Berlin] [rel raised] [ARG1 the specter of nationwide strikes next spring] , they said 0 *T*-1 .
- [ARG0 The bill last night] includes $ 500 million *U* 0 * to help *-1 finance this credit *T*-2 and [ARGM-ADV further] [rel raises] [ARG1 the obligation ceiling for the Small Business Administration] [ARGM-MNR sixfold] to [ARG4-to $ 1.8 billion *U*] [ARGM-PNC * to accommodate the expected loan activity] .
- [ARG0 Du Pont] , which *T*-2 announced plans for a 3-for-1 stock split and [rel raised] [ARG1 its quarterly dividend] by [ARG2-by 14 %] , jumped 2 1\/2 to 117 3\/8 .
- [ARG0 Goldman Sachs] placed the stock back on its list of recommended issues , [rel raised] [ARG1 its 1990 earnings estimate] and recommended that its clients shift funds from Kellogg to General Mills .
- [ARG0 Toyota] plans *-1 to [rel raise] [ARG1 Lexus exports] [ARGM-TMP when a new plant starts up next year *T*-2] .
- [ARG0 Japan 's steelmakers] are [rel raising] [ARG1 capital spending] [ARG2-EXT 22 %] [ARGM-TMP this year] to [ARG4-to $ 4.8 billion *U*] .
- A department spokesman said 0 [ARG0 the ruling] `` [rel raised] [ARG1 a serious question '' about the office of the president] .
- Ford Motor said 0 [ARG0 it] [rel raised] [ARG1 its stake in the British car maker] to [ARG4-to 12.45 % of the ordinary shares outstanding] .
- It aired 94.5 hours of mostly live events in Calgary -- [ARG0 *] helping [rel raise] [ARG1 ratings] [ARG2-EXT slightly] from [ARG3-from 1984] -- but still failed *-1 to deliver the audience promised * to advertisers .
- Then , he asked [ARG0 Mr. Pilson] *-2 to [rel raise] [ARG1 his offer] [ARGM-ADV anyway] : `` If we can have a number that *T*-1 starts with a three , you can have a dea . ''
- But he added that [ARG0 he] expected *-1 to [rel raise] [ARG1 his estimate for fiscal 1991] [ARGM-TMP at the same time] .
- [ARGM-TMP These days] , when [ARG0 others] [rel raise] [ARG1 the subject of abortion] *T*-1 , the usually loquacious president can be close-mouthed almost to the point of curtness .
- Mr. Roderick did so by *-2 having USX redeem a series of guaranteed notes , [ARG0 a move] that *T*-1 , [ARGM-DIS in effect] , [rel raised] [ARG1 the cost of a $ 7.19 billion *U* Icahn bid] by [ARG2-by about $ 3 billion *U*] .
- Mr. Icahn , the company 's deep-pocketed , tenacious adversary , recently disclosed that [ARG0 he] had [rel raised] [ARG1 his USX stake] to [ARG4-to 13.1 %] , and he again threatened a takeover .
- In the Manager 's Journal , Atsushi Kageyama , in *-3 commenting on many differences between American and Japanese culture , said , `` [ARG1 Japanese children] are [rel raised] *-1 [ARGM-MNR in a way 0 many Americans would find *T*-2 severe] .
- [ARG0 DISASTER STATES] are n't jumping *-1 to [rel raise] [ARG1 taxes] [ARGM-PNC for relief and recovery] .
- Just after Hurricane Hugo battered South Carolina , [ARG0 some officials] talked of * perhaps adding a penny to the state gasoline tax or * [rel raising] [ARG1 property taxes] .
- Loan guarantees do n't appear at all until the borrower defaults , so [ARG0 new guarantees] do [ARGM-NEG not] [rel raise] [ARG1 the deficit] , [ARGM-ADV even though they create future liabilities for the government] .
- It also says 0 [ARG0 countries] [ARGM-MOD could] [ARGM-TMP temporarily] [rel raise] [ARG1 tariffs on certain products] [ARGM-ADV if they experience an unusually heavy volume of imports] .
