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<S id='1'>
<AGENT gr="1" ind="1">New England Electric</AGENT>
<n>, based in Westborough , Mass. , had</n>
<QUANT gr="1">offered</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 2 billion</VALUE>
<n>to acquire</n> 
<THEME gr="1">PS of New Hampshire</THEME>
<n>, well below the</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 2.29 billion</VALUE>
<n>value</n>
<AGENT gr="1" ind="2">United Illuminating</AGENT>
<n>places on its</n>
<QUANT gr="1">bid</QUANT>
<n>and the</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">$ 2.25 billion</VALUE>
<AGENT gr="1" ind="3">Northeast</AGENT>
<n>says its</n>
<QUANT gr="1">bid</QUANT>
<n>is worth</n>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id='2'>
<n>Besides Messrs. Cray and Barnum ,</n>
<WHOLE gr="1">other senior management at the company</WHOLE>
<n>includes</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">Neil Davenport</THEME>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">47</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<THEME_MOD gr="1" ind="1">president and chief executive officer</THEME_MOD>
<n>;</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">Joseph M. Blanchard</THEME>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">37</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<THEME_MOD gr="1" ind="2">vice president , engineering</THEME_MOD>
<n>;</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="3">Malcolm A. Hammerton</THEME>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">40</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<THEME_MOD gr="1" ind="3">vice president , software</THEME_MOD>
<n>; and</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="4">Douglas R. Wheeland</THEME>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">45</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<THEME_MOD gr="1" ind="4">vice president , hardware</THEME_MOD>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id='3'>
<n>When</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">the stock market</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">dropped</MANNER>
<n>nearly</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="-">7 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1">Oct. 13</TIME> 
<n>, for instance ,</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2" sign="-">the Mexico Fund</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">plunged</MANNER>
<n>about</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">18 %</VALUE>
<n>and</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="3">the Spain Fund</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="3">fell</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">16 %</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="4">
<n>After trading at</n> 
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">an average discount</QUANT>
<n>of more than</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="-">20 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">late 1987 and part of last year</TIME>
<n>,</n> 
<THEME gr="1">country funds</THEME>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">currently</TIME>
<n>trade at</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">an average premium</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">6 %</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id='5'>
<THEME gr="[1,2]">C.R. Bard Inc.</THEME>
<n>yesterday said</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">third-quarter</TIME>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">net</QUANT>
<n>plunged 51 % to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 9.9 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">18 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>, from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 20 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">35 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">a year earlier</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id='6'>
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">HBO</THEME>
<n>has close to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">24 million subscribers</VALUE>
<n>to its HBO and Cinemax networks , while</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">Showtime and its sister service , The Movie Channel</THEME>
<n>, have only about</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">10 million</VALUE>
<n>, according to</n> 
<SOURCE gr="1">Paul Kagan Associates</SOURCE> 
<n>, a Carmel , Calif. , research firm .</n>
</S>
<S id='7'>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">Nonperforming assets</QUANT>
<n>continued to pile up in</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">the latest quarter</TIME>
<n>, rising to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 900 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">3.52 %</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<WHOLE gr="2">loans and leases</WHOLE>
<n>, from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 667 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">2.68 %</VALUE>
<n>, at</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">the end of the second quarter</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id='8'>
<n>HERE 'S ONE more explanation for why Japan is a tough industrial competitor :</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">Two of three Japanese employees</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1">submit suggestions to save money , increase efficiency and boost morale</QUANT>
<n>, while only</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8 %</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<WHOLE gr="1" ind="2">American workers</WHOLE>
<QUANT gr="1">do</QUANT> 
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id='9'>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Third-quarter</TIME>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">earnings</QUANT>
<n>at</n> 
<THEME gr="[1,2]">Amerada Hess</THEME>
<n>more than tripled to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 51.81 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">64 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>, from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 15.7 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">20 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">a year earlier</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id='10'>
<WHOLE gr="1">That</WHOLE>
<n>includes more than</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 9.5 billion</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1">issued</QUANT>
<n>through</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">August of this year</TIME>
<n>, up sharply from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 6.5 billion</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">the comparable 1988 period</TIME>
<n>-- and more than in all of 1987 .</n>
</S>
<S id='11'>
<n>In</n>
<WHOLE gr="[1,2]">the auto sector</WHOLE>
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Bayerische Motoren Werke</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">plunged</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="-">14.5 marks</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">529 marks</VALUE>
<n>-LRB- $ 288 -RRB- ,</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Daimler-Benz</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">dropped</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="-">10.5</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">700</VALUE>
<n>, and</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="3">Volkswagen</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="3">slumped</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3" sign="-">9</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="3">435.5</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id='12'>
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">Transamerica</THEME>
<n>expects an</n> 
<QUANT gr='1'>after-tax charge</QUANT>
<n>of less than</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 3 million</VALUE>
<n>against fourth-quarter net ;</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">Hartford Insurance Group</THEME>
<n>, a unit of ITT Corp. , expects a</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 15 million</VALUE>
<n>or</n> 
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">10 cents after-tax charge</QUANT>
<n>; and</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="3">Fireman 's Fund Corp.</THEME>
<n>expects a</n>
<QUANT gr='1'>charge</QUANT>
<n>of no more than</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">$ 50 million</VALUE>
<n>before taxes and after using its reinsurance .</n>
</S>
<S id='13'>
<THEME gr="1">FileNet</THEME>
<n>noted that it had</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">cash and marketable securities</QUANT>
<n>totaling</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 22.5 million</VALUE>
<n>on</n> 
<TIME>Sept. 30</TIME> 
<n>, and</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">stockholders ' equity</QUANT>
<n>is</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 60.1 million</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id='14' manners="[equals,equals]">
<n>In</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">this year 's third quarter</TIME>
<n>, for example ,</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">net</QUANT>
<n>was</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 10.5 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">$ 1.05 a share</VALUE>
<n>, compared with</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 10.3 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">$ 1.02 a share</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">a year earlier</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id='15' manners="[equals]">
<THEME gr="1">Vickers PLC</THEME>
<n>, a United Kingdom defense and engineering company , said</n> 
<AGENT gr="1">an investment unit controlled by New Zealand financier Ron Brierley</AGENT>
<n>raised its</n>
<QUANT gr="1">stake in the company</QUANT>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">Friday</TIME>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">15.02 %</VALUE>
<n>from about</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">14.6 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">Thursday</TIME>
<n>and from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">13.7 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">the previous week</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id='16'>
<n>For</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">the nine months</TIME>
<n>,</n> 
<THEME gr="[1,2]">the company</THEME>
<n>had</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">net income</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 15.1 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">74 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>, up 98 % from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 7.6 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">38 cents a share</VALUE>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">last year</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id='17'>
<THEME gr="[1,2]">PPG Industries Inc.</THEME>
<n>, hurt by</n> 
<CAUSE gr="[1,2]">softness in the U.S. automotive and construction industries</CAUSE> 
<n>, said</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">third-quarter</TIME>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">net income</QUANT>
<n>fell 5.5 % to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 106.7 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">97 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>, from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 112.9 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">$ 1.03 a share</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">a year ago</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id='18'>
<n>But the number of</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">weddings</QUANT>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">last year</TIME>
<n>--</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">271,124</VALUE>
<n>-- was still well below the</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">400,000</VALUE>
<n>registered in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">1972</TIME>
<n>, the last year of increasing marriages .</n>
</S>
<S id='19'>
<n>For</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">the third quarter</TIME>
<n>,</n> 
<THEME gr="[1,2]">Rubbermaid</THEME>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">earned</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 32.6 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">44 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>, up 16 % from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 28.1 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">38 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">a year earlier</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id='20'>
<n>Or , a</n>
<QUANT gr="1">wage</QUANT>
<n>that was</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 100</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">30 years ago</TIME>
<n>would buy only</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 23.53</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1">worth of stuff</QUANT>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">today</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id='21'>
<THEME gr="[1,2]">Jefferies Group Inc.</THEME>
<n>said</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">third-quarter</TIME>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">net income</QUANT>
<n>fell 4 % , to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 2.2 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">35 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>, from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 2.3 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">31 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>on more shares ,</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">a year earlier</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="22">
<n>Elsewhere on the takeover front ,</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Time Warner</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">advanced</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">2 5\/8</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">136 5\/8</VALUE>
<n>and</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Warner Communications</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">tacked on</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">7\/8</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">63 7\/8</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="23">
<n>Of</n> 
<WHOLE gr="1">the 4,345 stocks that changed hands</WHOLE>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">1,174</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">declined</QUANT>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">1,040</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">advanced</QUANT>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="24">
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">The 7.40 % term bonds due 2009</THEME>
<n>are priced to</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">yield</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">7.45 %</VALUE>
<n>, and</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">7.40 % term bonds due 2017</THEME>
<n>are priced to</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">yield</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">7.50 %</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="25">
<n>But</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">a dollar invested in long-term bonds</QUANT>
<n>in</n> 
<REFERENCE_TIME gr="1">1926</REFERENCE_TIME>
<n>would have grown to only</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 16.56</VALUE>
<n>, and</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">a dollar put in Treasury bills</QUANT>
<n>would equal a meager</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 9.29</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="26" manners="[count]">
<n>The most common program-trading vehicles are futures contracts on</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">Standard &amp; poor 's</THEME>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">500-stock</VALUE>
<n>index -LRB- traded on</n> 
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="1">the Chicago Mercantile Exchange</LOCATION>
<n>-RRB- ;</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">the Major Market Index</THEME>
<n>, a</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">20-stock</VALUE>
<n>index that mimics the Dow Jones Industrial Average -LRB- traded on</n> 
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="2">the Chicago Board of Trade</LOCATION>
<n>-RRB- ; and</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="3">the S&amp;P</THEME>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">100 options</VALUE>
<n>-LRB- traded on</n> 
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="2">the Chicago Board Options Exchange</LOCATION>
<n>, and based on 100 stocks selected from the S&amp;P 500 -RRB- .</n>
</S>
<S id="27">
<THEME gr="1">Bonds due 1991-1996</THEME>
<n>carry</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">6.70 %</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1">coupons</QUANT>
<n>and</n>
<THEME gr="1">bonds due 1997-2000</THEME>
<n>carry</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">6 3\/4 %</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1">coupons</QUANT>
</S>
<S id="28">
<AGENT gr="1" ind="1">UAL management</AGENT>
<n>was to</n> 
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">pay $ 15 million</QUANT> 
<n>for</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">10 %</VALUE>
<n>, and</n>
<AGENT gr="1" ind="2">British Air</AGENT>
<n>was to</n> 
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">receive</QUANT> 
<n>a</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">15 %</VALUE>
<CO_QUANT gr="1">stake</CO_QUANT>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="29">
<THEME gr="1">Fireman 's Fund Corp.</THEME>
<n>said</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">third-quarter</TIME>
<QUANT gr="1">net income</QUANT>
<n>plunged 85 % to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 7.2 million</VALUE>
<n>from</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">last year</TIME>
<n>'s</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 49.1 million</VALUE>
<n>, or 99 cents a share , because of</n> 
<CAUSE gr="1">ravages of Hurricane Hugo and increased reserves for legal expenses</CAUSE> 
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="30" manners="[equals]">
<n>Using the the NWA takeover as a benchmark ,</n> 
<SOURCE gr="1">First Boston</SOURCE>
<n>on</n> 
<TIME gr="1">Sept. 14</TIME> 
<n>estimated that</n> 
<THEME gr="1">UAL</THEME>
<n>was</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">worth</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 250 to $ 344 a share</VALUE>
<n>based on</n> 
<CAUSE gr="1" ind="1">UAL 's results for the 12 months ending last June 30</CAUSE>
<n>, but only</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 235 to $ 266</VALUE>
<n>based on</n>
<CAUSE gr="1" ind="2">a management estimate of results for 1989</CAUSE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="31">
<n>The</n>
<WHOLE gr="1">$ 196.7 million</WHOLE> 
<n>provided for</n> 
<TIME gr="1">fiscal 1990</TIME> 
<n>anticipates the</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">purchase</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">a Lockheed P-3 surveillance aircraft</VALUE>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">five Cessna Citation II jets</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="32">
<n>But investors should keep in mind , before paying too much , that the</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">average annual return</QUANT>
<n>for</n>
<THEME gr="1">stock holdings , long-term</THEME>
<n>, is</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">9 % to 10 % a year</VALUE>
<n>; a return</n>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">15 %</VALUE>
<n>is considered</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">praiseworthy</QUANT>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="33">
<SOURCE gr="1">The poll</SOURCE> 
<n>showed that company size had a bearing on a manager 's view of the problem , with</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">65 %</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<WHOLE gr="1" ind="1">those in companies of more than 15,000 employees</WHOLE>
<QUANT gr="1">saying stress-related problems were `` fairly pervasive ''</QUANT>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">55 %</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<WHOLE gr="1" ind="2">those in companies with fewer than 4,000 employees</WHOLE>
<QUANT gr="1">agreeing</QUANT>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="34">
<THEME gr="[1,2]">Baxter International Inc.</THEME>
<n>yesterday reported</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">net</QUANT>
<n>climbed 20 % in</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">the third period</TIME>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 102 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">34 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>, from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 85 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">28 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">a year earlier</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id='35'>
<n>Overall ,</n> 
<THEME gr="[1,2]">Honeywell</THEME>
<n>reported</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]" ind="1">earnings</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">$ 74.4 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1" sign="+">$ 1.73 a share</VALUE>
<n>, for</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">the three months ended Oct. 1</TIME>
<n>compared with a</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]" ind="2">loss</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="-">$ 41.4 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2" sign="-">98 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">a year earlier</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="36">
<THEME gr="1">First Brands Corp.</THEME>
<n>,</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">proposed offering</QUANT>
<n>of</n> 
<WHOLE gr="1">6,475,000 common shares</WHOLE>
<n>, of which</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">1,475,000 common shares</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1">will be sold</QUANT>
<n>by</n> 
<AGENT gr="1" ind="1">the company</AGENT>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">five million shares</VALUE>
<n>by</n> 
<AGENT gr="1" ind="2">holders</AGENT>
<n>, via First Boston Corp. and Credit Suisse First Boston Ltd .</n>
</S>
<S id="37" manners="[delta,equals]">
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Mattel</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">added</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">1 1\/4</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">19 5\/8</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Tonka</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">firmed</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">1</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">18 1\/2</VALUE>
<n>and</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="3">Lewis Galoob Toys</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="3">rose</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3" sign="+">7\/8</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="3">13 5\/8</VALUE>
<n>on the Big Board , while</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="4">Hasbro</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="4">gained</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4" sign="+">1</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="4">21 7\/8</VALUE>
<n>on the American Stock Exchange .</n>
</S>
<S id='38'>
<WHOLE gr="1">Other issues said to be included in the buy program</WHOLE>
<n>were</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Procter &amp; Gamble</THEME>
<n>, which</n> 
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">rose</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">2 7\/8</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">133 1\/2</VALUE>
<n>;</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Atlantic Richfield</THEME>
<n>, which</n> 
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">gained</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">2</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">103 3\/4</VALUE>
<n>, and</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="3">Rockwell International</THEME>
<n>, which</n> 
<MANNER gr="1" ind="3">jumped</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3" sign="+">2 3\/4</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="3">27 1\/8</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="39">
<n>For instance ,</n> 
<THEME gr="1">a CD-type annuity</THEME> 
<n>from</n> 
<AGENT gr="1">North American Co. for Life &amp; Health Insurance</AGENT>
<n>, Chicago , offers</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">8.8 %</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1">interest</QUANT>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">for one year</TIME>
<n>or a</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">9 %</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1">rate</QUANT>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">for two years</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id='40'>
<THEME gr="[1,2]">Mr. Donohoo</THEME> 
<QUANT gr="1">faces</QUANT>
<n>as much as</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">three years in prison</VALUE>
<n>and a</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">$ 250,000</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="2" ind="1">fine</QUANT>
<n>for</n>
<CAUSE gr="[1,2]" ind="1">the Superfund conviction</CAUSE>
<n>and as much as</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">one year in prison</VALUE>
<n>and a</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">$ 100,000</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="2" ind="2">fine</QUANT>
<n>for</n>
<CAUSE gr="[1,2]" ind="2">the violation of the Clean Air Act</CAUSE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id='41'>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Sumitomo Metal Mining</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">fell</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="-">five yen</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">692</VALUE>
<n>and</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Nippon Mining</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">added</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">15</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">960</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id='42'>
<THEME gr="1">Yes Clothing Co.</THEME>
<n>,</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">proposed initial offering</QUANT>
<n>of</n> 
<WHOLE gr="1">776,470 common shares</WHOLE>
<n>, of which</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">600,000 shares</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1">will be offered</QUANT>
<n>by</n> 
<AGENT gr="1" ind="1">the company</AGENT>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">176,470</VALUE>
<n>by</n> 
<AGENT gr="1" ind="2">holders</AGENT>
<n>, via Seidler Amdec Securities Inc .</n>
</S>
<S id='43'>
<n>Most short-term certificates of deposit are yielding about 8 % or less at major banks , and</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">the yields</QUANT> 
<n>on</n> 
<THEME gr="1">Treasury bills sold at Monday 's auction</THEME>
<n>fell to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">7.61 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">for three months</TIME>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">7.82 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">for six months</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id='44'>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Kajima</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">advanced</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">40</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">2,120</VALUE>
<n>and</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Ohbayashi</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">added</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">50</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">1,730</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id='45'>
<n>For</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">the nine months</TIME>
<n>,</n> 
<THEME gr="[1,2]">Eastern</THEME>
<n>had</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">net income</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 41.8 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">$ 1.80 a share</VALUE>
<n>, up 23 % from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 33.9 million</VALUE>
<n>or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">$ 1.46 a share</VALUE>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">a year ago</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id='46'>
<n>Five</n>
<WHOLE gr="1">officials of this investment banking firm</WHOLE>
<n>were elected directors :</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">E. Garrett Bewkes III</THEME>
<n>, a</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">38-year-old</VALUE>
<THEME_MOD gr="1" ind="1">managing director in the mergers and acquisitions department</THEME_MOD>
<n>;</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">Michael R. Dabney</THEME>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">44</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<THEME_MOD gr="1" ind="2">a managing director who directs the principal activities group which provides funding for leveraged acquisitions</THEME_MOD>
<n>;</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="3">Richard Harriton</THEME>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">53</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<THEME_MOD gr="1" ind="3">a general partner who heads the correspondent clearing services</THEME_MOD>
<n>;</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="4">Michael Minikes</THEME>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">46</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<THEME_MOD gr="1" ind="4">a general partner who is treasurer</THEME_MOD>
<n>; and</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="5">William J. Montgoris</THEME>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="5">42</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<THEME_MOD gr="1" ind="5">a general partner who is also senior vice president of finance and chief financial officer</THEME_MOD>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id='47'>
<n>For</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">the nine months</TIME>
<n>,</n> 
<THEME gr="[1,2]">it</THEME> 
<n>had a</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]" ind="1">loss</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="-">$ 58.3 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1" sign="-">$ 2.44 a share</VALUE>
<n>, after</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]" ind="2">earnings</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 29.5 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">$ 1.20 a share</VALUE>
<n>, in</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">the 1988 period</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id='48'>
<AGENT gr="1" ind="1">The Societe Generale banking group</AGENT>
<QUANT gr="1">controls</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">18.2 %</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<WHOLE gr="1" ind="1">the shareholding</WHOLE>
<n>, while</n>
<AGENT gr="1" ind="2">Societe Generale de Belgique S.A.</AGENT>
<QUANT gr="1">owns</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">9.69 %</VALUE>
<n>and</n>
<AGENT gr="1" ind="3">Financiere Tradition</AGENT>
<n>, a holding company ,</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">owns</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">5.1 %</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id='49'>
<THEME gr="1">Priam</THEME>
<n>had a</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">loss</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="-">$ 25.4 million</VALUE>
<n>for</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the fiscal year ended July 7</TIME>
<n>, compared with</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">year-earlier</TIME>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">profit</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">$ 543,000</VALUE>
<n>, or two cents a share .</n>
</S>
<S id='50'>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">Start-up costs</QUANT> 
<n>for</n> 
<THEME gr="1">the Washington Times</THEME> 
<n>alone were close to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 50 million</VALUE>
<n>, and</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">the total amount lost</QUANT> 
<n>in</n> 
<THEME gr="1">this journalistic black hole</THEME>
<n>was estimated at</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 150 million</VALUE>
<n>by</n> 
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">1984</TIME> 
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="51">
<n>Additionally ,</n> 
<THEME gr="[1,2]">Crossland</THEME> 
<n>reported a</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">third-quarter</TIME>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]" ind="1">loss</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1"  ind="1" sign="-">$ 175.5 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1" sign="-">$ 13.44 a share</VALUE>
<n>, compared with</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]" ind="2">net income</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">$ 27.1 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2" sign="+">$ 1.16 a share</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">a year ago</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="52">
<THEME gr="[1,2]">Cipher Data Products Inc.</THEME> 
<n>posted a</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]" ind="1">net loss</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="-">$ 14.2 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1" sign="-">97 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>, for its</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">fiscal first quarter</TIME>
<n>, compared with</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]" ind="2">net income</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">$ 3.8 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2" sign="+">27 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">a year ago</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="53">
<n>In addition ,</n> 
<WHOLE gr="1">the $ 3 billion bid</WHOLE>
<n>includes</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 1 billion</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">debt</QUANT>
<n>that will be</n>
<CO_QUANT gr="1" ind="1">assumed</CO_QUANT> 
<n>by</n> 
<AGENT gr="1" ind="1">IMA</AGENT>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 600 million</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">high-yield junk bonds</QUANT>
<n>that will be</n> 
<CO_QUANT gr="1" ind="2">sold</CO_QUANT> 
<n>by</n> 
<AGENT gr="1" ind="2">First Boston Corp.</AGENT>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">$ 285 million</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="3">equity</QUANT>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="54">
<QUANT gr="1">The Belgian consumer price index</QUANT>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">rose</MANNER> 
<n>a provisional</n>
<VALUE gr="1" sign="+" ind="1">0.1 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n> 
<TIME gr="1">October</TIME>
<REFERENCE_TIME gr="1" ind="1">from the previous month</REFERENCE_TIME>
<n>and</n> 
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">was up</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">3.64 %</VALUE>
<REFERENCE_TIME gr="1" ind="2">from October 1988</REFERENCE_TIME>
<n>,</n> 
<SOURCE gr="1">the Ministry of Economic Affairs</SOURCE> 
<n>said .</n>
</S>
<S id="55">
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Third-quarter</TIME>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">net income</QUANT>
<n>slid to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 5.1 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">six cents a share</VALUE>
<n>, from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 56 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">65 cents</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">a year earlier</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="56">
<THEME gr="1">WELLS FARGO &amp; CO.</THEME> 
<n>,</n> 
<LOCATION gr="1">San Francisco</LOCATION> 
<n>, bank holding company , annual revenue $ 4.9 billion , NYSE , minor damage at headquarters ,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">12 branches</VALUE>
<WHOLE gr="1">out of 170 in Northern California</WHOLE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">sustained structural damage that will preclude them from opening in the near future</QUANT>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">45 locations</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">with at least one automatic teller machine inoperable</QUANT>
<n>, central computer systems are operating , no injuries .</n>
</S>
<S id="57">
<AGENT gr="1" ind="1">OUSTED EXECUTIVES over 50 years old</AGENT>
<n>take slightly less</n>
<QUANT gr="1">time</QUANT>
<n>than</n>
<AGENT gr="1" ind="2">their younger colleagues</AGENT>
<QUANT_MOD gr="1">to find a job</QUANT_MOD>
<n>--</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">3.23 months</VALUE>
<n>vs.</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">3.26</VALUE>
<n>for the juniors -- outplacement firm</n> 
<SOURCE gr="1">Challenger , Gray &amp; Christmas</SOURCE> 
<n>finds .</n>
</S>
<S id="58">
<n>For</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">the nine-month period</TIME>
<n>,</n> 
<THEME gr="[1,2]">Baxter</THEME>
<n>said</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">net</QUANT>
<n>rose 15 % to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 307 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">$ 1.02 a share</VALUE>
<n>, from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 267 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">89 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>, during</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">the year-ago period</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="59">
<LOCATION gr="1">San Antonio , Texas</LOCATION> 
<n>--</n>
<WHOLE gr="1">$ 575 million of electric and gas system revenue refunding bonds</WHOLE> 
<n>, Series 1989 , 1989A and 1989B , tentatively priced by</n> 
<AGENT gr="1">a First Boston Corp.</AGENT> 
<n>group to</n>
<QUANT gr="1">yield</QUANT>
<n>from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">6.15 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">1991</TIME>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">7.30 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">2009</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="60">
<THEME gr="1">Capital appreciation bonds</THEME>
<n>are priced to</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">yield</QUANT> 
<n>to maturity from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">7.10 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">2003</TIME>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">7.25 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">2007 and 2008</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="61">
<n>On</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Oct. 16 , 1987</TIME>
<n>,</n> 
<THEME gr="[1,2]">the Nasdaq Composite</THEME>
<MANNER gr="[1,2]" ind="1">fell</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="-">16.18 points</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1" sign="-">3.8 %</VALUE>
<n>, followed by its devastating</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="-">46.12-point</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2" sign="-">11 %</VALUE>
<MANNER gr="[1,2]" ind="2">slide</MANNER>
<n>,</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">three days later</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="62">
<n>For</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">the quarter</TIME>
<n>,</n> 
<THEME gr="[1,2]">BankAmerica</THEME>
<n>said it</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">earned</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 254 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">$ 1.16 a share</VALUE>
<n>, compared with</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 190 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">97 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">a year earlier</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="63">
<SOURCE gr="1">Istat</SOURCE> 
<n>said a national survey during</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the first week of July</TIME>
<n>showed the number of</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">job seekers</QUANT>
<n>was</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">2,888,000</VALUE>
<n>up from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">2,822,000</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">April</TIME>
<n>, and from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">2,853,000</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">a year ago</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="64">
<n>For</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">the nine months</TIME>
<n>,</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">net</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 38.5 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">92 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>, trailed</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">the year earlier</TIME>
<n>'s</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 49.9 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">$ 1.08 a share</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="66">
<n>Meanwhile ,</n>
<AGENT gr="1" ind="1">Toyota Motor Corp.</AGENT>
<n>'s</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 247 million</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">buildup</QUANT> 
<n>is increasing its annual capacity by 180,000 cars , and</n>
<AGENT gr="1" ind="2">Honda</AGENT>
<n>is</n>
<QUANT gr="1">spending</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 317 million</VALUE>
<n>on expansion .</n>
</S>
<S id="67" manners="[count]" question="new schema">
<n>-LRB-</n> 
<AGENT gr="1">Turner Broadcasting</AGENT>
<n>will pay</n> 
<THEME gr="1">CBS</THEME> 
<n>$ 25 million</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">to air</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">50 hours</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<CO_QUANT gr="1" ind="1">CBS coverage</CO_QUANT>
<n>plus</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">50 hours</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<CO_QUANT gr="1" ind="2">additional events</CO_QUANT>
<n>. -RRB-</n>
</S>
<S id="68">
<TIME gr="1">Earlier this year</TIME> 
<n>,</n>
<AGENT gr="1">the U.S. attorney</AGENT>
<QUANT gr="1">indicted</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">45 floor traders</VALUE>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">one clerk</VALUE>
<n>at</n> 
<LOCATION gr="1">the two big Chicago exchanges</LOCATION> 
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="69">
<n>Other</n>
<WHOLE gr="[1,2]">blue-chip consumer issues</WHOLE>
<n>also fared relatively well :</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">PepsiCo</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">rose</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">1 3\/8</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">58 1\/2</VALUE>
<n>;</n>
<THEME gr="2" ind="2">Coca-Cola Co.</THEME>
<n>was unchanged at</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">66 3\/4</VALUE>
<n>;</n>
<THEME gr="2" ind="3">McDonald 's</THEME>
<n>also closed unchanged at</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="3">30 1\/2</VALUE>
<n>, and</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="4">Merck</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="4">rose</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4" sign="+">1\/2</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="4">75 1\/4</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="70">
<n>In</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the second year</TIME>
<n>,</n> 
<THEME gr="1">workers</THEME>
<n>would</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">receive</QUANT> 
<n>a</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">3 %</VALUE>
<CO_QUANT gr="1">wage boost</CO_QUANT>
<n>and a 3 % bonus , followed by a</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">3 %</VALUE>
<CO_QUANT gr="1">increase</CO_QUANT>
<n>without a bonus in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">the third year</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="71">
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">The S&amp;P 500</QUANT>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">rose</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">4 %</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">the Dow Jones Equity Market index</QUANT>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">gained</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">3.7 %</VALUE>
<n>and</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="3">the New York Stock Exchange composite index</QUANT>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="3">added</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3" sign="+">3.5 %</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="72">
<n>Between</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">1965</TIME>
<n>and</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">1985</TIME>
<n>,</n>
<QUANT gr="1">Polish waters fit for human consumption</QUANT>
<n>dropped from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">33 %</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">6 %</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<WHOLE gr="1">all surface waters</WHOLE>
<n>, while those unfit even for industry use nearly doubled .</n>
</S>
<S id="73">
<n>Of</n> 
<WHOLE gr="1">the total purchase price</WHOLE>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 50 million</VALUE>
<CO_QUANT gr="1" ind="1">cash</CO_QUANT>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 30 million</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<CO_QUANT gr="1" ind="2">stock</CO_QUANT>
<n>-LRB- nearly 1.8 million shares -RRB- would be</n>
<QUANT gr="1">paid to buy</QUANT>
<THEME gr="1">the existing 700-room Marina Hotel &amp; Casino</THEME> 
<n>from Southwest Securities , a Nevada limited partnership .</n>
</S>
<S id="74" question="new schema">
<WHOLE gr="1">This</WHOLE>
