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frames- [ARG1 SCI Systems] [rel slipped] [ARG2-EXT 7\/8] to [ARG4-to 10] [ARGM-LOC on volume of 858,000 shares] .
- [ARGM-TMP Last year] , [ARG1 government payments to farmers] [rel slipped] to [ARG4-to less than $ 14.5 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from a record $ 16.7 billion *U* in 1987] .
- Reed International PLC said that [ARG1 net income for the six months ended Oct. 1] [rel slipped] [ARG2-EXT 5 %] to [ARG4-to # 89.7 million *U* -LRB- $ 141.9 million *U* -RRB- , or 16 pence a share ,] from [ARG3-from # 94.8 million *U* -LRB- $ 149.9 million *U* -RRB- , or 17.3 pence a share] .
- [ARGM-LOC At the Board of Trade] [ARGM-TMP yesterday] [ARG1 the price of the corn contract for December delivery] [rel slipped] [ARG2-EXT 3.5 cents a bushel] [ARGM-ADV *-1 to settle at $ 2.375 *U* a bushel] .
- A number of those polled * predict 0 [ARG1 the dollar] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel slip] [ARGM-TMP as the Federal Reserve eases interest rates] .
- Hogs rose $ 3.40 *U* to $ 46.80 *U* a hundredweight in October , while [ARG1 beef cattle] [rel slipped] [ARG2-EXT 80 cents] to [ARG4-to $ 67.40 *U* for each hundred pounds] and calves dropped 90 cents to $ 90.20 *U* .
- [ARG1 The yield on the issue] [rel slipped] to [ARG4-to 7.91 %] .
- [ARG1 Student job postings at Boston University] [rel slip] [ARG2-EXT 10 %] [ARGM-TMP this year] [ARGM-TMP following a 10 % drop in 1988] .
- [ARGM-DIS But] [ARGM-TMP after *-1 building up a commanding lead] , [ARG1 the moderate to conservative Mr. Collor] has [rel slipped] to [ARG4-to about 30 % in the polls] from [ARG3-from a high of about 43 %] only a few weeks ago .
- [ARG1 The yield on the issue] [rel slipped] to [ARG4-to 7.92 %] .
- [ARG1 Construction spending] is believed *-1 to have [rel slipped] [ARG2-EXT about 0.5 %] from [ARG3-from August levels] , although economists noted 0 the rate probably will pick up in the months ahead in response to hurricane and earthquake damage .
- But Mr. Ortega 's threat over the weekend * to end a 19-month cease-fire with the rebels seeking * to topple him , effectively elevated the Contras as a policy priority just as [ARG1 they] were [rel slipping] from [ARG3-from the agendas of their most ardent supporters] .
- The Fed has let [ARG1 interest rates] [rel slip] [ARG2-EXT slightly] , but whether the main reason was dollar intervention , the gloomy reports on manufacturing employment , or the Friday 13 market drop , only Mr. Greenspan and his associates know *T*-1 .
- [ARG1 Stock prices] [rel slipped] [ARG2-EXT lower] [ARGM-LOC in moderate trading] .
- `` If [ARG1 they] [rel slip] for [ARG2-for 10 cents] [ARGM-TMP for 10 minutes] , I 'll stop , '' he says *T*-1 .
- Other banks were slightly more resilient , with Dresdner Bank shedding 4.8 to 320 , and [ARG1 Commerzbank] [rel slipping] [ARG2-EXT 2.5] to
- In addition , USX 's giant steel segment , representing 34 % of its 1988 sales , is facing softening demand and [rel slipping] [ARG1 prices] as well as increasing competition from foreign steelmakers and low-cost minimills .
- [ARG1 Operating-profit margins] [rel slipped] [ARG2-EXT almost 18 %] , to [ARG4-to 4.3 % of sales] , the analyst noted 0 *T*-1 .
- Analysts were most unsettled *-1 by evidence 0 [ARG1 the backlog of orders at factories] is [rel slipping] .
- Apple Computer improved 7\/8 to 47 5\/8 ; [ARG1 Intel] [rel slipped] [ARG2-EXT 1\/4] to [ARG4-to 33 1\/4] , and Valley National Corp. was up 1\/8 to 15 1\/8 .