- [ARG0 Northeast Utilities] [rel raised] [ARG1 its bid for Public Service Co. of New Hampshire , which *T*-1 is operating under Bankruptcy Code protection ,] to [ARG4-to $ 2.25 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 1.85 billion *U*] .
- Northeast 's [rel raised] [ARG1 bid] , which *T*-2 was supported *-1 by PS of New Hampshire 's official shareholder committee , is a prelude to what *T*-3 is expected *-4 to be a round of higher bids by the other groups trying * to acquire the company , the largest utility in New Hampshire .
- [ARG0 The $ 942,000 *U* purchase] [rel raised] [ARG1 his holdings] to [ARG4-to 74,000 shares] .
- But Gov. Deukmejian and others are reluctant *-1 to do anything 0 *T*-2 to harm [ARG0 the state 's] chances of * [ARG2-MNR sharply] [rel raising] [ARG1 gasoline taxes] [ARGM-MNR on a permanent basis] .
- According to a spokesman , [ARG0 the governor] is also studying the possibility of * [rel raising] [ARG1 state gasoline taxes] .
- [ARGM-TMP Within a few days in July] , [ARG0 Inco] [rel raised] [ARG1 its bid] to [ARG4-to $ 36 *U*] and United matched it .
- [ARG0 The company 's conduct] `` does [ARGM-NEG not] [ARGM-ADV even] [rel raise] [ARG1 a question of wrongful corporate intent , ratification or cover-up] , '' GE 's brief asserts 0 *T*-1 .
- [ARG0 The downturn] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel raises] [ARG1 questions about the carriers ' ambitious orders for new airplanes , which *T*-1 currently total $ 32.5 billion *U* over the next three years] .
- [ARG0 IBM] [ARGM-MOD can] [rel raise] [ARG1 its stake in Paxus] to [ARG4-to 20 %] [ARGM-TMP over three years] , but agreed *-1 to not go beyond 20 % in that time .
- The Treasury said 0 it will alter the auctions unless [ARG0 it] has assurance of enactment of legislation 0 * to [rel raise] [ARG1 the statutory debt limit] [ARGM-TMP before the scheduled auctions Monday] *T*-1 .
- Georgia Gulf , another producer of commodity chemicals , advanced 2 to 49 1\/2 ; Dallas investor Harold Simmons , who *T*-1 holds about 10 % of its shares , said 0 [ARG0 he] has [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel raised] [ARG1 his stake] .
- [ARG0 GANNETT Co.] [rel raised] [ARG1 its quarterly dividend] [ARG2-EXT 11 %] to [ARG4-to 30 cents a share] from [ARG3-from 27 cents] , [ARGM-ADV payable Jan. 2 , 1990 , to shares of record Dec. 8 , 1989] .
- They 've been able *-1 to measure the minuscule movements of the artery wall as [ARG0 the beating heart] [rel raises] and lowers [ARG1 the pressure of the flowing blood] , a first for such tiny blood vessels , they report 0 *T*-2 in Nature , a scientific journal .
- But with [ARG1 its stake in Jaguar] , which [ARG0 it] [rel raised] *T*-1 [ARGM-TMP yesterday] to [ARG4-to 11.95 %] , Ford could convene a special Jaguar shareholders ' meeting and urge holders *-2 to vote *-3 to drop the restriction sooner .
- MINORITY RECRUITING has yet *-1 to meet [ARG1 hopes] [rel raised] * by [ARG0-by Bush administration] .
- Six months ago , as some personnel specialists saw it , a perception that President Bush really cared about fair employment -- after what they said 0 *T*-1 was eight years of Reagan-era neglect -- was prodding [ARG0 top management] to [rel raise] [ARG1 hiring goals for females , blacks and other minorities] .
- The 1987 highway bill permitted [ARG0 states] to [rel raise] [ARG1 the speed limit] to [ARG4-to 65 mph] from [ARG3-from 55 mph] [ARGM-LOC on interstate roads , which *T*-2 are defined *-1 as highways that *T*-3 pass through areas with fewer than 50,000 people] .
