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frames- Mr. Sherwood speculated that the leeway that Sea Containers has *T*-1 means that Temple would have *-2 to `` substantially increase their bid if [ARG0 they] 're going *-3 to [rel top] [ARG1 us] . ''
- [ARGM-TMP Last year] , [ARG0 the total women 's fashion jewelry business] [rel topped] [ARG1 $ 4.9 billion *U*] , says 0 *T*-1 Karen Alberg , editor of Accessories magazine .
- BNL previously reported that its Georgia branch had taken on [ARG0 loan commitments] [rel topping] [ARG1 $ 3 billion *U*] without the Rome-based management 's approval .
- Despite valiant efforts by Finance Minister Mailson Ferreira da Nobrega , [ARG0 inflation] came to 36 % in September alone and is expected *-1 to [rel top] [ARG1 1,000 %] [ARGM-TMP for the year] .
- In the bidding war for Public Service Co. of New Hampshire , United Illuminating Co. raised [ARG0 its proposed offer] to one 0 it valued *T*-1 at $ 2.29 billion *U* from $ 2.19 billion *U* , * [ARGM-ADV apparently] [rel topping] [ARG1 all other bidders] .
- [ARGM-DIS But] [ARG0 advancing issues] [rel topped] [ARG1 decliners] [ARGM-EXT by 784 to 700] [ARGM-LOC on the Big Board] [ARGM-ADV despite the late sell programs , resulting from stock-index arbitrage] .
- So big *ICH*-1 is *T*-2 the capital-spending boom that [ARG0 Japanese companies ' outlays in Japan] [rel topped] [ARG1 American companies ' domestic outlays] [ARGM-EXT by $ 521.4 billion to $ 494.8 billion *U*] [ARGM-TMP in the 12 months ended * March 31] [ARGM-ADV even though Japan 's total output of goods and services is less than two-thirds America 's] .
- PS New Hampshire received [ARG0 a sweetened bid] from another suitor , United Illuminating , which *T*-1 valued its new proposal at $ 2.29 billion *U* , [ARGM-DIS apparently] [rel topping] [ARG1 all others so far] .
- With CBS Inc. on [ARG0 a spending spree] that *T*-1 [ARGM-MOD may] [rel top] [ARG1 $ 2.5 billion *U* for four years of major sports events] , the new bout of hyperinflation could jolt the entire broadcast business .
- [ARGM-LOC California] , where [ARG0 earthquake damage] [ARGM-MOD may] [rel top] [ARG1 $ 5 billion *U*] *T*-1 , plans a special legislative session .
- The fund is the nation 's largest public employee fund , and it has [ARG0 a growing cash flow] [ARGM-TMP now] [rel topping] [ARG1 $ 3 billion *U* a year] .
- [ARG0 Their $ 700 million-plus *U* in estimated paper losses] [ARGM-MNR easily] [rel tops] [ARG1 the $ 400 million *U* in paper losses 0 the takeover traders , known * as arbitragers , suffered *T*-1 in 1982 when Gulf Oil Co. dropped a $ 4.8 billion *U* offer for Cities Service Co *T*-2] .
- [ARG1 The August deficit and the # 2.2 billion *U* gap registered * in July] are [rel topped] *-1 [ARGM-ADV only] by [ARG0-by the # 2.3 billion *U* deficit of October 1988] .
- [ARG0 Estimates of damage in the area , visited * Friday by Bush ,] [rel topped] [ARG1 $ 5 billion *U*] .
- [ARG0 The results] [rel topped] [ARG1 analysts ' expectations and the earnings growth of competitors] , [ARGM-ADV *-2 prompting traders to all but forget the product-launch delays that *T*-1 bogged down the company for much of the past two years] .
- Mr. Goldberg says 0 [ARG0 the cost of the earthquake] [ARGM-MOD will] [ARGM-MNR definitely] [rel top] [ARG1 $ 1 billion *U*] and could reach $ 4 billion *U* .
- Mr. Byrne says 0 Fireman 's Fund will probably pay hundreds of millions in primary claims , but , [ARGM-TMP after taxes and use of its reinsurance lines] , [ARG0 the company 's fourthquarter charge against earnings] [ARGM-MOD should] [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel top] [ARG1 $ 50 million *U*] .
- Some analysts remain bullish and point out that the dollar continues *-1 to be well bid despite key rate increases in Europe and Japan , several weeks of aggressive dollar sales by the world central banks -- some traders estimate that [ARG0 the barrage of sales] [rel topped] [ARG1 $ 12 billion *U*] -- and a 190-point plunge on the New York Stock Exchange .
- [ARGM-LOC In the ratings compiled * by the A.C. Nielsen Co.] , [ARG0 ABC , which *T*-1 broadcast the World Series ,] [rel topped] [ARG1 the competition] [ARGM-MNR with a 14.8 rating and 25 share] .
- BroadBeach Associates Inc. , the Los Angeles investment partnership [ARG1 whose $ 62-a-share *U* bid for McGill Manufacturing Co.] *T*-2 was [rel topped] *-1 [ARGM-TMP recently] by [ARG0-by a competing offer from a Swedish concern] , disclosed that it sold its entire 7 % McGill stake .
- [ARG0 Her] goal : * to [rel top] [ARG1 300 ad pages] [ARGM-TMP in 1990] , [ARGM-EXT up from about 274 this year] .
- In savings activity , Mr. Sandler said 0 [ARG0 consumer deposits] have enjoyed a steady increase throughout 1989 , and [rel topped] [ARG1 $ 11 billion *U*] [ARGM-TMP at quarter 's end] [ARGM-TMP for the first time in the company 's history] .
- [ARGM-DIS By contrast] , [ARG0 rentals in the best retail locations in Boston , San Francisco and Chicago] [ARGM-TMP rarely] [rel top] [ARG1-EXT $ 100 *U* a square foot] .
- The dismissal of the pending suits could go a long way toward * clearing court dockets in Texas and reducing [ARG0 the FSLIC 's massive legal bills] , which *T*-1 [rel topped] [ARG1 $ 73 million *U*] [ARGM-TMP last year] .
- At the time , Hertz said 0 its annual fees to those airlines amounted to $ 20 million *U* and that [ARG0 the value of redeemed awards] [rel topped] [ARG1 $ 15 million *U*] .