- [ARG1 The yield on the issue] [rel slipped] to [ARG4-to 7.89 %] .
- But [ARG1 domestic consumer sales] [rel slipped] [ARG2-EXT 1.2 %] [ARGM-TMP for the quarter] , to [ARG4-to $ 490 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 496 million *U*] .
- [ARG1 The average yield on six-month CDs of $ 50,000 *U* and less] [rel slipped] to [ARG4-to 7.96 %] from [ARG3-from 8.00 %] , according to Banxquote Money Markets , an information service based * here .
- As for 1990 , the firm predicts 0 [ARG1 that profit] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel slip] to [ARG4-to between $ 1 billion and $ 1.5 billion *U*] .
- [ARG1 Bus production] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel slipped] , by [ARG2-by 49 %] [ARGM-TMP from a year earlier] to [ARG4-to 2,936 units] .
- [ARG1 Durable goods orders] [rel slipped] [ARG2-EXT 0.1 %] [ARGM-TMP in September] , [ARGM-ADV * reflecting weakening auto demand after a spurt of orders for new 1990 models] .
- [ARG1 Net income at Mobil Corp.] [rel slipped] [ARG2-EXT 4.5 %] to [ARG4-to $ 532 million *U* , or $ 1.30 *U* a share ,] from [ARG3-from $ 557 million *U* , or $ 1.36 *U* a share] .
- [ARG1 The yield on the Treasury 's benchmark 30-year bond] [rel slipped] to [ARG4-to 7.93 %] .
- In one personal-injury case , a woman claimed 0 she had been injured *-1 [ARGM-TMP when] [ARG1 she] [rel slipped] [ARGM-LOC in a pool] *T*-3 , but the fall did n't explain why one of her arms was discolored *-2 *-5 bluish *T*-4 .
- *-1 Calling sales `` still relatively soft , '' Ms. Steppel believes that [ARGM-DIS in real terms] , [ARG1 U.S. sales] [rel slipped] [ARG2-EXT 3 1\/2 %] to [ARG4-to 4 %] [ARGM-LOC at company-operated stores] [ARGM-TMP in the quarter] .
- Other technology stocks that *T*-1 were weaker included Intel , which *T*-2 fell 1 1\/4 to 33 1\/2 on 1.9 million shares , Mentor Graphics , down 3\/4 to 16 1\/4 on 1.6 million shares , [ARG1 Sun Microsystems] , which *T*-3 [rel slipped] [ARG2-EXT 3\/8] to [ARG4-to 18 1\/4] , and MCI Communications , down 1 to 42 3\/4 .
- The nervousness about the technology stock outlook also hurt [ARG1 the Dow Jones Industrial Average] , which *T*-1 [rel slipped] [ARG2-EXT about 1 %] .
- Exxon Corp. said 0 [ARG1 its third-quarter earnings] [rel slipped] [ARG2-EXT 9 %] [ARGM-TMP as profits from two of its three major businesses sagged] .
- [ARG1 Philip Morris] [rel slipped] [ARG2-EXT 1\/2] to [ARG4-to 43 7\/8] , [ARGM-ADV while Sara Lee closed unchanged at 60 1\/8] .
- Elsewhere in the chemicals sector , Dow Chemical fell 1 1\/4 to 97 1\/2 , Monsanto lost 1 7\/8 to 118 , [ARG1 B.F. Goodrich] [rel slipped] [ARG2-EXT 2 1\/4] to [ARG4-to 44 3\/4] and Olin slid 1 to 57 3\/4 .
- [ARG1 Sales] [rel slipped] [ARG2-EXT 1.3 %] to [ARG4-to $ 2.82 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 2.86 billion *U*] .
- Industry executives said 0 Philip Morris had asked the other agencies * to create campaigns in a bid * to stop the brand 's [rel slipping] [ARG1 market] share .
- According to John Maxwell , an analyst at Wheat First Securities , Richmond , Va. , [ARG1 Benson & Hedges] has [rel slipped] from [ARG3-from 4.7 % of the cigarette market] in 1985 to [ARG4-to just 4.1 %] after the second quarter of this year .
- [ARG1 Revenue] [rel slipped] [ARG2-EXT 0.7 %] to [ARG4-to $ 395.3 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 398.3 million *U*] .