<n>includes</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 4.6 billion</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">long-term debt</QUANT>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 457.5 million</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">short-term debt</QUANT>
<n>, and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">$ 95.7 million</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="3">the current portion of long-term debt</QUANT>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="75">
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">LIN</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">added</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">5\/8</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">110 5\/8</VALUE>
<n>and</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">McCaw</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">lost</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="-">1\/4</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">41</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="76">
<n>But it paled by comparison to what</n> 
<AGENT gr="[1,2]">Sony</AGENT>
<n>was to</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">offer</QUANT>
<n>last month : the chance , at last , to run a major studio , about</n> 
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 50 million</VALUE>
<n>in</n> 
<CO_QUANT gr="1" ind="1">deferred compensation</CO_QUANT>
<n>, up to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">10 %</VALUE> 
<n>of</n>
<WHOLE gr="2" ind="1">Columbia 's future cash flow</WHOLE>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">8 %</VALUE>
<n>of</n> 
<WHOLE gr="2" ind="2">the future appreciation of Columbia 's market value</WHOLE>
<n>, and</n>
<CO_QUANT gr="1" ind="2">annual salaries</CO_QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 2.7 million</VALUE>
<n>for each .</n>
</S>
<S id="77">
<n>The</n> 
<CAUSE gr="1">two offerings</CAUSE> 
<n>bring</n> 
<THEME gr="1">Fannie Mae</THEME>
<n>'s</n> 
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">1989</TIME>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">Remic issuance</QUANT>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 31 billion</VALUE>
<n>and its</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">total volume</QUANT>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 43.3 billion</VALUE>
<n>since the program began in</n> 
<REFERENCE_TIME gr="1" ind="2">April 1987</REFERENCE_TIME> 
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="78">
<n>It found that of</n>
<WHOLE gr="1">the 73 % who import</WHOLE>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">10 %</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">said they imported more in October</QUANT>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">12 %</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">said they imported less than the previous month</QUANT>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="79">
<n>Fully</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">62 %</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<WHOLE gr="1">the doctors surveyed for Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.</WHOLE>
<n>think their fellow</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">physicians are responsible for rising health-care costs</QUANT>
<n>, ahead of</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">hospitals</QUANT>
<n>-LRB-</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">55 %</VALUE>
<n>-RRB-</n>
<n>and</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="3">patients</QUANT>
<n>-LRB-</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">48 %</VALUE>
<n>-RRB- .</n>
</S>
<S id="80">
<WHOLE gr="[1,2]">Bridge and road builders</WHOLE>
<n>had a field day , including</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Kasler Corp.</THEME>
<n>,</n> 
<MANNER gr="1" >up</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">$ 2.125</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">$ 9.875</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Guy F. Atkinson Co.</THEME>
<n>,</n> 
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">up</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">$ 87.5</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">$ 61.875</VALUE>
<n>, and</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="3">Morrison Knudsen Corp.</THEME>
<n>, which reported higher third-quarter earnings yesterday ,</n> 
<MANNER gr="1" ind="3">up</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3" sign="+">$ 2.25</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="3">$ 44.125</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="81" note="PRECISION 'projections'">
<n>In this case ,</n>
<THEME gr="1">China</THEME>
<n>would still finish the year with a current-account deficit of $ 8.7 billion , based on projections that</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">imports</THEME>
<TIME gr="1">for all of this year</TIME>
<MANNER gr="1">grow</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">20 %</VALUE>
<n>and</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">exports</THEME>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">10 %</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="82">
<WHOLE gr="1">The debt</WHOLE>
<n>consists of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 50 million</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">13 3\/8 % subordinated notes due 1998</QUANT>
<n>, and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 25 million</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">9 % convertible subordinated debentures due 2012</QUANT>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="83">
<THEME gr="[1,2]">Genentech Inc.</THEME>
<n>said</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">third-quarter</TIME>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">profit</QUANT>
<n>more than doubled to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 11.4 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">13 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>, from a depressed</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">1988 third-quarter</TIME>
<n>performance of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 5.3 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">six cents a share</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="84">
<n>For</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">the nine months</TIME>
<n>,</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">earnings</QUANT>
<n>fell 2.9 % to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 99.1 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">$ 3.86 a share</VALUE>
<n>, from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 102.1 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">$ 4.10 a share</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">a year earlier</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="85">
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">American Telephone &amp; Telegraph</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">rose</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">3\/8</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">43 1\/2</VALUE>
<n>in Big Board composite trading of 1.5 million shares ,</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Chevron</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">advanced</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">1 3\/4</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">66 5\/8</VALUE>
<n>on 2.3 million shares ,</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="3">Woolworth</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="3">rose</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3" sign="+">1</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="3">58 5\/8</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="4">Coca-Cola Co.</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="4">gained</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4" sign="+">5\/8</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="4">72 1\/2</VALUE>
<n>and</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="5">Eastman Kodak</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="5">added</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="5" sign="+">3\/8</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="5">44 1\/2</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="86">
<THEME gr="1">OSHA</THEME>
<n>said there have been</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">three worker fatalities</VALUE>
<n>at</n> 
<LOCATION gr="1">the two plants</LOCATION>
<n>in</n> 
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the past two years</TIME>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">17 deaths</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">since 1972</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="87">
<THEME gr="1">The company</THEME>
<n>is owner and operator , or an equity partner , in six</n>
<QUANT gr="1">cogeneration facilities</QUANT>
<n>--</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">two</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="1">Texas</LOCATION>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">four</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="2">California</LOCATION>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="88">
<WHOLE gr="1">Results</WHOLE> 
<n>for</n> 
<TIME gr="1">the quarter</TIME>
<n>included</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 19.2 million</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">pretax gains</QUANT>
<n>from</n>
<CAUSE gr="1" ind="1">property transactions</CAUSE>
<n>, including the sale of one Embassy Suites hotel , and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 3.5 million</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">nonrecurring costs</QUANT>
<n>associated with</n>
<CAUSE gr="1" ind="2">the acquisition of the Holiday Inn business by Bass</CAUSE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="89">
<n>For</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">the six months ended Aug. 12</TIME>
<n>,</n> 
<THEME gr="[1,2]">Provigo</THEME>
<n>posted</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">net income</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">C$ 6.5 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">eight Canadian cents a share</VALUE>
<n>, compared with</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">C$ 18.1 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">21 Canadian cents a share</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">a year earlier</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="90">
<THEME gr="[1,2]">The construction equipment maker</THEME>
<n>said</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">third-quarter</TIME>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">profit</QUANT>
<n>fell to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 108 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">$ 1.07 a share</VALUE>
<n>, from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 190 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">$ 1.87 a share</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">a year earlier</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="91">
<n>In</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">the first nine months</TIME>
<n>,</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">net</QUANT>
<n>rose 1.5 % , to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 458.8 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">$ 4.76 a share</VALUE>
<n>, from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 452 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">$ 4.50 a share</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">a year earlier</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="92">
<QUANT gr="[1,2]" ind="1">The Dow Jones Equity Market Index</QUANT>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">gained</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">0.99</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">319.75</VALUE>
<n>and</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]" ind="2">the New York Stock Exchange Composite Index</QUANT>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">went up</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">0.60</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">188.84</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="93">
<AGENT gr="1">The plant</AGENT>
<n>usually</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">accounts for</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">20 % to 25 %</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<WHOLE gr="1" ind="1">Quantum 's polyethylene production</WHOLE>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">50 %</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<WHOLE gr="1" ind="2">its ethylene production</WHOLE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="94">
<n>Bolstered by strong performances by its psychiatric hospitals ,</n> 
<THEME gr="[1,2]">National Medical Enterprises Inc.</THEME>
<n>,</n> 
<LOCATION gr="[1,2]">Los Angeles</LOCATION> 
<n>, reported</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">net income</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 50 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">65 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>, for</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">the first quarter ended Aug. 31</TIME>
<n>, up from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 41 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">56 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">a year earlier</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="95">
<THEME gr="[1,2]">The electronics , automotive and aerospace concern</THEME>
<n>said</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">third-quarter</TIME>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">net</QUANT>
<n>was</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 60 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">98 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>, down from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 68 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">$ 1.11 a share</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">a year earlier</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="96">
<THEME gr="[1,2,3]" ind="1">UAL</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">tumbled</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="-">$ 56.875</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">$ 222.875</VALUE>
<n>on</n>
<QUANT gr="3" ind="1">volume</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="3" ind="1">2.3 million shares</VALUE>
<n>, and</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2,3]" ind="2">AMR</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">declined</MANNER> 
<n>by</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="-">$ 22.125</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">$ 76.50</VALUE>
<n>as</n>
<VALUE gr="3" ind="2">4.7 million shares</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="3">changed hands</QUANT>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="97">
<n>In</n>
<LOCATION gr="[1,2,3]" ind="1">Japan</LOCATION>
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2,3]" ind="1">the bellwether No. 111 4.6 % bond of 1998</THEME>
<n>ended</n> 
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">off</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="-">0.03</VALUE>
<n>at</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">95.72</VALUE>
<n>, to</n>
<QUANT gr="3">yield</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="3" ind="1">5.32 %</VALUE>
<n>, and in</n>
<LOCATION gr="[1,2,3]" ind="2">West Germany</LOCATION>
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2,3]" ind="2">the 7 % benchmark issue due October 1999</THEME>
<n>ended</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="-">0.05 point</VALUE>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">lower</MANNER> 
<n>at</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">99.85</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<QUANT gr="3">yield</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="3" ind="2">7.02 %</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="99" manners="[equals]">
<n>The acquisition combined the country 's second-largest</n>
<WHOLE gr="1">security company</WHOLE>
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">Pinkerton 's</THEME>
<n>, with</n> 
<TIME gr="1">1987</TIME>
<QUANT gr="1">sales</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 410 million</VALUE>
<n>, and the fourth largest ,</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">California Plant Protection</THEME>
<n>, with</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 250 million</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<QUANT gr="1">sales</QUANT>
<n>, creating the industry 's biggest firm , which took on the Pinkerton 's name .</n>
</S>
<S id="100" question="clausal quant? ">
<SOURCE gr="1">Edward M. Esber</SOURCE> 
<n>, chairman , president and chief executive officer , attributed the decline to reduced domestic revenue because of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 4.9 million</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1">spent to upgrade existing software inventories to the new database IV Version 1.1</QUANT>
<n>, and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 1.8 million</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1">spent on the recent reduction in work force</QUANT>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="100" manners="[equals]">
<AGENT gr="1">Dictaphone Corp.</AGENT> 
<n>says there 's a big business demand for its</n>
<WHOLE gr="1">voice-activated taping systems</WHOLE>
<n>, whether</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">the sophisticated Veritrac 9000 system</THEME>
<n>, which</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">costs</QUANT>
<n>from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 10,000 to $ 120,000</VALUE>
<n>and can record 240 conversations simultaneously , or</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">simple handheld units</THEME>
<QUANT gr="1">selling for</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 395</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="101" manners="[count]">
<THEME gr="1">Home Nutritional Services Inc.</THEME> 
<n>, a wholly owned subsidiary of Healthdyne Inc. ,</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">proposed initial offering</QUANT> 
<n>of</n> 
<WHOLE gr="1">four million common shares</WHOLE>
<n>, of which</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">1.8 million</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1">will be sold</QUANT>
<n>by</n>
<AGENT gr="1" ind="1">Home Nutritional Services</AGENT>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">2.2 million</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1">will be sold</QUANT>
<n>by</n>
<AGENT gr="1" ind="2">Healthdyne</AGENT>
<n>, via Smith Barney , Harris Upham &amp; Co .</n>
</S>
<S id="102" manners="[equals]">
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">Currently</TIME>
<n>a</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 300 million-a-year</VALUE>
<n>business ,</n>
<QUANT gr="1">900 telephone service</QUANT>
<n>is expected to hit</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 500 million</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">next year</TIME>
<n>and near</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">$ 2 billion</VALUE>
<n>by</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">1992</TIME>
<n>as</n> 
<CAUSE gr="1">uses for the service continue to expand</CAUSE> 
<n>, says</n> 
<SOURCE gr="1">Joel Gross of Donaldson , Lufkin &amp; Jenrette Inc</SOURCE> 
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="103" note="quant/theme ambiguity">
<n>There are also about</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 124 million</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">6 1\/2 % bonds</QUANT>
<QUANT_MOD g="1">priced to yield 7.25 % in 2012</QUANT_MOD> 
<n>; about</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 97 million</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">6 % bonds</QUANT> 
<QUANT_MOD gr="1">priced to yield 7.20 % in 2014</QUANT_MOD>
<n>; and about</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">$ 26.5 million</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]" ind="3">5 % bonds</QUANT>
<QUANT_MOD gr="2" ind="3">priced to yield 7.15 % in 2016</QUANT_MOD>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="104">
<n>Among</n>
<WHOLE gr="[1,2]">pharmaceutical shares</WHOLE>
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Chugai</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">lost</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="-">60 yen</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">2,290 yen</VALUE>
<n>-LRB- $ 16.20 -RRB- , and</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Mochida</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">fell</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="-">150</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">4,290</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="105" question="new schema">
<AGENT gr="1" ind="1">The Federal National Mortgage Association</AGENT>
<QUANT gr="1">offered</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 1.2 billion</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<CO_QUANT gr="1" ind="1">Remic securities in three issues</CO_QUANT>
<n>, and</n>
<AGENT gr="1" ind="2">the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.</AGENT>
<QUANT gr="1">offered</QUANT>
<n>a</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 250 million</VALUE>
<CO_QUANT gr="1" ind="2">Remic backed by 9 % 15-year securities</CO_QUANT>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="106">
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Great Western Financial</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">lost</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="-">1 1\/8</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">20 1\/2</VALUE>
<n>on 1.6 million shares ,</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Golden West Financial</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">dropped</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="-">1 1\/4</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">28 1\/2</VALUE>
<n>and</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="3">H.F. Ahmanson</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="3">dipped</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3" sign="-">5\/8</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="3">21 1\/4</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="107" manners="[delta,equals]">
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Ginnie Mae 9 % securities</THEME>
<n>ended at</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">98 6\/32</VALUE>
<n>,</n> 
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">up</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">9\/32</VALUE>
<n>, and</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 9 % securities</THEME>
<n>were at</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">97 10\/32</VALUE>
<n>,</n> 
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">up</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">6\/32</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="108">
<n>For</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the week</TIME>
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="1">the industrial average</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">gained</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign='+'>119.88 points</VALUE>
<n>, or 4.7 % , the biggest weekly point advance ever and a better than 50 % rebound from the</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="-">190.58 point</VALUE>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">loss</MANNER>
<THEME gr="1">the industrial average</THEME> 
<n>logged</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">Oct. 13</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="109">
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">Each hour of Olympics and baseball in prime time</THEME>
<n>will</n>
<QUANT gr="1">cost</QUANT>
<AGENT gr="1">CBS</AGENT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 2.6 million to $ 2.8 million</VALUE>
<n>;</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">an hour-long drama</THEME>
<QUANT gr="1">costs</QUANT>
<n>only</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 900,000</VALUE>
<n>, and it is aired twice .</n>
</S>
<S id="110">
<n>In</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">the nine months</TIME>
<n>,</n>
<QUANT gr="1">net income</QUANT>
<n>fell 79 % to </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 31.1 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">33 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>, from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 149.3 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">$ 1.82 a share</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">a year earlier</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="111" manners="[equals,equals]">
<n>Separately ,</n> 
<THEME gr="[1,2]">Citadel</THEME>
<n>posted a</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">third-quarter</TIME>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]" ind="1">net loss</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="-">$ 2.3 million</VALUE>
<n> , or </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1" sign="-">68 cents a share</VALUE>
<n> , versus</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]" ind="2">net income</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">$ 5.3 million</VALUE>
<n> , or </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2" sign="+">$ 1.61 a share</VALUE>
<n> , </n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">a year earlier</TIME>
<n> .</n>
</S>
<S id="112">
<THEME gr="1">Furukawa Electric Co.</THEME>
<n>, one of Japan 's leading electric wire and cable manufacturers , said</n>
<QUANT gr="1">unconsolidated pretax profit</QUANT>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the fiscal first half ended Sept. 30</TIME>
<n>fell 5.3 % to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">6.11 billion yen</VALUE>
<n>-LRB- $ 43.1 million -RRB- from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">6.45 billion yen</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">a year earlier</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="113">
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="1">World-wide</LOCATION>
<QUANT gr="1">sales</QUANT>
<n>of</n> 
<THEME gr="1">Warner-Lambert 's non-prescription health-care products</THEME> 
<n>, such as Halls cough tablets , Rolaids antacid , and Lubriderm skin lotion ,</n>
<MANNER gr="1">increased</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">3 %</VALUE>
<n>to $ 362 million in</n> 
<TIME gr="1">the third quarter</TIME> 
<n>;</n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="2">U.S.</LOCATION>
<THEME gr="1">sales</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">rose</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">5 %</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="114" manners="[equals]">
<AGENT gr="1">Ford</AGENT> 
<n>got a similar go-ahead earlier in October , and on</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">Friday</TIME>
<n>,</n> 
<THEME gr="1">Jaguar</THEME>
<n>announced that</n> 
<AGENT gr="1">the No. 2 U.S. auto maker</AGENT> 
<n>had raised its</n>
<QUANT gr="1">stake</QUANT>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">13.2 %</VALUE>
<n>, or 24.2 million shares , from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">12.4 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">earlier in the week</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="115">
<n>For</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the nine months</TIME>
<n>,</n> 
<LOCATION gr="1">Los Angeles-based</LOCATION>
<THEME gr="1">H.F. Ahmanson</THEME> 
<n>had</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">profit</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 128.1 million</VALUE>
<n>, or $ 1.29 a share , a 4.6 % decline from</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">earnings</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 134.2 million</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">the year-ago nine months</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="116">
<THEME gr="1">The public sector borrowing requirement</THEME>
<n>, the most widely used measure of Britain 's government deficit or surplus , showed a</n>
<QUANT gr="1">deficit</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1"># 200 million</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">September</TIME>
<n>, compared with a</n>
<QUANT gr="1">deficit</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2"># 765 million</VALUE>
<n>in </n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">August</TIME>
<n>and a</n>
<QUANT gr="1">deficit</QUANT>
<n>of </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3"># 1.08 billion</VALUE>
<n>in </n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">September 1988</TIME>
<n>, the</n> 
<SOURCE gr="1">Treasury</SOURCE> 
<n>said .</n>
</S>
<S id="117">
<n>For</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">the full fiscal year</TIME>
<n>,</n> 
<THEME gr="[1,2]">Varian</THEME>
<n>posted a 13 %</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">profit</QUANT>
<n>rise to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 31.5 million</VALUE>
<n> , or </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">$ 1.53 a share</VALUE>
<n> , up from </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 27.8 million</VALUE>
<n> , or </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">$ 1.27 a share</VALUE>
<n> , </n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">last year</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="118" manners="[delta]">
<n>In</n> 
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the 12 months ended in September</TIME> 
<n>,</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">wages and salaries</QUANT> 
<n>of</n> 
<THEME gr="1">private-sector workers</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">rose</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">4.4 %</VALUE>
<n>, while</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">health insurance costs</QUANT>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">spurted</MANNER> 
<n>by</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">13.7 %</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="119">
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">The restyled 300ZX</THEME>
<QUANT gr="1">costs as much as</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 33,000</VALUE>
<n>and is squared off against</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">the Porche 944</THEME>
<n>, which</n> 
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">begins at</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 41,900</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="120" manners="[delta,equals]">
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Microsoft</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">added</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">2 1\/8</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">81 3\/4</VALUE>
<n>and</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Oracle Systems</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">rose</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">1 1\/2</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">23 1\/4</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="120" manners="[equals]">
<SOURCE gr="1">Gill &amp; Duffus Ltd.</SOURCE> 
<n>, a British cocoa-trading house , estimated that the</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">1989-90</TIME>
<QUANT gr="1">world cocoa surplus</QUANT>
<n>would be</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">231,000 tons</VALUE>
<n>, down from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">314,000 tons</VALUE>
<n>for</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">the previous year</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="121" manners="[count]">
<LOCATION gr="1">A shopping center of similar size in an affluent Los Angeles suburb</LOCATION> 
<n>would , per year , be expected to have</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">eight burglaries</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">70 thefts of or from autos</VALUE>
<n>, and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">four robberies</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="122" manners="[delta]" question="earnings v revenue">
<n>But</n> 
<THEME gr="1">the company</THEME> 
<n>has had weak results so far this year , with</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">earnings</QUANT>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">declining</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="-">43 %</VALUE>
<n>to $ 13.7 million , or $ 1.43 a share , on a</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="-">4 %</VALUE>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">decline</MANNER> 
<n>in</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">revenue</QUANT>
<n>to $ 713.5 million</n> 
<TIME gr="1">through the first nine months of the year</TIME> 
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="123" manners="[count]">
<n>Counting</n> 
<WHOLE gr="1">all state and federal benefit programs</WHOLE> 
<n>, the number of</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">people receiving unemployment benefits</QUANT>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the week ended Oct. 7</TIME>
<n>fell to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">1,784,400</VALUE>
<n>from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">1,810,700</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">a week earlier</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="124" manners="[delta]" question="from 1986 -- reference time?">
<THEME gr="1">The medical devices maker</THEME>
<n>'s</n>
<QUANT gr="1">earnings</QUANT>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="[1,2]">rose</MANNER>
<n>nearly</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">35 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">1987</TIME>
<n>from</n> 
<REFERENCE_TIME gr="1" ind="1">1986</REFERENCE_TIME> 
<n>, and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">75 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">1988</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="125" manners="[equals]">
<SOURCE gr="1">He</SOURCE> 
<n>added that details of the recapitalization still have to be worked out , but that</n>
<AGENT gr="1" ind="1">Pathe</AGENT>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">will take</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">50 %</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<WHOLE gr="1">Odeon</WHOLE>
<n>, Rome film producer </n>
<AGENT gr="1" ind="2">Bruno Lucisano</AGENT>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">will take</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">10 %</VALUE>
<n> and the remaining</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">16.66 %</VALUE>
<n> , currently owned by Sasea , will eventually be</n> 
<QUANT gr="1" ind="3">sold</QUANT> 
<n>to</n>
<AGENT gr="1" ind="3">other investors</AGENT>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="126" manners="[delta]" question="from the year before -- reference time">
<n>For</n> 
<TIME gr="1">the first six months</TIME> 
<n>,</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">wholesale sales</QUANT>
<MANNER gr="1">rose</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">12.3 %</VALUE>
<n>from the year before , reflecting to a</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">11.5 %</VALUE>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">jump</MANNER> 
<n>in</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">domestic sales</QUANT>
<n>and a</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3" sign="+">14.6 %</VALUE>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="3">boost</MANNER> 
<n>in</n>
<QUANT gr="1">foreign sales</QUANT>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="127" manners="[equals]">
<THEME gr="1">The company</THEME> 
<n>, which issued a statement on the agreement late Friday , said that</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 1 million</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<WHOLE gr="1">the payment</WHOLE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">was previously provided for in its financial statements</QUANT>
<n>and that</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 500,000</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">will be recognized in its 1989 third-quarter statement</QUANT>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="128" manners="[equals,equals]">
<THEME gr="[1,2]">Allegheny Ludlum Corp.</THEME>
<n>expects to report</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">third-quarter</TIME>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">net</QUANT>
<n>of about</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 34 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">$ 1.50 a share</VALUE>
<n>, down from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 38.4 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">$ 1.70 a share</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">a year earlier</TIME>
<n>,</n> 
<SOURCE gr="[1,2]">Richard P. Simmons</SOURCE> 
<n>, chairman and chief executive officer , told institutional investors in New York .</n>
</S>
<S id="129" manners="[delta,equals]">
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Standard &amp; Poor 's 500-stock Index</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">rose</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">5.37</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">347.13</VALUE>
<n>and</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">the Nasdaq composite index</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">jumped</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">7.52</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">470.80</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="130" manners="[equals,equals]">
<SOURCE gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Those with a bullish view</SOURCE>
<n>see</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">the dollar</QUANT>
<n>trading up near</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">1.9000 marks</VALUE>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">145 yen</VALUE>
<n>, while</n>
<SOURCE gr="[1,2]" ind="2">the dollar bears</SOURCE>
<n>see</n> 
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">the U.S. currency</QUANT>
<n>trading around</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">1.7600 marks</VALUE>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">138 yen</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="131" manners="[count]">
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">Two firms</VALUE>
<n>were</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">expelled from the NASD</QUANT>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">three</VALUE>
<n>were</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">suspended or barred</QUANT>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">nine</VALUE>
<n>were</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="3">fined</QUANT>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="132" manners="[equals]">
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">California</THEME>
<n>led the nation with</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 6.5 billion</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<QUANT gr="1">net cash income</QUANT>
<n>last year , followed by </n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">Texas</THEME>
<n> ,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 3.9 billion</VALUE>
<n> ; </n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="3">Iowa</THEME>
<n> , </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">$ 3.4 billion</VALUE>
<n> ; </n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="4">Florida</THEME>
<n> ,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">$ 3.1 billion</VALUE>
<n> ; and </n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="5">Minnesota</THEME>
<n> , </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="5">$ 2.7 billion</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="133" manners="[equals]">
<AGENT gr="1" ind="1">Amoco</AGENT>
<n>, an energy concern , is the operator of</n> 
<WHOLE gr="1">the project</WHOLE> 
<n>with a</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">43.75 %</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1">working interest</QUANT>
<n>, and other partners include</n>
<AGENT gr="1" ind="2">Hydro Congo</AGENT>
<n> , the Congolese state oil company , with a</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">50 %</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1">interest</QUANT>
<n> , and</n>
<AGENT gr="1" ind="3">Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Co.</AGENT>
<n> with a</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">6.25 %</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1">stake</QUANT>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="134" manners="[equals]">
<n>The</n> 
<WHOLE gr="1">two-part issue</WHOLE>
<n>consists of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 200 million</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">senior subordinated reset notes maturing in 1997</QUANT>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 150 million</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">subordinated floating rate notes also maturing in 1997</QUANT>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<n>There are</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 46,245,000</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">7 % term bonds due 2009</QUANT>
<n>,</n>  
<QUANT_MOD gr="1" ind="1">priced at 97 7\/8 to yield 7.20 %</QUANT_MOD>
<n>, and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 64.9 million</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2,3]" ind="2">7.1 % term bonds due 2016</THEME>
<n>,</n> 
<QUANT_MOD>priced at 98 1\/4 to yield 7.25 %</QUANT_MOD> 
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="135" manners="[equals]">
<n>While</n> 
<SOURCE gr="1" ind="1">Allianz officials</SOURCE>
<n>were n't willing to comment in any detail on their plans , they said</n>
<AGENT gr="1">Allianz</AGENT> 
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">currently</TIME>
<QUANT gr="1">holds</QUANT> 
<n>between</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">5 % and 10 %</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<WHOLE gr="1">Navigation Mixte</WHOLE>
<n>, an apparent increase from the</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">5 %</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1">stake</QUANT>
<n>that</n>
<SOURCE gr="1" ind="2">Navigation Mixte officials</SOURCE> 
<n>had</n> 
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">earlier</TIME> 
<n>announced .</n>
</S>
<S id="136" manners="[equals,equals]">
<n>Separately , for</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">the first nine months</TIME>
<n>,</n> 
<THEME gr="[1,2]">Soo Line</THEME>
<n>reported a</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]" ind="1">loss</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="-">$ 398,000</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1" sign="-">four cents a share</VALUE>
<n>, compared with</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]" ind="2">net income</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">$ 12.5 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2" sign="+">$ 1.32 a share</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">a year earlier</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="137" manners="[equals]">
<TIME gr="1">Third-quarter</TIME>
<n>results included</n>
<WHOLE gr="1">net realized capital gains of $ 48 million</WHOLE>
<n>, which included</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 27 million</VALUE>
<n>from</n> 
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">the sale of Federated Investors in August</QUANT>
<n>and a</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 15 million</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">tax credit</QUANT>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="138" manners="[delta,equals]">
<n>In</n>
<WHOLE gr="[1,2]">the real estate sector</WHOLE>
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Mitsui Real Estate Development</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">was up</MANNER> 
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">100</VALUE>
<n>at</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">2,760</VALUE>
<n>, and</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Mitsubishi Estate</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">gained</MANNER> 
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">80</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">2,360</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="139" manners="[equals]">
<SOURCE gr="1">I</SOURCE> 
<n>'ve been advising</n>
<WHOLE gr="1">small businesses</WHOLE>
<n>many years and have lived with the fact that</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">50 %</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1">will go out of business</QUANT>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">within two years</TIME>
<n>, and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">80 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">in five years</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="140" manners="[delta]">
<QUANT gr="1">Prices</QUANT> 
<n>for</n> 
<THEME gr="1">crude goods</THEME>
<n>, an array of raw materials , jumped 1.1 % after</n> 
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">declining</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="-">1.9 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">August</TIME>
<n>and</n> 
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">edging up</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">0.2 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">July</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="141" manners="[equals]"> 
<THEME gr="1">Wells Fargo</THEME> 
<n>is rebuilding its</n>
<QUANT gr="1">loan-loss reserve</QUANT>
<n>, which increased to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 711 million</VALUE>
<n>at</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">Sept. 30</TIME>
<n>from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 664 million</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">the previous quarter</TIME>
<n>but was down from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">$ 852 million</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">a year ago</TIME>
<n>, when the bank still had some shaky foreign loans .</n>
</S>
<S id="142" manners="[delta,equals]">
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Philips Industries</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">tumbled</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="-">3\/8</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">22 7\/8</VALUE>
