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frames- From 1953 to 1955 , [ARG1 9.8 billion Kent cigarettes with the filters] were [rel sold] *-3 , the company said 0 *T*-1 .
- The yield on [ARG1 six-month Treasury bills] [rel sold] * [ARGM-LOC at Monday 's auction] , for example , rose to 8.04 % from 7.90 % .
- Kalipharma is [ARG0 a New Jersey-based pharmaceuticals concern] that *T*-34 [rel sells] [ARG1 products] [ARGM-MNR under the Purepac label] .
- As individual investors have turned away from the stock market over the years , securities firms have scrambled *-1 to find [ARG1 new products] that [ARG0 brokers] find *T*-40 easy 0 * to [rel sell] *T*-2 .
- If the debts are repaid *-49 , it could clear the way 0 for [ARG1 Soviet bonds] to be [rel sold] *-50 [ARGM-LOC in the U.S.] *T*-1 .
- [ARG0 A more recent novel , `` Norwegian Wood '' -LRB- every Japanese under 40 seems *-1 to be fluent in Beatles lyrics -RRB- ,] has [rel sold] [ARG1 more than four million copies] [ARGM-TMP since Kodansha published it in 1987] .
- A painting by August Strindberg set a Scandinavian price record [ARGM-TMP when] [ARG1 it] [rel sold] [ARGM-LOC at auction] [ARGM-LOC in Stockholm] for [ARG3-for $ 2.44 million *U*] *T*-1 .
- -LRB- This *ICH*-1 clearly is not real life : no crack dealers , [ARG0 no dead-eyed men] [rel selling] [ARG1 four-year-old copies of Cosmopolitan] , no one curled up in a cardboard box . -RRB-
- [ARG1 A seat on the Chicago Board of Trade] was [rel sold] *-1 for [ARG3-for $ 350,000 *U* , down $ 16,000 *U* from the previous sale last Friday] .
- Macmillan\/McGraw says 0 [ARG1 `` well over 10 million '' of its Scoring High test-preparation books] have been [rel sold] *-1 [ARGM-TMP since their introduction 10 years ago] , [ARGM-ADV with most sales in the last five years] .
- [ARG1 About 20,000 sets of Learning Materials teachers ' binders] have [ARGM-DIS also] been [rel sold] *-1 [ARGM-TMP in the past four years] .
- Worksheets in [ARG1 a test-practice kit called * Learning Materials] , [rel sold] * to [ARG2-to schools across the country] by [ARG0-by Macmillan\/McGraw-Hill School Publishing Co.] , contain the same questions .
- David Wu , the company 's representative in Taiwan , said 0 [ARG0 Atlanta-based Life of Georgia] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel sell] [ARG1 conventional life-insurance products] .
- [ARG1 Individual copies of the magazine] [rel sell] for [ARG3-for $ 2.95 *U*] and yearly subscriptions cost $ 21 *U* .
- [ARGM-ADV According to Ms. Poore] , [ARG0 Old-House Journal Corp. , her publishing company ,] printed and [rel sold] [ARG1 all 126,000 copies of the premiere issue] .
- [ARG0 It] plans *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 the ad time] to [ARG2-to its clients] at [ARG3-at a discount] .
- Sea Containers , a Hamilton , Bermuda-based shipping concern , said Tuesday that [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel sell] [ARG1 $ 1.1 billion *U* of assets] and use some of the proceeds *-2 to buy about 50 % of its common shares for $ 70 *U* apiece .
- The company recently said 0 [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel sell] [ARG1 some operations] and lay off 4 % of its work force , altogether *-1 reducing employment to less than 16,000 from about 18,000 .
- [ARG1 Roederer Cristal] at [ARG3-at $ 90 *U* a bottle] [rel sells] out [ARGM-LOC around the country] and Taittinger 's Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs is encroaching upon that level .
- It is in my estimation the best wine 0 Stag 's Leap has produced *T*-2 , and [ARGM-ADV with fewer than 700 cases available] , [ARG1 it] is sure *-3 to [rel sell] [ARGM-MNR quickly] .
- [ARG0 Owner Al Brownstein] originally planned *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 it] for [ARG3-for $ 60 *U* a bottle] , but when a retailer in Southern California asked , `` Is that wholesale or retail ? '' *T*-2 he re-thought the matter .
- `` There may be sticker-shock reaction initially , '' said *T*-2 Mr. Pratt , `` but as [ARG1 the wine] is talked about *-1 and starts *-1 to [rel sell] , they eventually get excited and decide 0 it 's worth the astronomical price *-3 to add it to their collection . ''
- Image has , of course , a great deal 0 * to do *T*-1 with [ARG1 what] *T*-170 [rel sells] and what *T*-171 does n't *?* , and it ca n't be forced *-100 .
- The Treasury said 0 [ARG0 it] plans *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 $ 30 billion *U* in notes and bonds] [ARGM-TMP next week] , but said 0 the auctions will be postponed *-105 unless Congress acts quickly *-2 to lift the federal debt ceiling .
- The Treasury also said 0 [ARG0 it] plans *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 $ 10 billion *U* in 36-day cash management bills] [ARGM-TMP on Thursday] .
- [ARGM-ADV Without congressional action] , [ARG0 the Treasury] [ARGM-MOD ca] [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel sell] [ARG1 any new securities -- even savings bonds] .
- [ARG1 The securities] 0 *T*-1 to be [rel sold] *-107 [ARGM-TMP next week] will raise about $ 10 billion *U* in cash and redeem $ 20 billion *U* in maturing notes .
- Eaton Corp. said 0 [ARG0 it] [rel sold] [ARG1 its Pacific Sierra Research Corp. unit] to [ARG2-to a company formed * by employees of that unit] .
- The management group owns about 18 % of the stock , most purchased * at nominal prices , and would stand *-1 to gain millions of dollars if [ARG1 the company] were [rel sold] *-115 .
- [ARGM-TMP At last count] , [ARG0 Candela] had [rel sold] [ARG1 $ 4 million *U* of its medical devices] [ARGM-LOC in Japan] .
- SHAREDATA Inc. said 0 [ARG0 it] will amend a registration statement filed * with the Securities and Exchange Commission *-1 to delete a plan * to [rel sell] [ARG1 500,000 newly issued common shares] .
- [ARG0 Stockholders] who *T*-233 took the hint and [rel sold] [ARG1 shares] escaped the October debacle .
- It acquired Thomas Edison 's microphone patent and then immediately sued the Bell Co. *-1 claiming that [ARG1 the microphone] invented * by my grandfather , Emile Berliner , which *T*-2 had been [rel sold] *-144 to [ARG2-to Bell] for [ARG3-for a princely $ 50,000 *U*] , infringed upon Western Union 's Edison patent .
- [ARG0 Biscayne Securities Corp. , of Lauderhill , Fla. , and a principal of the firm , Alvin Rosenblum of Plantation , Fla. ,] were jointly fined *-1 $ 20,000 *U* and given *-1 10-day suspensions for * [ARGM-ADV allegedly] [rel selling] [ARG1 securities] at [ARG3-at unfair prices] .
- [ARG0 The firm and Mr. Whelen] [ARGM-ADV allegedly] [rel sold] [ARG1 securities] to [ARG2-to the public] at [ARG3-at unfair prices] , [ARGM-ADV among other alleged violations] .
- Mr. Whelen denied 0 [ARG0 the firm] had [rel sold] [ARG1 securities] at [ARG3-at unfair prices] and suggested that the examination practices of the NASD need improvement .
- [ARG0 Mr. Hahn] began *-1 [rel selling] [ARG1 non-core businesses , such as oil and gas and chemicals] .
- [ARG0 He] [ARGM-ADV even] [rel sold] [ARG1 one unit that *T*-7 made vinyl checkbook covers] .
- The department would be required *-1 to block the buy-out if the acquisition is likely *-2 to financially weaken a carrier so that safety would be impaired *-27 ; its ability * to compete would be sharply diminished *-3 ; it would be put *-28 into foreign control ; or if the transaction would result in the sale of airline-related assets -- unless [ARG0 *] [rel selling] [ARG1 such assets] had an overriding public benefit .
- COMMERCIAL PAPER : [ARG1 High-grade unsecured notes] [rel sold] * [ARGM-MNR through dealers] by [ARG0-by major corporations] [ARGM-MNR in multiples of $ 1,000 *U*] : 8.65 % 30 days ; 8.575 % 60 days ; 8.50 % 90 days .
- TREASURY BILLS : Results of the Monday , October 30 , 1989 , auction of [ARG1 short-term U.S. government bills] , [rel sold] * at [ARG3-at a discount from face value] [ARGM-MNR in units of $ 10,000 to $ 1 million *U*] : 7.78 % 13 weeks ; 7.62 % 26 weeks .
- With prices soaring , [ARG0 they] were able *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 the reclaimed commodities] at `` [ARG3-at considerable profit] , '' the agency 's 240-page report said 0 *T*-2 .
- After years of struggling , the Los Angeles Herald Examiner will publish its last edition today , *-1 shut down by [ARG0 its parent , Hearst Corp. ,] following unsuccessful efforts * to [rel sell] [ARG1 the venerable newspaper] .
- The Herald joins the Baltimore News-American , which *T*-46 folded , and [ARG1 the Boston Herald-American] , which *T*-1 was [rel sold] *-62 , as cornerstones of the old Hearst newspaper empire abandoned * by the company in the 1980s .
- But it faces stiff competition in Orange County from [ARG0 the Orange County Register] , which *T*-44 [rel sells] [ARG1 more than 300,000 copies a day] , and in the San Fernando Valley from the Los Angeles Daily News , which *T*-45 sells more than 170,000 .
- But it faces stiff competition in Orange County from the Orange County Register , which *T*-44 sells more than 300,000 copies a day , and in the San Fernando Valley from [ARG0 the Los Angeles Daily News] , which *T*-45 [rel sells] [ARG1 more than 170,000] .
- Higher margins would chase away dozens of smaller traders who *T*-72 help [ARG0 larger traders] buy and [rel sell] , they say *T*-1 .
- [ARGM-PNC *-1 To profit from an index-arbitrage opportunity] , [ARG0 someone who *T*-75 owns the S&P 500 widget in New York] [ARGM-MOD must] [rel sell] [ARG1 it] and replace it with a cheaper S&P 500 widget in Chicago .
- A large investor will likely cause the futures market to decline when [ARG0 he] [rel sells] [ARG1 his futures] *T*-1 .
- They continually advise [ARG0 their clients] on [ARG1 which individual stocks] * to buy or [rel sell] *T*-1 , while their clients continue *-2 to hope for superior performance .
- [ARG0 He] [rel sold] [ARG1 his exchange seat] and wrote a bitter letter to Big Board Chairman John J. Phelan Jr. in which he said *T*-1 0 the Big Board is too focused on machines , rather than people .
- When it occurs *T*-1 , the traders place orders *ICH*-2 via computers [ARG0 *] to buy the basket of stocks -LRB- such as the 500 stocks that *T*-3 constitute the Standard & Poor 's 500 stock index -RRB- in whichever market *T*-4 is cheaper and [rel sell] [ARG1 them] [ARGM-LOC in the more expensive market] ; they lock in the difference in price as profit .
- Many arbs are `` overleveraged , '' she says 0 *T*-3 , and [ARG0 they] `` have *-1 to [rel sell] [ARGM-TMP when things look like they fall apart *T*-2] . ''
- [ARGM-LOC At Christie 's] , [ARG1 a folio of 21 prints from Alfred Stieglitz 's `` Equivalents '' series] [rel sold] for [ARG3-for $ 396,000 *U* , a single-lot record] .
- Now , [ARG0 he] plans *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 all his stocks] [ARGM-TMP by the first quarter of 1990] .
- In October , before the market dropped , [ARG0 Mrs. Arighi of Arnold , Calif. ,] moved *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 the `` speculative stocks '' in her family trust] `` [ARGM-PNC so we will be able *-2 to withstand all this flim-flammery '' caused * by program trading] .
- [ARGM-DIS On the other hand] , [ARGM-ADV if it goes way sky high] , [ARG0 I] [ARGM-TMP always] [rel sell] .
- [ARGM-ADV *-1 Rated *-2 triple-A by both Moody 's Investors Service Inc. and Standard & Poor 's Corp.] , [ARG1 the issue] [ARGM-MOD will] be [rel sold] *-1 [ARGM-MNR through underwriters led * by Salomon Brothers Inc] .
- Whereas [ARG1 conventional securities financings] are structured *-3 to be [rel sold] *-1 [ARGM-MNR quickly] , Wall Street 's new penchant for leveraged buy-outs and junk bonds is resulting in long-term lending commitments that *T*-2 stretch out for months or years .
- Securities firms are among the biggest issuers of [ARG1 commercial paper , or short-term corporate IOUs ,] which [ARG0 they] [rel sell] *T*-1 [ARGM-PNC *-2 to finance their daily operations] .
- As liability expert Peter Huber tells us , after the Hymowitz case , if any drug maker introduces an anti-miscarriage drug `` it 's time 0 [ARG0 *] to [rel sell] [ARG1 that company 's stock] [ARG3 short] *T*-1 . ''
- Allergan Inc. said 0 [ARG0 it] received Food and Drug Administration approval * to [rel sell] [ARG1 the PhacoFlex intraocular lens , the first foldable silicone lens available for cataract surgery] .
- Western Gas Resources Inc. , initial offering of 3,250,000 shares of common stock , of which [ARG1 3,040,000 shares *T*-2] [ARGM-MOD will] be [rel sold] *-1 by [ARG0-by the company] and 210,000 shares *T*-2 by a holder , via Prudential-Bache Capital Funding , Smith Barney , Harris Upham & Co. , and Hanifen , Imhoff Inc .
- [ARG0 The Treasury] will raise $ 10 billion *U* in fresh cash by *-1 [rel selling] [ARG1 $ 30 billion *U* of securities , including $ 10 billion *U* of new three-year notes and $ 10 billion *U* of new 10-year notes] .
- But rather than * sell new 30-year bonds , the Treasury will issue $ 10 billion *U* of 29year , nine-month bonds -- *-2 essentially increasing the size of [ARG1 the current benchmark 30-year bond] that *T*-3 was [rel sold] *-1 [ARGM-LOC at the previous refunding] [ARGM-TMP in August] .
- But rather than [ARG0 *] [rel sell] [ARG1 new 30-year bonds] , the Treasury will issue $ 10 billion *U* of 29year , nine-month bonds -- *-2 essentially increasing the size of the current benchmark 30-year bond that *T*-3 was sold *-1 at the previous refunding in August .
- BTR PLC , a U.K. industrial conglomerate , said in June 0 [ARG0 it] had [rel sold] [ARG1 its National Tyre Service business] to [ARG2-to Michelin Investment Ltd. , a U.K. unit of the tire maker ,] for [ARG3-for # 140 million *U* -LRB- $ 221.4 million *U* -RRB-] .
- Futures Contracts -- Obligations * to buy -LRB- for those who *T*-1 have purchased a contract -RRB- or deliver -LRB- for [ARG0 those] who *T*-2 [rel sold] [ARG1 one] -RRB- a quantity of the underlying commodity or financial instrument at the agreed-upon price by a certain date .
- Stock-index arbitrage -- [ARG0 *] Buying or [rel selling] [ARG1 baskets of stocks] [ARGM-TMP while at the same time *-1 executing offsetting trades in stock-index futures or options] .
- [ARG3-ADV If stocks are temporarily `` cheaper '' than futures] , [ARGM-DIS for example] , [ARG0 an arbitrager] [ARGM-MOD will] buy stocks and [rel sell] [ARG1 futures] .
- Stock-index futures -- Contracts [ARG0 *] to buy or [rel sell] [ARG1 the cash value of a stock index] [ARGM-TMP by a certain date] .
- Stock-index options -- Options give [ARG0 holders] the right *RNR*-1 , but not the obligation *RNR*-1 , * to buy -LRB- a call -RRB- or [rel sell] -LRB- a put -RRB- [ARG1 a specified amount of an underlying investment] [ARGM-TMP by a certin date] at [ARG3-at a preset price , known * as the strike price] .
- Market sources said 0 [ARG0 Reliance] has [ARGM-TMP already] [rel sold] [ARG1 its entire UAL stake] , and thus would n't have any reason * to file the application simply * to boost the value of its stock .
- But some investors have used such filings *-1 to boost the value of [ARG1 their stock holdings] , which [ARGM-MNR -- without *-2 buying more stock --] [ARG0 they] [ARGM-TMP then] [rel sold] *T*-3 .
- [ARG0 Reliance] had [ARGM-TMP already] bought and [rel sold] [ARG1 UAL stock] at [ARG3-at a big profit] [ARGM-ADV without *-1 making an antitrust filing before the collapse Oct. 13 of the $ 6.79 billion *U* , $ 300-a-share *U* labor-management buy-out] .
- [ARG1 That package] [ARGM-TMP now] [rel sells] for [ARG3-for about $ 2,099 *U*] .
- [ARG1 A computer using the more-advanced Intel Corp. 386 microprocessor , with four megabytes of memory and a 100-megabyte hard disk] [ARGM-TMP now] [rel sells] for [ARG3-for $ 5,699 *U* , down from $ 6,799 *U*] .
- The parent of Younkers , after *-1 failing * to find a buyer for the chain of Midwestern department stores , said 0 [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel sell] [ARG1 a stake in the chain] to [ARG2-to management] and take other steps *-2 to reduce its investment in retailing .
- `` The psychology is still : ` We want -LRB- stocks -RRB- up , but [ARGM-ADV if they do n't carry] [ARG0 we] 're going *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 them] . ' ''
- [ARG0 The company 's] proposal * to [rel sell] [ARG1 a 20 % stake in its real-estate unit] for [ARG3-for around $ 400 million *U*] has caused analysts to consider whether *-1 to cut their estimates of Santa Fe 's asset value .
- Meridian National Corp. said 0 [ARG0 it] [rel sold] [ARG1 750,000 shares of its common stock] to [ARG2-to the McAlpine family interests] , for [ARG3-for $ 1 million *U* , or $ 1.35 *U* a share] .
- [ARG0 The Treasury] plans *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 $ 30 billion *U* in notes and bonds] [ARGM-TMP next week] but will delay the auction unless Congress quickly raises the debt ceiling .
- New rules force [ARG0 thrifts] to write down their junk to market value , [ARGM-ADV then] [rel sell] [ARG1 the bonds] [ARGM-TMP over five years] .
- [ARG1 The thrift] [ARGM-MNR surely] [ARGM-MOD could] be [rel sold] *-1 for [ARG3-for more than the value of its equity] , financial industry executives say 0 *T*-2 .
- [ARG0 You] [rel sell] [ARG1 the good bank] [ARGM-MNR as an ongoing operation] and use some of the proceeds *-1 to capitalize the bad bank , '' says *T*-2 thrift specialist Lewis Ranieri of Ranieri Associates in New York .
- They know that whenever government is redistributing wealth , regulating commerce or maintaining a large defense establishment *T*-2 , there is big money 0 *T*-3 to be made *-1 in [ARG0 *] influencing , brokering or [rel selling] [ARG1 the processes and decisions of government] .
- Its plans * to be acquired *-1 dashed *-2 , Comprehensive Care Corp. said 0 [ARG0 it] plans *-3 to [rel sell] [ARG1 most of its psychiatric and drug abuse facilities in California and some other assets] *-3 to pay its debt and provide working capital .
- [ARG0 Many farmers] [ARGM-MOD probably] [ARGM-MOD would] [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel sell] [ARGM-TMP until prices rose at least 20 cents a bushel] , said 0 *T*-1 Lyle Reed , president of Chicago Central & Pacific Railroad Co. of Waterloo , Iowa .
- The Soviet Union bought roughly 310 million bushels of U.S. corn *ICH*-2 in October , which *T*-1 is [ARG1 the most] [ARGM-TMP ever] [rel sold] * to [ARG2-to the Soviet Union] [ARGM-TMP in one month] [ARGM-DIR from the U.S.] .
- He said 0 [ARG0 USX] also appeared *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 a richer mix of steel products , such as the more profitable pipe and galvanized coated sheet , than lower-priced structural goods] .
- USX announced in October that [ARG0 it] was soliciting bids * to [rel sell] [ARG1 TXO 's oil and gas reserves] .
- However , third-quarter operating profit fell 14 % , as [ARG0 USX] [rel sold] [ARG1 sizable chunks of its diversified and steel segments] , [ARGM-ADV * eliminating income from those operations] .
- Trinity Industries Inc. said 0 [ARG0 it] reached a preliminary agreement * to [rel sell] [ARG1 500 railcar platforms] to [ARG2-to Trailer Train Co. of Chicago] .
- [ARG0 The luxury auto maker] [ARGM-TMP last year] [rel sold] [ARG1 1,214 cars] [ARGM-LOC in the U.S.]
- But Robert Gabele , president of Invest\/Net , [ARG0 a North Miami , Fla. , company] that *T*-6 packages and [rel sells] [ARG1 the insider-trading data] , said 0 the proposal is worded *-4 so vaguely that key officials may fail *-1 to file the reports .
- [ARG0 The fund] [ARGM-DIS also] [ARGM-MOD might] buy and [rel sell] [ARG1 futures and options contracts] , [ARGM-ADV subject to approval by the New York State Insurance Department] .
- This has n't much bothered [ARG0 the UNESCO delegates] , who *T*-31 last week could n't even agree *-2 to raise funds by *-3 [rel selling] off [ARG1 a fancy 19th-century French chateau 0 the agency somehow owns *T*-1] .
- And Industrial Bank of Japan started up [ARG0 a London securities subsidiary] that *T*-46 [rel sells] [ARG1 Japanese stocks] to [ARG2-to non-Japanese institutions overseas] , a move that *T*-47 stirred the anger of the stock brokerage firms .
- The nagging memory of one afternoon fourteen years ago drove [ARG0 Jim Gideon , a lean 36-year-old righthander] to take a four-month leave from * [rel selling] [ARG1 insurance] [ARGM-LOC in Texas] *-1 to try out for Mr. Weaver 's team .
- COMMERCIAL PAPER : [ARG1 High-grade unsecured notes] [rel sold] * [ARGM-MNR through dealers] by [ARG0-by major corporations] [ARGM-MNR in multiples of $ 1,000 *U*] : 8.62 % 30 days ; 8.55 % 60 days ; 8.45 % 90 days .
- TREASURY BILLS : Results of the Monday , October 30 , 1989 , auction of [ARG1 short-term U.S. government bills] , [rel sold] * at [ARG3-at a discount from face value] [ARGM-MNR in units of $ 10,000 to $ 1 million *U*] : 7.78 % 13 weeks ; 7.62 % 26 weeks .
- [ARG1 A seat on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange] was [rel sold] *-38 for [ARG3-for $ 410,000 *U* , down $ 6,000 *U* from the previous sale Oct] .
- [ARG0 The British government] retained the single golden share after *-1 [rel selling] [ARG1 its stake in Jaguar] in
- However , [ARG1 CDs] [rel sold] * [ARGM-MNR through major broker-dealer networks] were up slightly almost across the board .
- [ARG1 The average six-month bill] was [rel sold] *-60 [ARGM-MNR with a yield of 8.04 % , up from 7.90 %] .
- Typically , banks offer CD yields higher than those on Treasury bills , which *T*-1 are considered *-61 the safest short-term investments ; [ARG0 banks] need a competitive edge *-2 to [rel sell] [ARG1 their products] .
- [ARG0 It] raised financing of 300 billion lire for the purchase this summer by another Agnelli-related group of the food concern Galbani S.p . A. , by *-1 [rel selling] [ARG1 a chunk of its IFI shares] to [ARG2-to Mediobanca S.p . A.]
- Mediobanca said during the weekend that [ARG0 it] agreed *-2 to [rel sell] [ARG1 the shares] [ARGM-DIR back] to [ARG2-to Giovanni Agnelli] for [ARG3-for 333 billion lire] .
- [ARG0 Armstrong World Industries Inc.] agreed in principle *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 its carpet operations] to [ARG2-to Shaw Industries Inc] .
- Shaw , based * in Dalton , Ga. , has annual sales of about $ 1.18 billion *U* , and has economies of scale and lower raw-material costs that *T*-130 are expected *-2 to boost the profitability of [ARG1 Armstrong 's brands] , [rel sold] * [ARGM-LOC under the Armstrong and Evans-Black names] .
- Yesterday , [ARG0 Armstrong] announced an agreement * to [rel sell] [ARG1 its small Applied Color Systems unit] to [ARG2-to a subsidiary of the Swiss company , Brauerei Eichof Ltd] .
- [ARGM-TMP So far] [ARGM-TMP this year] , [ARG1 534,000 newly built homes *ICH*-1] have been [rel sold] *-94 , [ARGM-ADV down 4.5 % from the like months of 1988] .
- The result last spring was the arrest by West German authorities of [ARG0 five young West Germans] , accused * of *-1 stealing information from computers in the U.S. and Europe and [rel selling] [ARG1 it] to [ARG2-to the Soviet KGB] .
- The closely held Sunnyvale , Calif. , company also will announce an agreement * to supply computers to [ARG0 Control Data Corp.] , which *T*-137 [ARGM-MOD will] [rel sell] [ARG1 Mips machines] [ARGM-MNR under its own label] .
- [ARG0 Sony Corp. , Tandem Computers Inc. and Digital Equipment] have agreed *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 MIPS computers] and companies such as Japan 's NEC Corp. and West Germany 's Siemens A.G. have agreed *-2 to make Mips chips under license .
- [ARG0 Nixdorf , Bull and others] [ARGM-MOD will] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel sell] [ARG1 versions of the machine] , said 0 *T*-1 Mips President Robert Miller .
- [ARG0 The RTC] will have *-1 to [rel sell] or merge [ARG1 hundreds of insolvent thrifts] [ARGM-TMP over the next three years] .
- The new S&L bailout law allows [ARG0 $ 50 billion *U*] to be spent *-1 * to [rel sell] or merge [ARG1 sick S&Ls and their assets] , but that is a net cost .
- In the meantime , the agency must raise cash *-1 to maintain assets , such as real estate , until [ARG1 they] [ARGM-MOD can] be [rel sold] *-106 .
- Then the short-term debt is paid *-107 off through the proceeds of [ARG0 *] [rel selling] [ARG1 the assets] .
- David Mullins , assistant secretary of the Treasury , said that the working capital is necessary * to reduce the final costs of the bailout , by *-1 allowing [ARG0 the agency] to [rel sell] [ARG1 savings and loans without their bad assets] , then hold the assets until they can be sold *-108 under favorable conditions .
- David Mullins , assistant secretary of the Treasury , said that the working capital is necessary * to reduce the final costs of the bailout , by *-1 allowing the agency to sell savings and loans without their bad assets , then hold the assets until [ARG1 they] [ARGM-MOD can] be [rel sold] *-108 [ARGM-MNR under favorable conditions] .
- The borrowing 0 *T*-1 to raise these funds would be paid *-104 off as [ARG1 assets of sick thrifts] are [rel sold] *-105 .
- *-145 Rated *-4 single-B-1 by Moody 's Investors Service Inc. and single-B by Standard & Poor 's Corp. , [ARG1 the issue , which *T*-173 is non-callable for five years ,] [ARGM-MOD will] be [rel sold] *-145 [ARGM-MNR through underwriters led * by Morgan Stanley & Co] .
- *-160 Rated *-1 triple-A by Moody 's and S&P , [ARG1 the issue] [ARGM-MOD will] be [rel sold] *-160 [ARGM-MNR through First Boston Corp] .
- Separately , EG&G said 0 [ARG0 it] [rel sold] [ARG1 most of its Mason Research Institute subsidiary] to [ARG2-to Transgenic Sciences Inc. , a closely held biotechnology company based * in Worcester , Mass] .
- But they have been at odds over how much Mr. Hunt would owe the government *T*-1 after [ARG1 his assets] are [rel sold] *-166 .
- But other Japanese institutions say privately that they are considering *-1 asking *-2 to join the 59-dealer [rel selling] [ARG0 group] .
- [ARGM-LOC In Los Angeles] , [ARG1 Arco Plaza] was [rel sold] *-179 to [ARG2-to Shuwa Corp.] for [ARG3-for $ 620 million *U*] [ARGM-TMP in 1986] , and Sumitomo Life Insurance Co. paid $ 300 million *U* for Atlanta 's IBM Tower last year .
- [ARG0 Borden] [rel sells] [ARG1 considerably more whole milk than reduced-fat milks] [ARGM-LOC in southern and Hispanic markets] , he says 0 *T*-1 .
- [ARG0 Goya] is [rel selling] [ARG1 Leche Fresca] [ARGM-LOC in nearly 500 grocery stores and bodegas in New York and parts of New Jersey] .
- Those teams of [ARG0 young fund-raisers] [rel selling] [ARG1 flowers , peanuts] or begging outright at traffic intersections brought in somewhere near $ 20 million *U* a year during the mid-to-late 1970s , but those revenues were a pittance compared to the costs of Mr. Moon 's lavish international conferences , speaking tours , and assorted land buys .
- He added : `` How is [ARG0 a travel agent] going *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 a holiday] *T*-3 [ARGM-TMP when he can not guarantee a return flight *T*-2] ? ''
- However , a Canadian Embassy official in Tel Aviv said that [ARG0 Canada] was unlikely *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 the Candu heavy-water reactor] to [ARG2-to Israel] since Israel has n't signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty .
- This corporate glasnost is a big reason 0 Nissan , after years of * making lackluster cars and lousy profits , has loosened up its rigid ways and now is riding a string of hits , ranging from the sleek Maxima sedan and Porsche-like 300ZX to the whimsically nostalgic Pao , [ARG1 a minicar] [rel sold] * [ARGM-LOC only in Japan] *T*-1 .
- [ARG0 Nissan] initially planned *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 just 10,000 Paos] , but sales have passed 50,000 , and there 's a one-year waiting list for the car .
- The chairs are S-Cargo seats , and [ARG0 a gift shop] [rel sells] [ARG1 such items as alarm clocks styled * like the Pao 's oversized speedometer] .
- [ARG0 Toyota] wants *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 about 49,000 Lexus LS400 sedans] [ARGM-TMP next year] [ARGM-LOC in the U.S. alone] .
- Since then , at least two commercial versions have been put *-252 on the U.S. market , and [ARG1 an estimated 500] have been [rel sold] *-253 .
- [ARG0 At least two companies , Cadwell Laboratories Inc. of Kennewick , Wash. , and Novametrix Medical Systems Inc. of Wallingford , Conn. ,] [ARGM-TMP now] [rel sell] [ARG1 versions of the magnetic devices] .
- [ARG1 The machines , which *T*-1 at $ 12,500 *U* are inexpensive by medical standards ,] have n't been approved *-2 in the U.S. for marketing as brain stimulators but are [rel sold] [ARGM-PNC for * stimulating nerves in the hand , legs and other non-brain areas] .
- [ARGM-ADV As part of the transaction] , [ARG0 J.C. Penney] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel sell] [ARG1 a portion of its credit-card receivables] to [ARG2-to its JCP Receivables Inc. unit , which *T*-315 will then transfer them to a master trust] .
- So when [ARG0 American Brands Inc.] decided *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 the unit] [ARGM-TMP in 1987] [ARGM-ADV as part of a divestiture of its food and security industries operations] , Mr. Wathen saw a chance * to accomplish several objectives .
- [ARG1 Milk] [rel sold] * to [ARG2-to the nation 's dairy plants and dealers] averaged $ 14.50 *U* for each hundred pounds , up 50 cents from September and up $ 1.50 *U* from October 1988 , the department said 0 *T*-2 .
- [ARG0 Paramount] , which *T*-25 agreed *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 the unit] [ARGM-TMP in July] , said 0 it would realize net proceeds from the sale of $ 2.6 billion *U* , with an after-tax gain of $ 1.2 billion *U* .
- Sea Containers Ltd. , in a long-awaited move * to repel a hostile takeover bid , said 0 [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel sell] [ARG1 $ 1.1 billion *U* of assets] and use some of the proceeds *-1 to buy about 50 % of its common shares for $ 70 *U* apiece .
- *-1 Describing itself as `` asset rich , '' Sea Containers said 0 [ARG0 it] will move immediately *-2 to [rel sell] [ARG1 two ports , various ferries , ferry services , containers , and other investments] .
- [ARGM-LOC Under the plan] , [ARG0 Gillette South Africa] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel sell] [ARG1 manufacturing facilities in Springs , South Africa , and its business in toiletries and plastic bags] to [ARG2-to Twins Pharmaceuticals Ltd. , an affiliate of Anglo American Corp. , a South African company] .
- The company said 0 it is part of a continuing world-wide restructuring in which [ARG0 it] has downsized or [rel sold] [ARG1 operations in several countries] *T*-1 .
- [ARG0 Ocean Drilling & Exploration Co.] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel sell] [ARG1 its contract-drilling business] , and *-1 took a $ 50.9 million *U* loss from discontinued operations in the third quarter because of the planned sale .
- It *EXP*-1 has long been rumored *-2 that [ARG0 Ocean Drilling] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel sell] [ARG1 the unit] [ARGM-PNC * to concentrate on its core oil and gas business] .
- [ARG1 The fasteners , nuts and bolts ,] are [rel sold] *-1 to [ARG2-to the North American auto market] .
- [ARG1 The three existing plants and their land] [ARGM-MOD will] be [rel sold] *-1 .
- And [ARG0 Georgia-Pacific] could save money in * [rel selling] [ARG1 pulp] , because the company uses its own sales organization while Nekoosa employs higher-cost agents .
- Under the plan , DeSoto said 0 [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel sell] [ARG1 certain assets and businesses that *T*-50 do n't meet strategic and profitability objectives] .
- The Des Plaines , Ill. , chemical coatings concern , which *T*-51 has about 2,000 employees world-wide , said 0 [ARG0 it] plans *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 its domestic rigid container packaging and flexible adhesives businesses , and its Chicago Heights , Ill. , resin plant] .
- But , they caution *T*-2 , [ARG0 conservative investors] would do well *-1 to [rel sell] [ARGM-MNR into the strength] .
- `` They are always [ARG1 the first] 0 *T*-2 to be [rel sold] *-1 when people are taking profits *T*-3 , because people are most scared of the high-technology stocks , '' said *T*-4 Robin West , director of research for Ladenburg Thalmann 's Lanyi division , which *T*-69 specializes in emerging growth stocks .