- In [ARG0 states] that *T*-1 [rel raised] [ARG1 the speed limit on rural interstates] , the fatality rate rose about 18 % to 1.7 deaths per 100 million miles traveled * between 1986 and 1988 .
- In 1986 , he settled an antitrust suit based * on a taped telephone conversation of him proposing to Braniff 's president that [ARG0 they both] [rel raise] [ARG1 fares] [ARG2-EXT 20 %] .
- [ARG0 Mr. Lipstein 's absence from the meeting here] [rel raised] [ARG1 speculation that the sale is in trouble] .
- Much of its attention was spent *-1 * fighting organized labor 's initiatives on issues 0 the small-business community traditionally opposes *T*-2 -- from [ARG0 *] [rel raising] [ARG1 state minimum wage levels] to * mandating benefits in health plans .
- But in Washington state , small business generally opposes an initiative 0 *T*-2 to boost spending on children 's programs by $ 360 million *U* , *-3 fearing 0 [ARG1 the state 's 7.8 % sales tax] [ARGM-MOD will] be [rel raised] *-1 [ARGM-PNC * to finance the outlays] .
- Among takeover stocks , Jefferson Smurfit jumped 1 1\/4 to 42 1\/2 after SIBV-MS Holdings said 0 [ARG1 the price 0 *T*-3 to be paid *-2 to Jefferson Smurfit 's minority holders] has been [rel raised] *-1 to [ARG4-to $ 43 *U* a share] .
- Moody 's also said 0 [ARG0 it] [rel raised] [ARG1 its rating on the Deposit Insurance Bridge Bank , now known * as Bank One , Texas N.A.] , [ARGM-ADV * reflecting the support of other banking affiliates and substantial assistance for the FDIC] .
- [ARG0 The nickel producer] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel raised] [ARG1 its quarterly dividend] to [ARG4-to 25 cents a share] from [ARG3-from 20 cents] and said 0 it may buy back as much as 4.8 % of its common outstanding .
- [ARG1 Both] have been [rel raised] *-1 [ARG2-EXT at least 30 %] [ARGM-TMP in recent years] , [ARGM-TMP even while the price of gasoline has fallen] .
- [ARGM-DIS Still] , [ARG0 even the title] [rel raises] [ARG1 questions about the author 's vision of her subject] .
- [ARG0 The Reichmanns and Mr. Zell , the largest holders of Santa Fe Pacific stock ,] have been looking for [ARGM-MNR ways] 0 * to [rel raise] [ARG1 the value of their investments] *T*-1 , including possible spinoffs .
- In a brief filed * with the Supreme Court last week , Mr. Pretl criticizes [ARG0 the appeal] for *-1 [rel raising] [ARG1 `` abstract '' and `` theoretical '' legal issues] , [ARGM-TMP while *-2 jeopardizing the proposed reorganization and the settlement payments to claimants] .
- P.J. Mode , Wilmer Cutler 's managing partner , says 0 the trial team that *T*-3 represented Mr. Bundy was asked *-1 by the firm 's pro bono committee whether the new case posed a conflict and that [ARG1 no objections] were [rel raised] *-2 .
- Meson Investment Ltd. , a Vancouver , B.C.-based investment firm , said 0 [ARG0 it] [rel raised] [ARG1 its stake in Verit Industries] to [ARG4-to 8.9 % of the common shares outstanding] .
- [ARG0 One provision] [ARGM-TMP last night] [ARGM-MOD would] have [rel raised] [ARG1 the cap on disaster loans] to [ARG4-to $ 500,000 *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 100,000 *U* per household] [ARGM-PNC *-1 to accommodate San Francisco losses] .
- [ARG0 This] is [rel raising] [ARG1 eyebrows] .
- The issue is further complicated *-1 because although the organizations represent Korean residents , [ARG1 those residents] were [ARGM-ADV largely] born and [rel raised] *-2 [ARGM-LOC in Japan] and many speak only Japanese .