<n>;</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Hilton Hotels</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">fell</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="-">2 1\/2</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">92</VALUE>
<n>and</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="3">Holiday Corp.</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="3">fell</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3" sign="-">2 1\/8</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="3">69 7\/8</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="143" manners="[equals]">
<THEME gr="1">Recreation program current interest bonds</THEME>
<n>are due 1990-1995 , and are</n> 
<THEME gr="1">priced to yield</THEME>
<n>from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">6 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">1990</TIME>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">6.45 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">1995</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="144" manners="[delta,equals]">
<n>Among</n>
<WHOLE gr="1">other actual and rumored targets</WHOLE>
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Woolworth</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">rose</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">1 1\/4</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">60 1\/2</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Upjohn</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">went up</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">1 1\/8</VALUE>
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">39 3\/4</VALUE>
<n>, </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="3">Armstrong World Industries</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="3">gained</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3" sign="+">1</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="3">40 1\/8</VALUE>
<n>and</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="4">Kollmorgen</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="4">rose</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4" sign="+">3\/4</VALUE>
<n> to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="4">13 7\/8</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="145" manners="[count]">
<WHOLE gr="1">They</WHOLE> 
<n>combined for</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">25 hits</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">six home runs</VALUE>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">24 runs batted in</VALUE>
<n>in</n> 
<TIME gr="1">the five games against the Cubs</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="146" manners="[equals]">
<AGENT gr="1">The industry</AGENT>
<QUANT gr="1">used</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">82.2 %</VALUE>
<n>of its</n>
<WHOLE gr="1">capability</WHOLE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">last week</TIME>
<n>, compared with</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">82.8 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">the previous week</TIME>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">84 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">a year ago</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="147" manners="[equals]">
<n>At</n> 
<THEME gr="1">Kodak</THEME> 
<n>, which largely ignored the market for years ,</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">black-and-white film sales</QUANT>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">now</TIME>
<n>account for nearly</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">15 %</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<WHOLE gr="1">the company 's $ 3 billion in film and paper sales annually</WHOLE>
<n>, up from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">10 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">three years ago</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="148" manners="[delta]">
<SOURCE gr="1">The report to Congress</SOURCE>
<n>said that</n>
<QUANT gr="1">fatalities</QUANT>
<MANNER gr="1">rose</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">18 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">1987</TIME>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">13 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">1988</TIME>
<n>on</n> 
<LOCATION gr="1">rural interstates</LOCATION> 
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="149" manners='delta'>
<THEME gr="1">The company</THEME>
<n>said the gain resulted mainly from a $ 54 million increase in net interest income , reflecting a</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">33 %</VALUE>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">increase</MANNER> 
<n>in</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">real estate loans</QUANT>
<n>-LRB- mainly residential -RRB- , and a</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">19 %</VALUE>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">rise</MANNER> 
<n>in</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">consumer loans</QUANT>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="150" manners="[count]">
<TIME gr="1">Over the past year</TIME> 
<n>there have been only</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">one burglary</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">three thefts of or from autos</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">no purse-snatchings</VALUE>
<n>, and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">one attempted robbery</VALUE>
<n>in</n> 
<LOCATION gr="1">the mall</LOCATION>
<n>, which opened in late 1981 .</n>
</S>
<S id="151" manners="[equals,equals]">
<n>In</n> 
<LOCATION gr="[1,2]">New York</LOCATION>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">late yesterday</TIME>
<n>,</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">the currency</QUANT>
<n>was at</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">141.45 yen</VALUE>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">1.8485 marks</VALUE>
<n>, down from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">142.75 yen</VALUE>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">1.8667 marks</VALUE>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">late Tuesday</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="152" manners="[count,equals]">
<n>The number of</n>
<QUANT gr="1">people receiving state benefits</QUANT>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">the week ended Oct. 7</TIME>
<n>fell to a seasonally adjusted</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">2,202,000</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">2.1 %</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<WHOLE gr="2">those covered by unemployment insurance</WHOLE>
<n>, from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">2,205,000</VALUE>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">the previous week</TIME>
<n>,</n>
<n>when</n>
<QUANT gr="2">the insured unemployment rate</QUANT>
<n>was</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">2.2 %</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="153" manners='[delta]'>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">Per capita income</QUANT>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">rose</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">1.7 %</VALUE>
<n>to $ 13,120 , but</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">median family income</QUANT>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">fell</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="-">0.2 %</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="154" manners="[equals]">
<WHOLE gr="1">The offer</WHOLE>
<n>covers the massive</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">1.8 million-square-foot</VALUE>
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">Forest Fair Mall</THEME>
<n>in</n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="1">Cincinnati</LOCATION>
<n>, the</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">800,000 square-foot</VALUE>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">Richland Fashion Mall</THEME>
<n>in</n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="2">Columbia , S.C.</LOCATION>
<n>, and the</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">700,000 square-foot</VALUE>
<THEME gr="1" ind="3">Thornton Town Center mall</THEME>
<n>in</n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="3">Thornton , Colo</LOCATION>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="155" manners="[equals]">
<n>A spokeswoman said</n> 
<THEME gr="1">Dow</THEME>
<n>is comfortable with</n> 
<SOURCE gr="1">Wall Street expectations</SOURCE> 
<n>that</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">full-year</TIME>
<QUANT gr="1">earnings</QUANT>
<n>will total about</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 14.60 a share</VALUE>
<n>, compared with</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">last year</TIME>
<n>'s record</n>
<QUANT gr="1">net</QUANT>
<n>of $ 2.4 billion , or</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 12.76 a share</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="156" manners="[equals]">
<THEME gr="1">Levi Strauss Associates Inc.</THEME> 
<n>, the closely held owner of Levi Strauss &amp; Co. , said its</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">fiscal third-quarter</TIME>
<QUANT gr="1">earnings</QUANT>
<n>jumped to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 128.6 million</VALUE>
<n>from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 31.3 million</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">a year earlier</TIME>
<n>, aided by</n> 
<CAUSE gr="1">a $ 69.8 million gain from the sale of stock in a Japanese subsidiary</CAUSE> 
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="157" manners="[count]">
<THEME gr="1">Western Gas System Inc.</THEME>
<n>,</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">initial offering</QUANT>
<n>of</n> 
<WHOLE gr="1">3,250,000 common shares</WHOLE>
<n>, of which</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">3,040,000 shares</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1">will be sold</QUANT>
<n>by</n>
<AGENT gr="1" ind="1">the company</AGENT>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">210,000</VALUE>
<n>by</n>
<AGENT gr="1" ind="2">a holder</AGENT>
<n>, via Prudential-Bache Capital Funding , Smith Barney , Harris Upham &amp; Co. and Hanifen , Imhoff Inc .</n>
</S>
<S id="158" manners="[equals]">
<LOCATION gr="1">St. Johns River Water Management District , Fla.</LOCATION> 
<n>--</n> 
<WHOLE gr="1">$ 50,005,000 of land acquisition revenue bonds</WHOLE>
<n>, Series 1989 , due 1990-2000 , 2003 , 2006 and 2009 , tentatively priced by a Smith Barney , Harris Upham &amp; Co. group to</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">yield</QUANT>
<n>from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">6 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">1990</TIME>
<n>to about</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">7.03 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">2003</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="159" manners="[equals]">
<n>From</n> 
<TIME gr="1">1980 to 1988</TIME> 
<n>, while federal budget deficits totaled $ 1.41 trillion ,</n> 
<AGENT gr="1">the government</AGENT>
<QUANT gr="1">issued</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 394 billion</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<CO_QUANT gr="1" ind="1">new direct loans</CO_QUANT>
<n>and an additional</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 756 billion</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<CO_QUANT gr="1" ind="2">new primary loan guarantees</CO_QUANT>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="160" manners="[equals,equals]">
<WHOLE gr="[1,2]">This year 's nine-month results</WHOLE>
<n>include gains of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">$ 13 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1" sign="+">five cents a share</VALUE>
<n>, from</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]" ind="1">the sale of Schlumberger 's defense systems business</QUANT>
<n>, and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">$ 22 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2" sign="+">nine cents a share</VALUE>
<n>, from</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]" ind="2">an award by the IranU.S . Claims Tribunal</QUANT>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="161" manners="[count]">
<n>Of</n>
<WHOLE gr="1">the 4,348 issues that changed hands</WHOLE>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">1,074</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">advanced</QUANT>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">866</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">declined</QUANT>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="162" manners="[equals]">
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">Victor Stanley Fishman</THEME>
<n>, </n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="1">Longwood , Fla.</LOCATION>
<n>,</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">fined</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 25,000</VALUE>
<n>;</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">William Harold Floyd</THEME>
<n>,</n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="2">Houston</LOCATION>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 100,000</VALUE>
<n>;</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="3">Michael Anthony Houston</THEME>
<n>,</n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="3">Bronx , N.Y.</LOCATION>
<n> ,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">$ 15,000</VALUE>
<n> ; </n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="4">Amin Jalaalwalikraam</THEME>
<n>, </n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="4">Glenham , N.Y.</LOCATION>
<n> , </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">$ 60,000</VALUE>
<n> ; </n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="5">Richard F. Knapp</THEME>
<n> , </n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="5">London</LOCATION>
<n> , </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="5">$ 10,000</VALUE>
<n>and 30-day suspension ; </n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="6">Deborah Renee Martin</THEME>
<n> , </n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="6">St. Louis</LOCATION>
<n>, </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="6">$ 15,000</VALUE>
<n> ; </n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="7">Joseph Francis Muscolina Jr.</THEME>
<n> , </n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="7">Palisades Park , N.J.</LOCATION>
<n> , </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="7">$ 15,000</VALUE>
<n> ; </n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="8">Robert C. Najarian</THEME>
<n> , </n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="8">Brooklyn Park , Minn.</LOCATION>
<n> , </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="8">$ 15,000</VALUE>
<n> ; </n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="9">Edward Robert Norwick</THEME>
<n> , </n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="9">Nesconset , N.Y.</LOCATION>
<n> , </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="9">$ 30,000</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="163" manners="[equals]">
<AGENT gr="1">Apple</AGENT>
<n>will offer a</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 150</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1">rebate</QUANT>
<n>on its</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">Apple IIGS with any Apple Monitor and disk drive</THEME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 200</VALUE>
<n>on</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">the basic Macintosh Plus central processing unit</THEME>
<n> ;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">$ 250</VALUE>
<n>on</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="3">the Macintosh SE central processing unit</THEME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">$ 250</VALUE>
<n>on the</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="4">Macintosh SE\/30 cpu</THEME>
<n>, and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="5">$ 300</VALUE>
<n> on</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="5">a Macintosh IIcx with any Apple video card and Apple monitor</THEME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="164" manners="[equals]">
<WHOLE gr="1">$ 80.8 million single-family program bonds</WHOLE> 
<n>, 1989 fourth and fifth series , tentatively priced by a Merrill Lynch Capital Markets group to</n>
<QUANT gr="1">yield</QUANT>
<n>from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">6.25 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">1992</TIME>
<n>for</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">fourth series bonds</THEME>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">7.74 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">2029</TIME>
<n>for</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">fifth series bonds</THEME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="165" manners="[equals]">
<n>The pact proposes</n> 
<THEME gr="1">a 2 1\/2-year contract</THEME>
<n>with a</n>
<QUANT gr="1">raise</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">8 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the first year</TIME>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">7 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">the second</TIME>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">4 %</VALUE>
<n>for</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">the final six months</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="166" manners="[equals,equals]">
<n>Excluding the gain ,</n> 
<THEME gr="[1,2]">the company</THEME>
<n>registered a modest 4.6 % increase for</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">the quarter ended Sept. 29</TIME>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 113 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">87 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>, from the</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">year-earlier</TIME>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 107.9 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">84 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="167" manners="[equals]">
<n>The</n>
<QUANT gr="1">federal deficit</QUANT>
<n>was</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 155.15 billion</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">1988</TIME>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 149.69 billion</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">1987</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="168" manners="[equals,equals]">
<n>Citing</n> 
<CAUSE gr="1">its reduced ownership in the Lyondell Petrochemical Co.</CAUSE> 
<n>,</n> 
<THEME gr="1">Atlantic Richfield</THEME>
<n>reported that</n>
<QUANT gr="1">net income</QUANT>
<n>slid 3.1 % in</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">the third quarter</TIME>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 379 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">$ 2.19 a share</VALUE>
<n>, from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 391 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">$ 2.17 a share</VALUE>
<n>, for</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">the comparable period last year</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="169" manners="equals">
<n>Together ,</n> 
<THEME gr="1">the six government-controlled or essentially insolvent Arizona thrifts</THEME>
<n>have</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">tangible capital</QUANT>
<n>of a</n> 
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">negative</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="-">$ 1.5 billion</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">foreclosed property</QUANT>
<n> of </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">$ 1.8 billion</VALUE>
<n> and </n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="3">pastdue loans</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3" sign="+">$ 1.63 billion</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="170" manners="[equals,equals]">
<THEME gr="1">Storage Technology Corp.</THEME>
<n>had</n>
<QUANT gr="1">net income</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 8.3 million</VALUE>
<n>, or </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">32 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>, for its </n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">fiscal-third quarter ended Sept. 29</TIME>
<n> , almost 15 times the </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 557,000</VALUE>
<n> , or </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">two cents a share</VALUE>
<n>, it posted for</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">the year-ago period</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="171" manners="[equals,equals]">
<THEME gr="1">The company</THEME>
<n>said recently it expects</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">third-quarter</TIME>
<QUANT gr="1">earnings</QUANT>
<n>will be in range from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 1.3 million to $ 1.7 million</VALUE>
<n> , or </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">14 cents to 18 cents a share</VALUE>
<n> , compared with </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 326,000</VALUE>
<n> , or </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">four cents a share</VALUE>
<n> , </n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">a year ago</TIME>
<n> .</n>
</S>
<S id="172" manners="[equals,equals]">
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">NBC</THEME>
<n>was second with a</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">13.9</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1">rating</QUANT>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">24</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="2">share</QUANT>
<n>followed by</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">CBS Inc. 's television network</THEME>
<n>with a</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">12.5</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1">rating</QUANT>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">21</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="2">share</QUANT>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="173" manners="[delta,equals]">
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Chiron</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">was up</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">1\/2</VALUE>
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">27</VALUE>
<n>and</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Cetus</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">gained</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">1\/2</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">16 3\/8</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="174" manners="[equals]">
<n>Of</n>
<WHOLE gr="1">1,224 companies surveyed</WHOLE>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">31 %</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">expect to cut spending on plant equipment and machinery</QUANT>
<n>, while only</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">28 %</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">plan to spend more</QUANT>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="175" manners="[equals]">
<AGENT gr="1">The industry</AGENT>
<QUANT gr="1">used</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">81.6 %</VALUE>
<n>of its</n>
<WHOLE gr="1">capability</WHOLE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">last week</TIME>
<n>, compared with</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">82.2 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">the previous week</TIME>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">86.2 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">a year ago</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="176" manners="[delta,equals]">
<n>However ,</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Delta Air Lines</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">fell</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="-">1 1\/2</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">67 1\/2</VALUE>
<n>and</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">USAir Group</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">dropped</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="-">3\/4</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">42 1\/2</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="177" manners="[delta,equals]">
<QUANT gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Assets owned or managed</QUANT>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">rose</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">20 %</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">$ 45 billion</VALUE>
<n>, and </n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]" ind="2">mutual fund sales</QUANT>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">rose</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">45 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n> 
<TIME gr="1">the quarter</TIME> 
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">$ 923 million</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="178" manners="[equals,equals]">
<n>Three</n>
<WHOLE gr="[1,2]">novels</WHOLE>
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">`` The Beginning and the End ''</THEME>
<n>-LRB- </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">412 pages</VALUE>
<n>, </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">$ 19.95</VALUE>
<n>-RRB- , </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">`` The Thief and the Dogs ''</THEME>
<n>-LRB- </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">158 pages</VALUE>
<n>, </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">$ 16.95</VALUE>
<n>-RRB- , and </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="3">`` Wedding Song ''</THEME>
<n>-LRB- </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">174 pages</VALUE>
<n>, </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="3">$ 16.95</VALUE>
<n>-RRB- , recently published by Doubleday offer an uneven sample of the 77-year-old Mr. Mahfouz 's talent .</n>
</S>
<S id="179" manners="[equals]">
<n>And those efforts are paying off :</n>
<QUANT gr="1">Spirits exports</QUANT>
<n>jumped more than 2 1\/2 times to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 157.2 million</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">1988</TIME>
<n>from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 59.8 million</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">1983</TIME>
<n>, according to</n> 
<SOURCE gr="1">the Distilled Spirits Council of the U.S.</SOURCE>
<n>, a trade group .</n>
</S>
<S id="180" manners="[equals]">
<QUANT gr="1">Bourbon</QUANT>
<n>makes up just</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">1 %</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<WHOLE gr="1" ind="1">world-wide spirits consumption</WHOLE>
<n>, but it represented</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">57 %</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<WHOLE gr="1" ind="2">U.S. liquor exports</WHOLE>
<TIME gr="1">last year</TIME> 
<n>, according to</n> 
<SOURCE gr="1">Jobson</SOURCE> 
<n>; no other category had more than 19 % .</n>
</S>
<S id="181" manners="[equals,equals]">
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">Net</QUANT>
<n>was</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 139 million</VALUE>
<n>, or </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">98 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>, for</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">the quarter</TIME>
<n>, compared with </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 213 million</VALUE>
<n> , or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">$ 1.56 a share</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">a year ago</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="182" manners="[delta,equals,equals]">
<THEME gr="[1,2,3]" ind="1">British Gas</THEME>
<n>finished at</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">197</VALUE>
<n>,</n> 
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">down</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="-">2</VALUE>
<n>, on</n>
<VALUE gr="3" ind="1">13 million shares</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2,3]" ind="2">British Petroleum</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">fell</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="-">8</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">291</VALUE>
<n>on</n>
<VALUE gr="3" ind="2">9.4 million shares</VALUE>
<n>, and</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2,3]" ind="3">British Telecom</THEME>
<n>was</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3" sign="-">4</VALUE>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="3">lower</MANNER> 
<n>at</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="3">261</VALUE>
<n>on</n>
<QUANT gr="3">turnover</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="3" ind="3">10 million shares</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="183" manners="[count]">
<n>Altogether ,</n> 
<AGENT gr="1">NBI</AGENT>
<n>said it will</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">eliminate</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">266 jobs</VALUE>
<n>at its</n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="1">Boulder headquarters</LOCATION>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">176</VALUE>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="2">field sales</LOCATION>
<CO_QUANT gr="1" ind="2">jobs</CO_QUANT>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">50 jobs</VALUE>
<n>at its</n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="3">Canadian and United Kingdom headquarters</LOCATION>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="185" manners="[equals,delta,equals]">
<CAUSE gr="1">Dividend-related trading</CAUSE> 
<n>swelled</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">volume</QUANT>
<n>in two</n>
<WHOLE gr="[1,2]">issues</WHOLE>
<n>:</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2,3]" ind="1">Security Pacific</THEME>
<n>, which</n> 
<MANNER gr="2" ind="1">fell</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1" sign="-">7\/8</VALUE>
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="3" ind="1">44 1\/2</VALUE>
<n>and led the Big Board 's most actives list on</n>
<QUANT gr="1">composite volume</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">14.8 million shares</VALUE>
<n>, and </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2,3]" ind="2">Nipsco Industries</THEME>
<n>, which lost</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2" sign="-">3\/8</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="3" ind="2">17 3\/8</VALUE>
<n>on</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">4.4 million shares</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="186" manners="[delta]">
<QUANT gr="1">It</QUANT>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="[1,2]">rose</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">4.8 %</VALUE>
<n>for</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the 12 months ended in June</TIME>
<n>and </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">4.7 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">the 12 months ended in September 1988</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="187" manners="[delta]">
<THEME gr="1">The Franklin Lakes</THEME>
<n>,</n> 
<LOCATION gr="1">N.J.</LOCATION> 
<n>, company is expected to report</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">sales growth</QUANT>
<n>of only</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">5 % to 6 %</VALUE>
<n>, but should still maintain</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">earnings growth</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">10 %</VALUE>
<n>, says</n> 
<SOURCE gr="1">Jerry E. Fuller</SOURCE> 
<n>, an analyst with Duff &amp; Phelps Inc .</n>
</S>
<S id="188" manners="[equals]">
<n>From</n> 
<LOCATION gr="1">Italy</LOCATION> 
<n>there is</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">Angelo Gaja Barbaresco</THEME>
<n>at</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 125 a bottle</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">Piero Antinori 's La Solaia</THEME>
<n>, a</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 90</VALUE>
<n>Cabernet from Tuscany , and</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="3">Biondi-Santi Brunello</THEME>
<n>at</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">$ 98</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="189" manners="[equals,equals]">
<n>For</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">the six months ended June 30</TIME>
<n>,</n> 
<THEME gr="[1,2]">it</THEME>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">earned</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 3.1 million</VALUE>
<n>, or </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">61 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>, compared with</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]" ind="2">net income</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 2.4 million</VALUE>
<n>, or </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">41 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>, </n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">a year earlier</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="190" manners="[delta,equals]">
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Ginnie Mae 's 9 % issue for November delivery</THEME> 
<n>finished at</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">98 5\/8</VALUE>
<n>,</n> 
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">up</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">2\/32</VALUE>
<n>, and</n> 
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">its 9 1\/2 % issue</THEME>
<n>at</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">100 22\/32</VALUE>
<n>, also</n> 
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">up</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">2\/32</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="191" manners="[count]">
<AGENT gr="1">The agency</AGENT>
<n>has</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">already</TIME>
<n>spent roughly $ 19 billion</n> 
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">selling</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">34 insolvent S&amp;Ls</VALUE>
<n>, and it is likely to</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">sell or merge</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">600</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">by the time the bailout concludes</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="192" manners="[count]">
<AGENT gr="1">Amoco Corp.</AGENT>
<n>said it</n> 
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">plans to install</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">two platforms</VALUE>
<n>and</n> 
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">drill</QUANT> 
<n>as many as</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">22 wells</VALUE>
<CAUSE gr="1">to develop oil reserves</CAUSE> 
<n>it discovered in</n> 
<LOCATION gr="1">the Atlantic Ocean about 25 miles off the coast of Congo</LOCATION> 
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="193">
<n>As a result ,</n> 
<THEME gr="1">the company</THEME>
<n>hopes to report</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">net income</QUANT>
<n>for</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the year</TIME>
<n>of about</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">$ 11.6 million</VALUE>
<n>, or about $ 3.10 to $ 3.15 a share , compared with a</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">net loss</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="-">$ 24.4 million</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">last year</TIME>
<n>, after a loss from discontinued operations of $ 18.4 million .</n>
</S>
<S id="194" manners="count">
<n>The following issues were recently filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission</n>
<n>:</n> 
<THEME gr="1">Gehl Co.</THEME>
<n>,</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">initial public offering</QUANT>
<n>of</n> 
<WHOLE gr="1">two million shares of common stock</WHOLE>
<n>, of which</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">1,450,635 shares</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1">are being offered</QUANT>
<n>by</n>
<AGENT gr="1" ind="1">the company</AGENT>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">549,365 shares</VALUE>
<n>by</n>
<AGENT gr="1" ind="2">holders</AGENT>
<n>, via Blunt , Ellis &amp; Loewi Inc. and Robert W. Baird &amp; Co .</n>
</S>
<S id="195" theme="count">
<n>While premium-brand spirits like Smirnoff vodka and Jack Daniel 's whiskey are riding high in</n> 
<LOCATION gr="1">the U.S.</LOCATION> 
<n>,</n>
<QUANT gr="1">domestic spirits consumption</QUANT>
<n>fell 15 % to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">141.1 million cases</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">1988</TIME>
<n>from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">166 million cases</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">1979</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="197" manners="[delta,equals]">
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Hambros</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">rose</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">5</VALUE>
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">204</VALUE>
<n>, and </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Schroders</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">rose</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">25</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2"># 12.75</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="198" manners="[equals]">
<n>Based on</n>
<TIME gr="1">1988</TIME>
<QUANT gr="1">sales</QUANT>
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">Georgia-Pacific</THEME>
<n>ranked third at</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 9.51 billion</VALUE>
<n>, behind</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">Weyerhaeuser Co.</THEME>
<n>at</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 10 billion</VALUE>
<n>and</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="3">International Paper Co.</THEME>
<n>at</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">$ 9.53 billion</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="199" manners="[count]" note="interesting!">
<n>The</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">189 Democrats</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">who supported the override</QUANT>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">yesterday</TIME>
<n>compare with</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">175</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">who initially backed the rape-and-incest exemption</QUANT>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">two weeks ago</TIME>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">136</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">last year</TIME>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="3">on a similar vote</QUANT>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="200" manners="[delta,equals]">
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Citicorp</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">fell</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="-">1\/2</VALUE>
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">32</VALUE>
<n>, and </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Manufacturers Hanover</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">slipped</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="-">3\/8</VALUE>
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">40 1\/4</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="201" manners="[equals,equals]">
<n>In</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">the nine months</TIME>
<n>,</n> 
<THEME gr="1">IBM</THEME>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">earned</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 3.17 billion</VALUE>
<n>, or </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">$ 5.43 a share</VALUE>
<n>, down 8.4 % from </n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">the year-earlier</TIME>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 3.46 billion</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">$ 5.83 a share</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S manners="[equals,equals,equals]">
<n>There are about</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 10 million</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">7 % bonds</QUANT>
<QUANT_MOD gr="1" ind="1">priced at 99 1\/4 to yield 7.081 % in 2004</QUANT_MOD>
<n>; about</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 15 million</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">7 % bonds</THEME> 
<QUANT_MOD gr="1" ind="2">priced at 98 1\/2 to yield 7.145 % in 2008</QUANT_MOD>
<n>; about</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">$ 88.35 million</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="3">7 % bonds</QUANT>
<QUANT_MOD gr="1" ind="3">priced at 97 1\/4 to yield 7.227 % in 2018</QUANT_MOD>
<n>; and about</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">$ 15 million</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="4">6 3\/4 % bonds</THEME> 
<QUANT_MOD gr="1" ind="4">priced to yield 7.15 % in 2019</QUANT_MOD>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="202" manners="[equals]">
<THEME gr="1">DAYTON HUDSON CORP.</THEME>
<n>,</n> 
<LOCATION gr="1">Minneapolis</LOCATION> 
<n>, retailer , annual sales of $ 12.2 billion , NYSE ,</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">closed</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">seven of its 13 Bay-area Target discount stores</VALUE>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">nine of its 20 Mervyn 's department stores</VALUE>
<n>because of</n> 
<CAUSE gr="1">pending reviews by structural engineers or requests from authorities</CAUSE> 
<n>, who were trying to keep shoppers off the freeways .</n>
</S>
<S id="203" manners="[delta,equals]">
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Tosco Corp.</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">jumped</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">$ 1.125</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">$ 20.125</VALUE>
<n>and </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Chevron Corp.</THEME>
<n>, despite a temporary pipeline shutdown ,</n>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">rose</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">$ 1</VALUE>
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">$ 65</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="204" manners="[equals]">
<THEME gr="1">The compromise proposal</THEME>
<n>, ending a long impasse between</n> 
<AGENT gr="1">Democrats and the president</AGENT> 
<n>, would boost</n>
<QUANT gr="1">the minimum wage</QUANT>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 4.25 an hour</VALUE>
<n>by</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">April 1991</TIME>
<n>from </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 3.35</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">now</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="205" manners="[equals]">
<LOCATION gr="1">Michigan</LOCATION> 
<n>--</n>
<WHOLE gr="1">$ 80 million of Michigan First general bonds</WHOLE>
<n>, including </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 70 million</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">environmental protection project bonds</QUANT>
<n>and </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 10 million</VALUE>
<n>of </n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">recreation project bonds</QUANT>
<n>, via a Shearson Lehman Hutton group .</n>
</S>
<S id="206" manners="[delta,equals]">
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Standard &amp; Poor 's 500-Stock Index</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1">gained</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">0.03</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">347.16</VALUE>
<n>, </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">the Dow Jones Equity Market Index</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1">fell</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="-">0.02</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">325.50</VALUE>
<n>, and</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="3">the New York Stock Exchange Composite Index</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1">fell</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3" sign="-">0.05</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="3">192.12</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="207" manners="[equals]">
<TIME gr="1">Last week</TIME> 
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">`` Murphy Brown ''</THEME>
<n>was</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">viewed</QUANT>
<n>by</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">14.1 %</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<WHOLE gr="1">the available television households</WHOLE>
<n>, while the number dropped to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">12.6 %</VALUE>
<n>for</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">`` Teddy Z ''</THEME>
<n>and rose to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">14.2 %</VALUE>
<n>for</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="3">`` Designing Women . ''</THEME>
</S>
<S>
<n>There are about</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 25.6 million</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">7.2 % term bonds</QUANT>
<QUANT_MOD gr="1" ind="1">due 2009 , priced to yield 7.25 %</QUANT_MOD>
<n>, and about</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 66.8 million</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">7.2 % term bonds</QUANT> 
<QUANT_MOD gr="1" ind="2">due 2019 , priced at 99 to yield 7.282 %</QUANT_MOD>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="208" manners="[delta,equals]">
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Procter &amp; Gamble</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">went down</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="-">3 1\/2</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">130</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Dow Jones</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">fell</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="-">3 1\/2</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">37 1\/2</VALUE>
<n>and</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="3">Rockwell International</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="3">dropped</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3" sign="-">2 1\/8</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="3">25</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="209" manners="[count]">
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">This year</TIME>
<n>,</n>
<QUANT gr="1">the average of daily contracts traded</QUANT>
<n>totaled </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">9,118</VALUE>
