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frames- [ARGM-ADV Although the purchasing managers ' index continues *-1 to indicate a slowing economy] , [ARG0 it] is [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel signaling] [ARG1 an imminent recession] , said 0 *T*-2 Robert Bretz , chairman of the association 's survey committee and director of materials management at Pitney Bowes Inc. , Stamford , Conn .
- But * do n't breathe too easy : [ARG0 Those dividend increases] [ARGM-MOD may] [rel signal] [ARG1 trouble ahead for stock prices] , some analysts warn 0 *T*-1 .
- [ARG0 It] [rel signals] [ARG1 Congress 's attempt , under the pretext of * guarding the public purse , * to deny the president the funding necessary * to execute certain of his duties and prerogatives specified * in Article II of the Constitution] .
- `` Today is not the time 0 [ARG0 *] to [rel signal] [ARG1 that Congress in any way sanctions the dismal state into which antitrust enforcement has fallen *T*-3] *T*-2 , '' Mr. Edwards argued 0 *T*-1 .
- But Moody 's warned that Shearson 's commercial paper rating could be lowered *-1 soon , [ARG0 a move] that *T*-2 would reduce Shearson 's profit margins on its borrowings and [rel signal] [ARG1 trouble ahead] for [ARG2-for other firms] .
- [ARGM-ADV Although takeover experts said 0 they doubted 0 Mr. Steinberg will make a bid by himself] , [ARG0 the application by his Reliance Group Holdings Inc.] [ARGM-MOD could] [rel signal] [ARG1 his interest in * helping *-1 revive a failed labor-management bid] .
- I would be very surprised if [ARG0 his departure] [rel signals] [ARG1 any change in strategy or change in profit expectations] . ''
- [ARG0 The Warner Bros. studio and Sony] [rel signaled] [ARG1 0 they are close to a settlement] [ARGM-TMP yesterday] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 asking a Los Angeles Superior Court *-2 to postpone a hearing scheduled * for tomorrow on Warner 's request for a preliminary injunction blocking Mr. Guber and Mr. Peters from *-3 taking the top posts at Columbia Pictures Entertainment Inc] .
- `` We 're finally seeing the culmination of all the recessionary buildup of the last few months , '' he said *T*-1 , *-2 noting 0 [ARG0 a continuing downward trend in U.S. interest rates , a shaky stock market and `` gloomier economic times ahead ''] [ARGM-ADV all] [rel signal] [ARG1 a significantly lower dollar] .
- Moreover , some analysts said 0 they expect a foreign paper company with deeper pockets than Georgia-Pacific to end up *-1 acquiring Nekoosa , [ARG0 *-2] [rel signaling] to [ARG2-to the rest of the industry] [ARG1 that hostile bids are unproductive] .
- [ARGM-ADV If gold stocks and utilities continue *-1 to lead] , [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD may] [rel signal] [ARG1 that the market is in for rough times] .
- [ARG0 MAY 1 , 1975 ,] [rel SIGNALED] [ARG1 A DISTRESSFUL May Day] for [ARG2-for securities houses , which *T*-1 were forced *-2 to end 183 years of * charging fixed commissions] .
- [ARG0 General Motors Corp.] has [rel signaled] [ARG1 that as many as five of its U.S. and Canadian plants may not survive the mid-1990s as it struggles *-1 to trim its excess vehicle-production capacity] .
- At the time , the Fed said 0 [ARG0 the denial , the first ever on such grounds ,] [rel signaled] [ARG1 the agency 's new emphasis on the Community Reinvestment Act] .
- Mr. Bostian said in August that [ARG0 his macroeconomic index] [rel signaled] [ARG1 recession] .
- [ARG0 Sir Geoffrey Howe , deputy prime minister and a Lawson ally on the EMS ,] has [rel signaled] [ARG1 0 he will continue *-1 pressing for early membership] .
- [ARG0 The show] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel signals] [ARG1 Mr. Vila 's return as a television celebrity] .
