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frames- Shorter maturities are considered *-9 a sign of [rel rising] [ARG1 rates] because portfolio managers can capture higher rates sooner .
- [ARG1 The yield on six-month Treasury bills sold * at Monday 's auction] , [ARGM-DIS for example] , [rel rose] to [ARG4-to 8.04 %] from [ARG3-from 7.90 %] .
- [ARG1 Japan 's domestic sales of cars , trucks and buses in October] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 18 %] from [ARG3-from a year earlier] to [ARG4-to 500,004 units , a record for the month] , the Japan Automobile Dealers ' Association said 0 *T*-1 .
- In another reflection that the growth of the economy is leveling off , the government said that [ARG1 orders for manufactured goods and spending on construction] failed *-1 to [rel rise] [ARGM-TMP in September] .
- [ARG1 Orders for durable goods] were up 0.2 % to $ 127.03 billion *U* after *-1 [rel rising] [ARG2-EXT 3.9 %] [ARGM-TMP the month before] .
- [ARG1 Factory shipments] fell 1.6 % to $ 234.4 billion *U* after * [rel rising] [ARG2-EXT 5.4 %] [ARGM-TMP in August] .
- [ARG1 Manufacturers ' backlogs of unfilled orders] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 0.5 %] [ARGM-TMP in September] to [ARG4-to $ 497.34 billion *U*] , [ARGM-ADV *-3 helped *-2 by strength in the defense capital goods sector] .
- [ARG1 Government construction spending] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 4.3 %] to [ARG4-to $ 88 billion *U*] .
- When demand is stronger than suppliers can handle *T*-1 and delivery times lengthen *T*-1 , [ARG1 prices] tend *-2 to [rel rise] .
- Japanese press reports have speculated that [ARG1 the Japanese contribution] [ARGM-MOD could] [rel rise] to [ARG4-to between 20 % and 25 % *U*] [ARGM-LOC under the new program] .
- In the 1990s , *-2 spurred *-1 by [rel rising] [ARG1 labor] costs and the strong yen , these companies will increasingly turn themselves into multinationals with plants around the world .
- In Taiwan and South Korea , [rel rising] [ARG1 wages] are forcing manufacturers to seek other overseas sites for labor-intensive production .
- [ARG1 It] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 7\/8] to [ARG4-to 18 1\/4] .
- Among other Connecticut banks whose shares *T*-121 trade in the OTC market , Society for Savings Bancorp , based * in Hartford , saw [ARG1 its stock] [rel rise] [ARG2-EXT 1 3\/4] to [ARG4-to 18 1\/4] .
- Centerbank added 5\/8 to 8 3\/4 ; [ARG1 shares of NESB , a New London-based bank holding company ,] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 5\/8] to [ARG4-to 5 7\/8] .
- [ARGM-DIS Also] [ARGM-LOC on the takeover front] , [ARG1 Jaguar 's ADRs] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 1\/4] to [ARG4-to 13 7\/8] [ARGM-LOC on turnover of 4.4 million] .
- [ARG1 The index of the 100 largest Nasdaq financial stocks] [rel rose] [ARGM-MNR modestly] [ARGM-DIS as well] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 gaining 1.28 to 449.04] .
- Michaels Stores Inc. , which *T*-142 owns and operates a chain of specialty retail stores , said 0 [ARG1 October sales] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 14.6 %] to [ARG4-to $ 32.8 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 28.6 million *U*] a year earlier .
- [ARG1 Sales in stores open more than one year] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 3 %] to [ARG4-to $ 29.3 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 28.4 million *U*] .
- [ARG1 Revenue] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 42 %] to [ARG4-to $ 133.7 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 94 million *U*] .
- Mr. Gillespie at Viacom says 0 [ARG1 the ratings] are [rel rising] .
- [ARG1 Stock prices] [rel rose] [ARG2-MNR fractionally] [ARGM-LOC in moderate trading] .
- [ARG1 The dollar] [rel rose] .
- [ARG1 Long-term bond prices] [rel rose] [ARGM-ADV despite prospects of a huge new supply of Treasury debt this month] .
- Georgia Gulf stock rose $ 1.75 *U* a share yesterday *-1 to close at $ 51.25 *U* a share , while NL shares closed unchanged at $ 22.75 *U* and [ARG1 Valhi] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 62.5 cents] to [ARG4-to $ 15 *U*] , all in New York Stock Exchange composite trading .
- [ARG1 Georgia Gulf stock] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT $ 1.75 *U* a share] yesterday [ARGM-PNC *-1 to close at $ 51.25 *U* a share] , [ARGM-TMP while NL shares closed unchanged at $ 22.75 *U* and Valhi rose 62.5 cents to $ 15 *U*] , [ARGM-LOC all in New York Stock Exchange composite trading] .
- [ARG1 Payouts on the S&P 500 stocks] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 10 %] [ARGM-TMP in 1988] , [ARGM-ADV according to Standard & Poor 's Corp.] , and Wall Street estimates for 1989 growth are generally between 9 % and 14 % *U* .
- Meanwhile , many market watchers say 0 recent dividend trends raise another warning flag : While [ARG1 dividends] have [rel risen] [ARGM-MNR smartly] , their expansion has n't kept pace with even stronger advances in stock prices .
- Indeed , analysts say that [ARG1 payouts] have [ARGM-TMP sometimes] [rel risen] [ARG2-MNR most sharply] [ARGM-TMP when prices were already on their way down from cyclical peaks *T*-1] .
- [ARGM-LOC Under the measure passed * yesterday] , [ARG1 the minimum wage] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel rise] to [ARG4-to $ 3.80 *U*] [ARGM-TMP next April] .
- [ARGM-DIS But] [ARG1 Mr. Hahn] [rel rose] [ARGM-MNR swiftly] [ARGM-MNR through the ranks] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 demonstrating a raw intelligence that he says 0 he knew 0 he possessed *T*-2 early on] .
- He has promised stiffer fines , though [ARG1 the size of penalties sought * by OSHA] have been [rel rising] [ARGM-TMP in recent years] [ARGM-TMP even before he took office this year] .
- [ARGM-TMP During Mr. McGovern 's nine-year term as president] , [ARG1 the company 's sales] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to $ 5.7 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 2.8 billion *U*] and net income increased to $ 274 million *U* from $ 130 million *U* , the statement said 0 *T*-1 .
- [ARGM-LOC In heavy trading on the New York Stock Exchange] , [ARG1 Campbell 's shares] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT $ 3.375 *U*] [ARGM-PNC * to close at $ 47.125 *U*] .
- [ARGM-ADV Despite one of the most devastating droughts on record] , [ARG1 net cash income in the Farm Belt] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to a new high of $ 59.9 billion *U*] [ARGM-TMP last year] .
- [ARG1 Commodity prices] have been [rel rising] [ARGM-TMP in recent years] , [ARGM-ADV with the farm price index hitting record peaks earlier this year] , [ARGM-ADV as the government curtailed production with land-idling programs *-1 to reduce price-depressing surpluses] .
- Indeed , net cash income is likely *-1 to fall this year as [ARG1 farm expenses] [rel rise] and government payments to farmers decline .
- [ARGM-ADV To the surprise of some analysts] , [ARG1 net cash income] [rel rose] [ARGM-LOC in some of the hardest-hit states , including Indiana , Illinois , Nebraska and the Dakotas] .
- As [ARG1 interest rates] [rel rose] , municipalities owed the banks more than the banks were paying them .
- -LRB- Few , if any , index-fund managers will risk *-1 leveraging performance by *-1 owning more than 100 % exposure to stocks , and equally few will want *-2 to own less than a 100 % position [ARGM-MOD should] [ARG1 stocks] [rel rise] . -RRB-
- * Eliminate arbitrage and [ARG1 liquidity] will decline instead of * [rel rising] , * creating more volatility instead of less .
- It *EXP*-2 is interesting * to see the fundamental stock pickers scream `` foul '' on program trading when the markets decline *T*-1 , while *-3 hailing the great values still abounding as [ARG1 the markets] [rel rise] .
- Could [rel rising] [ARG1 volatility] possibly be related to uncertainty about the economics of stocks , instead of the evil deeds of program-trading goblins ?
- PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTING gains new stature as [ARG1 prices] [rel rise] .
- Pretax profit fell 3.7 % to # 128 million *U* from # 133 million *U* and was below analysts ' expectations of # 130 million to # 135 million *U* , but [ARG1 shares] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 6 pence] to [ARG4-to 388 pence] [ARGM-LOC in early trading] [ARGM-TMP yesterday] [ARGM-LOC in London] .
- The reason : [ARG1 Risks from the firms ' new `` merchant banking '' activities] are [rel rising] [ARGM-ADV as revenue from the industry 's traditional business erodes] .
- Showa Shell gained 20 to 1,570 and [ARG1 Mitsubishi Oil] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 50] to [ARG4-to 1,500] .
- [ARG1 It] [rel rose] [ARG2-MNR largely] [ARGM-TMP throughout the session] [ARGM-TMP after *-1 posting an intraday low of 2141.7 in the first 40 minutes of trading] .
- [ARG1 B.A.T Industries , which *T*-2 is being pursued *-1 by Sir James Goldsmith 's Hoylake Investments ,] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 9] to [ARG4-to 753] [ARGM-CAU on speculation that Hoylake will sweeten its bid] , dealers said 0 *T*-3 .
- [ARG1 The purchasing managers index of economic activity] [rel rose] [ARGM-TMP in October] , [ARGM-ADV although it remains below 50 %] .
- [ARG1 Travelers Corp. 's third-quarter net income] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 11 %] , [ARGM-ADV even though claims stemming from Hurricane Hugo reduced results $ 40 million *U*] .
- On the Big Board , a `` side car '' is put *-1 into effect when [ARG1 the S&P futures] [rel rise] or fall [ARG2-EXT 12 points] *T*-2 .
- [ARGM-LOC In New York Stock Exchange composite trading yesterday] , [ARG1 Intelogic shares] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 37.5 cents] [ARGM-PNC *-1 to close at $ 2.75 *U*] .
- [ARG1 Sales for the year] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 5 %] to [ARG4-to $ 12.52 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 11.95 billion *U*] [ARGM-TMP in fiscal 1988] .
- [ARG1 Sales] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 4 %] to [ARG4-to $ 3.28 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 3.16 billion *U*] .
- [ARG1 The March and May contracts] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to fresh life-of-contract highs of 14.54 cents and 14.28 cents] [ARGM-TMP at their best levels of the day] .
- [ARG1 West Texas Intermediate crude for December delivery] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 13 cents a barrel] [ARGM-ADV *-1 to settle at $ 20.07 *U*] .
- [ARG1 Futures prices] [rel rose] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 extending Tuesday 's gains] .
- [ARG1 The July delivery] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT its daily permissible limit of 0.50 cent a pound] to [ARG4-to 14.00 cents] , [ARGM-ADV while other contract months showed near-limit advances] .
- [ARGM-LOC On London 's Stock Exchange] , [ARG1 Reuters shares] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT five pence] to [ARG4-to 913 pence -LRB- $ 14.43 *U* -RRB-] .
- [ARG1 UAL] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 1 1\/2] to [ARG4-to 177] .
- [ARG1 Mead] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 3\/4] to [ARG4-to 39 1\/2] , Federal Paper Board added 1\/2 to 24 3\/8 and Scott Paper gained 1\/2 to 48 3\/8 , [ARGM-ADV while International Paper fell 7\/8 to 48 7\/8 , Champion International lost 3\/8 to 31 1\/2 and Louisiana-Pacific dropped 1\/8 to 40 1\/4] .
- [ARG1 Texaco] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 3\/4] to [ARG4-to 53 3\/8] [ARGM-ADV as 4.4 million shares changed hands] .
- [ARG1 Old Spaghetti Warehouse] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 1] to [ARG4-to 16 1\/8] .
- [ARG1 Its net income for the September quarter] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT about 41 %] from [ARG3-from a year ago] .
- Nissan Motor Co. , Japan 's second-largest car maker , announced Wednesday that [ARG1 the parent concern 's pretax earnings in the first half ended last Sept. 30] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 14 %] to [ARG4-to 88.32 billion yen -LRB- $ 618.1 million *U* -RRB-] from [ARG3-from 77.6 billion yen a year earlier] .
- The insurance and financial services concern said 0 [ARG1 profit for the quarter] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 1.1 %] to [ARG4-to $ 93.9 million *U* , or $ 1.19 *U* a share] , compared with $ 92.9 million *U* , or $ 1.18 *U* a share , the year earlier .
- [ARG1 Sales] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to $ 3 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 2.9 million *U*] .
- [ARG1 Sales] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to $ 9.8 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 8.9 million *U*] .
- [ARG1 Earnings at Xerox 's financial-services operations] [ARGM-DIS actually] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT slightly] , but that was largely because capital gains at Crum & Forster offset Hurricane Hugo payments and the reserves set up * * to cover future payments .
- [ARG1 Sales] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 11 %] to [ARG4-to 292.32 billion yen] from [ARG3-from 263.07 billion yen] .
- [ARG1 Per-share net] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to 7.84 yen] from [ARG3-from 6.53 yen] .
- [ARG1 Domestic sales of construction machinery , such as power shovels and bulldozers] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to 142.84 billion yen] from [ARG3-from 126.15 billion yen] .
- [ARG1 Net] is expected *-1 to [rel rise] to [ARG4-to 17 billion yen] from [ARG3-from 12.82 billion yen a year earlier] .
- [ARG1 U.S. farmers ' net income] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to a record $ 59.9 billion *U*] [ARGM-TMP last year] [ARGM-ADV despite one of the worst droughts ever] .
- [ARG1 Campbell 's stock] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT $ 3.375 *U*] , to [ARG4-to $ 47.125 *U*] , [ARGM-MNR in reaction] .
- [ARGM-LOC In composite trading on the New York Stock Exchange] yesterday , [ARG1 Upjohn shares] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 87.5 cents] to [ARG4-to $ 38.875 *U* apiece] .
- Because the drought reduced U.S. stockpiles , they have more than enough storage space for their new crop , and that permits them to wait for [ARG1 prices] to [rel rise] .
- Many farmers probably would n't sell until [ARG1 prices] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT at least 20 cents a bushel] , said 0 *T*-1 Lyle Reed , president of Chicago Central & Pacific Railroad Co. of Waterloo , Iowa .
- [ARG1 Prices] [rel rose] [ARGM-CAU on the news that a sizable West German refinery was damaged *-1 in a fire , * tightening an already tight European market] .
- [ARGM-TMP Yesterday] , [ARG1 the stock market] [rel rose] [ARG2-MNR strongly] , [ARGM-ADV * creating a more defensive attitude among precious metals traders] , he said 0 *T*-1 .
- [ARGM-TMP Yesterday] , [ARG1 these stocks] [rel rose] by [ARG2-by 170,262 ounces] to [ARG4-to a record of 226,570,380 ounces] , [ARGM-ADV according to an exchange spokesman] .
- [ARG1 The December contract] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 1.20 cents a pound] to [ARG4-to $ 1.14 *U*] .
- [ARG1 The Purchasing Management Association of Chicago 's October index] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to 51.6 %] [ARGM-TMP after three previous months of readings below 50 %] .
- [ARG1 Sales] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 10 %] to [ARG4-to $ 13.8 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 12.5 billion *U*] .
- [ARG1 Sales] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 5 %] to [ARG4-to $ 4.4 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 4.2 billion *U*] .
- [ARG1 Anxiety] is [rel rising] over recent government proposals * to eventually lower the strict barriers that *T*-44 now separate -- and protect -- the two industries from each other .
- [ARG1 Canada 's gross domestic product] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT an inflation-adjusted 0.3 %] [ARGM-TMP in August] , [ARGM-CAU mainly as a result of service-industry growth] , Statistics Canada , a federal agency , said 0 *T*-1 .
- Statistics Canada said 0 [ARG1 service-industry output in August] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 0.4 %] from [ARG3-from July] .
- [ARG1 London shares] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel rose] , [ARGM-ADV while trading in Frankfurt , West Germany , ended higher] .
- First , he said 0 *T*-1 , domestic interest rates are likely *-2 to stay at higher levels as increased anticipation of inflation followed [rel rising] [ARG1 consumer] prices reported * last week .
- [ARG1 Sumitomo Realty & Development] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 40] to [ARG4-to 2170] .
- In other stock-market news , the Tokyo Stock Exchange said that [ARGM-TMP for the week ended Friday] , [ARG1 the balance of margin buying] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 189.8 billion yen -LRB- $ 1.34 billion *U* -RRB-] , to [ARG4-to 7.160 trillion yen -LRB- $ 50.46 billion *U* -RRB-] .
- [ARG1 French consumer prices] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 0.2 %] [ARGM-TMP in September] from [ARG3-from the previous month] and were up 3.4 % from a year earlier , according to definitive figures from the National Statistics Institute .
- [ARG1 Japan 's index of leading indicators] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to 63.6 *ICH*-3] [ARGM-TMP in August] , above the so-called boom-or-bust line of 50 [ARGM-TMP for the first time since May] , the Economic Planning Agency said *T*-1 .
- [ARG1 South Korean consumer prices] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 5 %] [ARGM-TMP in the first 10 months of this year] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 matching the government 's target for the entire year] , [ARGM-ADV according to the Bank of Korea and the Economic Planning Board] .
- [ARGM-ADV According to reports released * by the two government agencies] , [ARG1 domestic consumer and wholesale prices] each [rel rose] by [ARG2-by 0.2 %] [ARGM-TMP in October] [ARGM-TMP from the previous month] .
- [ARG1 The average three-month issue] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to 8.05 %] from [ARG3-from 7.77 %] .
- After long stretches of this attendant ground activity came 20 or so lovely minutes of * drifting above the Vosges *-1 watching [ARG1 the silver mists] [rel rise] off [ARG3-off the river] and the French cows amble about the fields .
- [ARGM-LOC Under the agreement with the House and Senate leaders] , [ARG1 the minimum wage] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel rise] from [ARG3-from the current $ 3.35 *U* an hour] to [ARG4-to $ 4.25 *U* an hour] [ARGM-TMP by April 1991] .
- [ARG1 The government 's primary economic-forecasting gauge] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT a slight 0.2 %] [ARGM-TMP in September] , but economists said 0 the report offered little new information on the degree to which the U.S. economy is slowing *T*-1 .
- [ARGM-ADV Of the 11 components to the index] , [ARG1 only three others *T*-2 *ICH*-1] [rel rose] [ARGM-TMP in September] : the money supply , the length of the average work week and stock prices .
- [ARGM-TMP So far] this year , [ARG1 the index of leading indicators] has [rel risen] [ARGM-TMP in four months] , fallen in four months and remained unchanged in the other month .
- [ARG1 The average interest rate] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to 8.3875 %] [ARGM-LOC at Citicorp 's $ 50 million *U* weekly auction of 91-day commercial paper , or corporate IOUs] , from [ARG3-from 8.337 %] at last week 's sale .
- Citicorp also said that [ARG1 the average rate] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to 8.0087 %] [ARGM-LOC at its $ 50 million *U* auction of 182-day commercial paper] from [ARG3-from 7.962 %] at last week 's sale .
- Separately , UniFirst reported that [ARG1 net income] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 21 %] to [ARG4-to $ 3 million *U* , or 29 cents a share adjusted * for the split] , for the fourth quarter ended * Aug. 26 .
- [ARG1 Sales] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to $ 52.4 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 50.1 million *U*] .
- [ARG1 Its earnings] [ARGM-MOD can] [rel rise] [ARG2-EXT 10 % to 12 % *U*] [ARGM-TMP annually] [ARGM-ADV simply from the natural turnover of tenants and automatic rent increases] , says 0 *T*-1 Graeme McDonald , an industry analyst at James Capel Pacific Ltd .
- [ARGM-LOC In New York Stock Exchange trading] , [ARG1 Southern Co.] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 50 cents a share] to [ARG4-to $ 27.125 *U*] .
- Its U.S. sales sagged , partly because of price increases due to the [rel rising] [ARG1 yen] .
- The consumer-products and newsprint company said 0 [ARG1 net] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to $ 108.8 million *U* , or $ 1.35 *U* a share ,] from [ARG3-from $ 90.5 million *U* , or $ 1.12 *U* a share] , a year ago .
- [ARG1 Sales] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 6.2 %] to [ARG4-to $ 1.45 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 1.37 billion *U*] .
- [ARGM-TMP In the first nine months] , [ARG1 profit] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 10 %] to [ARG4-to $ 313.2 million *U* , or $ 3.89 *U* a share] , from [ARG3-from $ 283.9 million *U* , or $ 3.53 *U* a share] .
- [ARG1 Sales] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 6.7 %] to [ARG4-to $ 4.27 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 4 billion *U*] .
- [ARG1 THE MILEAGE RATE allowed * for business use of a car in 1989] has [rel risen] to [ARG4-to 25.5 cents a mile for the first 15,000] from [ARG3-from 24 cents] in 1988 , the IRS says 0 *T*-1 ; the rate stays 11 cents for each added mile .
- Omnicom Group Inc. , New York , reported 0 [ARG1 third-quarter net income] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 54 %] to [ARG4-to $ 5.6 million *U* , or 22 cents a share ,] from [ARG3-from $ 3.6 million *U* , or 15 cents a share] , a year earlier .
- But , Mr. Kakita added 0 *T*-2 , once U.S. equities regain some stability , players will move back into dollar-denominated investments , especially Treasury bonds , [ARG1 whose value] *T*-6 [rel rises] [ARGM-TMP when interest rates decline *T*-1] .
- [ARG1 Commercial vegetables , led * by lettuce and tomatoes ,] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 19 %] [ARGM-TMP in October] ; oranges and other fruits rose 5 % .
- Commercial vegetables , led * by lettuce and tomatoes , rose 19 % in October ; [ARG1 oranges and other fruits] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 5 %] .
- Broiler prices fell 6.5 cents in October to 30.6 cents a pound , while [ARG1 turkey prices] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 1.2 cents a pound] to [ARG4-to 38.5 cents] .
- [ARG1 Hogs] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT $ 3.40 *U*] to [ARG4-to $ 46.80 *U* a hundredweight] [ARGM-TMP in October] , [ARGM-ADV while beef cattle slipped 80 cents to $ 67.40 *U* for each hundred pounds and calves dropped 90 cents to $ 90.20 *U*] .
- In their new contract this year , American Telephone & Telegraph Co. and the Communications Workers of America agreed *-1 to look for `` prompt and lasting national solutions '' to [rel rising] [ARG1 health-care] costs .
- Failure * to check [rel rising] [ARG1 medical] costs ultimately could `` lead some of us who today *T*-1 are free-market advocates to re-examine our thinking and positions with respect to government-sponsored national health insurance , '' Arthur Puccini , a General Electric Co. vice president , warned 0 *T*-3 earlier this year .
- [ARG1 The pressure for change] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel rise] [ARGM-MNR with costs] .
- Both the AFL-CIO and the National Association of Manufacturers are calling for measures 0 *T*-1 to control [rel rising] [ARG1 costs] , improve quality and provide care to the 31 million Americans who currently *T*-35 lack health insurance .
- [ARG1 Private industry 's labor costs] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 1.2 %] [ARGM-TMP in the third quarter] , [ARGM-ADV * matching the second-quarter pace] , [ARGM-TMP as health insurance costs continued *-1 to soar] , the Labor Department said 0 *T*-2 .
- [ARGM-TMP In the third quarter] , [ARG1 wages and salaries in all private industry] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 1.2 %] , [ARGM-ADV compared with 1 % increases in both the second quarter and in the third quarter of 1988] .
- [ARGM-ADV For private-sector union workers] , [ARG1 the cost of wages and benefits] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 0.9 %] [ARGM-TMP in the third quarter] .
- [ARGM-ADV For nonunion workers] , [ARG1 the costs] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 1.4 %] .
- [ARG1 Labor costs] continued *-1 to [rel rise] [ARGM-LOC more rapidly] in service industries than in goods-producing industries , the report showed 0 *T*-2 .
- It also found [ARG1 them] [rel rising] [ARGM-LOC much more] in the Northeast than elsewhere .
- [ARGM-ADV Including employees of state and local -- but not the federal -- governments] , [ARG1 the employment cost index] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 1.6 %] [ARGM-TMP in the third quarter] , [ARGM-ADV compared with a 1.3 % rise in the same quarter in 1988] .