- But [ARG0 Santa Fe , currently trading at 18 7\/8 ,] is n't likely *-1 to realize private market values by *-2 [rel selling] [ARG1 assets] , because the tax against it would be onerous .
- Santa Fe has disclosed that [ARG0 it] is negotiating *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 a 20 % interest in its real estate unit] to [ARG2-to the California Public Employees Retirement System] for roughly $ 400 million *U* .
- Mr. Bickwit said 0 the paper had been donated *-1 to `` [ARG0 a charitable organization] that *T*-99 [rel sells] [ARG1 it] [ARGM-PNC for recycling] .
- [ARG0 Major steel producers] are [rel selling] [ARG1 cold rolled sheet steel] at [ARG3-at about $ 370 *U* a ton] , [ARGM-ADV compared with a peak price of $ 520 *U* a ton in 1988] .
- The company said 0 [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD would] repurchase half of its common shares at $ 70 *U* each , [rel sell] [ARG1 an estimated $ 1.1 billion *U* in assets] and pay a special preferred-stock dividend to common-stock holders .
- [ARGM-LOC In stock-index arbitrage] , [ARG0 traders] buy and [rel sell] [ARG1 large amounts of stock with offsetting trades in stock-index futures] [ARGM-PNC *-1 to profit from fleeting price discrepancies between the two markets] .
- Many specialist firms resent the Big Board 's new `` basket '' product that *T*-143 allows [ARG0 institutions] to buy or [rel sell] [ARG1 all stocks in the Standard & Poor 's 500-stock index] [ARGM-MNR in one shot] .
- [ARG0 Sea Containers] plans *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 $ 1.1 billion *U* of assets] and use some of the proceeds *-2 to buy about 50 % of its common shares for $ 70 *U* each .
- `` However , given the changes in the market conditions that *T*-153 have occurred since then , [ARG0 we] decided *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 only the amount needed * to proceed with our contemplated recapitalization] , '' he said *T*-2 .
- A month ago , when [ARG0 Beatrice] first filed *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 debt] *T*-3 , the company had planned *-2 to offer $ 200 million *U* of its senior subordinated reset notes at a yield of 12 3\/4 % .
- [ARG1 A two-part $ 75.1 million *U* offering of wastewater treatment bonds by the New Jersey Wastewater Treatment Trust] was [ARGM-MNR more than half] [rel sold] *-1 [ARGM-TMP by late in the session] , [ARGM-ADV according to lead underwriter Merrill Lynch Capital Markets] .
- Paramount Communications Inc. said 0 [ARG0 it] [rel sold] [ARG1 two Simon & Schuster information services units] to [ARG2-to Macmillan Inc. , a subsidiary of Maxwell Communication Corp] .
- Terms were n't disclosed *-1 , but industry executives said 0 [ARG1 the units] were [rel sold] *-2 for [ARG3-for $ 40 million *U*] .
- [ARGM-TMP In December 1988] , [ARG0 Messrs. Peltz and May] [rel sold] [ARG1 their stock in Triangle Industries Inc. , a packaging company 0 they controlled *T*-1 ,] to [ARG2-to Pechiney Corp. of France] .
- In the August proxy material , Avery said that unless [ARG0 it] [rel sold] [ARG1 Uniroyal] , its ability * to service debt would be hurt *-1 and Avery 's shareholder value would `` continue *-2 to erode . ''
- Avery , which *T*-160 continues *-1 to operate [ARG1 a coal company] 0 [ARG0 it] expects *-3 to [rel sell] *T*-2 at [ARG3-at a loss] , said in proxy materials 0 it intends *-4 to seek control of one or more companies .
- [ARG0 Clarcor Inc.] said 0 a plan * to [rel sell] [ARG1 its J.L. Clark Inc. subsidiary] to [ARG2-to a group headed * by Anderson Industries Inc.] for [ARG3-for $ 70.3 million *U*] has been terminated *-1 .
- Mr. Wachtel points to Coca-Cola Co. and PepsiCo Inc. as examples : [ARG1 They] 're [rel selling] for [ARG3-for 18 to 22 times estimated 1990 per-share earnings] .
- Gold stocks are n't cheap on this basis , either , with [ARG1 many] [rel selling] for [ARG3-for 20 times earnings or more] .
- Private placements involve [ARG1 debt and equity securities] , typically in denominations of $ 1 million *U* , that *T*-187 are [rel sold] *-1 to [ARG2-to institutional investors] and are n't registered *-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission .
- [ARG1 Accessories] [ARGM-DIS not only] [rel sell] [ARGM-MNR faster than whole bikes] , they also offer profit margins nearly double the 25 % to 30 % or so *U* on sales of complete cycles .
- About a month ago , [ARG0 Michelin Tire Corp. , Greenville , S.C. ,] began *-1 [rel selling] [ARG1 mountain-bike tires , for years a Specialized stronghold] .
- [ARG0 Schwinn Bicycle Co. , Chicago ,] established joint ventures with bike companies in mainland China and Hungary *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 bikes] .
- Though [ARG0 Mr. Packer] has [ARGM-TMP since] [rel sold] [ARG1 his stake] , Courtaulds is moving *-1 to keep its institutional shareholders happy .
- [ARG1 The Treasury bills] [rel sold] * [ARGM-TMP yesterday] settle today , rather than the standard settlement day of Thursday .
- [ARGM-TMP By 1988 , when only 10 genetic probe-based tests of diagnostic infectious diseases of humans had been approved *-2 for marketing by the Food and Drug Administration *T*-3] , [ARG1 eight of them] had been developed and [rel sold] *-4 by [ARG0-by Gen-Probe] .
- [ARG0 Soviet] efforts * to [rel sell] [ARG1 their technology] [ARGM-LOC abroad] do n't appear *-1 to worry the U.S. , Japan 's principal ally .
- That [ARG0 Moscow] , with its dilapidated economic machine , would try *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 high technology] to [ARG2-to Japan , one of the world 's high-tech leaders ,] sounds like a coals-to-Newcastle notion .
- With [ARG1 more than 15 million exercise bikes] [rel sold] * [ARGM-TMP in the past five years] , he adds 0 *T*-1 , `` a lot of garages , basements and attics must be populated *-2 with them . ''
- Mr. Doyle predicts a trend toward [ARG1 fewer pieces] of home exercise equipment being [rel sold] * at [ARG3-at higher prices] .
- [ARG0 She] 's trying *-2 to [rel sell] [ARG1 a $ 150 *U* exercise bike 0 she bought *T*-1 about five years ago for her roommate] .
- Only one in four companies with flexible benefit plans lets [ARG0 workers] buy or [rel sell] [ARG1 vacation days] , consultant Towers Perrin says 0 *T*-1 .
- [ARG0 USG Corp.] agreed *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 its headquarters building here] to [ARG2-to Manufacturers Life Insurance Co. of Toronto] , and will lease the 19-story facility until it moves to a new quarters in 1992 .
- The American Stock Exchange said 0 [ARG1 a seat] was [rel sold] *-1 for [ARG3-for $ 160,000 *U* , down $ 5,000 *U* from the previous sale last Friday] .
- [ARG0 Acadia] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel sell] [ARG1 up to 10 % of the equity in the reorganized company] to [ARG2-to creditors and bondholders] [ARGM-ADV in exchange for the cash distribution] , but creditors and bondholders would receive no discount for their shares .
- Earlier this month , the Supreme Soviet adopted two more resolutions restricting the freedom of cooperatives : The first enables the soviets to set [ARG3 prices] for which [ARG1 goods] [ARGM-MOD may] be [rel sold] *-1 *T*-2 ; the second bans cooperatives from *-3 buying `` industrial and food goods '' from the state or other cooperatives .
- First Boston incurred millions of dollars of losses on Campeau securities 0 it owned *T*-1 as well as on [ARG1 special securities] 0 [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD could] [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel sell] *T*-2 .
- [ARGM-TMP This past summer] , [ARG0 Quotron] [rel sold] [ARG1 its customer-service unit , employing 600 ,] to [ARG2-to Phoenix Technologies Inc. , a closely held computer-service firm in Valley Forge , Pa] .
- Shearson , Goldman , Sachs & Co. , Morgan Stanley & Co. and Salomon Inc. are discussing formation of [ARG0 a group] 0 *T*-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 securities-price data] .
- [ARG0 His company] , [ARGM-MNR without any major effort] , [rel sells] [ARG1 more machines in China than in Japan] .
- [ARG0 IBM] just last year started *-3 [rel selling] [ARG1 its first machine that *T*-1 could run in both Japanese and English and that *T*-2 substantially enhances compatibility with its American products] .
- After years of [ARG0 *] talking about * [rel selling] [ARGM-LOC in Japan] , more and more U.S. companies are seriously pouring in .
- In the U.S. , [ARG1 more than half the PC software] [rel sold] * is either for spreadsheets or for database analysis , according to Lotus .
- That spurs competition and growth , allows users to change and mix brands easily , and increases software firms ' incentive * to write packages because [ARG1 they] [ARGM-MOD can] be [rel sold] *-1 to [ARG2-to users of virtually any computer] .
- [ARG0 Seiko Epson Corp. , a newcomer to the industry ,] fought off a legal challenge and started [rel selling] [ARG1 NEC clones] [ARGM-TMP last year] .
- [ARG0 Sony Corp. , which *T*-1 temporarily dropped out of the PC business three years ago ,] started [rel selling] [ARG1 its work station] [ARGM-TMP in 1987] and quickly became the leading Japanese company in that market .
- A healthy , coherent Japanese market could also make it *EXP*-2 far easier for [ARG0 Japanese companies] to [rel sell] [ARGM-LOC overseas , where their share is still minimal *T*-1] .
- [ARGM-LOC In stock-index arbitrage] , [ARG0 traders] buy and [rel sell] [ARG1 large amounts of stocks with offsetting trades in stock-index futures and options] .
- Two days earlier , his attorney met in a Park Avenue law office with [ARG0 a cartoon dealer] who *T*-1 expected *-2 to [rel sell] [ARG1 44 of the most important stolen strips] to [ARG2-to Mr. Russell] for [ARG3-for $ 62,800 *U*] .
- [ARG0 He] painted one himself in the style of John Haberle and [rel sold] [ARG1 it] [ARGM-MNR as a 19th-century original] to [ARG2-to antique dealers in Woodbridge , Conn] .
- After his arrest , [ARG0 the forger] admitted to *-1 faking and [rel selling] [ARG1 other paintings] [ARGM-LOC up and down the Eastern seaboard] .
- [ARG0 A former curator of the Museum of Cartoon Art in Rye Brook , N.Y. ,] pleaded guilty in July to *-1 stealing and [rel selling] [ARG1 original signed and dated comic strips , among them 29 Dick Tracy strips by Chester Gould , 77 Prince Valiant Sunday cartoons by Hal Foster , and a dozen Walt Disney animation celluloids , according to Barbara Hammond , the museum 's director] .
- COMMERCIAL PAPER : [ARG1 High-grade unsecured notes] [rel sold] * [ARGM-MNR through dealers] by [ARG0-by major corporations] [ARGM-MNR in multiples of $ 1,000 *U*] : 8.55 % 30 days ; 8.50 % 60 days ; 8.45 % 90 days .
- TREASURY BILLS : Results of the Monday , October 30 , 1989 , auction of [ARG1 short-term U.S. government bills] , [rel sold] * at [ARG3-at a discount from face value] [ARGM-MNR in units of $ 10,000 to $ 1 million *U*] : 7.78 % , 13 weeks ; 7.62 % , 26 weeks .
- Tax-loss sellers , [ARG0 those investors] who *T*-1 [rel sell] [ARG1 loss-making stocks] [ARGM-PNC so they can deduct their losses from this year 's income] , are also getting out , Mr. Mills said 0 *T*-2 .
- He said 0 [ARG0 many portfolio managers , whose year-end bonuses *T*-2 are tied *-1 to annual performance ,] are [rel selling] [ARGM-TMP now] [ARGM-ADV rather than *-3 risk seeing their gains erode further] .
- Michael Foods has attracted a good many short-sellers , [ARG0 the people] who *T*-1 [rel sell] [ARG1 borrowed shares] [ARGM-PNC in a bet that a stock price will drop and allow the return of cheaper shares to the lender] .
- These federal-court suits accuse the officers of *-2 failing *-3 to disclose that [ARG1 Easy Eggs] were unlikely *-1 to [rel sell] [ARGM-MNR briskly enough * to justify all of Michael 's production capacity] .
- According to its most recent annual report , covering the 15 months ended March 31 , [ARG0 Maxwell Communication] bought $ 3.85 billion *U* in assets -- including Macmillan Inc. and Official Airlines Guides -- and [rel sold] [ARG1 $ 2 billion *U* in non-strategic businesses] .
- Eastern and its creditors agreed in July on a reorganization plan that *T*-1 called for [ARG0 the carrier] to [rel sell] off [ARG1 $ 1.8 billion *U* in assets] and to emerge from Chapter 11 status in late 1989 at two-thirds its former size .
- [ARG0 Eastern] eventually decided *-3 [ARGM-NEG not] to [rel sell] off [ARG1 a major chunk , its South American routes , which *T*-2 were valued *-1 at $ 400 million *U*] .
- That displeases [ARG0 many current holders] , such as Allianz , which *T*-1 could n't be sure of *-2 [rel selling] [ARG1 all their shares] [ARGM-ADV if they tendered to Paribas] .
- The Allianz statement led to speculation that [ARG0 Allianz] [ARGM-TMP eventually] [ARGM-MOD could] [rel sell] to [ARG2-to Paribas] .
- The appeals court held : `` When a distinctive voice of a professional singer is widely known *-3 and is deliberately imitated in order [ARG0 *] to [rel sell] [ARG1 a product] *T*-2 , the sellers have appropriated what *T*-1 is not theirs . ''
- [ARG0 Rockefeller Group] agreed *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 a 51 % interest] to [ARG2-to Mitsubishi Estate , a major Japanese developer and property owner ,] for [ARG3-for $ 846 million *U*] .
- [ARG0 Maxwell] agreed *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 its U.S. printing unit] to [ARG2-to Quebecor] for [ARG3-for $ 500 million *U*] , [ARGM-ADV * making Quebecor the No. 2 commercial printer in North America] .
- [ARG0 Doskocil Cos.] said 0 its bank-debt payments have been extended *-1 until May 31 , 1990 , * to give it more time 0 * to [rel sell] [ARG1 its Wilson Foods Corp. retail and fresh meat operations] *T*-2 .
- An agreement [ARG0 *] to [rel sell] [ARG1 the Wilson assets] for [ARG3-for $ 150 million *U* in cash and notes] collapsed in late September , when the buyer , a company controlled * by George Gillett , could n't secure financing *T*-1 .
- [ARG1 A seat on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange] was [rel sold] *-1 for [ARG3-for $ 416,000 *U*] , [ARGM-ADV down $ 36,000 *U* from the previous sale Oct] .
- In addition to [ARG0 *-3] [rel selling] [ARG1 Japanese-made photocopiers and facsimile machines] in Europe and copier supplies in the U.S. , Nashua has three other major businesses : labels and tapes , data storage disks for computers and mail-order photofinishing .
- Nashua , [ARG0 whose major business] *T*-1 is * [rel selling] [ARG1 copiers , facsimile machines and related supplies] , said 0 Reiss & Co . B.V. of the Netherlands filed a request *ICH*-2 with the Federal Trade Commission under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act for permission * to buy more than $ 15 million *U* of Nashua 's stock but less than 25 % .
- Stock-index funds frequently use the futures markets as a hedging tool , but that is a far less aggressive strategy than stock-index arbitrage , in which [ARG0 traders] buy and [rel sell] [ARG1 big blocks of stocks with offsetting trades in stock-index futures] [ARGM-PNC *-2 to profit from price differences] *T*-1 .
- Stock-index arbitrage , because [ARG0 it] [rel sells] [ARG1 the more `` expensive '' market] and buys the `` cheaper '' one , attempts *-1 to reestablish the link between the stock and futures markets , and the adjustments are often abrupt .
- Since the cost of * transporting gas is so important to [ARG0 producers '] ability * to [rel sell] [ARG1 it] , it *EXP*-1 helps * to have input and access to transportation companies . ''
- `` The perception out there is that we are very conservative and [ARG0 we] [ARGM-ADV only] [rel sell] [ARG1 one type of suit] , '' Mr. Roberti says *T*-2 , *-1 referring to Brooks Brothers ' signature three-button `` sack suit , '' with a center-vented jacket and boxy fit .
- The market for [ARG1 reruns] [rel sold] * to [ARG2-to local U.S. broadcasters] has been weak for the past three or four seasons .
- [ARG0 Mr. Price] `` wanted *-1 to run the MTM business '' and may have regretted *-1 [rel selling] [ARG1 the company] to [ARG2-to TVS] , suggested 0 *T*-2 Charles Denton , managing director of Zenith Productions , a subsidiary of Carlton Communications PLC , London .
- The two sides have been far apart on how much Herbert Hunt will continue *-2 to owe the government *T*-3 after [ARG1 his assets] are [rel sold] *-1 .
- [ARGM-ADV If the case is converted *-1 to Chapter 7] , [ARG1 what *T*-3 remains of the oil tycoon 's once-vast estate] -- *-5 now believed *-4 to have a value of less than $ 125 million *U* -- [ARGM-MOD would] be [rel sold] off [ARGM-MNR quickly] [ARGM-ADV with most of the proceeds going to the Internal Revenue Service , whose claim for $ 300 million *U* in back taxes *T*-2 has priority in the case] .
- [ARGM-LOC Under Chapter 7] , [ARG1 the assets of a company] are [rel sold] off *-1 [ARGM-PNC * to pay creditors] .
- `` The credit for income taxes is a result of * having provided deferred income taxes applicable to the [rel sold] [ARG1 assets] at the higher income tax rates in effect in prior years , '' the sellers said 0 *T*-1 .
- The American Stock Exchange said 0 [ARG1 a seat] was [rel sold] *-1 for [ARG3-for $ 165,000 *U* , unchanged from the previous sale Oct. 13] .
- Mr. Bergsma said 0 [ARG0 Akzo] hopes *-1 to have approval * to [rel sell] [ARG1 its Marvelon pill] [ARGM-LOC in the U.S.] in 1992 .
- [ARGM-TMP During the same period] , [ARG0 the company] has [rel sold] [ARG1 about 1.6 billion guilders of assets] .
- [ARG0 Waxman] [rel sells] [ARG1 a variety of hardware products for the home repair market] .
- While our competitors are concerned *-1 with their financial viability and possible ownership changes , [ARG0 we] will be concentrating on *-3 buying and [rel selling] [ARG1 merchandise 0 our customers need and want *T*-2] . ''
- Those chains include [ARG1 Bloomingdale 's] , which Campeau recently said 0 [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel sell] *T*-1 .
- RJR Nabisco Inc. said 0 [ARG0 it] agreed *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 its Baby Ruth , Butterfinger and Pearson candy businesses] to [ARG2-to Nestle S.A. 's Nestle Foods unit] for [ARG3-for $ 370 million *U*] .
- Since KKR bought RJR in February for $ 25 billion *U* of debt , [ARG0 it] has agreed *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 nearly $ 5 billion *U* of RJR assets] .
- Under the agreement , [ARG0 Westinghouse] will be able *-1 to purchase smaller combustion turbines from its Japanese partner , and package and [rel sell] [ARG1 them] [ARGM-MNR with its own generators and other equipment] .
- A recent agreement between the recording industry and electronics manufacturers requires that [ARG1 any digital audio tape , or DAT , recorder] [rel sold] * [ARGM-LOC in the U.S.] have a built-in device that *T*-1 restricts its ability * to make second copies from DAT tape copies of digital compact disks .
- Eventually , [ARG0 Mr. Rey] was forced *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 his Bally shares] to [ARG2-to the weapons maker Oerlikon-Buehrle Holding AG] as establishment pressure *ICH*-2 grew on this hostile move into the Swiss old boys ' network .
- A major boost to Mr. Rey 's respectability among the Swiss came in 1986 when [ARG0 he] [rel sold] [ARG1 60 % of his Phibro Bank] to [ARG2-to the conservative Swiss cantonal banks] *T*-1 .
- [ARGM-DIS Meanwhile] , [ARGM-CAU as such strategic investments have mounted] , [ARG0 the merchant-banking arm of Mr. Rey 's Omni Holding] has been [ARGM-MNR busily] buying and [rel selling] [ARG1 dozens of companies] , [ARGM-TMP often after a financial or corporate restructuring] .
- CRA Ltd. said 0 [ARG0 it] agreed *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 a 40 % stake in its Howick coal mine in the state of New South Wales] to [ARG2-to Mitsubishi Development Pty. of Japan] .
- But while [ARG1 its stock] is [rel selling] at [ARG3-at about half Control Data 's estimated breakup value] , neither Messrs. Perlman nor Price said 0 he spends much time *-1 considering the possibility of a hostile takeover .
- Usually when [ARG0 a Japanese company] is ready *-2 to [rel sell] *T*-1 , it has few alternatives remaining , and the grim demeanors of Sansui 's directors at a joint news conference here left little doubt that this was not the company 's finest hour .
- [ARG0 Market makers] , *-2 to cut costs , slashed inventories of [ARG1 stocks] 0 they keep *T*-1 on hand 0 * to [rel sell] [ARG2 investors] *T*-6 [ARGM-TMP when other holders are n't selling *T*-3] .
- Market makers , *-2 to cut costs , slashed inventories of stocks 0 they keep *T*-1 on hand 0 * to sell investors *T*-6 [ARGM-TMP when] [ARG0 other holders] are [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel selling] *T*-3 .
- `` It *EXP*-1 's harder [ARG0 *] to [rel sell] [ARG1 stocks] [ARGM-TMP when the sell programs come in *T*-3] because some market makers do n't want *-2 to -LCB- take the orders -RCB- .
- When the computers say `` [ARG0 *] [rel sell] *T*-2 , '' the composite *ICH*-1 tumbles as well as the Dow Jones Industrial Average .
- But [ARG0 they] failed *-3 to [rel sell] [ARG1 these stocks] to [ARG2-to client investors , who *T*-1 were cautious about the sharp gains 0 these issues made *T*-2 this week] , the Wako official said 0 *T*-4 .
- Though it *EXP*-1 is far from certain that [ARG0 companies] best known * for *-2 [rel selling] [ARG1 Promise margarine and Tide detergent] will succeed in cosmetics , there 's little doubt 0 they will shake up the industry .
- [ARG0 Colgate , which *T*-1 acquired Helena Rubenstein in 1973 ,] [rel sold] [ARG1 the brand] [ARGM-TMP seven years later] [ARGM-TMP after the brand languished] .
- It is partly for this reason that the exchange last week began *-3 trading in its own stock `` basket '' product that *T*-2 allows [ARG0 big investors] to buy or [rel sell] [ARG1 all 500 stocks in the Standard & Poor 's index] [ARGM-MNR in a single trade] .
- Moreover , they note 0 *T*-2 , [ARG0 those who *T*-1 manage *-3 to pay their own way] often do so only by * [rel selling] [ARG1 their homes] , using up life savings or drawing heavily on children and other relatives .
- For example , 66 % of the 18 to 24 year olds in the four latest surveys favored an `` open housing '' law prohibiting [ARG0 homeowners] from *-2 refusing on racial grounds *-1 to [rel sell] to [ARG2-to prospective buyers] .
- [ARGM-TMP When Mr. Korotich took it over in 1986 *T*-1] , [ARG0 it] [rel sold] [ARG1 250,000 copies] ; today it sells 3.4 million .
- When Mr. Korotich took it over in 1986 *T*-1 , it sold 250,000 copies ; [ARGM-TMP today] [ARG0 it] [rel sells] [ARG1 3.4 million] .
- ECI Environmental Inc. , initial offering of 1.1 million shares , of which [ARG0 ECI] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel sell] [ARG1 990,000 *T*-1] and co-founders will sell 110,000 shares *T*-1 , via Oppenheimer & Co .
- ECI Environmental Inc. , initial offering of 1.1 million shares , of which ECI will sell 990,000 *T*-1 and [ARG0 co-founders] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel sell] [ARG1 110,000 shares *T*-1] , via Oppenheimer & Co .
- Parametric Technology Corp. , initial offering of 1.7 million common shares , of which [ARG1 1,365,226 shares *T*-2] [ARGM-MOD will] be [rel sold] *-1 by [ARG0-by the company] and 334,774 shares *T*-2 by holders , via Alex Brown & Sons , Hambrecht & Quist and Wessels , Arnold & Henderson .
- COMMERCIAL PAPER : [ARG1 High-grade unsecured notes] [rel sold] * [ARGM-MNR through dealers] by [ARG0-by major corporations] [ARGM-MNR in multiples of $ 1,000 *U*] : 8.575 % 30 days ; 8.475 % 60 days ; 8.40 % 90 days .
- TREASURY BILLS : Results of the Monday , October 23 , 1989 , auction of [ARG1 short-term U.S. government bills] , [rel sold] * at [ARG3-at a discount from face value] [ARGM-MNR in units of $ 10,000 to $ 1 million *U*] : 7.52 % 13 weeks ; 7.50 % 26 weeks .
- [ARG0 Mr. Carpenter] [ARGM-TMP this month] [rel sold] off [ARG1 Kidder 's eight brokerage offices in Florida and Puerto Rico] to [ARG2-to Merrill Lynch & Co.] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 refueling speculation that Kidder is getting out of the brokerage business entirely] .
- [ARG0 They] will get `` [ARG1 new and improved tools] 0 * to [rel sell] *T*-2 , [ARG2-to particularly] to the affluent investor , '' says *T*-1 brokerage chief Charles V. Sheehan .
- Kellogg is so anxious *-1 to turn around Corn Flakes sales that [ARG0 it] soon will begin *-3 [rel selling] [ARG1 boxes] for [ARG3-for as little as 99 cents] , trade sources say 0 *T*-2 .
- [ARG0 PARKER HANNIFIN Corp.] , which *T*-1 is [rel selling] [ARG1 three automotive replacement parts divisions] , said 0 it will retain its Automotive Connectors and Cliff Impact divisions .
- [ARGM-ADV *-2 Rated *-1 single-B-1 by Moody 's Investors Service Inc. and single-B-plus by Standard & Poor 's Corp.] , [ARG1 the issue] [ARGM-MOD will] be [rel sold] *-2 [ARGM-MNR through underwriters led * by Goldman , Sachs & Co] .
- [ARGM-ADV *-4 Rated *-1 single-A-3 by Moody 's and triple-B by S&P] , [ARG1 the issue] [ARGM-MOD will] be [rel sold] *-4 [ARGM-MNR through underwriters led * by Merrill Lynch Capital Markets] .
- [ARGM-PNC *-1 To strengthen its capital base] , [ARG0 Banco Exterior] [ARGM-TMP this year] issued $ 105 million *U* in subordinated debt , launched two rights issues and [rel sold] [ARG1 stock held * in its treasury] to [ARG2-to small investors] .
- The Treasury said 0 [ARG0 it] plans *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 $ 2 billion *U* of 51-day cash-management bills] [ARGM-TMP today] , [ARGM-ADV *-2 raising all new cash] .
- American Pioneer Inc. said 0 [ARG0 it] agreed in principle *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 its American Pioneer Life Insurance Co. subsidiary] to [ARG2-to Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Inc. 's HBJ Insurance Cos.] for [ARG3-for $ 27 million *U*] .
- Convertible debentures -- bonds that *T*-2 can later be converted *-1 into equity shares -- are the most popular instrument this year , though [ARG0 many companies] are [ARGM-DIS also] [rel selling] [ARG1 nonconvertible bonds or equity shares] .
- While [ARG0 many investors] are [rel selling] [ARG1 parts of their portfolios] [ARGM-PNC *-1 to buy the new issues] , prices on India 's 16 stock exchanges are holding up so far .
- [ARG0 Bond Corp. , a brewing , property , media and resources company ,] is [rel selling] [ARG1 many of its assets] [ARGM-PNC *-1 to reduce its debts] .
- [ARGM-ADV While Compaq sells its machines to businesses through computer retailers] , [ARG0 Texas Instruments] [ARGM-MOD will] be [rel selling] [ARG1 most of its machines] to [ARG2-to the industrial market] and to value-added resellers and original-equipment manufacturers .
- [ARGM-ADV While Compaq sells its machines to businesses through computer retailers] , [ARG0 Texas Instruments] [ARGM-MOD will] be [rel selling] [ARG1 most of its machines] to the industrial market and to [ARG2-to value-added resellers and original-equipment manufacturers] .
- While [ARG0 Compaq] [rel sells] [ARG1 its machines] to [ARG2-to businesses] [ARGM-MNR through computer retailers] , Texas Instruments will be selling most of its machines to the industrial market and to value-added resellers and original-equipment manufacturers .
- [ARG0 It] stopped *-1 [rel selling] [ARG1 a standard personal computer] a while ago .
- [ARG0 Stores] such as Sears that *T*-1 [rel sell] [ARG1 big-ticket durable goods] might actually get a boost as consumers rush *-3 to replace items lost * in the disasters , he said 0 *T*-2 .
- Milton Petrie , chairman of Petrie Stores Corp. , said 0 [ARG0 he] has agreed *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 his 15.2 % stake in Deb Shops Corp.] to [ARG2-to Petrie Stores] .
- Philadelphia-based Deb Shops said 0 it saw little significance in [ARG0 Mr. Petrie] [rel selling] [ARG1 his stock] to [ARG2-to Petrie Stores] .
- [ARG0 Gulf Canada , Calgary ,] said 0 the transaction is part of its plan * to [rel sell] [ARG1 non-strategic assets] and focus operations on Canada , Indonesia and other international areas .
- `` I expect *-1 to see some selling , but will [ARG0 they] kill this one as they have *?* every rally in the recent past '' by *-2 [rel selling] and locking in prices for their production ?
- [ARGM-ADV If the weather allowed farmers to work in their fields over the weekend] , [ARG0 many Midwest grain elevators] [ARGM-MOD will] [ARGM-MOD probably] [rel sell] [ARG1 futures contracts] [ARGM-TMP today] [ARGM-LOC at the Chicago Board of Trade] [ARGM-PNC in order *-1 to hedge their weekend purchases from farmers] .
- The company said 0 [ARG0 it] has agreed *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 the extrusion division] for [ARG3-for $ 15 million *U*] to [ARG2-to R.D. Werner Co. , a closely held firm based * in Greenville , Pa] .
- The charge is offset *-1 by an after-tax gain of about $ 30 million *U* in the quarter from the previously announced pact [ARG0 *] to [rel sell] [ARG1 National Aluminum 's rolling division] .
- [ARGM-TMP In recent weeks] , traders said 0 *T*-1 , [ARG0 Chemical] has [rel sold] [ARG1 more than $ 1 billion *U* of tax-free bonds] .
- [ARG0 Insurance companies] are rushing *-1 to [rel sell] [ARGM-TMP before the end of the year , when some of their tax benefits associated * with municipal bonds will be phased out *-2 *T*-3] .
- There is speculation that [ARG0 property\/casualty firms] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel sell] [ARG1 even more munis] [ARGM-TMP as they scramble *-1 to raise cash 0 * to pay claims related * to Hurricane Hugo and the Northern California earthquake *T*-2] .
- [ARG0 Mutual funds] , for example , are said *-1 to be [rel selling] [ARG1 existing municipal bonds] [ARGM-PNC *-2 to raise cash 0 * to buy new issues *T*-3] .
- Ms. Avedisian believes that [ARG0 the mutual funds] are [rel selling] [ARG1 muni bonds that *T*-1 have a negative convexity -- those that *T*-2 have appreciated in price slowly relative to the decline in interest rates] .
- [ARGM-TMP A few weeks ago] , [ARG0 New York] [rel sold] [ARG1 $ 750 million *U* of tax-exempts] .
- Credit market analysts expected [ARG0 the Treasury] to cancel today 's three-month and six-month sale and to [rel sell] [ARG1 $ 17 billion *U* of cash management bills] .
- Instead , the Treasury announced 0 [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel sell] [ARG1 $ 2 billion *U* of 51-day cash management bills] [ARGM-TMP today] and said that the weekly sale of $ 15.6 billion *U* of three-month and six-month bills will take place today , as usual , but the sale will settle tomorrow instead of Thursday .
- One dealer said 0 the talk was that [ARG0 the firm] [rel sold] [ARG1 about $ 500 million *U* of bellwether 30-year bonds] .
- As a result of its large-scale buying , some analysts now say that liquidity , or the ability [ARG0 *] to [ARGM-MNR easily] buy and [rel sell] , has been constrained *-1 in the benchmark Treasury bond issue .
- -- The junk bonds of RJR Nabisco Inc. rallied Friday on news that [ARG0 the company] is [rel selling] [ARG1 its candy bar brands] to [ARG2-to Nestle Foods Corp.] for [ARG3-for $ 370 million *U*] .
- Many of the RJR securities , which *T*-1 had been trading near their 52-week lows earlier in the session , bounced back after the company 's announcement that [ARG0 it] agreed *-8 to [rel sell] [ARG1 its Baby Ruth , Butterfinger and Pearson candy businesses] to [ARG2-to Nestle Foods , a unit of the Swiss-based food concern] .
- [ARG0 RJR Nabisco] agreed *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 three candy businesses] to [ARG2-to Nestle] for [ARG3-for $ 370 million *U*] .
- [ARG0 Sansui Electric] agreed *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 a 51 % stake] to [ARG2-to Polly Peck of Britain] for [ARG3-for $ 110 million *U*] .
- Today , though the public is barely aware , much of U.S. industry , particularly [ARG0 companies] manufacturing or [rel selling] [ARGM-LOC overseas] , have made metrics routine .
- Last month , Whittle announced 0 [ARG0 it] had [rel sold] [ARG1 $ 150 million *U* in advertising time] on the network to [ARG2-to national advertisers] .
- Hewlett-Packard , a Palo Alto , Calif. , computer company , said 0 it acquired the stock `` *-1 to develop and maintain a strategic partnership in which [ARG0 each company] remains independent while *-2 working together *-3 to market and [rel sell] [ARG1 their products] *T*-4 . ''
- In addition , Hewlett-Packard acquired a two-year option * to buy an extra 10 % , of which [ARG1 half *T*-2] [ARGM-MOD may] be [rel sold] *-1 [ARGM-MNR directly] to [ARG2-to Hewlett-Packard] by [ARG0-by Octel] .