<n>, up from </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">4,645</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">a year earlier</TIME>
<n>and from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">917</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">1984</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="210" manners="[equals,equals]">
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Northrop Corp.</THEME>
<n>'s</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">third-quarter</TIME>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]" ind="1">net income</QUANT>
<n>fell 25 % to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 21.5 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">46 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>, while</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">General Dynamics Corp.</THEME>
<n>reported nearly flat</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">earnings</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 76.5 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">$ 1.83 a share</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="211" manners="[equals]">
<QUANT gr="1">The retail participation</QUANT>
<n>dropped to an average</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">18.2 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">1988</TIME>
<n>, and shriveled to barely</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">14 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">some months during the year</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S manners="[equals]">
<SOURCE gr="1">Newport Corp</SOURCE>
<n>said it expects to report</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">fiscal-first-quarter</TIME>
<QUANT gr="1">earnings</QUANT>
<n>of between</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">15 cents and 19 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>, somewhat below</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">analysts estimates</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">19 cents 23 cents a share</VALUE> 
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="212" manners="[equals]">
<n>The offerings bring</n> 
<THEME gr="1">Freddie Mac</THEME> 
<n>'s</n> 
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">1989</TIME>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">Remic issuance</QUANT>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 32.6 billion</VALUE>
<n>and its</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">total volume</QUANT>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 46.5 billion</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">since the program began in February 1988</TIME> 
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="213">
<n>The</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 11,775,000</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">term bonds due 2006</QUANT>
<n>and the</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 13,865,000</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">term bonds due 2009</QUANT>
<CO_QUANT gr="1">are n't being formally reoffered</CO_QUANT>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="214" manners="[equals,equals]">
<n>For</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">the nine months</TIME>
<n>,</n> 
<THEME gr="[1,2]">Rohm &amp; Haas</THEME>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">net</QUANT>
<n>totaled</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 155 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">$ 2.33 a share</VALUE>
<n>, down 17 % from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 187.8 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">$ 2.82 a share</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">a year ago</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="215" manners="[equals]">
<n>Nearly half of</n>
<WHOLE gr="1">the respondents</WHOLE>
<n>-LRB-</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">47 %</VALUE>
<n> -RRB-</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">said their investment portfolio was worth $ 250,000 or more</QUANT>
<n>, and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">17 %</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">said it was worth $ 1 million or more</QUANT>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="216" manners="[equals]">
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">The Federal Bureau of Investigation</THEME>
<QUANT gr="1">is slated to receive</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 30 million</VALUE>
<n>by</n> 
<CAUSE gr="1" ind="1">charging for fingerprint services in civil cases</CAUSE>
<n>, and</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">the judiciary</THEME>
<QUANT gr="1">will rely on</QUANT>
<n>another</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 32 million</VALUE>
<n>from</n> 
<CAUSE gr="1" ind="2">bankruptcy charges</CAUSE>
<n>, including a 33 % increase in the current filing fee .</n>
</S>
<S id="217" manners="[delta,equals]">
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Pfizer</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">gained</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">1 7\/8</VALUE>
<n> to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">67 5\/8</VALUE>
<n> , </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Schering-Plough</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">added</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">2 1\/4</VALUE>
<n> to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">75 3\/4</VALUE>
<n>, </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="3">Eli Lilly</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="3">rose</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3" sign="+">1 3\/8</VALUE>
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="3">62 1\/8</VALUE>
<n>and </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="4">Upjohn</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="4">firmed</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4" sign="+">3\/4</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="4">38</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="218" manners="[equals]">
<QUANT gr="1">Import growth</QUANT>
<n>from</n> 
<REFERENCE_TIME gr="1">the year-earlier months</REFERENCE_TIME> 
<n>slowed to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">16 %</VALUE>
<n> in </n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">July</TIME>
<n>and </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">7.1 %</VALUE>
<n> in </n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">August</TIME>
<n> , compared with an</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="3">average growth rate</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">26 %</VALUE>
<n>in </n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">the first half</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="219" manners="[delta]">
<THEME gr="1" ind="1" >Merck</THEME>
<n>'s</n>
<QUANT gr="1">profit</QUANT>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="[1,2,3]">climbed</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">25 %</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">Warner-Lambert</THEME>
<n>'s</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">22 %</VALUE>
<n>and</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="3">Eli Lilly</THEME>
<n>'s</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3" sign="+">24 %</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="220" manners="[equals]">
<n>As well as the</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">M$ 1.23 billion</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">provisions</QUANT>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">announced on Oct. 6</TIME>
<n>,</n> 
<WHOLE gr="1">the restructuring package</WHOLE>
<n>covers an additional</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">M$ 450 million</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">provisions</QUANT>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">made in earlier years</TIME> 
<n>but never reflected in a reduction of the bank 's paid-up capital .</n>
</S>
<S id="221" manners="[count]">
<THEME gr="1">Parametric Technology Corp.</THEME>
<n>,</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">initial public offering</QUANT>
<n>of</n> 
<WHOLE gr="1">1.7 million common shares</WHOLE>
<n>, of which</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">1,365,226</VALUE>
<n>will be</n> 
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">offered</QUANT>
<n>by</n> 
<AGENT gr="1" ind="1">the company</AGENT>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">334,774</VALUE>
<n>will be</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">offered</QUANT>
<n>by</n>
<AGENT gr="1" ind="2">holders</AGENT>
<n>, via Alex . Brown &amp; Sons Inc. , Hambrecht &amp; Quist Inc. and Wessels , Arnold &amp; Henderson .</n>
</S>
<S id="222" manners="[equals,equals]">
<n>In late</n> 
<LOCATION gr="[1,2]">New York</LOCATION> 
<n>trading</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">yesterday</TIME>
<n>, </n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">the dollar</QUANT>
<n>was quoted at</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">1.8470 marks</VALUE>
<n>, down from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">1.8578 marks</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">late Friday</TIME>
<n>, and at</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">141.90 yen</VALUE>
<n>, down from</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">142.43 yen</VALUE>
<TIME gr="2" ind="2">late Friday</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="223" manners="[delta]">
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Fujisawa Pharmaceutical</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">gained</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">130</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">1,930 yen</VALUE>
<n>-LRB- $ 13.64 -RRB- a share ,</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Mochida Pharmaceutical</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">was up</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">150</VALUE>
<n>at</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">4,170</VALUE>
<n>, and</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="3">Eisai</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="3">advanced</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3" sign="+">60</VALUE>
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="3">2,360</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="224" manners="[equals]">
<SOURCE gr="1">Mr. Einhorn of Goldman Sachs</SOURCE> 
<n>estimates</n> 
<THEME gr="1">the stock market</THEME>
<n>will deliver a</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">12 % to 15 %</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">total return</QUANT>
<n>from appreciation and dividends</n> 
<TIME gr="1">over the next 12 months</TIME> 
<n>-- vs. a `` </n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">cash rate of return</QUANT>
<n> '' of perhaps</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">7 % or 8 %</VALUE>
<n>if</n> 
<CONDITION gr="1" ind="2">dividend growth is weak</CONDITION>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="225" manners="[equals,equals]">
<THEME gr="[1,2]">Reynolds Metals Co.</THEME>
<n>said</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">third-quarter</TIME>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">net income</QUANT>
<n>dropped nearly 10 % to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 123.7 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">$ 2.10 a share</VALUE>
<n>, from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 137.2 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">$ 2.56 a share</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">a year earlier</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>condition
<S id="226" manners="[equals]">
<n>For</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the third quarter</TIME>
<n>,</n> 
<THEME gr="1">Warner</THEME>
<n>'s</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="-">$ 106 million</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1">loss</QUANT>
<n>compared with a</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">year-ago</TIME>
<QUANT gr="1">loss</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="-">$ 113 million</VALUE>
<n>, or 90 cents a share .</n>
</S>
<S id="227" manners="count">
<n>There are</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">six video rental shops</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">three restaurants</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">one cinema</VALUE>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">34 sports and recreation clubs</VALUE>
<n>for everything from cricket to lawn bowling .</n>
</S>
<S id="228" manners="delta">
<WHOLE gr="1">The tentative agreement</WHOLE>
<n>provides for</n>
<QUANT gr="1">wage increases</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">85 cents an hour</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">retroactive to Sept. 25 , 1989</TIME>
<n>, and for</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">increases</QUANT> 
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">19 cents</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3" sign="+">70 cents</VALUE>
<n>and </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4" sign="+">35 cents an hour</VALUE>
<n>effective</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">Jan. 1 , 1991</TIME>
<n>, </n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">1992</TIME>
<n>and</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="4">1993</TIME>
<n>, respectively .</n>
</S>
<S>
<n>If no margin agreed , there is a</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="[1,2]">fallback rate</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">Libor plus 0.75 point</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">years one to 15</TIME>
<n>, and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">Libor plus 1.25 point</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">thereafter</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="229" manners="[delta]">
<n>The institute did n't estimate</n>
<QUANT gr="1">annual price growth</QUANT>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">September</TIME>
<n>, but</n> 
<CONDITION gr="1">a 0.2 % rise by the consumer price index</CONDITION> 
<n>would put growth at either</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">178.8 or 179.9</VALUE>
<n>, up 3.3 % or 3.4 % from the</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">year-earlier</TIME>
<n>level of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">173.1</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="231" manners="[equals]">
<THEME gr="1">The bonds</THEME>
<n>, rated single-A by Moody 's and double-A by S&amp;P , were priced to</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">yield</QUANT>
<n>from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">6.20 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">1992</THEME>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">7.26 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">2019</THEME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="232" manners="[equals]">
<AGENT gr="1">Eastern Utilities</AGENT>
<n>has</n>
<QUANT gr="1">offered</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 40 a share</VALUE>
<n>for</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">Unitil</THEME>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 36 a share</VALUE>
<n>for</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">Fitchburg Gas</THEME>
<n>and has extended both offers to</n> 
<TIME gr="1">Dec. 4</TIME> 
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="233" manners="[count]">
<THEME gr="1">One Washington couple</THEME> 
<n>recently sold</n> 
<LOCATION gr="1">their liquor store</LOCATION> 
<n>after</n> 
<TIME gr="1">34 years in business</TIME>
<n>that included</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">four robbery deaths</VALUE>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">16 robberies or burglaries</VALUE>
<n>on the premises .</n>
</S>
<S id="234" manners="[equals]">
<THEME gr="1">The manufacturer of ultrasound diagnostic systems</THEME> 
<n>, based in</n> 
<LOCATION gr="1">Ambler , Pa.</LOCATION> 
<n>, reported a</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">nine-month</THEME>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">net loss</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="-">$ 2.43 million</VALUE>
<n>compared with</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">net income</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">$ 2.71 million</VALUE>
<n>, or 44 cents a share , for</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">the nine-month period a year earlier</THEME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="235" manners="[equals,equals]">
<THEME gr="[1,2]">Savin Corp.</THEME>
<n>reported a</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">third-quarter</TIME>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">net loss</THEME>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="-">$ 35.2 million</VALUE>
<n>, or </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1" sign="-">31 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>, compared with </n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">year-earlier</TIME>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">profit</THEME>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">$ 3.8 million</VALUE>
<n>, or </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2" sign="+">one cent a share</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="236" manners="[equals]">
<n>According to</n> 
<SOURCE gr="1">John Maxwell , an analyst at Wheat First Securities</SOURCE> 
<n>, Richmond , Va. ,</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">Benson &amp; Hedges</QUANT>
<n>has slipped from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">4.7 %</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<WHOLE gr="1">the cigarette market</WHOLE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">1985</TIME>
<n>to just</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">4.1 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">after the second quarter of this year</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="237" manners="[count]">
<THEME gr="1">Laserscope</THEME>
<n>,</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">initial offering</QUANT>
<n>of</n> 
<WHOLE gr="1">1,656,870 common shares</WHOLE>
<n>, of which </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">1,455,000 shares</VALUE>
<n>are to be</n> 
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">sold</QUANT>
<n>by</n>
<AGENT gr="1" ind="1">the company</AGENT>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">201,870</VALUE>
<n>by</n>
<AGENT gr="1" ind="2">holders</AGENT>
<n>, via Alex . Brown &amp; Sons Inc. and Volpe , Covington &amp; Welty .</n>
</S>
<S id="239" manners="[equals]">
<THEME gr="1">Italy</THEME>
<n>'s</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">unemployment rate</QUANT>
<n>rose to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">12 %</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<WHOLE gr="1">the labor force</WHOLE>
<n>in</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">July</THEME>
<n>from </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">11.9 %</VALUE>
<n>in </n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">April</THEME>
<n>, and was up from </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">11.7 %</VALUE>
<THEME gr="1" ind="3">a year earlier</THEME>
<n>, according to quarterly figures from</n> 
<SOURCE gr="1">the state statistical institute</SOURCE> 
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="240" manners="[equals,equals]">
<THEME gr="1">Britain</THEME>
<n>'s</n>
<QUANT gr="1">current account deficit</QUANT>
<n>dropped to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1"># 1.6 billion</VALUE>
<n>-LRB- </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">$ 2.56 billion</VALUE>
<n>-RRB- in</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">September</TIME>
<n>from an adjusted</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2"># 2 billion</VALUE>
<n>-LRB- </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">$ 3.21 billion</VALUE>
<n>-RRB-</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">the previous month</TIME>
<n>, but the improvement comes amid increasing concern that a recession could strike the U.K. economy next year .</n>
</S>
<S>
<AGENT gr="1" ind="1">Citicorp</AGENT>
<QUANT gr="1">issued</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 200 million</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<CO_QUANT gr="1" ind="1">seven-year notes priced to yield 8.82 %</CO_QUANT>
<n>, and</n>
<AGENT gr="1" ind="2">Xerox</AGENT>
<QUANT gr="1">priced</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 150 million</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<CO_QUANT gr="1" ind="2">six-year notes to yield 8.85 %</CO_QUANT>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="241" manners="[equals]">
<n>The profit rate is still low and</n>
<QUANT gr="1">the Q ratio</QUANT>
<n>was only </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">65 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">1987</TIME>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">68.9 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">1988</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="242" manners="[delta,equals]">
<WHOLE gr="[1,2]">Forest-products issues showing strength</WHOLE>
<n>included </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Champion International</THEME>
<n>, which went</n>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">up</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">1 3\/8</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">31 7\/8</VALUE>
<n>; </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Weyerhaeuser</THEME>
<n>,</n> 
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">up</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">3\/4</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">27 1\/4</VALUE>
<n>; </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="3">Louisiana-Pacific</THEME>
<n>,</n> 
<MANNER gr="1" ind="3">up</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3" sign="+">1 1\/8</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="3">40 3\/8</VALUE>
<n>, and </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="4">Boise Cascade</THEME>
<n>,</n> 
<MANNER gr="1" ind="4">up</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4" sign="+">5\/8</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="4">42</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="243" manners="[delta]">
<SOURCE gr="1">Management Horizons</SOURCE> 
<n>forecasts a</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="-">1.4 %</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1">profit decline</QUANT>
<n>for</n> 
<THEME gr="1">non-auto retailers</THEME>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">this year</TIME>
<n>, after annual drops that averaged</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="-">4.5 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">1988 and 1987</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="244" manners="[count]">
<n>At least</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">270 people</VALUE>
<n>were reported</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">killed</QUANT>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">1,400</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">injured</QUANT>
<n>in</n> 
<CAUSE gr="1">the rush-hour tremor</CAUSE>
<n>that caused billions of dollars of damage along 100 miles of the San Andreas fault .</n>
</S>
<S id="145" manners="delta">
<n>This compares with a</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">1.6 %</VALUE>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">rise</MANNER> 
<n>in</n> 
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the second</TIME> 
<n>from</n>
<REFERENCE_TIME gr="1" ind="1">the first quarter</REFERENCE_TIME>
<n>and a</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">5.4 %</VALUE>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">increase</MANNER>
<n>from</n>
<REFERENCE_TIME gr="1" ind="2">the second quarter of 1988</REFERENCE_TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="246" manners="[delta]">
<n>For</n> 
<TIME gr="1">the year ended March 31</TIME> 
<n>,</n> 
<THEME gr="[1,2,3]">Dentsu</THEME>
<QUANT gr="[1,2,3]" ind="1">sales</QUANT>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">rose</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">19 %</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">$ 8.9 billion</VALUE> 
<n>from</n> 
<VALUE gr="3" ind="1">$ 7.5 billion</VALUE>
<n>, and</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2,3]" ind="2">net income</QUANT>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">jumped</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">59 %</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">$ 102 million</VALUE> 
<n>from</n> 
<VALUE gr="3" ind="2">$ 64 million</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="247" manners="[delta]">
<QUANT gr="1">Orders</QUANT>
<n>for</n> 
<THEME gr="1">military equipment , household appliances , machinery and other goods expected to last at least three years</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">dipped</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="-">0.1 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">last month</TIME>
<n>, to $ 126.68 billion , after</n> 
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">leaping</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">3.9 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">August</TIME>
<n>,</n> 
<SOURCE gr="1">the department</SOURCE> 
<n>said .</n>
</S>
<S id="248" manners="[equals]">
<THEME gr="1">The insured bonds</THEME>
<n>, rated triple-A by Moody 's and S&amp;P , were priced to</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">yield</QUANT>
<n>from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">6.00 %</VALUE>
<n>in </n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">1990</TIME>
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">7.20 %</VALUE>
<n>in </n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">2009</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="249" manners="[delta]">
<n>In</n> 
<LOCATION gr="1">the secondary , or resale , market</LOCATION> 
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">junk bonds</THEME>
<n>closed</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">1\/2 point</VALUE>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">higher</MANNER>
<n>, while</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">investment-grade corporate bonds</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">fell</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="-">1\/8</VALUE>
<n>to 1\/4 point .</n>
</S>
<S id="250" manners="[equals,equals]">
<QUANT gr="1">List prices</QUANT>
<n>on</n> 
<WHOLE gr="[1,2]">the heavier Texas Instrument laptops</WHOLE>
<n>will be</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 4,999</VALUE>
<n>for the</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">TI Model 25</THEME>
<n>, with a</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">20 megabyte</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="2">disk drive</QUANT>
<n>, and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 5,599</VALUE>
<n>for the</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">40-megabyte</VALUE>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Model 45</THEME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="251" manners="[equals]">
<AGENT gr="1">HOFI</AGENT>
<n>, the North American holding company of Swiss concern Holderbank Financiere Glaris Ltd. , previously proposed combining its</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">100 %</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1">stake</QUANT>
<n>in</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">St. Lawrence Cement Inc.</THEME>
<n>and its</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">60 %</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">stake</QUANT>
<n>in</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">Dundee Cement Co.</THEME>
<n>with its </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">67 %</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1">stake</QUANT>
<n>in</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="3">Ideal</THEME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="252" manners="[equals]">
<THEME gr="1">The bonds</THEME>
<n>, rated double-A by Moody 's and S&amp;P , were priced to</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">yield</QUANT>
<n>from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">6.20 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">1993</TIME>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">7.10 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">2008 and 2009</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="253" manners="[equals]">
<THEME gr="1">Kysor Industrial Corp.</THEME>
<n>said it expects its</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">third-quarter</TIME>
<QUANT gr="1">net earnings</QUANT>
<n>to be between</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">two cents and four cents a share</VALUE>
<n>, compared with</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">61 cents a share</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">a year ago</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="254" manners="[equals]">
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">The station</THEME>
<n>is</n> 
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">promised</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 1.8 billion</VALUE>
<n>within</n> 
<WHOLE gr="1">the $ 5.36 billion provided for research and development in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration</WHOLE>
<n>, and</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">the nation 's high-speed aerospace plane</THEME>
<n> -- cut by the Senate -- could</n> 
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">receive</QUANT>
<n>as much as</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 60 million</VALUE>
<n>in</n> 
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">new funds or transfers</QUANT>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="255" manners="[equals]">
<THEME gr="1">Colgate-Palmolive</THEME>
<n>advanced 1 5\/8 to 63 after saying it was comfortable with</n> 
<SOURCE gr="1">analysts</SOURCE> 
<n>' projections that</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">third-quarter</TIME>
<QUANT gr="1">net income from continuing operations</QUANT>
<n>would be between </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">95 cents and $ 1.05 a share</VALUE>
<n>, up from </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">69 cents</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">a year ago</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="256" manners="[equals,equals]">
<n>The following were</n> 
<WHOLE gr="1">neither barred nor suspended</WHOLE> 
<n>:</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Stephanie Veselich Enright</THEME>
<n>,</n>
<LOCATION gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Rolling Hills , Calif.</LOCATION>
<n>,</n>
<QUANT gr="1">fined</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 2,500</VALUE>
<n>and</n>
<QUANT gr="2">ordered to disgorge</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">$ 11,762</VALUE>
<n>;</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Stuart Lane Russel</THEME>
<n>,</n>
<LOCATION gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Glendale , Calif.</LOCATION>
<n>,</n>
<QUANT gr="1">fined</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 2,500</VALUE>
<n>and</n>
<QUANT gr="2">ordered to disgorge</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">$ 14,821</VALUE>
<n>;</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="3">Devon Nilson Dahl</THEME>
<n>,</n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="3">Fountain Valley , Calif.</LOCATION>
<n>,</n>
<QUANT gr="1">fined</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">$ 82,389</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="257" manners="[delta,equals,equals]">
<THEME gr="[1,2,3]" ind="1">Philip Morris</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">added</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">1 1\/8</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">44 1\/2</VALUE>
<n>in Big Board composite trading of</n>
<VALUE gr="3" ind="1">3.7 million shares</VALUE>
<n>, </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Coca-Cola Co.</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">gained</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">2 3\/8</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">70 3\/8</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="3">Merck</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="3">gained</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3" sign="+">1 3\/8</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="3">77 3\/8</VALUE>
<n>and </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2,3]" ind="4">American Telephone &amp; Telegraph</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="4">advanced</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4" sign="+">7\/8</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="4">43 3\/8</VALUE>
<n>on</n>
<VALUE gr="3" ind="4">2.5 million shares</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="258" manners="[equals,equals]">
<THEME gr="[1,2]">Humana Inc.</THEME>
<n>,</n> 
<LOCATION gr="[1,2]">Louisville , Ky.</LOCATION> 
<n>, also reported favorable results , with</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">net income</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 66.7 million</VALUE>
<n>, or </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">66 cents</VALUE>
<n>, in </n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">the fourth quarter ended Aug. 31</TIME>
<n>, up from </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 58.2 million</VALUE>
<n>, or </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">59 cents</VALUE>
<n>, </n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">a year earlier</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="259" manners="[count]">
<TIME gr="1">This year</TIME>
<AGENT gr="1">he</AGENT>
<QUANT gr="1">bought</QUANT>
<n>two</n>
<CO_QUANT gr="1">stores</CO_QUANT>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">one</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="1">Brooklyn</LOCATION>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">one</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="2">Queens</LOCATION>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="260" manners="[delta,equals]">
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Pacific Gas &amp; Electric</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">fell</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="-">3\/8</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">19 5\/8</VALUE>
<n>in Big Board composite trading of 1.7 million shares and</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Pacific Telesis Group</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="3">slipped</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="-">5\/8</VALUE>
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">44 5\/8</VALUE>
<n>as</n> 
<WHOLE gr="[1,2]">the companies</WHOLE> 
<n>worked to restore service to areas affected by the quake .</n>
</S>
<S id="261" manners="[equals,equals]">
<THEME gr="1">H.F. Ahmanson</THEME>
<n>, parent of Home Savings of America , reported</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">third-quarter</TIME>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">net</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 49.2 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">50 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>, down from </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 56.1 million</VALUE>
<n>, or </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">57 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>, in </n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">the year-earlier period</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="262" manners="[equals,equals]">
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">Andrew Derel Adams</THEME>
<n>,</n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="1">Killeen , Texas</LOCATION>
<n> ,</n>
<QUANT gr="1">fined</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 15,000</VALUE>
<n>;</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">John Francis Angier Jr.</THEME>
<n>,</n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="2">Reddington Shores , Fla.</LOCATION>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 15,000</VALUE>
<n>;</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="3">Mark Anthony</THEME>
<n>,</n>
<LOCATION gr="[1,2]" ind="3">Arlington Heights , Ill.</LOCATION>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">$ 10,000</VALUE>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="3">30-day</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="2">suspension</QUANT>
<n>;</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="4">William Stirlen</THEME>
<n>, </n>
<LOCATION gr="[1,2]" ind="4">Arlington Heights , Ill.</LOCATION>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">$ 7,500</VALUE>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="4">30-day</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="2">suspension</QUANT>
<n>;</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="5">Fred W. Bonnell</THEME>
<n>,</n>
<LOCATION gr="[1,2]" ind="5">Boulder , Colo.</LOCATION>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="5">$ 2,500</VALUE>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="5">six-month</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="2">suspension</QUANT>
<n>; Michael J. Boorse , Horsham , Pa. ;</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="6">David Chiodo</THEME>
<n>,</n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="6">Dallas</LOCATION>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="6">$ 5,000</VALUE>
<n>, barred as a principal ;</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="7">Camille Chafic Cotran</THEME>
<n>, </n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="7">London</LOCATION>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="7">$ 25,000</VALUE>
<n>;</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="8">John William Curry</THEME>
<n>,</n>
<QUANT gr="1">fined</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="8">$ 5,000</VALUE>
<n>, ordered to disgorge $ 30,000 ,</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="8">one-year</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="2">suspension</QUANT>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="263" manners="[equals,equals]">
<n>For</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">the nine months</TIME>
<n>,</n> 
<THEME gr="1">the insurance company</THEME>
<n>said</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">net</QUANT>
<n>fell 46 % to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 88.8 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">$ 1.54 a share</VALUE>
<n>, from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 164 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">$ 3.16 a share</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">the previous year</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="264" manners="[delta,equals]">
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Teijin</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">was up</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">15</VALUE>
<n>at</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">936</VALUE>
<n>, and</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Kyowa Hakko</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">gained</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">30</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">1,770</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="265" manners="[delta,equals]">
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">CalMat</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">advanced</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">2 3\/4</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">28 3\/4</VALUE>
<n> ,</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Lone Star Industries</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">gained</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">1 3\/4</VALUE>
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">29 1\/4</VALUE>
<n> ,</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="3">Lafarge</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="3">rose</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3" sign="+">1</VALUE>
<n> to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="3">19 1\/2</VALUE>
<n> ,</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="4">Southdown</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="4">added</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4" sign="+">5\/8</VALUE>
<n> to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="4">24 5\/8</VALUE>
<n>and </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="5">Eljer Industries</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="5">rose</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="5" sign="+">1 1\/4</VALUE>
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="5">24 7\/8</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="266" manners="[delta,equals]">
<n>Among</n>
<WHOLE gr="[1,2]">composite insurers</WHOLE>
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">General Accident</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">rose</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">10 pence</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1"># 10.03</VALUE>
<n>-LRB- $ 15.80 -RRB- a share ,</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Guardian Royal</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">climbed</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">5</VALUE>
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">217 pence</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="3">Sun Alliance</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="3">rose</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3" sign="+">3</VALUE>
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="3">290</VALUE>
<n>, and </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="4">Royal Insurance</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="4">jumped</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4" sign="+">12</VALUE>
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="4">450</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="267" manners="[equals,equals]">
<THEME gr="[1,2]">Armco</THEME>
<n>, hampered by</n> 
<CAUSE gr="[1,2]">lower volume in its specialty steel business</CAUSE> 
<n>, said</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">third-quarter</TIME>
<THEME gr="[1,2]">net income</THEME>
<n>dropped 8 % to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 33 million</VALUE>
<n>, or </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">35 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>, from </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 36 million</VALUE>
<n>, or </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">39 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>in </n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">the year-ago quarter</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="268" manners="[delta,equals,equals]">
<THEME gr="[1,2,3]" ind="1">Payco American</THEME>
<n>, </n>
<THEME_MOD gr="[1,2,3]" ind="1">a credit collection concern</THEME_MOD>
<n>,</n> 
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">jumped</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">1 3\/8</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">20 5\/8</VALUE>
<n>on</n>
<QUANT gr="3">volume</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="3" ind="1">93,000</VALUE>
<n>, and</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2,3]" ind="2">Mail Boxes Etc.</THEME>
<n>,</n>
<THEME_MOD gr="[1,2,3]" ind="2">a private postal services company</THEME_MOD>
<n>,</n> 
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">advanced</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">1\/2</VALUE>
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">23 1\/2</VALUE>
<n>on</n>
<QUANT gr="3">volume</QUANT>
<n>of </n>
<VALUE gr="3" ind="2">64,000</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="269" manners="[equals,equals]">
<n>In late afternoon</n> 
<LOCATION gr="1">New York</LOCATION> 
<n>trading</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">yesterday</TIME>
<n>,</n>
<QUANT gr="1">the dollar</QUANT>
<n>stood at</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">1.8415 West German marks</VALUE>
<n>, up from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">1.8340 marks</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">late Monday</TIME>
<n>, and at</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">142.85 yen</VALUE>
<n>, up from</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">141.90 yen</VALUE>
<TIME gr="2" ind="2">late Monday</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="270" manners="[equals,equals]">
<TIME gr="1">Yesterday</TIME> 
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="1">the retailing and financial services giant</THEME>
<n>reported a 16 % drop in</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">third-quarter</TIME>
<QUANT gr="1">earnings</QUANT>
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 257.5 million</VALUE>
<n>, or </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">75 cents a share</VALUE>
<n> , from a restated</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 305 million</VALUE>
<n> , or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">80 cents a share</VALUE>
<n> ,</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">a year earlier</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="271" manners="[equals]">
<AGENT gr="1">The electronics concern</AGENT>
<n>said it</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">already</TIME>
<n>has</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">paid</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 2 million</VALUE>
<n>of</n> 
<WHOLE gr="1">the settlement</WHOLE>
<n>to</n> 
<THEME gr="1">National Semiconductor</THEME> 
<n>, Santa Clara , Calif. , and will</n>
<QUANT gr="1">pay</QUANT>
<n>the remaining</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 1 million</VALUE>
<n>in equal installments</n> 
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">over the next eight quarters</TIME> 
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="272" manners="[equals,equals]">
<THEME gr="[1,2]">The New York-based company</THEME>
<n>reported a</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">third-quarter</TIME>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">net loss</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 5.1 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">10 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>, compared with a </n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">year-earlier</TIME>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">net loss</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 6.2 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">12 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="273" manners="[equals]">