- [ARG1 The index] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 1.1 %] [ARGM-TMP in the second quarter] .
- [ARG1 It] [rel rose] 4.8 % for the 12 months ended * in June and [ARG2-EXT 4.7 %] [ARGM-TMP in the 12 months ended * in September 1988] .
- [ARGM-TMP In the 12 months ended * in September] , [ARG1 wages and salaries of private-sector workers] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 4.4 %] , [ARGM-ADV while health insurance costs spurted by 13.7 %] .
- [ARG1 The overall private-sector employment cost index , which *T*-49 includes both wages and benefits ,] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 4.7 %] [ARGM-TMP in the 12 months ended * in September] , [ARGM-ADV compared with 4.5 % for both the 12 months ended * in June and the 12 months ended September 1988] .
- [ARG1 Bond prices] [rel rose] .
- [ARG1 Long-term bond prices] [rel rose] [ARGM-ADV despite trepidation about what a key economic report will show *T*-1 today] .
- [ARG1 Prices of other paper makers] [rel rose] [ARG2-MNR sharply] , [ARGM-ADV although Georgia-Pacific fell $ 2.50 *U* a share , to $ 50.875 *U*] .
- [ARG1 Revenue] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 21 %] to [ARG4-to 22.61 billion francs] from [ARG3-from 18.69 billion francs] .
- Technology stocks woke up , * helping [ARG1 the over-the-counter market] [rel rise] from [ARG3-from its recent doldrums] .
- Microsoft added 2 1\/8 to 81 3\/4 and [ARG1 Oracle Systems] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 1 1\/2] to [ARG4-to 23 1\/4] .
- [ARG1 The technology sector of the Dow Jones Equity Market Index] has [rel risen] [ARG2-EXT only about 6.24 %] [ARGM-TMP this year] , [ARGM-ADV while the Nasdaq Composite Index has gained 18.35 %] .
- [ARG1 It] was the market 's biggest gain since * [rel rising] [ARG2-EXT more than 7 points] [ARGM-TMP on Oct. 19] .
- [ARG1 The Nasdaq Bank Index] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 0.17] to [ARG4-to 432.78] .
- The stock was [ARG1 one] of many in the paper products industry that *T*-77 [rel rose] [ARGM-TMP following Georgia-Pacific 's $ 3.18 billion *U* bid for Great Northern Nekoosa] .
- [ARG1 The Nasdaq 100] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 7.08] to [ARG4-to 445.23] .
- [ARGM-DIS And] [ARGM-CAU in anticipation of increased lending] , [ARG1 the cap on FHA loan guarantees] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel rise] to [ARG4-to approximately $ 73.8 billion *U*] .
- [ARGM-TMP In the six months ended Sept. 30] , [ARG1 pretax profit at the British clothing and food retailer] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to # 208.7 million *U* -LRB- $ 330.1 million *U* -RRB-] from [ARG3-from # 185.5 million *U*] a year ago .
- [ARG1 Profit after tax and minority interest but before extraordinary items] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 12 %] to [ARG4-to # 135.2 million *U*] ; per-share earnings rose to five pence from 4.5 pence .
- Profit after tax and minority interest but before extraordinary items rose 12 % to # 135.2 million *U* ; [ARG1 per-share earnings] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to five pence] from [ARG3-from 4.5 pence] .
- [ARG1 Sales in North America and the Far East] were inflated *-1 by acquisitions , *-1 [rel rising] [ARG2-EXT 62 %] to [ARG4-to # 278 million *U*] .
- [ARGM-TMP In the period ended * Sept. 30] , [ARG1 net income] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 90 %] to [ARG4-to 31.18 billion yen , or 9.34 yen a share ,] from [ARG3-from 16.38 billion yen , or 5.05 yen a share] .
- [ARGM-LOC Within the paper sector] , Mead climbed 2 3\/8 to 38 3\/4 on 1.3 million shares , [ARG1 Union Camp] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 2 3\/4] to [ARG4-to 37 3\/4] , Federal Paper Board added 1 3\/4 to 23 7\/8 , Bowater gained 1 1\/2 to 27 1\/2 , Stone Container rose 1 to 26 1\/8 and Temple-Inland jumped 3 3\/4 to 62 1\/4 .
- [ARGM-LOC Within the paper sector] , Mead climbed 2 3\/8 to 38 3\/4 on 1.3 million shares , Union Camp rose 2 3\/4 to 37 3\/4 , Federal Paper Board added 1 3\/4 to 23 7\/8 , Bowater gained 1 1\/2 to 27 1\/2 , [ARG1 Stone Container] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 1] to [ARG4-to 26 1\/8] and Temple-Inland jumped 3 3\/4 to 62 1\/4 .
- Pfizer gained 1 7\/8 to 67 5\/8 , Schering-Plough added 2 1\/4 to 75 3\/4 , [ARG1 Eli Lilly] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 1 3\/8] to [ARG4-to 62 1\/8] and Upjohn firmed 3\/4 to 38 .
- [ARGM-DIS Also] , [ARG1 SmithKline Beecham] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 1 3\/8] to [ARG4-to 39 1\/2] .
- Two rumored restructuring candidates in the oil industry *ICH*-1 moved higher : [ARG1 Chevron] , which *T*-113 [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 1 3\/4] to [ARG4-to 68 1\/4] [ARGM-LOC on 3.5 million shares] , and USX , which *T*-114 gained 1 1\/4 to 34 5\/8 .
- [ARG1 Shaw Industries , which *T*-119 agreed *-1 to acquire Armstrong World Industries ' carpet operations for an undisclosed price ,] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 2 1\/4] to [ARG4-to 26 1\/8] .
- [ARG1 ERC Corp.] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 7\/8] to [ARG4-to 12] .
- [ARG1 The American Stock Exchange Market Value Index] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 1.71] to [ARG4-to 370.58] .
- Some 1,111 Big Board issues advanced in price and only 448 declined , while [ARG1 broader market averages] [rel rose] [ARG2-MNR sharply] .
- [ARG1 Revenue] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 33 %] to [ARG4-to $ 378.1 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 283.8 million *U*] .
- [ARG1 Leading indicators] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT a slight 0.2 %] [ARGM-TMP in September] , [ARGM-ADV a further indication 0 the economy is slowing *NOT* but without any clear sign of whether a recession looms] .
- [ARG1 Bond prices] staggered in seesaw trading , *-1 [rel rising] [ARGM-CAU on reports of economic weakness] and falling on reports of economic strength .
- The association said 0 [ARG1 its October index of economic activity] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to 51.6 %] [ARGM-TMP after * having been below 50 % for three consecutive months] .
- [ARG1 The discount rate on three-month Treasury bills] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT slightly] from [ARG3-from the average rate] [ARGM-LOC at Monday 's auction] to [ARG4-to 7.79 % for a bond-equivalent yield of 8.04 %] .
- West German bonds firmed a bit after Monday 's fall , but traders said 0 the market remains bearish due to speculation that [ARG1 interest rates] [ARGM-MOD could] [rel rise] [ARGM-TMP again] .
- Germany 's 7 % bond due October 1999 was unchanged at 99.35 *-1 to yield 7.09 % while [ARG1 the 6 3\/4 % notes due July 1994] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 0.025 point] to [ARG4-to 97.275] [ARGM-PNC *-2 to yield 7.445 %] .
- [ARG1 Britain 's benchmark 11 3\/4 % bond due 2003\/2007] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 2\/32] to [ARG4-to 111 1\/2] [ARGM-PNC *-1 to yield 10.14 %] [ARGM-ADV while the 11 3\/4 % notes due 1991 were unchanged at 98 21\/32 *-2 to yield 12.95 %] .
- As for gold , she notes that [ARG1 it] [ARGM-TMP usually] [rel rises] [ARGM-TMP when the dollar is weak *T*-1 , as it has been *?* lately] .
- Utility stocks , on the other hand , thrive on disinflation , because the fat dividends 0 utilities pay *T*-1 look more attractive when [ARG1 prices] are falling -LRB- or [rel rising] [ARG2-MNR slowly] -RRB- *T*-2 .
- [ARGM-LOC In early trading in Tokyo Tuesday] , [ARG1 the Nikkei index] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 35.28 points] to [ARG4-to 35452.72] .
- [ARG1 Courtaulds ' shares] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 15 pence] to [ARG4-to 362 pence] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 valuing the entire company at about # 1.44 billion *U*] .
- [ARG1 The Treasury 's benchmark 30-year bond] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 1\/8 point] .
- [ARG1 New York bonds , which *T*-2 have been hammered *-1 in recent weeks on the pending supply and reports that the city 's economy is growing weaker ,] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 1\/2 point] [ARGM-TMP yesterday] .
- [ARG1 Short-term interest rates] [rel rose] [ARGM-LOC at the government 's regular weekly Treasury-bill auction] .
- The benchmark 11 3\/4 % bond due 2003\/2007 rose 10\/32 to 111 14\/32 *-1 to yield 10.14 % , while [ARG1 the Treasury 's 12 % notes due 1995] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 7\/32] to [ARG4-to 103 5\/8] [ARGM-PNC *-2 to yield 11.04 %] .
- [ARG1 The benchmark 11 3\/4 % bond due 2003\/2007] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 10\/32] to [ARG4-to 111 14\/32] [ARGM-PNC *-1 to yield 10.14 %] , [ARGM-ADV while the Treasury 's 12 % notes due 1995 rose 7\/32 to 103 5\/8 *-2 to yield 11.04 %] .
- For instance , [ARG1 sales of treadmills , exercise bikes , stair climbers and the like] are expected *-2 to [rel rise] [ARG2-EXT 8 %] to [ARG4-to about $ 1.52 billion *U*] [ARGM-TMP this year] , according to the National Sporting Goods Association , which *T*-1 sees the home market as one of the hottest growth areas for the 1990s .
- [ARGM-DIS Still] , [ARG1 the average price of such bikes] [rel rose] [ARGM-TMP last year] to [ARG4-to $ 145 *U*] .
- Even so , the Association of Quality Clubs , a health-club trade group in Boston , says 0 [ARG1 membership revenues] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel rise] [ARG2-EXT about 5 %] [ARGM-TMP this year] from [ARG3-from last year 's $ 5 billion *U*] .
- Large cash positions help buffer funds from market declines but can cut down on gains in [rel rising] [ARG1 markets] .
- With the exception of [ARGM-TMP August] , when [ARG1 exports] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 2.1 %] *T*-1 , exports have declined every month from year-earlier levels since March .
- [ARG1 Futures prices] [rel rose] [ARG2-MNR slightly] [ARGM-LOC in a market filled * with rumors that a new international coffee agreement might still be achieved *-1] .
- [ARG1 January platinum] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 90 cents an ounce] at [ARG4-at $ 500.20 *U*] .
- [ARG1 The market] turned quiet after *-1 [rel rising] [ARG2-MNR sharply] [ARGM-TMP late last week] , according to one analyst .
- There was some profit-taking because [ARG1 prices for all the precious metals] had [rel risen] to [ARG4-to levels at which there was resistance to further advance *T*-2] , he said 0 *T*-1 .
- [ARG1 Contracting for non-residential buildings] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 10 %] [ARGM-TMP in September] to [ARG4-to an annualized $ 100.8 billion *U*] .
- [ARG1 Commercial and industrial construction] [rel rose] [ARG2-MNR sharply] , [ARGM-CAU partly because of three large projects , each expected * to cost more than $ 100 million *U*] .
- [ARGM-LOC In major market activity] : [ARG1 Stock prices] [rel rose] [ARGM-LOC in light trading] .
- [ARG1 The British pound] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 pressured * by last week 's resignations of key Thatcher administration officials] , [ARGM-DIS nevertheless] [rel rose] [ARGM-TMP Monday] to [ARG4-to $ 1.5820 *U*] from [ARG3-from Friday 's $ 1.5795 *U*] .
- Although [ARG1 the dollar] [rel rose] [ARG2-MNR slightly] [ARGM-ADV against most major currencies] , the focus in currency markets was on the beleaguered British pound , which *T*-1 gained slightly against the dollar .
- [ARGM-DIS Separately] , [ARG1 UAL stock] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT $ 4 *U* a share] to [ARG4-to $ 175 *U*] [ARGM-LOC in composite trading on the New York Stock Exchange] [ARGM-CAU on reports that Los Angeles investor Marvin Davis has asked United Airlines unions if they 're interested in * cooperating with Mr. Davis in a new bid for UAL] .
- Mr. Greenberg , *-1 noting that [ARG1 stock-index arbitrage] [rel rises] and ebbs [ARGM-MNR with stock market 's volatility] , said that for the first four months of the firm 's fiscal year beginning in July , stock-index arbitrage had been a `` break-even '' proposition for Bear Stearns .
- Western Union had offered *-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 [ARG1 an interest rate] starting at 16.75 % annually and [rel rising] [ARGM-TMP 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 .
- [ARGM-LOC In London trading] yesterday , [ARG1 Maxwell Communication shares] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT nine pence] , to [ARG4-to 216 pence -LRB- $ 3.41 *U* -RRB-] .
- [ARGM-TMP For the third quarter] , [ARG1 net] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to $ 242 million *U* , or $ 1.05 *U* a share ,] from [ARG3-from $ 144 million *U* , or 63 cents a share] .
- [ARGM-LOC In New York Stock Exchange composite trading] yesterday , [ARG1 First Union shares] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 25 cents] to [ARG4-to $ 23 *U*] .
- [ARG1 The dollar] [rel rose] [ARGM-ADV against the Swiss and French francs] .
- [ARGM-TMP In the first nine months of 1989] , Nixdorf said , 0 [ARG1 sales] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 5 %] [ARGM-LOC amid good growth in selected areas such as banks and trading companies] .
- [ARG1 New construction contracts] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 8 %] [ARGM-TMP in September] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 led *-2 by commercial , industrial and public-works projects] , according to F.W. Dodge Group .
- Chairman Carl L. Bixby said 0 the decline occurred although [ARG1 revenue] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 30 %] to [ARG4-to more than $ 8.3 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 6.4 million *U*] a year earlier .
- Karstadt AG said 0 [ARG1 sales for its domestic group] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 4.6 %] [ARGM-TMP in the first nine months of 1989] from [ARG3-from a year earlier] .
- By contrast , Value Line said 0 Georgia-Pacific `` is in a comparatively good position * to deal with weakening paper markets , '' because its production is concentrated *-1 not in the Northwest but in the South , where it should be able *-2 to avoid some of the cost pressures from [rel rising] [ARG1 wood-chip] prices *T*-3 .
- [ARG1 Australia 's inflation] is expected *-1 to [rel rise] [ARG2-EXT as high as 8.3 %] [ARGM-TMP in the quarter ending March 30] , but could fall to around 7 % by June , according to economists .
- The government said 0 [ARG1 the consumer price index] [rel rose] 2.3 % in the quarter ended Sept. 30 from the previous quarter and [ARG2-EXT 8 %] from [ARG3-from a year ago] .
- The government said 0 [ARG1 the consumer price index] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 2.3 %] [ARGM-TMP in the quarter ended Sept. 30] from [ARG3-from the previous quarter] and 8 % from a year ago .
- Surveys repeatedly show that small-business owners rank the availability *RNR*-1 and [rel rising] [ARG1 cost] *RNR*-1 of health insurance as one of their biggest concerns .
- [ARG1 The Belgian consumer price index] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT a provisional 0.1 %] [ARGM-TMP in October] from [ARG3-from the previous month] and was up 3.64 % from October 1988 , the Ministry of Economic Affairs said 0 *T*-1 .
- [ARG1 Annual inflation] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to 3.64 %] in October from [ARG3-from 3.55 %] in September .
- [ARG1 Belgium 's inflation] has been [rel rising] [ARG2-MNR steadily] [ARGM-TMP for the past year] , but the ministry said 0 the latest rise is slower than gains in September and August .
- [ARG1 Nashua 's stock] has fluctuated sharply on takeover speculation , *-1 [rel rising] to [ARG4-to a high for the year of $ 42.875 *U* a share] in June from [ARG3-from $ 29.75 *U*] in March .
- [ARGM-DIS However] , [ARG1 non-interest income] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to $ 23.5 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 22 million *U*] .
- [ARGM-LOC In late trading] [ARGM-LOC on London 's Stock Exchange] [ARGM-TMP Friday] , [ARG1 TVS shares] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT four pence] to [ARG4-to 195 pence a share] .
- [ARGM-TMP In the nine months] , [ARG1 net] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 4.3 %] to [ARG4-to $ 525.8 million *U* or $ 4.67 *U* a share] , from [ARG3-from $ 504.2 million *U* , or $ 4.41 *U* a share] , last year .
- Still , Westinghouse acknowledges that demand from independent producers could evaporate if [ARG1 prices for fuel such as natural gas or oil] [rel rise] [ARG2-MNR sharply] or if utilities , which *T*-2 have been pressured by regulators *-1 to keep down rates , are suddenly freed *-3 to add significant generating capacity .
- [ARG1 Debt] has [rel risen] to [ARG4-to around $ 4 billion *U* , or about 50 % of total capitalization] .
- And it may be right , * judging from last week 's report that [ARG1 inflation-adjusted gross national product] [rel rose] at [ARG2-at a 2.5 % annual rate] [ARGM-TMP in the third quarter] .
- When Mrs. Thatcher cut the top tax rate to 40 % *T*-1 , Mr. Lawson flooded the country with money *-2 to prevent [ARG1 the pound] from *-3 [rel rising] [ARGM-ADV against the mark] .
- [ARGM-TMP In August] , [ARG1 personal income] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 0.3 %] and spending grew 0.9 % .
- The department said 0 [ARG1 personal income] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 0.3 %] [ARGM-TMP in September] to [ARG4-to a $ 4.469 trillion *U* rate] but would have climbed 0.6 % had it not been for the storm .
- The group attributed the strong results to the favorable economic climate , [rel rising] [ARG1 demand] for air travel and improved average yield -LRB- revenue received * per ton of traffic transported * a kilometer -RRB- .
- [rel Rising] [ARG1 inflation] in Poland and Hungary makes Czechoslovak food , clothing and shoes relatively cheap for visitors from these countries .
- [ARG1 Federal revenues] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 9 %] to [ARG4-to $ 990.79 billion *U*] .
- [ARG1 Starpointe Savings Bank] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 3] to [ARG4-to 20] [ARGM-TMP after the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. approved Dime Savings Bank of New York 's $ 21-a-share *U* acquisition of Starpointe] .
- [ARG1 The West German machinery and plant equipment industry 's orders] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT an inflation-adjusted 1 %] [ARGM-TMP in September] from [ARG3-from a year earlier] [ARGM-ADV despite a sharp drop in foreign orders] , the German Association of Machinery Makers said 0 *T*-1 .
- [ARGM-TMP In the third quarter] , [ARG1 orders] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT a real 5 % and a nominal 9 %] .
- Domestic orders were up a real 11 % and a nominal 14 % , while [ARG1 foreign orders] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT a real 1 % and a nominal 5 %] .
- `` There 's a [rel rising] [ARG1 fear] that perhaps Mrs. Thatcher 's style of management has become a political liability , '' says *T*-1 Bill Martin , senior economist at London brokers UBS-Phillips & Drew .
- [ARG1 Sales] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 4.8 %] to [ARG4-to $ 1.20 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 1.14 billion *U*] .
- Imports rose 11 % to 18.443 trillion lire in September from a year earlier , while [ARG1 exports] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 17 %] to [ARG4-to 16.436 trillion lire] .
- [ARG1 Imports] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 11 %] to [ARG4-to 18.443 trillion lire] in September from [ARG3-from a year earlier] , [ARGM-ADV while exports rose 17 % to 16.436 trillion lire] .
- [ARGM-TMP In the nine months] , [ARG1 imports] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 20 %] to [ARG4-to 155.039 trillion lire] , [ARGM-ADV while exports grew 18 % to 140.106 trillion lire] .
- [ARGM-LOC In late trading] [ARGM-TMP Friday] , [ARG1 Jaguar shares] bucked the downward tide in London 's stock market and [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT five pence] to [ARG4-to 725 pence -LRB- $ 11.44 *U* -RRB-] .
- [ARGM-TMP For the year ended March 31] , [ARG1 Dentsu sales] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 19 %] to [ARG4-to $ 8.9 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 7.5 billion *U*] , and net income jumped 59 % to $ 102 million *U* from $ 64 million *U* .
- [ARG1 Sales] [ARGM-LOC nationally] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 3.9 %] [ARGM-TMP through July , the latest month for which the figures are available *T*-2] , the council said 0 *T*-1 .
- It said 0 it expects [ARG1 net] to [rel rise] to [ARG4-to 11 billion yen] from [ARG3-from 8.22 billion yen] .
- Sharp Corp. , Tokyo , said 0 [ARG1 net income in its first half] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 59 %] to [ARG4-to 18.32 billion yen -LRB- $ 128.9 million *U* -RRB-] from [ARG3-from 11.53 billion yen] a year earlier .
- The consumer electronics , home appliances and information-processing concern said 0 [ARG1 revenue in the six months ended Sept. 30] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 8.9 %] to [ARG4-to 517.85 billion yen] from [ARG3-from 475.6 billion yen] .
- [ARGM-LOC In audio equipment] , [ARG1 sales] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 13 %] to [ARG4-to 44.3 billion yen] from [ARG3-from 39.19 billion yen] .
- It said 0 it expects [ARG1 net] to [rel rise] [ARG2-EXT 45 %] to [ARG4-to 380 billion yen] .
- Nikon said 0 [ARG1 sales] [rel rose] [ARGM-ADV despite the adverse effect of Japan 's unpopular consumption tax , introduced * in April] .
- [rel Rising] [ARG1 export] sales also contributed to strong growth , Nikon added 0 *T*-1 .
- [ARG1 Camera sales] showed the strongest gains , *-1 [rel rising] [ARG2-EXT 37 %] to [ARG4-to 50.59 billion yen] .
- [ARG1 Nikon forecast sales for the year ending March 31] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel rise] [ARG2-EXT 9.6 %] to [ARG4-to 240 billion yen] .
- Pretax profit is expected *-1 to increase 18 % to 22 billion yen and [ARG1 net income] is expected *-2 to [rel rise] [ARG2-EXT 53 %] to [ARG4-to 10.5 billion yen] .
- NEC Corp. , a Tokyo-based computer and electronics concern , said 0 [ARG1 net income] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 18 %] to [ARG4-to 29.66 billion yen -LRB- $ 208.7 million *U* -RRB-] in the fiscal first half , ended Sept. 30 , from [ARG3-from 25.12 billion yen] a year earlier .
- [ARG1 Sales] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 7.4 %] to [ARG4-to 1.255 trillion yen] from [ARG3-from 1.168 trillion yen] .
- [ARG1 Sales of electrical devices] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 13 %] to [ARG4-to 283.8 billion yen] from [ARG3-from 251.8 billion yen] .
- It said 0 [ARG1 net income] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel rise] [ARG2-EXT 25 %] to [ARG4-to 69 billion yen] .
- Ajinomoto Co. , a Tokyo-based food-processing concern , said 0 [ARG1 net income] [ARGM-TMP in its first half] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 8.9 %] to [ARG4-to 8.2 billion yen -LRB- $ 57.7 million *U* -RRB-] from [ARG3-from 7.54 billion yen] a year earlier .
- Sales were higher in all of the company 's business categories , with the biggest growth coming in [ARG1 sales] of foodstuffs such as margarine , coffee and frozen food , which *T*-1 [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 6.3 %] .
- [ARG1 Sales] [ARGM-LOC in the category that *T*-1 includes pharmaceuticals , amino acids and chemicals] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 4.7 %] .
- He expects [ARG1 the price for that product] to [rel rise] [ARG2-MNR even more] [ARGM-TMP next year] .
- The recent natural disasters , and the need *ICH*-2 of many other cities * to rebuild crumbling infrastructure , suggests that [ARG1 supply of new issues] will continue *-1 to [rel rise] [ARGM-MNR sharply] -- [ARGM-ADV even as demand tapers off] .
- Because [ARG1 municipal bonds yields] have [rel risen] [ARGM-TMP at a time when interest rates generally have fallen *T*-1] , some portfolio managers are assuming that bonds bought * now will appreciate in value as the municipal bond market rebounds .