- For the long-term investor who *T*-1 picks stocks carefully , the price volatility can provide welcome buying opportunities as [ARG0 short-term players] scramble frantically *-2 to [rel sell] [ARG1 stocks] [ARGM-TMP in a matter of minutes] .
- These securities get top credit ratings because the issuers have put aside [ARG1 U.S. bonds] that *T*-2 [ARGM-MOD will] be [rel sold] *-4 [ARGM-PNC * to pay off holders] [ARGM-TMP when the municipals are retired *-1 *T*-3] .
- [ARG1 Bond mutual funds] offer diversification and are easy 0 [ARG0 *] to buy and [rel sell] *T*-1 .
- -LCB- A futures contract is an agreement [ARG0 *] to buy or [rel sell] [ARG1 a commodity or financial instrument] at [ARG3-at a set price] [ARGM-TMP on a specified date] .
- Mr. Nowak said 0 he attaches particular importance to the proposed sale because it suggests that [ARG0 the company] is willing *-2 to [rel sell] [ARG1 oil and gas assets that *T*-1 are n't part of its major strategic strengths] .
- [ARGM-TMP In 1986] , [ARG0 Unocal] [rel sold] [ARG1 a 7.5 % stake in the Veslefrikk field] to [ARG2-to Deutsche Erdolversorgungs G.m.b . H. , a West German oil company ,] for [ARG3-for an undisclosed amount] .
- [ARGM-TMP In 1987] , [ARG0 it] [rel sold] [ARG1 a 2.5 % stake in the Veslefrikk field] to [ARG2-to the Swedish national oil company] , [ARGM-ADV * resulting in a $ 7 million *U* after-tax gain] .
- [ARGM-ADV *-3 Rated *-4 Baa-2 by Moody 's Investors Service Inc. and *-4 triple-B-plus by Standard & Poor 's Corp.] , [ARG1 the issue] [ARGM-MOD will] be [rel sold] *-3 [ARGM-MNR through underwriters led * by Merrill Lynch Capital Markets] .
- [ARGM-ADV *-3 Rated *-5 single-A-2 by Moody 's and *-5 single-A-minus by S&P] , [ARG1 the issue] [ARGM-MOD will] be [rel sold] *-3 [ARGM-MNR through underwriters led * by Merrill Lynch Capital Markets] .
- The state-controlled French metals group Pechiney S.A. said 0 [ARG0 it] has signed a preliminary accord * to [rel sell] [ARG1 its Paris headquarters] to [ARG2-to Groupement Foncier Francais and Nouveaux Constructeurs] for [ARG3-for 2.76 billion francs -LRB- $ 443 million *U* -RRB-] .
- [ARG0 Butch McCarty] , who *T*-1 [rel sells] [ARG1 oil-field equipment] for [ARG4-for Davis Tool Co.] , is also busy .
- [ARG0 Bond Corp. , a brewing , property , media and resources concern controlled * by financier Alan Bond ,] is [rel selling] [ARG1 many of its assets] [ARGM-PNC *-1 to reduce an A$ 6.9 billion *U* debt] .
- Mr. Dorfman states that [ARG0 an investor] who *T*-1 invested $ 100,000 *U* a year ago in the first four stocks selected * by your pros and [ARGM-TMP then] [rel sold] [ARG1 those] [ARGM-TMP one month later] , [ARGM-ADV *-2 purchasing the four new pro picks] , and repeated this process for the year would have accumulated $ 166,537 *U* , excluding account dividends , taxes and commissions .
- [ARG0 Poughkeepsie Savings Bank] said 0 a plan * to [rel sell] [ARGM-TMP its South Carolina branch offices] to [ARG2-to First Citizens Bank , of Columbia , S.C. ,] fell through .
- The charge represents a write-down of the goodwill associated * with Poughkeepsie 's investment in [ARG1 the banks] 0 [ARG0 it] is trying *-1 to [rel sell] *T*-2 and its North Carolina branches as well .
- Poughkeepsie said 0 [ARG0 it] is continuing *-1 to try *-2 to [rel sell] [ARG1 itself] , [ARGM-MNR under a June agreement with a dissident-shareholder group] .
- Instead , [ARG0 it] is *-1 to seek out corporate financing business and [rel sell] [ARG1 investment products] on [ARG4-on behalf of the family 's mainstay banking units : N M Rothschild & Sons Ltd. in London , Rothschild & Cie. in Paris and Rothschild Bank AG in Zurich] .
- While it was once expected that futures would mimic stock prices , traders now routinely check the futures markets in Chicago before [ARG0 they] buy or [rel sell] [ARG1 stocks] .
- A stock-index future is a contract [ARG0 *] to buy or [rel sell] [ARG1 the market value of a basket of stocks , such as the Standard & Poor 's 500-stock index] .
- [ARGM-ADV If managers fear that the overall stock market will fall , but want *-1 to continue *-2 owning stocks] , [ARG0 they] [ARGM-MOD can] hold on to specific stocks and [rel sell] [ARG1 a corresponding amount of futures contracts] .
- [ARGM-ADV If managers fear that the overall stock market will fall , but want *-1 to continue *-2 owning stocks] , [ARG0 they] [ARGM-MOD can] hold on to specific stocks and [rel sell] [ARG1 a corresponding amount of futures contracts] .
- And although criticism of futures generally comes from Wall Street , one Chicago futures trader notes that brokerage firms rely on futures as hedging tools when [ARG0 they] buy and [rel sell] [ARG1 big blocks of stocks] from [ARG2-from institutions] *T*-1 .
- Of course , portfolio trading -- the increasingly common practice of [ARG0 *] buying or [rel selling] [ARG1 baskets of actual stocks] -- also treats stocks as homogenous commodities .
- [ARG0 The government] retained the single share after * [rel selling] [ARG1 its stake in Jaguar] [ARGM-TMP in 1984] -- part of a nationalistic practice of * protecting former government-owned enterprises *-1 to deflect criticism of privatization .
- Consumers would still be able *-2 to buy some food and household goods at subsidized prices , but [ARG1 luxury and imported items , including food ,] [ARGM-MOD would] be [rel sold] *-1 at [ARG3-at market prices] .
- Wholesale prices would be divided *-1 into three categories : [ARG1 raw materials] [rel sold] * at [ARG3-at fixed prices close to world levels] ; government-set procurement prices for a small number of key products ; and free prices for everything else * to be determined *-2 by contracts between suppliers and purchasers .
- [ARG0 The same Bobby Thomson *ICH*-2] , it turns out , who *T*-1 [rel sells] [ARG1 those paper-goods] [ARGM-TMP today] .
- [ARG0 Mr. Ondaatje] [rel sold] [ARG1 his stake in Pagurian Corp.] to [ARG2-to Hees] [ARGM-TMP earlier this year] and is said *-1 to be seeking a media acquisition .
- [ARG0 Southam] agreed *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 its 47 % stake in Selkirk Communications Ltd. , a broadcasting concern ,] to [ARG2-to Maclean Hunter Ltd.] for [ARG3-for about C$ 285 million *U*] [ARGM-TMP last year] .
- [ARGM-ADV Instead of *-1 focusing on the financial future] , [ARG0 Mr. Dinkins] has [rel sold] [ARG1-REC himself] [ARGM-ADV as a unifier for a city recently touched * by racial violence] and as a soothing antidote to 12 years of commotion generated * by Mayor Koch .
- [ARGM-ADV Instead of *-1 focusing on the financial future] , [ARG0 Mr. Dinkins] has [rel sold] [ARG1-REC himself] as a unifier for a city recently touched * by racial violence and [ARGM-ADV as a soothing antidote to 12 years of commotion generated * by Mayor Koch] .
- [ARG0 The fund] , with a cash cushion of more than 10 % , has `` met all the redemptions without * having *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 one thing] , '' Mr. Litvack says *T*-2 .
- [ARG0 Many funds in recent weeks and months] have been [rel selling] [ARG1 their highest-quality junk issues , such as RJR Nabisco ,] [ARGM-PNC *-1 to raise cash *-2 to meet expected redemptions] .
- If the heavy outflows continue , fund managers will face increasing pressure [ARG0 *] to [rel sell] off [ARG1 some of their junk] [ARGM-PNC *-1 to pay departing investors in the weeks ahead] .
- First Brands Corp. , proposed offering of 6,475,000 common shares , of which [ARG1 1,475,000 common shares *T*-3] [ARGM-MOD will] be [rel sold] *-1 by [ARG0-by the company] and five million shares *T*-3 by holders , via First Boston Corp. and Credit Suisse First Boston Ltd .
- First Brands Corp. , proposed offering of 6,475,000 common shares , of which 1,475,000 common shares *T*-3 [ARGM-MOD will] be [rel sold] *-1 by the company and [ARG1 five million shares *T*-3] by [ARG0-by holders] , via First Boston Corp. and Credit Suisse First Boston Ltd .
- Home Nutritional Services Inc. , a wholly owned subsidiary of Healthdyne Inc. , proposed initial offering of four million common shares , of which [ARG1 1.8 million *T*-3] [ARGM-MOD will] be [rel sold] *-1 by [ARG0-by Home Nutritional Services] and 2.2 million *T*-3 will be sold *-2 by Healthdyne , via Smith Barney , Harris Upham & Co .
- Home Nutritional Services Inc. , a wholly owned subsidiary of Healthdyne Inc. , proposed initial offering of four million common shares , of which 1.8 million *T*-3 will be sold *-1 by Home Nutritional Services and [ARG1 2.2 million *T*-3] [ARGM-MOD will] be [rel sold] *-2 by [ARG0-by Healthdyne] , via Smith Barney , Harris Upham & Co .
- SynOptics Communications Inc. , proposed public offering of 1.5 million common shares , of which [ARG1 1,003,884 shares *T*-3] are *-4 to be [rel sold] *-1 by [ARG0-by the company] and 496,116 shares *T*-3 are *-5 to be sold *-2 by holders , via Morgan Stanley & Co. and Hambrecht & Quist .
- SynOptics Communications Inc. , proposed public offering of 1.5 million common shares , of which 1,003,884 shares *T*-3 are *-4 to be sold *-1 by the company and [ARG1 496,116 shares *T*-3] are *-5 to be [rel sold] *-2 by [ARG0-by holders] , via Morgan Stanley & Co. and Hambrecht & Quist .
- [ARGM-LOC Under the rescue plan] , [ARG0 Waertsilae] [rel sold] [ARG1 51 % of its stake] to [ARG2-to a group of banks and pension funds] .
- [ARG0 One solution] would be * to [rel sell] [ARG1 the shipyard] to [ARG2-to an outsider] .
- The SEC has alleged that [ARG0 Mr. Antar] aimed *-1 to pump up the company 's stock price through false financial statements in order *-2 to [rel sell] [ARG1 his stake] and reap huge profits .
- [ARG0 The Fed] [ARGM-TMP already] buys and [rel sells] [ARG1 foreign exchange] [ARGM-PNC *-1 to prevent disorderly conditions in foreign-exchange markets] .
- It *EXP*-5 would be inappropriate for [ARG0 the government or the central bank] to buy or [rel sell] [ARG1 IBM or General Motors shares] .
- Well , when Congress in its recent S&L bailout mandated that [ARG0 the thrifts] [rel sell] off [ARG1 all their junk-bond holdings] [ARGM-TMP by 1994] *T*-2 , it not only artificially increased the supply of these bonds in the market but also eliminated one of the few profitable investments 0 thrifts have made *T*-1 .
- [ARGM-ADV As part of its restructuring several years ago] , [ARG0 Exxon] moved most of those out of the city and [rel sold] [ARG1 its 53-floor Rockefeller Center skyscraper] to [ARG2-to a Japanese company] .
- Market pulp is [ARG1 wood pulp] [rel sold] * [ARGM-LOC on the open market] to [ARG2-to producers of paper and other products] .
- He indicated that [ARG1 some assets] [ARGM-MOD might] be [rel sold] *-1 off [ARGM-PNC * to service the debt] .
- Margins are the amount of money 0 [ARG0 an investor] needs *-2 to put *T*-1 up *-2 to buy or [rel sell] [ARG1 a futures contract] .
- [ARG0 UNC] [ARGM-DIS also] is [rel selling] [ARG1 new parts] , [ARGM-ADV if * needed *-1] , [ARGM-MNR directly] to [ARG2-to the military] [ARGM-ADV instead of through a prime contractor] .
- [ARGM-TMP In January] , [ARG0 Mr. Salvatori] [rel sold] [ARG1 the unit] .
- * Stretching his arms in his silky white shirt and squeaking his black shoes , he lectures a visitor about the way 0 [ARG0 *] to [rel sell] [ARG1 American real estate] *T*-1 and boasts about his friendship with Margaret Thatcher 's son .
- The in-home health care services provider said 0 [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel sell] [ARG1 1.8 million of the new shares] , [ARGM-ADV while Home Nutritional Services will sell the remaining 2.2 million] .
- The in-home health care services provider said 0 it will sell 1.8 million of the new shares , while [ARG0 Home Nutritional Services] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel sell] [ARG1 the remaining 2.2 million] .
- Black & Decker Corp. said 0 [ARG0 it] agreed *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 its Bostik chemical adhesives unit] to [ARG2-to Orkem S.A. , a French chemical company ,] for [ARG3-for $ 345 million *U*] .
- In addition , Black & Decker had said 0 [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel sell] [ARG1 two other undisclosed Emhart operations] [ARGM-ADV if it received the right price] .
- Bostik is [ARG1 the first Emhart Corp. unit] 0 *T*-1 to be [rel sold] *-2 [ARGM-ADV as part of the power-tool manufacturer 's effort * to reduce debt and consolidate operations after it acquired Emhart earlier this year] .
- At a news conference , Mr. Fournier accused [ARG0 Paribas] of *-1 planning *-2 to pay for the takeover by *-3 [rel selling] [ARG1 parts of the company , whose interests *T*-4 include insurance , banking , tuna canning , sugar and orange juice] .
- * Paying off that debt put such a squeeze *ICH*-2 on Campeau and its stores that [ARG0 Federated] decided *-1 to [rel sell] off [ARG1 the jewels of its retailing empire , including Bloomingdale 's] .
- British postal authorities say 0 they have uncovered a large-scale scheme where [ARG0 unscrupulous stamp dealers] chemically removed stamp cancellations , regummed the stamps and [rel sold] [ARG1 them] to [ARG2-to U.S. collectors] or , in large lots , to British businesses *T*-1 .
- British postal authorities say 0 they have uncovered a large-scale scheme where [ARG0 unscrupulous stamp dealers] chemically removed stamp cancellations , regummed the stamps and [rel sold] [ARG1 them] to U.S. collectors or , [ARGM-MNR in large lots] , to [ARG2-to British businesses] *T*-1 .
- [ARG0 The charities] [ARGM-TMP regularly] [rel sell] [ARG1 used stamps , which they collect *T*-1 from children and other donors ,] [ARGM-PNC *-2 to raise funds] .
- [ARG0 Richard Secord , the retired Air Force general felled * in the Iran-Contra scandal ,] is all but ruined -- *-1 forced *-2 to [rel sell] [ARG1 his Virginia home] and pull his kids out of college , according to a recent fund-raising appeal sent * out on his behalf .
- [ARG0 Explonaft] [ARGM-MOD will] develop application guidelines for lubricants , [rel sell] [ARG1 high-quality mineral oils] , and offer services in industrial cleaning and related fields .
- [ARG0 They] use dollars *-1 to buy Western items such as video recorders and personal computers and [ARGM-TMP then] [rel sell] [ARG1 them] at [ARG3-at a huge mark-up] .
- If [ARG0 foreign tourists and businesses] [ARGM-MOD could] [rel sell] [ARG1 their currencies] [ARGM-MNR freely] at [ARG3-at the new , better exchange rate] , that would enable the State Bank to increase its dollar reserves and would mop up some of the excess rubles in the economy at the same time .
- [ARG0 *] [rel Selling] [ARG1 the presidency] for [ARG3-for a mess of pottage] is not so much *ICH*-1 a devaluation from the norm of public life today as it is a reflection of the disintegration of public standards .
- The move , which *T*-2 was expected *-1 , marks the first time since Prohibition that [ARG0 Coors] has [rel sold] [ARG1 a non-alcoholic beverage] *T*-4 , and marks the company 's entry into a crowded , but fast-growing market that *T*-3 generated about $ 2.2 billion *U* in sales last year .
- Perrier , sold * by Perrier Group of America , a unit of Source Perrier S.A. of Paris , and [ARG1 Evian] , [rel sold] * by [ARG0-by a U.S. unit BSN of France] , are distributed to urban areas nationally , but are less available in rural communities .
- [ARG1 Perrier] , [rel sold] * by [ARG0-by Perrier Group of America , a unit of Source Perrier S.A. of Paris] , and Evian , sold * by a U.S. unit BSN of France , are distributed to urban areas nationally , but are less available in rural communities .
- The company said 0 [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel sell] [ARG1 the water] [ARGM-ADV *-1 plain and with lemon-lime and cherry flavors] and will package it in 28-ounce bottles and 6.5 ounce bottles as part of six-packs .
- [ARGM-TMP Earlier this year] , [ARG0 the company] [rel sold] [ARG1 a similar unit in Europe] for [ARG3-for about $ 25 million *U*] .
- And of course they agree that people can impose restrictions on the use of [ARG1 their papers] , whether in their own possession or as * donated or [rel sold] *-1 to [ARG2-to libraries] .
- PWA Corp. said 0 [ARG0 it] plans *-1 to [rel sell] [ARGM-TMP by spring 1992] [ARG1 all 15 passenger planes 0 it acquired *T*-2 earlier this year in its 248 million Canadian dollar -LRB- US$ 211.6 million *U* -RRB- purchase of Wardair Inc] .
- Mr. Ireland said 0 [ARG1 11 DC10-30 aircraft] that PWA also said 0 [ARG0 it] plans *-2 to [rel sell] *T*-1 , * beginning in 1992 , have a current half-life value of about $ 34 million *U* each , or a total $ 374 million *U* , * raising aggregate potential proceeds from the aircraft sale to about $ 1.02 billion *U* .
- PWA did n't disclose the expected net cost of the fleet overhaul , but a Toronto-based analyst estimated it at about $ 450 million *U* -LRB- US -RRB- , excluding replacement costs for [ARG1 the 11 DC10-30 aircraft] that [ARG0 PWA] plans *-2 to [rel sell] *T*-1 , and purchase costs for as many as 17 Airbus 320-200 aircraft that PWA previously ordered *T*-3 .
- Mercedes-Benz , which *T*-1 had said 0 it did n't owe taxes to Massachusetts partly because [ARG0 it] [rel sells] [ARG1 its cars] [ARGM-LOC at a dock in Baltimore and not in Massachusetts] , did n't explain its change of heart .
- Analysts said 0 the company 's effort will be helped *-1 by its decision *ICH*-4 last year * to put point-of-sale scanners in 200 stores , * allowing National Convenience to quickly track [ARG1 items] that *T*-2 are [rel selling] and those that *T*-3 are n't *?* .
- Another option for Delmed , the company said 0 *T*-1 , is that [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD could] [rel sell] [ARG1 its plant in Ogden , Utah] .
- [ARG0 Delmed] , which *T*-1 makes and [rel sells] [ARG1 peritoneal dialysis products used * in * treating kidney disease] , on Tuesday announced the resignations of Robert S. Ehrlich , chairman , president and chief executive officer , and of Leslie I. Shapiro , chief operating officer and chief financial officer .
- [ARG0 Westinghouse] also is well positioned *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 steam turbine and gas turbine plants] to [ARG2-to independent power producers] .
- The filing , made * yesterday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court here , follows an agreement *ICH*-1 by [ARG0 L.J. Hooker Corp. , Merksamer 's owner ,] * to [rel sell] [ARG1 the chain] to [ARG2-to management] for [ARG3-for an undisclosed price] .
- [ARG0 L.J. Hooker , based * in Atlanta ,] filed for Chapter 11 protection in August and has also announced its intention * to [rel sell] [ARG1 its B. Altman & Co. department store chain] .
- [ARG0 The broker winning the business] does n't charge commissions , but instead profits by *-1 buying or [rel selling] for [ARG3-for less than the overall package price] .
- [ARG0 Renaissance] 's last portfolio shift , carried out * by Goldman , Sachs & Co. , was a highly publicized decision *ICH*-1 last January * to [rel sell] [ARG1 its entire stock portfolio] and buy Treasury bills .
- But everything is relative to Mr. Terrizzi , so stocks in his view can become more attractive in comparison with bonds or T-bills , even if shares are more expensive than when [ARG1 they] were [rel sold] *-1 [ARGM-TMP in January] *T*-2 .
- Last Monday , Qintex Australia announced a restructuring plan and said 0 [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel sell] off [ARG1 assets] .
- The yield on [ARG1 six-month Treasury bills] [rel sold] * [ARGM-LOC at Monday 's auction] , for example , was just 7.77 % .
- `` If someone actually sat down and thought about [ARG1 what] [ARG2 they] were being [rel sold] *-1 *T*-2 , '' says *T*-3 Gerald Perritt , editor of the Mutual Fund Letter in Chicago , they might shy away .
- `` [ARG0 I] do n't want *-1 to be in a position 0 * to have * to [rel sell] *T*-3 , '' Mr. Frabotta says *T*-2 .
- [ARG0 Other funds] have [ARGM-TMP recently] [rel sold] [ARG1 weak junk bonds] [ARGM-PNC *-1 to raise cash] .
- COMMERCIAL PAPER : [ARG1 High-grade unsecured notes] [rel sold] * [ARGM-MNR through dealers] by [ARG0-by major corporations] [ARGM-MNR in multiples of $ 1,000 *U*] : 8.55 % 30 days ; 8.45 % 60 days ; 8.40 % 90 days .
- TREASURY BILLS : Results of the Monday , October 23 , 1989 , auction of [ARG1 short-term U.S. government bills] , [rel sold] * at [ARG3-at a discount from face value] [ARGM-MNR in units of $ 10,000 to $ 1 million *U*] : 7.52 % 13 weeks ; 7.50 % 26 weeks .
- [ARGM-LOC In a rare package sale of its real estate] , [ARG0 K mart Corp. , Troy , Mich. ,] has [rel sold] [ARG1 17 of its strip shopping centers] to [ARG2-to a limited partnership led * by New York developer Philip Pilevsky] , [ARGM-ADV according to sources familiar with the transaction] .
- [ARG0 The company] typically sells the centers 0 it develops *T*-1 , but has [ARGM-TMP usually] [rel sold] [ARG1 only one or several] [ARGM-MNR at a time] .
- [ARG0 The company] [ARGM-DIS typically] [rel sells] [ARG1 the centers 0 it develops *T*-1] , but has usually sold only one or several at a time .
- [ARGM-TMP During the past administration] [ARG1 the foodstuffs] were first bought *-2 by the institute , [ARGM-TMP then] [rel sold] *-2 at [ARG3-at low prices] to [ARG2-to `` unscrupulous businessmen '' who *T*-1 resold them to the institute at inflated prices] , the statement said 0 *T*-3 .
- Parker Hannifin Corp. said 0 [ARG0 it] agreed *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 its three automotive parts divisions] to [ARG2-to a management-led investor group] for [ARG3-for $ 80 million *U*] .
- Parker officials said 0 [ARG0 the company] is [rel selling] [ARG1 the units] [ARGM-PNC *-1 to focus on its other businesses] .
- Golden Nugget , Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc. 's first casino client , has borrowed on [ARG1 more than $ 600 million *U*] worth of mortgage notes , [ARGM-ADV mostly] [rel sold] * to [ARG2-to private investors] by [ARG0-by Drexel] , *-1 to build the Mirage .
- [ARG0 Troubled SCI Television Inc.] proposed *-1 to restructure much of its $ 1.3 billion *U* in debt * to buy time 0 * to [rel sell] [ARG1 assets] and pay its obligations *T*-2 .
- [ARGM-ADV *-3 Rated *-4 single-A-2 by Moody 's and single-A by S&P] , [ARG1 the issue] [ARGM-MOD will] be [rel sold] *-3 [ARGM-MNR through underwriters led * by Merrill Lynch Capital Markets] .
- [ARGM-ADV *-3 Rated *-1 single-A-2 by Moody 's and single-A by S&P] , [ARG1 the issue] [ARGM-MOD will] be [rel sold] *-3 [ARGM-MNR through underwriters led * by Salomon Brothers Inc] .
- [ARGM-ADV *-4 Rated *-3 Ba-3 by Moody 's Investors Service Inc. and single-B-plus by Standard & Poor 's Corp.] , [ARG1 the issue] [ARGM-MOD will] be [rel sold] *-4 [ARGM-MNR through Merrill Lynch Capital Markets] .
- [ARGM-ADV *-1 Rated triple-A by Moody 's and S&P] , [ARG1 the issue] [ARGM-MOD will] be [rel sold] *-1 [ARGM-MNR through underwriters led * by BT Securities , a subsidiary of Bankers Trust New York Corp] .
- [ARGM-ADV *-2 Rated *-1 single-A-1 by Moody 's and single-A-plus by S&P] , [ARG1 the noncallable issue] [ARGM-MOD will] be [rel sold] *-2 [ARGM-MNR through underwriters led * by Merrill Lynch Capital Markets] .
- `` The few million dollars 0 I could lose *T*-3 today is nothing against what I could lose *T*-2 on the spring line , '' says *T*-4 Mr. Levy , who *T*-1 estimates that [ARG0 Campeau stores] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel sell] [ARG1 $ 25 million *U* worth of his clothes] [ARGM-TMP this year] .
- [ARG1 The stores 0 they work for *T*-2] [ARGM-MOD may] be [rel sold] *-1 .
- In a stunning shift in direction , Provigo Inc. said 0 [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel sell] [ARG1 all its non-food operations] [ARGM-PNC *-1 to concentrate solely on its retail and wholesale grocery business] .
- Analysts are skeptical 0 [ARG0 Provigo] will be able *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 the non-food businesses] [ARGM-MNR as a group] for [ARG3-for at least book value] , and are expecting write-downs .
- Mr. Nadeau said 0 he intends *-3 to remain Provigo 's chief executive only until [ARG1 the non-food businesses] are [rel sold] *-1 , [ARGM-TMP after a which a new chief executive will be named *-2 *T*-4] .
- [ARG0 Lawrence Insurance] [ARGM-MNR also] [rel sold] [ARG1 3.2 million of its shares] for [ARG3-for $ 7.125 *U* each] to [ARG2-to its parent , Lawrence Group Inc] .
- [ARG0 They] are looking for a new editor for National Lampoon and are trying *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 Heavy Metal] .
- Because [ARG0 Columbia] [ARGM-TMP now] [ARGM-MOD must] [rel sell] [ARG1 the bonds] [ARGM-TMP within five years] , accounting rules require the thrift to value the bonds at the lower of cost or market prices .
- It 's followed *-2 by [ARG0 Stroh Brewery Co.] , which *T*-1 has agreed *-3 to [rel sell] [ARG1 its assets] to [ARG2-to Coors] .
- [ARGM-LOC In index arbitrage] , [ARG0 program traders] buy and [rel sell] [ARG1 stocks and stock-index futures] [ARGM-PNC *-1 to profit from small price discrepancies between the markets] .
- At the same time , [ARG0 only four securities firms] have signed up with the Big Board *-1 to buy and [rel sell] [ARG1 ESPs] [ARGM-ADV as market makers] , an unenthusiastic response .
- ESPs will allow [ARG0 institutional investors] to buy or [rel sell] [ARG1 all 500 stocks in Standard & Poor 's index] [ARGM-MNR in a single trade of a minimum of $ 5 million *U*] .
- The plaintiffs are [ARG0 investors] who *T*-1 bought and [rel sold] [ARG1 securities in which Mr. Boesky and his partnerships were dealing *T*-2] .
- Some claim 0 they suffered losses because they sold while he was buying and others because they bought while [ARG0 he] was [rel selling] .
- Some claim 0 they suffered losses because [ARG0 they] [rel sold] [ARGM-TMP while he was buying] and others because they bought while he was selling .
- [ARG0 Data Systems] has five retail stores in the northeast , but specializes in * [rel selling] [ARG1 personal computers made * by International Business Machines Corp. and Apple Computer Inc.] to [ARG2-to banks , brokerage firms and other big businesses based * in the New York metropolitan area] .
- [ARG0 Traders] who *T*-1 had [rel sold] [ARG1 contracts] [ARGM-TMP earlier] , [ARGM-PNC in hopes of *-3 buying them back at lower prices] , yesterday were buying contracts back at higher prices *-2 to limit their losses .
- This trader characterized the recent price action as a contest between the fundamentalists , who *T*-1 see higher prices ahead , and [ARG0 the technicians] , who *T*-2 are [ARGM-ADV basically] buying cotton toward the bottom of the current trading range , around 71 cents , and [rel selling] [ARG1 it] [ARGM-TMP when the price climbs more than 74 cents *T*-3] .
- With no petroleum-related news or changes in the fundamentals 0 *T*-1 to dictate price moves , `` [ARG0 technicians] are wanting *-2 to [rel sell] [ARG1 this stuff] , '' said *T*-3 Eric Bolling of Edge Trading Corp .
- There was also some fear that without Ivory Coast cocoa a large French cocoa merchant , Cie . Financiere Sucre et Denrees , might not be able *-2 to deliver cocoa against [ARG1 the contracts] 0 [ARG0 it] had [rel sold] *T*-1 [ARGM-TMP earlier] for December delivery in London .
- Beghin-Say S.A. said that [ARG0 it] plans *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 its remaining paper operations] [ARGM-TMP by the end of January] as part of a drive * to refocus on the food sector and lower its debt .
- The other part of the transaction will see [ARG0 Beghin-Say] [rel sell] [ARG1 its 50 % stake in its Kaysersberg paper affiliate] to [ARG2-to an unspecified unit of the petrochemical group Montedison S.p . A. , which *T*-1 is also controlled *-2 by Ferruzzi] .
- [ARGM-DIS And] [ARGM-LOC in a separate transaction] , [ARG0 Beghin-Say] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel sell] [ARG1 its remaining 25 % interest in A.T.B. , a holding company for international trading assets ,] to [ARG2-to an unspecified unit of Ferruzzi] for [ARG3-for 258 million francs] .
- [ARG0 Esselte AB] [rel sold] [ARG1 the minority stake] [ARGM-TMP five years ago] [ARGM-MNR in a $ 40 million *U* international share offering] .
- `` One dealer told me that [ARGM-ADV if he had more cars] , [ARG0 he] [ARGM-MOD 'd] [rel sell] [ARG1 them] [ARGM-TMP right away] , '' says *T*-1 Takuro Endo , Nissan executive vice president .
- `` [ARG0 We] have enough products 0 * to make *T*-1 and [ARGM-LOC the markets] 0 * to [rel sell] [ARG1 these products] *T*-2 . ''
- The plan may include [ARG0 *] [rel selling] [ARG1 branches] , consolidating or eliminating departments , and winding down *RNR*-1 or disposing of *RNR*-1 unprofitable units within 18 months .
- The new `` baskets '' of stocks will allow [ARG0 big investors] to buy or [rel sell] [ARG1 all 500 S&P index stocks] [ARGM-MNR in a single trade] .
- [ARG0 Provigo] plans *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 all non-food operations] *-1 to refocus on its retail and wholesale grocery business .
- By then , [ARG0 DLJ] hopes *-1 to be able *-2 to [rel sell] [ARG1 less-junky junk bonds] .
- [ARG0 Coniston Partners , which *T*-1 with related entities controls 80 % of TW ,] had been planning *-2 to [rel sell] [ARG1 $ 1.15 billion *U* of junk bonds] , among other things [ARGM-PNC *-3 to finance their acquisition of the remaining public shares] .
- `` [ARG0 We] played catch-up in some areas , and [rel sold] off [ARGM-LOC in some others] . ''
- `` Ten million ai n't jack , man , when you got $ 3 billion *U* sitting in the bank *T*-1 , '' says *T*-2 Mr. Frank , senior vice president at International Management Group , *-3 citing [ARG0 CBS] 's enormous cash reserves from * [rel selling] off [ARG1 various businesses] .
- [ARG0 CBS] may cushion losses with about $ 200 million *U* a year in interest earned * on the proceeds from * [rel selling] [ARG1 CBS Records and other businesses] .
- Then , in May 1988 , Mr. Tisch urgently needed *-1 to make a bold statement *-1 to quell rumors that [ARG0 he] [ARGM-MOD might] [rel sell] [ARG1 the network] .
- Dictaphone Corp. says 0 there 's a big business demand for its voice-activated taping systems , whether the sophisticated Veritrac 9000 system , which *T*-1 costs from $ 10,000 to $ 120,000 *U* and can record 240 conversations simultaneously , or [ARG1 simple handheld units] [rel selling] for [ARG3-for $ 395 *U*] .
- That and other fancy gizmos may cost thousands , but [ARG1 simple voice-activated tape recorders] [rel sell] for [ARG3-for as little as $ 70 *U*] [ARGM-LOC at electronics stores like Radio Shack] .
- Radio Shack says 0 [ARG0 it] has a policy against * [rel selling] [ARG1 products] [ARGM-ADV if a salesperson suspects 0 they will be used *-1 illegally] .
- `` [ARG1 Everything] [rel sold] [ARGM-LOC at Radio Shack] has a legal purpose , '' says *T*-1 Bernard Appel , president of the Tandy Corp. subsidiary .
- [ARGM-TMP A few years ago] , [ARG0 the company] [ARGM-MNR voluntarily] stopped [rel selling] [ARG1 `` The Big Ear , '' a powerful microphone] .
- In addition , [ARG0 Delmed] , which *T*-2 makes and [rel sells] [ARG1 a dialysis solution used * in * treating kidney diseases] , said 0 negotiations about pricing *ICH*-1 had collapsed between it and a major distributor , National Medical Care Inc .
- Sales of the heart drug TPA were $ 43.6 million *U* , better than [ARGM-TMP last year 's depressed third period] when [ARG0 the company] [rel sold] [ARG1 just $ 29.1 million *U* of the drug] *T*-1 .