- [ARG0 A severe recession] [ARGM-MOD could] , [ARGM-DIS of course] , [rel raise] [ARG1 delinquency rates] , but so far the current levels of consumer debt do n't seem *-1 to loom as a major threat .
- Witnesses shout , scream , pontificate : `` ... a dream that the planet could be saved *-1 from itself and from the sadistic dumb creatures who *T*-2 try *-4 to tear down [ARG0 every decent man] who *T*-3 [rel raises] [ARG1 his voice] . ''
- [ARG0 a nun] [rel raising] [ARG1 some lovable orphans] .
- A Generale spokesman confirmed that [ARG0 the giant Belgian holding company] would be willing *-1 to [rel raise] [ARG1 its stake in AG] should a raider seek control .
- [ARGM-DIS However] , [ARG0 the Panama episode] has [rel raised] [ARG1 questions about whether the NSC staff is sufficiently big , diverse and powerful * to coordinate U.S. policy on tough issues] .
- [ARG0 Owners , largely complacent in the past ,] are now almost desperately looking for [ARGM-MNR ways] 0 * to lower costs and [rel raise] [ARG1 revenue] *T*-1 -- * embracing some revolutionary ideas in the process .
- But the general trend , given rising costs in the league , has been [ARG0 *] to [rel raise] [ARG1 prices] , and Mr. Jones is expected *-1 to eventually follow suit .
- `` It 's simple , '' says *T*-2 [ARG0 Lamar Hunt] , who *T*-1 owns the Kansas City Chiefs and [ARGM-TMP last year] [rel raised] [ARG1 ticket prices] by [ARG2-by $ 2.40 *U*] to [ARG4-to an average $ 17 *U*] .
- Mr. Bush asked [ARG0 Congress] *-3 to [rel raise] to [ARG4-to $ 6 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 3 billion *U*] [ARG1 the amount of money 0 Defense Secretary Dick Cheney may shift *T*-1 among the Pentagon 's individual programs , projects and activities] , [ARGM-ADV * allowing him to ease the pain that the Gramm-Rudman budget law was intended * to inflict *T*-2] .
- Now , there have been a number of [ARG1 questions] [rel raised] * . ''
- [ARGM-DIS In addition] , [ARG0 delivery delays for the first two of as many as 28 Boeing 747-400s that the carrier has ordered *T*-1] have [rel raised] [ARG1 costs] [ARGM-CAU because personnel had been hired *-2 *-3 to man the planes] .
- When First Interstate balked , *-2 arguing that the figure was too high *T*-1 , [ARG0 regulators] responded by *-3 [rel raising] [ARG1 their recommendation] to [ARG4-to $ 350 million *U*] .
- [ARG0 Meetings canceled * by Apple Computer Inc. 's European sales force and by other groups] [rel raised] [ARG1 the specter of empty hotel rooms and restaurants] .
- [ARG0 It] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel raised] [ARG1 hackles of the city 's tourism boosters] .
- However , state initiatives restrict the ability *ICH*-1 of [ARG0 the legislature] * to [rel raise] [ARG1 such taxes] unless the voters approve in a statewide referendum .
- [ARGM-DIS But] [ARG0 this] [rel raises] [ARG1 added cost barriers to urban entrepreneurship] .
- `` [ARG1 The coupon] was [rel raised] *-2 [ARGM-PNC *-3 to induce some of the big players on the fence to come in] , '' said *T*-1 a spokesman for Donaldson .
- [ARG0 Consolidated Freightways] plans *-1 to [rel raise] [ARG1 its rates] [ARG2-EXT 5.3 %] [ARGM-TMP late this year or early next year] , and at least two competitors have announced similar increases .
- [ARG0 Air-freight carriers] [rel raised] [ARG1 their rates for U.S. products going across the Pacific to Asia] by [ARG2-by about 20 %] [ARGM-TMP earlier this month] .
- And [ARG0 ship lines carrying containers] are also trying *-1 to [rel raise] [ARG1 their rates] .