- The city 's economy is growing weaker and [ARG1 expenditures] are [rel rising] [ARGM-TMP as tax revenue is falling] .
- [ARG1 The issue 's yield] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to 7.93 %] from [ARG3-from 7.88 %] .
- [ARG1 The premium 0 the elderly pay *T*-1 for coverage of doctor 's bills under Part B of the Medicare health insurance plan] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel rise] to [ARG4-to $ 29 *U* a month] [ARGM-TMP in 1990] from [ARG3-from $ 27.90 *U*] , the Department of Health and Human Services said 0 *T*-2 .
- [ARGM-DIS In addition] , [ARG1 a second Part B premium 0 *T*-1 to cover the cost of the new program of insurance against catastrophic illness] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel rise] to [ARG4-to $ 4.90 *U* a month] from [ARG3-from $ 4 *U*] , [ARGM-ADV if Congress does n't change the program] .
- Under a less-sweeping Senate plan , [ARG1 the catastrophic-care monthly premium] would continue , *-2 [rel rising] to [ARG4-to $ 4.90 *U*] [ARGM-TMP next year] , but the surtax would be abolished *-1 .
- [ARG1 Personal spending] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 0.2 % *ICH*-1] [ARGM-TMP in September] , the smallest gain in a year .
- Oil stocks escaped the brunt of Friday 's selling and several *ICH*-4 were able *-3 to post gains , including [ARG1 Chevron] , which *T*-2 [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 5\/8] to [ARG4-to 66 3\/8] [ARGM-LOC in Big Board composite trading of 2.4 million shares] .
- Elsewhere in the oil sector , Exxon rallied 7\/8 to 45 3\/4 ; [ARG1 Amoco] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 1\/8] to [ARG4-to 47] ; Texaco was unchanged at 51 3\/4 , and Atlantic Richfield fell 1 5\/8 to 99 1\/2 .
- Hecla Mining rose 5\/8 to 14 ; Battle Mountain Gold climbed 3\/4 to 16 3\/4 ; [ARG1 Homestake Mining] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 1 1\/8] to [ARG4-to 16 7\/8] ; Lac Minerals added 5\/8 to 11 ; Placer Dome went up 7\/8 to 16 3\/4 , and ASA Ltd. jumped 3 5\/8 to 49 5\/8 .
- [ARG1 Hecla Mining] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 5\/8] to [ARG4-to 14] ; Battle Mountain Gold climbed 3\/4 to 16 3\/4 ; Homestake Mining rose 1 1\/8 to 16 7\/8 ; Lac Minerals added 5\/8 to 11 ; Placer Dome went up 7\/8 to 16 3\/4 , and ASA Ltd. jumped 3 5\/8 to 49 5\/8 .
- [ARG1 Echo Bay Mines] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 5\/8] to [ARG4-to 15 7\/8] ; Pegasus Gold advanced 1 1\/2 to 12 , and Corona Class A gained 1\/2 to 7 1\/2 .
- Skeptics say that [ARGM-ADV if that 's the case] , [ARG1 temperatures] [ARGM-MOD should] have [rel risen] [ARGM-MNR fairly uniformly] [ARGM-TMP over the past century] , [ARGM-ADV * reflecting the increase in carbon dioxide] .
- But they will have disappointing returns or even losses if [ARG1 interest rates] [rel rise] [ARGM-DIS instead] .
- The Short Term Bond Fund , with an average maturity of 2 1\/2 years , would deliver a total return for one year of about 10.6 % if rates drop one percentage point and a one-year return of about 6.6 % if [ARG1 rates] [rel rise] by [ARG2-by the same amount] .
- The conventional wisdom is * to go into money funds when [ARG1 rates] are [rel rising] *T*-1 and shift out at times such as the present , when rates seem headed *-3 down *T*-2 .
- If [ARG1 rates] [ARGM-MNR unexpectedly] [rel rise] , the increasing return on the money fund will partly offset the lower-than-expected return from the bond fund .
- [ARG1 The European Community 's consumer price index] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT a provisional 0.6 %] [ARGM-TMP in September] from [ARG3-from August] and was up 5.3 % from September 1988 , according to Eurostat , the EC 's statistical agency .
- Jujo Paper said 0 [ARG1 its pretax profit] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 0.3 %] to [ARG4-to 13.05 billion yen] from [ARG3-from 13.02 billion yen] .
- [ARG1 Sales] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 8.5 %] to [ARG4-to 195.19 billion yen] from [ARG3-from 179.916 billion yen] .
- Oji Paper , the nation 's largest in terms of sales , said 0 [ARG1 its pretax profit] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 1.5 %] to [ARG4-to 23.11 billion yen -LRB- US$ 163.3 million *U* -RRB-] from [ARG3-from 22.76 billion yen] .
- [ARG1 Per-share net] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to 14.95 yen] from [ARG3-from 14.44 yen] .
- [ARG1 General paper product sales , including newsprints and other papers , accounting for the bulk of sales ,] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to 157.78 billion yen] from [ARG3-from 143.88 billion yen] .
- [ARG1 Per-share net] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to 20.48 yen] from [ARG3-from 19.51 yen] .
- Oji Paper 's sales strength was evident in [ARG1 overall paper products sales] , including newsprints , printing and wrapping papers , which *T*-1 [rel rose] to [ARG4-to 221.61 billion yen in the first half] from [ARG3-from 200.70 billion yen a year earlier] .
- [ARGM-TMP In September] , [ARG1 the number of jobless] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 0.1 %] from [ARG3-from the previous month] to [ARG4-to 2.5 million] [ARGM-MNR on a seasonally adjusted basis] .
- [ARG1 Hong Kong 's main measure of consumer prices] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 10 %] [ARGM-TMP in September] from [ARG3-from a year earlier] , the government said 0 *T*-1 .
- [ARG1 Index `` B '' , which *T*-1 monitors price changes for the 30 % of urban households that *T*-2 spend between HK$ 6,500 and HK$ 9,999 *U* a month ,] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 9.9 %] [ARGM-TMP last month] from [ARG3-from a year earlier] and was up 1.3 % from the preceding month .
- The growing sales sustained * by domestic demand failed *-2 to counter [rel rising] [ARG1 material] metal costs and declining profitability in overseas construction , Furukawa said 0 *T*-1 .
- [ARG1 Sales by category] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 24 %] to [ARG4-to 35.23 billion yen] , [ARGM-ADV * reflecting increased production in automobile , airconditioner and electric machine industries , which *T*-1 are major users of wire and cable products] .
- [ARG1 Sales for electric wires and cables] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 13.2 %] to [ARG4-to 153.93 billion yen] .
- [ARG1 West Germany 's cost-of-living index] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT a preliminary 0.3 %] [ARGM-TMP in October] from [ARG3-from September] and was up 3.3 % from a year earlier , the Federal Statistics Office in Wiesbaden said 0 *T*-1 .
- [ARG1 September sales at major Japanese retail stores] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 9.4 %] from [ARG3-from a year earlier] to [ARG4-to 1.388 trillion yen -LRB- $ 9.81 billion *U* -RRB-] , [ARGM-ADV * marking the fifth-consecutive monthly increase] , the Ministry of International Trade and Industry announced 0 *T*-1 .
- According to the ministry , retail sales at major department stores were up 12 % to 745.7 billion yen , while [ARG1 sales at supermarkets] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 6.7 %] to [ARG4-to 642 billion yen] .
- [ARGM-TMP On Manic Monday] , the volume of German shares traded * in London more than tripled to 2.2 million , and [ARG1 the volume of French shares] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 48 %] .
- [ARG1 Some drill-bit prices] have [rel risen] [ARG2-EXT 5 %] [ARGM-TMP in the past month] .
- And , defenders say 0 *T*-1 , few people complain about futures when [ARG1 stock prices] are [rel rising] *T*-2 .
- Swedish rolling-steel and ball-bearing group AB SKF said 0 [ARG1 its pretax profit] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 78 %] to [ARG4-to 1.78 billion kronor -LRB- $ 278 million *U* -RRB-] in the first nine months from [ARG3-from one billion kronor -LRB- $ 156 million *U* -RRB-] in the corresponding period a year earlier .
- More than half the domestic drilling now under way is for gas , partly on the assumption that [ARG1 demand *ICH*-2] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel rise] [ARGM-PNC for a fuel that *T*-1 is cleaner * to burn than either oil or coal] .
- [ARG1 Sales] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 8 %] to [ARG4-to $ 1.15 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 1.06 billion *U*] .
- [ARG1 Sales] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 8 %] to [ARG4-to $ 368.5 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 340.7 million *U*] .
- Operating profit in the company 's abrasives segment rose 16 % while [ARG1 operating profit in the engineering materials segment] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 2 %] .
- [ARG1 Operating profit in the company 's abrasives segment] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 16 %] [ARGM-TMP while operating profit in the engineering materials segment rose 2 %] .
- Y.J. Park and her family scrimped for four years *-2 to buy a tiny apartment here , but found that the closer they got *-3 to saving the $ 40,000 *U* 0 they originally needed *T*-1 , the more [ARG1 the price] [rel rose] .
- The panel found that [ARGM-TMP since 1987] , [ARG1 real-estate prices] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT nearly 50 %] [ARGM-LOC in a speculative fever fueled * by economic prosperity , the 1988 Seoul Olympics and the government 's pledge * to rapidly develop Korea 's southwest] .
- [ARGM-DIS At best] , she realizes 0 *T*-1 , [ARG1 they] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel rise] [ARG2-MNR more slowly -- more slowly , she hopes 0 *T*-1 , than her family 's income] .
- [ARGM-LOC In national over-the-counter trading] [ARGM-TMP yesterday] , [ARG1 Cambrex shares] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 50 cents] [ARGM-PNC *-1 to close at $ 13 *U* a share] .
- [ARG1 The debt] [rel rose] [ARG2-MNR further] [ARGM-TMP in 1977 when Mr. Sutton resigned his position as Manhattan borough president *-1 to run for mayor *T*-2] .
- Fidelity 's junk fund has fallen 2.08 % this year through Oct. 19 , Lipper says 0 *T*-1 ; [ARG1 the Vanguard fund] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 1.84 %] ; and the T. Rowe Price fund edged up 0.66 % .
- [ARG1 U.S. GNP] [rel rose] at [ARG2-at an annual rate of 2.5 %] [ARGM-TMP in the third quarter] .
- [ARGM-LOC On the Commodity Exchange in New York] , [ARG1 gold for current delivery] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT $ 3.40 *U*] to [ARG4-to $ 372.50 *U* an ounce] [ARGM-LOC in heavy trading] .
- [ARG1 Canadian production of market pulp] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 1 %] [ARGM-TMP in September from a year earlier] [ARGM-ADV as the industry operated at 87 % of capacity] .
- [ARGM-ADV According to Teikoku Data Bank Ltd. , which *T*-1 tracks company earnings] , [ARG1 Aichi 's revenue] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 15 %] to [ARG4-to 49.3 billion yen -LRB- $ 348.4 million *U* -RRB-] [ARGM-TMP in the year ended February] .
- Some lousy earnings reports whacked the stock market , but bond prices fell only slightly and [ARG1 the dollar] [rel rose] [ARG2-MNR a little] [ARGM-MNR against most major currencies] .
- While bond investors would have preferred growth to be a little slower , they were cheered *-1 by inflation measures in the data that *T*-2 showed [ARG1 prices] [rel rising] at [ARG2-at a modest annual rate of 2.9 %] .
- [ARG1 The Treasury 's benchmark 30-year] [rel rose] [ARG2-MNR fractionally] .
- [ARG1 The dollar] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT modestly] [ARGM-MNR against most major currencies] .
- [ARG1 The dollar] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT modestly] [ARGM-MNR against the mark and the yen] , but soared against the pound following the resignation of Britain 's chancellor of the Exchequer , Nigel Lawson .
- An estimated $ 40 million *U* would come annually from a new $ 20,000 *U* charge on pre-merger notifications to the Justice Department , and [ARG1 Securities and Exchange Commission filing fees] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel rise] by [ARG2-by 25 %] [ARGM-PNC * to fund a $ 26 million *U* increase in the agency 's budget] .
- [ARG1 Sales] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 8.4 %] to [ARG4-to $ 27.95 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 25.78 billion *U*] .
- Compaq Computer Corp. said that [ARG1 its net income] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 51 %] [ARGM-TMP in the third quarter] , [ARGM-CAU *-1 bolstered * by unusual gains from its investment in a disk-drive maker and * reflecting continued growth in its European operations] .
- [ARG1 Sales] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 50 %] to [ARG4-to $ 2.1 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 1.4 billion *U*] .
- [ARG1 Manufacturers ' shipments] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 0.3 %] [ARGM-TMP in August] [ARGM-TMP following two months of declines] .
- [ARG1 Du Pont 's stock] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT $ 2.50 *U* a share] [ARGM-PNC *-1 to close at $ 117.375 *U*] [ARGM-LOC in New York Stock Exchange composite trading] [ARGM-TMP yesterday] .
- [ARGM-LOC In the fibers segment] , [ARG1 profit] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to $ 180 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 155 million *U*] , [ARGM-ADV a gain 0 Du Pont attributed *T*-1 to higher demand in the U.S. for most textile products] .
- Mr. Panet-Raymond said 0 he does n't think 0 Messrs. Drabinsky and Gottlieb are `` anywhere close '' to * arranging financing and that investors will need a solid offer before [ARG1 the stock] begins *-1 to [rel rise] [ARGM-TMP again] .
- [ARG1 Revenue] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 3.5 %] to [ARG4-to $ 8.47 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 8.18 billion *U*] .
- GMAC said 0 [ARG1 its automotive financing and leasing business] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 35 %] [ARGM-LOC in the U.S.] , [ARGM-CAU largely because of dealer and customer incentives used * * to boost sales] .
- [ARG1 Revenue] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 12 %] to [ARG4-to $ 1.37 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 1.22 billion *U*] .
- [ARG1 Revenue] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 14 %] to [ARG4-to $ 4.03 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 3.54 billion *U*] .
- [ARG1 PWA 's long-term debt and capital lease obligations] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to C$ 1.24 billion *U* at the end of the second quarter , nearly double the year-earlier figure] , [ARGM-ADV * reflecting debt absorbed * under the Wardair purchase] .
- [ARG1 The Treasury 's benchmark 30-year issue] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT less than an eighth of a point , or less than $ 1.25 *U* for each $ 1,000 *U* of face amount] .
- [ARG1 Long-term Treasury bonds] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT slightly] [ARGM-ADV despite the arrival on the market of $ 4.52 billion *U* in 30-year bonds offered * by the Resolution Funding Corp. as part of the government 's bailout of the savings and loan industry] .
- But July 5 , a thunderstorm in Wilmington , Del. , caused [ARG1 Shellpot Creek] to [rel rise] [ARG2-EXT 15 feet] , * pouring 1.3 million gallons of water into basement vaults .
- John C. Marous , chairman and chief executive officer , also said 0 the company expects [ARG1 sales from continuing businesses] to [rel rise] [ARG2-EXT 8.5 %] [ARGM-TMP annually] [ARGM-TMP through the next three years] .
- [ARG1 Capital expenditure in 1990] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel rise] [ARG2-EXT slightly] , Mr. Marous said 0 *T*-1 , from [ARG3-from an estimated $ 470 million *U*] this year .
- [ARGM-ADV As ties between academia and venture capital have blossomed in recent years] , [ARG1 governmental fear of abuse] has [rel risen] .
- That puts the broker at risk if it 's trying *-1 to buy stock in a [rel rising] [ARG1 market] .
- It 's a good strategy in a [rel rising] [ARG1 market] , where a 25 % leveraged portfolio in effect allows investors to have 125 % of their money working for them *T*-1 .
- [rel Rising] [ARG1 office] vacancy rates in Fairfield County , Conn. , have builders and bankers scrambling *-1 to restructure loans .
- [ARGM-LOC In composite trading on the New York Stock Exchange] , [ARG1 Bethlehem shares] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 50 cents] to [ARG4-to $ 17.375 *U*] .
- [ARG1 Revenue] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 21 %] to [ARG4-to $ 243.4 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 201.2 million *U*] .
- [ARG1 Revenue] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 27 %] to [ARG4-to $ 715.1 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 563.8 million *U*] .
- [ARG1 Revenue] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 15 %] to [ARG4-to $ 2.17 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 1.89 billion *U*] .
- Anheuser-Busch announced its plan at the same time 0 it reported 0 [ARG1 third-quarter net income] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT a lower-than-anticipated 5.2 %] to [ARG4-to $ 238.3 million *U* , or 83 cents a share ,] from [ARG3-from $ 226.5 million *U* , or 78 cents] *T*-1 .
- [ARG1 Stocks] [rel rose] [ARGM-LOC in London] , but fell again in Frankfurt .
- [ARGM-LOC In early trading] [ARGM-LOC in Tokyo] [ARGM-TMP Thursday] , [ARG1 the Nikkei index] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 145.45 points] to [ARG4-to 35587.85] .
- [ARG1 Futures prices] [rel rose] [ARG2-MNR modestly] , but trading volume was n't very heavy .
- The December contract settled at 73.97 cents a pound , up 0.59 cent , but [ARG1 it] [rel rose] [ARG4 as high as 74.20 cents] .
- [ARG1 Sales] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 2.9 %] to [ARG4-to $ 329.2 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 320 million *U*] .
- American Telephone & Telegraph rose 3\/8 to 43 1\/2 in Big Board composite trading of 1.5 million shares , Chevron advanced 1 3\/4 to 66 5\/8 on 2.3 million shares , [ARG1 Woolworth] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 1] to [ARG4-to 58 5\/8] , Coca-Cola Co. gained 5\/8 to 72 1\/2 and Eastman Kodak added 3\/8 to 44 1\/2 .
- [ARG1 American Telephone & Telegraph] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 3\/8] to [ARG4-to 43 1\/2] [ARGM-LOC in Big Board composite trading of 1.5 million shares] , Chevron advanced 1 3\/4 to 66 5\/8 on 2.3 million shares , Woolworth rose 1 to 58 5\/8 , Coca-Cola Co. gained 5\/8 to 72 1\/2 and Eastman Kodak added 3\/8 to 44 1\/2 .
- Aetna Life & Casualty gained 1 3\/8 to 61 1\/8 , Cigna advanced 7\/8 to 64 3\/4 , Travelers added 1\/2 to 40 3\/8 and [ARG1 American International Group] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 3 1\/8] to [ARG4-to 107 3\/4] .
- AMR , which *T*-1 owns American Airlines , rose 3 3\/8 to 72 1\/4 ; USAir Group fell 1 1\/2 to 38 5\/8 , and [ARG1 Delta Air Lines] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 1\/2] to [ARG4-to 66 1\/2] [ARGM-TMP after *-2 posting higher earnings for the September quarter] .
- [ARG1 AMR , which *T*-1 owns American Airlines ,] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 3 3\/8] to [ARG4-to 72 1\/4] ; USAir Group fell 1 1\/2 to 38 5\/8 , and Delta Air Lines rose 1\/2 to 66 1\/2 after *-2 posting higher earnings for the September quarter .
- [ARG1 Esselte Business Systems] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 1] to [ARG4-to 43 1\/2] .
- Sasebo Heavy Industries Co. , a medium-sized shipbuilder , expects its sales to increase 30 % this year , largely because of [rel rising] [ARG1 demand] for oil tankers .
- [ARGM-LOC In over-the-counter trading] yesterday , [ARG1 Benjamin Franklin] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 25 cents] to [ARG4-to $ 4.25 *U*] .
- [ARG1 Revenue] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 15 %] to [ARG4-to $ 534.3 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 464.7 million *U*] .
- The finance unit , GMAC , said 0 net fell 3.1 % , but [ARG1 EDS 's profit] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 16 %] .
- [ARGM-LOC In national over-the-counter trading] [ARGM-TMP yesterday] , [ARG1 LIN] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 50 cents] , to [ARG4-to $ 109.25 *U*] .
- [ARG1 Revenue] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to $ 372.1 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 336.4 million *U*] .
- TW 's pitch was that [ARG1 sales and earnings at its restaurants] have [rel risen] [ARG2-MNR steadily] and that people wo n't stop *-1 eating during a downturn .
- [ARGM-LOC Among active stocks] , [ARG1 MCI Communications] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 7\/8] to [ARG4-to 43] [ARGM-LOC on 2.2 million shares] , Mentor Graphics added 1\/8 to 16 3\/8 on turnover of 1.5 million shares .
- Amgen advanced 1 1\/2 to 56 ; Chiron jumped 2 to 29 3\/4 ; Cetus gained 1 to 16 7\/8 and [ARG1 Biogen] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 5\/8] to [ARG4-to 14 5\/8] .
- [ARG1 Another takeover target , LIN Broadcasting ,] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 1\/2] to [ARG4-to 109 1\/4] [ARGM-LOC on 495,000 shares] .
- Informix , which *T*-1 recently said 0 [ARG1 third-quarter net income] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to 16 cents a share] from [ARG3-from a penny a share] a year ago , gained 1 5\/8 to 13 5\/8 on 810,700 shares .
- [ARG1 Cimflex Teknowledge] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 13\/16 , or 39 % ,] to [ARG4-to 2 7\/8] [ARGM-LOC on volume of 494,100 shares] .
- [ARG1 The company 's third-quarter earnings] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to 10 cents a share] from [ARG3-from eight cents a share] a year ago .
- [ARG1 The Nasdaq Financial Index] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 2.09] , to [ARG4-to 454.86] .
- Other admen , however , say 0 [ARG1 rates] [ARGM-MOD could] [rel rise] [ARGM-TMP later] [ARGM-ADV if ad spending surges] .
- [ARGM-ADV Although sports officials predict jumps of 50 % to 100 % *U* in the major contracts coming up for renewal] , [ARG1 ad rates] [ARGM-MOD may] [rel rise] [ARG2-EXT only 20 %] .
- IBM 's mainframe sales have held up better than expected this year , with analysts estimating 0 [ARG1 they] have [rel risen] [ARG2-EXT 10 % to 12 %] *U* .
- [ARG1 Revenue] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 23 %] to [ARG4-to $ 100 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 81.6 million *U*] .
- [ARG1 Revenue] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT slightly] to [ARG4-to $ 3.8 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 3.7 billion *U*] .
- [ARG1 The average interest rate] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to 8.337 %] [ARGM-LOC at Citicorp 's $ 50 million *U* weekly auction of 91-day commercial paper , or corporate IOUs ,] from [ARG3-from 8.292 %] at last week 's sale .
- [ARG1 Third-quarter revenue] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to $ 4.9 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 4.7 billion *U*] .
- [ARG1 French consumer prices] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 0.2 %] [ARGM-TMP in September] from [ARG3-from August] , [ARGM-ADV according to provisional estimates by the National Statistics Institute] .
- The French water treatment group said 0 [ARG1 consolidated net profit after payments to minority interests] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to 749 million francs -LRB- US$ 119.2 million *U* -RRB-] from [ARG3-from 575 million francs] [ARGM-TMP in the first half of 1988] .
- Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. , buoyed * by improved operating profit in its tire segment , reported that [ARG1 third-quarter net income] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 11 %] to [ARG4-to $ 70.5 million *U* , or $ 1.22 *U* a share] .
- [ARG1 Sales] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT nearly 2 %] to [ARG4-to $ 8.13 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 7.98 billion *U*] .
- [ARG1 Sales] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT slightly] to [ARG4-to $ 2.68 billion *U*] , from [ARG3-from $ 2.66 billion *U*] .
- For the third quarter , Sears said 0 [ARG1 its total revenue] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 4.8 %] to [ARG4-to $ 13.18 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 12.57 billion *U*] a year earlier .
- [ARG1 Net income at Sears 's Dean Witter Financials Services group] , [ARGM-TMP meanwhile] , [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT nearly 32 %] to [ARG4-to $ 35.7 million *U*] , [ARGM-ADV * reflecting improvements in its basic stock brokerage and Discover credit card businesses] .
- [ARG1 Oil imports to Japan] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 12 %] [ARGM-TMP in September] from [ARG3-from year-earlier levels] , [ARGM-ADV according to statistics released * by the government 's Ministry of International Trade and Industry] .
- [ARG1 Italy 's unemployment rate] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to 12 % of the labor force] [ARGM-TMP in July] from [ARG3-from 11.9 %] in April , and was up from 11.7 % a year earlier , according to quarterly figures from the state statistical institute .