- [ARG1 A seat on the Chicago Board of Trade] was [rel sold] *-1 for [ARG3-for $ 390,000 *U* , unchanged from the previous sale Oct. 13] .
- The HyperCard program allows users to design applications for Macintosh computers without * having *-1 to be hardcore programmers and is distributed *-2 with [ARG1 every Macintosh] [rel sold] * .
- The latest nine months included charges of $ 95 million *U* related * to the company 's South African subsidiary and [ARG1 unused pipe] [rel sold] * by [ARG0-by its crude oil pipeline unit] .
- But when the two men met in New York a day after Mr. Icahn disclosed the rise in his USX stake *T*-1 , Mr. Corry learned that Mr. Icahn wanted [ARG0 him] to [rel sell] [ARG1 all of Texas Oil -- not just its reserves of about 1.2 trillion cubic feet of natural gas and 28 million barrels of oil but also its pipeline , gas-gathering and contract-drilling operations] .
- Moreover , the opportunity [ARG0 *] to [rel sell] [ARG1 steel] at [ARG3-at a price acceptable to USX] may be gone *-1 , for now .
- With Mr. Icahn breathing down his neck , however , [ARG0 Mr. Corry] may have little choice but * to [rel sell] at [ARG3-at a weak price] , [ARGM-ADV even if it means * losing some steel-related tax-loss carryforwards] .
- Right now , the executive adds 0 *T*-1 , `` [ARG0 he] wants *-2 to continue *-3 to focus on *-4 paying down '' USX 's debt by *-5 [rel selling] [ARG1 assets] .
- 1 -RRB- [ARG1 Foreclosed homes] [ARGM-MOD could] be [rel sold] *-1 by [ARG0-by the FHA] for [ARG3-for no down payment -LRB- the biggest obstacle to young buyers -RRB-] , but [ARGM-ADV with personal liability for the mortgage -LRB- no * walking away by choice -RRB-] .
- COMMERCIAL PAPER : [ARG1 High-grade unsecured notes] [rel sold] * [ARGM-MNR through dealers] by [ARG0-by major corporations] [ARGM-MNR in multiples of $ 1,000 *U*] : 8.55 % 30 days ; 8.475 % 60 days ; 8.45 % 90 days .
- TREASURY BILLS : Results of the Monday , October 23 , 1989 , auction of [ARG1 short-term U.S. government bills] , [rel sold] * at [ARG3-at a discount from face value] [ARGM-MNR in units of $ 10,000 to $ 1 million *U*] : 7.52 % 13 weeks ; 7.50 % 26 weeks .
- So the IRS has drawn a rationale from the sale of [ARG1 a home site] split * in two and [rel sold] * [ARGM-TMP in different years] to [ARG2-to the same buyer] ; a court let the seller in that old case treat this as the sale of one residence .
- Bernard Leser , president of Conde Nast , added : `` Our research shows 0 [ARG0 we] [rel sell] [ARG1 more of our heavier issues] ... [ARGM-CAU because readers believe 0 they are getting more for what they pay for *T*-1] .
- `` Why should you beat your brains out *-1 fighting the environmentalists , the neighborhood groups , dealing with traffic mitigation , sewers and fighting city hall *T*-2 , then try *-1 to convince a lender to lend you money in an overbuilt market when [ARG0 you] [ARGM-MOD can] get pension fund money , buy a portfolio , [rel sell] off [ARG1 pieces] [ARGM-DIR off it] and play your own game ? '' says *T*-3 Jack Rodman , managing partner of the Los Angeles office of Kenneth Leventhal Inc. a national accounting firm .
- `` [ARGM-ADV Rather than *-1 sell 39-cents-a-pound Delicious] , [ARGM-MOD maybe] [ARG0 we] [ARGM-MOD can] [rel sell] [ARG1 79-cents-a-pound Fujis] , '' says *T*-2 Chuck Tryon , perishables director for Super Valu Inc. , a Minneapolis supermarket chain and food distributor .
- `` Rather than [ARG0 *-1] [rel sell] [ARG1 39-cents-a-pound Delicious] , maybe we can sell 79-cents-a-pound Fujis , '' says *T*-2 Chuck Tryon , perishables director for Super Valu Inc. , a Minneapolis supermarket chain and food distributor .
- [ARG1 The Fuji] is still small potatoes in the U.S. , *-1 [rel sold] *-2 [ARGM-LOC mainly in fruit boutiques] .
- Mr. Auvil , the Washington grower , says that [ARG0 he] [ARGM-MOD could] [rel sell] [ARG1 Fujis] to [ARG2-to Taiwan buyers] at [ARG3-at $ 40 *U* a box] [ARGM-ADV if he had them] .
- Now , [ARG1 those red applelike things] 0 [ARG0 stores] [rel sell] *T*-1 [ARGM-TMP in summer] are fruitbowl lovely , but usually not good eating .
- This figure could be estimated *-1 * using techniques employed * by private lenders * to forecast losses , or determined *-1 by [ARG0 *] [rel selling] [ARG1 loans] to [ARG2-to private owners] -LRB- [ARGM-MNR without federal guarantees] -RRB- .
- Jay Freedman , analyst with Kidder , Peabody & Co. , said 0 [ARG1 P&G 's Always sanitary napkin] , [rel sold] [ARGM-MNR under the Whisper name] [ARGM-LOC in Japan] , has firmly established itself as a leading brand .
- Generally , [ARG0 a short seller] expects a fall in a stock 's price and aims *-5 to profit by *-6 [rel selling] [ARG1 borrowed shares that *T*-3 are *-7 to be replaced *-1 later] ; the short seller hopes 0 the replacement shares bought * later will cost less than those that *T*-4 were sold *-2 .
- Generally , a short seller expects a fall in a stock 's price and aims *-5 to profit by *-6 selling borrowed shares that *T*-3 are *-7 to be replaced *-1 later ; the short seller hopes 0 the replacement shares bought * later will cost less than [ARG1 those] that *T*-4 were [rel sold] *-2 .
- Short interest , which *T*-1 represents the number of [ARG1 shares] borrowed and [rel sold] , but not yet replaced * , can be a bad-expectations barometer for many stocks .
- The situation makes it *EXP*-1 harder [ARG0 *] to buy and [rel sell] [ARG1 shares] [ARGM-MNR quickly] , * exacerbating the rise and fall in stock prices during program-dominated trading .
- [ARG0 Harvard 's Matthew Meselson] -- who we read 0 *T*-1 has [rel sold] [ARG2 something called * the `` scientific community ''] on [ARG1-on the notion that `` yellow rain '' attacks on the Laotian Hmong were in fact the result of fecal showers by giant bees] -- found the Soviet anthrax scenario `` completely plausible . ''
- Manville said 0 [ARG1 the shares issued * to the trust] were intended *-2 to be [rel sold] *-1 , [ARGM-ADV as * needed *-3] , and that Manville has the right of first refusal * to buy those shares .
- The pension 's size still depends on [ARG1 how much produce] [ARG0 he] [rel sells] [ARG2 the state] *T*-1 .
- [ARGM-DIS Yet] [ARG0 the state alone] [rel sells] [ARG1 seeds and machines] .
- [ARG0 A private farmer in Poland] is free *-1 to buy and [rel sell] [ARG1 land] , hire help , decide what * to grow *T*-2 and how * to grow it *T*-3 .
- The cost of * raising a pig kept *-1 bounding ahead of the return for [ARG0 *] [rel selling] [ARG1 one] .
- At dawn on a cool day , hundreds travel to the private market in Radzymin , a town not far from Warsaw , *-1 hauling [ARG1 pigs , cattle and sacks of feed] that the state 's official buyers ca n't induce [ARG0 them] to [rel sell] *T*-2 .
- `` Of course it *EXP*-1 's better [ARG0 *] to [rel sell] [ARGM-MNR private] , '' he says *T*-2 , as the butcher trundles away .
- `` Why should [ARG0 anybody] want *-2 to [rel sell] to [ARG2-to them] *T*-1 ? ''
- The young farmer makes money on [ARG1 the few hogs] 0 [ARG0 he] [rel sells] *T*-1 [ARGM-LOC here] .
- [ARG0 We] [rel sell] [ARG1 *] [ARGM-MNR direct] ! ''
- [ARG0 I] [rel sell] -- [ARG1 a little] .
- [ARGM-TMP On this morning] , [ARG0 he] does [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel sell] [ARG1 much] [ARGM-LOC in Radzymin] , [ARGM-DIS either] .
- [ARGM-ADV If a strike ever hits the Met] , [ARG0 the company] [ARGM-MOD can] [ARGM-TMP still] [rel sell] [ARG1 tickets to his `` Boheme '' and `` Turandot ''] and boom out recordings -LRB- of another era -RRB- .
- Laserscope , initial offering of 1,656,870 common shares , of which [ARG1 1,455,000 shares *T*-2] are *-3 to be [rel sold] *-1 by [ARG0-by the company] and 201,870 *T*-2 by holders , via Alex . Brown & Sons Inc. and Volpe , Covington & Welty .
- TeleVideo Systems Inc. , proposed offering of [ARG1 1,853,735 common shares] , 0 *T*-1 to be [rel sold] *-2 by [ARG0-by holders] .
- Western Gas System Inc. , initial offering of 3,250,000 common shares , of which [ARG1 3,040,000 shares *T*-1] [ARGM-MOD will] be [rel sold] *-3 by [ARG0-by the company] and 210,000 *T*-1 by a holder , via Prudential-Bache Capital Funding , Smith Barney , Harris Upham & Co. and Hanifen , Imhoff Inc .
- [ARG0 Insiders] have been [rel selling] [ARG1 shares in Dun & Bradstreet Corp. , the huge credit-information concern] .
- [ARGM-LOC Among the insider sales] , [ARG0 Charles Raikes , the firm 's general counsel] , [rel sold] [ARG1 12,281 shares *ICH*-1] [ARGM-TMP in August] , [ARGM-ADV representing 46 % of his holdings in the company] .
- [ARG0 John C. Holt , an executive vice president and Dun & Bradstreet director ,] [rel sold] [ARG1 10,000 shares] [ARGM-TMP on Aug. 31] for [ARG3-for $ 588,800 *U*] , filings show 0 *T*-1 .
- [ARG0 William H.J. Buchanan , the firm 's secretary and associate general counsel ,] [rel sold] [ARG1 7,000 shares] [ARGM-LOC in two separate sales] [ARGM-TMP in September] for [ARG3-for $ 406,000 *U*] .
- [ARG0 The other insiders , all senior or executive vice presidents ,] [rel sold] [ARG1 between 2,520 and 6,881 shares , representing between 8 % and 70 % *U* of their holdings] , [ARGM-ADV according to SEC filings] .
- [ARG0 Six top executives at the New York-based company] [rel sold] [ARG1 shares] [ARGM-TMP in August and September] .
- [ARG0 Four of those insiders] [rel sold] [ARG1 more than half their holdings] .
- But previous sales have often been sales of [ARG1 shares] purchased * through the exercise of stock options and [rel sold] [ARGM-TMP six months later] , as soon as * allowed *-2 , said 0 *T*-1 Robert Gabele , president of Invest\/Net .
- [ARG0 Two directors of Pegasus Gold Inc. , a Spokane , Wash. , precious-metals mining firm ,] [rel sold] [ARG1 most of their holdings in the company] [ARGM-TMP Aug. 31] .
- [ARG0 John J. Crabb] [rel sold] [ARG1 4,500 shares] for [ARG3-for $ 11.13 *U* each] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 leaving himself with a stake of 500 shares] .
- [ARG0 Peter Kutney] [rel sold] [ARG1 5,000 shares , all of his holdings] , for [ARG3-for $ 11.38 *U* a share , or $ 56,900 *U*] .
- Gary Straub , corporate counsel for the company , said 0 [ARG0 the directors] [rel sold] [ARGM-CAU for `` personal financial reasons] . ''
- `` It 's a good company , and growing ; there 's nothing that *T*-2 would warrant that [ARG1 it] be [rel sold] *-1 . ''
- A company spokesman declined *-1 to comment and said that [ARG0 the officials] who *T*-4 [rel sold] [ARG1 shares] would n't comment .
- [ARGM-ADV *-3 Rated *-1 single-A-2 by Moody 's and single-A-plus by S&P] , [ARG1 the issue] [ARGM-MOD will] be [rel sold] *-3 [ARGM-MNR through underwriters led * by Salomon Brothers] .
- [ARGM-ADV *-1 Rated *-2 triple-A by both Moody 's Investors Service Inc. and Standard & Poor 's Corp.] , [ARG1 the issue] [ARGM-MOD will] be [rel sold] *-1 [ARGM-MNR through Salomon Brothers Inc] .
- [ARGM-ADV *-2 Rated *-1 single-A-1 by Moody 's and double-A by S&P] , [ARG1 the issue] [ARGM-MOD will] be [rel sold] *-2 [ARGM-MNR through Salomon Brothers] .
- [ARGM-ADV *-4 Rated *-1 single-A-3 by Moody 's and single-A-minus by S&P] , [ARG1 the issue] [ARGM-MOD will] be [rel sold] *-4 [ARGM-MNR through underwriters led * by Morgan Stanley & Co] .
- Only CDs sold * by major brokerage firms posted significant increases in average yields in the latest week , *-1 reflecting increased yields on [ARG1 Treasury bills] [rel sold] * [ARGM-LOC at Monday 's auction] .
- [ARG1 Only CDs] [rel sold] * by [ARG0-by major brokerage firms] posted significant increases in average yields in the latest week , *-1 reflecting increased yields on Treasury bills sold * at Monday 's auction .
- The brokerage firms , which *T*-1 negotiate rates with the banks and thrifts [ARG1 whose CDs] [ARG0 they] [rel sell] *T*-2 , generally feel 0 they have *-3 to offer clients more than they can get *?* on T-bills or from banks and thrifts directly .
- [ARG1 T-bills] [rel sold] * [ARGM-LOC at Monday 's auction] yielded 7.90 % for six months and 7.77 % for three months , up from 7.82 % and 7.61 % , respectively , the week before .
- [ARG0 Wang Laboratories Inc.] has sold $ 25 million *U* of assets and reached agreements *ICH*-1 in principle * to [rel sell] [ARG1 an additional $ 187 million *U*] [ARGM-TMP shortly] , Richard Miller , president , said 0 *T*-2 at the annual meeting .
- [ARG0 Wang Laboratories Inc.] has [rel sold] [ARG1 $ 25 million *U* of assets] and reached agreements *ICH*-1 in principle * to sell an additional $ 187 million *U* shortly , Richard Miller , president , said 0 *T*-2 at the annual meeting .
- He said 0 [ARG0 Wang] had reached an agreement *ICH*-1 with a `` major financial firm '' * to [rel sell] for [ARG3-for $ 150 million *U*] [ARG1 its domestic equipment lease portfolio and that of its Wang Credit Corp. subsidiary] .
- He said 0 [ARG0 it] also agreed *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 a portion of its European real estate unit] for [ARG3-for $ 37 million *U*] .
- Mr. Miller said that [ARG0 Wang] has [ARGM-TMP already] [rel sold] [ARG1 some $ 12 million *U* of miscellaneous assets] and disclosed that it had received $ 13 million *U* from Compaq Computer Corp. , Houston , in the previously announced sale of its Stirling , Scotland , plant .
- Mr. Miller repeated that in the next six months [ARG0 he] plans *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 another $ 200 million to $ 300 million *U* of assets] [ARGM-PNC *-2 to repay debt and reduce interest costs at Wang , a minincomputer maker in Lowell , Mass] .
- The UAL news had already caused a selling furor in [ARGM-LOC the so-called third market] , in which [ARG0 firms] buy and [rel sell] [ARG1 stock] [ARGM-LOC away from the exchange floor] *T*-1 .
- [ARG1 About 11,000 shares] [rel sold] at [ARG3-at $ 170 *U*] [ARGM-TMP on the bell] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 representing about eight to 10 late orders] , the specialists estimate 0 *T*-2 .
- But that 's for the best horses , with [ARG1 most] [rel selling] for [ARG3-for much less -- as little as $ 100 *U* for some pedestrian thoroughbreds] .
- For those looking for something between a minority stake and total ownership , the owners ' group is considering a special sale where [ARG0 established horse breeders] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel sell] [ARG1 a 50 % stake in horses] to [ARG2-to newcomers] *T*-1 .
- Mr. Hulings gloats that [ARG0 he] [rel sold] [ARG1 all his stocks] [ARGM-TMP a week before the market plummeted 190 points on Oct. 13] , and he is using the money * to help *-1 buy a 45-acre horse farm .
- Dunkin ' Donuts Chairman and Chief Executive Robert M. Rosenberg said 0 `` a sale is one alternative being considered * , '' but he added 0 [ARG0 the board] has n't decided whether * to [rel sell] [ARG1 the doughnut franchiser] .
- [ARG1 Some of the oil interests] [ARGM-TMP already] have been [rel sold] *-1 .
- Mercedes-Benz of North America Inc. , Grosse Pointe Shores , Mich. , estimated 0 [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel sell] [ARG1 about as many cars *ICH*-3] [ARGM-TMP in 1990] as the 75,000 0 it expects *-1 to deliver *T*-2 this year .
- [ARG0 Mercedes] [rel sold] [ARG1 82,348 cars] [ARGM-TMP in 1988] .
- In 1986 , Baker , Nye waged a proxy fight for control of Leaseway Transportation Inc. that *T*-1 ultimately led to [ARG0 Leaseway 's] being [rel sold] *-2 .
- One person familiar with UAL said 0 the unsettled labor situation and the uncertain world-wide financial markets contributed to the board 's decision * to avoid `` [ARG0 *-1] rushing around [rel selling] [ARG1 the company] at [ARG3-at a bargain price] , '' particularly since it accepted a $ 300-a-share *U* offer just last month .
- Another trader noted that [ARG0 many arbitrage firms] are afraid *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 their UAL stock] [ARGM-MNR at the bottom] , but already own so much 0 they ca n't buy any more .
- [ARG0 Copper futures] [rel sold] off [ARGM-MNR sharply] [ARGM-TMP yesterday] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 influenced *-2 by declines in the stock market and dollar , and a rally in bonds] .
- The December contract opened just under Monday 's close , triggered some previously placed buy orders just above $ 1,030 *U* a metric ton , * pushing the price to $ 1,040 *U* , and then encountered heavy selling by [ARG0 traders] who *T*-1 buy and [rel sell] for [ARG4-for their own accounts] and by commercial interests .
- But though a weakening economy implies reduced demand , Mr. Kaiser said that [ARG0 Third World copper-producing countries] have n't any choice but * to [rel sell] [ARG1 copper] .
- In 1987 , [ARG0 KKR] for the second time piled debt onto Storer 's TV stations , *-2 [rel selling] [ARG1 them] for [ARG3-for $ 1.3 billion *U*] to [ARG2-to a new entity that *T*-1 was 45%-owned by KKR and 55%-owned by Gillett Corp. , which now *T*-3 operates the SCI TV stations] .
- Mr. Kravis apparently thinks 0 SCI TV can survive if lenders extend its debt payments until TV stations rise in value again , * allowing [ARG0 SCI TV] to [rel sell] [ARG1 assets] [ARGM-PNC *-1 to pay debt] .
- [ARG0 KKR] loaded up the cable and television company with debt in an 1985 buy-out , then [ARGM-TMP later] [rel sold] [ARG1 Storer 's cable operations] at [ARG3-at a fat profit] .
- [ARG0 Takeover speculators -- who *T*-1 have already taken a record loss estimated * at more than $ 700 million *U* on UAL --] started *-2 [rel selling] [ARG1 other stocks as well as S&P futures] [ARGM-PNC in an attempt * to hedge against a further UAL blood bath] .
- Shortly after the UAL opening , [ARG0 program traders] started *-1 [rel selling] [ARG1 stocks in the Major Market Index and S&P 500 index] .
- [ARG0 These firms] [rel sold] [ARG1 stock] [ARGM-TMP into the big morning decline] , but *-1 seeing the velocity of the market 's drop , held back on their offsetting purchases of futures until the S&P futures hit the trading limit .
- There was very slow play on the market today , [ARG0 They] were [rel selling] and buying [ARGM-MNR by halves] ; Instead of *-1 trading like Bears and Bulls , They behaved like cubs and calves .
- According to a trader at Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc. , the hardest hit junk bonds were [ARG1 those issued * by RJR Holdings Capital Corp.] , which *T*-1 are the easiest [ARG0 *] to [rel sell] .
- The private , non-profit cemetery has had trouble *-2 competing against [ARG0 its for-profit counterparts] , which *T*-1 use direct mail and other advertising *-3 to [rel sell] [ARG1 lots] .
- Texaco 's exploration and production earnings improved as a result of its streamlining of those operations as [ARG0 it] [rel sold] [ARG1 many of its marginal producing properties] [ARGM-TMP over the past 18 months] .
- Asarco Inc. , *-1 continuing its effort * to refocus its business , ended its involvement in asbestos mining in the third quarter and said 0 [ARG0 it] would stop *-2 mining and [rel selling] [ARG1 coal] [ARGM-TMP by year end] .
- [ARGM-TMP In August] , [ARG0 Asarco] , [ARGM-MNR through its Lac d'Amiante du Quebec subsidiary] , [rel sold] [ARG1 its remaining one-third interest in an asbestos mining limited partnership in Canada] for [ARG3-for $ 11.7 million *U*] .
- Asarco said 0 [ARG0 it] plans *-2 to shut down *RNR*-1 or [rel sell] [ARG1 *RNR*-1] its Rapatee coal mine and will end its involvement in southern Illinois strip mining .
- The company said that it is discussing a management-employee buy-out of the facility , but that [ARG0 it] would stop *-1 mining and [rel selling] [ARG1 coal] [ARGM-TMP at year end when existing sales contracts expire] , [ARGM-ADV regardless of the outcome of those talks] .
- The agreement marks [ARG0 Bausch & Lomb 's first venture] [rel selling] [ARG1 its eye care products] [ARGM-PNC for use by veterinarians] .
- International Minerals & Chemical Corp. said 0 [ARG0 it] agreed definitively *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 its international fragrance business] to [ARG2-to Bayer AG of West Germany] .
- [ARG0 Wellcome PLC , a major British pharmaceutical maker ,] [rel sells] [ARG1 the drug] [ARGM-MNR under the name Retrovir] .
- Sun Sportswear Inc. , initial offering of 1.7 million common shares , of which [ARG1 one million shares *T*-2] [ARGM-MOD will] be [rel sold] *-1 by [ARG0-by the company] , and the balance *T*-2 by a holder , via Salomon Brothers Inc. and Piper , Jaffray & Hopwood Inc .
- KnowledgeWare Inc. , initial offering of three million shares of its common stock , of which [ARG1 1,657,736 shares *T*-3] [ARGM-MOD will] be [rel sold] *-1 by [ARG0-by the company] and 1,342,264 *T*-3 will be sold *-2 by holders , via Montgomery Securities and Donaldson , Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corp .
- KnowledgeWare Inc. , initial offering of three million shares of its common stock , of which 1,657,736 shares *T*-3 will be sold *-1 by the company and [ARG1 1,342,264 *T*-3] [ARGM-MOD will] be [rel sold] *-2 by [ARG0-by holders] , via Montgomery Securities and Donaldson , Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corp .
- Microlog Corp. , formerly called * Old Dominion Systems Inc. , offering of 1.2 million common shares , of which [ARG1 one million *T*-2] [ARGM-MOD will] be [rel sold] *-1 by [ARG0-by the company] , and the balance *T*-2 by holders , via Hambrecht & Quist and Johnston , Lemon & Co .
- [ARGM-ADV In any case] , he added 0 *T*-1 , `` [ARG0 most institutions] [ARGM-ADV probably] [ARGM-MOD wo] [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel sell] '' [ARG1 the bonds] .
- And because British Air is issuing convertible bonds rather than ordinary shares , the share price wo n't be directly hurt *-1 by any surplus left * with underwriters after [ARG0 they] try *-2 to [rel sell] [ARG1 the issue] [ARGM-LOC in the open market] .
- However , an Olivetti spokeswoman said 0 OCN-PPL , of which [ARG0 Olivetti] [rel sold] [ARG1 the majority interest *T*-2] [ARGM-TMP last year] , `` does n't make equipment that *T*-1 has the type of precision necessary for sophisticated productions . ''
- Conasupo Director Ignacio Ovalle Fernandez said 0 [ARG0 the agency] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel sell] [ARG1 589 midsized supermarkets and several food-production plants and warehouses] [ARGM-ADV * beginning early next year] .
- Conasupo controls prices on agricultural goods and operates retail outlets where [ARG1 basic consumer items] are [rel sold] *-1 at [ARG3-at state-subsidized prices] *T*-2 .
- [ARGM-TMP In May] , [ARG0 Ramada] [rel sold] [ARG1 its Marie Callender Pie Shops Inc. unit] to [ARG2-to a group of private investors] [ARGM-ADV as part of its plan * to focus on its casinos in Atlantic City and in Las Vegas and Laughlin , Nev] .
- [ARGM-TMP Earlier this year] , [ARG0 Meredith] [rel sold] [ARG1 its first such package] for [ARG3-for $ 3 million *U*] to [ARG2-to Kraft Inc. , now a unit of New York-based Philip Morris Cos] .
- Meanwhile , American Health Partners , publisher of American Health magazine , is deep in debt , and [ARG0 Owen Lipstein , founder and managing partner ,] is being forced *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 the magazine] to [ARG2-to Reader 's Digest Association Inc] .
- [ARG0 Gerry Ritterman , president of New York-based Network Publishing Corp. ,] [ARGM-TMP earlier this year] [rel sold] [ARG1 his Soap Opera Digest magazine] to [ARG2-to Rupert Murdoch 's News Corp] .
- He adds , `` [ARG1 The notion] 0 [ARG0 they] try *-1 to [rel sell] *T*-2 is that juries do n't make decisions rationally .
- With some new rules , state officials say 0 they made it easier -- and faster -- [ARG0 *] to [rel sell] [ARG1 new franchises whose terms *T*-1 stray from those in state-registered contracts] .
- Such buyers must have a minimum net worth of $ 1 million *U* , $ 200,000 *U* annual income , or recent experience in the business area of [ARG1 the franchise] being [rel sold] * .
- He says that he knew 0 he was getting a zero-coupon CD and that he had previously invested in TIGRs -LRB- Treasury Income Growth Receipts -RRB- , a type of [ARG1 zero-coupon Treasury security] [rel sold] * by [ARG0-by Merrill Lynch] .
- Merrill Lynch now provides credit rating information about the institutions [ARG1 whose CDs] [ARG0 it] [rel sells] *T*-1 , which it did n't provide *T*-2 in 1986 .
- [ARGM-CAU Because of the tax consequences of zero-coupon investments -- income tax is payable in the year 0 interest is accrued *-1 *T*-2 , although interest is n't actually paid *-3 until maturity --] [ARG1 zero-coupon CDs] are [ARGM-TMP usually] [rel sold] [ARGM-PNC for tax-advantaged accounts] [ARGM-PNC *-4 to finance things like retirement and children 's education] .
- Instead , his Merrill broker put him in [ARG1 a zero-coupon CD] , which *T*-2 is [rel sold] *-1 at [ARG3-at a deep discount to its face value] .
- Weyerhaeuser Co. said 0 [ARG0 it] [rel sold] [ARG1 its wall-paneling business] to [ARG2-to an affiliate of one of Indonesia 's largest wood-products firms] .
- Jerell paid Ms. Garratt royalties for [ARG1 the line] known * as Multiples by Sandra Garratt , which *T*-2 are [rel sold] *-1 [ARGM-MNR primarily through department stores] .
- Disappointing earnings news from some technology companies unnerved [ARG0 investors] in the over-the-counter market , who *T*-1 [rel sold] [ARG1 shares of Apple Computer , Intel and many other computer-related concerns] .
- He said 0 he believes 0 IBM 's decision * to invest this sort of effort into a single industry showed that [ARG0 it] was getting serious about * understanding customers ' problems and was [ARGM-NEG n't] [ARGM-ADV just] [rel selling] [ARG1 technology] .
- Largely *-1 to meet tougher new capital requirements , [ARG0 thrifts] reduced their assets $ 13.4 billion *U* in August , by *-1 [rel selling] [ARG1 such assets] [ARGM-PRD as mortgage-backed securities and loans] .
- [ARG0 Thrifts] raised capital mostly by *-3 [rel selling] [ARG1 mortgages and mortgage-backed securities , which *T*-2 were reduced *-1 by $ 7.8 billion *U* in August from the prior month] .
- As [ARG0 thrifts] [rel sell] [ARG1 assets] [ARGM-PNC *-1 to improve their capital-to-asset ratio] , [ARGM-ADV as * required under the new law passed * in August] , they must also reduce liabilities , such as deposits .
- At least 10 states are resisting Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc. 's nationwide effort 0 *T*-1 to settle its legal troubles , and [ARG0 some] might instead try *-2 to revoke the firm 's license 0 * to [rel sell] [ARG1 securities] [ARGM-LOC within their borders] *T*-3 .
- [ARG0 It] [ARGM-TMP already] has [rel sold] [ARG1 its retail , or individual-investor , brokerage network] ; securities firms do n't need brokerage licenses for non-retail activities such as investment banking .
- The Oversight Board , created * in the savings-and-loan law signed * in August , sets policy for [ARG0 the RTC] , which *T*-1 [ARGM-MOD will] [rel sell] [ARG1 hundreds of the nation 's sick thrifts and billions of dollars of their assets] .
- [ARG0 Some underwriters] have been pressing for years *-1 to tap the low-margin business by *-2 [rel selling] [ARG1 some policies] [ARGM-MNR directly] to [ARG2-to consumers] .
- Lloyd 's presently sells only auto insurance directly to the public , and [ARG1 such policies] are [rel sold] *-1 [ARGM-LOC only in limited markets such as the U.K. and Canada] .
- [ARG0 Lloyd 's] [ARGM-TMP presently] [rel sells] [ARG1 only auto insurance] [ARGM-MNR directly] to [ARG2-to the public] , and such policies are sold *-1 only in limited markets such as the U.K. and Canada .
- The proposal [ARG0 *] to [rel sell] [ARGM-MNR directly] to [ARG2-to the public] remains mired in bureaucratic quicksand .
- When he arrived in the U.S. in 1969 -- the start of an eight-year tour -- *T*-1 [ARG0 he] tried *-2 [rel selling] [ARG1 Japanese yen-denominated bonds] to [ARG2-to U.S. investors] .
- `` But [ARG1 not a single piece of paper] was [rel sold] *-1 . ''
- In an interview a few months ago , he recalled how after some training at Salomon Brothers Inc. , [ARG0 he] successfully bid for the opportunity * to [rel sell] [ARG1 portions of 20 U.S. corporate bond issues] *T*-1 .
- But [ARG0 he] [ARGM-MOD could] [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel sell] [ARG1 any] .
- `` [ARG0 Japanese stock salesmen] [rel selling] [ARG1 American bonds] ?
- [ARG0 The oil refiner] also booked a $ 15 million *U* charge for *-1 [rel selling] [ARG1 Ashland Technology Corp. , one of its subsidiaries ,] at [ARG3-at a loss] .
- [ARG1 The issue] [ARGM-MOD will] be [rel sold] *-1 [ARGM-MNR through Morgan Stanley & Co] .
- `` Under this scrutiny , the first thing 0 [ARG0 you] do *T*-1 is [rel sell] [ARG1 your cyclical stocks] and the second thing 0 you do *T*-2 is sell your over-leveraged companies . ''
- `` Under this scrutiny , the first thing 0 you do *T*-1 is sell your cyclical stocks and the second thing 0 [ARG0 you] do *T*-2 is [rel sell] [ARG1 your over-leveraged companies] . ''
- Ramada gained 7\/8 to 11 1\/4 after *-2 revamping the terms of its restructuring plan , which *T*-1 calls for [ARG0 the company] to [rel sell] [ARG1 its hotel operations] for [ARG3-for $ 540 million *U*] and spin off its casino business to shareholders .
- [ARGM-LOC Among the 30 Dow industrials] , [ARG0 they] bought McDonald 's , Coca-Cola Co. and Procter & Gamble and [rel sold] [ARG1 Aluminum Co. of America] .
- Investment bankers familiar with the company said 0 [ARG0 Goodson] is seeking a new bank credit line of $ 190 million *U* and may have *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 additional newspapers] .
- David N. Hurwitz , president and chief operating officer of Goodson , said in a telephone interview that [ARG0 the company] does n't currently have any plans * to [rel sell] [ARG1 additional newspapers] .
- Both [ARG0 Saatchi & Saatchi] , which *T*-1 announced its intention * to [rel sell] off [ARG1 most of its consulting business] [ARGM-TMP in June] , and Cleveland Consulting declined *-2 to comment on the proposed sale .
- Although [ARG0 Paribas Chairman Michel Francois-Poncet] would n't rule out * [ARGM-TMP eventually] [rel selling] [ARG1 all of Navigation Mixte 's insurance operations] to [ARG2-to Allianz] , he stressed the potential *ICH*-1 for the two groups * instead to cooperate .
- At such prices , according to Mr. Savaiko , bargain hunting and short-covering -- buying back of [ARG1 contracts] [ARGM-TMP previously] [rel sold] -- by speculators is n't uncommon .
- [ARGM-TMP Today] , [ARG0 the Treasury] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel sell] [ARG1 $ 10 billion *U* of new two-year notes] .
- Tomorrow , Resolution Funding Corp. , a division of a new government agency created * * to bail out the nation 's troubled thrifts , will hold its first bond auction at which [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel sell] [ARG1 $ 4.5 billion *U* of 30-year bonds] *T*-1 .
- Part of the reason for the heavy activity in derivative markets is that underwriters are repackaging [ARG1 mortgage securities] being [rel sold] * by [ARG0-by thrifts] .
- [ARG0 Manville] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 having rid itself of asbestos] , [ARGM-TMP now] [rel sells] [ARG1 fiberglass , forest products , minerals and industrial goods] .
- We understand that [ARG0 the trust] is ultimately going *-1 to need *-2 to [rel sell] [ARG1 some of our shares] , '' he says *T*-3 .