<AGENT gr="1">Paribas</AGENT>
<n>said it will</n>
<QUANT gr="1">bid</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">1,850 francs a share</VALUE>
<n>for</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">Navigation Mixte shares that qualify for a full yearly dividend</THEME>
<n>, and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">1,800 francs</VALUE>
<n>for</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">for those created July 1 , which are eligible for partial dividends</THEME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="274" manners="[equals,equals]">
<THEME gr="[1,2]">Silicon Graphics Inc.</THEME>
<n>'s</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">first-quarter</TIME>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">profit</QUANT>
<n>rose sharply to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 5.2 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">28 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>, from </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 1 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">six cents a share</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">a year ago</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="275" manners="[delta,equals]">
<THEME gr="[1,2]">Chambers Development Class A</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">jumped</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">3 1\/8</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">37 1\/8</VALUE>
<n>and </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Class B</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">rose</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">2 5\/8</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">37 1\/4</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="276" manners="[equals]">
<THEME gr="1">Interpublic</THEME>
<n>is providing the programming in return for</n>
<QUANT gr="1">advertising time</QUANT>
<n>, which it said will be valued at more than</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 75 million</VALUE>
<n>in </n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">1990</TIME>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 150 million</VALUE>
<n>in </n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">1991</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="277" manners="[delta]">
<THEME gr="1">Shearson Lehman Hutton Inc.</THEME>
<n>counts under</n> 
<WHOLE gr="1">39,000 workers</WHOLE>
<n>,</n> 
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">down</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">100</VALUE>
<n>from</n> 
<REFERENCE_TIME gr="1">the start of the year</REFERENCE_TIME>
<n> and</n> 
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">off</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8,500</VALUE>
<n>from</n> 
<REFERENCE_TIME gr="1" ind="2">after its merger and the market collapse two years ago</REFERENCE_TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="278" manners="[equals]">
<n>Only</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">26.8 %</VALUE>
<n>in </n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">October</TIME>
<n>, compared with </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">28.5 %</VALUE>
<n>in </n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">September</TIME>
<n>and </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">26.8 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">October 1988</TIME>
<n>,</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">said income would increase</QUANT>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="279" manners="[equals,equals]">
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">Net</QUANT>
<n>for</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">the quarter ended Sept. 30</TIME>
<n>fell to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 150.8 million</VALUE>
<n>, or </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">$ 1.20 a share</VALUE>
<n>, from </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 223 million</VALUE>
<n>, or </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">$ 1.71 a share</VALUE>
<n>, </n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">a year ago</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="280" manners="[equals]">
<TIME gr="1">Before the two parties resumed talks last week</TIME> 
<n>,</n>
<AGENT gr="1" ind="1">De Beers</AGENT> 
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">offered</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">17 %</VALUE>
<n>and</n>
<AGENT gr="1" ind="2">the union</AGENT> 
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">wanted</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">37.6 %</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="281" manners="[equals,equals]">
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">ScheringPlough</THEME>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">earned</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 94.4 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">84 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>, while </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Bristol-Myers</THEME>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">earned</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 232.3 million</VALUE>
<n>, or </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">81 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>, in</n> 
<TIME gr="1">the like period a year earlier</TIME> 
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="283" manners="[delta,equals]">
<n>Elsewhere in</n>
<WHOLE gr="[1,2]">the group</WHOLE>
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">General Re</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">rose</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">2 3\/4</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">86 1\/2</VALUE>
<n>, </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">American International Group</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">gained</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">3 1\/4</VALUE>
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">102 5\/8</VALUE>
<n>, </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="3">Aetna Life &amp; Casualty</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="3">added</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3" sign="+">2 3\/8</VALUE>
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="3">59 1\/2</VALUE>
<n>and </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="4">Cigna</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="4">advanced</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4" sign="+">7\/8</VALUE>
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="4">62 1\/2</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="284" manners="[equals,equals]">
<n>For</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">the nine months</TIME>
<n>,</n> 
<THEME gr="[1,2]">HomeFed</THEME>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">earned</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 82.5 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">$ 3.52 a fully diluted share</VALUE>
<n>, a 4.3 % increase from</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">year-earlier</TIME>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">net income</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 79.1 million</VALUE>
<n> , or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">$ 3.43 a fully diluted share</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="285" manners="[equals,equals]">
<n>In</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">the fiscal first half</TIME>
<n>,</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]" ind="[1,2]">net</QUANT>
<n>was</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 7 million</VALUE>
<n>, or </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">34 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>, up from</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">the year-earlier</TIME>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 3.1 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">15 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="286" manners="[equals]" question="modifier?">
<AGENT gr="1">The company</AGENT>
<n>was to</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">repay</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 58 million</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<CO_QUANT gr="1">debt</CO_QUANT>
<n>on</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">Dec. 31</TIME>
<n>and </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 15 million</VALUE>
<n>on</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">March 31</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="287" manners="[equals]">
<n>While</n> 
<AGENT gr="1">Wells Rich</AGENT>
<n>recently</n> 
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">picked up</QUANT> 
<CO_QUANT gr="1" ind="1">Hertz Corp. 's</CO_QUANT> 
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 25 million to $ 30 million</VALUE> 
<n>account , it has</n> 
<QUANT gr="1" ind="[2,3,4]">lost</QUANT>
<n>a number of big accounts</n>
<TIME gr="1">this year</TIME> 
<n>, including the</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 20 million to $ 25 million</VALUE>
<CO_QUANT gr="1" ind="2">Cadbury-Schweppes Canada Dry and Sunkist accounts</CO_QUANT>
<n>, the</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">$ 18 million</VALUE>
<CO_QUANT gr="1" ind="3">Procter &amp; Gamble Co . Sure deodorant account</CO_QUANT>
<n>and the</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">$ 10 million</VALUE>
<CO_QUANT gr="1" ind="4">Polo\/Ralph Lauren business</CO_QUANT>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="288">
<AGENT gr="1" ind="1">Sumitomo Bank</AGENT>
<QUANT gr="1">donated</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 500,000</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<AGENT gr="1" ind="2">Tokyo prefecture</AGENT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 15,000</VALUE>
<n>and</n>
<AGENT gr="1" ind="3">the city of Osaka</AGENT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">$ 10,000</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="289" value="=">
<n>Under</n> 
<THEME gr="1">the previous plan</THEME> 
<n>,</n>
<AGENT gr="1" ind="1">British Air</AGENT>
<n>would have</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">received</QUANT> 
<n>a</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">15 %</VALUE>
<CO_QUANT gr="1">stake in UAL</CO_QUANT>
<n>in exchange for a $ 750 million equity investment , with a</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">75 %</VALUE>
<CO_QUANT gr="1">stake</CO_QUANT>
<QUANT gr="1">going to</QUANT>
<AGENT gr="1" ind="2">UAL employees</AGENT>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">10 %</VALUE>
<n>to </n>
<AGENT gr="1" ind="3">UAL management</AGENT>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="289.5" manners="[delta]">
<QUANT gr="1">Prices</QUANT>
<n>have</n> 
<MANNER gr="1">risen</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">5.9 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the first nine months of the year</TIME>
<n>, outstripping both the initial</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">3 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">inflation goal</TIME>
<n>set by the government of Socialist Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez and the second ,</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">revised goal</TIME>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3" sign="+">5.8 %</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="290" manners="[equals,equals]">
<n>They are :</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">`` A Payroll to Meet : A Story of Greed , Corruption and Football at SMU ''</THEME>
<n>-LRB-</n>
<THEME_MOD gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Macmillan</THEME_MOD>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">221 pages</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">$ 18.95</VALUE>
<n>-RRB- by</n>
<AGENT gr="[1,2]" ind="1">David Whitford</AGENT>
<n>;</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">`` Big Red Confidential : Inside Nebraska Football ''</THEME>
<n>-LRB- </n>
<THEME_MOD gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Contemporary</THEME_MOD>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">231 pages</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">$ 17.95</VALUE>
<n>-RRB- by</n>
<AGENT gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Armen Keteyian</AGENT>
<n>; and</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="3">`` Never Too Young to Die : The Death of Len Bias ''</THEME>
<n>-LRB-</n>
<THEME_MOD gr="[1,2]" ind="3">Pantheon</THEME_MOD>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">252 pages</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="3">$ 18.95</VALUE>
<n>-RRB- by</n>
<AGENT gr="[1,2]" ind="3">Lewis Cole</AGENT>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="291" manners="[count]" note="overlays">
<AGENT gr="1">The nine major U.S. auto makers</AGENT>
<QUANT gr="1">plan to build</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">147,121 vehicles</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">this week</TIME>
<n>, down 9.6 % from the</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">162,767</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">a year ago</TIME>
<n>, but 2.5 % higher than</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">last week</TIME>
<n>'s</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">143,534</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="292" manners="[equals]">
<CAUSE gr="1">The combination of lower rates and fewer loopholes</CAUSE>
<n>has meant that the so-called</n>
<QUANT gr="1">average effective tax rate</QUANT>
<n>-- the rate actually paid -- of</n> 
<WHOLE gr="1">the 250 corporations surveyed</WHOLE> 
<n>reached</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">26.5 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">1988</TIME>
<n>, compared with</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">14.3 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">the years from 1981 through 1985</TIME>
<n>, according to</n> 
<SOURCE gr="1">the study</SOURCE> 
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="293">
<n>At</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">15 %</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">base interest rates</QUANT>
<n>are</n>
<QUANT_MOD gr="1" ind="1">the highest in eight years</QUANT_MOD>
<n>, and the</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">7.6 %</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">annual inflation rate</QUANT>
<n>is by far</n>
<QUANT_MOD gr="1" ind="2">the highest in the European Community</QUANT_MOD>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="294">
<n>Including those in the state programs , there were</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">143,800 Norwegians</VALUE>
<n>, or about 6.5 % of the work force ,</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">without permanent employment</QUANT>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">October</TIME>
<n>, up from </n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">September</TIME>
<n>'s </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">136,800</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="295" manners="[equals]">
<AGENT gr="1">France</AGENT>
<QUANT gr="1">voted the same as the U.S.</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">76 %</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<WHOLE gr="1">the time</WHOLE>
<n>,</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">West Germany</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">79 %</VALUE>
<n>and</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="3">Britain</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">83 %</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="296" manners="[equals]">
<n>But even among</n>
<WHOLE gr="1" ind="[1,2]">those aged 75 and older</WHOLE>
<n>,</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">the share living with a spouse</QUANT>
<n>rose slightly , to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">40 %</VALUE>
<n>in </n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">1988</TIME>
<n>from </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">38 %</VALUE>
<n>in </n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">1970</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="297" manners="[equals]">
<n>Only</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">23 %</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<WHOLE gr="1" ind="1">trash-bag users</WHOLE>
<n>in</n> 
<SOURCE gr="1">the Journal survey</SOURCE> 
<QUANT gr="1">usually buy the same brand</QUANT>
<n>, and just</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">29 %</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<WHOLE gr="1" ind="2">battery buyers</WHOLE>
<QUANT gr="1">stick to one brand</QUANT>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="298" manners="[delta,equals]">
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Kirin Brewery</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">was up</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">100</VALUE>
<n>at </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">2,000</VALUE>
<n>, and</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Ajinomoto</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">gained</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">70</VALUE>
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">2,840</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="299" manners="[equals]">
<n>Pennsylvania Higher Education Facilities Authority -- approximately</n>
<WHOLE gr="1">$ 117 million of revenue bonds for Hahnemann University</WHOLE>
<n>, Series 1989 , due 1990-2002 , 2009 and 2019 , priced late Monday by</n> 
<AGENT gr="1">a Merrill Lynch Capital Markets</AGENT> 
<n>group to</n>
<QUANT gr="1">yield</QUANT>
<n>from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">6 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">1990</TIME>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">7.282 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">2019</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="300" manners="[equals,equals]">
<THEME gr="[1,2]">Exxon</THEME>
<n>'s</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">net income</QUANT>
<n>during</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">the third quarter</TIME>
<n>dropped to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 1.11 billion</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">87 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>, from </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 1.22 billion</VALUE>
<n>, or </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">93 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>, </n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">a year earlier</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="301" manners="[delta,equals]">
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Hecla Mining</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">rose</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">5\/8</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">14</VALUE>
<n>;</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Battle Mountain Gold</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">climbed</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">3\/4</VALUE>
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">16 3\/4</VALUE>
<n>; </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="3">Homestake Mining</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="3">rose</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3" sign="+">1 1\/8</VALUE>
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="3">16 7\/8</VALUE>
<n>; </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="4">Lac Minerals</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="4">added</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4" sign="+">5\/8</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="4">11</VALUE>
<n>;</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="5">Placer Dome</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="5">went up</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="5" sign="+">7\/8</VALUE>
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="5">16 3\/4</VALUE>
<n>, and</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="6">ASA Ltd.</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="6">jumped</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="6" sign="+">3 5\/8</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="6">49 5\/8</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="302" manners="[equals]">
<WHOLE gr="1">The two Remics</WHOLE>
<n>priced were a</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 500 million</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. issue</QUANT>
<n>underwritten by</n> 
<AGENT gr="1" ind="1">Salomon Brothers Inc.</AGENT>
<n>and a</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 350 million</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">Federal National Mortgage Association deal</QUANT>
<n>underwritten by</n>
<AGENT gr="1" ind="2">Greenwich Capital Markets</AGENT>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="303" manners="[equals]">
<n>Nearly</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">one-fourth</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<WHOLE gr="1" ind="1">participants age 60 and older</WHOLE>
<QUANT gr="1">claim brand loyalty for more than 10 of the 25 products in the survey</QUANT>
<n>; only</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">9 %</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<WHOLE gr="1" ind="2">those age 18 to 29</WHOLE>
<QUANT gr="1">have such strong allegiance</QUANT>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="304" manners="[delta]">
<n>`` </n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">Spain</THEME>
<n>is</n> 
<MANNER gr="1">down</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="-">10 %</VALUE>
<n>and suspended ,</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">Sweden</THEME>
<n>'s</n> 
<MANNER gr="1">down</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="-">8 %</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="3">Norway</THEME>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3" sign="-">11 %</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="305" manners="[delta,equals]">
<THEME_MOD gr="[1,2]" ind="1">British life insurer</THEME_MOD>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">London &amp; General</THEME>
<n>, which</n> 
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">firmed</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">2 pence</VALUE>
<n> to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">356 pence</VALUE>
<n> -LRB- $ 5.70 -RRB- , and </n>
<THEME_MOD gr="[1,2]" ind="2">composite insurer</THEME_MOD>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Royal Insurance</THEME>
<n> , which finished</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="-">13</VALUE>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">lower</MANNER> 
<n>at </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">475</VALUE>
<n>, were</n>
<WHOLE gr="[1,2]">featured in the talk</WHOLE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="306" manners="[equals,equals]">
<THEME gr="[1,2]">The securities firm</THEME>
<n>posted</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">third-quarter</TIME>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]" ind="1">net</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">$ 66 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1" sign="+">64 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>, compared with a restated</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">year-earlier</TIME>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]" ind="2">loss</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="-">$ 3 million</VALUE>
<n>, or </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2" sign="-">11 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="307" manners="[equals]">
<n>But judges usually find the real aim is to escape tax on hidden income ; and</n> 
<SOURCE gr="1">the IRS</SOURCE> 
<n>said</n> 
<AGENT gr="1">Brown</AGENT>
<n>must have had such income -- although it uncovered no source -- because he</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">deposited</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 124,732</VALUE>
<n>in a bank account in</n> 
<TIME gr="1">1982-84</TIME>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">while reporting income</QUANT>
<n>of only</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 52,012</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="308" manners="[delta,equals,equals]">
<n>Among</n>
<WHOLE gr="[1,2,3]">other major issues</WHOLE>
<n>, </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2,3]" ind="1">Coca-Cola Co.</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">closed up</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">2</VALUE>
<n>at</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">66 3\/4</VALUE>
<n>on</n>
<VALUE gr="3" ind="1">1.7 million shares</VALUE>
<n>and </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2,3]" ind="2">American Telephone &amp; Telegraph</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">rose</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">3 1\/4</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">43</VALUE>
<n>on nearly</n>
<VALUE gr="3" ind="2">7.8 million shares</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="309" manners="[delta,equals]">
<WHOLE gr="[1,2]">Other stocks hurt by earnings-related selling</WHOLE>
<n>included</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Tandy</THEME>
<n>, which</n> 
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">dropped</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="-">1 3\/8</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">44</VALUE>
<n>, and</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Eaton</THEME>
<n>, which</n> 
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">retreated</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="-">2 1\/2</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">57 1\/2</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="310" manners="[equals]">
<n>And he is n't the only</n> 
<WHOLE gr="1">big spender</WHOLE> 
<n>:</n>
<AGENT gr="1" ind="1">NBC</AGENT>
<n>will</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">pay</QUANT>
<n>a record</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 401 million</VALUE>
<n>for</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">the 1992 Summer Games</THEME>
<n>, and </n>
<AGENT gr="1" ind="2">ESPN</AGENT>
<n>, 80%-owned by Capital Cities\/ABC , will</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">shell out</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 400 million</VALUE>
<n>for</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">four years of baseball</THEME>
<n>, airing 175 regular-season games a year .</n>
</S>
<S id="311" manners="[delta]">
<n>In</n> 
<TIME gr="1">the mid-1980s</TIME> 
<n>,</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">employment</QUANT>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">was down</MANNER>
<n>as much as</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="-">5 %</VALUE>
<n>from the</n> 
<REFERENCE_TIME gr="1">1982</REFERENCE_TIME> 
<n>peak and</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">retail sales</QUANT>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">were off</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="-">13 %</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="312" manners="[equals]">
<n>As part of its College Savings Plan ,</n> 
<AGENT gr="1">Connecticut</AGENT> 
<n>offered</n>
<WHOLE gr="1">$ 100.4 million of general obligation capital appreciation bonds</WHOLE>
<n>priced to</n>
<QUANT gr="1">yield</QUANT>
<n>to maturity from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">6.25 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">1994</TIME>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">6.90 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">2006 , 2007 and 2009</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="313" manners="[delta,equals]">
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">The Nasdaq Insurance Index</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">jumped</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">4.15</VALUE>
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">529.32</VALUE>
<n>on the day , while </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">the barometer of big insurance and banking issues</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">climbed</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">1.72</VALUE>
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">455.29</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id='314' manners="[delta,equals]">
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">The Dow Jones Equity Market Index</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">fell</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="-">1.16</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">320.94</VALUE>
<n>and</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">the New York Stock Exchange Composite Index</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">slid</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="-">0.53</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">189.52</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="315" manners="[delta,equals]">
<n>Among</n>
<WHOLE gr="[1,2]">steel shares</WHOLE>
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">NKK</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">rose</MANNER> 
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">19</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">705 yen</VALUE>
<n>-LRB- $ 4.97 -RRB- a share , and </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Nippon Steel</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">gained</MANNER> 
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">17</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">735</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="316" manners="[equals,equals]">
<n>For</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">the year</TIME>
<n>,</n> 
<THEME gr="[1,2]">Winnebago</THEME>
<n>had a</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]" ind="1">loss</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="-">$ 4.7 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1" sign="-">19 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>, following</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]" ind="2">profit</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">$ 2.7 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2" sign="+">11 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>, </n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">a year earlier</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="317" manners="[equals]">
<n>In</n> 
<LOCATION gr="1">Tokyo</LOCATION> 
<TIME gr="1">Wednesday</TIME> 
<n>,</n>
<QUANT gr="1">the U.S. currency</QUANT>
<n>was trading at about</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">142.95 yen</VALUE>
<n>at</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">midmorning</TIME>
<n>, up from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">142.80 yen</VALUE>
<n>at</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">the opening</TIME>
<n>and up from </n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">Tuesday 's Tokyo close</TIME>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">142.15 yen</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S manners="[equals]">
<n>In</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">direct cash assistance</QUANT>
<n>,</n> 
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 1 billion</VALUE> 
<n>is provided in</n>
<CO_QUANT gr="1">federal highway construction funds</CO_QUANT>
<n>, and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 1.35 billion</VALUE> 
<n>is divided between</n> 
<CO_QUANT gr="1">general emergency aid and a reserve to be available to the president</CO_QUANT>
<n>to meet unanticipated costs from the two disasters</n>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="318" manners="[equals]">
<n>Both</n> 
<TIME gr="1">before and after the Friday plunge</TIME> 
<n>,</n> 
<SOURCE gr="1">Shearson</SOURCE>
<n>has maintained a</n>
<WHOLE gr="1">recommended portfolio weighting</WHOLE>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">65 %</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">stocks</QUANT>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">20 %</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">bonds</QUANT>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">15 %</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="3">cash</QUANT>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="319" manners="[equals,equals]">
<n>For</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">the nine months</TIME>
<n>,</n> 
<THEME gr="[1,2]">Du Pont</THEME>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">earned</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 2 billion</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">$ 8.46 a share</VALUE>
<n>, up 18 % from </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 1.69 billion</VALUE>
<n>, or </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">$ 7.03 a share</VALUE>
<n>, </n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">a year earlier</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="320" manners="[equals,delta]">
<n>Other winners included</n>
<WHOLE gr="[1,2]">real estate issues</WHOLE>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Mitsubishi Estate</THEME>
<n>, which closed at</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">2,500</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<MANNER gr="2" ind='1'>up</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1" sign="+">130</VALUE>
<n>, and </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Mitsui Real Estate Development</THEME>
<n>, which</n>
<MANNER gr="2" ind='2'>gained</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2" sign="+">100</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">2,890</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="321" manners="[equals]">
<QUANT gr="1">The poverty rate of children under 18 years old</QUANT>
<n>dropped</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">last year</TIME>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">19.7 %</VALUE>
<n>from </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">20.5 %</VALUE>
<n>in </n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">1987</TIME>
<n>, but remained far higher than a decade ago .</n>
</S>
<S id="322" manners="[delta,equals]">
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Unocal</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">fell</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="-">1 1\/2</VALUE>
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">52 1\/4</VALUE>
<n>and</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Burlington Resources</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">declined</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="-">7\/8</VALUE>
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">45 5\/8</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="323" manners="[count]">
<THEME gr="1">KnowledgeWare Inc.</THEME>
<n>,</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">initial offering</QUANT>
<n>of</n> 
<WHOLE gr="1">three million shares of its common stock</WHOLE>
<n>, of which</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">1,657,736 shares</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1">will be sold</QUANT>
<n>by</n>
<AGENT gr="1" ind="1">the company</AGENT>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">1,342,264</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1">will be sold</QUANT>
<n>by</n>
<AGENT gr="1" ind="2">holders</AGENT>
<n>, via Montgomery Securities and Donaldson , Lufkin &amp; Jenrette Securities Corp .</n>
</S>
<S id="324" manners="[delta]">
<n>Among</n>
<WHOLE gr="1">bigger stocks</WHOLE>
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">the Nasdaq 100 Index</THEME>
<MANNER gr='1' ind="1">rose</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">1 %</VALUE>
<n>, or 4.56 , to 453.05 , while </n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">the Dow Jones Industrial Average</THEME>
<MANNER gr='1' ind="2">was up</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">0.2 %</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="325" manners="[equals]">
<THEME gr="1">R.H. Macy &amp; Co.</THEME>
<n>, the closely held department store chain , said in a financial filing Friday that its</n>
<QUANT gr="1">sales</QUANT>
<n>for</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the fiscal fourth quarter ended July 29</TIME>
<n>were up 10 % to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 1.59 billion</VALUE>
<n>against</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 1.44 billion</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">a year earlier</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="326" manners="[equals]">
<AGENT gr="1">Paribas</AGENT>
<n>says it will</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">offer</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">1,850 francs</VALUE>
<n>-LRB- $ 296.95 -RRB- each</n>
<n>for</n> 
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">Navigation Mixte shares that enjoy full dividend rights</THEME>
<n>, and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">1,800 francs each</VALUE>
<n>for</n> 
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">a block of shares issued July 1 , which will receive only partial dividends this year</THEME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="327" manners="[count]">
<AGENT gr="1">Convex</AGENT>
<n>makes supercomputers that sell for up to $ 2 million and has an</n> 
<WHOLE gr="1">installed base</WHOLE>
<n>of more than</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">550 systems</VALUE>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">340 customers</VALUE>
<LOCATION gr="1">world-wide</LOCATION>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="328" manners="[equals]" question="themes?">
<AGENT gr="1">New Jersey Wastewater Treatment Trust</AGENT>
<n>--</n> 
<WHOLE gr="1">$ 75,075,000 of various bonds</WHOLE>
<n>, including </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 40.86 million</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">Wastewater Treatment insured bonds , Series 1989A</QUANT>
<n>, and </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 34,215,000</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">Wastewater Treatment bonds , Series 1989B</QUANT>
<n>, via competitive bid .</n>
</S>
<S id="329" manners="[delta]" question="index">
<n>As a result ,</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">Morgan Stanley 's Index of 40 Emerging Growth Stocks</THEME>
<n>-- most of which are in the OTC market --</n> 
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">is up</MANNER> 
<n>only</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">13 %</VALUE>
<n>for</n> 
<TIME gr="1">the year</TIME> 
<n>, while</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">the Dow Jones Industrial Average</THEME>
<n>has</n> 
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">leaped</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">24 %</VALUE>
<n>and the </n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="3">S&amp;P 500</THEME>
<n>has</n> 
<MANNER gr="1" ind="3">grown</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3" sign="+">25 %</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="330" manners="[equals,equals]">
<n>In late</n> 
<LOCATION gr="[1,2]">New York</LOCATION> 
<n>trading</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">yesterday</TIME>
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]">the dollar</THEME>
<n>was quoted at</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">1.8500 marks</VALUE>
<n>, up from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">1.8415 marks</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">late Tuesday</TIME>
<n>, and at</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">143.80 yen</VALUE>
<n>, up from</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">142.85 yen</VALUE>
<TIME gr="2" ind="2">late Tuesday</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="331" manners="[delta,equals]">
<WHOLE gr="[1,2]">The heavy-construction sector</WHOLE>
<n>was the session 's best performer among Dow Jones industry groups ;</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Fluor</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">rose</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">3\/4</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">33 3\/8</VALUE>
<n>, </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Morrison Knudsen</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">gained</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">2 1\/4</VALUE>
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">44 1\/8</VALUE>
<n> , </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="3">Foster Wheeler</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="3">added</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3" sign="+">3\/8</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="3">18 1\/4</VALUE>
<n>and </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="4">Ameron</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="4">climbed</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4" sign="+">2 3\/8</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="4">39 3\/4</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="332" manners="[count]">
<SOURCE gr="1">Dun &amp; Bradstreet Corp.</SOURCE>
<n>said</n>
<QUANT gr="1">business failures</QUANT>
<n>fell 17.8 % to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">11,586</VALUE>
<n>in </n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the third quarter</TIME>
<n>from </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">14,099</VALUE>
<n>in </n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">the year-earlier period</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="333" manners="[equals]">
<n>Mr. Sagan , a former publisher and real estate developer , has put together an</n> 
<WHOLE gr="1">$ 8 million financial package</WHOLE>
<n>that includes approximately</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 4 million</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">tax exempt bonds</QUANT>
<n>issued by</n>
<AGENT gr="1" ind="1">the State of Illinois</AGENT>
<n>-LRB- the first time that a state has used its educational facilities authority to support construction of a theater -RRB- , and approximately </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 1 million</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">grants</QUANT>
<n>from</n>
<AGENT gr="1" ind="2">the National Endowment for the Arts , the MacArthur Foundation , and a few other deep pockets</AGENT>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="334" manners="[delta,equals]">
<THEME gr="1">Exxon</THEME>
<n>'s</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]" ind="1">earnings from chemical operations</QUANT>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">fell</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="-">$ 90 million</VALUE>
<n>, to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">$ 254 million</VALUE>
<n>, while </n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]" ind="2">refining and marketing profits</QUANT>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">declined</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="-">$ 180 million</VALUE>
<n>, to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">$ 357 million</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="335" manners="[equals]">
<THEME gr="1">Lyondell Petrochemical Co.</THEME>
<n>said</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">third-quarter</TIME>
<QUANT gr="1">net income</QUANT>
<n>fell 54 % , to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 73 million</VALUE>
<n>, or 91 cents a share , from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 160 million</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">a year earlier</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="336" manners="[equals]">
<n>That same calculation saw</n>
<QUANT gr="1">profit rates</QUANT>
<n>fall to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">4.6 %</VALUE>
<n>in the recession year</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">1982</TIME>
<n>and the supposed miracle that followed has seen</n>
<QUANT gr="1">the profit rate</QUANT>
<n>rise only to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8.1 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">1986</TIME>
<n>and </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">8 %</VALUE>
<n>in </n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">1987</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="337" manners="[delta,equals]">
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">AMR</THEME>
<n>, which owns American Airlines ,</n>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">rose</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">3 3\/8</VALUE>
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">72 1\/4</VALUE>
<n>; </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">USAir Group</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">fell</MANNER> 
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="-">1 1\/2</VALUE>
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">38 5\/8</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<n>and</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="3">Delta Air Lines</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="3">rose</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3" sign="+">1\/2</VALUE>
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="3">66 1\/2</VALUE>
<CAUSE gr="1" ind="3">after posting higher earnings for the September quarter</CAUSE> 
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="338" manners="[equals]">
<n>Of</n> 
<WHOLE gr="1">the total $ 5.5 billion to be paid</WHOLE> 
<n>to</n> 
<THEME gr="1">Hoylake</THEME>
<n>by</n> 
<AGENT gr="1">Axa</AGENT>
<n>, about</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 1 billion</VALUE>
<n>will come from</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">available resources of Axa 's parent , Axa-Midi Group</QUANT>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 2.25 billion</VALUE>
<n>will be in the form of</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">notes issued by Axa</QUANT>
<n>, and the remaining</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">$ 2.25 billion</VALUE>
<n>will be in</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">long-term bank loans</QUANT>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="339" manners="[delta]" question="index">