- [ARG1 The southern unemployment rate] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to 21.3 %] [ARGM-TMP in July] from 21.2 % in April and from [ARG3-from 20.6 %] a year earlier .
- [ARG1 Revenue] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 7.6 %] to [ARG4-to $ 12.97 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 12.05 billion *U*] .
- [ARG1 Quarter net for the business-machines and financial-services company] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to $ 155 million *U* , or $ 1.41 *U* a share] , from [ARG3-from $ 146 million *U* , or $ 1.37 *U* a share] , [ARGM-TMP in the year-earlier period] .
- [ARG1 Revenue] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to $ 4.45 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 4.15 billion *U*] .
- [ARG1 Unfilled orders for durable goods] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 0.4 %] [ARGM-TMP in September] , to [ARG4-to $ 476.14 billion *U*] , [ARGM-TMP after *-1 declining for the first time in 2 1\/2 years in August] .
- But a Commerce Department analyst said that [ARGM-TMP in both months] [ARG1 orders] [ARGM-MOD would] have [rel risen] [ARGM-ADV had it not been for a drop in civilian aircraft bookings , a category that *T*-1 is showing declines only after a huge surge earlier this year] .
- But less than two years later , the LDP started *-1 to crumble , and [ARG1 dissent] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to unprecedented heights] .
- Last year , when the [rel rising] [ARG1 Orange] River threatened *-3 to swamp the course *T*-2 , the same engineers who *T*-1 are pushing back the Atlantic rushed *-4 to build a wall 0 *T*-5 to hold back the flood .
- He said 0 the [rel rising] [ARG1 volume] of passenger traffic on this route justifies a major investment in new high-standard Moscow hotels .
- [ARGM-ADV Predictably] , [ARG1 guarantees outstanding] have [rel risen] by [ARG2-by $ 130 billion *U*] [ARGM-TMP since 1985] , [ARGM-TMP while direct loans outstanding have fallen by $ 30 billion *U*] .
- [ARG1 Unit volume , or amount of products shipped * ,] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT about 11 %] [ARGM-LOC in the international segment] , [ARGM-ADV with P&G continuing *-1 to win market share in Japan 's diaper and detergent markets] .
- [ARGM-DIS But] [ARG1 sales of domestic cars and trucks at Nissan Motor Corp.] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 26.1 %] to [ARG4-to 5,651] .
- [ARG1 Short interest in Nasdaq over-the-counter stocks] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 6 %] [ARGM-TMP as of mid-October] , [ARGM-ADV its biggest jump since 6.3 % last April] .
- [ARGM-LOC Among 2,412 of the largest OTC issues] , [ARG1 short interest] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to 196.8 million shares] , from [ARG3-from 185.7 million] [ARGM-LOC in 2,379 stocks] [ARGM-TMP in September] .
- [ARG1 Short interest in First Executive , an insurance issue ,] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 55 %] to [ARG4-to 3.8 million] .
- Last week , `` Murphy Brown '' was viewed *-1 by 14.1 % of the available television households , while [ARG1 the number] dropped to 12.6 % for `` Teddy Z '' and [rel rose] to [ARG4-to 14.2 %] [ARGM-ADV for `` Designing Women] . ''
- [ARGM-LOC In major market activity] : [ARG1 Bond prices] [rel rose] .
- [ARGM-TMP At its strongest] , [ARG1 the Treasury 's benchmark 30-year bond] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT more than a point , or more than $ 10 *U* for each $ 1,000 *U* face amount] .
- In an invention that *T*-1 drives Verdi purists bananas , [ARG1 Violetta] lies *-2 dying in bed during the prelude , *-2 [rel rising] [ARGM-MNR deliriously] [ARGM-TMP when then she remembers the great parties 0 she used *-4 to throw *T*-3 *T*-5] .
- [ARG1 Sales] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to $ 2.45 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 2.2 billion *U*] .
- [ARG1 Net income] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to 83 cents a share] from [ARG3-from 72 cents a share the year-earlier period] .
- [ARGM-DIS Surely] [ARGM-LOC at some other cosmic address] [ARG1 a Gouldoid creature] [ARGM-MOD would] have [rel risen] [ARGM-DIR out of the ooze] [ARGM-PNC *-1 to explain why , * paleontologically speaking , `` it is , indeed , a wonderful life *T*-2] . ''
- Peter Gebhard , the company 's owner , says 0 [ARG1 spending on regulatory paper work and the people 0 *T*-1 to do it -- mostly 0 * to comply with federal , state and local environmental laws *T*-2 --] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel rise] [ARG2-EXT almost 30 %] [ARGM-TMP this year] to [ARG4-to $ 100,000 *U*] .
- [ARGM-TMP Meanwhile] , [ARG1 non-performing assets] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to $ 593 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 518.7 million *U*] .
- The average yield on six-month broker-sold CDs rose to 8.29 % from 8.05 % and [ARGM-LOC on one-year CDs] [ARG1 the average yield] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to 8.30 %] from [ARG3-from 8.09 %] .
- [ARG1 The average yield on six-month broker-sold CDs] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to 8.29 %] from [ARG3-from 8.05 %] and on one-year CDs the average yield rose to 8.30 % from 8.09 % .
- [ARG1 The average yield on threemonth jumbos] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to 8.00 %] from [ARG3-from 7.96 %] , [ARGM-ADV while the two-year average fell by the same amount to 7.89 %] .
- [ARG1 Sales] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 4.2 %] to [ARG4-to $ 3.31 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 3.2 billion *U*] .
- But while [ARG1 September exports] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to # 8.43 billion *U*] , imports shot up to # 10.37 billion *U* .
- [ARGM-TMP From 1974 to 1984] , [ARG1 prices for the best yearlings] [ARGM-LOC at the summer sales] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 918 %] to [ARG4-to an average of $ 544,681 *U*] .
- The media concern said 0 [ARG1 net income] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to $ 37.8 million *U* , or 72 cents a share] , from [ARG3-from $ 32 million *U* , or 57 cents a share] , [ARGM-TMP in the year-earlier period] .
- [ARG1 That division 's revenue] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 2.3 %] to [ARG4-to $ 472.5 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 461.9 million *U*] [ARGM-TMP in the year-ago period] .
- [ARGM-LOC In early trading] [ARGM-LOC in Tokyo] [ARGM-TMP Wednesday] , [ARG1 the Nikkei index] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 17.92 points] to [ARG4-to 35544.47] .
- *-2 Citing [rel rising] [ARG1 fuel] costs , promotional fare cuts and a general slowdown in travel , several major carriers have posted *RNR*-1 or are expected *-2 to post *RNR*-1 relatively poor third-quarter results .
- [ARG1 Revenue] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT only 3.3 %] [ARGM-TMP in the latest period] , to [ARG4-to $ 1.53 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 1.48 billion *U*] .
- [ARG1 Revenue] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 12 %] to [ARG4-to $ 4.75 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 4.22 billion *U*] .
- *-1 To try *-2 to combat the traffic slowdown , airlines started *-1 reducing fares ; [ARG1 average fares] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT only 1.7 %] [ARGM-TMP in August] , [ARGM-ADV in contrast to increases of 16 % each in February and March] .
- [rel Rising] [ARG1 operating] expenses are another problem .
- This turn of events has put a big damper on an industry that *T*-1 seemed almost invincible last spring , when [ARG1 fares] were [rel rising] [ARGM-MNR at double-digit rates] *T*-3 and many carriers seemed *-2 to be growing fat on near-monopolies in certain markets *T*-3 .
- Interpublic Group of Cos. said 0 [ARG1 third-quarter net] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 15 %] to [ARG4-to $ 6.9 million *U* , or 21 cents a share] , from [ARG3-from $ 6 million *U* , or 18 cents a share] , [ARGM-TMP in the year-earlier period] .
- Mr. Bond blamed [rel rising] [ARG1 Australian] interest rates and the acquisition of Bell Group `` with its very high levels of shortterm debt '' for *-2 producing a condition `` that *T*-1 was no longer sustainable .
- Erich Krampe , president of the U.S. sales arm of West German auto maker Daimler Benz AG , predicted 0 [ARG1 luxury-car sales] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel rise] to [ARG4-to 840,000] [ARGM-TMP in 1990] from [ARG3-from 830,000] this year [ARGM-CAU primarily because of the new Japanese makes] .
- [ARG1 Revenue] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 5 %] to [ARG4-to $ 110.4 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 105.4 million *U*] .
- [ARG1 Japanese domestic motor-vehicle sales] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 12 %] [ARGM-TMP in September] , the Japan Automobile Dealers ' Association said 0 *T*-1 earlier this month .
- [ARG1 Production of cars] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to 801,835 units] in September , [ARGM-ADV a 5.5 % increase from a year earlier] .
- [ARG1 Midsized cars] accounted for the greatest growth in units , *-1 [rel rising] [ARG2-EXT 62,872 units] to [ARG4-to 134,550 units , or 88 %] .
- In the past Mr. Threlkeld has been known *-1 to have substantial long positions that is , he had bought copper futures in anticipation of [rel rising] [ARG1 prices] -- in the copper futures market .
- [ARG1 January platinum] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT $ 2.30 *U* an ounce] to [ARG4-to $ 488.60 *U*] .
- Mr. Kravis apparently thinks 0 SCI TV can survive if lenders extend its debt payments until [ARG1 TV stations] [rel rise] [ARGM-ADV in value] [ARGM-TMP again] , * allowing SCI TV to sell assets *-1 to pay debt .
- [ARG1 Sales] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 9.7 %] to [ARG4-to $ 351.5 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 320.4 million *U*] .
- Other issues said * to be included *-1 in the buy program were [ARG1 Procter & Gamble] , which *T*-2 [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 2 7\/8] to [ARG4-to 133 1\/2] ; Atlantic Richfield , which *T*-3 gained 2 to 103 3\/4 , and Rockwell International , which *T*-4 jumped 2 3\/4 to 27 1\/8 .
- [ARG1 Vista Chemical] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 1 3\/8] to [ARG4-to 38 5\/8] [ARGM-TMP after Bear Stearns added the stock to the firm 's buy list , *-1 citing recent price weakness] .
- [ARG1 Gannett 's third-quarter earnings] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 11 %] to [ARG4-to 52 cents a share] from [ARG3-from 47 cents in the year-ago period] .
- [ARG1 Sales] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 2.9 %] to [ARG4-to $ 827.9 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 804.3 million *U*] .
- [ARG1 Municipal , mortgage-backed and investment-grade corporate bonds] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 1\/8] to [ARG4-to 1\/2 point] .
- [ARG1 The Ginnie Mae issue] [rel rose] [ARGM-LOC amid talk of large purchases of the securities by institutional investors] .
- [ARG1 Prices of European government bonds] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel rose] [ARGM-TMP as U.S. stocks declined] .
- West Germany 's 7 % issue due October 1999 rose 0.13 point to 99.93 * to yield 7.01 % , while [ARG1 the 6 3\/4 % issue due July 1994] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 0.05] to [ARG4-to 97.70] [ARGM-PNC * to yield 7.33 %] .
- [ARG1 West Germany 's 7 % issue due October 1999] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 0.13 point] to [ARG4-to 99.93] [ARGM-PNC * to yield 7.01 %] , [ARGM-ADV while the 6 3\/4 % issue due July 1994 rose 0.05 to 97.70 * to yield 7.33 %] .
- Britain 's 11 3\/4 % Treasury bond due 2003\/2007 rose 17\/32 to 112 6\/32 * to yield 10.05 % , while [ARG1 the 12 % notes due 1995] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 11\/32] to [ARG4-to 104 2\/32] [ARGM-PNC * to yield 10.93 %] .
- [ARG1 Britain 's 11 3\/4 % Treasury bond due 2003\/2007] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 17\/32] to [ARG4-to 112 6\/32] [ARGM-PNC * to yield 10.05 %] , [ARGM-ADV while the 12 % notes due 1995 rose 11\/32 to 104 2\/32 * to yield 10.93 %] .
- [ARG1 The death toll] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to 63] .
- [ARGM-ADV Excluding transportation items] , [ARG1 orders] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 1.8 %] .
- Texaco said 0 [ARG1 profit] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 11 %] [ARGM-TMP in the quarter] , [ARGM-CAU partly due to a massive restructuring] .
- [ARG1 Goodyear 's profit] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 11 %] [ARGM-TMP in the quarter] , [ARGM-MNR *-1 buoyed *-2 by improved operating results in its tire business] .
- [ARG1 Revenue] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 5 %] to [ARG4-to $ 282 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 268.3 million *U*] .
- [ARGM-LOC In the U.S.] , [ARG1 Jaguar 's American depositary receipts] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 12.5 cents] [ARGM-LOC in over-the-counter trading] , to [ARG4-to $ 11.25 *U*] .
- Chairman Robert McClements Jr. said 0 [ARG1 the synthetic crude oil production from the facility] [rel rose] [ARGM-TMP even as the price for that oil increased] .
- [ARG1 Revenue] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 11 %] , to [ARG4-to $ 8 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 7.2 billion *U*] .
- [ARG1 Third-quarter net income at Texaco] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to $ 305 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 274 million *U*] last year .
- Asarco also reported 0 [ARG1 third-quarter net income] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 14 %] , to [ARG4-to $ 52.7 million *U* , or $ 1.25 *U* a share] , from [ARG3-from a restated $ 46.2 million *U* , or $ 1.10 *U* a share] , a year earlier .
- [ARG1 Sales] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 4.5 %] to [ARG4-to $ 522.3 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 499.4 million *U*] .
- Exports reached $ 5.12 billion *U* , up from $ 4.52 billion *U* a year earlier , while [ARG1 imports] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to $ 6.81 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 5.33 billion *U*] .
- [ARG1 Canadian retail sales] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 0.2 %] [ARGM-TMP in August] from [ARG3-from July] , Statistics Canada , a federal agency , said 0 *T*-1 .
- With reduced exports and [rel rising] [ARG1 imports] , South Korea 's trade surpluses with the U.S. and Europe between January and September fell sharply from a year ago , the Customs Administration said 0 *T*-1 .
- [ARG1 France 's industrial production index for July and August] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 1 %] from [ARG3-from June] and was up 4.6 % from a year ago , according to seasonally adjusted data from the National Statistics Institute .
- The state agency , which *T*-2 usually publishes the data on monthly basis , but traditionally combines the index for the two summer-holiday months , said 0 the advance was led *-1 by [ARG1 output of consumer goods] , which *T*-3 [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 3.5 %] from [ARG3-from June] and was up 7.2 % from a year earlier .
- [ARG1 Fatalities on rural interstates] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 33 %] [ARGM-TMP between 1986 and last year] , the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said 0 *T*-1 in a report on the impact of the 65 miles-per-hour speed limit on those roads .
- The report to Congress said that [ARG1 fatalities] [rel rose] 18 % in 1987 and [ARG2-EXT 13 %] [ARGM-TMP in 1988] [ARGM-LOC on rural interstates] .
- The report showed that [ARG1 deaths on urban interstate highways] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 7 %] [ARGM-TMP between 1986 and last year] , [ARGM-ADV while fatalities on non-interstate roads were about the same in 1988 as in 1986] .
- [ARGM-LOC In states that *T*-1 raised the speed limit on rural interstates] , [ARG1 the fatality rate] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT about 18 %] to [ARG4-to 1.7 deaths per 100 million miles traveled *] [ARGM-TMP between 1986 and 1988] .
- [ARG1 Ramada 's stock] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 87.5 cents] [ARGM-LOC on the news] [ARGM-PNC *-1 to close at $ 11.25 *U*] [ARGM-LOC in composite New York Stock Exchange trading] .
- But long-term Treasury bonds staged a modest rally , with [ARG1 prices on most issues] [rel rising] [ARG2-EXT about half a point , or $ 5 *U* for each $ 1,000 *U* face amount] .
- Mr. Teagan points out as well that [ARGM-ADV if the equipment designed * * to get along without CFCs is less efficient than current devices] , [ARG1 energy consumption] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel rise] and that will worsen the greenhouse effect .
- [ARG1 Oregon 's rate] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel rise] to [ARG4-to $ 4.75 *U* an hour , the nation 's highest ,] [ARGM-TMP in Jan. 1 , 1991] .
- [ARG1 Capital Cities\/ABC Inc. 's net income] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 29 %] on [ARG3-on a modest 9 % increase in revenue in the third quarter] , [ARGM-CAU mainly on strong advertising demand at its ABC television network operation] .
- [ARG1 Demand for ads] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel rose] [ARGM-LOC at the eight TV stations 0 Capital Cities owns *T*-1 and at its 80%-owned ESPN sports cable channel] .
- McDonald 's Corp. said 0 [ARG1 third-quarter earnings] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 14 %] [ARGM-LOC on a hefty sales gain] , but domestic franchisees apparently did n't partake of the improvement .
- The world 's largest fast-food chain said 0 [ARG1 net income] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to $ 217.9 million *U* , or 59 cents a share] , from [ARG3-from $ 191.3 million *U* , or 51 cents a share] , a year ago .
- [ARGM-TMP In the nine months] , [ARG1 earnings] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 12 %] to [ARG4-to $ 555.6 million *U* , or $ 1.49 *U* a share ,] from [ARG3-from $ 494.4 million *U* , or $ 1.31 *U* a share] , a year earlier .
- [ARG1 Revenue] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 11 %] to [ARG4-to $ 4.56 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 4.12 billion *U*] .
- [ARG1 Revenue] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 12 %] to [ARG4-to $ 1.63 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 1.46 billion *U*] .
- Since [ARG1 McDonald 's menu prices] [rel rose] [ARGM-TMP this year] , the actual decline may have been more .
- While franchisees were having a tough time *-1 holding sales , McDonald 's company-operated stores posted hefty gains for the nine months , with [ARG1 sales per company-operated unit] [rel rising] [ARG2-EXT $ 20,000 *U*] .
- [ARG1 Sales of parts for cars and construction vehicles] [rel rose] .
- [ARG1 Sales] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 2.8 %] to [ARG4-to $ 864.1 million *U*] , from [ARG3-from $ 840.4 million *U*] .
- [ARG1 Microsoft] , which [ARGM-TMP last week] *T*-1 [rel rose] to [ARG4-to a record] , fell victim to profit-taking , traders said , as it declined 2 1\/8 to 83 1\/8 .
- [ARG1 Amgen] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 2 1\/4] to [ARG4-to 54 3\/4] [ARGM-LOC on almost 800,000 shares] , and CVB Financial jumped 4 to 41 on only 1,000 shares .
- [ARG1 Operating profit] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 5.5 %] to [ARG4-to 332.38 billion yen] from [ARG3-from 315.12 billion yen] .
- [ARG1 Per-share net] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to 62.04 yen] from [ARG3-from 51.50 yen] .
- [ARG1 Operating profit] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 5.3 %] to [ARG4-to 279.75 billion yen] from [ARG3-from 265.79 billion yen] .
- [ARG1 Per-share net] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to 47.46 yen] from [ARG3-from 39.31 yen] .
- [ARG1 Nikko 's pretax profit] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 1.6 %] to [ARG4-to 130.25 billion yen] from [ARG3-from 128.19 billion yen] .
- [ARG1 Operating profit] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 4 %] to [ARG4-to 293.29 billion yen] from [ARG3-from 282.08 billion yen] .
- [ARG1 Net income] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 23 %] to [ARG4-to 63.52 billion yen] from [ARG3-from 51.65 billion yen] .
- [ARG1 Per-share net] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to 44.08 yen] from [ARG3-from 36.13 yen] .
- [ARG1 Net income] , [ARGM-DIS however] , [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 3.7 %] to [ARG4-to 107.87 billion yen] from [ARG3-from 103.98 billion yen] .
- [ARG1 Per-share net] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to 55.10 yen] from [ARG3-from 54.51 yen] .
- Even if it is assumed *-1 that [ARG1 productivity] [rel rose] [ARGM-MNR no more than half as quickly] [ARGM-LOC in the rest of the nonbusiness sector] , this Labor Department estimate indicates a downward bias in the real GNP estimates of 0.2 percentage point a year , on average .
- Independent estimates of output in those industries , including one by the Department of Labor for banking , suggests that [ARG1 productivity in finance and services] appears *-1 to have [rel risen] by [ARG2-by an average of at least 1.5 % a year] [ARGM-TMP between 1948 and 1988] .
- [ARG1 Sales] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 7.7 %] to [ARG4-to $ 6.66 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 6.19 billion *U*] .
- [ARGM-DIS On the same basis] , [ARG1 revenue] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to $ 2.7 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 2.2 billion *U*] .
- [ARG1 Revenue] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to $ 1.5 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 1.1 billion *U*] .
- Warner also contributed record results from its music business , where [ARG1 unit sales of compact discs] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT more than 50 %] [ARGM-TMP from a year ago] , the company said 0 *T*-1 , [ARGM-ADV *-2 helped *-3 by Prince 's `` Batman '' soundtrack] *T*-4 .
- [ARG1 Sales] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 8.2 %] to [ARG4-to $ 848.7 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 784.5 million *U*] .
- [ARG1 UAL] , which *T*-1 had [rel risen] [ARG2-EXT $ 9.875 *U*] to [ARG4-to $ 178.375 *U*] [ARGM-LOC in composite trading on the New York Stock Exchange] [ARGM-CAU on reports of a new bid being prepared *-2 by the group] , reversed course and plummeted in off-exchange trading after the 5:09 p.m. EDT announcement .
- Nearby Pasadena , Texas , police reported that 104 people had been taken *-1 to area hospitals , but a spokeswoman said 0 [ARG1 that toll] [ARGM-MOD could] [rel rise] .
- [ARG1 Revenue] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 8.1 %] , to [ARG4-to $ 23.65 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 21.88 billion *U*] .
- [ARG1 Quarterly revenue] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 4.5 %] , to [ARG4-to $ 2.3 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 2.2 billion *U*] .
- Refining and marketing earnings climbed to $ 33.3 million *U* from $ 12.9 million *U* , and [ARG1 exploration and production earnings] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to $ 37.1 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 17.9 million *U*] .
- [ARG1 Revenue] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 6.9 %] , to [ARG4-to $ 3.1 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 2.9 billion *U*] .
- [ARG1 Occidental Petroleum 's third-quarter net income] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 2.9 %] to [ARG4-to $ 108 million *U* , or 39 cents a share] , from [ARG3-from $ 105 million *U* , or 38 cents a share] , a year earlier .
- [ARG1 Coal earnings] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to $ 26 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 21 million *U*] .
- Paramount Communications rose 5\/8 to 58 3\/4 , Time Warner climbed 1 7\/8 to 138 5\/8 , Walt Disney advanced 3 1\/8 to 127 1\/2 , [ARG1 MCA] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 1 1\/8] to [ARG4-to 65 5\/8] and McGraw-Hill added 1\/2 to 67 1\/8 .
- [ARG1 Paramount Communications] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 5\/8] to [ARG4-to 58 3\/4] , Time Warner climbed 1 7\/8 to 138 5\/8 , Walt Disney advanced 3 1\/8 to 127 1\/2 , MCA rose 1 1\/8 to 65 5\/8 and McGraw-Hill added 1\/2 to 67 1\/8 .
- On the Chicago Board of Trade , soybeans for November delivery closed at $ 5.63 *U* a bushel , down half a cent , while [ARG1 the December wheat contract] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT three-quarters of a cent] to [ARG4-to $ 4.0775 *U* a bushel] .
- A PaineWebber analyst said that in light of a new estimate of a production increase of four million metric tons and only a modest increase in consumption , [ARG1 sugar] is n't likely *-1 to [rel rise] above [ARG2-above the top of its trading range] [ARGM-MNR without a crop problem in a major producing country] .
- [ARG1 The December contract] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT $ 33 *U* a metric ton] to [ARG4-to $ 1,027 *U*] , near its high for the day .
- Municipals ended *-1 mixed , while [ARG1 mortgage-backed and investment-grade corporate bonds] [rel rose] .
- [ARGM-TMP Early in the day] , [ARG1 bonds] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT modestly] [ARGM-CAU on economists ' forecasts that this week 's slate of economic data will portray an economy headed * for trouble] .
- [ARG1 Short-term rates] [rel rose] [ARGM-TMP yesterday] [ARGM-LOC at the government 's weekly Treasury bill auction] , [ARGM-ADV compared with the previous bill sale] .