- And he says 0 Manville has the financial flexibility 0 * to buy other companies at the best possible moment when [ARG0 other construction-related firms] are hurting and [rel selling] [ARG3 cheap] *T*-2 *T*-1 .
- But as an 80 % owner , if [ARG0 it] tried *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 much of its stock] [ARGM-LOC in the market] , it would likely depress the price of its shares .
- `` If [ARG0 they] tried *-1 to [rel sell] , they 'd be chasing their own tail .
- [ARG0 Santa Fe Pacific Corp.] is preparing a plan * to [rel sell] [ARG1 a 20 % stake in its large real estate unit] to [ARG2-to a California public employee pension fund] for [ARG3-for $ 400 million *U*] , after which it would spin off the realty operation to shareholders *T*-1 .
- [ARG1 The posters] were [rel sold] *-1 for [ARG3-for $ 1,300 to $ 6,000 *U*] , [ARGM-ADV although the government says 0 they had a value of only $ 53 to $ 200 *U* apiece] .
- It said 0 it will exercise that right only if [ARG0 it] [rel sells] [ARGM-MNR substantially] [ARG1 all of its other core businesses] .
- [ARG0 It] [ARGM-DIS also] [ARGM-MOD can] [rel sell] [ARG1 the right * to regain the subsidiary] to [ARG2-to another party] .
- In an interview , Mr. Krat said that based on criteria 0 *T*-2 yet to be determined *-3 , he expects *-4 to distribute 49 % of Royal Alliance to [ARG0 the representatives] , who *T*-1 [rel sell] [ARG1 Integrated 's insurance and mutual-fund products] .
- The Canadian dollar climbed to its highest level against the U.S. dollar since late August , * prompting [ARG0 the Bank of Canada] to [rel sell] [ARG1 the Canadian currency] [ARGM-LOC on the market] .
- `` It 's a case of [ARG0 the market] being too high 0 *T*-2 to buy and too afraid 0 *T*-3 to [rel sell] , '' a senior dealer with Kleinwort Benson Securities said *T*-1 .
- Enviropact Inc. said 0 [ARG0 it] entered into an agreement *ICH*-1 in principle * to [rel sell] [ARG1 its pump and tank division and drilling division] to [ARG2-to GSX Chemical Services] for [ARG3-for $ 4 million *U*] .
- COMMERCIAL PAPER : [ARG1 High-grade unsecured notes] [rel sold] * [ARGM-MNR through dealers] by [ARG0-by major corporations] [ARGM-MNR in multiples of $ 1,000 *U*] : 8.575 % 30 days ; 8.50 % 60 days ; 8.45 % 90 days .
- Results of the Monday , October 23 , 1989 , auction of [ARG1 short-term U.S. government bills] , [rel sold] * at [ARG3-at a discount from face value] [ARGM-MNR in units of $ 10,000 to $ 1 million *U*] : 7.52 % , 13 weeks ; 7.50 % , 26 weeks .
- [ARG0 LDI] leases and [rel sells] [ARG1 data-processing , telecommunications and other high-tech equipment] .
- [ARG1 Remaining units] [ARGM-MOD will] be [rel sold] *-1 to [ARG2-to the underwriters , Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc. and Kidder , Peabody & Co. , which *T*-2 will also purchase an over-allotment of 2.3 million additional units] .
- Some may try *-1 to revoke [ARG0 the firm 's] license * to [rel sell] [ARG1 securities] .
- [ARG0 Qintex Australia] unveiled plans * to restructure and [rel sell] [ARG1 assets] [ARGM-PNC *-1 to try *-2 to ease its financial problems] .
- [ARG0 Santa Fe Pacific] plans *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 20 % of its large real estate unit] to [ARG2-to a California pension fund] for [ARG3-for $ 400 million *U*] and spin the rest off to shareholders .
- At the first day of the House Banking Committee 's hearings last week , William Seidman , chairman of the Resolution Trust Corp. , [ARG0 the federal agency] created * * to [rel sell] [ARG1 sick thrifts] , said 0 the agency is investigating whether Lincoln made illegal political contributions .
- [ARG1 It] 's being [rel sold] *-1 [ARGM-MNR through bookstores , newsstands and some video stores] .
- International competition for [ARG1 the few Soviet goods] that *T*-2 [ARGM-MOD can] be [rel sold] *-1 [ARGM-LOC on world markets] is heating up , however .
- Cray Research Inc. said 0 [ARG0 it] [rel sold] [ARG1 one of its newest and largest computer systems , the Cray Y-MP\/832 ,] to [ARG2-to the United Kingdom Meteorological Office] .
- The system is [ARG1 the first] 0 *T*-2 to be [rel sold] *-1 [ARGM-MNR through the joint marketing agreement between Cray and Control Data Corp] .
- Generali , Italy 's biggest insurer , last month offered 5,500 lire a share for the Nuovo Banco stake held * by [ARG0 Banco Popolare di Milano , the bank 's largest shareholder ,] which *T*-1 announced plans * to [rel sell] [ARG1 the holdings] earlier this year .
- [ARG0 Qintex Australia Ltd. , a media and resorts concern controlled * by Australian entrepreneur Christopher Skase ,] announced a plan * to restructure and [rel sell] [ARG1 assets] [ARGM-PNC *-1 to try *-2 to ease its financial problems] .
- Mr. Skase , a 41-year-old former newspaper reporter who *T*-1 chairs the company , said in a statement that [ARG0 Qintex] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel sell] [ARG1 its 51 % stake in its upscale Mirage resorts in Australia and Hawaii as well as three Australian television stations] .
- [ARGM-TMP In March] , [ARG0 Qintex] [rel sold] [ARG1 49 % of the three Mirage resorts] to [ARG2-to Japan 's Nippon Shinpan Co. and Mitsui & Co.] for [ARG3-for A$ 433 million *U*] .
- Analysts predicted that the move would further shake creditor confidence in Qintex Australia and force [ARG0 it] to [rel sell] [ARG1 assets] .
- He said 0 Tandy `` has done a decent job '' *-2 increasing sales by *-3 manufacturing computers for others and expanding sales of [ARG0 its Grid Systems Corp. subsidiary] , which *T*-1 [rel sells] [ARG1 computers] to [ARG2-to bigger businesses] , but `` it 's not enough 0 *T*-4 to offset the problems at Radio Shack . ''
- At that point , the junk market went into a tailspin as buyers disappeared and [ARG0 investors] tried *-1 to [rel sell] .
- What *T*-2 has jolted many junk buyers is the sudden realization that [ARG1 junk bonds] [ARGM-MOD can] [ARGM-NEG not] [ARGM-ADV necessarily] be bought and [rel sold] *-1 [ARGM-MNR with the ease of common stocks and many investment-grade bonds] .
- He said 0 [ARG0 Drexel -- the leading underwriter of high-risk junk bonds --] could no longer afford *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 any junk offerings] [ARGM-ADV if they might later become troubled] because Drexel risked *-2 losing its highly lucrative junk franchise .
- [ARG0 Investors] , [ARGM-ADV *-2 trying *-1 to raise cash] , have [rel sold] [ARG1 `` large liquid issues '' such as RJR Holdings Corp. and Kroger Co.] ; declines in these benchmark issues have contributed to the market 's distress .
- The big insurer , unlike Prudential , owns only about $ 150 million *U* of [ARGM-MNR publicly] [rel sold] [ARG1 junk] bonds .
- One indication of a growing number of junk defaults , Mr. Asquith says 0 *T*-3 , is that about half of the $ 3 billion *U* of corporate bonds outstanding that *T*-2 have been lowered *-1 to a default rating by S&P this year are [ARG1 junk bonds] [rel sold] * [ARGM-TMP during the market 's big issue years of 1984 through 1986] .
- [ARGM-TMP During the past three weeks] , [ARGM-DIS for example] , [ARG0 Drexel] has [rel sold] [ARG1 $ 1.3 billion *U* of new junk bonds for Turner Broadcasting Co. , Uniroyal Chemical , Continental Air and Duff & Phelps] .
- `` Why [ARG0 we] [ARGM-ADV even] [ARGM-TMP just] [rel sold] [ARG1 a three-bedroom house in Van Nuys] and were able *-1 to keep the price firm in a weak real-estate market by *-2 noting that the original Lone Ranger lived there , '' says *T*-3 David Rambo , a sales associate with Jon Douglas Co. , a Los Angeles real-estate agency .
- The number of makes has mushroomed because the U.S. is the world 's biggest and richest market for automobiles ; [ARG0 virtually every auto maker] wants *-1 to [rel sell] [ARGM-LOC here] .
- [ARG0 GM] launched the Geo marque *ICH*-2 this year 0 *T*-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 cars made * in partnership with foreign auto makers] , and next year GM 's long-awaited Saturn cars will make their debut .
- [ARG0 Ford Motor Co.] created the Merkur nameplate *ICH*-2 in 1985 0 *T*-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 its German-made touring sedans] [ARGM-LOC in the U.S.] .
- GM 's Cadillac division , *-1 ignoring Detroit 's long-held maxim that [ARG1 safety] does [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel sell] , is airing television commercials touting its cars ' safety features .
- GM 's Pontiac division is offering a turbo-charged V-6 engine on its Grand Prix model , even though [ARG0 it] expects *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 only about 4,000 cars equipped * with that option] .
- Police suspect that [ARG0 the criminals , who *T*-1 dig up the plants in the dead of night ,] are [rel selling] [ARG1 them] to [ARG2-to nurseries or landscapers] .
- The most controversial of these is stock-index arbitrage , in which [ARG0 traders] buy or [rel sell] [ARG1 baskets of stocks] and offset the position with an opposite trade in stock-index futures 0 *T*-2 to lock in profits *T*-1 .
- The group said 0 [ARG0 it] [rel sold] [ARG1 455,410 Southmark common shares] [ARGM-TMP from Sept. 5 to Oct. 5] for [ARG3-for 18.75 cents to 25 cents a share] .
- Then , in 1988 , a proposal * to keep better track of income by [ARG0 *] [rel selling] [ARG1 prepaid cards for pachinko] was fielded *-1 in parliament .
- [ARG1 Maidenform products] are [ARGM-ADV mainly] [rel sold] [ARGM-LOC at department stores] , but the company has quietly opened a retail store of its own in Omaha , Neb. , and has 24 factory outlets , with plans * to add more .
- [ARG0 The company] [rel sells] [ARG1 image] .
- [ARG0 Mr. Icahn , who *T*-1 played a key role in the settlement and attempted subsequently *-2 to take control of the company ,] [rel sold] [ARG1 his stake in Texaco] [ARGM-TMP just last summer] .
- [ARG0 Texaco] has also been attempting *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 oil properties] .
- [ARG1 Not all of those parcels] have [ARGM-TMP yet] been [rel sold] *-1 .
- A `` syndicate '' of shareholders holds just under 50 % of AG , Mr. Lippens said 0 *T*-1 , and members have agreed *-2 to give one another the right of first refusal [ARGM-MOD should] [ARG0 they] [rel sell] [ARG1 any AG shares] .
- The New York Stock Exchange said 0 [ARG1 a seat] was [rel sold] *-1 for [ARG3-for $ 500,000 *U*] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 unchanged from the sale Thursday] .
- [ARG0 He] quickly cut the team 's bloated administrative staff by half , shut down a Cowboys-owned dance academy and , in July , announced plans * to [rel sell] [ARG1 Valley Ranch , the team 's 30-acre practice camp and the most lavish training facility in the NFL] .
- When [ARG0 he] [rel sells] [ARG1 it] *T*-1 , he says , the Cowboys will move to a more practical -- * read affordable -- grass practice field near Texas Stadium .
- [ARG0 Mr. Jones] has also beefed up his marketing staff * to [rel sell] [ARG1 the 118 luxury suites topping Texas Stadium] -LRB- his deal with Bum Bright included operating rights for the stadium -RRB- .
- The sales job seems *-2 to be paying off : When he bought the team *T*-3 , [ARG1 only six of the suites] had been [rel sold] *-1 .
- [ARG0 New York , one of the nation 's largest issuers of tax-exempt bonds ,] [rel sold] [ARG1 $ 750 million *U* of municipal bonds] [ARGM-TMP just a few weeks ago] .
- Although many investors were aware that a bond offering was being scheduled *-1 , many expected [ARG1 a much smaller amount of bonds] to be [rel sold] *-3 .
- *-2 Concerned by dipping demand for its traditional products , it is moving not only into blonde cigarettes , but also into [ARG1 electronic car-parking payment cards] 0 * to be [rel sold] *-1 [ARGM-LOC in neighborhood tobacco stores] .
- [ARG0 It] wanted *-1 to buy RJR Nabisco Inc. 's French cracker subsidiary , Belin , in hopes of *-1 [rel selling] [ARG1 its products] [ARGM-LOC in tobacco stores] , but lost the bidding to food group BSN SA .
- And it retains an interest in * acquiring [ARG1 candies and other articles] that *T*-2 [ARGM-MOD might] be [rel sold] *-1 [ARGM-LOC in tobacco shops] .
- Through a separate agreement between Peter Dauchy , president , and a group of [rel selling] [ARG0 shareholders] , the company said 0 *T*-1 , Mr. Dauchy will on Oct. 30 buy 231,405 shares from the group , * boosting his stake to about 717,000 shares , or 50.7 % of the total after the buy-back .
- OPEC 's ability * to produce more petroleum than [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD can] [rel sell] is beginning *-1 to cast a shadow over world oil markets .
- COMMERCIAL PAPER : [ARG1 High-grade unsecured notes] [rel sold] * [ARGM-MNR through dealers] by [ARG0-by major corporations] [ARGM-MNR in multiples of $ 1,000 *U*] : 8.55 % 30 days ; 8.45 % 60 days ; 8.40 % 90 days .
- TREASURY BILLS : Results of the Monday , October 16 , 1989 , auction of [ARG1 short-term U.S. government bills] , [rel sold] * at [ARG3-at a discount from face value] [ARGM-MNR in units of $ 10,000 to $ 1 million *U*] : 7.37 % 13 weeks ; 7.42 % 26 weeks .
- Options give [ARG0 a holder] the right *RNR*-1 , but not the obligation *RNR*-1 , * to buy or [rel sell] [ARG1 a security] at [ARG3-at a set price] [ARGM-TMP within a set period of time] .
- That 's an important distinction because some analysts and brokers , who *T*-1 perennially predict that small stocks are about *-2 to outperform bigger issues , may use any spurt in growth issues *-3 to help [ARG0 them] [rel sell] [ARG1 all small stocks] .
- Also , [ARG1 the smaller growth stocks] are n't widely traded , and so are harder 0 [ARG0 *] to buy and [rel sell] *T*-1 [ARGM-MNR quickly] than blue chips .
- [ARGM-ADV *-3 Rated * single-B-2 by Moody 's Investors Service Inc. and single-B-minus by Standard & Poor 's Corp.] , [ARG1 the issue] [ARGM-MOD will] be [rel sold] *-3 [ARGM-MNR through underwriters led * by Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corp] .
- Other lenders have been recovering only 50 cents to 60 cents on the dollar on foreclosed Arizona property , if [ARG0 they] [ARGM-MOD can] [rel sell] [ARG1 it] [ARGM-ADV at all] .
- Now , annual population growth is running at about 2 % a year , [ARG1 some desert tracts bought three years ago for $ 90,000 *U* an acre] are being [rel sold] *-1 at [ARG3-at $ 25,000 *U* an acre] and Phoenix has a seven-year supply of unoccupied office space .
- Since its inception , [ARG0 Conner] has both benefited from *RNR*-1 and helped *-3 make possible *RNR*-1 the rapid spread of portable computers by *-3 [rel selling] [ARG1 storage devices that *T*-2 consume five to 10 times less electricity than drives used * in desktop machines] .
- Now [ARG0 Bond Corp.] has agreed *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 at least half its Australian brewing assets] .
- [ARG0 It] has [rel sold] [ARG1 billions of dollars of other assets] and has more on the block .
- [ARG0 One Washington couple] [ARGM-TMP recently] [rel sold] [ARG1 their liquor store] [ARGM-TMP after 34 years in business that *T*-1 included four robbery deaths and 16 robberies or burglaries on the premises] .
- [ARG0 The fund 's] strategy is * to [rel sell] [ARGM-TMP when a stock appreciates 30 % over its cost *T*-1] .
- [ARG0 Bloomingdale 's] plans *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 a foot-tall chocolate model of the center] [ARGM-TMP during the holidays] .
- And now he 's busily trying *-1 to explain an arrangement in which [ARG0 he] [rel sold] [ARG1 stock in Inner City Broadcasting Co. , headed * by his old friend and patron , Percy Sutton ,] to [ARG2-to his son , David Dinkins Jr. ,] for [ARG3-for $ 58,000 *U*] *T*-2 .
- He says 0 [ARG0 he] [rel sold] [ARG1 the stock] [ARGM-PNC *-1 to avoid conflict-of-interest problems in his role as a voting member of the city 's Board of Estimate] .
- The British defense electronics group has said 0 [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel sell] [ARG1 # 100 million *U* in assets] and may seek a merger *-1 to strengthen itself in the wake of its troubles .
- [ARG0 TVA] , [ARGM-ADV in its first public debt offering in 15 years] , [rel sold] [ARG1 $ 4 billion *U* of long-term and intermediate-term securities] [ARGM-TMP last week] .
- [ARGM-TMP Today] , [ARG0 the Treasury Department] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel sell] [ARG1 $ 15.6 billion *U* of three-month and six-month bills] [ARGM-TMP at the regular weekly auction] .
- [ARGM-TMP Tomorrow] , [ARG0 the Treasury] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel sell] [ARG1 $ 10 billion *U* of two-year notes] .
- Resolution Funding Corp. , known * as Refcorp , a division of a new government agency created * to bail out the nation 's troubled savings and loan associations , will hold its first bond auction Wednesday , when [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel sell] [ARG1 $ 4.5 billion *U* of 30-year bonds] *T*-1 .
- That total was below [ARG3-for the $ 140 million *U*] 0 the auction house estimated 0 [ARG1 the collection] [ARGM-MOD might] [rel sell] for *T*-2 , but was enough * to ensure that an unprecedented financial arrangement 0 Sotheby 's had made *T*-1 with the Dorrance family proved profitable to the auction house .
- Sotheby 's provided the Dorrance family a guarantee of at least $ 100 million *U* , and as much as $ 120 million *U* , *-4 to obtain the collection , people familiar with the transaction said 0 *T*-3 , thus * taking a greater than usual financial interest in [ARG1 the property] 0 *T*-2 to be [rel sold] *-1 .
- In addition , [ARG1 a handful of paintings from the Dorrance collection] remain *-2 to be [rel sold] *-1 [ARGM-LOC at Sotheby 's annual old masters paintings auction] [ARGM-TMP in January] .
- The settlement stems from charges that [ARG0 Better Book , now defunct ,] made misrepresentations in * [rel selling] [ARG1 advertising for the directories and memberships in the bureau] [ARGM-TMP from 1984 to 1986] .
- But the unit 's third segment , wildlife traps , is suffering from a `` depressed market , '' and [ARG0 Ekco] is seeking *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 that segment] , he said 0 *T*-2 .
- -LRB- Prior to *-1 acquiring the housewares business , the company was known *-1 as Centronics Corp. ; Centronics had been a maker of computer printers , but [ARG0 Mr. Stein and other officers] decided *-2 to [rel sell] [ARG1 that business] [ARGM-TMP after Japanese competitors grabbed a dominant share of the market] . -RRB-
- The year-earlier periods do n't reflect results of the company 's Woodstream Corp. unit , acquired * last January , but include [ARG1 some Canadian operations] that *T*-2 were [rel sold] *-1 [ARGM-TMP at the end of 1988] .
- For example , Nissho Iwai Corp. , one of the biggest Japanese trading houses , now buys almost twice as many goods from China as [ARG0 it] [rel sells] to [ARG2-to that country] .
- Givaudan Far East Ltd. , [ARG0 a Swiss concern] that *T*-1 [rel sells] [ARG1 chemicals] to [ARG2-to shampoo and soap factories in China] , typifies the problems .
- [ARG0 We] are [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel selling] [ARG1 bonds] [ARGM-TMP right now] , and I do n't think 0 it will affect the value of our existing bonds . ''
- [ARG0 General Electric Co.] [ARGM-TMP recently] [rel sold] off [ARG1 its interests in liquid-crystal displays] to [ARG2-to Thompson-CSF of France] .
- And they want the U.S. to help [ARG0 them] [rel sell] [ARGM-LOC overseas] .
- Planar President James Hurd says 0 [ARG0 he] has *-1 to pay tariffs as high as 15 % *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 his display panels] [ARGM-LOC in Japan and South Korea] , while panels from those countries enter the U.S. duty-free .
- Vision Banc was placed *-1 in government conservatorship in March , and it operates under the control of the Resolution Trust Corp. , [ARG0 the agency] created * to [rel sell] or liquidate [ARG1 insolvent thrifts] .
- James Wright , chief investment officer for Banc One Asset Management , says , `` [ARG0 We] 've been [rel selling] [ARG1 a disproportionate share of cyclical companies] and buying a disproportionate share of high earnings stocks . ''
- But [ARG0 block trading desks and money managers] made a concerted effort * to meet the imbalances with [ARG1 stock] 0 * to [rel sell] *T*-1 , one trader said 0 *T*-2 .
- [ARG0 Resolution Funding Corp.] 0 *T*-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 $ 4.5 billion *U* 30-year bonds] .
- The debt will include [ARG1 medium-term notes] [rel sold] * [ARGM-MNR through Merrill Lynch Capital Markets ; Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc. ; Goldman , Sachs & Co. and Salomon Brothers Inc] .
- In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission , the group said 0 [ARG0 it] [rel sold] [ARG1 1,325,900 Anacomp common shares] [ARGM-TMP from Aug. 31 to last Wednesday] for [ARG3-for $ 4.48 *U* to $ 5.84 *U* a share] , [ARGM-ADV * resulting in a drop in its holdings to 1,351,662 shares] .
- Home Beneficial Corp. , Richmond , Va. , said 0 [ARG0 it] contracted *-2 to [rel sell] [ARG1 its 50 % interest in a Richmond-area shopping mall] to [ARG2-to a buyer that *T*-1 was n't identified *-3] .
- [ARG1 Airline stocks] [ARGM-TMP typically] [rel sell] at [ARG3-at a discount of about one-third to the stock market 's price-earnings ratio -- which *T*-1 is currently about 13 times earnings] .
- Convex makes [ARG1 supercomputers] that *T*-1 [rel sell] for [ARG3-for up to $ 2 million *U*] and has an installed base of more than 550 systems and 340 customers world-wide .
- Despite Saatchi 's firm stand against * selling its ad units , U.S. analysts believe 0 [ARG0 the company] [ARGM-MOD may] [ARGM-TMP ultimately] [rel sell] [ARG1 some of the smaller units] .
- Despite [ARG0 Saatchi 's] firm stand against * [rel selling] [ARG1 its ad units] , U.S. analysts believe 0 the company may ultimately sell some of the smaller units .
- Mr. Louis-Dreyfus , in a recent interview , said 0 [ARG0 he] [ARGM-MOD might] [rel sell] `` [ARG1 a marginal agency or office] . ''
- He added , `` [ARG0 We] have no intention of *-1 [rel selling] [ARG1 either business] . ''
- But the foundation bylaws require [ARG1 the entire Trelleborg stake] to be [rel sold] *-2 [ARGM-LOC in the open market] [ARGM-ADV if control drops below 50 %] .
- That growth is the result of Mr. Andersson 's shopping spree , during which [ARG0 he] has bought and [rel sold] [ARG1 more than 100 companies] [ARGM-TMP during the past five years] *T*-1 .
- [ARG0 Lotus Development Corp.] is in talks *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 its Signal stock-quote service] to [ARG2-to Infotechnology Inc. , the New York parent of Financial News Network] , people familiar with the negotiations said 0 *T*-2 .
- The Asset Privatization Trust , [ARG0 the agency] chiefly responsible for * [rel selling] [ARG1 government-held properties] , has recorded sales of more than $ 500 million *U* since it began *-1 functioning in December 1986 .
- October 's troubles began when [ARG0 the trust] failed *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 a state-owned commercial bank , Associated Bank ,] for [ARG3-for the minimum price of 671 million pesos -LRB- $ 31 million *U* -RRB-] *T*-2 .
- Bankers say , however , that [ARG0 the government] may have difficulty *-1 [rel selling] [ARG1 the institution] [ARGM-MNR even without a floor price] .
- Separately , [ARG0 the government] will try again within a month *-2 to [rel sell] [ARG1 the 36 % stake in Paper Industries Corp. of the Philippines , or Picop , as the paper mill is known *-1] .
- As it stands now , the government would continue *-2 to hold 45 % of Picop after [ARG1 the 36 % stake] is [rel sold] *-1 .
- `` It *EXP*-1 's getting harder [ARG0 *] to [rel sell] , '' he mutters *T*-2 as he leaves the room .
- In October 1987 , President Corazon Aquino vowed that [ARG0 her government] would `` get out of business '' by *-1 [rel selling] [ARG1 all or part of the state 's holdings in the many companies taken * over by the government during the 20-year rule of Ferdinand Marcos] .
- [ARG0 The board] could eventually come under some pressure * to [rel sell] [ARG1 the company] because its members can be ousted *-1 by a majority shareholder vote , particularly since one-third of UAL stock is held *-2 by takeover stock speculators who *T*-3 favor a sale .
- [ARG0 Alusuisse of America Inc.] plans *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 its Consolidated Aluminum Corp. subsidiary] [ARGM-ADV as part of its strategy * to focus more on aluminum packaging in the U.S.] .
- In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission , Mr. Terra said 0 [ARG0 he] [rel sold] [ARG1 263,684 First Illinois common shares] [ARGM-TMP from Aug. 9 to Aug. 28] for [ARG3-for $ 9.9375 to $ 10.5625 *U* a share] .
- Mr. Terra said in the filing that [ARG0 he] [rel sold] [ARG1 the stock] [ARGM-PNC *-1 to decrease his position in the Evanston , Ill. , banking concern] .
- [ARG0 He] [ARGM-MOD may] [rel sell] [ARG1 more shares] [ARGM-LOC in the open market or in private transactions] , but would n't rule out *-2 changing his intentions and buying shares , the filing said 0 *T*-1 .
- OPEC 's ability * to produce more oil than [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD can] [rel sell] is starting *-1 to cast a shadow over world oil markets .
- [ARG1 New York City bonds] were [rel sold] *-1 off by [ARG0-by many investors] [ARGM-TMP last week] [ARGM-LOC amid political and economic uncertainty] .
- [ARG0 Cordis] [rel sold] [ARG1 its pacemaker operations] [ARGM-TMP two years ago] to [ARG2-to Telectronics Holding Ltd. of Australia] .
- In the 1988 quarter , [ARG0 many farmers] were forced *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 their cattle] to [ARG2-to feedlot operators] because the drought dried out the pasture on their ranches .
- Hewlett-Packard said 0 [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel sell] [ARG1 versions *ICH*-2] [ARGM-TMP later next year] that *T*-1 run on Sun Microsystems Inc. and Digital Equipment Corp. machines .
- [ARG0 CalMat] said 0 the sale is part of its previously announced plan * to [rel sell] [ARG1 much of its real estate holdings] [ARGM-PNC *-1 to focus on its core business of * mining and producing asphalt , concrete , rock and sand] .
- However , the thought of [ARG0 a living player] [rel selling] [ARG1 his checks] rubs some people the wrong way .
- `` Maybe I 'm a little stuffy , but [ARG0 I] [ARGM-MOD would] [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel sell] [ARG1 them] , '' sniffs *T*-1 Bob Machon , owner of Papa 's Sports Cards in Menlo Park , Calif .
- [ARG0 Mr. Jackson , who *T*-1 won the nickname `` Mr. October '' for his World Series exploits ,] is [rel selling] [ARG1 some of his canceled checks] to [ARG2-to autograph collectors] [ARGM-MNR through a dealer] for [ARG3-for as much as $ 500 *U* each] .
- [ARGM-TMP For years] , [ARG1 the canceled checks of a small number of well-known baseball players] have been bought and [rel sold] *-1 .
- For example , if wheat is being offered *-2 at $ 4.065 *U* and bid *-2 at $ 4.060 *U* , a market order * to buy would be filled *-1 at the higher price and a market order [ARG0 *] to [rel sell] at [ARG3-at the lower price] .
- You just call your broker and say `` [ARG0 *] buy '' or `` [rel sell] . ''
- Investors do this by *-4 specifying [ARG3 a minimum price] at which [ARG1 the investment] [ARGM-MOD may] be [rel sold] *-1 *T*-5 or the maximum price that *T*-3 may be paid *-2 for it .
- * Suppose 0 [ARG0 an investor] wants *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 a stock] , [ARGM-ADV but not for less than $ 55 *U*] .
- A limit order [ARG0 *] to [rel sell] could be entered *-1 at that price .
- Stop Order : Stop orders tell [ARG0 a floor broker] *-1 to buy or [rel sell] [ARG1 an investment] [ARGM-TMP once the price reaches a certain level] .
- It instructs [ARG0 a broker] *-1 to buy or [rel sell] [ARG1 an investment] at [ARG3-at the specified price or better] .
- But if [ARG1 the investment] [ARGM-MOD ca] [ARGM-NEG n't] be bought or [rel sold] *-1 [ARGM-TMP immediately] , the order is automatically canceled *-2 .
- It is a market order that *T*-1 allows [ARG0 floor brokers] to take [ARGM-TMP more time] 0 * to buy or [rel sell] [ARG1 an investment] *T*-2 , if they think 0 they can get a better price by waiting .
- With a market order , an investor tells [ARG0 a broker] *-1 to buy or [rel sell] `` at [ARG3-at the market] . ''
- Even the minority of them who *T*-1 must register with the Securities and Exchange Commission as `` investment advisers '' -- people who *T*-2 are in the business of * counseling others on the buying and [rel selling] of [ARG1-of securities] specifically -- have been enough * to swamp the agency 's capacity .
- *-1 Belatedly aware of public concern , [ARG0 lawmakers and financial middlemen] are working overtime *-1 to create and [rel sell] [ARG1 college savings and investment schemes] .
- Most of the mailers are free , but [ARG0 Denver-based Financial Programs] [rel sells] , for [ARG3-for $ 15 *U*] , [ARG1 a version customized * to the age of the child and the college of choice] .
- In June , [ARG0 Virginia] [rel-TMP [rel sold] [ARG1 bonds for $ 268.98 *U* that *T*-1 will pay $ 1,000 *U* in 2009] ] .
- That wo n't matter if they are held *-1 to maturity , but if , for any reason , [ARG0 the parents] need *-2 to [rel sell] [ARG1 them] [ARGM-TMP before then] , there could be a severe loss of principal .
- [ARG0 He] [rel sold] [ARG1 quarter-inch fingerlings 0 *T*-2 to stock other farmers ' ponds] , and he bought back one-pound-or-so food-fish that he `` live-hauled '' *T*-1 to market along with his own whiskery crop .
- [ARGM-DIS And] [ARG0 he] [ARGM-TMP nearly always] bought and [rel sold] for [ARG3-for cash] .
- The targeted audit groups include direct sellers -- [ARG0 people] who *T*-1 [rel sell] [ARG1 cosmetics , housewares and other items] [ARGM-MNR door to door or at home parties] -- and employers who *T*-2 label workers as independent contractors instead of employees , *-3 to avoid the employer share of payroll taxes .
- Other projects look for offenders among waiters who *T*-1 get cash tips , people who *T*-2 engage in large cash transactions , and people whose returns *T*-3 show 0 [ARG0 they] [rel sold] [ARG1 a home] for [ARG3-for a profit] [ARGM-MNR without *-4 reinvesting the capital gain in another home by the end of the same year] ; the gain must be rolled *-5 over within two years * to defer tax .
- [ARGM-TMP Between 1978 and 1987] , [ARGM-DIS for instance] , [ARG0 SH Oil in Winter Haven , Fla. ,] [rel sold] [ARG1 interests in oil wells] to [ARG2-to a very select group of local residents] , [ARGM-ADV while *-1 turning away numerous other eager investors] .
- [ARG1 Two seats on the Big Board] were [rel sold] *-1 [ARGM-TMP yesterday] for [ARG3-for $ 455,000 *U* , and then $ 500,000 *U*] .
- The previous sale was $ 436,000 *U* on Oct. 17 ; the last time 0 prices were that low *T*-1 was November 1985 , when [ARG1 a seat] [rel sold] for [ARG3-for $ 425,000 *U*] *T*-2 .
- This is worth remembering when [ARG0 insurers and their salesmen] try *-2 to [rel sell] [ARG2 you] [ARG1 permanent insurance , the kind that *T*-1 amasses cash value] *T*-3 .
- That 's because you have *-1 to pay for the insurance portion of the policy and the effort required * [ARG0 *] to [rel sell] and service [ARG1 the whole package] .
- [ARG0 Insureres] [rel selling] [ARG1 these policies] market them directly to the public or otherwise do n't use commissioned salesmen ; there is still a load -- annual administrative fees and initial `` setup '' charges -- but I figure that the lack of commission and of `` surrender fees '' for * dropping the policy early still saves me a lot .
- He said 0 [ARG0 Rorer] opted *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 Asilone and Thrombinar] [ARGM-PNC *-2 to raise revenue that *T*-3 would `` kick start '' its increased marketing efforts behind Maalox , still its top-selling product with about $ 215 million *U* in world-wide sales in 1988] .
- [ARG1 Asilone , an antacid ,] was [rel sold] *-1 to [ARG2-to Boots PLC , London] .
- [ARG1 Thrombinar , a drug used * *-2 to stanch bleeding ,] was [rel sold] *-1 to [ARG2-to Jones Medical Industries Inc. , St. Louis] .
- He said 0 [ARG0 Rorer] [rel sold] [ARG1 the drugs] for `` [ARG3-for nice prices] '' and will record a combined , pretax gain on the sales of $ 20 million *U* .
- But Mr. Rosen responds : `` [ARG1 Whatever people want *-1 to buy *T*-2] , [ARG0 I] [ARGM-MOD 'll] [rel sell] *T*-3 .