- Among other things , economists note that consumer spending is slowing , corporate profit margins are being squeezed *-1 , [ARG1 business confidence] is [rel slipping] and construction and manufacturing industries are depressed .
- Where '60s dropouts professed *-4 to scorn middle-class life and ambitious yuppies hoped *-3 to leave it far behind as they scaled the upper reaches of success *T*-2 , it now seems that so many people *ICH*-5 feel 0 [ARG1 they] 're [rel slipping] between [ARG2-between the cracks] , that middle-class life is viewed *-1 with nostalgia or outright longing .
- Mr. Cawthorn attributed the decline in third-quarter operating profit to the stronger dollar , which *T*-2 reduces the value of overseas profit when it is translated *-1 into dollars *T*-4 ; to accelerated buying of Rorer products in the second quarter because of a then-pending July 1 price increase , and to higher marketing expenses for [ARG1 Rorer 's] Maalox antacid , whose sales and market share in the U.S. *T*-3 had [rel slipped] [ARGM-TMP in the first half of 1989] .
- [ARG1 The level of negative sentiment measured * by the Big Board short interest ratio] [rel slipped] to [ARG4-to 3.36] from [ARG3-from last month 's 3.38] .
- `` Most people think 0 if [ARG1 you] [rel slip] , you 'll wind up in a body cast . ''
- [ARG1 Third-quarter shipments] [rel slipped] 7 % from the year-ago period , and [ARG2-EXT 17 %] from [ARG3-from this year 's second quarter] .
- [ARG1 Third-quarter shipments] [rel slipped] [ARG2-EXT 7 %] from [ARG3-from the year-ago period] , and 17 % from this year 's second quarter .
- Kawasaki Steel was down 11 at 788 , Kobe Steel lost 5 to 723 , and [ARG1 Nippon Steel] [rel slipped] [ARG2-EXT 6] to [ARG4-to 729] .
- After [ARG1 *-1] [rel slipping] [ARGM-CAU on news of a smaller-than-expected U.S. inflation figure] , the dollar rebounded later in the trading day .
- [ARG1 Fiscal first-half sales] [rel slipped] [ARG2-EXT 3.9 %] to [ARG4-to $ 528.4 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 549.9 million *U*] .
- [ARG1 Construction of apartments and other multi-family dwellings] [rel slipped] [ARG2-EXT 2.2 %] to [ARG4-to an annual rate of 1,022,000] [ARGM-TMP following a 3.5 % decline in August] .
- [ARGM-ADV Even as the stock market has generally done well this year] , [ARG1 IBM 's shares] have [rel slipped] [ARGM-MNR steadily] from [ARG3-from its 52-week high of $ 130.875 *U*] .
- Pacific Gas & Electric fell 3\/8 to 19 5\/8 in Big Board composite trading of 1.7 million shares and [ARG1 Pacific Telesis Group] [rel slipped] [ARG2-EXT 5\/8] to [ARG4-to 44 5\/8] [ARGM-TMP as the companies worked *-1 to restore service to areas affected * by the quake] .
- [ARG1 Continental Bank Corp. 's third-quarter net income] [rel slipped] [ARG2-EXT 11 %] [ARGM-ADV despite a big gain from the sale of the company 's London headquarters building] .
- [ARG1 Revenue] [rel slipped] [ARG2-EXT 4.6 %] to [ARG4-to $ 835 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 876 million *U*] .
- Dow Chemical Co. said 0 [ARG1 third-quarter net income] [rel slipped] [ARG2-EXT 6.8 %] from [ARG3-from a record year-ago quarter] .
- The Agriculture Department is expected *-1 to announce tomorrow that [ARG1 the number of cattle in the 13 major ranch states] [rel slipped] [ARG2-EXT 4 %] to [ARG4-to 8.21 million] [ARGM-TMP on Oct. 1] [ARGM-ADV compared with the level a year earlier] , said 0 *T*-2 Tom Morgan , president of Sterling Research Corp. , Arlington Heights , Ill .
- Among other things , the government is expected *-1 to report that [ARG1 the number of young cattle placed * on feedlots during the quarter] [rel slipped] [ARG2-EXT 3 %] .
- But [ARG1 Sun Microsystems] [rel slipped] [ARG2-EXT 1\/4] to [ARG4-to 17 1\/4] .