- Traders said 0 thrifts have stepped up their mortgage securities sales as [ARG1 the bond market] has [rel risen] [ARGM-TMP in the past two weeks] .
- [ARGM-LOC In the mortgage pass-through sector] , [ARG1 active issues] [rel rose] but trailed gains in the Treasury market .
- Japanese government bonds ended lower after [ARG1 the dollar] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT modestly] [ARGM-LOC against the yen] .
- [ARG1 The yield] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to 5.38 %] .
- The benchmark 11 3\/4 % Treasury bond due 2003\/2007 rose 1\/8 to 111 21\/32 *-1 to yield 10.11 % , while [ARG1 the 12 % issue of 1995] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 3\/32] to [ARG4-to 103 23\/32] [ARGM-PNC *-2 to yield 11.01 %] .
- [ARG1 The benchmark 11 3\/4 % Treasury bond due 2003\/2007] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 1\/8] to [ARG4-to 111 21\/32] [ARGM-PNC *-1 to yield 10.11 %] , [ARGM-ADV while the 12 % issue of 1995 rose 3\/32 to 103 23\/32 *-2 to yield 11.01 %] .
- [ARG1 Its stock] [ARGM-DIS also] has [rel risen] [ARGM-TMP lately] , [ARGM-CAU at least partly because it is considered *-1 a possible takeover candidate] .
- [ARG1 Sales for the year] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT almost 15 %] to [ARG4-to $ 1.34 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 1.17 billion *U*] last year .
- [ARG1 Sales] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 18 %] [ARGM-TMP in the fiscal fourth quarter] to [ARG4-to $ 364.1 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 307.9 million *U*] [ARGM-CAU on the strength in semiconductors and other products] .
- [ARGM-TMP For the nine months] , [ARG1 net income] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 48 %] to [ARG4-to $ 124.2 million *U* , or $ 1.41 *U* a share ,] from [ARG3-from $ 83.8 million *U* , or 96 cents a share] a year earlier .
- [ARG1 Stocks] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel rose] [ARGM-LOC in London] , [ARGM-ADV while the Frankfurt market was mixed] .
- [ARG1 Lucas Industries , a British automotive and aerospace concern ,] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 13 pence] to [ARG4-to 614 pence] [ARGM-TMP after it said 0 its pretax profit for the year rose 28 %] .
- Lucas Industries , a British automotive and aerospace concern , rose 13 pence to 614 pence after it said 0 [ARG1 its pretax profit for the year] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 28 %] .
- [ARGM-LOC In early trading] [ARGM-LOC in Tokyo] [ARGM-TMP Tuesday] , [ARG1 the Nikkei index] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 1.08 points] to [ARG4-to 35586.60] .
- [ARG1 Interest income] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 29 %] to [ARG4-to about $ 1.35 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 1.05 billion *U*] .
- Profit after taxes and minority interests but before extraordinary items climbed 27 % to # 143.4 million *U* from # 112.5 million *U* , with [ARG1 earnings per share] [rel rising] to [ARG4-to 85.1 pence -LRB- $ 1.35 *U* -RRB-] from [ARG3-from 79.4 pence -LRB- $ 1.26 *U* -RRB-] .
- [ARG1 Revenue] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 5 %] to [ARG4-to $ 981.7 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 934.7 million *U*] .
- [ARG1 Revenue] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 6 %] to [ARG4-to $ 2.79 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 2.63 billion *U*] .
- Amtech , which *T*-1 makes an automated process system that *T*-2 improves the yields of semiconductor manufacturers , said 0 [ARG1 profit for the year ended * Sept. 30] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to more than $ 800,000 *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 446,000 *U*] last year .
- Allied-Signal reported that [ARG1 net] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 1.7 %] to [ARG4-to $ 121 million *U* , or 81 cents a share ,] from [ARG3-from $ 119 million *U* , or 80 cents a share] , the year earlier .
- [ARG1 Earnings at Allied-Signal 's aerospace business] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to $ 55 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 41 million *U*] a year ago , [ARGM-CAU primarily on higher sales and profit in its engines and auxiliary power units] .
- Stock prices fell and [ARG1 bonds] [rel rose] [ARGM-TMP as worries *ICH*-1 mounted about the economy and the junk bond market] .
- [ARG1 Revenue] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 5 %] to [ARG4-to $ 986 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 937 million *U*] .
- [ARG1 Program trading on the New York Stock Exchange in September] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to its highest recorded level as a percentage of total monthly trading volume] .
- [ARG1 Consumer spending in Britain] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 0.1 %] [ARGM-TMP in the third quarter] from [ARG3-from the second quarter] and was up 3.8 % from a year ago , the Central Statistical Office estimated 0 *T*-1 Friday .
- *-1 Citing figures on home-equity loans , he notes that `` 11 % of homeowners had home-equity credit accounts , but [ARG1 the proportion] [rel rises] to [ARG4-to 16 % of homeowners in the $ 45,000-$60,000 *U* income range and 23 % of homeowners with income above $ 60,000 *U*] . ''
- [ARGM-TMP During the almost seven-year-old economic expansion] , [ARG1 inflation-adjusted gross national product , disposable personal income and personal consumption expenditures] have [rel risen] [ARG2-EXT 30 %] , but inflation-adjusted consumer installment credit has surged 66 % .
- Roche Holding AG , parent of the Swiss chemical and pharmaceutical group , said 0 [ARG1 its group sales] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 22 %] [ARGM-TMP in the first nine months of the year] to [ARG4-to 7.32 billion francs -LRB- $ 4.51 billion *U* -RRB-] .
- [ARG1 Imports] [rel rose] [ARG2-MNR sharply] [ARGM-TMP in the period] , to [ARG4-to $ 5.19 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 4.04 billion *U*] a year earlier , [ARGM-ADV a change of 28 %] .
- [ARG1 Japan 's wholesale prices in the first 10 days of October] fell 0.3 % from the previous 10 days but [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 3.3 %] from [ARG3-from a year ago] , the Bank of Japan said 0 *T*-1 .
- [ARGM-LOC On the U.S. over-the-counter market] , [ARG1 Jaguar 's American depositary receipts] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 12.5 cents] to [ARG4-to $ 11.125 *U*] .
- First-round draft picks have done even better : [ARG1 Average salaries and bonuses for them] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to $ 685,000 *U*] [ARGM-TMP this year] , [ARGM-DIR up] [ARG2-EXT 44 %] from [ARG3-from 1987] .
- But the general trend , given [rel rising] [ARG1 costs] in the league , has been * to raise prices , and Mr. Jones is expected *-1 to eventually follow suit .
- As [ARG1 the yield on New York general obligation bonds] [rel rose] , the Bond Buyer 20-bond general obligation index , the mostly widely followed gauge of the tax-exempt market , held steady at 7.19 % in the week ended Oct. 19 .
- While Seita retains a manufacturing monopoly in France , it is being hurt *-1 by [rel rising] [ARG1 imports] and from waning cigarette demand .
- [ARG1 Canada 's consumer price index] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT a seasonally adjusted 0.2 %] [ARGM-TMP in September] from [ARG3-from August] , Statistics Canada , a federal agency , said 0 *T*-1 .
- So far this year , [rel rising] [ARG1 demand] for OPEC oil and production restraint by some members have kept prices firm despite rampant cheating by others .
- [ARGM-ADV In nominal terms] [ARG1 it] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 0.6 %] from [ARG3-from a year earlier] [ARGM-TMP before adjustment] .
- [ARG1 Fuel and personnel costs] are [rel rising] , and tourism in and through Hong Kong remains clouded by China 's turmoil since the June 4 killings in Beijing .
- Sarah Hall , an analyst at James Capel -LRB- Far East -RRB- Ltd. , says 0 there is n't much 0 Cathay can do *T*-3 about [rel rising] [ARG1 costs] for jet fuel , Hong Kong 's tight labor market , or the strengthening of the local currency , which *T*-2 is pegged *-1 to the U.S. dollar .
- [ARG1 Smaller-stock earnings] , [ARGM-DIS by comparison] , [rel rose] between [ARG2-between 15 % and 20 %] .
- [ARG1 The medical devices maker 's earnings] [rel rose] nearly 35 % in 1987 from 1986 , and [ARG2-EXT 75 %] [ARGM-TMP in 1988] .
- [ARG1 The medical devices maker 's earnings] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT nearly 35 %] [ARGM-TMP in 1987] [ARGM-TMP from 1986] , and 75 % in 1988 .
- [ARG1 Operating revenue] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 69 %] to [ARG4-to A$ 8.48 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from A$ 5.01 billion *U*] .
- Fixed-income funds have returned 8.2 % , while [ARG1 gold funds , which *T*-1 tend *-2 to be volatile ,] have [rel risen] [ARG2-EXT just 4.55 %] , [ARGM-ADV on average] .
- Because the funds ' investments are denominated *-1 in foreign currencies , their value expressed * in dollars goes up [ARGM-TMP when] [ARG1 those currencies] [rel rise] [ARGM-ADV against the dollar] *T*-2 .
- But [ARGM-TMP when] [ARG1 the dollar] [rel rises] [ARGM-ADV against major foreign currencies] *T*-1 , as it did for much of this year , the dollar value of these funds declines .
- [ARG1 Sales] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 2 %] to [ARG4-to $ 437.5 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 430.3 million *U*] .
- Some economists believe that [ARG1 yields on all Treasury securities] [ARGM-MOD may] [rel rise] [ARGM-TMP this week] [ARGM-TMP as the market struggles *-1 to absorb the new supply] .
- [ARG1 The yield on the benchmark bond] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT slightly] to [ARG4-to 7.98 %] from [ARG3-from 7.96 %] .
- [ARGM-LOC In national over-the-counter trading] [ARGM-TMP Friday] , [ARG1 LIN shares] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 62.5 cents] [ARGM-PNC * to close at $ 110.625 *U*] .
- Some money managers are pursuing growth stocks at the expense of [ARG1 those] that *T*-1991 [rel rise] and fall [ARGM-MNR along with the economic cycle] .
- Most of last week 's surge in the industrial average came on Monday , when [ARG1 the average] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 88.12 points] [ARGM-TMP as market players snapped up blue-chip issues and shunned the broad market] *T*-1 .
- [ARG1 The S&P 500] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 4 %] , the Dow Jones Equity Market index gained 3.7 % and the New York Stock Exchange composite index added 3.5 % .
- [ARGM-ADV While most other airline issues took their cue from UAL] , [ARG1 USAir Group] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 1 3\/4] to [ARG4-to 43 1\/4] [ARGM-LOC on 1.5 million shares] [ARGM-LOC amid speculation about a possible takeover proposal from investor Marvin Davis] .
- Those are unwelcome trends in a year that [ARG1 the Dow Jones Industrial Average] has [rel risen] [ARG2-EXT 23 %] [ARGM-TMP so far] , [ARGM-ADV even with the 190.58-point plunge on Oct. 13] *T*-1 ; broader market measures are in the same neighborhood .
- [ARG1 Quarter revenue] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 44 %] to [ARG4-to $ 160.1 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 111.2 million *U*] a year ago .
- The figures show that [ARG1 spending] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 0.1 %] [ARGM-TMP in the third quarter] from [ARG3-from the second quarter] and was up 3.8 % from a year ago .
- But with much of the inefficiency squeezed * out of the freight-transport system , [rel rising] [ARG1 costs] are likely *-2 to be reflected *-1 directly in higher freight rates .
- Major shippers say 0 they expect [ARG1 freight rates] to [rel rise] [ARG2-MNR at least as fast as inflation and maybe faster] [ARGM-TMP in the next few years] .
- Shippers surveyed * recently by Ohio State University said 0 they expect [ARG1 their freight-transport , storage and distribution costs] to [rel rise] [ARG2-EXT about 4 %] [ARGM-TMP this year] .
- [ARG1 The Second Section index] , which *T*-1 [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 15.72 points] [ARGM-TMP Thursday] , was up 11.88 points , or 0.32 % , *-2 to close at 3717.46 .
- [ARGM-LOC In early trading] [ARGM-LOC in Tokyo] [ARGM-TMP Monday] , [ARG1 the Nikkei index] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 101.98 points] to [ARG4-to 35588.36] .
- [ARG1 British Airways] [rel rose] [ARGM-TMP initially] [ARGM-TMP after *-1 announcing its withdrawal from the UAL deal] .
- Gary Ciminero , economist at Fleet\/Norstar Financial Group , Providence , R.I. , expects [ARG1 the deflator] to [rel rise] [ARG2-EXT 3.7 % , well below the second quarter 's 4.6 % ,] partly because of what he believes 0 *T*-1 will be temporarily better price behavior .
- [ARGM-TMP In August] , [ARG1 personal income] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 0.4 %] and personal consumption increased 0.9 % .
- But [ARG1 inflation] , as *-2 measured *-1 by the GNP deflator in Thursday 's report , is expected *-2 to [rel rise] [ARG2-EXT only 3.5 % , down from 4.6 % in the second quarter] .
- [ARG1 Margins] in the fiscal fourth quarter perked up , *-1 [rel rising] to [ARG4-to 51 %] from [ARG3-from 49.2 %] a year earlier .
- [ARG1 Sales for the year] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT nearly 30 %] to [ARG4-to $ 5.28 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 4.07 billion *U* a year earlier] .
- [ARGM-LOC In American Stock Exchange composite trading] [ARGM-TMP Friday] , [ARG1 Eagle shares] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 12.5 cents] to [ARG4-to $ 11 *U*] .
- [ARG1 U.S. official reserve assets] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT $ 6.05 billion *U*] [ARGM-TMP in September] , to [ARG4-to $ 68.42 billion *U*] , the Treasury Department said 0 *T*-1 .
- [ARG1 U.S. holdings of IMF special drawing rights] [ARGM-TMP last month] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT $ 247 million *U*] , to [ARG4-to $ 9.49 billion *U*] , and its reserve position at the IMF increased $ 142 million *U* , to $ 8.79 billion *U* .
- [ARG1 The Dow Jones industrials] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 5.94] , to [ARG4-to 2689.14] , [ARGM-ADV * making the gain for the week a record 119.88 points , or 4.7 %] .
- Most bond prices fell , but [ARG1 junk bonds and the dollar] [rel rose] .
- [ARG1 Sales] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 12 %] to [ARG4-to $ 249.5 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 222.8 million *U*] .
- [ARGM-LOC In New York Stock Exchange composite trading] , [ARG1 American Home Products] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 75 cents] to [ARG4-to $ 105 *U*] [ARGM-TMP on Friday] .
- [ARG1 Revenue] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 7.7 %] to [ARG4-to $ 1.28 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 1.18 billion *U*] .
- [ARG1 Revenue] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 77 %] to [ARG4-to $ 72.6 million *U*] , from [ARG3-from last year 's $ 41 million *U*] .
- [ARG1 Revenue] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 8.3 %] to [ARG4-to $ 780 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 720 million *U*] .
- Customer-access lines increased at an annualized rate of about 4 % and [ARG1 minutes of long-distance use] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT about 12 %] .
- [ARG1 Rates for The Asian Wall Street Journal , published and printed * in Hong Kong and also printed * in Singapore and Tokyo ,] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel rise] [ARG2-EXT 8 %] .
- [ARG1 Rates for The Asian Wall Street Journal Weekly , published * in New York for North American readers ,] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel rise] [ARG2-EXT 6 %] .
- [ARGM-TMP Meanwhile] , [ARG1 total fabrication demand for silver] has [rel risen] [ARGM-TMP six years in a row] , he says 0 *T*-1 .
- Analysts expect [ARG1 the prices of live cattle futures contracts] to [rel rise] [ARGM-LOC in trading] [ARGM-TMP today] [ARGM-CAU in the wake of a government quarterly census that *T*-1 found fewer-than-expected cattle on feedlots] .
- The National Restaurant Association says 0 [ARG1 quick-service restaurant units in the U.S.] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 14 %] to [ARG4-to 131,146] [ARGM-TMP between 1983 and 1987 , the last year for which figures are available *T*-1] .
- For any given move in the overall market , it suggests [ARGM-MNR how steeply] [ARG1 that particular issue] [ARGM-MOD might] [rel rise] or fall *T*-1 .
- [ARG1 Tuitions at private colleges] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 154 %] [ARGM-TMP in the 10 years ended in June of this year] ; that 's twice the 77 % increase in consumer prices for the same period .
- Rorer Group Inc. will report that [ARG1 third-quarter profit] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT more than 15 %] from [ARG3-from a year earlier] , [ARGM-ADV though the gain is wholly due to asset sales] , Robert Cawthorn , chairman , president and chief executive officer , said 0 *T*-1 .
- [ARG1 The consumer price index] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 0.2 %] [ARGM-TMP in September] , [ARGM-ADV while many economists were looking for a 0.4 % increase] .
- [ARG1 Hilton] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 2 7\/8] to [ARG4-to 100] , [ARGM-DIS for example] .
- [ARGM-LOC Among other stocks involved * in restructurings or rumored * to be so] : Holiday Corp. gained 1 7\/8 to 73 and [ARG1 Honeywell] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 2 7\/8] to [ARG4-to 81 1\/2] .
- [ARG1 The Dow Jones Industrial Average] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 39.55 points] to [ARG4-to 2683.20] .
- Paramount Communications climbed 1 1\/4 to 58 1\/2 and [ARG1 MCA] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 1 1\/2] to [ARG4-to 64] ; both media companies have long been mentioned *-1 as potential acquisition candidates .
- [ARGM-LOC Among other actual and rumored targets] , Woolworth rose 1 1\/4 to 60 1\/2 , Upjohn went up 1 1\/8 to 39 3\/4 , Armstrong World Industries gained 1 to 40 1\/8 and [ARG1 Kollmorgen] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 3\/4] to [ARG4-to 13 7\/8] .
- [ARGM-LOC Among other actual and rumored targets] , [ARG1 Woolworth] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 1 1\/4] to [ARG4-to 60 1\/2] , Upjohn went up 1 1\/8 to 39 3\/4 , Armstrong World Industries gained 1 to 40 1\/8 and Kollmorgen rose 3\/4 to 13 7\/8 .
- -- [ARG1 Golden Nugget] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 2] to [ARG4-to 28 1\/4] .
- [ARG1 IBM] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 2 3\/8] to [ARG4-to 104 1\/8] [ARGM-TMP as 2.2 million shares changed hands] .
- [ARGM-LOC Among other technology issues] , Cray Research rose 1 5\/8 to 37 , Hewlett-Packard added 1 1\/4 to 50 1\/4 , Tandem Computers rallied 1 1\/8 to 25 3\/4 , [ARG1 Data General] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 3\/4] to [ARG4-to 14 1\/2] and Motorola gained 2 3\/8 to 59 1\/4 .
- [ARGM-LOC Among other technology issues] , [ARG1 Cray Research] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 1 5\/8] to [ARG4-to 37] , Hewlett-Packard added 1 1\/4 to 50 1\/4 , Tandem Computers rallied 1 1\/8 to 25 3\/4 , Data General rose 3\/4 to 14 1\/2 and Motorola gained 2 3\/8 to 59 1\/4 .
- Insurance stocks continued *-1 to climb on expectations that [ARG1 premium rates] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel rise] [ARGM-LOC in the aftermath of the earthquake in the San Francisco area] .
- American International Group climbed 4 to 106 5\/8 , [ARG1 General Re] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 3 1\/8] to [ARG4-to 89 5\/8] , Kemper added 2 1\/2 to 48 , AON went up 1 3\/8 to 36 and Chubb rose 1 1\/4 to 82 1\/4 .
- American International Group climbed 4 to 106 5\/8 , General Re rose 3 1\/8 to 89 5\/8 , Kemper added 2 1\/2 to 48 , AON went up 1 3\/8 to 36 and [ARG1 Chubb] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 1 1\/4] to [ARG4-to 82 1\/4] .
- Mattel added 1 1\/4 to 19 5\/8 , Tonka firmed 1 to 18 1\/2 and [ARG1 Lewis Galoob Toys] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 7\/8] to [ARG4-to 13 5\/8] [ARGM-LOC on the Big Board] , [ARGM-ADV while Hasbro gained 1 to 21 7\/8 on the American Stock Exchange] .
- [ARG1 B.A.T Industries , the most active Amex issue ,] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 3\/8] to [ARG4-to 12 3\/8] .
- Chambers Development Class A jumped 3 1\/8 to 37 1\/8 and [ARG1 Class B] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 2 5\/8] to [ARG4-to 37 1\/4] .
- [ARG1 Standard & Poor 's 500-stock Index] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 5.37] to [ARG4-to 347.13] and the Nasdaq composite index jumped 7.52 to 470.80 .
- [ARG1 Import competition for U.S. furs] has [rel risen] [ARG2-MNR sharply] [ARGM-TMP since furriers started *-1 aggressively marketing `` working-girl mink '' and similar lower-priced imported furs in recent years] .
- [ARG1 Social Security benefits] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel rise] [ARG2-EXT 4.7 %] [ARGM-TMP next year] [ARGM-PNC *-1 to keep pace with inflation] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 boosting the average monthly benefit to $ 566 *U* from $ 541 *U*] , the Department of Health and Human Services announced 0 *T*-2 .
- [ARG1 Supplemental Security Income payments to the disabled] [ARGM-DIS also] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel rise] [ARG2-EXT 4.7 %] , [ARGM-TMP starting with checks received * on Dec. 29 , 1988] , [ARGM-ADV * increasing the maximum SSI payment to $ 386 *U* from $ 368 *U* a month] .
- The inflation adjustment also means that [ARG1 the maximum annual level of earnings subject to the wage tax that *T*-1 generates revenue for the Social Security trust fund] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel rise] to [ARG4-to $ 50,400 *U*] [ARGM-TMP in 1990] from [ARG3-from $ 48,000 *U*] this year .
- [ARGM-ADV As * mandated *-1 by law] , [ARG1 the tax rate] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel rise] to [ARG4-to 7.65 %] [ARGM-TMP in 1990] from [ARG3-from 7.51 %] and wo n't rise any further in the future .
- [ARGM-ADV As * mandated *-1 by law] , [ARG1 the tax rate] will rise to 7.65 % in 1990 from 7.51 % and [ARGM-MOD wo] [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel rise] [ARG2-MNR any further] [ARGM-TMP in the future] .
- This means that [ARG1 the maximum yearly Social Security tax paid * by workers and employers each] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel rise] [ARG2-EXT $ 250.80 *U*] [ARGM-TMP next year] to [ARG4-to $ 3,855.60 *U*] .
- [ARG1 The exempt amount for beneficiaries under 65] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel rise] to [ARG4-to $ 6,840 *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 6,480 *U*] .
- [ARG1 Sales for the Deerfield , Ill. , company] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 5.8 %] to [ARG4-to $ 1.81 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 1.71 billion *U*] .
- [ARG1 Sales for the company , based * in Abbott Park , Ill. ,] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 8.3 %] to [ARG4-to $ 1.31 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 1.21 billion *U*] .
- [ARG1 Initial claims for regular state unemployment benefits] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to a seasonally adjusted 396,000] [ARGM-TMP during the week ended Oct. 7] from [ARG3-from 334,000] the previous week , the Labor Department said 0 *T*-1 .
- [ARG1 DEC shares] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT $ 1.375 *U*] to [ARG4-to $ 89.75 *U* apiece] [ARGM-LOC in consolidated New York Stock Exchange trading] [ARGM-TMP yesterday] .
- [ARG1 Revenue] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 6.4 %] to [ARG4-to $ 3.13 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 2.94 billion *U*] .
- Colgate Palmolive Co. reported 0 [ARG1 third-quarter net income] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 27 %] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 bolstered *-2 by strong sales in its Latin American business and surprisingly healthy profits from U.S. operations] .
- [ARG1 Sales] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 7 %] to [ARG4-to $ 3.8 billion *U*] .
- Colgate said 0 [ARG1 net income for the quarter] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to $ 76.7 million *U* , or $ 1.06 *U* a share] , [ARGM-LOC on sales that *T*-1 increased 6 % to $ 1.3 billion *U*] .
- AT&T also said 0 [ARG1 net income] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 19 %] [ARGM-TMP in the third quarter] .
- [ARG1 Net income] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to $ 699 million *U* , or 65 cents a share] , from [ARG3-from the year-earlier $ 587 million *U* , or 55 cents a share] .