- In an apparent warning to [ARG0 currency traders] who *T*-1 have [ARGM-TMP lately] been [rel selling] [ARG1 the British currency] , he stated that the exchange rates will have a `` major role in the assessment of monetary conditions . ''
- [ARG0 Olivetti] also plans *-2 to [rel sell] [ARG1 the CP486 computer] [ARGM-LOC in the U.S.] [ARGM-TMP starting next year] [ARGM-ADV through Olivetti USA and through its ISC\/Bunker Ramo unit , which *T*-1 specializes in *-3 automating bank-branch networks] .
- [ARGM-DIS Moreover] , [ARG0 companies] have [rel sold] off [ARG1 many of their smaller , less-profitable hospitals] and have completed painful restructurings .
- [ARG0 Colgate] [rel sold] [ARG1 its hospital supply and home health care business] [ARGM-TMP last year] .
- When it comes to [ARG0 *] buying and [rel selling] [ARG1 shares] *T*-1 , Westridge Capital Management Inc. takes a back seat to no one .
- The firm sometimes buys S&P 500 futures when [ARG1 they] are [rel selling] at [ARG3-at a discount to the actual stocks] *T*-1 , and will switch back and forth between stocks and stock-index futures *-2 to take advantages of any momentary price discrepencies .
- [ARG0 Traders] who *T*-1 [rel sell] [ARG3 short] borrow stock and sell it , *-2 betting that the stock 's price will decline and that they can buy the shares back later at a lower price for return to the lender .
- [ARG0 Traders who *T*-1 sell short] borrow stock and [rel sell] [ARG1 it] , [ARGM-ADV *-2 betting that the stock 's price will decline and that they can buy the shares back later at a lower price for return to the lender] .
- [ARGM-TMP By 1982] , [ARG0 he] was [rel selling] [ARG1 thousands of tires] .
- [ARG0 He and his family] kept afloat by *-1 repairing bicycles , [rel selling] [ARG1 fruit] and doing odd jobs .
- A subsidiary company processes commodities into [ARG1 foods] such as instant noodles that *T*-2 are [rel sold] *-1 [ARGM-MNR with the rice] [ARGM-MNR through a vast retail network] .
- Society Corp. already has branches in the area , and [ARG0 *] [rel selling] [ARG1 the Trustcorp offices] could avoid a problem with regulators over excessive concentration of banking in the two counties after the merger of Trustcorp into Society , according to industry sources .
- But in these crunch times for the ski industry , [ARG0 some resorts , such as the Angel Fire , Red River and Taos ski areas in New Mexico ,] have even started *-1 shuttle-busing skiers to each other 's slopes and next year plan *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 tickets good for all local lifts] .
- The only frenzy 0 I saw *T*-3 was commercial : [ARG0 Booths] [rel selling] [ARG1 World Series commemorative stamps and dated postmarks] were besieged *-1 by fledgling speculators who *T*-2 saw future profit in the items .
- For more than a decade , banks have been pressing [ARG0 Congress and banking regulators] for expanded powers * to act like securities firms in *-2 playing Wall Street 's lucrative takeover game , from * giving mergers advice all the way to * [rel selling] and trading [ARG1 high-yield junk bonds] .
- Market makers buy [ARG1 what] [ARG0 investors] wish *-2 to [rel sell] *T*-1 ; their business is reselling these unwanted positions as quickly as possible to other investors , and at a profit .
- As a result , while [ARG0 any one customer] may purchase immediacy by *-2 [rel selling] to [ARG2-to a market maker] -LRB- which *T*-1 is micro-liquidity for the investor -RRB- , the market as a whole remains in the same circumstances 0 it was *T*-3 before the transaction : The unwanted position is still an unwanted position ; only the identity of the seller has changed .
- [ARGM-DIS For example] , Mr. Arbel says 0 *T*-1 , [ARG1 stocks of small companies] are [rel selling] for [ARG3-for about 19 times cash flow] .
- And it 's way above [ARG3-for the ratio] -LRB- 7.5 times cash flow -RRB- that [ARG1 bigger companies] are [rel selling] for *T*-1 .
- Portfolio managers say 0 [ARG0 sweeteners like equity kickers and stricter protective covenants] may increasingly be required *-1 * to [rel sell] [ARG1 junk-bond deals] .
- But there were also rumors *ICH*-1 yesterday that [ARG0 several Japanese institutional investors] were shifting their portfolios and buying long-term bonds while *-2 [rel selling] [ARG1 shorter-term Treasurys] .
- [ARGM-TMP Meanwhile] , [ARG0 the Treasury] [rel sold] [ARG1 $ 9.75 billion *U* of 52-week bills] [ARGM-TMP yesterday] .
- Some analysts said 0 the restructuring of the railroad concern 's issue shows how tough it *EXP*-2 is *T*-1 for [ARG0 underwriters] to [rel sell] [ARGM-ADV even] [ARG1 the junk bonds of a company considered * to be a relatively good credit risk] .
- The exclusion would apply to [ARG1 assets] [rel sold] * [ARGM-TMP after Oct. 1] .
- [ARG0 Westmoreland] 's strategy is * to retain and expand its core business of * mining and [rel selling] [ARG1 low-sulphur coal] [ARGM-LOC in the Appalachia region] .
- [ARG1 Marginal operations and assets] have been [rel sold] *-1 .
- [ARG0 Chase Manhattan Corp.] , after *-1 trying unsuccessfully *-2 to [rel sell] [ARG1 its interest in its lower Manhattan operations building] , has exercised its option * to purchase the 50-story office tower .
- As part of its decision * to leave the building , [ARG0 Chase] tried *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 its interest , along with the Atlas estate 's interest] , shortly after the October 1987 stock market crash .
- He said 0 [ARG0 Chase and the Atlas estate] were looking *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 the entire building] for [ARG3-for $ 400 million to $ 475 million *U*] , but did n't get an offer for more than $ 375 million *U* .
- Customers hear a lot of this stuff from [ARG0 people] who *T*-1 try *-2 to [rel sell] [ARG2 them] [ARG1 stock] .
- Such titles are designed *-1 to convey a sense of dignified , broad-scale competence and expertise in [ARG0 *] [rel selling] [ARG1 today 's myriad financial products] .
- [ARG1 They] are [ARGM-TMP still] being [rel sold] *-1 , but more and more often as `` direct investments '' -- with all the same risks 0 they had *T*-2 under the old label .
- In recent years , though , a passel of others flying the no-load flag have been imposing hefty charges -- all the way up to 6 % -- when [ARG0 an investor] [rel sells] [ARG1 his shares] *T*-1 .
- Larry Biehl , a money manager in San Mateo , Calif. , blames that on the advent of program trading , in which [ARG0 computers used * by big institutional investors] are programmed *-2 to buy and [rel sell] [ARG1 big blocks] [ARGM-TMP when certain market conditions prevail *T*-3] *T*-1 .
- [ARGM-TMP Last May] , [ARG0 he] [rel sold] [ARG1 his 24 % stake in Barris] to [ARG2-to a passive Australian investor] and Barris was renamed *-1 Guber Peters Entertainment Co .
- The concept may be simple : [ARG0 *] Take a bunch of loans , tie them up in one neat package , and [rel sell] [ARG1 pieces of the package] to [ARG2-to investors] .
- [ARG0 They] have [rel sold] [ARG1 issues backed * by car loans , boat loans and recreational-vehicle loans] .
- [ARG1 Most issues] have been [rel sold] *-1 to [ARG2-to professional money managers , pension funds , bank trust departments and other institutions] .
- The entry fee is affordable : [ARG1 Issues] [ARGM-TMP typically] are [rel sold] *-1 [ARGM-MNR in minimum denominations of $ 1,000 *U*] .
- The process typically begins when [ARG0 an institution , such as Citibank or Sears , Roebuck & Co. ,] takes a pool of credit-card or other receivables and [rel sells] [ARG1 them] to [ARG2-to a specially created trust] *T*-1 .
- That could make it tricky for [ARG0 investors] who *T*-1 need *-2 to [rel sell] [ARG1 their holdings] [ARGM-MNR quickly] [ARGM-TMP before the securities mature] .
- The letter of credit typically is not offered *-1 by [ARG0 the bank] [rel selling] [ARG1 the assets 0 *T*-2 to back the securities] .
- [ARG0 Most] own two to 10 stocks , and buy or [rel sell] [ARGM-TMP no more than three times a year] .
- Some 71 % had bought some stock in the past year ; [ARG0 only 57 %] had [rel sold] [ARG1 any] .
- `` Traditionally , consumers were concerned *-1 about *-1 ordering after the first of December because they did n't believe 0 they would get it by Christmas , '' says *T*-3 Adam Strum , chairman of [ARG0 the Wine Enthusiast Inc.] , which *T*-2 [rel sells] [ARG1 wine cellars and accessories] [ARGM-MNR through the mail] .
- Paramount Domestic TV and MCA TV formed a joint venture *ICH*-1 *ICH*-4 last month , named * [ARG0 Premier Advertiser Sales] , 0 *T*-3 to [rel sell] [ARG1 advertising in programs syndicated * by both companies , such as `` Star Trek : the Next Generation , '' `` Charles in Charge '' and `` Friday the 13th : the Series] . ''
- `` [ARG0 We] are not in any hurry * to [rel sell] '' [ARG1 Saks , Marshall Field or B.A.T 's other U.S. retail properties] , said 0 *T*-1 Chairman Patrick Sheehy .
- [ARG0 B.A.T] aims *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 such U.S. retailing units as Marshall Field and Saks Fifth Avenue] and float its big paper and British retailing businesses via share issues to existing holders .
- [ARG0 CML , Acton , Mass. ,] had agreed *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 the unit] to [ARG2-to Reebok] for [ARG3-for about $ 42 million *U*] .
- MARK RESOURCES INC. , Calgary , Alberta , said 0 [ARG0 it] agreed *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 75 million Canadian dollars -LRB- US$ 63.9 million *U* -RRB- of 8 % convertible debentures] to [ARG2-to a group of securities dealers] .
- [ARG0 The government] will try *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 all the real estate managed * by the Federal Asset Disposition Association] [ARGM-MNR in one fell swoop] , said 0 *T*-2 William Seidman , chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp .
- Mr. Seidman is chairman of [ARG0 the Resolution Trust Corp.] , established * 0 *T*-1 to [rel sell] or merge [ARG1 the nation 's hundreds of insolvent savings-and-loan associations] .
- [ARG0 The RTC , created * by this year 's S&L bailout legislation ,] is trying *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 FADA 's network of offices] [ARGM-MNR separately] .
- [ARG1 The properties held * by FADA] [ARGM-MOD wo] [ARGM-NEG n't] be [rel sold] *-1 [ARGM-MNR piecemeal] , Mr. Seidman said 0 *T*-2 in a speech before Southern Methodist University Business School in Dallas .
- [ARGM-ADV *-3 Rated * Baa-2 by Moody 's Investors Service Inc. and triple-B-minus by Standard & Poor 's Corp.] , [ARG1 the issue] [ARGM-MOD will] be [rel sold] *-3 [ARGM-MNR through underwriters led * by Merrill Lynch Capital Markets] .
- [ARG1 The issue] is being [rel sold] *-1 [ARGM-MNR through Freddie Mac 's 17-member securities selling group] .
- Now [ARG0 they] plan *-2 to [rel sell] [ARG2 us] [ARG1 products that *T*-1 sift through all the information *-3 to give us what we really want *-5 to know *T*-4] .
- [ARG0 Many farmers] used the jump in prices *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 their recently harvested crop] to [ARG2-to grain elevator companies] .
- Also , the analyst said 0 *T*-1 , economic circumstances are such that [ARG0 both South Africa and the Soviet Union , the principal gold and platinum producers ,] are being forced *-2 to continue *-3 [rel selling] [ARG1 the metals] .
- [ARG1 Drugs] continue *-2 to be [rel sold] *-1 [ARGM-MNR openly] [ARGM-LOC around schools , parks and housing projects] . ''
- `` [ARGM-ADV Obviously] , [ARG1 pride] [rel sells] [ARGM-LOC in Texas] , '' says *T*-2 a spokeswoman for Bozell Inc. , Omaha , Neb. , which *T*-1 represents
- In return , the agreement would force [ARG0 UAP] to buy TransAtlantic 's 29.8 % holding in Sun Life or [rel sell] [ARG1 its 22.9 % stake] to [ARG2-to TransAtlantic] at [ARG3-at a price set * by Transatlantic] .
- But excluding [ARG1 businesses] acquired or [rel sold] * , revenue was flat at about $ 1.24 billion *U* .
- Aussedat Rey S.A. , a French paper producer , said 0 it concluded an agreement with Japan 's Fuji Photo Film Co. that *T*-1 will allow [ARG0 Aussedat Rey] to manufacture and [rel sell] [ARG1 thermal paper] [ARGM-ADV *-2 using Fuji technology] .
- The company 's new management , which *T*-1 took control of Amdura 's board after a consent solicitation last month , wanted *-2 to extend the loan while [ARG0 it] tries *-3 to [rel sell] [ARG1 two units] .
- International Business Machines Corp. and MCA Inc. said 0 [ARG0 they] agreed *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 their Discovision Associates joint venture] to [ARG2-to U.S. units of Pioneer Electronic Corp.] for [ARG3-for $ 200 million *U*] .
- [ARGM-TMP After *-1 reportedly investing $ 100 million *U* in the business] , [ARG0 Discovision] ceased manufacturing operations in 1982 and [rel sold] [ARG1 many of its assets] to [ARG2-to Tokyo-based Pioneer , among others] .
- James N. Fiedler , president of Discovision and a vice president of MCA , said that [ARG0 IBM and MCA] had n't planned *-2 to [rel sell] [ARG1 the joint venture , which *T*-1 is now profitable] , but that Pioneer approached Discovision earlier this year .
- Hotel Investors Trust and its affiliate , Hotel Investors Corp. , said 0 [ARG0 the companies] plan *-2 to [rel sell] [ARG1 all of the hotels 0 the companies own and operate *T*-1 , except for two hotel-casinos in Las Vegas , Nev] .
- [ARG1 The hotels and management interests] [ARGM-MOD will] be [rel sold] *-1 [ARGM-LOC at an auction] , said 0 *T*-2 John Rothman , president and chief executive officer of the trust and a director of the corporation .
- In all , [ARG0 the Los Angeles-based trust] plans *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 its interests in 36 hotels] , while the corporation will sell its management interests in 32 of those properties .
- In all , the Los Angeles-based trust plans *-1 to sell its interests in 36 hotels , while [ARG0 the corporation] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel sell] [ARG1 its management interests in 32 of those properties] .
- In addition , the $ 3 billion *U* bid includes $ 1 billion *U* of debt that *T*-3 will be assumed *-1 by IMA , $ 600 million *U* of [ARG1 high-yield junk bonds] that *T*-4 [ARGM-MOD will] be [rel sold] *-2 by [ARG0-by First Boston Corp.] and $ 285 million *U* of equity .
- But [ARG0 Capital Supervisors] [rel sold] [ARG1 the last of its H&R Block holdings] [ARGM-TMP earlier this year] .
- [ARG0 None] dare *-1 say 0 * to [rel sell] [ARG1 it] .
- Two other money managers , in *-3 explaining why [ARG0 they] have [rel sold] [ARG1 large amounts of H&R Block stock] [ARGM-TMP this year] *T*-2 , spoke on the condition 0 they not be named *-1 .
- We 're looking for [ARG1 something] that *T*-1 grows faster and [rel sells] at [ARG3-at a comparable -LCB- price-earnings -RCB- multiple] . ''
- PUTS AND CALLS , STOCK MARKET PATOIS for options [ARG0 *] to [rel sell] or buy [ARG1 a company 's shares] , were long an arcane Wall Street art best left * to the experts , who *T*-1 used them either as a hedge or for pure speculation .
- [ARGM-TMP Last year] , [ARG0 more than 1,800 traders on the CBOE] bought and [rel sold] [ARG1 112 million contracts on 178 listed stocks , 60 % of all U.S. listed options trading] .
- COMMERCIAL PAPER : [ARG1 High-grade unsecured notes] [rel sold] * [ARGM-MNR through dealers] by [ARG0-by major corporations] [ARGM-MNR in multiples of $ 1,000 *U*] : 8.525 % 30 days ; 8.425 % 60 days ; 8.375 % 90 days .
- TREASURY BILLS : Results of the Monday , October 16 , 1989 , auction of [ARG1 short-term U.S. government bills] , [rel sold] * at [ARG3-at a discount from face value] [ARGM-MNR in units of $ 10,000 to $ 1 million *U*] : 7.37 % 13 weeks ; 7.42 % 26 weeks .
- `` Now , [ARG0 we] 're going *-1 to [rel sell] to [ARG2-to men] . ''
- But the panel dismissed the magazine 's contention that it had n't libeled Mrs. Sutcliffe when it accused [ARG0 her] of *-3 trying *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 her story] *-1 to capitalize on the notoriety of her husband *T*-2 .
- Senshukai said 0 [ARG0 the partners] plan *-1 to rent to tourists but [ARGM-MOD will] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel sell] to [ARG2-to interested parties] .
- [ARG0 Exxon Corp.] built the plant but closed it in 1985 and [rel sold] off [ARG1 much of the equipment] to [ARG2-to dismantling contractors , from whom Coastal bought back much of the equipment *T*-1] .
- Year-earlier net of $ 21 million *U* , or 84 cents a share , included the results of [ARG1 Loral 's former Aircraft Braking Systems and Engineered Fabrics divisions] , which *T*-2 were [rel sold] *-1 [ARGM-TMP April 27] to [ARG2-to the company 's chairman , Bernard L. Schwartz] .
- The company said 0 [ARG0 it] [ARGM-TMP recently] [rel sold] [ARG1 its 750th cartridge system , which *T*-1 cost $ 400,000 to $ 500,000 *U* each] .
- Combustion Engineering Inc. , Stamford , Conn. , said 0 [ARG0 it] [rel sold] [ARG1 *RNR*-2] *RNR*-5 and agreed *-1 to sell *RNR*-2 *RNR*-5 several investments and nonstrategic businesses for [ARG3-for about $ 100 million *U* , which *T*-4 will be used *-3 for * reducing debt and general purposes] .
- Combustion Engineering Inc. , Stamford , Conn. , said 0 [ARG0 it] sold *RNR*-2 *RNR*-5 and agreed *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 *RNR*-2] *RNR*-5 several investments and nonstrategic businesses for [ARG3-for about $ 100 million *U* , which *T*-4 will be used *-3 for * reducing debt and general purposes] .
- [ARG0 The company] agreed *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 its minority investments in makers of steam-generating and related equipment , Stein Industrie and Energie & Verfahrenstechnik ,] to [ARG2-to the major shareholder in the companies , Dutch-based GEC Alsthom N.V] .
- [ARG0 Combustion Engineering , which *T*-1 provides engineered products , systems and services for power generation ,] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel sold] [ARG1 Illinois Minerals Co. , based * in Cairo , Ill] .
- [ARG1 That unit of its Georgia Kaolin Co. subsidiary] was [rel sold] *-1 to [ARG2-to a unit of Unimin Corp] .
- Assets of Construction Equipment International , Houston , were sold *-1 to Essex Crane Inc. , and [ARG1 the assets of Elgin Electronics , Erie , Pa. ,] were [rel sold] *-2 to [ARG2-to closely held Charter Technologies Inc] .
- [ARG1 Assets of Construction Equipment International , Houston ,] were [rel sold] *-1 to [ARG2-to Essex Crane Inc.] , and the assets of Elgin Electronics , Erie , Pa. , were sold *-2 to closely held Charter Technologies Inc .
- Independent directors would be able *-4 to block transactions 0 they unanimously deem 0 *T*-2 would be likely *-5 to depress the private market value of LIN at the time 0 [ARG1 it] is *-6 to be [rel sold] *-1 *T*-3 in five years .
- [ARG0 The directors] would be able *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 particular assets] [ARGM-PNC *-2 to enable such buyers as the regional Bell operating companies to purchase the company 's interests] .
- `` Most people do just the opposite : [ARG0 They] [rel sell] [ARG1 their winners] and keep their losers . ''
- After last Friday 's stock-market plunge , investment professionals cautioned [ARG0 people] to resist the urge * to call their brokers and [rel sell] [ARG1 stocks] .
- [ARG0 *] [ARGM-NEG Not] [rel selling] [ARGM-ADV into a panic] turned out *-1 to be very good advice : Despite the market 's volatility , the Dow Jones Industrial Average has surged 114 points in the past four days .
- The best course for [ARG0 individual investors] is * to [rel sell] [ARG1 these stocks] [ARGM-TMP now] , the two advisers say 0 *T*-2 .
- [ARG0 *] [rel SELL] [ARG1 ` WHISPER ' STOCKS] .
- `` If you say [ARG0 *] [rel sell] anytime 0 a company 's price\/earnings ratio exceeds 15 *T*-1 , that knocks out all your growth stocks , '' he says *T*-2 .
- [ARGM-TMP Time] 0 [ARG0 *] to [rel sell] *T*-1 , says 0 *T*-2 Mr. Schlesinger .
- The cars are sold *-1 under a separate franchise with its own sign in front of Lincoln-Mercury dealers -- as * opposed *-4 to [ARG1 new models such as Taurus or Escort] , which *T*-3 are [rel sold] *-2 [ARGM-LOC under existing Ford divisions] .
- [ARG1 The cars] are [rel sold] *-1 [ARGM-LOC under a separate franchise with its own sign in front of Lincoln-Mercury dealers] -- [ARGM-ADV as * opposed *-4 to new models such as Taurus or Escort , which *T*-3 are sold *-2 under existing Ford divisions] .
- `` It was like a comedy of errors , '' says *T*-2 Martin J. `` Hoot '' McInerney , a big dealer [ARG0 whose Star Lincoln-Mercury-Merkur operation in Southfield , Mich. ,] *T*-1 [rel sold] [ARG1 more XR4Ti 's than any other dealership] .
- This year , Scorpio sales plummeted , and at the current sales pace it *EXP*-1 would take [ARG0 Ford] 242 days * to [rel sell] off [ARG1 the current Scorpio inventory of about 4,600 cars] .
- [ARG1 It] will continue *-2 to be [rel sold] *-1 [ARGM-LOC in the European market] .
- The demise of Merkur -LRB- pronounced * mare-COOR -RRB- comes after a September in which [ARG0 670 Merkur dealers] managed *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 only 93 Scorpios] *T*-2 .
- `` It turned out 0 [ARG0 we] [ARGM-MOD could] [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel sell] [ARG1 it] , '' a Canadian Pacific official said *T*-1 , *-2 adding that * acquiring the remainder of Soo Line is now `` the best way 0 * to rationalize operations *T*-3 . ''
- [ARG0 It] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel sells] [ARG1 single-premium annuities] to [ARG2-to individuals] .
- The computer equipment and financial services company said 0 [ARG0 IATA , a trade group ,] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel sell] [ARG1 access to the package] to [ARG2-to its 180 airline members world-wide] .
- [ARGM-TMP In the period] , [ARG0 the company] completed the sale of its European cosmetics businesses , [rel sold] [ARG1 a majority interest in its Brazilian affiliate] , and announced the reorganization of its over-the-counter drug businesses into a new unit , Schering-Plough Health Care Products .
- Affiliated Bankshares of Colorado Inc. said 0 [ARG0 it] agreed *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 its 10 % interest in Rocky Mountain Bankcard Systems] for [ARG3-for $ 18.5 million *U*] to [ARG2-to Colorado National Bank of Denver and Central Bank of Denver] .
- First City said that because of increased competition in the credit-card business , it had decided 0 [ARG0 it] either had *-1 to expand its own holdings substantially or [rel sell] [ARG1 them] .
- The company said that it is selling two million shares and that [ARG1 the rest] are being [rel sold] *-1 by [ARG0-by certain stockholders] .
- The company said that [ARG0 it] is [rel selling] [ARG1 two million shares] and that the rest are being sold *-1 by certain stockholders .
- *-1 To fight off predators , [ARG0 B.A.T] plans *-1 to spin off about $ 6 billion *U* in assets , largely by *-2 [rel selling] [ARG1 such U.S. retailing units as Marshall Field and Saks] and by *-2 floating its big paper and U.K. retailing business via share issues to existing holders .
- `` [ARG1 The division] [ARGM-MOD will] be [rel sold] *-1 off [ARGM-MNR quite rapidly] , '' predicted *T*-2 Neill Junor , an analyst at London brokers County NatWest WoodMac .
- Analysts expect the spirits operations and [ARG1 some California vineyards] that *T*-2 [ARGM-DIS also] are being [rel sold] *-1 to fetch about # 500 million *U* -LRB- $ 788.8 million *U* -RRB- .
- The company , which *T*-1 is retaining most of its wine *RNR*-2 and all of its soft-drink *RNR*-2 interests , did n't break out results for [ARG1 the businesses] 0 [ARG0 it] plans *-4 to [rel sell] *T*-3 .
- British brewers currently own thousands of [ARG0 pubs] , which *T*-1 [ARGM-DIS in turn] [rel sell] [ARG1 only] the breweries ' beer and soft drinks .
- Under new rules , many of the country 's pubs would become `` [ARG0 free houses] , '' *-1 [rel selling] [ARG1 beers of their choice] .
- [ARG1 The computer giant 's current mainframe line] , which *T*-1 has [rel sold] [ARGM-MNR well] and has huge profit margins , is starting *-2 to show its age .
- AMR 's chairman , Robert L. Crandall , said 0 the results were due to an 11 % year-to-year increase in fuel prices and a slight decrease in yield , an industry measure analogous to profit margin on [ARG1 each seat] [rel sold] * .
- Another solution , said 0 *T*-3 a tax lawyer who *T*-1 requested anonymity , is for firms to use [ARG1 convertible bonds] that *T*-2 [rel sell] at [ARG3-at a discount] .
- Such high-yield debt is similar to a zero-coupon bond in that [ARG1 it] is [rel sold] *-1 at [ARG3-at a discount to face value] , [ARGM-ADV with interest accruing instead of being paid *-3 to the holder] .
- Now one might ask why [ARG0 people] who *T*-3 [rel sell] [ARG1 eggs] would fight someone who *T*-4 is trying *-1 to make it *EXP*-2 easier * to crack them *T*-5 .
- [ARG0 Control Data Corp.] agreed *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 its idle supercomputer manufacturing plant here] to [ARG2-to Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co.] for [ARG3-for $ 5.8 million *U*] .
- `` If [ARG0 you] 're [rel selling] [ARG1 equities] , you do n't start *-3 getting proceeds for five to seven days , '' said *T*-2 Frank Rachwalski , who *T*-1 manages the Kemper Money Market Fund .
- Most short-term certificates of deposit are yielding about 8 % or less at major banks , and the yields on [ARG1 Treasury bills] [rel sold] * [ARGM-LOC at Monday 's auction] fell to 7.61 % for three months and 7.82 % for six months .
- whose Della Femina McNamee WCRS agency *T*-1 created liar Joe Isuzu , among others -- announced a massive restructuring that *T*-2 largely removes it from the advertising business and includes [ARG0 *-3] [rel selling] [ARG1 the majority of its advertising unit] to [ARG2-to Paris-based Eurocom] .
- [ARG0 *] [rel Selling] [ARG1 the FHA 's loan portfolio] to [ARG2-to the highest bidder] would save the taxpayers untold billions in future losses .
- [ARG0 Federal Paper Board] [rel sells] [ARG1 paper and wood products] .
- SEC Chairman Richard Breeden said 0 the cooperation by the exchanges would enable [ARG0 investors] to buy and [rel sell] [ARG1 options listed * solely on the Pacific exchange] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 guaranteeing the liquidity of the market] .
- -LRB- Put options give [ARG0 holders] the right *RNR*-1 , but not the obligation *RNR*-1 , * to [rel sell] [ARG1 a financial instrument] at [ARG3-at a specified price] , while call options give holders the right *RNR*-2 , but not the obligation *RNR*-2 , * to buy a financial instrument at a specified price -RRB- .
- [ARG1 Earthquake insurance] is [rel sold] *-1 [ARGM-MNR as a separate policy or a specific endorsement `` rider '' on a homeowner 's policy] [ARGM-LOC in California] , [ARGM-CAU because of the area 's vulnerability to earthquakes] .
- [ARG0 Program traders] were buying and [rel selling] [ARGM-MNR at full steam] [ARGM-TMP Monday , the first trading session after the stock market 's 190.58-point plunge Friday] .
- [ARGM-LOC In it] , [ARG0 traders] buy or [rel sell] [ARG1 stocks] and offset those positions in stock-index futures contracts *-1 to profit from fleeting price discrepancies .
- Without any admission or denial of guilt by Mr. Holmes , that agreement settled SEC charges that [ARG0 Mr. Holmes] [rel sold] [ARG1 unregistered securities] and misled investors .
- That plan would provide a 30 % exclusion to [ARG1 assets] [rel sold] * [ARGM-TMP over a 2 1\/2-year period ending Dec. 31 , 1991] .
- The exclusion would apply to [ARG1 assets] [rel sold] * [ARGM-TMP after Oct. 1 , 1989] .
- [ARG0 Resolution Funding Corp.] plans *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 $ 4.5 billion *U* of 30-year bonds] [ARGM-TMP Wednesday] [ARGM-LOC in the agency 's first sale of securities] .
- [ARG0 Refcorp , created * by the thrift-overhaul law enacted * in August ,] will use the proceeds * to merge *RNR*-1 or [rel sell] off *RNR*-1 [ARG1 ailing savings-and-loan institutions] .
- [ARGM-LOC In the multipart offering] , [ARG0 the company] [rel sold] [ARG1 a portion of secured notes] but shelved all the unsecured notes .
- Investors have been speculating for weeks about the market 's ability * to place the $ 7 billion to $ 10 billion *U* of [ARG1 new junk bonds] scheduled * *-2 to be [rel sold] *-1 [ARGM-TMP by year end] .
- In addition to the $ 15.6 billion *U* of [ARG1 Treasury bills] 0 *T*-2 to be [rel sold] *-3 [ARGM-LOC at next week 's regular Monday auction] , the government will sell $ 10 billion *U* of new two-year Treasury notes .
- [ARGM-ADV In addition to the $ 15.6 billion *U* of Treasury bills 0 *T*-2 to be sold *-3 at next week 's regular Monday auction] , [ARG0 the government] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel sell] [ARG1 $ 10 billion *U* of new two-year Treasury notes] .
- And Resolution Funding Corp. said late yesterday that [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel sell] [ARG1 $ 4.5 billion *U* of 30-year bonds] [ARGM-TMP Wednesday] .
- But some bond market analysts said 0 that could quickly change if [ARG0 property casualty insurance companies] scramble *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 portions of their municipal portfolios] [ARGM-PNC * to raise cash 0 * to pay damage claims *T*-2] .
- Dealers said 0 there was some concern that [ARG0 insurance companies] might be forced *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 mortgage securities] [ARGM-PNC *-3 to help *-4 pay earthquake-related claims] , but no selling materialized .
- But some so-called high-quality junk issues fell as [ARG0 some mutual funds] [rel sold] [ARG1 their most liquid issues] [ARGM-PNC *-1 to raise cash] .
- COMMERCIAL PAPER : [ARG1 High-grade unsecured notes] [rel sold] * [ARGM-MNR through dealers] by [ARG0-by major corporations] [ARGM-MNR in multiples of $ 1,000 *U*] : 8.55 % 30 days ; 8.45 % 60 days ; 8.375 % 90 days .
- TREASURY BILLS : Results of the Monday , October 16 , 1989 , auction of [ARG1 short-term U.S. government bills] , [rel sold] * at [ARG3-at a discount from face value] [ARGM-MNR in units of $ 10,000 *U* to $ 1 million *U*] : 7.37 % 13 weeks ; 7.42 % 26 weeks .
- As a result , [ARG0 Mr. Steinhardt] must reconcile himself to *-1 [rel selling] [ARG1 USAir] at [ARG3-at a loss] , or to *-1 holding the shares as an old-fashioned investment .
- [ARG0 Mr. Icahn , a much more practiced raider than Mr. Steinhardt ,] [ARGM-TMP eventually] [rel sold] [ARG1 a big USAir stake] at [ARG3-at a tiny profit] [ARGM-MNR through Bear , Stearns] .
- Since last April , the investor has made seven so-called 13D filings in USAir , as [ARG0 he] bought and [rel sold] [ARG1 the company 's stock] .
- While [ARG0 he] has bought and [rel sold] [ARG1 some USAir shares] [ARGM-TMP in recent days] , he says that contrary to rumors , he has n't tried *-1 to unload his holding .
- Instead of [ARG0 *-1] hoping *-3 to [rel sell] [ARG1 his USAir stake] at [ARG3-at analysts ' estimated buy-out price of $ 80 *U* a share] , Mr. Steinhardt is stuck *-1 with roughly 3.7 million USAir shares that *T*-2 cost him $ 45 *U* , on average , but yesterday closed at 40 1\/2 , up 1\/4 , in New York Stock Exchange composite trading .
- [ARG1 Insurance stocks] were [rel sold] *-1 [ARGM-LOC at the opening] [ARGM-LOC amid concerns about the level of damage claims 0 the companies would receive *T*-2 as a result of the earthquake] .
- [ARG0 Computer Associates] has carved out a huge business *-1 [rel selling] [ARG1 such software] [ARGM-PNC for use in managing networks of International Business Machines Corp. computers] but needs *-1 to find new markets if it is to maintain its growth rate of 30 % and more each year .
- [ARGM-DIS For one thing] , [ARG0 Digital , Maynard , Mass. ,] has [rel sold] [ARG1 fewer machines] .
- In a Dutch auction , the buyer sets a price range and holders give a price in that range at which [ARG0 they] 're willing *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 their shares] *T*-2 .
- The buyer then picks a price and buys shares at that price from [ARG0 holders] who *T*-1 offered *-2 to [rel sell] [ARG3 at that price or lower] .
- [ARG1 Surplus power] [ARGM-MOD would] be [rel sold] *-1 [ARGM-LOC on the open market] , Enron said 0 *T*-2 .
- In a separate announcement , Trinova said 0 [ARG0 the Aeroquip group] has agreed *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 its spring-brake , piston-brake and related businesses] to [ARG2-to Midland Brake Inc. of Branford , Conn] .
