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frames- [ARG1 Its stock] has [rel slumped] [ARGM-TMP recently] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 closing unchanged Friday at $ 29 *U* a share in composite trading on the New York Stock Exchange] ; at that price , the company has a market value of about $ 278.4 million *U* .
- A bigger test will come next year if , [ARGM-ADV as many analysts expect] , [ARG1 bulk chemical prices] [rel slump] [ARGM-LOC in Europe] .
- General Motors Corp. 's big defense and automotive electronics unit , GM Hughes Electronics , said 0 net income fell 22 % in the third quarter , * reflecting declining military spending and [rel slumping] [ARG1 GM] vehicle production .
- [ARGM-LOC In the auto sector] , Bayerische Motoren Werke plunged 14.5 marks to 529 marks -LRB- $ 288 *U* -RRB- , Daimler-Benz dropped 10.5 to 700 , and [ARG1 Volkswagen] [rel slumped] [ARG2-EXT 9] to [ARG4-to 435.5] .
- [ARG1 Regular TV series ratings] have [rel slumped] [ARGM-TMP in the past five years] , and * premiering new shows is `` a crap shoot , '' Mr. Pilson says 0 *T*-1 .
- [ARGM-TMP Meanwhile] , [ARG1 sterling] [rel slumped] [ARGM-CAU on news that the United Kingdom posted a wider-than-expected trade deficit in September] .
- [ARGM-TMP Since then] , [ARG1 deliveries] have [rel slumped] .
- [ARGM-TMP Since then] , [ARG1 prices] have [rel slumped] , to [ARG4-to an average of $ 395,374 *U* this summer] .
- [ARG1 Exploration and production profits] [rel slumped] [ARG2-EXT $ 40 million *U*] [ARGM-CAU due to a provision for restructuring costs] .
- [ARGM-LOC In major market activity] : [ARG1 Stock prices] [rel slumped] [ARGM-LOC in sluggish trading] .
- [ARGM-LOC At Nynex] , [ARG1 net] [rel slumped] [ARG2-EXT 14.8 %] , [ARGM-CAU primarily because of a continuing strike by 60,000 employees , lower-than-expected profit at its New York Telephone unit and significantly higher taxes and costs] .
- But sale increases were offset *-2 by [rel slumping] [ARG1 sales] in flat glass and fiberglass reinforcements , the company said 0 *T*-1 .
- The frenetic stock and bond markets cooled off , but [ARG1 the dollar] [rel slumped] .
- Fleet also noted that , unlike other banking companies in the Northeast , it has been only marginally hurt *-1 by nonperforming loans that *T*-2 have resulted from the [rel slumping] [ARG1 regional] real estate market .
- Stock prices rose slightly as trading slowed , while bonds ended *-1 little changed despite a [rel slumping] [ARG1 dollar] .
- The risk is that [ARG1 Jaguar 's share price] [ARGM-MOD could] [rel slump] [ARGM-ADV if GM 's agreement with Jaguar effectively locks out its U.S. rival] .