- Are [ARG0 those declines] enough * to [rel signal] [ARG1 a partial return to stocks] ?
- [ARG0 KKR] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel signaled] to [ARG2-to the company 's creditors] [ARG1 that Henry Kravis and other KKR directors of SCI TV would resign from the board once the restructuring is completed *-1 and forgo their voting rights] .
- [ARG0 Mobil 's latest move] [ARGM-MOD could] [rel signal] [ARG1 the beginning of further reductions by other oil companies in their domestic oil-producing operations] .
- He did n't name energy resources in that list , [ARG0 *] [rel signaling] [ARG1 that all the company 's coal and oil interests might be for sale in total or in part] .
- [ARG0 The directors] [rel signaled] , [ARGM-DIS however] , [ARG1 that they would be willing *-1 to consider future offers or take some other action *-2 to maximize shareholder value] , [ARGM-ADV *-3 saying 0 they would continue *-4 to explore `` all strategic and financial alternatives] . ''
- Limited volume ahead of the September trade data showed 0 the market is nervous , but dealers added that [ARG0 the day 's modest gains] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel signaled] [ARG1 some support for London equities] .
- [ARG0 The action] capped a spurt of grim Arizona banking news for the third quarter , and [ARGM-MNR emphatically] [rel signaled] [ARG1 that Arizona is challenging Texas 's long reign as banking 's busiest graveyard] .
- [ARG0 Bond Corp.] [rel signaled] [ARG1 0 it will focus on * building its domestic and international media and communications businesses] .
- Feedlots fatten young cattle for slaughter , so [ARG0 a decline] [rel signals] [ARG1 a tightening supply of beef] .
- Federal and state tax enforcers develop many group targets for investigation , on the basis of occupation , high income , type of income , or [ARG0 some other characteristic] that *T*-1 [ARGM-MOD may] [rel signal] [ARG1 an opportunity or tendency * to hide income or exaggerate deductions] .
- When Democrats refused *-2 to budge *T*-1 , pro-life Republicans met at the White House with Chief of Staff John Sununu on Monday , and [ARG0 Mr. Bush] [ARGM-MNR quickly] [rel signaled] [ARG1 a veto] .
- That contract fell a total of 5.75 cents during the first three days of this week , mostly in reaction to last Friday 's stock market plunge , which *T*-1 prompted concern that [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD might] [rel signal] [ARG1 a similar sharp slowing of the U.S. economy] and thus reduced demand for copper , a leading industrial metal .
- [ARG0 That] [ARGM-TMP sometimes] [rel signals] [ARG1 that they are laying plans * to export corn] .
- They noted that [ARGM-CAU because the consumer price index , known * as the CPI , is a more comprehensive measure of inflation and is rising less rapidly than the producer-price index , or PPI] , [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD could] [rel signal] [ARG1 further easing by Fed] .
- [ARG0 Sun Microsystems Inc. and Tandem Computers Inc.] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel signaled] [ARG1 that they should recover quickly] .
- [ARG0 JAL] [ARGM-DIS also] has [rel signaled] [ARG1 0 it is looking for toeholds in Europe before the end of 1992] .
- [ARG0 Ford] has [rel signaled] [ARG1 0 it might acquire a majority interest later] .
- [ARG0 His comments , made * in response to reporters ' questions at the National Press Club here ,] [rel signaled] [ARG1 that Seoul is resisting U.S. pressure for a further rise in the currency 's value] .
- [ARG0 Dow officials] were [rel signaling] [ARG1 that the company would earn less than $ 15 *U* a share this year] [ARGM-TMP even before they announced in July a plan * to acquire 67 % of Marion Laboratories Inc] .
- Cattle prices have risen in recent weeks on speculation that [ARG0 the government 's quarterly report] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel signal] [ARG1 tighter supplies of beef] .
- [ARG0 Next 's decision * to rely on the more-established hard drive in every Next computer] does [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel signal] [ARG1 a retreat from optical storage] , said 0 *T*-2 Mr. Jobs , who *T*-1 for years has said 0 this technology will play a crucial role in the next decade .