- He added that details of the recapitalization still have *-3 to be worked *-1 out , but that Pathe will take 50 % of Odeon , Rome film producer Bruno Lucisano will take 10 % and [ARG1 the remaining 16.66 % , currently owned * by Sasea ,] [ARGM-MOD will] [ARGM-TMP eventually] be [rel sold] *-2 to [ARG2-to other investors] .
- The joint venture is being undone *-1 , with [ARG1 McCall 's magazine] being [rel sold] *-2 [ARGM-TMP last summer] to [ARG2-to the New York Times Co. 's Magazine Group] for [ARG3-for about $ 80 million *U*] , and Time Warner agreeing *-3 to sell back its 50 % interest in Working Woman and Working Mother to Mr. Lang .
- The joint venture is being undone *-1 , with McCall 's magazine being sold *-2 last summer to the New York Times Co. 's Magazine Group for about $ 80 million *U* , and [ARG0 Time Warner] agreeing *-3 to [rel sell] [ARGM-DIR back] [ARG1 its 50 % interest in Working Woman and Working Mother] to [ARG2-to Mr. Lang] .
- When Christie 's officials asked why [ARG0 the firm] was n't picked *-3 *-4 to [rel sell] [ARG1 the Dorrance collection] *T*-5 *T*-2 , representatives of the Dorrance family `` told us 0 it was a question of financial considerations , '' said 0 *T*-1 Michael Findlay , Christie 's head of impressionist and modern paintings .
- At last night 's sale , [ARG1 13 of 44 works] that *T*-2 [rel sold] were purchased *-1 by Aska International Gallery , the art-acquisition unit of Aichi Financial , a Japanese conglomerate that *T*-3 owns 7.5 % of Christie 's .
- While he adds that he has no problem with [ARG0 auction houses] who *T*-1 [rel sell] [ARG1 works in which they have a financial interest *T*-3] , `` It ought *-2 not to be hidden *-4 in some small print . ''
- [ARG0 A corporation] that *T*-1 wants *-3 to [rel sell] [ARG1 stock or bonds] goes to a Wall Street firm , which *T*-2 purchases the securities outright , *-4 accepting the financial risk of *-5 finding buyers .
- If [ARG0 the investment bank] [ARGM-MOD can] [rel sell] [ARG1 the securities] at [ARG3-at a higher price than it paid the issuer *?*] , it makes a profit .
- [ARG0 The London-based concern] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel sell] [ARG1 most of its ad unit] to [ARG2-to France 's Eurocom] .
- Maybe he thinks 0 [ARG0 they] [ARGM-MOD should] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel sell] to [ARG2-to the highest bidder] .
- [ARG0 Frank Gilmartin , a trader who *T*-1 follows insurance stocks for Fox-Pitt Kelton ,] said 0 his strategy was *-2 to [rel sell] [ARGM-TMP early] .
- Is n't it *EXP*-2 reasonable * to assume that the asset 0 you own *T*-1 would be worth more if the government suddenly announced that if [ARG0 you] [rel sold] [ARG1 it] , you would be able *-3 to keep 30 % more of its gain than you previously believed 0 *?* ?
- [ARG0 A senior vice president and a vice president at James River Corp.] [rel sold] [ARG1 the majority of their shares in the Richmond , Va. , paper-products concern] [ARGM-TMP in late August and early September] , reports filed * with the SEC show 0 *T*-1 .
- [ARGM-TMP On Sept. 6] , [ARG0 Robert Joseph Sherry , the firm 's senior vice president of employee and public relations ,] [rel sold] [ARG1 4,000 shares] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 leaving himself with 1,062 shares of James River] .
- [ARGM-ADV Including a sale of stock last February] , [ARG0 Mr. Sherry] has [rel sold] [ARG1 88 % of his stake in the company] [ARGM-TMP this year] , [ARGM-ADV according to SEC filings] .
- [ARG0 James A. Toney , a vice president ,] [rel sold] [ARG1 1,500 shares] [ARGM-TMP Aug. 28] .
- [ARGM-ADV *-4 Rated *-1 single-A-3 by Moody 's Investors Service Inc. and single-A by Standard & Poor 's Corp.] , [ARG1 the issue] [ARGM-MOD will] be [rel sold] *-4 [ARGM-MNR through underwriters led * by Goldman , Sachs & Co] .
- At the time , the company said 0 [ARG0 it] was recalling one of its drugs and had stopped *-1 [rel selling] [ARG1 two others] .
- The New York Stock Exchange said 0 [ARG1 a seat] [rel sold] for [ARG3-for $ 436,000 *U*] , [ARGM-ADV down $ 39,000 *U* from the previous sale Oct. 4] .
- [ARG0 Foreign investors] reportedly started off *-1 [rel selling] but later joined in the buying .
- If you bought , you wish 0 you had n't *?* , and if [ARG0 you] [rel sold] , you wish 0 you had n't *?* . ''
- Still , [ARG1 some sectors] found buying interest after *-2 being [ARGM-MNR actively] [rel sold] *-1 [ARGM-TMP in recent weeks] .
- [ARGM-TMP When a stock falls below the put 's strike price *T*-1] , [ARG0 the investor] [ARGM-ADV simply] [rel sells] [ARG1 the stock] at [ARG3-at a loss] and simultaneously sells the put at a profit .
- [ARGM-TMP When a stock falls below the put 's strike price *T*-1] , [ARG0 the investor] simply sells the stock at a loss and [ARGM-TMP simultaneously] [rel sells] [ARG1 the put] at [ARG3-at a profit] .
- Or , the investor can exercise the put , by *-2 tendering the stock to his or her broker in return for payment from [ARG0 another investor] who *T*-1 has [rel sold] [ARG1 a put on the same stock] .
- There are more than 650 stocks on which [ARG1 options *T*-2] [ARGM-MOD may] be bought and [rel sold] *-1 , including some over-the-counter stocks .
- The protection from * using married puts is clearly superior to that afforded * by another options strategy 0 some investors consider *-3 using *T*-2 during troubled times : [ARG0 *] [rel selling] [ARG1 call options on stocks 0 the investor owns *T*-1] .
- [ARG0 *] [rel Selling] [ARG1 a call option] gives an investor a small buffer against a stock-market decline .
- Because a put option gives [ARG0 its owner] the right *RNR*-1 , but not the obligation *RNR*-1 , * to [rel sell] [ARG1 a fixed number of shares of the stock] at [ARG3-at a stated price] [ARGM-TMP on or before the option 's expiration date] , the investor is protected *-2 against a sudden drop in the stock 's price .
- COMMERCIAL PAPER : [ARG1 High-grade unsecured notes] [rel sold] * [ARGM-MNR through dealers] by [ARG0-by major corporations] [ARGM-MNR in multiples of $ 1,000 *U*] : 8.50 % 30 days ; 8.40 % 60 days ; 8.375 % 90 days .
- TREASURY BILLS : Results of the Monday , October 16 , 1989 , auction of [ARG1 short-term U.S. government bills] , [rel sold] * at [ARG3-at a discount from face value] [ARGM-MNR in units of $ 10,000 *U* to $ 1 million *U*] : 7.37 % 13 weeks ; 7.42 % 26 weeks .
- [ARGM-ADV Supposedly] [ARG0 the IRS] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel sell] off [ARG1 the assets of MPI] , but before it can *?* , a lowly IRS agent is called *-1 into the hospital room of Wylie Slaughter , the dying head of the Central Intelligence Agency .
- [ARGM-TMP After he had been head of the company for 3 1\/2 years] , [ARG0 he and his partners] [rel sold] [ARG1 it] to [ARG2-to Phibro , a powerful commodity trading outfit ,] for [ARG3-for $ 550 million *U* in Phibro stock] .
- Earlier this week , Mr. Simmons objected to published reports quoting him as *-1 saying 0 [ARG0 he] planned *-2 to [rel sell] [ARG1 his Lockheed stake] [ARGM-CAU because `` the defense industry seems *-3 to be getting more uncertain] . ''
- Bank of New England Corp. , *-1 seeking *-2 to streamline its business after a year of weak earnings and mounting loan problems , said 0 [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel sell] [ARG1 some operations] and lay off 4 % of its work force .
- Among its restructuring measures , the company said 0 [ARG0 it] plans *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 53 of its 453 branch offices] and to lay off 800 employees .
- But Wang salespeople are trying *-3 to cope with the biggest challenge 0 any marketer can face *T*-2 : [ARG0 *] [rel selling] [ARG1 the products of a company that *T*-1 is on the ropes] .
- One Wang salesman who *T*-1 left the company in July recalls that when [ARG0 he] tried *-2 to [rel sell] [ARG1 products] to [ARG2-to Eastman Kodak] *T*-3 , he worked `` *-4 to muster support from internal allies , '' but `` those allies became skeptical as they saw the downtrend .
- Rick Lynch , a former top salesman in Wang 's Boston office , *-1 referring to Wang 's mainstay computer line , says : `` [ARG0 You] [ARGM-MOD ca] [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel sell] [ARG1 a VS] to [ARG2-to a new customer] . ''
- William Tait , a former sales manager in Indianapolis , says that [ARG0 his office] had [ARGM-ADV all but] [rel sold] [ARG1 a $ 1.5 million *U* image system] to [ARG2-to pharmaceutical maker Eli Lilly & Co] .
- `` The problem is , if people get down in the dumps , [ARG0 they] stop *-2 [rel selling] , '' says *T*-1 Mike Durcan , a laid-off sales manager in Wang 's Austin office .
- [ARG0 MCI] , which *T*-1 stepped up efforts * to [rel sell] [ARG1 long-distance telephone service] to [ARG2-to residential customers] , reported a 59 % jump in earnings .
- [ARGM-PNC * To focus on its global consumer-products business] , [ARG0 Colgate] [rel sold] [ARG1 its Kendall health-care business] [ARGM-TMP in 1988] .
- Intelligence officials to this day worry whether [ARG0 Mr. Noriega] [rel sold] [ARG1 sensitive information on the recordings] to [ARG2-to the Cubans or others] .
- The year-ago results , however , included the operations of [ARG1 a bottling business] , which *T*-2 was [rel sold] *-1 [ARGM-TMP last December] .
- [ARG0 L.J. Hooker Corp.] is expected *-1 to reach an agreement *ICH*-2 in principle this week * to [rel sell] [ARG1 Merksamer Jewelers Inc.] to [ARG2-to management] , say 0 *T*-3 executives familiar with the talks .
- Oil and auto companies supported a move *ICH*-1 on Capitol Hill last week * to gut Mr. Bush 's plans * to require [ARG0 auto makers] to begin *-2 [rel selling] [ARG1 alternative-fueled cars] by 1995 .
- Mr. Seidman told the committee that the Resolution Trust Corp. , [ARG0 the agency] created * to [rel sell] [ARG1 sick thrifts] , has studied Lincoln 's examination reports by former regulators dating back to 1986 .
- In July , Eastern and its creditors agreed on a reorganization plan that *T*-1 called for [ARG0 Eastern] to [rel sell] [ARG1 $ 1.8 billion *U* in assets] and to emerge from bankruptcy-law protection at two-thirds its former size .
- But after [ARG0 *] [rel selling] off [ARG1 pieces such as its East Coast shuttle , its Philadelphia hub and various planes] , Eastern hit a stumbling block .
- [ARG0 It] [ARGM-MOD could] [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel sell] [ARG1 its South American routes , one of the major assets marked * for disposal] .
- [ARG1 Those routes , valued * by the creditors ' professionals at about $ 400 million *U* ,] were *-2 to be [rel sold] *-1 to [ARG2-to AMR Corp. 's American Airlines] .
- Last year , 25 % of [ARG1 the 10 million bicycles] [rel sold] * [ARGM-LOC in the U.S.] were mountain bikes .
- [ARG0 Wells Fargo] has [rel sold] [ARG1 all of its non-trade loans made * to less-developed countries] , and managed *-2 to partly reverse the sharp rise in domestic non-accrual loans , which *T*-1 fell 8 % from the previous quarter to $ 806.8 million *U* from $ 880.9 million *U* .
- In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission , Parsow and Elkhorn , which *T*-3 together hold 8.685 % of CACI 's common shares , said 0 they think 0 it *EXP*-1 is in the best interest of CACI stockholders that [ARG1 the company] be [rel sold] *-2 .
- [ARG1 Additional shares] [ARGM-MOD may] be bought or [rel sold] *-1 [ARGM-LOC in the open market , in private transactions or otherwise] , [ARGM-ADV depending on market conditions and other factors] .
- `` [ARG0 Underwriters of the TVA bonds] reduced their market risk by * [rel selling] [ARG1 Treasurys] [ARGM-PNC * to cover at least part of their -LCB- TVA -RCB- holdings] , '' said *T*-1 James R. Capra , a senior vice president at Shearson Lehman Government Securities Inc .
- Some traders estimate 0 [ARG1 $ 9.75 billion *U* of new two-year Treasurys] [ARGM-MOD will] be [rel sold] *-1 [ARGM-TMP next week] , and they expect Refcorp to offer $ 4 billion to $ 6 billion *U* of long-term `` bailout '' bonds .
- Dinsa Mehta , chief bullion trader for Chase Manhattan Bank , said : `` There is little incentive on the part of [ARG0 traders] 0 * to [rel sell] [ARG1 gold] *T*-1 because the stock market may go lower and gold may retain some of its ` flight to safety ' quality .
- The most remarkable feature about yesterday 's action was that the price of roughly $ 370 *U* an ounce was regarded *-1 as attractive enough by [ARG0 gold producers around the world] * to [ARGM-MNR aggressively] [rel sell] [ARG1 gold] , Mr. Mehta said *T*-2 .
- Previously , he noted *T*-2 , gold producers tended *-1 to back off from a rising gold market , * letting prices rise as much as possible before [ARG0 *] [rel selling] .
- [ARGM-TMP Since Sept. 1] , [ARG1 about 13 million fewer bushels of U.S. soybeans *ICH*-1] have been [rel sold] *-3 [ARGM-LOC overseas] than for the same period last year .
- Gold tried *-3 to rally on Monday but ran into the same situation that *T*-1 has subdued gold prices for more than a year : * [rel selling] by [ARG0-by gold producers , who *T*-2 want *-4 to fix the highest possible price for their gold] .
- `` [ARG0 Producers] at the moment regard that area a good one in which * to [rel sell] [ARG1 gold] *T*-1 . ''
- Sen. Strom Thurmond -LRB- R. , S.C . -RRB- protests pending legislation * to end the preference that [ARG0 the federal prison system] gets *T*-1 in * [rel selling] [ARG1 prisoner-made furniture and other goods] to [ARG2-to government agencies] .
- A Daikin executive in charge of exports when [ARG1 the high-purity halogenated hydrocarbon] was [rel sold] *-1 to [ARG2-to the Soviets] [ARGM-TMP in 1986] *T*-2 received a suspended 10-month jail sentence .
- The auction house , known * for its sales of top-drawer 19th and 20th century works , is providing `` a service to [ARG0 clients] who *T*-1 do n't want *-2 to [rel sell] [ARG1 just their fabulous oil paintings] , '' says *T*-3 Villa Grisebach 's Vivien Reuter .
- [ARG0 Institutions -- who *T*-1 now account for most trading --] count on * being able * to buy and [rel sell] [ARG1 big blocks of stock] [ARGM-MNR at an eye-blink] .
- Investors believe 0 [ARG0 they] can can rely on such derivative securities *-3 to get in *RNR*-1 and out of *RNR*-1 the stock market without *-4 [ARGM-ADV actually] [rel selling] [ARG1 any stocks] ; that is , a way of * staying liquid even when they own stocks *T*-2 .
- The idea was [ARG0 *] to `` insure '' the value of a portfolio by * [rel selling] [ARG1 futures] [ARGM-TMP when stock prices dropped *T*-1] -- [ARGM-ADV * eliminating the need * to sell the stocks themselves] .
- The idea was * to `` insure '' the value of a portfolio by * selling futures when stock prices dropped *T*-1 -- * eliminating the need [ARG0 *] to [rel sell] [ARG1 the stocks themselves] .
- But in October 1987 , when [ARG0 portfolio insurers] rushed * to [rel sell] [ARGM-TMP at the same time] , they overwhelmed both the stock and futures markets .
- Unlike traditional buy-and-hold strategies , all of the above require that [ARG0 market makers] be on hand * to provide liquidity by * buying and [rel selling] [ARG1 stocks] [ARGM-MNR in a crunch] .
- `` [ARGM-ADV With the futures-trading halt] , [ARG0 you] [ARGM-MOD could] [ARGM-MNR only] [rel sell] [ARG1 stocks] '' [ARGM-PNC * to cut exposure to the market] , says 0 *T*-1 a money manager .
- In addition , Sanford Grossman , a Wharton School finance professor , says 0 volatile jumps in stock prices will continue as long as liquidity falls short of the voracious demands of institutions `` who *T*-1 can go out and say ` [ARG0 I] have [ARG1 a billion dollars of stocks] 0 * to [rel sell] *T*-2 . ' ''
- After * placing orders [ARG0 *] to [rel sell] , Mr. Freeman called Martin Siegel , an investment banker at Kidder , Peabody & Co. , who *T*-1 was advising on the deal , * to confirm these rumors .
- [ARG0 Chase Manhattan] , which *T*-1 [rel sold] [ARG1 14 million additional shares] at [ARG3-at 40 1\/8] [ARGM-TMP Monday] [ARGM-MNR through an underwriting group led * by Goldman Sachs] , closed down 1\/8 to 40 .
- -LRB- [ARGM-LOC In stock-index arbitrage] , [ARG0 traders] buy or [rel sell] [ARG1 big baskets of stocks] [ARGM-MNR against offsetting positions in futures] . -RRB-
- Among [ARG1 the takeover-related stocks] that *T*-1 [rel sold] off [ARGM-TMP yesterday] were *T*-3 Disney , which *T*-2 closed down 2 1\/8 to 121 1\/4 .
- Average yields on CDs aimed at individual investors fell less than half as much as yields on [ARG1 Treasury bills] [rel sold] * [ARGM-LOC at Monday 's auction] .
- [ARG1 CDs] [rel sold] by [ARG0-by major brokerage houses , which *-1 like jumbo CDs tend *-2 to closely follow interest rate trends ,] also posted larger drops in yields .
- In late April , when interest rates were at their recent highs *T*-1 , [ARG1 short-term CDs] [rel sold] * by [ARG0-by brokers] were offering yields half a percentage point or more higher than banks .
- [ARG0 Houston-based Maryland Club Foods , which *T*-1 had sales of about $ 200 million *U* last year ,] [rel sells] [ARG1 coffee] [ARGM-MNR under the Maryland Club and Butter-Nut brands] to [ARG2-to restaurants , hotels , offices and airlines] .
- [ARG0 P&G] [ARGM-TMP already] [rel sells] [ARG1 its Folgers ground roast coffee] to food service concerns , but [ARGM-NEG not] to [ARG2-to as many markets as Maryland Club] .
- [ARG0 P&G] [ARGM-TMP already] [rel sells] [ARG1 its Folgers ground roast coffee] to [ARG2-to food service concerns] , but not to as many markets as Maryland Club .
- [ARGM-DIS For example] , [ARG0 P&G] [ARGM-TMP up until now] has [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel sold] [ARG1 coffee] to [ARG2-to airlines] and does only limited business with hotels and large restaurant chains .
- [ARG0 Media General Inc.] intends *-2 to [rel sell] [ARG1 two of its West Coast weekly newspaper chains , Golden West Publishing Inc. and Highlander Publications , which *T*-1 together comprise 31 papers] .
- [ARG0 Lee Dirks & Associates] is *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 the chains] .
- Cross & Trecker Corp. said 0 [ARG0 it] reached an agreement * to [rel sell] [ARG1 its Wiedemann division] to [ARG2-to recently created Murata Wiedemann Inc. , a U.S. affiliate of Murata Machinery Ltd. of Kyoto , Japan] .
- [ARG0 Cross & Trecker] is [ARGM-DIS also] [rel selling] [ARG1 its equity interest in a Japanese joint venture , Murata Warner Swasey ,] to [ARG2-to Murata Machinery] .
- [ARG0 Clifford Stahl , president *RNR*-4 and chief investment officer *RNR*-4 of C-S Capital Advisors Inc. ,] [ARGM-TMP two weeks ago] [rel sold] [ARG1 his Cincinnati firm 's 107,100 Jaguar ADRs] at [ARG3-at about 10 each] , [ARGM-ADV * making a tidy profit on a holding purchased * at 4 7\/8 in early May] .
- [ARGM-ADV While it has predicted that overall growth in unit sales of personal computers is slowing to about a 10 % yearly rate] , [ARG1 its own products] are [rel selling] [ARGM-MNR at a much faster rate] [ARGM-CAU because many are geared *-1 to the high-performance end of the market] .
- [ARG0 Bank of New England] plans *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 some operations] and lay off 4 % of its work force after a year of weak earnings and mounting loan problems .
- [ARG0 Hooker 's U.S. unit] is expected *-1 to agree in principle this week * to [rel sell] [ARG1 its Merksamer Jewelers chain] to [ARG2-to management] , according to executives .
- BroadBeach Associates Inc. , the Los Angeles investment partnership whose $ 62-a-share *U* bid for McGill Manufacturing Co. *T*-2 was topped *-1 recently by a competing offer from a Swedish concern , disclosed that [ARG0 it] [rel sold] [ARG1 its entire 7 % McGill stake] .
- In a Securities and Exchange Commission filing , BroadBeach said 0 [ARG0 it] [rel sold] [ARG1 the 101,000 McGill shares] for [ARG3-for $ 7.3 million *U*] [ARGM-LOC in a private transaction] [ARGM-TMP on Oct. 12] .
- BroadBeach did n't identify the buyer of the shares , but the date of the selloff followed by one day the Swedish concern 's tender offer , and the indicated price of [ARG1 the shares] [rel sold] * equals SKF 's $ 72-a-share *U* tender offer price .
- A BroadBeach spokeswoman said 0 [ARG0 the company] [rel sold] [ARG1 the stock] [ARGM-LOC in the open market] and thus could n't identify the buyer or buyers .
- Blair Entertainment , [ARG0 a New York firm] that *T*-1 advises TV stations and [rel sells] [ARG1 ads] for [ARG4-for them] , has just formed a subsidiary -- 900 Blair -- 0 *T*-2 to apply the technology to television .
- [ARG1 Jackets] [ARGM-MOD may] be [rel sold] *-1 [ARGM-TMP next] .
- Integrated Resources Inc. , [ARG0 the troubled financial-services company] that *T*-1 has been trying *-2 to [rel sell] [ARG1 its core companies] [ARGM-PNC *-3 to restructure debt] , said 0 talks with a potential buyer ended .
- Integrated said that [ARG0 it] would continue *-1 to pursue `` other alternatives '' *-2 to [rel sell] [ARG1 the five core companies] and that a group of senior executives plans *-3 to make a proposal * to purchase three of the companies -- Integrated Resources Equity Corp. , Resources Trust Co. and Integrated Resources Asset Management Corp .
- The company did n't disclose the new estimate but said 0 the change was related *-3 to [ARG0 Integrated 's] failure * to [rel sell] [ARG1 its core businesses] , as well as `` other events , '' which it did n't detail *T*-1 , that *T*-4 occurred after its announcement *ICH*-2 last week that it was in talks with the unidentified prospective buyer .
- The unit is a loosely constructed group of [ARG0 about 3,900 independent brokers and financial planners] who *T*-1 [rel sell] [ARG1 insurance , annuities , limited partnerships , mutual funds and other investments for Integrated and other firms] .
- The sales force is viewed *-1 as a critical asset in [ARG0 Integrated 's] attempt * to [rel sell] [ARG1 its core companies] .
- An international group approved a formal ban on ivory trade despite objections from [ARG0 southern African governments] , which *T*-1 threatened *-2 to find alternative channels for * [rel selling] [ARG1 elephant tusks] .
- Although [ARG0 it] may not be legally obligated *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 the company] [ARGM-ADV if the buy-out group ca n't revive its bid] , it may have *-2 to explore alternatives if the buyers come back with a bid much lower than the group 's original $ 300-a-share *U* proposal .
- [ARG0 WCRS Group] hopes *-1 to announce , perhaps today , an agreement * to [rel sell] [ARG1 the majority of its ad unit] to [ARG2-to Paris-based Eurocom] , a European ad executive said 0 *T*-2 .
- The exchanges contend that dual trading improves liquidity in the markets because [ARG0 traders] [ARGM-MOD can] buy or [rel sell] [ARGM-TMP even when they do n't have a customer order in hand *T*-1] .
- Dictaphone went ahead and introduced the pico in 1985 , but [ARG1 it] has [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel sold] [ARGM-MNR well] .
- Last spring , the comptroller 's office called a halt to Mr. Paul 's fling , *-1 giving [ARG0 him] six months 0 * to [rel sell] [ARG1 the paintings] *T*-2 .
- Sotheby 's vice president Diana Levitt says 0 the auction house has been `` assisting '' [ARG0 Mr. Paul] in *-1 [rel selling] [ARG1 the paintings] .
- And [ARGM-ADV while Sotheby 's chief rivals in the art world , private art dealers , `` wo n't be happy *-1 to hear it] , '' she adds 0 *T*-2 , `` [ARG1 a number of -LCB- the artworks -RCB-] have [ARGM-TMP already] been [rel sold] *-3 *NOT* , and at [ARG3-at a substantial profit] . ''
- [ARG0 Mr. Paul] claims *-1 to have [rel sold] [ARG1 three paintings] , at [ARG3-at more than a 10 % profit] .
- He says 0 [ARG0 he] expects *-2 to [rel sell] [ARG1 the collection -- including the controversial Rubens --] `` [ARGM-MNR carefully and prudently] , [ARGM-ADV just as it was put *-1 together] . ''
- `` Estimates are based *-1 on the previous price of [ARG1 similar works] [rel sold] * [ARGM-LOC at auction] and current market conditions , and are not affected by any knowledge of who the potential buyer could be *T*-2 . ''
- [ARG0 Mr. Paul] , in *-1 [rel selling] off [ARG1 his paintings] , is seeking at least a 15 % return on the bank 's investment , so as *-1 to prove that the venture was sound .
- Because of the pressure *ICH*-1 on [ARG0 CenTrust] * to [rel sell] , dealers and collectors have been trying *-2 to get the paintings at bargain-basement prices .
- `` It 's not like [ARG0 *] [rel selling] [ARG1 Chevrolets] , '' Mr. Paul says *T*-1 , as he takes a drag on a goldbanded St. Moritz cigarette .
- [ARG0 Mr. Paul] has a plan * to bring in $ 150 million *U* by * [rel selling] off [ARG1 63 of CenTrust 's 71 branches] , but it has yet * to be approved *-1 by regulators .
- [ARG0 Mr. Payson , an art dealer and collector ,] [rel sold] [ARG1 Vincent van Gogh 's `` Irises ''] [ARGM-LOC at a Sotheby 's auction] [ARGM-TMP in November 1987] to [ARG2-to Australian businessman Alan Bond] .
- -LRB- [ARG1 Some 64 % of items offered * at the Guterman auction] were [rel sold] *-1 , at [ARG3-at an average price of $ 343,333 *U*] .
- Afterward , Mr. Paul is said by Mr. Guterman *-1 to have phoned Mr. Guterman , [ARG0 the New York developer] [rel selling] [ARG1 the collection] , and gloated .
- By midnight Oct. 6 , [ARG1 all of the paintings] were supposed *-2 to have been [rel sold] *-3 off , under orders from Florida 's comptroller , whose office *T*-1 regulates the state 's S&Ls .
- [ARG0 Nicholas Hall , the president of the Colnaghi U.S.A. Ltd. gallery in New York ,] [rel sold] [ARG2 Mr. Paul] [ARG1 `` Abraham and Sarah in the Wilderness '' by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo] .
- [ARG0 The state] gave CenTrust [ARGM-TMP 30 days] 0 * to [rel sell] [ARG1 the Rubens] *T*-2 .
- `` It *EXP*-2 's not beyond credibility 0 the Rubens will someday be worth $ 12 million *U* , but whether [ARG1 it] [ARGM-MOD could] be [rel sold] *-3 for [ARG3-for that amount] [ARGM-TMP tomorrow] remains *-1 to be seen *-4 . ''
- [ARGM-DIS Also] , [ARGM-LOC at any of Sotheby 's auctions of old masters] , [ARG0 roughly one-third to one-fifth of what *T*-2 is offered *-1] does [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel sell] at [ARG3-at any price] .
- [ARG1 A seat on the Chicago Board of Trade] was [rel sold] *-1 for [ARG3-for $ 390,000 *U*] , [ARGM-ADV down $ 5,000 *U* from the previous sale last Tuesday] .
- [ARG1 An associate member seat] was [rel sold] *-1 for [ARG3-for $ 228,000 *U*] , [ARGM-ADV up $ 8,000 *U* from the previous sale Oct. 4] .
- Some think 0 [ARG0 investors] [ARGM-MOD should] [rel sell] [ARGM-MNR into rallies] .
- `` What *T*-2 's encouraging about this is that [ARG1 retail chains] [ARGM-MOD will] be [rel sold] *-1 [ARGM-MNR on the basis of their sales and earnings , not liquidation values] , '' said *T*-3 Joseph E. Brooks , chairman and chief executive officer of Ann Taylor Inc. , a specialty chain .
- The convenience-food company said 0 [ARG0 it] [rel sold] [ARG1 the bakeries] to [ARG2-to Mills Family Bakery] for [ARG3-for an undisclosed amount] .
- Editor Hasse Olsson said 0 plans had called for [ARG1 7,000 copies of the monthly Are Paev -LRB- Business Paper -RRB-] to be [rel sold] *-1 [ARGM-LOC at newsstands] and an additional 3,000 promotion issues to be sent *-2 by direct mail .
- [ARG0 SsangYong , which *T*-3 has only about 3 % of the domestic market ,] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel sell] [ARG1 about 18,000 of its models *ICH*-2] [ARGM-TMP this year] , [ARGM-ADV twice as many as last year] .
- By then it also hopes *-1 to begin *-2 producing [ARG1 a passenger car] based * on the Volvo 240 and [rel selling] for [ARG3-for about $ 20,000 *U*] .
- Hyundai and Daewoo seem unconcerned about the SsangYong threat , but [ARG0 Kia , the scrappy No.3 auto maker ,] is [rel selling] [ARG1 four-wheel-drive vehicles] [ARGM-MNR through its Asia unit] .
- [ARG0 It] plans *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 1,700 units] [ARGM-TMP in 1989] .
- Its advantage has been [ARG1 the peppy little Pride] , [rel sold] * [ARGM-MNR as the Ford Festiva] [ARGM-LOC in the U.S.] .
- Instead of [ARG0 *-2] [rel selling] [ARG1 bonds] [ARGM-PNC *-1 to meet redemptions] , however , some funds have borrowed from banks *-2 to meet withdrawal requests .
- That way , Mr. Collins says , `` [ARG0 We] did n't have *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 securities] [ARGM-LOC in a sloppy market] . ''
- [ARGM-TMP When the market stabilized *T*-1] , he added 0 *T*-2 , [ARG0 the firm] [rel sold] [ARG1 the bonds] and quickly paid the loans back .
- The Food and Drug Administration that day said 0 [ARG0 Bausch & Lomb] could start *-1 [rel selling] [ARG1 them] [ARGM-LOC in the U.S.] .
- [ARG0 Bausch & Lomb] [rel sold] [ARG1 the softies] [ARGM-MNR under a sublicense from National Patent Development , which *T*-1 had gained the rights from the Czechoslovakia Academy of Sciences] .
- [ARG0 Exabyte Corp.] had been planning *-2 to [rel sell] [ARG1 10 % of its stock] [ARGM-TMP this week] [ARGM-LOC in an IPO that *T*-1 would raise up to $ 28.5 million *U*] .
- At the time , its shares were selling above their initial offering price of $ 19 *U* , and bankers believed 0 [ARG0 Staples] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel sell] [ARG1 new stock] [ARGM-MNR without a hitch] .
- [ARGM-TMP At the time] , [ARG1 its shares] were [rel selling] above [ARG3-above their initial offering price of $ 19 *U*] , and bankers believed 0 Staples would sell new stock without a hitch .
- Bay said 0 a `` substantial part '' of its debt outstanding is in default as a result of inability [ARG0 *] to [rel sell] [ARG1 certain properties] [ARGM-MNR quickly] and lower-than-expected prices for sales made * .
- Although he does n't expect any bankruptcies , he does see [ARG1 more plants] being [rel sold] or closed *-1 .
- Polaroid claims 0 it could have manufactured and sold [ARG1 all the instant cameras and film] [rel sold] * by [ARG0-by Kodak] if Kodak had n't entered the market .
- Polaroid claims 0 [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD could] have manufactured and [rel sold] [ARG1 all the instant cameras and film sold * by Kodak] [ARGM-ADV if Kodak had n't entered the market] .
- Moreover , Polaroid contends 0 [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD could] have [rel sold] [ARG1 them] at [ARG3-at a higher price] -- and thus made higher profits -- [ARGM-CAU because it would n't have been forced *-1 to match Kodak 's lower prices] .
- [ARG1 The disk drives] [ARGM-MOD will] [ARGM-DIS doubtless] [rel sell] [ARGM-MNR well] [ARGM-TMP when they finally become available *T*-1] .
- An options contract gives [ARG0 the holder] the right * to buy -LRB- call -RRB- or [rel sell] -LRB- put -RRB- [ARG1 a specific amount of stock , or in this case the value of a stock index , based * on a predetermined price] [ARGM-TMP within a given time period] .
- [ARG0 Options traders] who *T*-2 , [ARGM-ADV in return for a small fee , or premium] , had [ARGM-TMP previously] [rel sold] [ARG1 put options] [ARGM-LOC on stocks or stock indexes] were forced on Friday *-1 to buy those contracts back at the previously agreed prices , which *T*-3 were substantially above those in the market as it was falling .
- [ARG0 They] then had no choice in many cases but *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 the contracts] at [ARG3-at prevailing prices] -- in most cases at a substantial loss .
- [ARG0 They] then had no choice in many cases but *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 the contracts] at prevailing prices -- [ARGM-TMP in most cases] at [ARG3-at a substantial loss] .