<n>Three days later , as of</n> 
<TIME gr="1">Friday 's close</TIME> 
<n>, the</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">Nasdaq Composite</THEME>
<n>was</n> 
<MANNER gr="1" ind="[1,2,3,4]">down</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="-">6 %</VALUE>
<n>, compared with </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="-">5.9 %</VALUE>
<n>for </n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">the industrial average</THEME>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3" sign="-">5.7 %</VALUE>
<n>for </n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="3">the S&amp;P 500</THEME>
<n>and </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4" sign="-">5.8 %</VALUE>
<n>for </n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="4">the Big Board Composite</THEME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S manners="[equals,equals]">
<THEME gr="1">The company 's 7.90 % sinking fund debentures</THEME>
<n>were quoted at a</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">bid price</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">14 1\/4</VALUE>
<n>and an</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">offered price</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">30</VALUE>
<n>, while</n>
<THEME gr="2">the 10 3\/4 % subordinated debentures of 1997</THEME>
<n>were being</n>
<QUANT gr="2" ind="1">bid</QUANT>
<n>for at</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">28</VALUE>
<n>and</n>
<QUANT gr="2" ind="2">offered</QUANT>
<n>at around</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">34 3\/4</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="340" manners="[delta,equals]">
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Marsh &amp; McLennan</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">advanced</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">3 1\/8</VALUE>
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">75 7\/8</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Alexander &amp; Alexander Services</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">climbed</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">2</VALUE>
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">32</VALUE>
<n>and </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="3">Corroon &amp; Black</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="3">firmed</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3" sign="+">1 7\/8</VALUE>
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="3">37 1\/2</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="341" manners="[equals,equals]">
<QUANT gr="1">Consumer stocks of copper</QUANT>
<n>in</n>
<LOCATION gr="1">the U.S.</LOCATION>
<n>fell to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">44,000 tons</VALUE>
<n>at</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the end of September</TIME>
<n>from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">54,000 tons</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">a month earlier</TIME>
<n>, and</n>
<QUANT gr="2">stocks of copper held by consumers and merchants</QUANT>
<LOCATION gr="2">outside of the U.S.</LOCATION>
<n>at</n>
<TIME gr="2" ind="1">the end of July</TIME>
<n>stood at</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">123,000 tons</VALUE>
<n>, down from</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">125,000 tons</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="2" ind="2">June</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="342" manners="[equals]">
<THEME gr="1">Settlements</THEME>
<n>reached in</n> 
<TIME gr="1">the first nine months of 1989</TIME> 
<n>called for</n>
<QUANT gr="1">wage increases</QUANT>
<n>averaging</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">3.7 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">in the first contract year</TIME>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">3.1 %</VALUE>
<n>annually</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">over the life of the contracts</TIME>
<n>,</n> 
<SOURCE gr="1">the department</SOURCE>
<n>said .</n>
</S>
<S id="343" manners="[equals,equals]">
<n>In</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">the nine months</TIME>
<n>,</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">net</QUANT>
<n>fell 6.3 % to </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 427.7 million</VALUE>
<n>, or </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">$ 3.98 a share</VALUE>
<n>, from </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 456.4 million</VALUE>
<n>, or </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">$ 4 a share</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">a year earlier</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="344">
<WHOLE gr="[1,2]">Other companies based in the area</WHOLE>
<n>include</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Hewlett-Packard</THEME>
<n>, which</n> 
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">rose</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">1\/4</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">49</VALUE>
<n>;</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">National Semiconductor</THEME>
<n>, which</n> 
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">went up</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">1\/4</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">7 5\/8</VALUE>
<n>, and </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="3">Genentech</THEME>
<n>, which</n> 
<MANNER gr="1" ind="3">eased</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3" sign="-">1\/4</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="3">19 5\/8</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="345" manners="[equals]">
<n>That was modestly higher than the</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">8.8 %</VALUE>
<n>and </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">9.2 %</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1">levels</QUANT>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">August</TIME>
<n>and </n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">September of 1987</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="346" manners="[equals]">
<QUANT gr="1">Raw-steel production</QUANT>
<n>by</n> 
<AGENT gr="1">the nation 's mills</AGENT>
<n>decreased 0.7 % </n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">last week</TIME>
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">1,816,000 tons</VALUE>
<n>from </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">1,828,000 tons</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">the previous week</TIME>
<n>,</n> 
<SOURCE gr="1">the American Iron and Steel Institute</SOURCE> 
<n>said .</n>
</S>
<S id="347" manners="[equals]">
<n>Since the mid-1980s ,</n>
<WHOLE gr="1">Japan 's other major real estate purchases in the U.S.</WHOLE>
<n>include</n>
<AGENT gr="1" ind="1">Dai-Ichi Seimei America Corp.</AGENT>
<n>'s</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 670 million</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1">purchase</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">an office building at 153 East 53rd St. in Manhattan</THEME>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">1987</TIME>
<n>and </n>
<AGENT gr="1" ind="2">Mitsui Fudosan Inc.</AGENT>
<n>'s </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 610 million</VALUE>
<THEME gr="1">purchase</THEME> 
<n>of</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">the Exxon Building</THEME>
<n>, part of Rockefeller Center , in </n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">1986</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="348" manners="[equals]">
<n>Between</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">50 % and 75 %</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">today</TIME>
<n>'s</n>
<WHOLE gr="1" ind="1" scope="2">workers</WHOLE>
<QUANT gr="1">are covered by such plans</QUANT>
<n>, up from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">5 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">five years ago</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="350" manners="[equals]">
<n>As of</n> 
<TIME gr="1">Sept. 30</TIME> 
<n>,</n> 
<THEME gr="1">the bank</THEME>
<n>had</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">assets</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 511 million</VALUE>
<n>and</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">deposits</QUANT>
<n>of </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 469 million</VALUE>
<n>,</n> 
<SOURCE gr="1">Security Pacific</SOURCE> 
<n>said .</n>
</S>
<S gr="351" manners="[equals]">
<QUANT gr="1">The managers ' index</QUANT>
<n>, which measures the health of the manufacturing sector , stood at</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">47.6 %</VALUE>
<n>in </n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">October</TIME>
<n>, above </n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">September</TIME>
<n>'s </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">46 %</VALUE>
<n>, and also above</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">average forecasts</TIME>
<n>for</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">the index</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">45.3 %</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="352" manners="[equals,equals]">
<n>In late</n> 
<LOCATION gr="[1,2]">New York</LOCATION> 
<n>trading</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">yesterday</TIME>
<n>,</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">the dollar</QUANT>
<n>was quoted at</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">1.8353 marks</VALUE>
<n>, down from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">1.8355 marks</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">Tuesday</TIME>
<n>, and at</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">141.52 yen</VALUE>
<n>, up from</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">141.45 yen</VALUE>
<TIME gr="2" ind="2">late Tuesday</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="353" manners="[delta,equals]">
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">A&amp;P</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">fell</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="-">1 1\/4</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">57 5\/8</VALUE>
<n>, and </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">J. Baker</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">gained</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">3\/8</VALUE>
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">21 1\/4</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="354" manners="[equals]">
<WHOLE gr="1">Other areas targeted</WHOLE>
<n>by</n>
<WHOLE gr="1">the survey 's respondents</WHOLE>
<n>included</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">difficulty obtaining or maintaining public benefits</QUANT>
<n>-LRB-</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">22 %</VALUE>
<n>-RRB- ,</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">consumer fraud</QUANT>
<n>-LRB- </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">15 %.4</VALUE>
<n>-RRB- , and </n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="3">health-care issues</QUANT>
<n>-LRB- </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">15 %</VALUE>
<n>-RRB- .</n>
</S>
<S manners="[equals,equals]">
<n>The</n> 
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">7 3\/8 % term bonds due 2009</THEME>
<n>are</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">priced at</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">99 1\/2</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<QUANT gr="2">yield</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">7.422 %</VALUE>
<n>, and</n> 
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">7 3\/8 % term bonds due 2019</THEME>
<n>are</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">priced at</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">99</VALUE>
<n>to</n> 
<QUANT gr="2">yield</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">7.458 %</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S manners="[equals]">
<n>As opposed to the</n>  
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="-">$ 1.4 million</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">deficit</QUANT>  
<n>of</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the 1987-88 season</TIME>
<n>,</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">the 1988-89 year</TIME>
<n>concluded with a</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">$ 200,000</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">surplus</QUANT> 
<n>and a $ 500,000 cash reserve .</n>
</S>
<S id="355" manners="[equals,count]">
<n>Offering</n>
<THEME gr="1">the wine</THEME>
<n>at roughly</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 65 a bottle</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">wholesale</QUANT>
<n>-LRB-</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 100</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">retail</QUANT>
<n>-RRB- ,</n> 
<AGENT gr="1">he</AGENT>
<n>sent</n> 
<AGENT gr="2">merchants</AGENT>
<LOCATION gr="2">around the country</LOCATION>
<WHOLE gr="2">a form asking them to check one of three answers</WHOLE>
<n>:</n>
<QUANT gr="2" ind="1">1 -RRB- no , the wine is too high</QUANT>
<n>-LRB-</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">2 responses</VALUE> 
<n>-RRB- ; </n>
<QUANT gr="2" ind="2">2 -RRB- yes , it 's high but I 'll take it</QUANT>
<n>-LRB-</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">2 responses</VALUE>
<n>-RRB- ;</n>
<QUANT gr="2" ind="3">3 -RRB- I 'll take all I can get</QUANT>
<n>-LRB-</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="3">58 responses</VALUE> 
<n>-RRB- .</n>
</S>
<S id="356" manners="[delta,equals]">
<n>Among other</n>
<WHOLE gr="1">software issues</WHOLE>
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Autodesk</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">jumped</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">1 1\/4</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">42</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="2" ind="2">Lotus Development</THEME>
<n>was unchanged at</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">32 1\/2</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="3">Novell</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="3">jumped</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3" sign="+">7\/8</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="3">30 3\/4</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="4">Ashton-Tate</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="4">gained</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4" sign="+">1\/4</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="4">10 5\/8</VALUE>
<n>, and</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="5">Oracle Systems</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="5">rose</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="5" sign="+">3\/4</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="5">25 3\/4</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="357" manners="[equals]">
<WHOLE gr="1">The $ 2.85 billion package</WHOLE>
<n>incorporates</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 500 million</VALUE>
<n>for</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">low-interest disaster loans</QUANT>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 1 billion</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">highway construction funds</QUANT>
<n>, and </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">$ 1.35 billion</VALUE>
<n>divided between</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="3">general emergency assistance and a reserve to be available to President Bush to meet unanticipated costs from the two disasters</QUANT> 
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="358" manners="[equals]">
<THEME gr="1">Inmac</THEME>
<n>recently disclosed</n> 
<CAUSE gr="1">a $ 12.3 million write-off related to a corporate restructuring</CAUSE> 
<n>that resulted in the company 's posting a</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="-">$ 6.4 million</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">net loss</QUANT>
<n>for</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the year ended July 29</TIME>
<n>, compared with</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">year-earlier</TIME>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">profit</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">$ 9.7 million</VALUE>
<n>, or $ 1.02 a share .</n>
</S>
<S id="359" manners="[equals,equals]">
<n>For</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">the nine months</TIME>
<n>,</n> 
<THEME gr="1">Gillette</THEME>
<n>'s</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">net income</QUANT>
<n>declined 1 % to </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 205.3 million</VALUE>
<n>, or </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">$ 2.02 a share</VALUE>
<n>, from </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 207 million</VALUE>
<n>, or </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">$ 1.82 a share</VALUE>
<n>, in </n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">the 1988 period</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="360" manners="[count]">
<AGENT gr="1" ind="1">NBC</AGENT>
<n>had</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">five</VALUE>
<n>of</n> 
<WHOLE gr="1">the top 10 shows</WHOLE>
<n>;</n>
<AGENT gr="1" ind="2">ABC</AGENT>
<n>had</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">four</VALUE>
<n>and</n>
<AGENT gr="1" ind="3">CBS</AGENT>
<n>had</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">one</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="361" manners="[equals]">
<SOURCE gr="1">The Commerce Department</SOURCE> 
<n>found that</n>
<THEME gr="1">U.S. exports</THEME>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">1988</TIME>
<n>, net of imports , were</n>
<QUANT gr="1">understated</QUANT>
<n>by</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 20.9 billion a year</VALUE>
<n>and</n>
<QUANT gr="1">understated</QUANT>
<n>at the annualized rate of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 25.4 billion</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">the first quarter of 1989</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="362" manners="[equals]">
<THEME gr="1">General unsecured creditors of Maxicare 's continuing operations</THEME>
<n>initially will</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">receive</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 47 million</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<CO_QUANT gr="1" ind="1">cash</CO_QUANT>
<n>, </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 35 million</VALUE>
<CO_QUANT gr="1" ind="2">face amount of senior notes</CO_QUANT>
<n>, and 49 % of the new company 's stock .</n>
</S>
<S id="363" manners="[delta,equals]">
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">AMR</THEME>
<n>, the parent of American Airlines ,</n>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">fell</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="-">1 3\/4</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">68 7\/8</VALUE>
<n>on 2.3 million shares ;</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Delta Air Lines</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">lost</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="-">1 1\/2</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">66</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="3">Southwest Airlines</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="3">slid</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3" sign="-">3\/4</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="3">24 1\/4</VALUE>
<n>and</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="4">Midway Airlines</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="4">dropped</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4" sign="-">1\/4</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="4">14 7\/8</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="364" manners="[count]">
<n>For example , he says that</n> 
<TIME gr="1">since 1985</TIME> 
<n>,</n>
<AGENT gr="1" ind="1">he and Mr. Peters</AGENT> 
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">have developed</QUANT>
<n>over</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">85 movie projects</VALUE>
<n>, and</n>
<AGENT gr="1" ind="2">Warner</AGENT> 
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">has `` passed '' or chosen not to produce</QUANT>
<n>at least</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">76</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="365" manners="[equals,equals,equals]">
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">John William Davis</THEME>
<n>,</n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="1">Colonsville , Miss.</LOCATION>
<n> ,</n>
<QUANT gr="1">fined</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 200,000</VALUE>
<n> ;</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Jeffrey Gerard Dompierre</THEME>
<n> ,</n>
<LOCATION gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Valrico , Fla.</LOCATION>
<n> , </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 5,000</VALUE>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">10-day</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="2">suspension</QUANT>
<n>;</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2,3]" ind="3">Eugene Michael Felten</THEME>
<n>, </n>
<LOCATION gr="[1,2,3]" ind="3">La Canada , Calif.</LOCATION>
<n>,</n>
<QUANT gr="1">fined</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">$ 25,000</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<QUANT gr="3">ordered to disgorge</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="3" ind="3">$ 16,072</VALUE>
<n>and</n>
<QUANT gr="2">suspended</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="3">one year</VALUE>
<n>;</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2,3]" ind="4">Marion Stewart Spitler</THEME>
<n> , </n>
<LOCATION gr="[1,2,3]" ind="4">La Canada</LOCATION>
<n>,</n>
<QUANT gr="1">fined</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">$ 15,000</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<QUANT gr="3">ordered to disgorge</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="3" ind="4">$ 18,444</VALUE>
<n>and</n>
<QUANT gr="2">suspended</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="4">six months</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S> 
<S id="366" manners="[delta,equals,equals]">
<THEME gr="[1,2,3]" ind="1">Amgen</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">rose</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">2 1\/4</VALUE>
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">54 3\/4</VALUE>
<n>on almost</n>
<VALUE gr="3" ind="1">800,000 shares</VALUE>
<n>, and </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2,3]" ind="2">CVB Financial</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">jumped</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">4</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">41</VALUE>
<n>on only</n>
<VALUE gr="3" ind="2">1,000 shares</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S manners="[equals]">
<n>For</n> 
<TIME gr="1">1984</TIME> 
<n>, they reported gross income of $ 1,647 from Amway sales , offset by</n>
<QUANT gr="1">expenses</QUANT>
<n>totaling $ 16,746 -- including</n>
<CO_QUANT gr="1" ind="1">car costs</CO_QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 6,805</VALUE> 
<n>and</n>
<CO_QUANT gr="1" ind="2">travel and entertainment costs</CO_QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 5,088 </VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="367" manners="[count,equals]">
<n>In</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">the second quarter</TIME>
<n>,</n>
<QUANT gr="1">middle-market cross-border transactions</QUANT>
<n>-- deals under $ 100 million each -- numbered</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">619</VALUE>
<n>and totaled</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">$ 6 billion</VALUE>
<n>, compared with</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">478 such transactions</VALUE>
<n>totaling</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">$ 4.9 billion</VALUE>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">a year earlier</TIME>
<n>,</n> 
<SOURCE gr="[1,2]">the firm</SOURCE> 
<n>said .</n>
</S>
<S id="368" manners="[equals,equals]">
<THEME gr="[1,2]">Loral</THEME>
<n>'s</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">profit from continuing operations</QUANT>
<n>for</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">the first six months of fiscal 1990</TIME>
<n>was</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 36.4 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">$ 1.44 a share</VALUE>
<n>, up 31 % from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 27.8 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">$ 1.11 a share</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">a year earlier</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="369" manners="[delta,equals]">
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Coca-Cola</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">climbed</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">1 3\/8</VALUE>
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">72 1\/8</VALUE>
<n>; </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">McDonald 's</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">added</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">1</VALUE>
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">31 3\/8</VALUE>
<n>, and </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="3">Procter &amp; Gamble</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="3">gained</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3" sign="+">3\/4</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="3">130 5\/8</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="370" manners="[delta]">
<LOCATION gr="1">The European Community</LOCATION>
<n>'s</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">consumer price index</QUANT>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">rose</MANNER> 
<n>a provisional</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">0.6 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n> 
<TIME gr="1">September</TIME>
<n>from</n> 
<REFERENCE_TIME gr="1" ind="1">August</REFERENCE_TIME>
<n>and</n> 
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">was up</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">5.3 %</VALUE>
<n>from</n> 
<REFERENCE_TIME gr="1" ind="2">September 1988</REFERENCE_TIME>
<n>, according to</n> 
<SOURCE gr="1">Eurostat</SOURCE> 
<n>, the EC 's statistical agency .</n>
</S>
<S id="371" manners="[delta,equals]">
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">The Nasdaq bank index</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">fell</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="-">5.00</VALUE>
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">432.61</VALUE>
<n>, while</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">the insurance index</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">fell</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="-">3.56</VALUE>
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">528.56</VALUE>
<n>, and </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="3">the `` other finance '' index</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="3">dropped</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3" sign="-">3.27</VALUE>
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="3">529.32</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="372" manners="[equals]">
<n>The</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">latest</TIME>
<QUANT gr="1">reading</QUANT>
<n>of </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">223.0</VALUE>
<n>was up from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">222.3</VALUE>
<n>in </n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">July</TIME>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">215.3</VALUE>
<n>as recently as</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">March</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="373" manners="[equals]">
<n>In</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">May</TIME>
<n>,</n> 
<THEME gr="1">Mr. Brierley</THEME>
<n>'s</n>
<QUANT gr="1">stake</QUANT>
<n>shrank to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">8.7 %</VALUE>
<n>after ranging between</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">9 % and 11 %</VALUE>
<n>for</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">much of the previous year</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="374" manners="[equals,delta]">
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">GM 's common</THEME>
<n>closed at</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 44.375</VALUE>
<n>,</n> 
<MANNER gr="2" ind="1">down</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1" sign="-">50 cents</VALUE>
<n>, </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Ford</THEME>
<MANNER gr="2" ind="2">fell</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2" sign="-">37.5 cents</VALUE>
<n>to end at</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 47.50</VALUE>
<n>, and</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="3">Chrysler</THEME>
<MANNER gr="2" ind="3">eased</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="3" sign="-">37.5 cents</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">$ 22.25</VALUE>
<n>, all in New York Stock Exchange composite trading .</n>
</S>
<S id="375" manners="[equals]">
<n>The deposits came from savings kept in a Tupperware breadbox ;</n> 
<AGENT gr="1">he</AGENT>
<QUANT gr="1">saved</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 47,000</VALUE>
<n>in</n> 
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">1974-81</TIME> 
<n>by</n>
<CO_QUANT gr="1" ind="1">living with family members and pinching pennies</CO_QUANT>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 45,000</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<CO_QUANT gr="1" ind="2">secret gifts from his remorseful father</CO_QUANT>
<n>, who had abandoned the family in 1955 .</n>
</S>
<S id="376" manners="[equals,equals]">
<n>For</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">the nine months</TIME>
<n>,</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">net</QUANT>
<n>was</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 7.7 million</VALUE>
<n>, or </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">41 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>, up 97 % from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 3.9 million</VALUE>
<n>, or </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">22 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">a year earlier</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="377" manners="[equals]"> 
<n>For example ,</n>
<QUANT gr="1">the premium as a percentage of the stock price</QUANT>
<n>for</n> 
<THEME gr="1">certain puts on Eli Lilly &amp; Co.</THEME>
<n>moved up from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">3 %</VALUE>
<n>at</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">Thursday 's close</TIME>
<n>to only </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">3.3 %</VALUE>
<n>at</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">Friday 's close</TIME>
<n>, even though the shares dropped more than $ 5.50 .</n>
</S>
<S id="378" manners="[equals]" question="location">
<n>It estimates</n>
<QUANT gr="1">the time between college graduation and the awarding of a Ph. D.</QUANT>
<n>has lengthened by 30 % over the past 20 years , with</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">the average gap</QUANT> 
<n>now ranging from about</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">7.4 years</VALUE>
<n>in </n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="1">the physical sciences</LOCATION>
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">16.2 years</VALUE>
<n>in </n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="2">education</LOCATION>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="379" manners="[equals,equals]">
<n>In</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">the third quarter</TIME>
<n>,</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">nonperforming assets</QUANT>
<n>jumped to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 474.1 million</VALUE>
<n>, or </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">1.43 %</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<WHOLE gr="2">net loans and leases</WHOLE>
<n>, from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 232.8 million</VALUE>
<n>, or </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">1.13 %</VALUE>
<n>in </n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">the second quarter</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="380" manners="[count,equals]">
<n>The number of</n>
<CO_QUANT gr="[1,2]">people receiving regular state benefits</CO_QUANT>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">the week ended Sept. 30</TIME>
<n>decreased to a seasonally adjusted</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">2,202,000</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">2.2 %</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<WHOLE gr="2">those covered by unemployment insurance</WHOLE>
<n>, from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">2,205,000</VALUE>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">the previous week</TIME>
<n>, when</n>
<QUANT gr="2">the insured unemployment rate</QUANT>
<n>also was</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">2.2 %</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="381" manners="[equals]">
<THEME gr="1">He</THEME>
<n>left his last two jobs at</n>
<AGENT gr="1" ind="1">Republic Airlines and Flying Tiger</AGENT>
<n>with</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">combined stock-option gains</QUANT>
<n>of about</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 22 million</VALUE>
<n>, and</n>
<AGENT gr="1" ind="2">UAL</AGENT>
<n>gave him a</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 15 million</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">bonus</QUANT>
<n>when it hired him .</n>
</S>
<S id='382' manners="[equals,equals]">
<n>For</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">the nine months</TIME>
<n>,</n> 
<THEME gr="[1,2]">Ethyl</THEME>
<n>said</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">net</QUANT>
<n>fell 2 % to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 168.7 million</VALUE>
<n> , or </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">$ 1.40 a share</VALUE>
<n>, from </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 172.2 million</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">$ 1.42 a share</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">a year ago</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="383" manners="[equals]">
<WHOLE gr="1">The sweeping measure</WHOLE>
<n>incorporates</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 500 million</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">small-business loans</QUANT>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 1 billion</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">highway-construction funds</QUANT>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">$ 1.25 billion</VALUE>
<n>divided between</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="3">general emergency assistance and a reserve to be available to President Bush to meet unanticipated costs from the two disasters</QUANT>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="384" manners="[delta]">
<QUANT gr="1">Machine tool shipments</QUANT>
<TIME gr="1">last month</TIME>
<n>were $ 281.2 million , a</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">24 %</VALUE>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">rise</MANNER>
<REFERENCE_TIME gr="1" ind="1">from a year earlier</REFERENCE_TIME>
<n>and a</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">25 %</VALUE>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">increase</MANNER>
<REFERENCE_TIME gr="1" ind="2">from August</REFERENCE_TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="385" manners="[equals]">
<THEME gr="1">The zero-coupon bonds</THEME>
<n>were priced to</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">yield</QUANT>
<n>to maturity from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">6.25 %</VALUE>
<n>in </n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">1994</TIME>
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">6.90 %</VALUE>
<n>in </n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">2006 , 2007 and 2009</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="386">
<THEME gr="1">Gannett</THEME>
<n>'s</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">83 daily</VALUE>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">35 non-daily newspapers</VALUE>
<n>reported a 3 % increase in advertising and circulation revenue .</n>
</S>
<S id="387" manners="[equals,equals]">
<n>For</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">the nine months</TIME>
<n>,</n> 
<THEME gr="[1,2]">TRW</THEME>
<n>'s</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">net</QUANT>
<n>was</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 199 million</VALUE>
<n>, or </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">$ 3.22 a share</VALUE>
<n>, down 3 % from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 205 million</VALUE>
<n>, or </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">$ 3.33 a share</VALUE>
<n>, </n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">a year earlier</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="388" manners="[delta,equals]">
<n>Two</n>
<WHOLE gr="[1,2]">rumored restructuring candidates in the oil industry</WHOLE> 
<n>moved higher :</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Chevron</THEME>
<n>, which</n> 
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">rose</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">1 3\/4</VALUE>
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">68 1\/4</VALUE>
<n>on 3.5 million shares , and </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">USX</THEME>
<n>, which</n> 
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">gained</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">1 1\/4</VALUE>
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">34 5\/8</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="389" manners="[equals]">
<THEME gr="1">The company</THEME>
<n>claims a</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">40 %</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1">share</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<WHOLE gr="1" ind="1">the U.S. field fence business</WHOLE>
<n>, a</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">35 %</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1">share</QUANT>
<n>of </n>
<WHOLE gr="1" ind="2">poultry netting sales</WHOLE>
<n>and a</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">30 %</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1">share</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<WHOLE gr="1" ind="3">barbed wire sales</WHOLE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="390" manners="[equals]"> 
<WHOLE gr="1">$ 130 million of general obligation distributable state aid bonds</WHOLE>
<n>due 1991-2000 and 2009 , tentatively priced by a</n> 
<AGENT gr="1">Chemical Securities Inc.</AGENT> 
<n>group to</n>
<QUANT gr="1">yield</QUANT>
<n>from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">6.20 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">1991</TIME>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">7.272 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">2009</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="391" manners="[delta,equals]">
<n>On the other hand ,</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Symbol Technologies</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">dropped</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="-">1 1\/4</VALUE>
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">18 1\/2</VALUE>
<n>after</n> 
<CAUSE gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Shearson Lehman Hutton lowered its short-term investment rating on the stock and its 1989 earnings estimate</CAUSE>
<n>, and </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Commodore International</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">fell</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="-">7\/8</VALUE>
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">8</VALUE>
<n>after</n> 
<CAUSE gr="[1,2]" ind="2">the company said it expects to post a loss for the September quarter</CAUSE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="392" manners="[delta,equals]">
<n>The decline in</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">prices</QUANT>
<n>cut broadly through the</n>
<WHOLE gr="[1,2]">blue-chip issues</WHOLE>
<n>, as</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Siemens</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">tumbled</MANNER> 
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="-">7.5</VALUE>
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">544</VALUE>
<n>, </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Deutsche Bank</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">plunged</MANNER> 
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="-">7</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">657</VALUE>
<n>, and the auto makers fell sharply as well .</n>
</S>
<S id="393" manners="[equals]">
<WHOLE gr="1">The compromise</WHOLE>
<n>sets</n>
<QUANT gr="1">the training wage</QUANT>
<n>at </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 3.35 an hour</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">next April</TIME>
<n>, and at</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 3.61 an hour</VALUE>
<n>, or 85 % of the minimum wage , in </n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">April 1991</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="394" manners="[equals]" question="themes?">
<n>But</n> 
<AGENT gr="1">Mr. Wenz</AGENT>
<n>, who says he</n>
<QUANT gr="1">lost</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 43,000</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<CO_QUANT gr="1" ind="1">one precious-metals deal</CO_QUANT>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 39,000</VALUE>
<n>in </n>
<CO_QUANT gr="1" ind="2">another</CO_QUANT>
<n>, says a salesman `` used a business-venture approach '' with him , sending investment literature , a contract limiting the firm 's liability , and an insurance policy .</n>
</S>
<S id="395" manners="[equals]" question="not sure!">
<QUANT gr="1">Investing</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">four million</VALUE>
<CO_QUANT gr="1" ind="1">Swiss francs</CO_QUANT>
<n>earned from</n>
<CO_QUANT gr="1" ind="1">his financial transactions</CO_QUANT>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">two million</VALUE>
<CO_QUANT gr="1" ind="2">Swiss francs</CO_QUANT>
<n>from</n>
<CO_QUANT gr="1" ind="2">his parents and his wife</CO_QUANT>
<n>,</n> 
<AGENT gr="1">Mr. Rey</AGENT>
<n>acquired 20 % of Bally 's shares .</n>
</S>
<S id="396" manners="[equals]">
<n>The</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">seasonal</TIME>
<QUANT gr="1">adjusted annual selling rate</QUANT>
<n>was</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">six million vehicles</VALUE>
<n>, a small improvement from the</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">5.8 million</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1">rate</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">early October</TIME>
<n>, but a big drop from the </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">7.1 million</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1">rate</QUANT>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">a year ago</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="397" manners="[delta,equals]">
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">International Paper</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">fell</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="-">1 3\/8</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">51 1\/2</VALUE>
<n>, </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Union Carbide</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">eased</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="-">7\/8</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">25</VALUE>
<n>, </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="3">Chevron</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="3">gained</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3" sign="+">1\/8</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="3">64</VALUE>
<n>, and</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="4">Eastman Kodak</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="4">closed down</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4" sign="-">3\/4</VALUE>
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="4">44 1\/4</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="398" manners="[delta,equals]">
<THEME gr="[1,2]">The company</THEME>
<n>said</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]" ind="1">aerospace and defense sales</QUANT>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">were up</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">2 %</VALUE>
<n>for</n> 
<TIME gr="1">the quarter</TIME> 
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">$ 802 million</VALUE>
<n>, and</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]" ind="2">operating profit</QUANT>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">climbed</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">6 %</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">$ 61 million</VALUE>
<n>, mainly because of</n> 
<CAUSE gr="1">improved program performance in spacecraft and advanced-technology contracts</CAUSE> 
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="399" manners="[delta,equals]">
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Fujisawa</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">added</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">80</VALUE>
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">2,010</VALUE>
<n>and </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Mochida</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">advanced</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">230</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">4,400</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="400" manners="[equals]">
<WHOLE gr="1">Its victories</WHOLE>
<n>include more than</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 30 million</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">Sheraton Corp. business</QUANT>
<n>and</n> 
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">an assignment from Dun &amp; Bradstreet</QUANT>
<n>worth</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 5 million to $ 10 million</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="401" manners="[equals,equals]">
<THEME gr="1">Archive Corp.</THEME>
<n>said it expects to report</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">net income</QUANT>
<n>for</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">its fiscal year ended Sept. 29</TIME>