- But several large banks said yesterday 0 they detected [ARG0 no signs] of unusual demand for credit that *T*-1 [ARGM-MOD would] [rel signal] [ARG1 such difficulties] .
- Lots of other entries *ICH*-2 made up the parade , of course -- notably [ARG0 a surprisingly large increase] in producer prices , [rel signalling] [ARG1 Federal Reserve tightness] ; and the Bush administration 's -LRB- temporary ? -RRB- defeat in * trying *-1 to lower the capital-gains tax .
- Underlying this optimism is *T*-1 [ARG0 the index 's] longstanding ability * to [rel signal] [ARG1 recessions or recoveries] [ARGM-ADV , as the case may be *?* ,] [ARGM-MNR by substantially greater periods than the Commerce Department 's index of leading indicators] .
- [ARG0 The Federal Reserve] [rel signaled] [ARG1 its willingness * to provide liquidity] ; the interest rate on its loans to major banks inched downward early in the day .
- Futures traders say 0 [ARG0 the S&P] was [rel signaling] [ARG1 that the Dow could fall as much as 200 points] .
- [ARG0 General Motors Corp.] , [ARGM-LOC in a series of moves that *T*-2 angered union officials in the U.S. and Canada] , has [rel signaled] [ARG1 that as many as five North American assembly plants may not survive the mid-1990s as the corporation struggles *-1 to cut its excess vehicle-making capacity] .
- Another is that [ARG0 United Auto Workers union officials] have [rel signaled] [ARG1 0 they want tighter no-layoff provisions in the new Big Three national contract that *T*-2 will be negotiated *-1 next year] .
- [ARGM-DIS Still] , [ARG0 one federal appeals court] has [rel signaled] [ARG1 0 it 's willing *-2 to entertain the notion] , and the lawyers have renewed their arguments in Texas and eight other states where the defense is permitted *-1 under state law *T*-3 .
- But economists were divided over the extent of [ARG1 the inflation threat] [rel signaled] * by [ARG0-by the new numbers] .
- The suspension of a preferred stock dividend is [ARG0 a serious step] that *T*-1 [rel signals] [ARG1 that regulators have deep concerns about an institution 's health] .
- Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady said in a statement Friday that [ARG0 the stock-market decline] `` does [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel signal] [ARG1 any fundamental change in the condition of the economy] . ''
- Does [ARG0 this] [rel signal] [ARG1 0 another Black Monday is coming] ?
- Economists say 0 [ARG0 an August rebound in permits for multifamily units] [rel signaled] [ARG1 an increase in September starts] , [ARGM-ADV though activity remains fairly modest by historical standards] .
- `` [ARG0 Today 's stock market decline] does [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel signal] [ARG1 any fundamental change in the condition of the economy] , '' he said *T*-1 .
- The surge in producer prices in September followed three months of declines , but analysts were divided on whether [ARG0 the 0.9 % jump] [rel signaled] [ARG1 a severe worsening of inflation] .
- [ARG0 Fed Chairman Greenspan] [rel signaled] [ARG1 that the central bank was prepared * to inject massive amounts of money into the banking system * to prevent a financial crisis] .
- [ARG0 General Motors] [rel signaled] [ARG1 that up to five North American assembly plants may close by the mid-1990s as it tries *-1 to cut excess capacity] .
- IN [ARG0 WHAT] *T*-1 [ARGM-MOD MAY] [rel SIGNAL] [ARG1 a turnaround for asbestos manufacturers] , W.R. Grace & Co. won a 3 1\/2-week trial in Pittsburgh over whether it should be required *-2 to remove asbestos fireproofing from a local high school .
- Mr. Simmons said 0 [ARG0 the results] [rel signal] [ARG1 a turnaround] for [ARG2-for the maker of wire and wire products , which *T*-1 has struggled *-2 to remain competitive in the face of lower-priced , imported steel] .