- [ARG0 Ship lines operating in the Pacific] plan *-1 to [rel raise] [ARG1 rates on containers carrying U.S. exports to Asia] [ARG2-EXT about 10 %] , [ARGM-TMP * effective next April] .
- Vickers PLC , a United Kingdom defense and engineering company , said 0 [ARG0 an investment unit controlled * by New Zealand financier Ron Brierley] [rel raised] [ARG1 its stake in the company] [ARGM-TMP Friday] to [ARG4-to 15.02 %] from [ARG3-from about 14.6 %] Thursday and from 13.7 % the previous week .
- Vickers PLC , a United Kingdom defense and engineering company , said 0 [ARG0 an investment unit controlled * by New Zealand financier Ron Brierley] [rel raised] [ARG1 its stake in the company] [ARGM-TMP Friday] to [ARG4-to 15.02 %] from about 14.6 % Thursday and from [ARG3-from 13.7 %] the previous week .
- [ARG0 Booming metals prices] have fueled Trelleborg 's recent profit surge , *-1 [rel raising] [ARG1 mining 's share of pretax profit] to [ARG4-to 68 %] [ARGM-TMP this year] from [ARG3-from a big loss] two years earlier .
- [ARGM-DIS Instead] , [ARG0 the group] is [rel raising] [ARG1 the proposal] [ARGM-MNR informally] [ARGM-PNC *-1 to try *-2 to test the board 's reaction] .
- People familiar with the company say 0 the board is n't likely *-2 to give quick approval to any offer substantially below the $ 300-a-share *U* , $ 6.79 billion *U* buy-out bid that *T*-1 collapsed last week after [ARG0 banks] [ARGM-MOD would] [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel raise] [ARG1 needed loans] and after a key partner , British Airways PLC , dropped out .
- The bursts often occur , they said 0 *T*-1 , after [ARG0 they] `` perturbed '' the experiments by *-2 [rel raising] or lowering [ARG1 the amount of electric current being applied *] , or switching the current off and on .
- [ARG0 The surge in production] , analysts say 0 *T*-1 , [rel raises] [ARG1 questions about capacity outpacing demand] .
- Many professions long have seemed *-3 to be targets *ICH*-5 because of the exotic or ludicrous efforts *ICH*-4 of some members * to offset high income with fake losses from phony tax shelters : dentists who *T*-1 invested in dubiously dubbed foreign films or [ARG0 airline pilots] who *T*-2 [rel raised] [ARG1 racehorses] [ARGM-TMP on their days off] .
- [ARG0 The plan] [ARGM-DIS indeed] [rel raises] from [ARG3-from 40 %] to [ARG4-to 50 %] [ARG1 the number of freshmen applicants admitted * strictly by academic criteria] .
- [ARG0 Kidder Peabody] [rel raised] [ARG1 its investment rating on the stock and its earnings estimates for 1989 and 1990] , [ARGM-CAU based on optimism that the company 's ABC television network will continue *-1 to fare well in the ratings] .
- [ARGM-TMP Two weeks ago] , [ARGM-LOC in a campaign * to blunt inflation at home and arrest a world-wide plunge in the pound] , [ARG0 he] [rel raised] [ARG1 base rates] [ARG2-EXT a full percentage point] to [ARG4-to 15 %] .
- [ARG0 The Food and Drug Administration] had [rel raised] [ARG1 questions about the device 's design] .
- As for property and casualty insurers , Moody 's said 0 `` preliminary estimates suggest that losses should not have a significant impact on most insurers ' financial condition , '' but [ARG0 it] `` [rel raises] [ARG1 concerns about potentially substantial risks '' longer-term] .
- `` Back in 1987-88 , business was operating at fairly tight capacity , so businesses felt 0 [ARG0 they] [ARGM-MOD could] [rel raise] [ARG1 prices] . ''
- But Mr. Batchelder says that [ARG0 Citicorp 's] `` failure * to deliver '' on its promise * to [rel raise] [ARG1 the UAL bank debt] [ARGM-PNC for a labor-management buy-out group] `` is very distressing to potential users of a ` highly-confident ' letter from commercial banks . ''
- In the end , Mr. Davis used junk bonds so that [ARG0 he] [ARGM-MOD could] [rel raise] [ARG1 Paramount 's bid] to [ARG4-to $ 200 *U* a share] .