- [ARG1 Sales of long-distance services , an extremely competitive market ,] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 6.4 %] .
- The Amex short interest volume leader again was [ARG1 Texas Air Corp.] , *-1 [rel rising] to [ARG4-to 3,820,634 shares] from [ARG3-from 3,363,949] .
- [ARG1 First Iberian Fund] led the percentage increases , *-1 [rel rising] to [ARG4-to 73,100 shares] from [ARG3-from 184] .
- [ARG1 American Express card charge volume] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 12 %] .
- [ARG1 Travel sales] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 11 %] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 led *-2 by gains in the U.S.] .
- *-1 Aided by a sharp gain in its travel business , American Express said 0 [ARG1 net] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to $ 331.8 million *U* , or 77 cents a share ,] from [ARG3-from $ 273.9 million *U* , or 64 cents a share] .
- [ARGM-LOC At IDS Financial Services , the financial planning and mutual fund unit ,] [ARG1 net] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 19 %] to [ARG4-to a record $ 47.6 million *U*] [ARGM-MNR on a 33 % revenue gain] .
- Assets owned or managed * rose 20 % to $ 45 billion *U* , and [ARG1 mutual fund sales] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 45 %] [ARGM-TMP in the quarter] to [ARG4-to $ 923 million *U*] .
- [ARG1 Assets owned or managed *] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 20 %] to [ARG4-to $ 45 billion *U*] , and mutual fund sales rose 45 % in the quarter to $ 923 million *U* .
- [ARG1 Profit] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 38 %] [ARGM-LOC at American Express Information Services] to [ARG4-to $ 21.6 million *U*] .
- For the nine months , American Express said 0 [ARG1 net] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 11 %] to [ARG4-to $ 899.8 million *U* , or $ 2.09 *U* a share ,] from [ARG3-from $ 807.5 million *U* , or $ 1.89 *U* a share] *T*-1 .
- [ARG1 Revenue] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 24 %] to [ARG4-to $ 18.73 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 15.09 billion *U*] .
- [ARG1 Revenue] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 24 %] to [ARG4-to $ 6.5 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 5.23 billion *U*] .
- [ARGM-LOC At the American Express Travel Related Services Co. unit] , [ARG1 net] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 17 %] to [ARG4-to a record $ 240.8 million *U*] [ARGM-CAU on a 19 % revenue increase] .
- [ARG1 The 142 institutional-type money funds] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT $ 2.23 billion *U*] to [ARG4-to $ 85.49 billion *U*] .
- [ARG1 The 473 funds tracked * by the Investment Company Institute , a Washington-based trade group ,] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to $ 356.1 billion *U* , a record] .
- [ARG1 Consumer prices] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT a surprisingly moderate 0.2 %] [ARGM-TMP in September] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 pushed *-2 up mostly by a jump in clothing costs] , the Labor Department reported 0 *T*-3 .
- Because wholesale energy prices shot up by a steep 6.5 % last month , many analysts expected [ARG1 energy prices] to [rel rise] [ARGM-LOC at the consumer level] [ARGM-DIS too] .
- [ARGM-TMP In both 1987 and 1988] , [ARG1 consumer prices] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 4.4 %] .
- [ARGM-ADV Excluding the volatile categories of energy and food] -- [ARGM-ADV * leaving what some economists call the core inflation rate] -- [ARG1 consumer prices] [ARGM-DIS still] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT only 0.2 %] [ARGM-TMP in September] .
- [ARG1 Medical costs] continued their steep ascent , *-1 [rel rising] [ARG2-EXT 0.8 %] [ARGM-TMP after four consecutive months of 0.7 % increases] .
- [ARG1 Food prices] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 0.2 %] [ARGM-TMP for the second month in a row] , [ARGM-MNR far slower than the monthly rises earlier in the year] .
- Separately , the Labor Department reported that [ARG1 average weekly earnings] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 0.3 %] [ARGM-TMP in September] , [ARGM-TMP after * adjusting for inflation] , [ARGM-TMP following a 0.7 % decline in August] .
- For one thing , it *EXP*-1 may be tough * to attract people because skiing is still expensive : a lift ticket can cost up to $ 35 *U* a day and [ARG1 equipment prices] are [rel rising] .
- [ARGM-DIS But] [ARG1 short-term bonds] [ARGM-MOD ca] [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel rise] [ARG2-MNR too much] , [ARGM-CAU because everyone knows 0 they will be redeemed *-1 at a preset price fairly soon] .
- About six months before a recession ends , [ARG1 stocks] typically begin *-1 to [rel rise] [ARGM-TMP again] , [ARGM-CAU as investors anticipate a recovery] .
- But while the overall market improved , the new-issue junk-bond market continued *-1 to count casualties , even as [ARG1 junk-bond prices] [rel rose] .
- Junk bonds ended about one-half point higher with [ARG1 so-called high-quality issues from RJR Capital Holdings Corp. and Petrolane Gas Service Limited Partnership] [rel rising] [ARG2-EXT one point] .
- [ARGM-LOC In the Treasury market] , [ARG1 the benchmark 30-year bond] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT seven-eighths point , or $ 8.75 *U* for each $ 1,000 *U* face amount] .
- The Labor Department reported that [ARG1 consumer prices] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT just 0.2 %] [ARGM-TMP last month] , [ARGM-ADV slightly lower than some economists had expected] .
- [ARG1 Short-term rates] [rel rose] [ARGM-TMP yesterday] .
- The discount rate on three-month Treasury bills rose to 7.56 % from 7.51 % Wednesday , while [ARG1 the rate on six-month bills] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to 7.57 %] from [ARG3-from 7.53 %] .
- [ARG1 The discount rate on three-month Treasury bills] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to 7.56 %] from [ARG3-from 7.51 %] [ARGM-TMP Wednesday] , [ARGM-ADV while the rate on six-month bills rose to 7.57 % from 7.53 %] .
- [ARG1 Italy 's industrial wholesale sales index] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 13.2 %] [ARGM-TMP in June] from [ARG3-from a year earlier] , the state statistical institute Istat said 0 *T*-1 .
- [ARG1 Domestic wholesale sales] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 11.9 %] from [ARG3-from a year earlier] , [ARGM-ADV while foreign sales jumped 17.3 %] , Istat said 0 *T*-1 .
- [ARGM-TMP For the first six months] , [ARG1 wholesale sales] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 12.3 %] from [ARG3-from the year before] , [ARGM-ADV * reflecting to a 11.5 % jump in domestic sales and a 14.6 % boost in foreign sales] .
- [ARG1 Sales of consumer goods] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 6.9 %] [ARGM-TMP in the same period] , [ARGM-ADV while sales of intermediate goods were up 13.8 % from a year ago] .
- [ARG1 The exclusion] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel rise] [ARG2-EXT five percentage points] [ARGM-TMP for each year 0 the asset was held *-1 *T*-2] , [ARGM-TMP until it reached a maximum of 35 % after seven years] .
- [ARG1 Revenue for the nine months] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to $ 449 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 441.1 million *U*] .
- [ARGM-TMP In the latest nine months] , Mr. Hutchinson said 0 *T*-1 , [ARG1 total coal sales] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to about 14.6 million tons] from [ARG3-from about 14.3 million tons] a year earlier .
- Separately , Gillette said 0 [ARG1 its third-quarter earnings] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 2 %] to [ARG4-to $ 65.2 million *U* , or 57 cents a share] , from [ARG3-from $ 63.9 million *U* , or 57 cents a share] , in the year-earlier period ; per-share earnings remained flat despite an increase in net income in part because the company paid a $ 10.4 million *U* dividend on the new preferred stock in the period .
- [ARG1 Sales] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 9 %] to [ARG4-to $ 921.6 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 845.7 million *U*] , [ARGM-ADV with sales of the company 's international\/diversified operations `` well above '' the year earlier-period] .
- [ARG1 Sales] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 6 %] to [ARG4-to $ 2.77 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 2.61 billion *U*] .
- [ARGM-ADV *-1 Recruited from New York University 's MBA program] , [ARG1 he] [rel rose] [ARGM-TMP within two years] to [ARG4-to head of production] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 overseeing such films as `` The Way 0 We Were *T*-2 , '' `` Taxi Driver , '' `` Tommy '' and `` Shampoo] . ''
- The Nasdaq industrial index climbed 8.17 to 458.52 , and [ARG1 the `` other finance '' index , made up * of commercial banks and real estate and brokerage firms ,] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 3.97] to [ARG4-to 545.96] .
- [ARGM-ADV Of the 4,346 issues that *T*-1 changed hands] , [ARG1 1,435 *T*-2] [rel rose] and 629 *T*-2 fell .
- [ARGM-LOC Among other software issues] , Autodesk jumped 1 1\/4 to 42 , Lotus Development was unchanged at 32 1\/2 , Novell jumped 7\/8 to 30 3\/4 , Ashton-Tate gained 1\/4 to 10 5\/8 , and [ARG1 Oracle Systems] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 3\/4] to [ARG4-to 25 3\/4] .
- [ARG1 The Nasdaq Financial Index] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 5.04 , or 1.1 % ,] to [ARG4-to 460.33] .
- [ARGM-DIS By comparison] , [ARG1 the Dow Jones Industrials and the New York Stock Exchange Composite each] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 1.5 %] .
- In a report on China 's foundering economy , the official State Statistical Bureau disclosed that [ARG1 industrial output] [ARGM-TMP last month] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 0.9 %] from [ARG3-from a year earlier] - [ARGM-ADV the lowest growth rate in a decade for September] .
- Retail sales are plummeting , while [ARG1 consumer prices] [ARGM-TMP still] are [rel rising] .
- Experts predict 0 the coming year will be characterized *-1 by flat or negative industrial growth , [rel rising] [ARG1 unemployment] and a widening budget deficit .
- Load factor , or percentage of seats filled * , climbed to 67.1 % from 66.6 % , even though [ARG1 the number of flights] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 6.9 %] to [ARG4-to 215,845] [ARGM-TMP in the first-three quarters] .
- [ARGM-TMP From January through September] , [ARG1 the distance flown * by Lufthansa airplanes] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 5.6 %] to [ARG4-to 266.2 million kilometers] from [ARG3-from a year earlier] , the company added 0 *T*-1 .
- [ARGM-TMP Yesterday] , [ARG1 U S West shares] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 75 cents] [ARGM-PNC *-1 to close at $ 71.25 *U* in New York Stock Exchange composite trading] .
- Philadelphia-based Bell Atlantic said 0 [ARG1 net] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 6.5 %] , [ARGM-ADV *-2 aided *-1 by strong growth in the network-services business and an increase in the number of new telephone lines] .
- Nynex said 0 [ARG1 expenses] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 4.5 %] to [ARG4-to $ 2.73 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 2.61 billion *U*] , [ARGM-ADV a $ 119 million *U* increase] .
- [ARG1 Revenue] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to $ 3.31 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 3.18 billion *U*] , [ARGM-CAU mostly from acquisition of AGS Computers and robust non-regulated businesses] .
- [ARG1 Yellow pages advertising sales] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 11.8 %] to [ARG4-to $ 41.2 million *U*] .
- [ARG1 SNET common] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT $ 1.25 *U*] to [ARG4-to $ 85.50 *U* a share] [ARGM-TMP yesterday] [ARGM-LOC in composite trading on the Big Board] .
- [ARG1 Sales] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 2.2 %] to [ARG4-to $ 711.9 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 696.1 million *U*] .
- [ARG1 Revenue] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 12 %] to [ARG4-to $ 19.93 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 17.73 billion *U*] .
- [ARG1 Revenue in the latest quarter] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 12 %] to [ARG4-to $ 6.6 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 5.91 billion *U*] .
- Economists expect [ARG1 general merchandise sales in the fourth quarter] to [rel rise] [ARG2-EXT 4.5 %] to [ARG4-to 6 %] from [ARG3-from year-ago figures] .
- Concerns about the stock market , doubts about the economy in general and [rel rising] [ARG1 competition] from catalog companies also haunt store operators .
- Philip M. Hawley , chairman of Carter Hawley Hale Stores Inc. , expects [ARG1 sales at department stores open at least a year] to [rel rise] [ARG2-EXT a modest 3 % to 5 % *U* over last year 's totals] , [ARGM-LOC both for his company and the industry in general] .
- Holiday said 0 [ARG1 third-quarter earnings] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to $ 39.8 million *U* , or $ 1.53 *U* a share ,] from [ARG3-from $ 21 million *U* , or 84 cents a share] , a year earlier .
- [ARG1 Third-quarter revenue] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 2.7 %] to [ARG4-to $ 433.5 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 422.1 million *U*] .
- [ARG1 Sales] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to $ 8.19 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 7.65 billion *U*] .
- [ARG1 B.A.T shares] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 29 pence] to [ARG4-to 783 pence] [ARGM-LOC on London 's stock exchange] [ARGM-TMP yesterday] .
- [ARG1 Revenue] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to $ 403 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 368.4 million *U*] .
- [ARGM-TMP For the first nine months of the year] , [ARG1 Hasbro 's net income] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 33 %] to [ARG4-to $ 68.2 million *U* , or $ 1.15 *U* a share ,] from [ARG3-from $ 51.3 million *U* , or 88 cents a share ,] [ARGM-CAU on a 3.1 % increase in revenue to $ 992.7 million *U* from $ 963 million *U* a year earlier] .
- The athletic footwear maker said 0 [ARG1 net] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to $ 49.9 million *U* , or 44 cents a share ,] from [ARG3-from $ 37.1 million *U* , or 32 cents a share] , a year earlier .
- Mattel Inc. said 0 [ARG1 third-quarter net income] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 73 %] , to [ARG4-to $ 38 million *U* , or 76 cents a share ,] from [ARG3-from $ 21.9 million *U* , or 45 cents a share] , a year ago .
- [ARG1 Revenue] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 34 %] to [ARG4-to $ 410 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 306.6 million *U*] a year earlier .
- [ARG1 Revenue] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 25 %] , to [ARG4-to $ 877.6 million *U*] , from [ARG3-from $ 702.4 million *U*] .
- [ARG1 Revenue] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 2 %] to [ARG4-to $ 1.58 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 1.54 billion *U*] .
- Call option beginning March 31 , 1992 , if [ARG1 the price of the stock] [rel rises] [ARG2-EXT more than 50 %] [ARGM-TMP within 30 trading days] as well as a call option for tax reasons .
- American Brands Inc. said 0 [ARG1 third-quarter net income] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 13 %] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 reflecting strong gains in its tobacco and distilled spirits businesses] .
- [ARGM-LOC In composite trading on the New York Stock Exchange] , [ARG1 American Brands shares] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT $ 1.75 *U*] to [ARG4-to $ 73 *U*] .
- The company , which *T*-1 also has businesses in life insurance , office products and hardware , and home-improvement products , said 0 [ARG1 net income] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to $ 166.4 million *U* , or $ 1.71 *U* a share] , from [ARG3-from $ 146.8 million *U* , or $ 1.53 *U* a share] , a year earlier .
- [ARG1 Operating profit for world-wide tobacco products] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 10 %] to [ARG4-to $ 247.6 million *U*] .
- [ARGM-LOC For distilled spirits] , [ARG1 operating profit] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 36 %] , to [ARG4-to $ 24.8 million *U*] .
- [ARGM-TMP In the first nine months] , [ARG1 net] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 1.5 %] , to [ARG4-to $ 458.8 million *U* , or $ 4.76 *U* a share ,] from [ARG3-from $ 452 million *U* , or $ 4.50 *U* a share] , a year earlier .
- [ARG1 Revenue] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to $ 9.03 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 8.98 billion *U*] .
- [ARG1 The average number of shares outstanding] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 2 %] [ARGM-TMP in the third quarter] but was down 4 % for the nine months .
- Defense experts say 0 joint projects are increasingly squeezed *-1 by budget pressures and the desire * to save domestic jobs ; some also fear [rel rising] [ARG1 protectionism] as European unity nears .
- [ARGM-DIS On top of all this] , [ARG1 corn and soybean prices] [rel rose] [ARGM-CAU on reports that the Midwest harvest was disrupted *-1 by a freakishly early snow storm that *T*-2 dumped several inches in parts of Indiana and Ohio] .
- [ARG1 Wheat futures prices] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT slightly] .
- Other news that *T*-1 weighed on the market : [ARG1 Initial unemployment claims] [rel rose] by [ARG2-by 62,000] [ARGM-TMP last week] ; American Telephone & Telegraph Co. will reduce its managerial staff by 15,000 through attrition ; the oil market turned weaker ; there was n't any investor demand for bullion ; and the dollar strengthened during the day , * putting pressure on gold .
- [ARG1 The December contract] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 1.50 cents a pound] to [ARG4-to $ 1.2795 *U*] .
- [ARGM-DIS For instance] , [ARG1 December contracts for WTI] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 17 cents] to [ARG4-to $ 20.42 *U*] .
- [ARG1 Many takeover-related stocks] [rel rose] [ARGM-TMP after news that a group obtained financing commitments for the proposed buy-out of American Medical International Inc] .
- The government said 0 [ARG1 consumer prices] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT only 0.2 %] [ARGM-TMP last month] .
- [ARG1 Volume on the New York Stock Exchange] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to 198.1 million shares] from [ARG3-from 166.9 million] Wednesday .
- Analyst James Weil of the Soundview Financial Group believes 0 [ARG1 Dell 's response] has been *-1 to place increased emphasis on product quality , `` in an effort * to [rel rise] above [ARG2-above some of that price pressure] . ''
- [ARG1 Net for the oil-field services and electronic measurements and systems concern] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to $ 114.2 million *U* , or 48 cents a share ,] from [ARG3-from $ 112.2 million *U* , or 42 cents a share ,] a year earlier .
- Dumez said 0 [ARG1 group profit after payments to minority interests] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to 252 million francs -LRB- $ 40.1 million *U* -RRB-] from [ARG3-from 148 million] a year earlier .
- [ARG1 Revenue] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 40 %] to [ARG4-to 13.32 billion francs] from [ARG3-from 9.53 billion] .
- [ARG1 Revenue] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 3 %] to [ARG4-to $ 9 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 8.8 million *U*] .
- [ARG1 Net income] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to $ 97.9 million *U* , or $ 1.15 *U* a share ,] from [ARG3-from $ 50.5 million *U* , or 60 cents a share ,] a year earlier .
- [ARG1 Total gold production by all six mines] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 4 %] to [ARG4-to 63,971 kilograms] from [ARG3-from 61,493 kilograms in the previous quarter] .
- [ARG1 Prices] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel rose] [ARGM-LOC on almost every other major exchange in Europe , Asia and the Pacific] .
- [ARGM-LOC In early trading] [ARGM-LOC in Tokyo] [ARGM-TMP Friday] , [ARG1 the Nikkei index] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 170.65 points] , to [ARG4-to 35544.87] .
- [ARG1 The Dow Jones industrials] closed up 39.55 , at 2683.20 , after *-1 [rel rising] [ARG2-EXT over 60 points] [ARGM-TMP in mid-afternoon] .
- [ARGM-DIS Also] , [ARG1 profit] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 19 %] [ARGM-TMP in the third quarter] .
- [ARG1 Borrowed shares on the Amex] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to another record] .
- They noted that because [ARG1 the consumer price index , known * as the CPI ,] is a more comprehensive measure of inflation and is [rel rising] [ARG2-MNR less rapidly than the producer-price index , or PPI] , it could signal further easing by Fed .
- The report showed that [ARG1 September consumer prices] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT just 0.2 % , a smaller increase than * expected *-1] .
- For the nine-month period , Baxter said 0 [ARG1 net] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 15 %] to [ARG4-to $ 307 million *U* , or $ 1.02 *U* a share ,] from [ARG3-from $ 267 million *U* , or 89 cents a share ,] [ARGM-TMP during the year-ago period] .
- Bristol-Myers said 0 [ARG1 net income] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 15 %] to [ARG4-to $ 266.2 million *U* , or 93 cents a share ,] from [ARG3-from $ 232.3 million *U* , or 81 cents a share ,] a year earlier .
- Squibb Corp. said 0 [ARG1 net] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 17 %] to [ARG4-to $ 144.5 million *U* , or $ 1.47 *U* a share ,] from [ARG3-from $ 123 million *U* , or $ 1.25 *U* a share] .
- [ARGM-LOC In New York Stock Exchange composite trading] , [ARG1 Bristol-Myers Squibb] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT $ 1.75 *U*] to [ARG4-to $ 52.75 *U*] .
- [ARG1 Revenue] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 15 %] , to [ARG4-to $ 36 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 31.2 million *U*] .
- [ARG1 LOTUS DEVELOPMENT Corp. 's net income] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 61 %] [ARGM-TMP in the third quarter] from [ARG3-from the year-earlier period] .
- [ARG1 Storage] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT $ 1.125 *U* a share] , [ARGM-PNC *-1 to close at $ 14 *U*] , [ARGM-LOC in New York Stock Exchange composite trading] .
- [ARG1 That] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to nearly 18 %] [ARGM-TMP during the Depression] , and has n't changed much since .
- MCA said 0 [ARG1 revenue] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 14 %] to [ARG4-to $ 918.4 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 806.7 million *U*] .
- [ARGM-LOC In New York Stock Exchange composite trading] , [ARG1 MCA] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT $ 1.50 *U*] to [ARG4-to $ 64 *U*] .
- [ARGM-TMP In the nine months] , [ARG1 net] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 35 %] to [ARG4-to $ 120.1 million *U* , or $ 1.64 *U* a share ,] from [ARG3-from $ 89.2 million *U* , or $ 1.22 *U* a share ,] a year earlier .
- The high margin partly stems from continued strong growth in high-yielding consumer loans , which *T*-1 jumped 31 % to $ 17.47 billion *U* from a year earlier , and [ARG1 residential mortgages] , which *T*-2 [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 25 %] to [ARG4-to $ 12 billion *U*] .
- [ARG1 BankAmerica 's total loans] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 8 %] to [ARG4-to $ 71.36 billion *U*] .
- As [ARG1 the West German currency] [rel rose] , so did *T*-1 Merkur prices .
- [ARG1 Operating revenue] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 25 %] to [ARG4-to $ 52.1 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 41.8 million *U*] a year ago .
- Third-quarter spreads widened to the highest level in two years as [ARG1 loan portfolio yields] [rel rose] and money costs declined , the company said 0 *T*-1 .
- Great Western Financial said 0 [ARG1 third-quarter profit] [rel rose] [ARG2-MNR slightly] to [ARG4-to $ 68.4 million *U* , or 52 cents a share ,] from [ARG3-from $ 67.9 million *U* , or 53 cents a share , from a year ago] .
- [ARGM-TMP For the nine months] , [ARG1 net income] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 19 %] to [ARG4-to $ 449 million *U* , or $ 2.40 *U* a share ,] from [ARG3-from $ 375.9 million *U* , or $ 2.01 *U* a share ,] a year earlier .
- [ARG1 Revenue] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT slightly] to [ARG4-to $ 3.16 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 3.13 billion *U*] .
- [ARG1 Net income] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to a record $ 155.3 million *U* , or 83 cents a share ,] from [ARG3-from $ 134.8 million *U* , or 72 cents a share] .
- Dun & Bradstreet said 0 [ARG1 operating earnings] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 8 %] , [ARGM-ADV excluding the sale of Official Airline Guides] .
- Georgia-Pacific Corp. , *-1 exceeding some analysts ' expectations , said 0 [ARG1 third-quarter earnings] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 56 %] to [ARG4-to $ 178 million *U* , or $ 2.03 *U* a share ,] from [ARG3-from $ 114 million *U* , or $ 1.19 *U* a share ,] in the year-earlier period .
- [ARGM-LOC In composite New York Stock Exchange Trading] , [ARG1 Georgia-Pacific stock] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT $ 1.25 *U* a share] [ARGM-TMP yesterday] [ARGM-PNC *-1 to close at $ 58 *U*] .
- [ARG1 Sales] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 11 %] to [ARG4-to $ 7.73 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 6.94 billion *U*] .
- [ARGM-LOC Among composite insurers] , General Accident rose 10 pence to # 10.03 *U* -LRB- $ 15.80 *U* -RRB- a share , Guardian Royal climbed 5 to 217 pence , [ARG1 Sun Alliance] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 3] to [ARG4-to 290] , and Royal Insurance jumped 12 to 450 .