<n>of a record</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 15 million</VALUE>
<n>, or </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">$ 1.15 a share</VALUE>
<n>, up 43 % from </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 10.5 million</VALUE>
<n>, or </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">80 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>, for </n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">the prior year</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="402" manners="[delta]">
<n>He figures</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">Block earnings</QUANT>
<n>are</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">now</TIME>
<n>growing at about a</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">10 %</VALUE>
<n>annual rate -LRB- down from about</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">14 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">the past five years</TIME>
<n>-RRB- and will grow</n>
<n>at an</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">8%-10 %</VALUE>
<n>rate in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">the future</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="403" manners="[delta]">
<SOURCE gr="1">Mr. Riccardo of Bear Stearns</SOURCE> 
<n>said that</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">Schering-Plough Corp.</THEME>
<n>'s</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">expected profit</QUANT> 
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">rise</MANNER>
<n>of about</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">18 % to 20 %</VALUE>
<n>, and</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">Bristol-Meyers</THEME>
<n>'s</n> 
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">expected profit</QUANT> 
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">increase</MANNER>
<n>of about</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">13 %</VALUE>
<n>are largely because ``</n> 
<CAUSE gr="1">those companies are really managed well</CAUSE> 
<n>. ''</n>
</S>
<S id="404" manners="[equals,equals]">
<THEME gr="[1,2]">The Redmond , Wash. company</THEME>
<n>, a bellwether provider of operating systems and software for personal-computer makers and users , reported</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">net income</QUANT>
<n>for</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">the quarter ended Sept. 30</TIME>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 49.6 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">87 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>, up from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 36.6 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">65 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>, in</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">the year-ago period</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="405" manners="[equals]">
<WHOLE gr="1">The $ 2.85 billion package</WHOLE>
<n>incorporates</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 500 million</VALUE>
<n>for </n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">small-business loans</QUANT>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 1 billion</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">highway construction funds</QUANT>
<n>, and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">$ 1.35 billion</VALUE>
<n>divided between</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="3">general emergency assistance and a reserve to be available to President Bush to meet unanticipated costs from the two disasters</QUANT>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="406" manners="[delta,equals]">
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Pretax profit</THEME>
<n>is expected to</n> 
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">increase</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">18 %</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">22 billion yen</VALUE>
<n>and </n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]" ind="2">net income</QUANT>
<n>is expected to</n> 
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">rise</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">53 %</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">10.5 billion yen</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="407" manners="[equals,equals]">
<THEME gr="[1,2]">Inco</THEME>
<n>'s</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">net</QUANT>
<n>fell to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 129.3 million</VALUE>
<n>, or </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">$ 1.23 a share</VALUE>
<n>, in</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">the third quarter</TIME>
<n>from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 200.3 million</VALUE>
<n>, or </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">$ 1.88 a share</VALUE>
<n>, </n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">a year earlier</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="408" manners="[equals]">
<n>The loss stems from $ 357.5 million of write-downs on</n> 
<WHOLE gr="1">Columbia 's $ 4.4 billion high-yield investment securities portfolio</WHOLE>
<n>, which includes about</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 3.7 billion</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">junk bonds</QUANT>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 400 million</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">preferred stock</QUANT> 
<n>, and Treasury securities .</n>
</S>
<S id="409" manners="[delta,equals]">
<n>Among</n>
<WHOLE gr="[1,2]">paper company stocks that rallied on the Big Board because of the offer</WHOLE>
<n>were</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Union Camp</THEME>
<n>,</n> 
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">up</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">$ 2.75</VALUE>
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">$ 37.75</VALUE>
<n> , </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Federal Paperboard</THEME>
<n> ,</n> 
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">up</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">$ 1.75</VALUE>
<n> to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">$ 27.875</VALUE>
<n> , </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="3">Mead</THEME>
<n> ,</n> 
<MANNER gr="1" ind="3">up</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3" sign="+">$ 2.375</VALUE>
<n> to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="3">$ 38.75</VALUE>
<n> , and </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="4">Temple Inland Inc.</THEME>
<n> ,</n> 
<MANNER gr="1" ind="4">up</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4" sign="+">$ 3.75</VALUE>
<n> to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="4">$ 62.25</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="410" manners="[delta,equals]">
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Bass</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">ended up</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">3</VALUE>
<n>higher at</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">966</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Guinness</THEME>
<n>closed at</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">589</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">down</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="-">7</VALUE>
<n>, and </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="3">Scottish &amp; Newcastle</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="3">dropped</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3" sign="-">11</VALUE>
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="3">359</VALUE>
<n>, but</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="4">Whitbread Class A shares</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="4">rose</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4" sign="+">17</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="4">363</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="411" manners="[equals,equals]">
<n>In</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">the third quarter</TIME>
<n>,</n> 
<THEME gr="[1,2]">the company</THEME>
<n>, which is 61%-owned by Murphy Oil Corp. of Arkansas , had a</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">net loss</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="-">$ 46.9 million</VALUE>
<n>, or </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1" sign="-">91 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>, compared with a</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">restated loss</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="-">$ 9 million</VALUE>
<n>, or </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2" sign="-">18 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">a year ago</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S manners="[changes]">
<SOURCE gr="1">Jay Stevens of Dean Witter</SOURCE> 
<n>actually cut his</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">per-share earnings estimate</QUANT>
<n>to</n> 
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 9</VALUE>
<n>from</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">$ 9.50</VALUE>
<n>for</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">1989</TIME>
<n>and to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 9.5</VALUE>
<n>from</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">$ 10.35</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">1990</TIME>
<n>because he decided</n> 
<CAUSE gr="1">sales would be even weaker than he had expected</CAUSE> 
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="412" manners="[equals]">
<THEME gr="1">The Short Term Bond Fund</THEME>
<n>, with an average maturity of 2 1\/2 years , would deliver a</n>
<QUANT gr="1">total return for one year</QUANT>
<n>of about</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">10.6 %</VALUE>
<n>if</n>
<CONDITION gr="1" ind="1">rates drop one percentage point</CONDITION>
<n>and a</n>
<THEME gr="1">one-year return</THEME>
<n>of about </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">6.6 %</VALUE>
<n>if</n>
<CONDITION gr="1" ind="2">rates rise by the same amount</CONDITION>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="413" manners="[delta,equals]">
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Ohbayashi</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">was up</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">60</VALUE>
<n>to close at </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">1,680</VALUE>
<n>, </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Shimizu</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">gained</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">50</VALUE>
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">2,120</VALUE>
<n>, and </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="3">Kumagai-Gumi</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="3">advanced</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3" sign="+">40</VALUE>
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="3">1,490</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="414" manners="[count]">
<n>Meanwhile ,</n>
<AGENT gr="1">the nine major U.S. auto makers</AGENT>
<n>plan to</n>
<QUANT gr="1">build</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">143,178 cars</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">this week</TIME>
<n>, down 11.7 % from </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">162,190</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">a year ago</TIME>
<n>and flat with</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">last week</TIME>
<n>'s</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">142,117</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1">car output</QUANT>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="415" manners="[equals]">
<THEME gr="1">Avions Marcel Dassault-Breguet Aviation S.A.</THEME>
<n>said</n>
<QUANT gr="1">group profit before taxes and contributions to employee profit-sharing</QUANT>
<n>soared 97 % to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">839 million francs</VALUE>
<n>-LRB- $ 129.6 million -RRB- in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the first half of 1989</TIME>
<n>from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">425 million francs</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">a year earlier</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="416" manners="[delta,equals]">
<n>Elsewhere in</n>
<WHOLE gr="1">the chemicals sector</WHOLE>
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Dow Chemical</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">fell</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="-">1 1\/4</VALUE>
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">97 1\/2</VALUE>
<n>, </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Monsanto</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">lost</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="-">1 7\/8</VALUE>
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">118</VALUE>
<n>, </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="3">B.F. Goodrich</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="3">slipped</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3" sign="-">2 1\/4</VALUE>
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="3">44 3\/4</VALUE>
<n>and </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="4">Olin</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="4">slid</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4" sign="-">1</VALUE>
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="4">57 3\/4</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="417" manners="[count]">
<n>Separately ,</n> 
<THEME gr="1">Ford and Mazda Motor Corp. 's U.S. sales arm</THEME>
<n>said they are</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">recalling</QUANT>
<n>about</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">88,500 1988-model Mercury Tracers</VALUE>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">220,000 1986 , 1987 and 1988 model Mazda 323s</VALUE>
<n>equipped with 1.6-liter fuel-injected engines to replace the oil filler cap .</n>
</S>
<S id="418" manners="[equals,equals]">
<n>In</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">the nine months</TIME>
<n>,</n> 
<THEME gr="[1,2]">the company</THEME>
<n>'s</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]" ind="1">net income</QUANT>
<n>was</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">$ 21.5 million</VALUE>
<n>, or </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1" sign="+">$ 1.88 a share</VALUE>
<n>, compared with a</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">year-earlier</TIME>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]" ind="2">loss</QUANT>
<n>of </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="-">$ 97.8 million</VALUE>
<n>, or </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2" sign="-">$ 8.96 a share</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="419" manners="[equals]">
<AGENT gr="1">The Treasury</AGENT>
<n>plans to raise $ 175 million in new cash</n>
<TIME gr="1">Thursday</TIME> 
<n>by</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">selling</QUANT>
<n>about </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 9.75 billion</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">52-week bills</THEME>
<n>and </n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">redeeming</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 9.58 billion</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">maturing bills</THEME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="420" manners="[equals]">
<CAUSE gr="1">The failed takeover</CAUSE> 
<n>would have</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">given</QUANT>
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">UAL employees</THEME>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">75 %</VALUE>
<CO_QUANT gr="1">voting control</CO_QUANT> 
<n>of</n> 
<WHOLE gr="1">the nation 's second-largest airline</WHOLE>
<n>, with</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">management</THEME>
<QUANT gr="1">getting</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">10 %</VALUE>
<CO_QUANT gr="1">control</CO_QUANT>
<n>and</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="3">British Air</THEME>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">15 %</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="421" manners="[equals]">
<THEME gr="1">Refining and marketing operations</THEME>
<QUANT gr="1">earned</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 130 million</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the quarter this year</TIME>
<n>, compared with</n>
<QUANT gr="1">earnings</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 186 million</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">a year earlier</TIME>
<n>that included $ 18 million in charges for environmental programs .</n>
</S>
<S id="422" manners="[delta]">
<n>Within the Federal Aviation Administration ,</n> 
<AGENT gr="1">the final bill</AGENT>
<n>promises to</n>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">increase</MANNER>
<QUANT gr="1">spending for facilities and equipment</QUANT>
<n>by more than</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">20 %</VALUE>
<n>from</n> 
<REFERENCE_TIME gr="1">last year</REFERENCE_TIME> 
<n>, and</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">total operations</QUANT>
<n>would rise to $ 3.84 billion -- a</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">12 %</VALUE>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">boost</MANNER>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="423" manners="[delta]">
<n>For</n>
<TIME gr="1">the three months ended in September</TIME> 
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="1">retail sales volume</THEME>
<n>was</n>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">down</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="-">0.5 %</VALUE>
<n>from</n>
<REFERENCE_TIME gr="1" ind="1">the previous three months</REFERENCE_TIME>
<n>and</n>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">up</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">1.2 %</VALUE>
<n>from</n>
<REFERENCE_TIME gr="1" ind="2">a year earlier</REFERENCE_TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="424" manners="[equals,equals]">
<n>For </n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">the nine months</TIME>
<THEME gr="[1,2]">Great Western</THEME>
<n>posted</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">net</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 177.5 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">$ 1.37 a share</VALUE>
<n>, a 5.9 % decline from </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 188.7 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">$ 1.48 a share</VALUE>
<n>, in</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">the year-ago period</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="425" manners="[delta]">
<QUANT gr="1">Britain 's industrial production</QUANT>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">rose</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">1.5 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1">August</TIME>
<n>from</n>
<REFERENCE_TIME gr="1" ind="1">July</REFERENCE_TIME>
<n>and</n> 
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">was up</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">0.9 %</VALUE>
<n>from</n>
<REFERENCE_TIME gr="1" ind="2">August 1988</REFERENCE_TIME>
<n>, according to</n> 
<SOURCE gr="1">provisional data from the Central Statistical Office</SOURCE> 
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="426" manners="[equals,equals]">
<n>The</n> 
<SOURCE gr="[1,2]">Tass</SOURCE> 
<n>news agency said</n> 
<THEME gr="[1,2]">the 1990 budget anticipates</THEME>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]" ind="1">income</QUANT>
<n>of </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">429.9 billion rubles</VALUE>
<n>-LRB-</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">US$ 693.4 billion</VALUE>
<n>-RRB- and </n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]" ind="2">expenditures</QUANT>
<n>of </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">489.9 billion rubles</VALUE>
<n>-LRB- </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">US$ 790.2 billion</VALUE>
<n>-RRB- .</n>
</S>
<S id="427" manners="[delta,equals]">
<THEME gr="1">Ford Motor Co.</THEME>
<n>reported a</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="-">21.2 %</VALUE>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">drop</MANNER> 
<n>in</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">sales</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<CO_QUANT gr="[1,2]" ind="1">domestic-made cars</CO_QUANT>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">46,995</VALUE>
<n>and a </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="-">24.2 %</VALUE>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">drop</MANNER> 
<n>in</n>
<CO_QUANT gr="[1,2]" ind="2">domestic trucks</CO_QUANT>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">31,143</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="428" manners="[equals]">
<QUANT gr="1">The Chicago Mercantile Exchange margins</QUANT>
<n>for</n> 
<THEME gr="1">the Standard &amp; Poor 's 500 stock-index futures</THEME>
<n>stood at</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 10,000 a contract</VALUE>
<n>for</n> 
<SOURCE gr="1" ind="1">speculators</SOURCE>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 5,000</VALUE>
<n>for</n> 
<SOURCE gr="1" ind="2">hedgers</SOURCE>
<TIME gr="1">before Oct. 16 , 1987</TIME> 
<n>; that day the hedging margin was raised to $ 7,500 .</n>
</S>
<S id="429" manners="[equals]">
<n>Of</n>
<WHOLE gr="1">the 450 survey respondents</WHOLE>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">35 %</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">said they expect to spend less buying Christmas gifts this year than last year</QUANT>
<n>, while</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">28 %</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">said they expect to spend more</QUANT>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">37 %</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="3">said their gift budget would stay the same</QUANT>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="430" manners="[equals,equals]">
<THEME gr="[1,2]">Times Mirror Co.</THEME>
<n>said</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]"  ind="1">third-quarter</TIME>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">net income</QUANT>
<n>fell 13 % to </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 70.1 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">54 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>, compared with</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]" ind="2">net income</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 81 million</VALUE>
<n>, or </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">62 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>, </n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">a year earlier</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="431" manners="[equals]">
<n>For example ,</n> 
<THEME gr="1">a group of long-term Treasury bonds</THEME> 
<n>tracked by Merrill Lynch &amp; Co.</n>
<n>produced a</n>
<QUANT gr="1">total return</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">1 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the first quarter</TIME>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">12.45 %</VALUE>
<n>in </n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">the second quarter</TIME>
<n>and </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">-0.06 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">the third quarter</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="432" manners="[equals,equals]">
<THEME gr="[1,2]">Arizona Instrument Corp.</THEME>
<n>said it expects to post a</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">third-quarter</TIME>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">net loss</QUANT>
<n>of about</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="-">$ 600,000</VALUE>
<n>, or </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1" sign="-">25 cents to 27 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>, compared with</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">net income</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">$ 214,000</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2" sign="+">10 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>, </n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">a year earlier</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="433" manners="[delta]">
<n>On</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">Tuesday</TIME>
<n>,</n> 
<THEME gr="1">the broader-based Tokyo Stock Price Index</THEME> 
<n>of issues listed in the first section</n>
<n>, which</n>
<MANNER gr="1">fell</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="-">45.66</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">Monday</TIME>
<n>,</n> 
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">rose</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">41.76</VALUE>
<n>, or 1.61 % , to 2642.64 .</n>
</S>
<S id="434" manners="count">
<AGENT gr="1" ind="1">The best baseball teams</AGENT>
<QUANT gr="1">win</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">six of 10 games</VALUE> 
<n>and </n>
<AGENT gr="1" ind="2">the worst</AGENT>
<QUANT gr="1">win</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">four of 10</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="435" manners="[equals]">
<THEME gr="1">The company</THEME>
<n>expects that</n>
<QUANT gr="1">earnings</QUANT>
<n>, which have marched steadily upward in recent years , reached about</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 20.8 million</VALUE>
<n>, or $ 1.58 a share , in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the fiscal year just ended</TIME>
<n> , up from </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 15.2 million</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">fiscal 1988</TIME>
<n> and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">$ 3.9 million</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">1985</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="436" manners="[equals,equals]">
<n>For</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">the nine months</TIME>
<n>,</n> 
<THEME gr="[1,2]">America West</THEME>
<n>posted</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]" ind="1">earnings</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">$ 18.9 million</VALUE>
<n>, or </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1" sign="+">97 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>, compared with a</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]" ind="2">loss</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="-">$ 9.7 million</VALUE>
<n>, or </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2" sign="-">74 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">a year earlier</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="437" manners="[delta,equals]">
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Kawasaki Steel</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">was down</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="-">11</VALUE>
<n>at </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">788</VALUE>
<n>, </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Kobe Steel</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">lost</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="-">5</VALUE>
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">723</VALUE>
<n>, and</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="3">Nippon Steel</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="3">slipped</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3" sign="-">6</VALUE>
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="3">729</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="438" manners="[equals]">
<THEME gr="1">TEMPORARY WORKERS</THEME>
<n>have good educations</n>
<n>,</n> 
<SOURCE gr="1">the National Association of Temporary Services</SOURCE> 
<n>says ; its survey of</n>
<WHOLE gr="1">2,508 such employees</WHOLE>
<n>shows</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">82 %</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">with more than a high-school education</QUANT>
<n>, and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">31 %</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">with college degrees</QUANT>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="439" manners="[equals,equals]">
<THEME gr="[1,2]">Homestake Mining Co.</THEME>
<n>, San Francisco , blamed</n> 
<CAUSE gr="[1,2]">the continued slump in gold prices</CAUSE> 
<n>for an 83 % plunge in</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">third-quarter</TIME>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">net income</QUANT>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 2 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">two cents a share</VALUE>
<n>, from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 11.2 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">12 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">a year earlier</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="440" manners="[delta,equals]">
<n>Among</n>
<WHOLE gr="[1,2]">engineering firms</WHOLE>
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">CRS Sirrine</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">rose</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">5\/8</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">34 1\/4</VALUE>
<n>on the Big Board and four others rallied on the American Stock Exchange : </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Jacobs Engineering Group</THEME>
<n>, which</n>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">gained</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">1 1\/8</VALUE>
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">25 3\/8</VALUE>
<n>, </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="3">Greiner Engineering</THEME>
<n>, which</n>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="3">rose</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3" sign="+">3 1\/2</VALUE>
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="3">22 1\/2</VALUE>
<n>; </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="4">Michael Baker</THEME>
<n>, which</n> 
<MANNER gr="1" ind="4">added</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4" sign="+">1 1\/4</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="4">15 1\/4</VALUE>
<n>, and</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="5">American Science &amp; Engineering</THEME>
<n>,</n> 
<MANNER gr="1" ind="5">up</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="5" sign="+">1\/2</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="5">8 1\/2</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="441" manners="[equals]">
<WHOLE gr="1">Arrested</WHOLE>
<n>were</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">Jose O. Lopez</THEME>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">27 years old</VALUE>
<n>, of</n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="1">Whittier , Calif.</LOCATION>
<n>, the vault supervisor ; </n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">Carlos O. Huerta</THEME>
<n>, </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">29</VALUE>
<n>, of </n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="2">La Puente</LOCATION>
<n>; </n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="3">Luis A. Arroyo</THEME>
<n>, </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">36</VALUE>
<n>, of </n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="3">Los Angeles</LOCATION>
<n>; </n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="4">Ignacio Rojas Jr.</THEME>
<n>, </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">32</VALUE>
<n>, of </n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="4">Baldwin Park</LOCATION>
<n>; </n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="5">Doris Moreno</THEME>
<n>, </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="5">37</VALUE>
<n>, of</n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="5">Bell Gardens</LOCATION>
<n>; and </n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="6">Ana L. Azucena</THEME>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="6">27</VALUE>
<n>, of </n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="6">Huntington Park</LOCATION>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id='442' manners="[delta,equals,equals]">
<n>Other</n>
<WHOLE gr="[1,2,3]">technology stocks</WHOLE>
<n>that were weaker included</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2,3]" ind="1">Intel</THEME>
<n>, which</n>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">fell</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="-">1 1\/4</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">33 1\/2</VALUE>
<n>on</n>
<VALUE gr="3" ind="1">1.9 million shares</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2,3]" ind="2">Mentor Graphics</THEME>
<n>,</n>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">down</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="-">3\/4</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">16 1\/4</VALUE>
<n>on</n>
<VALUE gr="3" ind="2">1.6 million shares</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="3">Sun Microsystems</THEME>
<n>, which</n>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="3">slipped</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3" sign="-">3\/8</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="3">18 1\/4</VALUE>
<n>, and</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="4">MCI Communications</THEME>
<n>,</n>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="4">down</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4" sign="-">1</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="4">42 3\/4</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="443" manners="[equals]">
<QUANT gr="1">The southern unemployment rate</QUANT>
<n>rose to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">21.3 %</VALUE>
<n>in </n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">July</TIME>
<n>from </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">21.2 %</VALUE>
<n>in </n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">April</TIME>
<n>and from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">20.6 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">a year earlier</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="444" manners="[equals,equals]">
<THEME gr="[1,2]">It</THEME>
<n>said yesterday that</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">net income</QUANT>
<n>for its</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">third quarter</TIME>
<n>soared 72 % to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 11.8 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">28 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>, from </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 6.8 million</VALUE>
<n>, or </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">19 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>, in</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">the year-ago period</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="445" manners="[equals]">
<QUANT gr="1">Cost and expenses</QUANT>
<n>for</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the quarter</TIME>
<n>,</n> 
<QUANT_MOD gr="1">excluding interest</QUANT_MOD>
<n>, increased 6.1 % to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 333.3 million</VALUE>
<n>from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 314 million</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">the year before</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="446" manners="[delta,equals]">
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Georgia Pacific Corp.</THEME>
<n>,</n> 
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">up</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 1.25</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">$ 58</VALUE>
<n>, and </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Maxxam Inc.</THEME>
<n>,</n>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">up</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 3</VALUE>
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">$ 43.75</VALUE>
<n>, both reported</n> 
<CAUSE gr="[1,2]">strong profits</CAUSE> 
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="447" manners="[changes]">
<n>The</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">average yield</QUANT>
<n>on</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">six-month broker-sold CDs</THEME>
<n>rose to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">8.29 %</VALUE>
<n>from</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">8.05 %</VALUE>
<n>and on </n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">one-year CDs</THEME>
<n>the</n> 
<THEME gr="[1,2]">average yield</THEME> 
<n>rose to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8.30 %</VALUE>
<n>from</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">8.09 %</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="448" manners="[count]">
<THEME gr="1">BANKAMERICA Corp.</THEME>
<n>, San Francisco , bank holding company , annual revenue of $ 10.2 billion , NYSE , yesterday had no power at its headquarters ,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">80 of its 433 Northern California branches</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1">were closed</QUANT>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">250 of 750 automatic teller machines</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1">were closed in the area</QUANT>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S ind="449" manners="[delta,equals]">
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Digital Equipment</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">tacked on</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">1 1\/8</VALUE>
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">89 1\/8</VALUE>
<n>, and </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Hewlett-Packard</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">fell</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="-">3\/8</VALUE>
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">49 3\/8</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="450" manners="[delta,equals]">
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Amgen</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">advanced</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">1 1\/2</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">56</VALUE>
<n>;</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Chiron</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">jumped</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">2</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">29 3\/4</VALUE>
<n>;</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="3">Cetus</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="3">gained</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3" sign="+">1</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="3">16 7\/8</VALUE>
<n>and</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="4">Biogen</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="4">rose</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4" sign="+">5\/8</VALUE>
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="4">14 5\/8</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="450" manners="[equals]">
<AGENT gr="1">Maxicare Health Plans Inc.</AGENT>
<n>, operating under Chapter 11 bankrupty-law protection , outlined</n> 
<WHOLE gr="1">terms of its reorganization plan</WHOLE>
<n>that calls for</n> 
<THEME gr="1">creditors and shareholders</THEME> 
<n>to</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">receive</QUANT>
<n>at least</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 78.8 million</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<CO_QUANT gr="1" ind="1">cash</CO_QUANT>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 67 million</VALUE>
<n>face amount of</n>
<CO_QUANT gr="1" ind="2">10-year , 13.5 % notes</CO_QUANT>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="451" manners="[equals]">
<n>For instance ,</n> 
<SOURCE gr="1">Ken Gregory , a San Francisco money manager</SOURCE> 
<n>, calculates that</n> 
<n>if</n> 
<CONDITION gr="1">an investor holds a basket of stocks that tracks the Standard &amp; Poor 's 500-stock index</CONDITION>
<n>,</n>
<QUANT gr="1">the chance of losing money</QUANT>
<n>is</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">3 % to 4 %</VALUE>
<n>over</n> 
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">a 10-year period</TIME>
<n>, compared with</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">15 %</VALUE>
<n>over</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">three years</TIME>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">30 %</VALUE>
<n>over</n> 
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">one year</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="452" manners="[equals,delta]">
<n>Among</n>
<WHOLE gr="[1,2]">major pass-through issues</WHOLE>
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Ginnie Mae 9 % securities for November delivery</THEME>
<n>ended at</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">98 15\/32</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<MANNER gr="2" ind="1">up</MANNER> 
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1" sign="+">5\/32</VALUE>
<n>, after touching an early high of 98 27\/32 ; </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">8 % securities</THEME>
<n>were at</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">94 5\/32</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<MANNER gr="2" ind="2">up</MANNER> 
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2" sign="+">9\/32</VALUE>
<n>;</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="3">9 1\/2 % securities</THEME>
<n>at</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">100 15\/32</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<MANNER gr="2" ind="3">up</MANNER> 
<VALUE gr="2" ind="3" sign="+">4\/32</VALUE>
<n>; and </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="4">10 % securities</THEME>
<n>at</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">102 11\/32</VALUE>
<n>,</n> 
<MANNER gr="2" ind="4">up</MANNER> 
<VALUE gr="2" ind="4" sign="+">3\/32</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="453" manners="[equals]">
<n>He said the third-quarter estimate indicates</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">profit</QUANT>
<n>for</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the nine months</TIME>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 4.65 a share</VALUE>
<n>, `` almost equal to the</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">full-year 1988</TIME>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">earnings</QUANT>
<n>'' of $ 108.6 million , or</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 4.81 a share</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="454">
<THEME gr="[1,2]">Interface Systems Inc.</THEME>
<n>,</n> 
<LOCATION gr="[1,2]">Ann Arbor , Mich.</LOCATION> 
<n>, said it will report</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">net income</QUANT>
<n>for</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">the fourth quarter ended Sept. 30</TIME>
<n>fell to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 470,000</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">11 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>, from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 805,000</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">19 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">a year earlier</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="455" manners="[equals]">
<SOURCE gr="1">The bank</SOURCE> 
<n>projects</n> 
<THEME gr="1">Akzo</THEME>
<n>will show</n>
<QUANT gr="1">per-share earnings</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">24 guilders</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">1990</TIME>
<n>, up from an estimated </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">22.5 guilders</VALUE>
<n>for</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">this year</TIME>
<n>and the</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">20.9 guilders</VALUE>
<n>reported for</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">1988</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="456" manners="[equals,equals]">
<THEME gr="[1,2]">Loral Corp.</THEME>
<n>said</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="[1,2]">fiscal second-quarter</TIME>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]" ind="1">net income</QUANT>
<n>was</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 19.8 million</VALUE>
<n>, or </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">79 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>, compared with </n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">year-earlier</TIME>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]" ind="2">earnings from continuing operations</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 15.6 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">62 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="457" manners="[equals,equals]">
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Third-quarter</TIME>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">net</QUANT>
<n>was</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 40 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">$ 1.04 a share</VALUE>
<n>, from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 54.4 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">$ 1.47 a share</VALUE>
<n>, </n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">a year ago</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="458" manners="[equals,equals]">
<n>For</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">the nine months</TIME>
<n>,</n> 
<THEME gr="[1,2]">Northrop</THEME>
<n>reported a</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]" sign_scope="1">net loss</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="-">$ 46.9 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1" sign="-">$ 1 a share</VALUE>
<n>, compared with</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]" sign_scope="2">profit</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">$ 190.3 million</VALUE>
<n>, or </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2" sign="+">$ 4.05 a share</VALUE>
<n>, in </n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">1988</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="459" manners="[equals]">
<THEME gr="1">The index</THEME> 
<n>registered</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">196.1</VALUE>
<n>in </n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">August</TIME>
<n>, compared with</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">195.4</VALUE>
<n>in </n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">July</TIME>
<n>and with</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">184.9</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">August 1988</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S manners="[equals]">
<AGENT gr="1" ind="1">Dean Witter</AGENT>