- During an economic slump , local tax revenues often go down , [ARG0 *] [rel raising] [ARG1 the risks associated * with at least some municipals] .
- [ARG0 That] [rel raised] [ARG1 hopes that interest rates will continue *-1 to move lower] .
- [ARGM-ADV Collectively] , [ARG0 the statements] [rel raised] [ARG1 questions about whether a new bid for UAL will ever get off the ground] .
- Now Republican leaders are concentrating on *-2 attaching a capital-gains amendment to some other bill , [ARGM-ADV perhaps] [ARG0 a measure] [rel raising] [ARG1 the federal borrowing limit] or a second tax bill that *T*-1 would follow on the heels of the deficit-reduction legislation .
- These people used *-2 to be called *-1 brokers , but apparently this word either is not grandiose enough or carries too many negative connotations from the aforementioned technical correction , when [ARG0 terrified customers] [ARGM-MOD could] [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel raise] [ARG1 brokers] [ARGM-MNR on the phone] *T*-3 .
- [ARG1 Mr. Guber] was [rel raised] *-1 [ARGM-LOC in Boston] and educated *-1 in New York .
- [ARG0 Rick Sherlund , a Goldman Sachs analyst ,] has [rel raised] [ARG1 his earnings estimates for the company] [ARGM-TMP twice] [ARGM-TMP in the past two weeks] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 citing improved margins] .
- [ARGM-TMP After the earnings were announced *-1] , [ARG0 he] [rel raised] [ARG1 his fiscal 1990 estimate] to [ARG4-to between $ 3.80 and $ 4 *U* a share] .
- [ARGM-ADV As Mr. Rivkin explains it] , `` [ARG0 We] were [rel raising] [ARG1 some caution flags about rate rises in Europe and concerns about the LBO market] .
- [ARG0 The House] seriously considered *-1 [rel raising] [ARG1 the top tax rate paid * by individuals with the highest incomes] .
- It may also expedite the SEC 's modest pending changes in junk-bond disclosure rules and intensify the Treasury 's look at plans for [ARG0 *] giving new tax breaks on dividends and [rel raising] [ARG1 taxes on short-term trades by pension funds] .
- [ARG0 This news] [rel raised] [ARG1 hopes for further interest-rate cuts] .
- Mr. Coats plans *-1 to offer his proposal as an amendment to [ARG0 a bill] 0 *T*-2 to [rel raise] [ARG1 the federal debt limit] before the end of the month .
- [ARG0 The Fletcher Challenge Canada stake] was then canceled *-2 , Doman said 0 *T*-1 , * [rel raising] [ARG1 Doman 's interest in Western Forest] to [ARG4-to 56 %] .
- [ARG0 British Air 's move] [rel raised] [ARG1 new questions about the buy-out group 's efforts * to revive a stalled bid for UAL] .
- [ARG0 John Markese , director of research for the American Association of Individual Investors ,] [rel raises] [ARG1 a cautionary note] .
- Another reason : [ARG0 strikes , both at Georgia-Pacific and other lumber companies] [ARGM-DIS also] cut supplies and [rel raised] [ARG1 prices] , analysts said 0 *T*-1 .
- Repeal is considered *-1 likely now , but [ARG0 the Treasury Department bill] has been used *-2 as a vehicle *-2 to [rel raise] [ARG1 the profile of the issue] and block any action in the interim .
- But that deal fell through in September after it *EXP*-1 became clear that [ARG0 the sale] would lead to a major real estate tax reassessment , * [rel raising] [ARG1 property taxes] , and making it *EXP*-2 difficult * to lease the building at competitive prices .
- [ARG0 Two rules in pending congressional legislation] threaten *-1 to hinder leveraged buy-outs by *-2 [rel raising] [ARG1 the price tags of such deals] by [ARG2-by as much as 10 %] .