- [ARGM-LOC Among composite insurers] , [ARG1 General Accident] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 10 pence] to [ARG4-to # 10.03 *U* -LRB- $ 15.80 *U* -RRB- a share] , Guardian Royal climbed 5 to 217 pence , Sun Alliance rose 3 to 290 , and Royal Insurance jumped 12 to 450 .
- [ARG1 Pearl Group] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 5] to [ARG4-to 628] , and Sun Life finished *-1 unchanged at # 10.98 *U* .
- [ARG1 Tokyo 's Nikkei index of 225 issues] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 111.48 points , or 0.32 % ,] to [ARG4-to 35107.56] .
- [ARGM-LOC In early trading] [ARGM-LOC in Tokyo] [ARGM-TMP Thursday] , [ARG1 the Nikkei index] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 135.09 points] to [ARG4-to 35242.65] .
- [ARG1 Interest rate-sensitive shares such as steel , construction and electric utility companies] , which *T*-1 [rel rose] [ARGM-TMP early in the week] , saw their advance weaken yesterday .
- [ARG1 The number of building permits issued * for future construction] dropped 2.4 % to a 1,296,000 annual rate after *-1 [rel rising] [ARG2-EXT 3.7 %] [ARGM-TMP in August] .
- [ARG1 Sales of new homes] [rel rose] and inventories of houses , which *T*-1 had been climbing , dropped .
- [ARG1 U.S. pharmaceutical sales] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 15 %] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 led *-2 by allergy , asthma and cold products ; dermatological products ; anti-infectives and anti-cancer products ; and cardiovascular products] .
- [ARGM-TMP On two occasions] [ARG1 the inflation rate] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to more than 10 % a year] .
- [ARG1 B.A.T] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT five pence -LRB- eight cents -RRB-] to [ARG4-to 756 pence -LRB- $ 11.91 *U* -RRB-] [ARGM-LOC in London] [ARGM-TMP yesterday] [ARGM-TMP as a late market rally erased a 28-pence fall earlier in the day] .
- [ARG1 Sales] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 2.6 %] to [ARG4-to $ 1.32 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 1.29 billion *U*] .
- [ARGM-LOC In New York Stock Exchange composite trading] , [ARG1 Champion 's shares] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 25 cents] to [ARG4-to $ 32.125 *U*] .
- [ARG1 Stocks] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT slightly] [ARGM-TMP as trading activity slowed from the frenzied pace earlier this week] .
- [ARG1 Oil prices] [ARGM-TMP initially] [rel rose] [ARGM-CAU on fears that the massive earthquake in Northern California would disrupt production] .
- [ARG1 Stock prices] [rel rose] .
- [ARGM-TMP For the nine months] , [ARG1 AMR 's net] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 15 %] to [ARG4-to $ 415.9 million *U* , or $ 6.59 *U* a share ,] from [ARG3-from $ 360.1 million *U* , or $ 5.99 *U* a share] .
- [ARG1 Revenue] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 17 %] to [ARG4-to $ 2.73 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 2.33 billion *U*] a year earlier .
- -- [ARG1 Median household income -- which *T*-1 includes both those living in families and those who *T*-2 are n't *?* --] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 0.3 %] [ARGM-TMP last year] to [ARG4-to $ 27,225 *U*] [ARGM-TMP after inflation] .
- [ARG1 It] [rel rose] [ARG2-MNR sharply] [ARGM-LOC in the Northeast and Midwest] and fell slightly in the South and West .
- -- [ARG1 Per capita income of blacks] , [ARGM-ADV though *-1 still only 60 % that of whites] , [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 3.9 %] [ARGM-TMP in 1988] , [ARGM-ADV while per capita income of whites rose only 1.5 %] .
- -- [ARG1 Per capita income of blacks] , [ARGM-ADV though *-1 still only 60 % that of whites] , rose [ARG2-EXT 3.9 %] [ARGM-TMP in 1988] , [ARGM-ADV while per capita income of whites [rel rose] only 1.5 %] .
- [ARG1 Per capita income , a widely used measure of a nation 's economic health ,] hit a record in 1988 , *-1 [rel rising] [ARG2-EXT 1.7 %] [ARGM-TMP after inflation adjustment] to [ARG4-to $ 13,120 *U*] .
- But the median income of American families fell 0.2 % , the first time 0 [ARG1 it] has failed *-1 to [rel rise] *T*-2 since 1982 .
- Mr. Butz said 0 the divergence in the two measures reflects changes in family size and structure , including the [rel rising] [ARG1 number] of female-headed families and a sharp increase in income reported * by Americans who *T*-1 are n't living in families .
- Blunt Ellis & Loewi estimates 0 [ARG1 direct mail catalog sales] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to $ 12 billion *U*] [ARGM-TMP last year] .
- [ARG1 Backlog at General Dynamics] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to $ 16.5 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 15.8 billion *U*] .
- [ARGM-LOC At St. Louis-based General Dynamics] , [ARG1 sales] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 10 %] to [ARG4-to $ 2.52 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 2.29 billion *U*] .
- [ARGM-TMP Yesterday] , [ARGM-LOC in heavy , national over-the-counter trading] , [ARG1 Lotus shares] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to $ 32.50 *U*] , [ARGM-EXT up $ 1.25 *U* apiece] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 capping a threemonth run-up of more than 40 %] .
- Lotus said 0 [ARG1 net] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to $ 23 million *U* , or 54 cents a share ,] [ARGM-LOC on sales of $ 153.9 million *U*] .
- [ARG1 Sales] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to $ 406 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 356 million *U*] the year earlier .
- Maturities usually are shorter [ARGM-TMP when] [ARG1 rates] are [rel rising] *T*-1 and longer when they are falling *T*-2 .
- [ARG1 Money-fund assets] have been [rel rising] at [ARG2-at an average rate of $ 1.6 billion *U* a week] [ARGM-TMP in recent months] , Ms. Negus said 0 *T*-2 , [ARGM-ADV *-1 reflecting the relatively high yields] .
- That same calculation saw profit rates fall to 4.6 % in the recession year 1982 and the supposed miracle that *T*-1 followed has seen [ARG1 the profit rate] [rel rise] [ARGM-ADV only] to [ARG4-to 8.1 % in 1986 and 8 % in 1987] .
- Tosco Corp. jumped $ 1.125 *U* to $ 20.125 *U* and [ARG1 Chevron Corp.] , [ARGM-ADV despite a temporary pipeline shutdown] , [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT $ 1 *U*] to [ARG4-to $ 65 *U*] .
- The most popular plays of the day were insurance companies such as [ARG1 General Re Corp.] , which *T*-1 [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT $ 2.75 *U*] to [ARG4-to $ 86.50 *U*] , Nac Re Corp. , up $ 2 *U* to $ 37.75 *U* , American International Group Inc. , up $ 3.25 *U* to $ 102.625 *U* , and Cigna Corp. , up 87.5 cents to $ 62.50 *U* .
- [ARG1 Silicon Graphics Inc. 's first-quarter profit] [rel rose] [ARGM-MNR sharply] to [ARG4-to $ 5.2 million *U* , or 28 cents a share ,] from [ARG3-from $ 1 million *U* , or six cents a share] , a year ago .
- [ARG1 Revenue] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 95 %] to [ARG4-to $ 86.4 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 44.3 million *U*] the year earlier .
- Besides *-2 creating joint manufacturing ventures , the accord is expected *-2 to give GM [ARG1 about a 15 % stake] that *T*-1 [ARGM-TMP eventually] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel rise] to [ARG4-to about 30 %] .
- [ARG1 The exclusion] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel rise] [ARG2-EXT five percentage points] [ARGM-TMP for each year 0 the asset was held *-1 *T*-2] [ARGM-TMP until it reached a maximum of 35 %] .
- [ARG1 Shares of Lone Star Industries Inc. , a cement maker ,] [rel rose] [ARG2-MNR sharply] [ARGM-CAU in anticipation of stepped-up demand] .
- [ARGM-TMP Early yesterday] , [ARG1 bonds] [rel rose] [ARGM-TMP as investors rushed *-1 to buy Treasury securities on the prospect that stocks would plummet in the aftermath of the massive California earthquake] .
- But when [ARG1 the Dow Jones Industrial Average] [rel rose] [ARGM-DIS instead] *T*-1 , bonds drifted lower .
- [ARGM-LOC Elsewhere in the group] , [ARG1 General Re] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 2 3\/4] to [ARG4-to 86 1\/2] , American International Group gained 3 1\/4 to 102 5\/8 , Aetna Life & Casualty added 2 3\/8 to 59 1\/2 and Cigna advanced 7\/8 to 62 1\/2 .
- [ARG1 Loews , the parent of CNA Financial ,] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 1 3\/8] to [ARG4-to 123 1\/8] .
- The heavy-construction sector was the session 's best performer among Dow Jones industry groups ; [ARG1 Fluor] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 3\/4] to [ARG4-to 33 3\/8] , Morrison Knudsen gained 2 1\/4 to 44 1\/8 , Foster Wheeler added 3\/8 to 18 1\/4 and Ameron climbed 2 3\/8 to 39 3\/4 .
- [ARGM-LOC Among engineering firms] , CRS Sirrine rose 5\/8 to 34 1\/4 on the Big Board and four others rallied on the American Stock Exchange : Jacobs Engineering Group , which *T*-1 gained 1 1\/8 to 25 3\/8 , [ARG1 Greiner Engineering] , which *T*-2 [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 3 1\/2] to [ARG4-to 22 1\/2] ; Michael Baker , which *T*-3 added 1 1\/4 to 15 1\/4 , and American Science & Engineering , up 1\/2 to 8 1\/2 .
- [ARGM-LOC Among engineering firms] , [ARG1 CRS Sirrine] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 5\/8] to [ARG4-to 34 1\/4] [ARGM-LOC on the Big Board] and four others rallied on the American Stock Exchange : Jacobs Engineering Group , which *T*-1 gained 1 1\/8 to 25 3\/8 , Greiner Engineering , which *T*-2 rose 3 1\/2 to 22 1\/2 ; Michael Baker , which *T*-3 added 1 1\/4 to 15 1\/4 , and American Science & Engineering , up 1\/2 to 8 1\/2 .
- CalMat advanced 2 3\/4 to 28 3\/4 , Lone Star Industries gained 1 3\/4 to 29 1\/4 , [ARG1 Lafarge] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 1] to [ARG4-to 19 1\/2] , Southdown added 5\/8 to 24 5\/8 and Eljer Industries rose 1 1\/4 to 24 7\/8 .
- CalMat advanced 2 3\/4 to 28 3\/4 , Lone Star Industries gained 1 3\/4 to 29 1\/4 , Lafarge rose 1 to 19 1\/2 , Southdown added 5\/8 to 24 5\/8 and [ARG1 Eljer Industries] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 1 1\/4] to [ARG4-to 24 7\/8] .
- Other companies based * in the area include [ARG1 Hewlett-Packard] , which *T*-1 [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 1\/4] to [ARG4-to 49] ; National Semiconductor , which *T*-2 went up 1\/4 to 7 5\/8 , and Genentech , which *T*-3 eased 1\/4 to 19 5\/8 .
- While UAL faltered , [ARG1 AMR , the parent of American Airlines ,] pulled out of its recent nosedive by *-1 [rel rising] [ARG2-EXT 3\/4] to [ARG4-to 74] .
- [ARG1 The Amex Market Value Index] snapped a five-session losing streak by *-1 [rel rising] [ARG2-EXT 2.91] to [ARG4-to 378.07] .
- [ARG1 Carnival Cruise Lines Class A] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 1 1\/4] to [ARG4-to 22 3\/8] .
- Standard & Poor 's 500-Stock Index rose 0.60 to 341.76 , [ARG1 the Dow Jones Equity Market Index] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 0.71] to [ARG4-to 320.54] and the New York Stock Exchange Composite Index gained 0.43 to 189.32 .
- [ARG1 Standard & Poor 's 500-Stock Index] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 0.60] to [ARG4-to 341.76] , the Dow Jones Equity Market Index rose 0.71 to 320.54 and the New York Stock Exchange Composite Index gained 0.43 to 189.32 .
- [ARG1 Net income] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to $ 748 million *U* , or 81 cents a share ,] from [ARG3-from the year-earlier $ 621 million *U* , or 67 cents a share] .
- [ARGM-LOC In New York Stock Exchange composite trading] , [ARG1 Dayton] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT $ 1 *U*] to [ARG4-to $ 61.125 *U*] .
- The communications and entertainment company said 0 [ARG1 revenue] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to $ 345.5 million *U*] , from [ARG3-from $ 311.6 million *U*] .
- [ARG1 Sales] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 8 %] to [ARG4-to $ 456.2 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 422 million *U*] .
- [ARGM-LOC In composite New York Stock Exchange trading] , [ARG1 stock in Georgia Gulf , which *T*-2 has been mentioned *-1 as a takeover candidate ,] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT $ 2.125 *U* a share] [ARGM-PNC *-3 to close at $ 46.125 *U*] .
- [ARG1 Revenue in the latest quarter] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 14 %] to [ARG4-to $ 589 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 515.1 million *U*] .
- [ARG1 Revenue] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 17 %] to [ARG4-to $ 1.62 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 1.39 billion *U*] .
- [ARG1 Pretax profit] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to # 93.2 million *U* -LRB- $ 146.8 million *U* -RRB-] from [ARG3-from # 80.6 million *U* -LRB- $ 127 million *U* -RRB-] , [ARGM-ADV *-2 matching analysts ' expectations , which *T*-1 ranged from # 90 million *U* to # 95 million *U*] .
- Profit after taxes and minority interests increased 16 % to # 55.2 million *U* from # 47.6 million *U* in the year-earlier period , while [ARG1 earnings per share] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 16 %] to [ARG4-to 27.9 pence -LRB- 44 cents -RRB-] from [ARG3-from 24.1 pence -LRB- 38 cents -RRB-] .
- New York Times Co. said 0 [ARG1 net income] [rel rose] [ARGM-TMP in the third quarter] [ARGM-CAU because of a one-time gain on the sale of the company 's cable-TV system] .
- [ARG1 Revenue] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 6.4 %] to [ARG4-to $ 415.3 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 390.5 million *U*] .
- [ARG1 Pretax profit for the year to June 30] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to # 142.5 million *U* -LRB- $ 224.5 million *U* -RRB-] from [ARG3-from # 114.7 million *U* -LRB- $ 180.7 million *U* -RRB-] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 broadly matching analysts ' expectations] .
- Profit after taxes and minority interests but before extraordinary items increased 22 % to # 92.6 million *U* from # 75.6 million *U* a year earlier , while [ARG1 fully diluted earnings per share] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to 29.90 pence -LRB- 47 cents -RRB-] from [ARG3-from 24.68 pence -LRB- 39 cents -RRB-] .
- [ARG1 Per capita income] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 1.7 %] to [ARG4-to $ 13,120 *U*] , but median family income fell 0.2 % .
- Another problem was a 7 % increase in operating costs at a time when [ARG1 revenue] was [rel rising] by [ARG2-by only 2 %] *T*-1 .
- [ARG1 Sales for the latest nine months] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 7.7 %] to [ARG4-to $ 13.34 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 12.38 billion *U*] in the year-ago period .
- [ARG1 Sales in the latest quarter] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 2 %] to [ARG4-to $ 4.25 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 4.15 billion *U*] a year earlier .
- [ARG1 Stock prices] [rel rose] [ARG2-MNR slightly] [ARGM-TMP as trading slowed] , [ARGM-ADV while bonds ended *-1 little changed despite a slumping dollar] .
- [ARGM-LOC On the Commodity Exchange] [ARGM-LOC in New York] , [ARG1 gold for current delivery] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT $ 1.30 *U*] to [ARG4-to $ 368.70 *U* an ounce] [ARGM-LOC in moderate trading] .
- [ARG1 Cattle prices] have [rel risen] [ARGM-TMP in recent weeks] [ARGM-CAU on speculation that the government 's quarterly report will signal tighter supplies of beef] .
- After *-1 enduring three days of heavy selling , [ARG1 the beleaguered Nasdaq over-the-counter market] finally rebounded , *-1 [rel rising] [ARG2-MNR sharply] [ARGM-LOC in hearty trading] .
- [ARG1 It] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT more than the New York Stock Exchange Composite , which *T*-1 improved 0.2 %] .
- [ARG1 Ohio Casualty] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 1\/4] to [ARG4-to 51 3\/4] [ARGM-LOC on 137,200 shares] .
- [ARG1 SunGard 's stock] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 1 3\/4] to [ARG4-to 21 1\/4] [ARGM-LOC on 194,000 shares] .
- Apple Computer gained 1 to 48 1\/4 ; [ARG1 Ashton-Tate] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 3\/8] to [ARG4-to 10 3\/8] .
- [ARGM-LOC Among bigger stocks] , [ARG1 the Nasdaq 100 Index] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 1 % , or 4.56 ,] to [ARG4-to 453.05] , [ARGM-ADV while the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.2 %] .
- [ARG1 Amgen] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 1 1\/2] to [ARG4-to 50 3\/4] [ARGM-LOC in heavy trading] .
- Last month , Morgan Grenfell announced 0 [ARG1 its pretax profit] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 49.6 %] to [ARG4-to # 32.8 million *U*] [ARGM-TMP in the first half] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 boosted *-2 by a healthy growth in its domestic and international corporate finance business] .
- Currency concerns also weigh heavily on interest rate-sensitive stocks such as banking and other financial issues because of fears that [ARG1 Japanese interest rates] might have *-1 to [rel rise] * to keep the dollar in check .
- [ARGM-LOC Among steel shares] , [ARG1 NKK] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 19] to [ARG4-to 705 yen -LRB- $ 4.97 *U* -RRB- a share] , and Nippon Steel gained 17 to 735 .
- Construction shares that *T*-1 gained included [ARG1 Shimizu] , which *T*-2 [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 130] to [ARG4-to 2,080] .
- [ARG1 Morgan Grenfell , which *T*-2 has been mentioned *-1 in takeover rumors ,] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 20] to [ARG4-to 392 pence -LRB- $ 6.18 *U* -RRB- a share] .
- [ARG1 Hambros] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 5] to [ARG4-to 204] , and Schroders rose 25 to # 12.75 *U* .
- Hambros rose 5 to 204 , and [ARG1 Schroders] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 25] to [ARG4-to # 12.75 *U*] .
- Bass ended up 3 higher at 966 , Guinness closed at 589 , down 7 , and Scottish & Newcastle dropped 11 to 359 , but [ARG1 Whitbread Class A shares] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 17] to [ARG4-to 363] .
- [ARGM-LOC In early trading] [ARGM-TMP Wednesday] [ARGM-LOC in Tokyo] , [ARG1 the Nikkei index] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 19.30 points] to [ARG4-to 35015.38] .
- [ARGM-TMP On Tuesday] , [ARG1 the broader-based Tokyo Stock Price Index of issues listed * in the first section , which *T*-1 fell 45.66 Monday ,] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 41.76 , or 1.61 % ,] to [ARG4-to 2642.64] .
- [ARG1 THE STOCK of Applied Power Inc. , which *T*-2 split 2-for-1 in May ,] has [rel risen] [ARGM-TMP since August 1988] .
- [ARG1 That cost] [rel rises] [ARGM-TMP in times of high market volatility] .
- But if [ARG1 the price of the stock] [rel rises] above [ARG4-above the strike price of the option] , the stock is almost certain *-1 to be called *-2 away .
- That 's because the cost of * buying put options eats into an investor 's profit [ARGM-TMP when] [ARG1 stock prices] [rel rise] *T*-1 .
- Exports fell for the second month in a row , while [ARG1 imports] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to a record] .
- [ARG1 Profit from continuing operations] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 19 %] .
- Ethyl said 0 [ARG1 pretax profit from its insurance segment] , [ARGM-ADV excluding investment gains] , [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 28 %] [ARGM-TMP in the latest quarter] to [ARG4-to $ 28.6 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 22.4 million *U*] .
- [ARGM-LOC In the chemicals segment] , [ARG1 pretax profit] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 7 %] to [ARG4-to $ 69.2 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 64.9 million *U*] .
- [ARG1 Revenue] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to $ 590.7 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 575.1 million *U*] .
- [ARG1 Revenue] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 4 %] to [ARG4-to $ 1.79 billion *U*] .
- [ARGM-LOC In New York Stock Exchange composite trading] , [ARG1 Recognition] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 87.5 cents] to [ARG4-to $ 6.625 *U*] .
- [ARG1 *-1] [rel Rising] [ARGM-LOC in the firm] , he became powerful and bland , though his new wife , Susan , made him shine in the gossip columns with her profligate spending habits and flamboyant frocks .
- U.S. exports to Canada jumped 11.2 % in August from July while [ARG1 U.S. imports from Canada] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT only 2.7 %] .
- [ARG1 Nonperforming assets] continued *-1 to pile up in the latest quarter , *-1 [rel rising] to [ARG4-to $ 900 million *U* , or 3.52 % of loans and leases ,] from [ARG3-from $ 667 million *U* , or 2.68 % ,] at the end of the second quarter .
- [ARG1 Italy 's wholesale price index] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 0.4 %] [ARGM-TMP in August] from [ARG3-from July] and was up 6.1 % from a year earlier , the state statistical institute reported 0 *T*-1 .
- The latest month 's figures show that imports of steel from European Community nations fell to 466,000 tons from 481,000 a month earlier , while [ARG1 imports from Japan] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to 323,000 tons] from [ARG3-from 288,000] in July .
- [ARG1 Imports from Canada] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to 272,000 tons] in August from [ARG3-from 209,000] in July .
- Last year it funded its high employment by heavy borrowing , and it suffered huge losses when [ARG1 sales] turned down instead of [rel rising] *T*-1 .
- Olin Corp. said 0 [ARG1 third-quarter net income] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 26 %] [ARGM-LOC on the strength of its chemical business] .
- [ARG1 Sales] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 13 %] to [ARG4-to $ 1.91 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 1.69 billion *U*] .
- [ARG1 Sales] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 7.4 %] to [ARG4-to $ 580 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 540 million *U*] .
- [ARG1 Profit in Olin 's defense and ammunition segment] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to $ 8 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 7 million *U*] .
- [ARGM-TMP In the first nine months] , [ARG1 net] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 21 %] to [ARG4-to $ 93 million *U* , or $ 4.52 *U* a share ,] from [ARG3-from $ 77 million *U* , or $ 3.62 *U* a share] a year ago .
- [ARGM-LOC In composite trading] [ARGM-LOC on the New York Stock Exchange] , [ARG1 GTE] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT $ 1.25 *U*] to [ARG4-to $ 64.125 *U*] .
- [ARG1 Revenue] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 23 %] to [ARG4-to $ 1.67 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 1.36 billion *U*] .
- Operating profit grew 57 % to $ 269 million *U* from $ 171 million *U* , while [ARG1 operating margins] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to 16.1 %] from [ARG3-from 15.9 % the previous quarter and 12.6 % a year ago] .
- GTE said 0 [ARG1 net income] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 18 %] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 aided *-2 by higher long-distance calling volumes and an increase in telephone lines in service] .
- [ARG1 Pretax operating profit from telephone operations] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 8.2 %] but profits from telecommunications products and electrical products were flat .
- [ARG1 Revenues] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 8.8 %] to [ARG4-to $ 4.35 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 4.0 billion *U*] .
- [ARG1 Revenue in the telecommunications products and services unit] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 27 %] to [ARG4-to $ 728.8 million *U*] , but operating profit was unchanged at $ 26.3 million *U* , partly because of start-up expenses .
- Merck & Co. reported a 25 % increase in earnings ; [ARG1 Warner-Lambert Co. 's profit] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 22 %] and Eli Lilly & Co. 's net income rose 24 % .
- Merck & Co. reported a 25 % increase in earnings ; Warner-Lambert Co. 's profit rose 22 % and [ARG1 Eli Lilly & Co. 's net income] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 24 %] .
- [ARG1 Sales for the quarter] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to $ 1.11 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 1.03 billion *U*] .
- Prescription-drug world-wide sales rose 9 % in the quarter to $ 340 million *U* ; [ARG1 U.S. sales] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 15 %] .
- [ARG1 Prescription-drug world-wide sales] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 9 %] [ARGM-TMP in the quarter] to [ARG4-to $ 340 million *U*] ; U.S. sales rose 15 % .
