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frames- [ARGM-TMP As individual investors have turned away from the stock market over the years] , [ARG0 securities firms] have [rel scrambled] [ARG1 *-1 to find new products that brokers find *T*-40 easy 0 * to sell *T*-2] .
- `` [ARGM-DIS So] [ARG0 people who *T*-202 were n't even thinking about targeting 10 years ago] are [rel scrambling] [ARG1 *-1 to define their customer base] . ''
- Though some lawyers reported that [ARG0 prospective acquirers] were [rel scrambling] [ARG1 *-1 to make filings before the fees take effect] , government officials said 0 they had n't noticed any surge in filings .
- The size of IBM 's issue was increased *-1 from an originally planned $ 500 million *U* as [ARG0 money managers and investors] [rel scrambled] [ARG1 *-2 to buy the bonds] .
- After the earthquake two weeks ago , brokers say 0 [ARG0 companies] [rel scrambled] [ARG1 *-1 to replace reinsurance coverages again] and Lloyd 's syndicates turned to the London market excess lines for protection of their own .
- There is speculation that property\/casualty firms will sell even more munis as [ARG0 they] [rel scramble] [ARG1 *-1 to raise cash 0 * to pay claims related * to Hurricane Hugo and the Northern California earthquake *T*-2] .
- For the long-term investor who *T*-1 picks stocks carefully , the price volatility can provide welcome buying opportunities as [ARG0 short-term players] [rel scramble] [ARGM-MNR frantically] [ARG1 *-2 to sell stocks in a matter of minutes] .
- Companies that *T*-1 only recently were thriving find [ARG0 themselves] [rel scrambling] [ARG1 *-2 to survive] .
- He adds that with communism collapsing and [ARG0 Mr. Gorbachev] [rel scrambling] [ARG1 *-2 to rejuvenate the Soviet economy] , `` Our interest lies in a controlled transformation , a contained nuclear reaction , so we need *-1 to help him , and not just with words . ''
- Rising office vacancy rates in Fairfield County , Conn. , have [ARG0 builders and bankers] [rel scrambling] [ARG1 *-1 to restructure loans] .
- [ARG0 The Justice Department] [rel scrambled] [ARG1 *-1 to play down the significance of its new guidelines concerning prosecutions under the federal racketeering law] .
- Early in the day , bond dealers said 0 trading volume was heavy as [ARG0 large institutional investors] [rel scrambled] [ARG1 *-1 to buy long-term Treasury bonds on speculation that the stock market 's volatility would lead to a `` flight-to-quality '' rally] .
- [ARG0 The Justice Department] [rel scrambled] [ARG1 *-1 to play down the significance of revised guidelines concerning prosecutions under the federal racketeering law] .
- The two developments put the acquisition attempt back to square one and leaves the airline with an array of unresolved matters , including an unsettled labor situation and [ARG0 a management] [rel scrambling] [ARG1 * to restore its damaged credibility] .
- With the collapse of the talks Friday , European analysts expect Ford to intensify its pursuit of British luxury car maker [ARG0 Jaguar PLC] , which *T*-1 is [rel scrambling] [ARG1 *-2 to fend off a hostile Ford bid by *-3 negotiating a friendly alliance with Ford 's archrival , General Motors Corp] .
- And [ARG0 Donaldson , Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corp.] [rel scrambled] [ARG1 *-3 to restructure and improve the potential returns on a $ 475 million *U* debenture offering by Chicago & North Western Acquisition Corp. that *T*-2 was still being negotiated *-1 late last night] .
- [ARG0 The Palo Alto , Calif. , computer maker] [rel scrambled] [ARG1 *-1 to set up a special phone line 0 *T*-2 to tell manufacturing and support staff *-3 to stay home Wednesday] .
- Bond prices rallied early yesterday morning as [ARG0 traders] [rel scrambled] [ARG1 *-1 to buy Treasury issues] [ARGM-CAU on fears that the Northern California earthquake might lead to a stock-market debacle] .
- [ARG0 Computer makers] were [rel scrambling] [ARG1 *-1 to help customers recover from the disaster] .
- [ARGM-TMP Late yesterday afternoon] , [ARG0 DDB Needham executives] were [rel scrambling] [ARG1 *-5 to figure out what * to do *T*-3 about a new business presentation that *T*-2 had been scheduled *-1 for today] , a spokesman said 0 *T*-4 .
- [ARGM-DIS Instead] , [ARG0 they] 're [rel scrambling] [ARG1 *-1 to protect the very programs at the heart of the HUD scandal] .
- But some bond market analysts said 0 that could quickly change if [ARG0 property casualty insurance companies] [rel scramble] [ARG1 *-1 to sell portions of their municipal portfolios * to raise cash 0 * to pay damage claims *T*-2] .
- [ARGM-TMP Early yesterday] , [ARG0 investors] [rel scrambled] [ARG1 *-2 to buy Treasury bonds for safety] [ARGM-TMP as stock prices plummeted and fears *ICH*-1 mounted of a replay of Friday] .
- Even as [ARG0 Citicorp and Chase Manhattan Corp.] [rel scrambled] [ARG1 *-1 to line up bank financing for a revised version of the lapsed labor-management bid] , British Airways , a 15 % partner in the buying group , indicated 0 it wants *-2 to start from scratch .
- [ARG0 Photographic companies] are [rel scrambling] [ARG1 *-1 to tap the resurging market] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 reviving some black-and-white product lines and developing new ones] .
- [ARGM-CAU As a result of this trend] , [ARG0 longtime powerhouses H-P , IBM and Digital Equipment Corp.] are [rel scrambling] [ARG1 *-1 to counterattack with microprocessor-based systems of their own] .
- [ARG0 Takeover-stock traders] [ARGM-TMP today] [ARGM-MOD will] be [rel scrambling] [ARG1 *-1 to learn of any UAL developments] , and other takeover stocks are likely * to trade in sympathy .