- Moreover , one investment banker , who *T*-1 requested anonymity , said 0 [ARG0 his firm] did [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel raise] [ARG1 the ante for a target company] [ARGM-TMP earlier this month] [ARGM-TMP after a stronger bid emerged from a public company that *T*-2 was n't concerned about the financing provision] .
- [ARG0 The House version] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel raise] [ARG1 slightly more] .
- Demand for the new version was enabling [ARG0 Lotus] to [rel raise] [ARG1 prices] [ARGM-MNR with distributors] and to hold market share against Microsoft and other competitors that *T*-1 tried *-3 to exploit the earlier delays in Release 3 's launch , Mr. Sherlund added 0 *T*-4 .
- Meanwhile , [ARG0 Eurocom , which *T*-1 had held 20 % of WCRS 's ad unit ,] will pay # 43.5 million *U* -LRB- $ 68.5 million *U* -RRB- *-2 to [rel raise] [ARG1 its stake] to [ARG4-to 60 %] .
- Many in Washington say 0 [ARG0 President Bush] will have *-1 to [rel raise] [ARG1 taxes] [ARGM-PNC *-2 to pay for his war on drugs] .
- Yesterday , the brokerage firm Conning & Co. said 0 [ARG0 insurers] will use the earthquake as an excuse [ARGM-ADV 0] * to [rel raise] [ARG1 insurance rates] *T*-1 , *-2 ending their long price wars .
- [ARG0 That] will mark the second consecutive quarterly loss for Commodore and [ARGM-MOD will] [rel raise] [ARG1 additional questions about whether it can sustain the turnaround 0 it had seemed *-2 to be engineering *T*-1] .
- [ARG0 PaineWebber] repeated a buy recommendation on the stock and [rel raised] [ARG1 its 1990 earnings estimate] by [ARG2-by 35 cents a share] , to [ARG4-to $ 5.10 *U*] .
- [ARG0 The provisions , in deficit-reduction bills recently passed * by the House and Senate ,] [ARGM-MOD could] [rel raise] [ARG1 the price tags of such deals] by [ARG2-by up to 10 %] and cool the takeover boom .
- The companies earlier said 0 [ARG0 they] did n't want *-1 to [rel raise] [ARG1 their offer] [ARGM-PNC *-2 to match a rival bid by Institut Merieux S.A. of C$ 37 *U* a share , or C$ 942 million *U*] .
- On the corporate front , Ford Motor announced that [ARG0 it] [rel raised] [ARG1 its stake in U.K. luxury car maker Jaguar] to [ARG4-to 10.4 %] from [ARG3-from 5 %] .
- Enserch said 0 [ARG0 the tendered units] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel raise] [ARG1 its ownership of the partnership] to [ARG4-to more than 99 %] from [ARG3-from 87 %] .
- Dallas investor Harold C. Simmons said 0 [ARG0 he] [rel raised] [ARG1 his stake in Lockheed Corp.] to [ARG4-to 10.62 %] from [ARG3-from 10.43 % of the aerospace and electronics concern 's common shares] .
- Great American said 0 [ARG0 it] increased its loan-loss reserves by $ 93 million *U* after *-1 reviewing its loan portfolio , * [rel raising] [ARG1 its total loan and real estate reserves] to [ARG4-to $ 217 million *U*] .
- [ARGM-ADV *-1 Born the illegitimate son of his father 's maid] , [ARG1 he] was [rel raised] *-1 [ARGM-LOC on the mean streets of the central market district of Panama City] .
- But its auditor , Ernst & Young , said 0 [ARG0 Enviropact 's financial situation] [rel raises] `` [ARG1 substantial doubt about its ability * to continue as a going concern] . ''
- At the moment , [ARG0 Ford executives] will say little beyond * reiterating their desire * to [rel raise] [ARG1 Ford 's Jaguar stake] to [ARG4-to about 15 %] .
- Yesterday , Ford Motor disclosed that [ARG0 it] has [rel raised] [ARG1 its holding in Jaguar] to [ARG4-to 10.4 %] from [ARG3-from 5 %] .