- World-wide sales of Warner-Lambert 's non-prescription health-care products , such as Halls cough tablets , Rolaids antacid , and Lubriderm skin lotion , increased 3 % to $ 362 million *U* in the third quarter ; [ARG1 U.S. sales] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 5 %] .
- [ARG1 Third-quarter sales of the Indianapolis , Ind. , company] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 11 %] to [ARG4-to $ 1.045 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 940.6 million *U*] .
- [ARG1 Sales for the quarter] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to $ 1.63 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 1.47 billion *U*] .
- Reuben Mark , chairman of Colgate-Palmolive Co. , said 0 he is `` comfortable '' with analysts ' estimates that [ARG1 third-quarter earnings] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to between 95 cents and $ 1.05 *U* a share] .
- Analysts estimate 0 [ARG1 Colgate 's world-wide third-quarter sales] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT about 8 %] to [ARG4-to $ 1.29 billion *U*] .
- [ARG1 He] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to chief of intelligence in Panama 's socalled G-2] [ARGM-TMP in 1970] [ARGM-TMP after * providing populist dictator Torrijos the critical support * to defeat a coup attempt against him a year earlier] .
- UPJOHN Co. reported that [ARG1 third-quarter net income] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to $ 96 million *U* , or 52 cents a share] , from [ARG3-from $ 89.6 million *U*] , or 49 cents a share , a year earlier .
- [ARG1 Lung-cancer mortality rates] increase with age and are continuing *-1 to [rel rise] [ARGM-LOC for all age groups over 55] , [ARGM-MNR with sharp increases for everybody but white men] .
- But the editorial , by Jan Stjernsward of the World Health Organization , notes that [ARG1 tobacco consumption and lung-cancer mortality rates] are [rel rising] [ARGM-LOC in developing countries] .
- [ARGM-DIS However] , [ARG1 the bank holding company 's loan-loss reserves] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to $ 177.3 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 154 million *U*] a year earlier .
- [ARGM-DIS But] [ARG1 its thirdquarter earnings] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to 26 cents a share] from [ARG3-from 18 cents a share] last year .
- Separately , Purchase , N.Y.-based PepsiCo Inc. , as * expected *-1 , said 0 [ARG1 fiscal third-quarter net] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 11 %] to [ARG4-to $ 269.3 million *U* , or $ 1.02 *U* a share] , from [ARG3-from $ 241.6 million *U* , or 91 cents a share] .
- [ARG1 Sales] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 25 %] to [ARG4-to $ 3.90 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 3.13 billion *U*] .
- [ARGM-ADV *-1 Excluding that bottling business] , [ARG1 Coca-Cola Enterprises ' volume , measured * by cases of soda ,] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT only 1 %] .
- [ARG1 Sales] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 5.2 %] to [ARG4-to $ 2.04 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 1.94 billion *U*] the previous year .
- [ARGM-TMP Late yesterday] [ARGM-LOC in New York] , [ARG1 the dollar] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to 142.75 yen] from [ARG3-from 141.80 yen Monday] , but fell to 1.8667 marks from 1.8685 marks .
- [ARG1 Sales] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 9 %] to [ARG4-to $ 2.57 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 2.36 billion *U*] .
- [ARG1 Sales] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 9 %] to [ARG4-to $ 7.54 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 6.95 billion *U*] .
- [ARGM-DIS As a result] , [ARG1 Wells Fargo 's net interest income] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT $ 36.3 million *U* , or 7 % ,] to [ARG4-to $ 537 million *U* for the quarter] .
- [ARG1 Expenses unrelated to interest] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 5.4 %] , to [ARG4-to $ 541 million *U*] .
- [ARG1 Some so-called high-quality junk issues , such as R.H. Macy & Co. 's 14 1\/2 % subordinated debentures ,] [rel rose] .
- [ARG1 The discount rate on three-month bills] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to 7.52 %] [ARGM-PNC for a bond-equivalent yield of 7.75 %] .
- [ARG1 The rate on six-month bills] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to 7.53 %] [ARGM-ADV for a bond-equivalent yield of 7.92 %] .
- [ARG1 The Treasury 11 3\/4 % bond due 2003\/2007] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 23\/32] to [ARG4-to 112 10\/32] [ARGM-ADV * to yield 10.03 %] .
- [ARG1 Gold] , which *T*-1 has [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel risen] or fallen [ARG2-MNR significantly] [ARGM-TMP in quite some time] , yesterday achieved what *T*-2 may be a new level of impassiveness : The most actively traded futures contracts closed unchanged despite nervous fluctuations in both the dollar and the stock market .
- `` I do n't know what it means *T*-1 over the long run , but for the short term , it appears that gold producers are grateful for [ARG2-EXT the $ 10 *U* or so] that [ARG1 gold] has [rel risen] *T*-2 [ARGM-TMP over the past week or so] , '' he said *T*-3 .
- Previously , he noted *T*-2 , gold producers tended *-1 to back off from a [rel rising] [ARG1 gold] market , * letting prices rise as much as possible before * selling .
- Previously , he noted *T*-2 , gold producers tended *-1 to back off from a rising gold market , * letting [ARG1 prices] [rel rise] [ARG2-MNR as much as possible] before * selling .
- Mr. Mehta observed that [ARG1 the U.S. merchandise trade deficit] , which *T*-1 [rel rose] [ARG2-MNR sharply] [ARGM-TMP in August] , according to yesterday 's report , has been having less and less impact on the gold market .
- [ARG1 Crude oil prices] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT slightly] [ARGM-LOC in lackluster activity] [ARGM-TMP as traders in the pits tried *-1 to assess action in the stock market] .
- When traders become confident that the stock market has stabilized *T*-1 , [ARG1 oil prices] are expected *-2 to [rel rise] [ARGM-TMP as supply and demand fundamentals once again become the major consideration] .
- [ARG1 Heating oil prices] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel rose] .
- [ARG1 Futures prices] [rel rose] [ARGM-CAU on a report that Cuba may seek *-1 to postpone some sugar shipments] .
- [ARG1 The prices of most soybean and soybean-meal futures contracts] [rel rose] [ARGM-ADV amid rumors that the Soviet Union is interested *-1 in * buying from the U.S. or South America about 250,000 metric tons of soybeans and as many as 400,000 metric tons of soybean meal] .
- [ARG1 Corn futures prices] [rel rose] [ARG2-MNR slightly] [ARGM-ADV while wheat prices settled mixed] .
- [ARG1 Sales] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 14 %] to [ARG4-to $ 715 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 625.4 million *U*] .
- But [ARG1 Texas Air , the owner of Continental and Eastern airlines ,] bucked the group 's decline by * [rel rising] [ARG2-EXT 7\/8] to [ARG4-to 14 5\/8] [ARGM-LOC in American Stock Exchange trading] .
- Other blue-chip consumer issues also fared relatively well : [ARG1 PepsiCo] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 1 3\/8] to [ARG4-to 58 1\/2] ; Coca-Cola Co. was unchanged at 66 3\/4 ; McDonald 's also closed unchanged at 30 1\/2 , and Merck rose 1\/2 to 75 1\/4 .
- Other blue-chip consumer issues also fared relatively well : PepsiCo rose 1 3\/8 to 58 1\/2 ; Coca-Cola Co. was unchanged at 66 3\/4 ; McDonald 's also closed unchanged at 30 1\/2 , and [ARG1 Merck] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 1\/2] to [ARG4-to 75 1\/4] .
- [ARG1 Dravo] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 5\/8] to [ARG4-to 16 1\/8] .
- [ARG1 Eastern 's Class F preferred] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 12 % , or 1 1\/4 ,] to [ARG4-to 11 3\/4] ; the Class E preferred gained 7 % , or 5\/8 , to 10 1\/4 .
- `` What *T*-3 happened in the stock market and the bigger trade deficit '' reported * yesterday `` make it *EXP*-2 unlikely that [ARG1 short-term interest rates] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel rise] '' [ARGM-TMP any time soon] , said *T*-1 Mr. Mehl of Banxquote .
- And he added that [ARG1 manufactured goods exports] are [ARGM-TMP still] [rel rising] .
- But [ARG1 operating profit from aerospace products] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT nearly 50 %] to [ARG4-to $ 15 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 10.1 million *U*] .
- Sandoz AG , a major Swiss chemical and pharmaceutical group , said that [ARG1 its group sales] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 25 %] to [ARG4-to 9.482 billion francs -LRB- $ 5.80 billion *U* -RRB-] [ARGM-TMP in the first nine months of this year] , [ARGM-ADV with strong gains in all divisions] .
- [ARGM-ADV Compared with its previous quarter , the final period of its 1989 fiscal year ,] [ARG1 net] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 9 %] , and sales rose 7 % .
- [ARGM-ADV Compared with its previous quarter , the final period of its 1989 fiscal year ,] net rose 9 % , and [ARG1 sales] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 7 %] .
- [ARG1 Revenue] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to $ 235.2 million *U*] , from [ARG3-from $ 176.4 million *U*] .
- [ARG1 Microsoft 's stock] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT $ 2.875 *U* a share] [ARGM-LOC in national over-the-counter trading] to [ARG4-to $ 78.625 *U*] .
- Exports declined for the second month in a row , while [ARG1 imports] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to a record] .
- [ARG1 Revenue] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 3 %] to [ARG4-to $ 1.52 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 1.48 billion *U*] .
- [ARG1 Last week 's output] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 1.4 %] from [ARG3-from the 1,802,000 tons produced * a year earlier] .
- It sees [ARG1 sales] [rel rising] [ARG2-EXT 45 %] to [ARG4-to 26,000 units] next year .
- As [ARG1 stocks] [rel rose] , in fact , some investors changed course and reversed their sell orders .
- TRW Inc. reported a 12 % decline in third-quarter net income , but the company said that [ARGM-ADV * excluding unusual gains in both quarters] , [ARG1 operating profit] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 16 %] .
- [ARG1 Materials and production costs] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel rose] , TRW said 0 *T*-1 .
- [ARG1 Operating profit] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT threefold] to [ARG4-to $ 18 million *U*] , from [ARG3-from $ 6 million *U*] .
- [ARG1 Sales] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 2.9 %] to [ARG4-to $ 5.42 billion *U*] , from [ARG3-from $ 5.27 billion *U*] .
- [ARG1 Sales for the quarter] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 8.3 %] to [ARG4-to $ 1.79 billion *U*] , from [ARG3-from $ 1.65 billion *U*] , [ARGM-MNR with all three major product groups reporting gains] .
- [ARG1 Britain 's industrial production] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 1.5 %] [ARGM-TMP in August] from [ARG3-from July] and was up 0.9 % from August 1988 , according to provisional data from the Central Statistical Office .
- [ARG1 Output in the energy sector , which *T*-1 can vary greatly with swings in the oil market ,] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 3.8 %] [ARGM-TMP in August] from [ARG3-from May] but was down 7.1 % from a year earlier .
- The computer giant , whose U.S. results have been dismal for years , noted that [ARG1 revenue] [rel rose] [ARGM-TMP again] [ARGM-LOC in the U.S.] [ARGM-TMP in the third quarter] , [ARGM-ADV following an increase in the second period] .
- PepsiCo Inc. 's chairman said 0 he is `` more than comfortable with '' analysts ' estimates that [ARG1 third-quarter earnings] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to at least 98 cents to $ 1 *U* a share] from [ARG3-from 91 cents] the year earlier .
- Mr. Calloway also noted that [ARG1 soft-drink volume] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT a hefty 9 %] [ARGM-TMP in last year 's third quarter] , [ARGM-ADV * making the comparison more difficult] .
- [ARG1 Total snack-food profit] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 30 %] .
- [ARG1 Same-store sales for Pizza Hut] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT about 13 %] , [ARGM-ADV while Taco Bell 's increased 22 % , as the chain continues *-1 to benefit from its price-value strategy] .
- [ARG1 Same store-sales for Kentucky Fried Chicken , which *T*-1 has struggled with increased competition in the fast-food chicken market and a lack of new products ,] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT only 1 %] .
- [ARG1 Domestic soft-drink bottler case sales] are estimated *-2 to have [rel risen] [ARG2-EXT only 1 %] [ARGM-TMP in the third quarter] -- well below the 4 % to 5 % *U* growth of recent years -- but about in line with the rest of the soft-drink industry .
- Options traders were hurt *-1 worse than others on Friday because of the highly volatile nature of [ARG1 options] , which [ARGM-TMP often] *T*-3 [rel rise] or fall [ARGM-MNR in value] [ARG2-EXT several times the amount of the price change in the individual stock or index of stocks on which they are based *-2 *T*-4] .
- The proposed merger comes as K mart 's profit is declining and [ARG1 sales at its core discount stores] are [rel rising] [ARG2-MNR more slowly than at such competitors as Wal-Mart Stores Inc] .
- [ARG1 Pace] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT $ 2.625 *U*] [ARGM-PNC *-1 to close at $ 22.125 *U* a share in national over-the-counter trading] .
- Paul Asquith , associate professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology 's Sloan School of Management , *-2 citing a pattern of [ARG1 junk-bond default rates] that *T*-1 are low in the early years after issuance and [rel rise] [ARGM-TMP later] , says , `` We 're now in a period where we 're starting *-3 to see defaults from the big issue years of 1984 to 1986 . ''
- Donald Trump , who *T*-1 faced [rel rising] [ARG1 doubt] about his bid for American Airlines parent AMR Corp. even before a United Airlines buy-out came apart Friday , withdrew his $ 7.54 billion *U* offer .
- However , he only received federal clearance * to buy more than $ 15 million *U* of the stock on Sept. 20 , when [ARG1 the price] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT $ 2 *U* a share] to [ARG4-to $ 78.50 *U*] *T*-1 .
- Red figures on the screens indicated falling stocks ; blue figures , [rel rising] [ARG1 stocks] .
- J.P. Morgan & Co. swung to a loss in the third quarter , while NCNB Corp. reported 0 net income more than doubled , and [ARG1 Security Pacific Corp. net] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 10 %] .
- The Charlotte , N.C. , company said 0 [ARG1 earnings] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to $ 143.6 million *U* , or $ 1.45 *U* a share ,] from [ARG3-from $ 58.9 million *U* , or 69 cents a share] , a year earlier .
- [ARG1 Net] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to $ 185.1 million *U* , or $ 1.55 *U* a share ,] from [ARG3-from $ 167.9 million *U* , or $ 1.47 *U* a share] , a year earlier .
- [ARGM-TMP For the nine months] , [ARG1 net] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 17 %] to [ARG4-to $ 548.9 million *U* , or $ 4.67 *U* a share ,] from [ARG3-from $ 469.4 million *U* , or $ 4.13 *U* a share] , a year earlier .
- Merrill Lynch & Co. 's net income dropped 37 % , while Bear Stearns Cos. posted a 7.5 % gain in net , and [ARG1 PaineWebber Group Inc. 's profit] fell , but [ARGM-MOD would] have [rel risen] [ARGM-MNR without a special gain] [ARGM-TMP a year ago] .
- [ARG1 Gross revenue] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 21 %] to [ARG4-to $ 580.4 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 478.9 million *U*] .
- [ARG1 HOME-SALE LOSSES] [rel rise] , but they 're often covered *-1 by employers .
- [ARGM-TMP Since 1984] , [ARG1 firms offering prepurchase house appraisals , * to deter overpaying ,] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to 40 % of those 0 the council polled *T*-1] , from [ARG3-from 28 %] .
- Many employers have already begun *-1 moving to southern countries such as Spain and Italy , where wages are low and unions are weaker *T*-2 ; [ARG1 demand for trained labor and managers] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel rise] [ARGM-LOC there] , FMC says 0 *T*-3 .
- Tokyo share prices rebounded Tuesday morning , with [ARG1 the Nikkei index of 225 selected stocks] [rel rising] [ARG2-EXT 618.69 points] [ARG4 *-1 to close the morning session at 35087.38] .
- [ARGM-DIS But] [ARG1 volume] [rel rose] [ARGM-ADV only] to [ARG4-to 162 million shares] from [ARG3-from 143 million] Friday .
- [ARGM-DIS For example] , Halliburton jumped 3 1\/4 to 38 , [ARG1 Schlumberger] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 2 1\/2] to [ARG4-to 43 1\/4] and Baker Hughes rose 1 1\/8 to 22 .
- [ARGM-DIS For example] , Halliburton jumped 3 1\/4 to 38 , Schlumberger rose 2 1\/2 to 43 1\/4 and [ARG1 Baker Hughes] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 1 1\/8] to [ARG4-to 22] .
- [ARG1 Philip Morris] was the Big Board 's most active issue , *-1 [rel rising] [ARG2-EXT 2 1\/4] to [ARG4-to 43 1\/4] [ARGM-ADV on nearly eight million shares] .
- [ARGM-DIS Among other major issues] , Coca-Cola Co. closed up 2 at 66 3\/4 on 1.7 million shares and [ARG1 American Telephone & Telegraph] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 3 1\/4] to [ARG4-to 43] [ARGM-LOC on nearly 7.8 million shares] .
- [ARG1 Shares of three brokerage firms] [rel rose] [ARGM-TMP after they reported earnings] .
- Merrill Lynch added 1 3\/4 to 28 , PaineWebber rose 3\/4 to 18 1\/2 and [ARG1 Bear Stearns] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 3\/8] to [ARG4-to 14 1\/4] .
- Merrill Lynch added 1 3\/4 to 28 , [ARG1 PaineWebber] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 3\/4] to [ARG4-to 18 1\/2] and Bear Stearns rose 3\/8 to 14 1\/4 .
- [ARGM-LOC Within the Federal Aviation Administration] , the final bill promises *-1 to increase spending for facilities and equipment by more than 20 % from last year , and [ARG1 total operations] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel rise] to [ARG4-to $ 3.84 billion *U*] -- [ARG2-EXT a 12 % boost] .
- The company said 0 [ARG1 revenue] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 138 %] , to [ARG4-to $ 10.9 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 4.6 million *U*] , [ARGM-ADV * reflecting the success of its movies `` Gorillas in the Mist '' and `` Rainman , '' as well as the box-office smash `` Batman] .
- [ARG1 Sales for the total group] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 27 %] to [ARG4-to 168.1 million Irish punts] [ARGM-ADV compared with 132.6 million Irish punts a year ago] .
- [ARG1 The benchmark 30-year bond] , [ARGM-DIS for example] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT one point] [ARGM-TMP in early Japanese trading] [ARGM-CAU in reaction to a quick 600-point drop in the Tokyo stock market] .
- [ARG1 The yield on the benchmark issue] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to 7.97 %] from [ARG3-from 7.82 %] .
- -- Britain 's 11 3\/4 % bond due 2003\/2007 ended 1 1\/8 higher at 111 19\/32 *-1 to yield 10.12 % , while [ARG1 the 11 3\/4 % notes due 1991] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 21\/32] to [ARG4-to 98 26\/32] [ARGM-PNC *-2 to yield 12.74 %] .
- [ARG1 Net income] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 11 %] to [ARG4-to 29.62 billion yen] from [ARG3-from 26.68 billion] .
- He said 0 [ARG1 capital spending next year] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel rise] to [ARG4-to about $ 45 million *U*] from [ARG3-from about $ 35 million *U*] this year .
- [ARG1 Sales] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT more than 7 %] to [ARG4-to $ 94.9 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 88.3 million *U*] .
- [ARG1 It] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel rose] [ARGM-TMP last Friday] , [ARGM-ADV while the stock market sagged] .
- In commodity markets yesterday : PRECIOUS METALS : Futures prices were moderately higher as gold gave up some of its early gains and [ARG1 platinum] behaved independently , *-1 first falling and [ARGM-DIS then] [ARGM-TMP later] [rel rising] .
- [ARG1 The spot October gold price] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT $ 4 *U*] to [ARG4-to $ 367.30 *U* an ounce] .
- The October 1987 contract that day rose as much as $ 8.70 *U* to as high as $ 471.60 *U* , and [ARG1 the more deferred positions , due * to mature as late as March 1989 ,] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT as much as $ 9.60 *U*] .
- [ARG1 The October 1987 contract] [ARGM-TMP that day] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT as much as $ 8.70 *U*] to [ARG4-to as high as $ 471.60 *U*] , and the more deferred positions , due * to mature as late as March 1989 , rose as much as $ 9.60 *U* .
- On Black Monday , Oct. 19 , 1987 , [ARG1 the October contract] tacked on further gains , *-1 [rel rising] to [ARG4-to as high as $ 491.50 *U*] [ARGM-ADV for a gain of almost $ 20 *U* on top of the Friday advances] , [ARGM-TMP before *-2 giving up almost $ 10 *U* of that at the close] .
- One analyst , Peter Cardillo of Josephthal & Co. , New York , said 0 the gold market already had some good price-supporting technical factors that *T*-1 would have caused [ARG1 prices] to [rel rise] , with or without the stock market .
- There 's a good chance that [ARG1 gold] [ARGM-MOD will] retain its gains and [rel rise] [ARG2-MNR further] , he said 0 *T*-1 .
- He expects a drop in interest rates , which *T*-1 would help gold by *-2 keeping [ARG1 the dollar] from *-3 [rel rising] .
- [ARG1 Gold , the traditional haven in times of financial crisis ,] continued its inverse lockstep with the dollar , *-1 [rel rising] [ARGM-TMP early in the day] [ARGM-TMP as the currency fell] , and then giving up some of its gains as the dollar recovered .
- [ARG1 Copper inventories in New York 's Commodity Exchange warehouses] [rel rose] [ARGM-TMP yesterday] by [ARG2-by 516 tons] , to [ARG4-to 10,004 tons] .
- [ARGM-TMP At one point in futures trading] , [ARGM-TMP as the stock market firmed] , [ARG1 the December contract] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to as high as $ 1.2965 *U*] , but it was n't able *-1 to sustain the gain .
- [ARG1 Prices] [rel rose] [ARG2-MNR sharply] [ARGM-TMP Friday] [ARGM-TMP as the storm approached Texas and Louisiana , which *T*-1 is part of the Mississippi Delta cotton-growing area] .
- [ARGM-TMP At one point in early trading] [ARG1 the March price] [rel rose] to [ARG4-to as high as 14.22 cents] [ARGM-TMP when the stock market recovered *T*-1] , but the price then fell back .
- [ARG1 The prices of most grain futures contracts] [rel rose] [ARG2-MNR slightly] [ARGM-TMP yesterday] [ARGM-CAU out of relief that the stock market was showing signs of * recovering] .
- [ARGM-LOC In Chicago] , [ARG1 grain and soybean prices] [rel rose] [ARG2-MNR slightly] .
- [ARG1 British retail sales volume] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT a provisional 0.4 %] [ARGM-TMP in September] from [ARG3-from August] and was up 2.2 % from September 1988 , the Department of Trade and Industry said 0 *T*-1 .
- [ARGM-TMP Two years ago] , [ARGM-ADV unlike today] , the dollar was weak , [ARG1 interest rates] were [rel rising] and the market was very overvalued , they say 0 *T*-1 .
- [ARG1 Diamond Shamrock Offshore 's stock] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 12.5 cents] [ARGM-TMP Friday] [ARGM-PNC *-1 to close at $ 8.25 *U* in New York Stock Exchange composite trading] .
- [ARG1 That increase] [rel rises] to [ARG4-to slightly more than 2 % of the U.S. market] [ARGM-ADV if a joint Korean-U.S. steel project is included *-1] .
- [ARG1 Britain 's retail price index] [rel rose] [ARG2-EXT 0.7 %] [ARGM-TMP in September] from [ARG3-from August] and was up 7.6 % for the year , the Central Statistical Office said 0 *T*-1 .
- Friday capped a week of [ARGM-MNR steadily] [rel rising] [ARG1 crude] oil prices in both futures and spot markets .
- But Sung Won Sohn , chief economist at Norwest Corp. in Minneapolis , blamed [rel rising] [ARG1 energy] prices and the annual autumn increase in car prices for most of the September jump .
- This time it attempted *-1 to invade two connected problems , the [rel rising] [ARG1 cost] of higher education and the rising expense to the federal government of educational grants and loans .
- This time it attempted *-1 to invade two connected problems , the rising cost of higher education and the [rel rising] [ARG1 expense] to the federal government of educational grants and loans .
- The toy makers were pushed *-1 across the border by [rel rising] [ARG1 labor] and land costs in the British colony .