- Warehouse clubs typically carry [ARG1 general merchandise and food products] , which [ARG0 they] [rel sell] for [ARG3-for close to wholesale prices] [ARGM-LOC in no-frills stores] .
- At about 10:40 a.m. on the over-the-counter trading desk at a major brokerage firm , [ARG0 a veteran trader] who *T*-1 buys and [rel sells] [ARG1 some of the most active stocks] looked at a senior official and asked , `` What 's *T*-2 going on ?
- Meanwhile , some currency traders at West German banks in Frankfurt said 0 [ARG0 they] [rel sold] [ARG1 dollars] [ARGM-ADV on the news] and had *-1 to buy them back later at higher prices .
- `` [ARG0 You] [ARGM-MOD could] buy at the bid and [rel sell] at [ARG3-at the offer] and make a fortune , '' he marveled *T*-1 .
- `` [ARG0 You] may have *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 your stocks] [ARGM-TMP at a time when the market takes a plunge *T*-2] , '' says *T*-3 Mr. Blankenship , a Del Mar , Calif. financial planner .
- `` [ARG1 It] 's [ARGM-TMP now] [rel selling] at [ARG3-at a multiple about even with the market] , '' says *T*-1 Mr. Douglas .
- But , they say 0 *T*-2 , people should n't try *-3 to be [ARG0 traders] , who *T*-1 buy and [rel sell] [ARGM-PNC in an effort * to ride the latest economic trend or catch the next hot stock] .
- Giant Industries Inc. , initial public offering of 3,111,000 common shares , of which [ARG1 2,425,000 *T*-2] [ARGM-MOD will] be [rel sold] *-1 by [ARG0-by the company] , and the rest *T*-2 by holders , [ARGM-MNR via Shearson Lehman Hutton Inc. and Hanifen , Imhoff Inc] .
- Giant Industries Inc. , initial public offering of 3,111,000 common shares , of which 2,425,000 *T*-2 [ARGM-MOD will] be [rel sold] *-1 by the company , and [ARG1 the rest *T*-2] by [ARG0-by holders] , via Shearson Lehman Hutton Inc. and Hanifen , Imhoff Inc .
- Jason Overseas Ltd. , initial offering of four million common shares , of which [ARG1 3.2 million *T*-2] [ARGM-MOD will] be [rel sold] *-1 [ARGM-LOC in the U.S.] , and the balance *T*-2 outside the U.S. , [ARGM-MNR via Smith Barney , Harris Upham & Co. and Mabon , Nugent & Co] .
- Jason Overseas Ltd. , initial offering of four million common shares , of which 3.2 million *T*-2 [ARGM-MOD will] be [rel sold] *-1 in the U.S. , and [ARG1 the balance *T*-2] [ARGM-LOC outside the U.S.] , via Smith Barney , Harris Upham & Co. and Mabon , Nugent & Co .
- Some takeover stock traders had been betting against Mr. Trump because [ARG0 he] has a record of * disclosing stakes in companies that *T*-1 are potential takeover targets , then * [rel selling] at [ARG3-at a profit] [ARGM-MNR without * making a bid] .
- In an attempt * to persuade investors that his bid was n't just `` a stock play , '' [ARG0 Mr. Trump] promised last week *-1 to notify the market before *-2 [rel selling] [ARG1 any shares] .
- * Assuming that he paid a rough average price of $ 80 *U* a share , and assuming 0 [ARG0 he] did [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel sell] [ARGM-TMP before his announcement reached the market] , Mr. Trump could be sitting with a modest loss with the stock at $ 76.50 *U* .
- He said 0 [ARG0 he] [ARGM-MOD might] [ARGM-TMP now] [rel sell] [ARG1 his AMR stake] , buy more shares , or make another offer at a lower price .
- [ARG0 The agency] has already spent roughly $ 19 billion *U* *-2 [rel selling] [ARG1 34 insolvent S&Ls] , and it is likely *-3 to sell or merge 600 by the time 0 the bailout concludes *T*-1 .
- The agency has already spent roughly $ 19 billion *U* *-2 selling 34 insolvent S&Ls , and [ARG0 it] is likely *-3 to [rel sell] or merge [ARG1 600] [ARGM-TMP by the time 0 the bailout concludes *T*-1] .
- Absent other working capital , he said 0 *T*-2 , [ARG0 the RTC] would be forced *-3 to delay other thrift resolutions until cash could be raised *-1 by * [rel selling] [ARG1 the bad assets] .
- But the RTC also requires `` working '' capital 0 * to maintain *T*-4 the bad assets of [ARG1 thrifts] that *T*-3 are [rel sold] *-1 , until the assets can be sold *-2 separately .
- But the RTC also requires `` working '' capital 0 * to maintain *T*-4 the bad assets of thrifts that *T*-3 are sold *-1 , until [ARG1 the assets] [ARGM-MOD can] be [rel sold] *-2 [ARGM-MNR separately] .
- That debt would be paid *-2 off as [ARG1 the assets] are [rel sold] *-1 , * leaving the total spending for the bailout at $ 50 billion *U* , or $ 166 billion *U* including interest over 10 years .
- [ARG0 The computer maker] , which *T*-2 [rel sells] [ARG1 more than half its goods] [ARGM-LOC outside the U.S.] , also said 0 the negative effect of a stronger U.S. dollar will `` adversely affect '' its fourth-quarter performance and `` make it *EXP*-1 difficult '' * to better 1988 results .
- In addition to a general slowing of the computer industry , [ARG0 NCR] , which *T*-2 [rel sells] [ARG1 automated teller machines and computerized cash registers] , is also affected *-1 by the retail and financial sectors , `` areas of the economy that *T*-3 have generally not been robust , '' notes 0 *T*-4 Sanjiv G. Hingorani , an analyst for Salomon Brothers Inc .
- `` Rally ! Rally ! Rally ! '' shouted *T*-1 [ARG0 Shearson trader Andy Rosen] , *-2 [rel selling] [ARG1 more Jaguar shares] .
- The [ARG0 company] 's restructuring includes plans * to split into three sectors , to phase out domestic printer manufacturing operations and to [rel sell] [ARG1 its New England subsidiary] .
- As part of the plan , [ARG0 Dataproducts] announced a pact * to [rel sell] [ARG1 $ 63 million *U* of its real estate holdings] to [ARG2-to Trizec Properties Inc. , a unit of Canada 's Trizec Corp] .
- Federal Express , Dow Chemical , Ford and National City Corp. will buy the home or let [ARG0 the worker] [rel sell] to [ARG2-to an outside firm] , but usually wo n't cover a loss .
- [ARG0 Pittsburgh consultant David Bear] is [rel selling] [ARG1 a soft approach] to [ARG2-to clients who *T*-1 want exposure yet shun pushy ads] .
- Says *ICH*-3 Mr. Dahlen , `` [ARG0 We] 'll still be forced *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 items 0 we might not philosophically agree with *T*-2] . ''
- As a result , high-yield mutual funds have declined across the board and [ARG0 the many firms] planning * to [rel sell] [ARG1 $ 11 billion *U* in junk bonds] [ARGM-TMP before year-end] are experiencing anxious times .
- There was heavy stock-index arbitrage , as [ARG0 traders] [rel sold] [ARG1 big baskets of stock] and bought stock-index futures *-1 to profit from the price discrepancies between the two markets .
- [ARGM-DIS Instead] , [ARG0 they] bought on weakness and [rel sold] [ARGM-ADV into the strength] , [ARGM-ADV which *T*-1 kept the market orderly] .
- Hertz Corp. of Park Ridge , N.J. , said 0 it retained [ARG0 Merrill Lynch Capital Markets] *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 its Hertz Equipment Rental Corp. unit] .
- `` There is no pressing need [ARG0 *] to [rel sell] [ARG1 the unit] , but we are doing it so we can concentrate on our core business , * renting automobiles in the U.S. and abroad , '' said *T*-1 William Slider , Hertz 's executive vice president .
- `` [ARG0 We] are only going *-1 to [rel sell] at [ARG3-at the right price] . ''
- U.S. Banknote said 0 [ARG0 it] is in negotiations * to [rel sell] [ARG1 `` certain facilities , '' which it did n't name *T*-1 ,] to [ARG2-to a third party] , and it needs the extension *-2 to try *-3 to reach a definitive agreement on the sale .
- Under the terms of the contract , New York-based Gitano has the option * to acquire the remaining 50 % of Regatta , a maker of [ARG1 men 's and women 's clothes] [rel sold] * [ARGM-LOC primarily in department stores] , under certain conditions .
- Gitano , which *T*-1 makes [ARG1 budget-priced apparel] [rel sold] * [ARGM-ADV mainly] [ARGM-MNR through mass merchandisers like K mart and Wal-Mart] , said 0 the Regatta acquisition will enhance its strategy * to expand into department stores .
- [ARG0 The Ways and Means plan] would create another possible obstacle to * [rel selling] [ARG1 sick thrifts] .
- COMMERCIAL PAPER : [ARG1 High-grade unsecured notes] [rel sold] * [ARGM-MNR through dealers] by [ARG0-by major corporations] [ARGM-MNR in multiples of $ 1,000 *U*] : 8.40 % 30 days ; 8.33 % 60 days ; 8.26 % 90 days .
- TREASURY BILLS : Results of the Monday , October 16 , 1989 , auction of [ARG1 short-term U.S. government bills] , [rel sold] * at [ARG3-at a discount from face value] [ARGM-MNR in units of $ 10,000 to $ 1 million *U*] : 7.37 % , 13 weeks ; 7.42 % , 26 weeks .
- J.P. Industries Inc. said 0 [ARG0 it] signed a definitive agreement * to [rel sell] [ARG1 its Builders ' Hardware Group] to [ARG2-to closely held Nalcor Inc. of Beverly Hills , Calif] .
- Last month , [ARG0 United Biscuits] agreed *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 its entire restaurant operations] to [ARG2-to Grand Metropolitan PLC] for [ARG3-for # 180 million *U*] .
- `` It was simply overbought , '' he said 0 *T*-2 , and [rel selling] by [ARG0-by funds that *T*-1 are computer guided] helped *-3 depress prices .
- But it said 0 [ARG0 Charles Johnston , ISI chairman and president ,] agreed *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 his 60 % stake in ISI] to [ARG2-to Memotec] [ARGM-TMP upon completion of the tender offer] for [ARG3-for a combination of cash , Memotec stock and debentures] .
- Five African nations , however , said 0 [ARG0 they] would continue *-1 [rel selling] [ARG1 the valuable tusks] .
- The State Department said 0 there was a `` possibility '' that [ARG0 some Nicaraguan rebels] were [rel selling] [ARG1 their U.S.-supplied arms] to [ARG2-to Salvadoran guerrillas] , but insisted 0 it was n't an organized effort .
- [ARG0 Chicago investor William Farley] agreed *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 three divisions of Cluett Peabody & Co.] for [ARG3-for about $ 600 million *U*] to [ARG2-to Bidermann S.A. , a closely held clothing maker based * in Paris] .
- [ARG0 Bidermann] [rel sells] [ARG1 clothes] [ARGM-LOC under various labels , including Yves Saint Laurent and Bill Robinson for men and Ralph Lauren for women] .
- Mr. Farley followed a similar pattern when [ARG0 he] acquired Northwest Industries Inc. and [ARGM-TMP then] [rel sold] [ARG1 much of its assets] *T*-1 .
- But as panic spread , [ARG0 speculators] began *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 blue-chip stocks such as Philip Morris and International Business Machines] [ARGM-PNC *-2 to offset their losses] .
- -LRB- [ARGM-LOC In a stock-index arbitrage sell program] , [ARG0 traders] buy or [rel sell] [ARG1 big baskets of stocks] and offset the trade in futures *-1 to lock in a price difference . -RRB-
- It *EXP*-1 would be my inclination * to advise [ARG0 clients] *-3 [ARGM-NEG not] to [rel sell] , to look for an opportunity * to buy , '' Mr. Ball told the brokers *T*-2 .
- At those levels , stocks are set up *-3 to be hammered *-1 by [ARG0 index arbitragers] , who *T*-2 lock in profits by *-4 buying futures when futures prices fall *T*-5 , and [ARGM-TMP simultaneously] [rel sell] off [ARG1 stocks] .
- Mr. Phelan said , 0 `` It *EXP*-2 will take another day or two '' * to analyze [ARG0 who] *T*-1 was buying and [rel selling] [ARGM-TMP Friday] .
- [ARG0 Ports of Call Inc.] reached agreements * to [rel sell] [ARG1 its remaining seven aircraft] to [ARG2-to buyers that *T*-2 were n't disclosed *-1] .
- The agreements bring to a total of nine the number of [ARG1 planes] 0 [ARG0 the travel company] has [rel sold] *T*-1 [ARGM-TMP this year] [ARGM-MNR as part of a restructuring] .
- Earlier the company announced 0 [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel sell] [ARG1 its aging fleet of Boeing Co. 707s] [ARGM-CAU because of increasing maintenance costs] .
- Since then , [ARG0 Hooker Corp.] has sold its interest in the Parisian chain back to Parisian 's management and is currently attempting *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 the B. Altman & Co. chain] .
- [ARGM-TMP Since then] , [ARG0 Hooker Corp.] has [rel sold] [ARG1 its interest in the Parisian chain] [ARGM-DIR back] to [ARG2-to Parisian 's management] and is currently attempting *-1 to sell the B. Altman & Co. chain .
- [ARG0 Hooker 's] philosophy was * to build and [rel sell] .
- [ARG0 The Treasury] plans *-1 to raise $ 175 million *U* in new cash Thursday by *-2 [rel selling] [ARG1 about $ 9.75 billion *U* of 52-week bills] and redeeming $ 9.58 billion *U* of maturing bills .
- `` [ARG0 Half of them] are really scared and want *-1 to [rel sell] , '' she said , `` but I 'm trying *-2 to talk them out of it . ''
- `` From the investors ' standpoint , [ARG0 institutions and individuals] learned a painful lesson ... by *-1 [rel selling] at [ARG3-at the lows] '' [ARGM-TMP on Black Monday] , said 0 *T*-2 Stephen Boesel , manager of the $ 580 million *U* T. Rowe Price Growth and Income Fund .
- [ARG1 Benchmark grades] , which *T*-1 [ARGM-DIS still] [rel sold] for [ARG3-for as much as 50 cents a pound] [ARGM-TMP last spring] , have skidded to between 35 cents and 40 cents .
- `` You say 0 [ARG0 you] [ARGM-MOD could] have [rel sold] [ARG1 X percent of this product and Y percent of that] , '' recalls *T*-2 Theodore Semegran , an analyst at Shearson Lehman Hutton who *T*-1 went through this exercise during his former career as a chemical engineer .
- P&G and others also have tried repeatedly *-1 to hook consumers on detergent and fabric softener combinations in pouches , but [ARG1 they] have [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel sold] [ARGM-MNR well] , [ARGM-ADV despite the convenience] .
- If [ARG1 the new Cheer] [rel sells] [ARGM-MNR well] , the trend toward smaller packaging is likely *-1 to accelerate as competitors follow with their own superconcentrates .
- Kao officials previously have said 0 [ARG0 they] are interested in *-1 [rel selling] [ARG1 detergents] [ARGM-LOC in the U.S.] , but so far the company has focused on acquisitions , such as last year 's purchase of Andrew Jergens Co. , a Cincinnati hand-lotion maker .
- [ARGM-TMP A year ago] [ARG1 ethylene] [rel sold] for [ARG3-for 33 cents] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 peaking at about 34 cents last December] .
- [ARGM-DIS For instance] , [ARG1 natural gas currently produced * along the Gulf Coast] is [rel selling] [ARGM-LOC on the spot market] for [ARG3-for around $ 1.47 *U* a thousand cubic feet] , [ARGM-ADV down 13 % from $ 1.69 *U* a thousand cubic feet a year ago] .
- There also are recurring reports that the Soviet Union is having difficulties with its oil exports and that Nigeria has about reached its production limit and ca n't produce [ARG1 as much] as [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD could] [rel sell] *?* .
- In its lawsuit , Pharmacia is seeking unspecified damages and a preliminary injunction 0 *T*-1 to block [ARG0 MedChem] from *-2 [rel selling] [ARG1 the AMVISC products] .
- [ARGM-DIS Also] , [ARG0 the company 's hair-growing drug , Rogaine ,] is [rel selling] [ARGM-MNR well] -- at [ARG3-at about $ 125 million *U* for the year] , but the company 's profit from the drug has been reduced *-1 by Upjohn 's expensive print and television campaigns for advertising , analysts said 0 *T*-2 .
- [ARG0 The government] [rel sold] [ARG1 the deposits of four savings-and-loan institutions] , [ARGM-LOC in its first wave of sales of big , sick thrifts] , but low bids prevented the sale of a fifth .
- For example , the delay in * selling People 's Heritage Savings , Salina , Kan. , with $ 1.7 billion *U* in assets , has forced [ARG0 the RTC] to consider [rel selling] off [ARG1 the thrift] [ARGM-MNR branch-by-branch , instead of as a whole institution] .
- For example , the delay in [ARG0 *] [rel selling] [ARG1 People 's Heritage Savings , Salina , Kan. , with $ 1.7 billion *U* in assets ,] has forced the RTC to consider selling off the thrift branch-by-branch , instead of as a whole institution .
- [ARG1 The four S&Ls] were [rel sold] *-1 to [ARG2-to large banks] , [ARGM-ADV as * was the case with most of the 28 previous transactions initiated * by the Resolution Trust Corp. since it was created *-2 in the S&L bailout legislation two months ago] .
- [ARG1 Two of the four big thrifts] were [rel sold] *-1 to [ARG2-to NCNB Corp. , Charlotte , N.C. , which *T*-2 has aggressively expanded its markets , particularly in Texas and Florida] .
- [ARGM-LOC Under these deals] , [ARG0 the RTC] [rel sells] [ARG1 just the deposits and the healthy assets] .
- These `` clean-bank '' transactions leave [ARG1 the bulk of bad assets , mostly real estate ,] with the government , *-2 to be [rel sold] *-1 [ARGM-TMP later] .
- Besides , [ARG0 Time executives] think 0 * [rel selling] [ARG1 a news magazine] [ARGM-MNR with a clock radio] is tacky .
- Mr. Paul said 0 the regulators should instead move ahead with *-1 approving [ARG0 CenTrust 's] request * to [rel sell] [ARG1 63 of its 71 branches] to [ARG2-to Great Western Bank , a unit of Great Western Financial Corp. based * in Beverly Hills , Calif] .
- [ARG1 Branches and deposits] [ARGM-MOD can] be [rel sold] *-1 at [ARG3-at a premium] [ARGM-TMP in the event 0 federal regulators take over an institution] .
- [ARG0 The thrift] is also working *-1 to unload its junk-bond portfolio by *-2 continuing *-3 to [rel sell] off [ARG1 the bonds] , and it plans *-4 to eventually place some of them in a separate affiliate , as * required *-5 under the new thrift law .
- [ARG0 Mr. Burt] nonetheless paid the penalty as if he had lost , *-1 agreeing *-2 to spend a day with West German Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher *-3 frying and [rel selling] [ARG1 their combined weight in potato pancakes] .
- In computer publishing , a battle over typefaces is hurting [ARG0 Adobe Systems Inc.] , which *T*-1 [rel sells] [ARG1 software that *T*-2 controls the image produced * by printers and displays] .
- The company is beginning *-2 to ship a new software program that *T*-3 's being heralded *-1 as a boon for owners of [ARG1 low-end printers] [rel sold] * by [ARG0-by Apple] .
- [ARG0 Investors] -- *-2 taking this as a sign that a broad industry slump was in the offing -- reacted by *-2 [rel selling] [ARG1 the company 's stock , which *T*-1 lost $ 3.25 *U* that day * to close at $ 52 *U* in national over-the-counter trading] .
- Wyse Technology , for instance , is considered *-1 [ARG0 a candidate] 0 *T*-2 to [rel sell] [ARG1 its troubled operation] .
- `` Wyse has done well *-3 establishing a distribution business , but they have n't delivered [ARG1 products] that *T*-1 [rel sell] , '' said *T*-2 Kimball Brown , an analyst at Prudential-Bache Securities .
- -- Restrict the ability *ICH*-1 of [ARG0 real estate owners] * to escape taxes by *-2 swapping one piece of property for another instead of *-3 [rel selling] [ARG1 it] [ARGM-MNR for cash] .
- [ARGM-ADV As she calculates it] , [ARG1 the average stock] [ARGM-TMP now] [rel sells] for [ARG3-for about 12.5 times companies ' earnings] .
- `` [ARGM-TMP Friday] [ARG0 you] [ARGM-MOD could] [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel sell] [ARG1 dollars] , '' he says *T*-1 .
- He recommends that [ARG0 investors] [rel sell] [ARG1 takeover-related stocks] , but hang on to some other stocks -- especially utilities , which *T*-1 often do well during periods of economic weakness .
- [ARGM-TMP On Friday] , [ARG0 some market makers] were [rel selling] [ARGM-MNR again] , traders said 0 *T*-1 .
- Shearson 's Mr. DaPuzzo said 0 [ARG0 retail investors] [ARGM-MNR nervously] [rel sold] [ARG1 stock] [ARGM-TMP Friday] and never returned *-1 to bargain-hunt .
- [ARG0 Institutional investors] , which *T*-1 had been [rel selling] [ARG1 stock] [ARGM-TMP throughout last week] [ARGM-PNC *-2 to lock in handsome gains made * through the third quarter] , were calmer .
- `` We had a good amount of [rel selling] from [ARG0-from institutions] , but not as much panic , '' Mr. DaPuzzo said *T*-1 .
- `` If [ARG0 they] [ARGM-MOD could] [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel sell] , some of them put the shares back on the shelf . ''
- [ARG0 McCaw Cellular Communications] , for instance , has offered *-1 to buy LIN Broadcasting as well as Metromedia 's New York City cellular telephone interests , and [ARGM-LOC in a separate transaction] , [rel sell] [ARG1 certain McCaw properties] to [ARG2-to Contel Cellular] .
- [ARG1 High-grade unsecured notes] [rel sold] * [ARGM-MNR through dealers] by [ARG0-by major corporations] [ARGM-MNR in multiples of $ 1,000 *U*] :
- Results of the Tuesday , October 10 , 1989 , auction of [ARG1 short-term U.S. government bills] , [rel sold] * at [ARG3-at a discount from face value] [ARGM-MNR in units of $ 10,000 to $ 1 million *U*] :
- Unlike [ARG0 mutual funds] , which *T*-1 can be forced *-2 to [rel sell] [ARG1 stockholdings] [ARGM-TMP when investors rush *-4 to withdraw money *T*-3] , big investors such as pension funds and insurance companies can decide *-5 to ride out market storms without *-6 jettisoning stock .
- *-1 Not really insurance , this tactic was designed *-1 to soften the blow of declining stock prices and generate an offsetting profit by [ARG0 *-2] [rel selling] [ARG1 waves of S&P futures contracts] .
- [ARG0 The shorts] [rel sell] [ARG1 borrowed shares] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 hoping *-2 to profit by *-3 replacing them later at a lower price] .
- The FDA has said 0 it presented evidence 0 it uncovered *T*-1 *ICH*-2 to the company indicating that [ARG0 Bolar] substituted the brand-name product for its own *-3 to gain government approval * to [rel sell] [ARG1 generic versions of Macrodantin] .
- `` [ARG0 Investors] , who *T*-1 had been holding assets in anticipation of a more favorable time 0 * to [rel sell] *T*-4 , were spooked *-3 , '' he said *T*-2 .
- `` I think 0 on Monday [ARG0 the small -LRB- investors -RRB-] are going *-3 to panic and [rel sell] , '' predicted *T*-2 Mr. Sullivan , whose investments *T*-1 include AMR Corp. 's American Airlines unit and several mutual funds .
- If [ARG0 I] [rel sell] [ARGM-TMP now] , I 'll take a big loss . ''
- `` I 've had [ARG0 a lot of people] trying *-2 to [rel sell] [ARG2 me] [ARG1 services 0 *T*-3 to find out how big it is *T*-4] , '' says *T*-1 Tom Humphries , director of marketing for GRiD .
- Compaq 's announcement also spells trouble for [ARG0 Zenith] , which *T*-1 last year had 28 % of the U.S. laptop market but recently agreed *-2 to [rel sell] [ARG1 its computer business] to [ARG2-to Cie. des Machines Bull , the French government-owned computer maker] .
- That 's because their brokers can require [ARG0 them] to [rel sell] [ARG1 some shares] or put up more cash 0 *T*-2 to enhance the collateral backing their loans .
- [ARG1 The collateral] is being [rel sold] *-2 by [ARG0-by a thrift institution] .
- [ARG1 The interest-only securities] [ARGM-MOD will] be [rel sold] *-1 [ARGM-MNR separately] by [ARG0-by BT Securities] .
- [ARGM-ADV *-2 Rated *-1 single-A-1 by Moody 's Investors Service Inc. and single-A by Standard & Poor 's Corp.] , [ARG1 the non-callable issue] [ARGM-MOD will] be [rel sold] *-2 [ARGM-MNR through underwriters led * by Merrill Lynch Capital Markets] .
- [ARGM-ADV *-2 Rated *-1 Baa-1 by Moody 's and triple-B-plus by S&P] , [ARG1 the issue] [ARGM-MOD will] be [rel sold] *-2 [ARGM-MNR through underwriters led * by Morgan Stanley & Co] .
- [ARG0 Traders] spend the morning * [ARGM-MNR frantically] [rel selling] [ARG1 bonds] , in the belief that the U.S. monthly trade figures will look lousy .
- The amended filings also point out that under a new agreement , [ARG0 Hoylake] has an absolute obligation * to [rel sell] [ARG1 Farmers] to [ARG2-to Axa] [ARGM-TMP upon an acquisition of B.A.T] .
- In an attempt * to appease U.S. regulators ' concern over a Goldsmith acquisition of Farmers , [ARG0 Sir James] in August agreed *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 Farmers] to [ARG2-to Axa] [ARGM-ADV if he is successful in *-2 acquiring B.A.T] .
- Mr. Bebear said 0 Axa-Midi Group has `` more than $ 2.5 billion *U* of [ARG1 non-strategic assets] that [ARG0 we] [ARGM-MOD can] and will [rel sell] '' *T*-1 [ARGM-PNC *-2 to help *-3 pay off debt from the acquisition] .
- He said 0 [ARG1 the assets] 0 *T*-2 to be [rel sold] *-3 would be `` non-insurance '' assets , including a beer company and a real estate firm , and would n't include any pieces of Farmers .
- [ARG0 The eight major domestic auto makers] [rel sold] [ARG1 160,510 North American-made cars] [ARGM-TMP in the first 10 days of October] , [ARGM-ADV a 12.6 % drop from a year earlier] .
- Last year , GM had a different program *ICH*-3 in place that *T*-2 continued *-4 rewarding dealers until [ARG1 all the 1989 models] had been [rel sold] *-1 .
- Even for people who *T*-1 expect a bear market in coming months -- and a sizable number of money managers and market pundits do *?* -- the advice is : [ARG0 *] Wait for the market to bounce back , and [rel sell] [ARG1 shares] [ARGM-MNR gradually] [ARGM-TMP during rallies] .
- On the one hand , Mr. Front says 0 *T*-2 , it *EXP*-1 would be misguided [ARG0 *] to [rel sell] [ARGM-MNR into `` a classic panic] . ''
- [ARG0 *] Resist the urge * to call your broker and [rel sell] [ARG1 all your stocks] .
- John Snyder , former president of the Los Angeles chapter of the National Association of Investors Corp. , an organization of investment clubs and individual investors , says 0 [ARG0 his fellow club members] did n't sell in the crash of 1987 , and see no reason 0 * to [rel sell] [ARGM-TMP now] *T*-1 .
- They say 0 [ARG0 investors] [ARGM-MOD should] [rel sell] [ARG1 stocks] -- but [ARGM-TMP not necessarily right away] .
- A put option gives [ARG0 its holder] the right -LRB- but not the obligation -RRB- * to [rel sell] [ARG1 a stock -LRB- or stock index -RRB-] for [ARG3-for a specified price -LRB- the strike price -RRB-] [ARGM-TMP until the option expires] .
- But they 're nearly unanimous on one point : [ARG0 *] Do [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel sell] [ARGM-MNR into a panic] .
- [ARG0 Investors] who *T*-1 [rel sold] [ARG1 everything] [ARGM-TMP after the crash of 1987] lived *-2 to regret it .
- Coldwell Banker Commercial Group said 0 [ARG0 it] [rel sold] [ARG1 $ 47 million *U* of common stock] to [ARG2-to its employees] at [ARG3-at $ 10 *U* a share] , [ARGM-PNC * giving them a total stake of more than 40 % in the commercial real estate brokerage firm] .
- [ARG0 They] [ARGM-MOD may] [ARGM-DIS also] [ARGM-TMP eventually] [rel sell] [ARG1 the shares] to [ARG2-to third parties] , but the outside investors who *T*-1 own the remaining 60 % of Coldwell Banker have the right to first refusal .
- [ARG0 The firm , which *T*-2 was acquired *-1 in April from Sears , Roebuck & Co. in a management-led buy-out ,] had planned *-3 to [rel sell] [ARG1 up to $ 56.4 million *U* of stock , or a 50 % stake in the company ,] to [ARG2-to its 5,000 employees] .
- Those pauses -- from 2:07 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. CDT and from 2:45 p.m. until the close of trading a half-hour later -- forced [ARG0 traders] to buy and [rel sell] [ARG1 contracts] at [ARG3-at prices at *RNR*-1 or higher than *RNR*-1 their frozen levels] .
- If Sony wins , Mr. Eslinger says , [ARG0 its little rival] will have *-1 to try *-2 to [rel sell] [ARG1 the products] [ARGM-LOC overseas] .
- [ARG0 Mr. Kaye] had [rel sold] [ARG1 Capetronic Inc. , a Taiwan electronics maker] , and retired , only * to find 0 he was bored .
- With Justin , [ARG0 he] began *-1 [rel selling] [ARG1 toys and electronics made * mostly in Hong Kong] , [ARGM-ADV * beginning with Mickey Mouse radios] .
- Mexican investor Joel Rocha Garza said 0 [ARG0 he] [rel sold] [ARG1 a block of 600,000 shares of Smith Laboratories Inc. common stock] to [ARG2-to companies affiliated * with him] .
- Trading ground to a halt as [ARG0 investors] rushed *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 bonds] , only * to find themselves deserted *-2 by potential buyers .
- [ARGM-TMP Even as trading in high-yield issues dried up over the past month] , [ARG0 corporations] [rel sold] [ARG1 more than $ 2 billion *U* of new junk bonds] .
- For example , [ARG1 a recent $ 375 million *U* offering of Petrolane Gas Services L.P. bonds] [rel sold] * by [ARG0-by First Boston] was three times oversubscribed .
- A $ 550 million *U* offering of [ARG1 Turner Broadcasting System Inc . high-yield securities] [rel sold] [ARGM-TMP last week] by [ARG0-by Drexel] was increased *-1 $ 50 million *U* because of strong demand .
- `` I do n't know how people can say 0 the junk bond market disappeared *T*-3 when there were $ 1.5 billion *U* of orders for [ARG1 $ 550 million *U* of junk bonds] [rel sold] [ARGM-TMP last week] by [ARG0-by Turner] *T*-2 , '' says *T*-1 Raymond Minella , co-head of merchant banking at Merrill Lynch & Co .
- -- In August , [ARG0 Resorts International Inc.] , which *T*-1 [rel sold] [ARG1 more than $ 500 million *U* of junk bonds] , suspended interest payments .
- For example , the price of Southland Corp. 's $ 500 million *U* of [ARG1 16 3\/4 % bonds] due 2002 -- [rel sold] [ARGM-TMP less than two years ago] by [ARG0-by Goldman , Sachs & Co.] -- plummeted 25 % to just 30 cents on the dollar .
- Despite this loss , First Chicago said 0 [ARG0 it] does n't need *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 stock] *-1 to raise capital .
- [ARG1 Four ailing S&Ls] were [rel sold] off by [ARG0-by government regulators] , but low bids prevented the sale of a fifth .
- Now I think 0 we have [ARG0 a group] of marketing people who *T*-1 are out * [rel selling] to [ARG2-to retailers and wholesalers] , '' Mr. Simmons said *T*-2 .
- Freeport-McMoRan said 0 the shutdown wo n't affect sales volumes under long-term sales contracts of its Freeport Uranium Recovery Co. unit , but will reduce [ARG1 the amount of product] [rel sold] * [ARGM-LOC on the spot market] .
- Lomas Financial Corp. , Dallas , said 0 it will ask a U.S. bankruptcy court *-1 to allow it * to hire Lazard Freres & Co. * to help [ARG0 it] [rel sell] [ARG1 its leasing unit] .
- [ARG0 Lomas , assisted * by Merrill Lynch Capital Markets ,] has been trying *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 its Equitable Lomas Leasing Co.] for several months , apparently without success .
- Moreover , *-2 to complete the entire Anchor Glass purchase and refinance existing debt , Donaldson said 0 it is `` highly confident '' that [ARG0 it] will be able *-1 to [rel sell] [ARG1 $ 400 million *U* of junk bonds] [ARGM-PNC for Vitro] , despite the current disarray in the junk bond market .
- Donaldson 's statement is n't merely an idle boast , because [ARG1 those bonds] will have *-2 to be [rel sold] *-1 [ARGM-TMP before Donaldson 's bridge loan can be paid *-3 back] .
- Paul Kwan , managing director of Playmates , says 0 [ARG1 10 million Ninja Turtles] have been [rel sold] *-1 , [ARGM-ADV * placing the reptilian warriors among the 10 biggest-selling toys in the U.S.] .
- Under current rules , even when a network fares well with a 100%-owned series -- ABC , for example , made a killing in *-2 broadcasting its popular crime\/comedy `` Moonlighting '' -- *T*-5 it is n't allowed *-3 to share in the continuing proceeds [ARGM-TMP when] [ARG1 the reruns] are [rel sold] *-1 to [ARG2-to local stations] *T*-4 .
- Instead , [ARG0 ABC] will have *-1 to [rel sell] off [ARG1 the rights] [ARGM-PNC for a one-time fee] .