- Exabyte Corp. had been planning *-2 to sell 10 % of its stock this week in [ARG0 an IPO] that *T*-1 [ARGM-MOD would] [rel raise] [ARG1 up to $ 28.5 million *U*] .
- D. Wayne Calloway , also chief executive officer of the company , indicated that he expects [ARG0 analysts] to [rel raise] [ARG1 their forecasts for 1989] [ARGM-TMP after the company releases its earnings today] .
- [ARG0 Ms. McGlade of PaineWebber] [rel raised] [ARG1 a more fundamental question about the deal] .
- Whether a cash crunch might eventually force the company to cut [ARG1 its quarterly dividend] , [rel raised] [ARG2-EXT 36 %] to [ARG4-to 75 cents a share] [ARGM-TMP only a year ago] , has become a topic of intense speculation on Wall Street since Mr. Stookey deflected dividend questions in a Sept. 29 meeting with analysts .
- Institut Merieux S.A. of France said 0 [ARG0 the Canadian government] [rel raised] [ARG1 an obstacle to its proposed acquisition of Connaught BioSciences Inc. for 942 million Canadian dollars -LRB- US$ 801.6 million *U* -RRB-] .
- If this seems like [ARGM-ADV pretty weak stuff] around which [ARG0 *] to [rel raise] [ARG1 the protectionist barriers] *T*-2 , it may be because these shows need all the protection 0 they can get *T*-1 .
- One obvious place 0 * to attach a capital-gains tax cut , and perhaps other popular items stripped * from the deficit-reduction bill , *T*-1 is [ARG0 the legislation] 0 *T*-2 to [rel raise] [ARG1 the federal borrowing limit] .
- The U.S. Federal Trade Commission advised Ford last week that [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD would] [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel raise] [ARG1 any objection to the acquisition of as much as 15 % of Jaguar shares] .
- `` [ARG0 This] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel raise] [ARG1 the energy level of the show] . ''
- [ARGM-ADV To the extent 0 we lack manpower 0 *T*-3 to staff menial jobs in hospitals *T*-2] , [ARGM-DIS for example] , [ARG0 we] [ARGM-MOD should] [rel raise] [ARG1 pay] , pursue labor-saving technology , or allow more legal immigration , rather than overpay high school graduates as short-term workers and cause resentment among permanent workers paid * lesser amounts *-1 to do the same jobs .
- [ARGM-LOC In the pension accounts 0 he manages *T*-1] , [ARG0 Mr. Fleckenstein] has [rel raised] [ARG1 cash positions] and invested in gold *RNR*-2 and natural gas *RNR*-2 stocks , partly as an inflation hedge .
- * Arguing that the separate financial marketplaces acted as one , and concluding that [ARG0 the crash] had `` [rel raised] [ARG1 the possibility of a full-scale financial system breakdown] , '' the presidential task force called for * establishing a super-regulator *-1 to oversee the markets , *-1 to make margins consistent across markets , *-1 to unify clearing systems and *-1 to install circuit breakers .
- [ARG1 The allegation] had been [rel raised] *-1 [ARGM-LOC in Parliament] by [ARG0-by the governing Liberal Democratic Party] [ARGM-TMP following magazine reports suggesting that money from Japanese-style pinball , called * pachinko , had infiltrated politics] .
- [ARGM-TMP A few hours after the party launched its own affinity credit card earlier this month] , [ARG0 the Tories] [rel raised] [ARG1 the nation 's base interest rate] .
- [ARGM-DIS And] [ARG1 market expectations] [ARGM-ADV clearly] have been [rel raised] *-1 by [ARG0-by the capital gains victory in the House last month] .
- With a Qintex deal , [ARG0 NBC] would move into uncharted territory -- * [ARGM-ADV possibly] [rel raising] [ARG1 hackles at the studios and in Washington] .
- If [ARG0 the transaction] [rel raised] [ARG1 objections] , the studio 's syndication operations could be spun off into a separate firm in which the network does n't have a direct stake *T*-1 .