- [ARG1 Exports] declined for the second consecutive month in August , *-1 [rel slipping] [ARG2-EXT 0.2 %] to [ARG4-to $ 30.41 billion *U*] , the Commerce Department reported 0 *T*-2 .
- [ARG1 Prospect] [rel slipped] [ARG2-EXT 25 cents] to [ARG4-to $ 10.50 *U*] [ARGM-LOC in national over-the-counter trading] .
- [ARG1 Total assets] [rel slipped] to [ARG4-to $ 31.4 billion *U*] , from [ARG3-from $ 32 billion *U*] as of June 30 .
- [ARG1 Revenue] [rel slipped] [ARG2-EXT 1.2 %] to [ARG4-to $ 2.21 billion *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 2.23 billion *U*] .
- During the last two hours of trading , [ARG1 the composite] almost drew even on the day before * [rel slipping] [ARGM-TMP again] .
- [ARG1 CoreStates Financial] [rel slipped] [ARG2-EXT 3\/8] to [ARG4-to 43 1\/8] [ARGM-LOC in active trading] [ARGM-TMP after *-1 reporting that third-quarter earnings improved to $ 1.27 *U* a share from $ 1.15 *U* a share a year earlier] .
- Coca-Cola Enterprises said 0 it had *-1 to boost spending for trade and dealer incentives * to try *-2 to keep [ARG1 volumes] from *-3 [rel slipping] .
- [ARG1 November gasoline] [rel slipped] [ARGM-EXT slightly] .
- What *T*-1 's surprising is that there is n't more of a conservative outcry as the Bush administration lets [ARG1 the programs] [rel slip] down [ARG2-down the national-priority list] .
- Citicorp fell 1\/2 to 32 , and [ARG1 Manufacturers Hanover] [rel slipped] [ARG2-EXT 3\/8] to [ARG4-to 40 1\/4] .
- [ARG1 Fruit of the Loom] [rel slipped] [ARG2-EXT 1\/8] to [ARG4-to 12 3\/8] [ARGM-LOC on 501,200 shares] .
- [ARG1 Sales for the quarter] [rel slipped] [ARG2-EXT 2.7 %] to [ARG4-to $ 601.3 million *U*] from [ARG3-from $ 618.1 million *U*] .
- But even if Wall Street continues *-2 to stabilize , analysts here say 0 the latest blow to investor confidence could inhibit a swift recovery for the Frankfurt exchange , which *T*-1 already was showing signs of weakness after [ARG1 the DAX] had [rel slipped] from [ARG3-from a 1989 high of 1657.61] [ARGM-TMP on Sept. 8] .
- [ARG1 Shares of International Business Machines , which *T*-1 reported earnings yesterday ,] finished at 103 , up 1 , after *-2 [rel slipping] below [ARG4-below 100] [ARGM-TMP during Friday 's session] [ARGM-MNR for the first time in five years] .
- However , after *-1 absorbing the potential effect of the hurricane , [ARG1 prices] began *-1 to [rel slip] [ARGM-TMP late Friday] , Mr. Simon said 0 *T*-2 .
- Among other OTC issues , Intel , dropped 2 1\/8 to 33 7\/8 ; Laidlaw Transportation lost 1 1\/8 to 19 1\/2 ; the American depositary receipts of Jaguar were off 1\/4 to 10 1\/4 ; [ARG1 MCI Communications] [rel slipped] [ARG2-EXT 2 1\/4] to [ARG4-to 43 1\/2] ; Apple Computer fell 3 to 45 3\/4 and Nike dropped 2 1\/4 to 66 3\/4 .
- Zenith holders will vote in December on the proposed $ 635 million *U* sale , [ARG1 a price] that *T*-2 [ARGM-MOD could] [rel slip] [ARGM-CAU because it is pegged *-1 to Zenith 's share and sales] .
- [ARG1 The show] , [ARGM-ADV despite a promising start] , has [rel slipped] [ARGM-MNR badly] [ARGM-LOC in the weekly ratings as * compiled *-1 by A.C. Nielsen Co.] , [ARGM-ADV *-2 finishing far below `` Tonight '' on NBC , a unit of General Electric Co. , and `` Nightline '' on ABC-TV , a unit of Capital Cities\/ABC Inc] .