<n>now</n> 
<AGENT gr="1">recommends</AGENT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">85 %</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<AGENT gr="1" ind="2">Goldman</AGENT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">65 %</VALUE>
<n>and</n>
<AGENT gr="1" ind="3">Merrill Lynch</AGENT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">50 %</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="460" manners="[count]">
<AGENT gr="1">Mr. Pope</AGENT>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">owns</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">10,000 UAL shares</VALUE>
<n>and</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">has options to buy</QUANT>
<n>another</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">150,000</VALUE>
<n>at $ 69 each .</n>
</S>
<S id="461" manners="[equals]">
<SOURCE gr="1">Mr. Fournier</SOURCE> 
<n>said</n> 
<THEME gr="1">Navigation Mixte</THEME>
<n>'s</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">1989</TIME>
<QUANT gr="1">unconsolidated , or parent-company , profit</QUANT>
<n>is likely to be </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">4.7 billion francs</VALUE>
<n>-LRB- $ 754.4 million -RRB- , up from </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">633.8 million francs</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">last year</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="462" manners="[delta]">
<n>Slower</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">growth</QUANT> 
<WHOLE gr="1">countries</WHOLE>
<n>included</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">Greece</THEME>
<n>, at </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">2.5 %</VALUE>
<n>, the </n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">U.K.</THEME>
<n>, at </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">2.25 %</VALUE>
<n>, and</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="3">Denmark</THEME>
<n>, at </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">1.75 %</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="463" manners="[equals]">
<WHOLE gr="1">The nine-month results</WHOLE>
<n>included</n>
<n>a</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 9.5 million</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">special charge</QUANT>
<n>in</n> 
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">1989</TIME>
<CAUSE gr="1" ind="1">for an arbitration settlement related to past export sales</CAUSE>
<n>, and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 29.7 million</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">extraordinary charges</QUANT>
<n>in</n> 
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">1988</TIME>
<CAUSE gr="1" ind="2">related to a former line of business and early redemption of debt</CAUSE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="464" manners="[equals]">
<THEME gr="1">Mitsui Mining &amp; Smelting Co.</THEME>
<n>posted a 62 % rise in</n>
<QUANT gr="1">pretax profit</QUANT>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">5.276 billion yen</VALUE>
<n>-LRB- $ 36.9 million -RRB- in </n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">its fiscal first half ended Sept. 30</TIME>
<n>compared with</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">3.253 billion yen</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">a year earlier</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="465" manners="[count]">
<THEME gr="1">Western Gas Resources Inc.</THEME>
<n>,</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">initial offering</QUANT>
<n>of</n> 
<WHOLE gr="1">3,250,000 shares of common stock</WHOLE>
<n>, of which</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">3,040,000 shares</VALUE>
<THEME gr="1">will be sold</THEME>
<n>by</n> 
<AGENT gr="1" ind="1">the company</AGENT>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">210,000 shares</VALUE>
<n>by</n> 
<AGENT gr="1" ind="2">a holder</AGENT>
<n>, via Prudential-Bache Capital Funding , Smith Barney , Harris Upham &amp; Co. , and Hanifen , Imhoff Inc .</n>
</S>
<S id="466" manners="[equals,equals]">
<n>In</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">the nine months</TIME>
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="[1,2]">net</THEME>
<n>rose 35 % to </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 120.1 million</VALUE>
<n>, or </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">$ 1.64 a share</VALUE>
<n>, from </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 89.2 million</VALUE>
<n>, or </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">$ 1.22 a share</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">a year earlier</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="467" manners="[equals,equals]">
<THEME gr="1">Asarco</THEME>
<n>also reported</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">third-quarter</TIME>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">net income</QUANT>
<n>rose 14 % , to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 52.7 million</VALUE>
<n>, or </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">$ 1.25 a share</VALUE>
<n>, from a restated</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 46.2 million</VALUE>
<n>, or </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">$ 1.10 a share</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">a year earlier</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="468" manners="[count]">
<n>The Command 's huge bureaucracy is needed to analyze whether leaders of coups against Gen. Noriega meet</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">the War Powers Act</THEME>
<n>'s</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">six points</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">Cap Weinberger</THEME>
<n>'s </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">seven points</VALUE>
<n>, </n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="3">the Intelligence Committee</THEME>
<n>'s</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">32 points</VALUE>
<n>and </n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="4">Woodrow Wilson</THEME>
<n>'s </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">14 points</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1">necessary to justify U.S. support</QUANT>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="469" manners="[equals,equals]">
<THEME gr="[1,2]">Great Western Financial</THEME>
<n>said</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">third-quarter</TIME>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">profit</QUANT>
<n>rose slightly to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 68.4 million</VALUE>
<n>, or </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">52 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>, from </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 67.9 million</VALUE>
<n>, or </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">53 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>, from</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">a year ago</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="470" manners="[equals]">
<THEME gr="1">The bonds</THEME>
<n>, rated double-A by</n> 
<AGENT gr="1">Moody 's and S&amp;P</AGENT> 
<n>, were priced to</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">yield</QUANT>
<n>from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">6 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">1991</TIME>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">7.10 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">2010</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="471" manners="[delta]">
<n>By</n> 
<TIME gr="1">September</TIME> 
<n>,</n> 
<WHOLE gr="1">a new Reinforced Motorized Rifle Brigade</WHOLE>
<n>with an additional</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">300 combat vehicles</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">1,000 more trucks</VALUE>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3" sign="+">10,000 Soviet-trained Afghan troops</VALUE>
<n>had</n>
<QUANT gr="1">arrived</QUANT> 
<n>in</n> 
<LOCATION gr="1">Kandahar</LOCATION>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="472" manners="[delta]">
<n>The rise followed boosts of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">0.1 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">August</TIME>
<n>, </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">0.7 %</VALUE>
<n>in </n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">July</TIME>
<n>and </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3" sign="+">0.6 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">June</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="473" manners="[equals,equals]">
<n>In late</n> 
<LOCATION gr="1">New York</LOCATION> 
<n>trading</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">yesterday</TIME>
<n>,</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">the dollar</QUANT>
<n>was quoted at</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">1.8667 marks</VALUE>
<n>, down from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">1.8685 marks</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">late Monday</TIME>
<n>, and at</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">142.75 yen</VALUE>
<n>, up from</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">141.85 yen</VALUE>
<TIME gr="2" ind="2">late Monday</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="474" manners="[equals,equals]">
<n>Among the first of the group to post results ,</n> 
<THEME gr="[1,2]">Abbott Laboratories</THEME>
<n>said </n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">third-quarter</TIME>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">net income</QUANT>
<n>jumped 14 % to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 196 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">88 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>, from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 172 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">76 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">a year earlier</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="475" manners="[delta,equals]">
<n>The most popular plays of the day were</n>
<WHOLE gr="1">insurance companies</WHOLE>
<n>such as</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">General Re Corp.</THEME>
<n>, which</n> 
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">rose</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">$ 2.75</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">$ 86.50</VALUE>
<n>, </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Nac Re Corp.</THEME>
<n>,</n> 
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">up</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">$ 2</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">$ 37.75</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="3">American International Group Inc.</THEME>
<n>,</n> 
<MANNER gr="1" ind="3">up</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3" sign="+">$ 3.25</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="3">$ 102.625</VALUE>
<n>, and</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="4">Cigna Corp.</THEME>
<n>,</n> 
<MANNER gr="1" ind="4">up</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4" sign="+">87.5 cents</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="4">$ 62.50</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="476" manners="[equals]">
<n>In</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">fiscal 1989</QUANT> 
<n>,</n> 
<THEME gr="1">it</THEME>
<n>had</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">sales</QUANT>
<n>of about</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 40 million</VALUE>
<n>and an</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">operating loss</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 1.5 million</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="477" manners="[delta]">
<WHOLE gr="1">Including employees of state and local -- but not the federal -- governments</WHOLE> 
<n>,</n>
<QUANT gr="1">the employment cost index</QUANT>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">rose</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">1.6 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the third quarter</TIME>
<n>, compared with a</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">1.3 %</VALUE>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">rise</MANNER> 
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">the same quarter in 1988</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="478" manners="[equals,equals]">
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Nine-month</TIME>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">net</QUANT>
<n>fell 9.5 % to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 323.4 million</VALUE>
<n>, or </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">$ 1.36 a share</VALUE>
<n>, from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 357.2 million</VALUE>
<n>, or </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">$ 1.32 a share</VALUE>
<n>, </n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">a year earlier</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="479" manners="[equals]">
<THEME gr="1">The December contract</THEME>
<n>reached its</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">life-of-contract low</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 975 a ton</VALUE>
<n>on </n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">Oct. 11</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">its lifetime high</QUANT>
<n>was</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 1,735</VALUE>
<n>, set in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">1988</TIME>
<n>, and</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="3">its recent high</QUANT>
<n>was</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">$ 1,368</VALUE>
<n>, set in </n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">early August</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="480" manners="[delta]">
<n>In just these three areas ,</n> 
<AGENT gr="1">the Commerce Department</AGENT>
<QUANT gr="1">found</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">$ 23 billion</VALUE>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">more</MANNER>
<CO_QUANT gr="1" ind="1">exports</CO_QUANT>
<n>than previously reported and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">$ 11.6 billion</VALUE>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">more</MANNER>
<CO_QUANT gr="1" ind="2">imports</CO_QUANT>
<n>, with the net result that the U.S. service surplus in 1988 increased by $ 11.3 billion , to $ 19 billion .</n>
</S>
<S id="481" manners="[delta,equals]">
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">BankAmerica</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">eased</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="-">1\/2</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">31 7\/8</VALUE>
<n>and</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Wells Fargo</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">lost</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="-">1\/2</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">81 1\/2</VALUE>
<n>; the two</n>
<WHOLE gr="[1,2]">bank holding companies</WHOLE>
<n>, based in</n> 
<LOCATION gr="1">San Francisco</LOCATION> 
<n>,</n> 
<CAUSE gr="1">were forced to curtail some operations due to the temblor</CAUSE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S gr="482" manners="[equals]">
<SOURCE gr="1">Unilab</SOURCE> 
<n>said its wholly owned</n> 
<AGENT gr="1">MetWest Inc. unit</AGENT>
<QUANT gr="1">paid</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 25 million</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<CO_QUANT gr="1" ind="1">cash</CO_QUANT>
<n>, provided</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 30 million</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<CO_QUANT gr="1" ind="2">notes</CO_QUANT>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">$ 30 million</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<CO_QUANT gr="1" ind="3">preferred stock</CO_QUANT>
<n>to acquire</n> 
<THEME gr="1">Central 's labs</THEME>
<n>in</n> 
<LOCATION gr="1">the Western U.S.</LOCATION> 
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="483" manners="[delta]">
<QUANT gr="1">Domestic soft-drink bottler case sales</QUANT>
<n>are estimated to have</n> 
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">risen</MANNER> 
<n>only</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">1 %</VALUE>
<n>in </n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the third quarter</TIME>
<n>-- well below the</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">4 % to 5 %</VALUE>
<n>growth of</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">recent years</TIME>
<n>-- but about in line with the rest of the soft-drink industry .</n>
</S>
<S id="484" manners="[equals]">
<AGENT gr="1">It</AGENT> 
<n>also</n>
<QUANT gr="1">awarded</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 196,785</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<CO_QUANT gr="1" ind="1">back bonuses</CO_QUANT> 
<n>to</n> 
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">former trader Michael Newcomb</THEME> 
<n> and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 69,105</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<CO_QUANT gr="1" ind="2">fees</CO_QUANT> 
<n>to</n> 
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">the two men 's attorneys</THEME> 
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="485" manners="[delta,equals]">
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Echo Bay Mines</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">rose</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">5\/8</VALUE>
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">15 7\/8</VALUE>
<n>;</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Pegasus Gold</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">advanced</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">1 1\/2</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">12</VALUE>
<n>, and </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="3">Corona Class A</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="3">gained</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3" sign="+">1\/2</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="3">7 1\/2</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="486" manners="[count]">
<THEME gr="1">Parametric Technology Corp.</THEME>
<n>,</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">initial offering</QUANT>
<n>of</n> 
<WHOLE gr="1">1.7 million common shares</WHOLE>
<n>, of which</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">1,365,226 shares</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1">will be sold</QUANT>
<n>by</n> 
<AGENT gr="1" ind="1">the company</AGENT>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">334,774 shares</VALUE>
<n>by</n> 
<AGENT gr="1" ind="2">holders</AGENT>
<n>, via Alex Brown &amp; Sons , Hambrecht &amp; Quist and Wessels , Arnold &amp; Henderson .</n>
</S>
<S id="487" manners="[equals]">
<n>Saying that</n> 
<CAUSE gr="1">a surge in low-priced imports had damaged EC producers ' profits and led to job losses</CAUSE> 
<n>,</n> 
<AGENT gr="1">the commission</AGENT> 
<n>imposed a</n>
<QUANT gr="1">duty</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">10.2 %</VALUE>
<n>on</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">TVs made by Daewoo</THEME>
<n>, a</n>
<QUANT gr="1">duty</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">12.3 %</VALUE>
<n>on</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">Goldstar Co.</THEME>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">13 %</VALUE>
<n>on</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="3">Samsung</THEME>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">19.6 %</VALUE>
<n>on</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="4">TVs made by other South Korean producers</THEME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="488" manners="[delta]">
<n>Compared with</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">its</QUANT>
<REFERENCE_TIME gr="1">previous quarter , the final period of its 1989 fiscal year</REFERENCE_TIME> 
<n>,</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">net</QUANT>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">rose</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">9 %</VALUE>
<n>, and</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">sales</QUANT>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">rose</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">7 %</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="489" manners="[delta]">
<THEME gr="1">Winnebago</THEME>
<n>was hit especially hard in the latest downturn because</n>
<QUANT gr="1">unit sales in its bread-and-butter motor home business</QUANT>
<MANNER gr="1">tumbled</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="-">25 %</VALUE>
<LOCATION gr="1">industrywide</LOCATION> 
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">August</TIME>
<n>, and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="-">10.4 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">the first eight months of the year</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="490" manners="[equals]">
<TIME gr="1">After one year</TIME>
<AGENT gr="1">I</AGENT> 
<n>could walk away from</n> 
<THEME gr="1">the Ameritas policy</THEME>
<n>with</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 792</VALUE>
<n>, but</n> 
<AGENT gr="1">Id</AGENT>
<QUANT gr="1">get</QUANT>
<n>only</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 14</VALUE>
<n>from</n> 
<THEME gr="1">the Equitable</THEME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="491" manners="[equals,equals]">
<THEME gr="1">Mercury Savings &amp; Loan Association</THEME>
<n>,</n> 
<LOCATION gr="1">Huntington Beach , Calif.</LOCATION> 
<n>, reported a </n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">third-quarter</TIME>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]" ind="1">loss</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="-">$ 3.9 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1" sign="-">61 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>, compared with</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]" ind="2">net income</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">$ 1.4 million</VALUE>
<n>, or </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2" sign="+">22 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>, in </n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">the year-earlier quarter</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="492" manners="[delta]">
<n>The company said its</n> 
<THEME gr="1">Union Pacific Railroad</THEME>
<n>had a</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">3 %</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">profit</QUANT>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">increase</MANNER> 
<n>, despite a</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">14 %</VALUE>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">rise</MANNER> 
<n>in</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">fuel costs</QUANT>
<n>and a </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3" sign="-">4 %</VALUE>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">drop</MANNER> 
<n>in</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="3">car loadings</QUANT>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="493" manners="[delta]">
<THEME gr="1">Cie . Generale des Eaux</THEME>
<n>reported that</n>
<QUANT gr="1">net profit</QUANT>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">climbed</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">30 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the first half of 1989</TIME>
<n>and said that it expects a</n> 
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">gain</MANNER> 
<n>of about</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">25 %</VALUE>
<n>for</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">the full year</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="494" manners="[equals]">
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">Paribas shares</THEME>
<n>closed down 30 francs at</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">610 francs</VALUE>
<n>, and </n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">Navigation Mixte shares</THEME>
<n>were suspended at </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">1,800 francs</VALUE>
<n>pending the outcome of the bid .</n>
</S>
<S id="495" manners="[delta,delta]">
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">Domestic orders</THEME> 
<MANNER gr="1" ind="[1,2]">were up</MANNER>
<n>a</n> 
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">real</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">11 %</VALUE>
<n>and a</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">nominal</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">14 %</VALUE>
<n>, while</n>
<THEME gr="2" ind="1">foreign orders</THEME>
<MANNER gr="2" ind="[1,2]">rose</MANNER>
<n>a</n>
<QUANT gr="2" ind="1">real</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1" sign="+">1 %</VALUE> 
<n>and a</n>
<QUANT gr="2" ind="2">nominal</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2" sign="+">5 %</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="496" manners="[equals]">
<LOCATION gr="1">New York City</LOCATION> 
<n>--</n> 
<WHOLE gr="1">$ 786,860,000 of bonds , Fiscal 1990 Series C and D</WHOLE> 
<n>, including</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 729.04 million</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">tax-exempt bonds</QUANT>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 57.82 million</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">taxable bonds</QUANT>
<n>, via a Goldman Sachs group .</n>
</S>
<S id="497" manners="[delta]">
<QUANT gr="1">Combined PC and work-station use</QUANT>
<n>in</n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="1">Japan</LOCATION>
<n>will</n> 
<MANNER gr="1">jump</MANNER> 
<n>as much as</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">25 % annually</VALUE>
<n>over</n> 
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the next five years</TIME>
<n>, according to</n> 
<SOURCE gr="1">some analysts</SOURCE> 
<n>, compared with about</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">10 %</VALUE>
<n>in the</n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="2">U.S.</LOCATION>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="498" manners="[delta,delta,equals]">
<THEME gr="[1,2,3]">Eastern 's Class F preferred</THEME>
<MANNER gr="[1,2]" ind="1">rose</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">12 %</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1" sign="+">1 1\/4</VALUE>
<n>, to</n>
<VALUE gr="3" ind="1">11 3\/4</VALUE>
<n>;</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2,3]" ind="2">the Class E preferred</THEME>
<MANNER gr="[1,2]" ind="2">gained</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">7 %</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2" sign="+">5\/8</VALUE>
<n>, to</n>
<VALUE gr="3" ind="2">10 1\/4</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="499" manners="[equals]">
<CAUSE gr="1">The issue</CAUSE> 
<n>brings</n>
<THEME gr="1">Fannie Mae</THEME>
<n>'s</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">1989 Remic issuance</QUANT>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 30.2 billion</VALUE>
<n>and</n>
<THEME gr="1">its</THEME>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">total volume</QUANT>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 42.3 billion</VALUE>
<n>since the program began in</n> 
<REFERENCE_TIME gr="1">April 1987</REFERENCE_TIME> 
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="500" manners="[equals]">
<n>By contrast ,</n> 
<AGENT gr="1">European firms</AGENT>
<QUANT gr="1">will spend</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 150 million</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">this year</TIME>
<n>for</n>
<THEME gr="1">electronic security</THEME>
<n>, and</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">are expected to spend</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 1 billion</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">by 1992</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="501">
<n>As a result ,</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">consumer prices</QUANT>
<n>for</n> 
<TIME gr="1">the first 10 months of 1989</TIME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="[1,2]">surged</MANNER>
<n>by</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">5 %</VALUE>
<n>and</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">wholesale prices</QUANT>
<n>by</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">1.3 %</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="502">
<n>But</n> 
<SOURCE gr="1">CBOE and Amex officials</SOURCE>
<n>said that</n>
<AGENT gr="1" ind="1">Options Clearing Corp.</AGENT>
<QUANT gr="1">contributed</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 20 million</VALUE>
<n>to</n> 
<THEME gr="1">the guarantee</THEME>
<n>, </n>
<AGENT gr="1" ind="2">the CBOE</AGENT>
<QUANT gr="1">put up</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 8 million</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<AGENT gr="1" ind="3">the Amex</AGENT>
<QUANT gr="1">added</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">$ 4 million</VALUE>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">$ 18 million</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1">came from</QUANT>
<AGENT gr="1" ind="4">Mr. Fossett</AGENT>
<n>'s own assets .</n>
</S>
<S id="503">
<THEME gr="1">General unsecured creditors of Maxicare 's discontinued operations</THEME>
<n>, whose claims total $ 110 million ,</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">initially will receive</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 17.8 million</VALUE>
<n>in </n>
<CO_QUANT gr="1" ind="1">cash</CO_QUANT>
<n>and </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 10 million</VALUE>
<n>in </n>
<CO_QUANT gr="1" ind="2">senior notes</CO_QUANT>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="504">
<QUANT gr="1">The average number of shares outstanding</QUANT>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">rose</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">2 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the third quarter</TIME>
<n>but</n>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">was down</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">4 %</VALUE>
<n>for</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">the nine months</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="505">
<WHOLE gr="1">The two-thirds who have n't tried to make their portfolios more recession-resistant</WHOLE>
<n>were split about evenly between</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">investors who `` do n't believe in trying to predict the markets ''</QUANT>
<n> -LRB- about </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">31 %</VALUE>
<n> -RRB- and</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">investors who  `` do n't expect a recession ''</QUANT>
<n> -LRB- about</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">15 %</VALUE>
<n> -RRB- or ar </n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="3">`` unsure if and when a recession might come ''</QUANT>
<n> -LRB- about </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">22 %</VALUE>
<n> -RRB- .</n>
</S>
<S id="506">
<QUANT gr="1">Unemployment</QUANT>
<n>has reached</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">27.6 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="1">Azerbaijan</LOCATION>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">25.7 %</VALUE>
<n>in </n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="2">Tadzhikistan</LOCATION>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">22.8 %</VALUE>
<n>in </n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="3">Uzbekistan</LOCATION>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">18.8 %</VALUE>
<n>in </n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="4">Turkmenia</LOCATION>
<n>, </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="5">18 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="5"> Armenia</LOCATION>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="6">16.3 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="6">Kirgizia</LOCATION>
<n>,</n> 
<SOURCE gr="1">the Communist Party newspaper</SOURCE> 
<n>said .</n>
</S>
<S id="507">
<n>For example ,</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Halliburton</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">jumped</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">3 1\/4</VALUE>
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">38</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Schlumberger</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">rose</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">2 1\/2</VALUE>
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">43 1\/4</VALUE>
<n>and</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="3">Baker Hughes</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="3">rose</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">1 1\/8</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="3">22</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="508">
<WHOLE gr="1">Other stocks in the Dow industrials that failed to benefit from the market 's rebound</WHOLE> 
<n>included</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">United Technologies</THEME>
<n> , which</n>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">dropped</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">1</VALUE>
<n> to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">53 5\/8</VALUE>
<n> , and </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Bethle hem Steel</THEME>
<n>, which</n>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">fell</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">1</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">16 7\/8</VALUE>
<n> .</n>
</S>
<S id="509">
<n>Still ,</n>
<QUANT gr="1">suggestions ' net savings per 100 employees</QUANT>
<n>is</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 274,475</VALUE>
<n>in </n>
<LOCATION gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Japan</LOCATION>
<n>vs.</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 24,891</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<LOCATION gr="[1,2]" ind="2">the U.S.</LOCATION>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="510">
<SOURCE gr="1">Authorities</SOURCE> 
<n>in</n> 
<LOCATION gr="1">Algeria</LOCATION> 
<n>said</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">the toll</QUANT> 
<n>from</n> 
<CAUSE gr="1">two earthquakes</CAUSE> 
<TIME gr="1">Sunday</TIME>
<n>had reached at least</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">30 dead</VALUE>
<n>and about</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">250 injured</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="511">
<n>Only</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">17 %</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<WHOLE gr="1" ind="1">those aged 75 and older</WHOLE>
<QUANT gr="1">lived with relatives other than spouses</QUANT>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">1988</TIME>
<n>, down from </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">26 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">1970</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="512">
<n>For</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">the nine months</TIME>
<n>,</n> 
<TIME gr="1">Mattel</TIME>
<QUANT gr="1">net</QUANT>
<n>more than doubled to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 58.9 million</VALUE>
<n>, or </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">$ 1.19 a share</VALUE>
<n>, from </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 25.4 million</VALUE>
<n>, or </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">53 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>, </n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">a year ago</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="513">
<THEME gr="1">Occidental Petroleum</THEME>
<n>'s</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">third-quarter</TIME>
<THEME gr="1" ind="[1,2]">net income</THEME>
<n>rose 2.9 % to </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 108 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">39 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>, from </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 105 million</VALUE>
<n>, or </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">38 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>, </n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">a year earlier</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="514">
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Weisfield 's</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">surged</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">6 3\/4</VALUE>
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">55 1\/2</VALUE>
<n>and </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Ratners Group 's American depositary receipts</THEME>
<n>, or ADRs ,</n>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">gained</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">5\/8</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">12 1\/4</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="515">
<THEME gr="1">Georgia Gulf Corp.</THEME>
<n>, hurt by</n> 
<CAUSE gr="1">declining sales and falling chemical prices</CAUSE> 
<n>, said</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">third-quarter</TIME>
<QUANT gr="1">earnings</QUANT>
<n>fell 13 % to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 46.1 million</VALUE>
<n>from </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 53.1 million</VALUE>
<n>in </n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">the year-earlier period</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="516">
<n>Elsewhere in</n>
<WHOLE gr="1">the oil sector</WHOLE>
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Exxon</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">rallied</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">7\/8</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">45 3\/4</VALUE>
<n>; </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Amoco</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">rose</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">1\/8</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">47</VALUE>
<n>;</n>
<THEME gr="2" ind="3">Texaco</THEME>
<n>was unchanged at </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="3">51 3\/4</VALUE>
<n>, and </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="4">Atlantic Richfield</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="4">fell</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">1 5\/8</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="4">99 1\/2</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<AGENT gr="1">Their</AGENT> 
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">85 total bases</VALUE> 
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">broke a record for a four-game set</QUANT>
<n>, and</n> 
<AGENT gr="1">their</AGENT> 
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">nine home runs</VALUE> 
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">tied one</QUANT> 
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="517">
<n>Not mentioned were the</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">50,000 people</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">rendered homeless</QUANT>
<n>, and the more than</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">200,000</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">out of work for an indeterminable period</QUANT>
<n>; the $ 1 billion-plus in losses to homes and personal property on the barrier islands ; the near - and long-term impact on the state 's largest industry , tourism , not to mention the human suffering .</n>
</S>
<S id="518">
<n>Among</n>
<WHOLE gr="1">the other actively traded blue-chip issues</WHOLE>
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Imperial Chemical Industries</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">dropped</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">11</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1"># 10.86</VALUE>
<n>, </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Hanson</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">skidded</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">9.5</VALUE>
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">200.5</VALUE>
<n>, and </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="3">British Telecom</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="3">fell</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">10</VALUE>
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="3">250</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="519">
<WHOLE gr="1">Life insurers</WHOLE>
<n>fared similarly , with</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Legal &amp; General</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">advancing</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">3</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">344</VALUE>
<n>, although</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Prudential</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">fell</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">2</VALUE>
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">184 1\/2</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="520">
<LOCATION gr="1">Australia</LOCATION>
<n>'s</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">inflation</QUANT>
<n>is expected to rise as high as</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">8.3 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the quarter ending March 30</TIME>
<n>, but could fall to around </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">7 %</VALUE>
<n>by </n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">June</TIME>
<n>, according to</n> 
<SOURCE gr="1">economists</SOURCE> 
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="521">
<n>The</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1"># 76.6 million</VALUE>
<n>-LRB-</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">$ 120.6 million</VALUE>
<n>-RRB- in</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">pretax profit</QUANT>
<n>for</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the 12 months to June 30</TIME>
<n>was down from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2"># 160 million</VALUE>
<n>-LRB-</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">$ 252 million</VALUE>
<n>-RRB-</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">a year earlier</TIME>
<n>and below</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">market expectations</TIME>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3"># 80 million and # 90 million</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="522">
<n>In addition ,</n> 
<AGENT gr="1" ind="1">a group of 24 industrialized countries</AGENT> 
<n>, including the U.S. and Japan and coordinated by the European Community Commission , has</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">promised</QUANT>
<THEME gr="1">Poland and Hungary</THEME>
<n>trade advice and a</n> 
<CO_QUANT gr="1" ind="1">line of credit</CO_QUANT>
<n>equivalent to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 1.11 billion</VALUE>
<n>through the European Investment Bank , while the</n>
<AGENT gr="1" ind="2">EC</AGENT>
<QUANT gr="1">plans</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 222 million</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<CO_QUANT gr="1" ind="2">direct aid</CO_QUANT>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="523">
<n>In</n> 
<TIME gr="1">March</TIME> 
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">N M Rothschild</THEME>
<n>in</n> 
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="1">London</LOCATION>
<n>and</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">Rothschild Bank</THEME>
<n>in</n> 
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="2">Zurich</LOCATION>
<n>showed</n>
<QUANT gr="1">assets</QUANT>
<n>of # 4.1 billion -LRB-</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 6.51 billion</VALUE>
<n>-RRB-</n>
<n>and 1.26 billion Swiss francs -LRB-</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 774 million</VALUE>
<n>-RRB- , respectively .</n>
</S>
<S id="524">
<QUANT gr="1">British retail sales volume</QUANT>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">rose</MANNER>
<n>a provisional</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">0.4 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n> 
<TIME gr="1">September</TIME>
<n>from</n> 
<REFERENCE_TIME gr="1" ind="1">August</REFERENCE_TIME>
<n>and</n>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">was up</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">2.2 %</VALUE>
<n>from</n> 
<REFERENCE_TIME gr="1" ind="2">September 1988</REFERENCE_TIME>
<n>,</n> 
<SOURCE gr="1">the Department of Trade and Industry</SOURCE> 
<n>said .</n>
</S>
<S id="525">
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Soybeans</THEME>
<n>averaged</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 5.28 a bushel</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<MANNER gr="2" ind="1">down</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">42 cents</VALUE>
<n>from</n> 
<REFERENCE_TIME gr="2">September</REFERENCE_TIME> 
<n>;</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">corn</THEME>
<n>averaged</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 2.20</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<MANNER gr="2" ind="2">down</MANNER>
<MANNER gr="2" sign_scope="2">seven cents</MANNER>
<n>, and</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="3">sorghum grain</THEME>
<n>averaged</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">$ 3.61 for each hundred pounds</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<MANNER gr="2" ind="3">down</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="3">19 cents</VALUE>
<n>, according to</n> 
<SOURCE gr="2" ind="3">the department</SOURCE> 
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="526">
<SOURCE gr="1">Analysts</SOURCE> 
<n>say they think durable goods orders fell about 1 % , compared with a 3.9 % gain in August , and that</n>
<QUANT gr="1">growth</QUANT>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">the third quarter</TIME>
<n>slowed to about</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">2.3 %</VALUE>
<n>from</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">the second quarter</TIME>
<n>'s</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">2.5 %</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="527">
<n>``</n> 
<SOURCE gr="1">I</SOURCE> 
<n>think we will see a</n>
<QUANT gr="1">federal funds rate</QUANT>
<n>of close to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">8 1\/2 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n> 
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the next two weeks</TIME>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8 %</VALUE>
<n>by</n> 
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">year end</TIME>
<n>. ''</n>
</S>
<S id="528">
<n>That compares with</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">58 %</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<WHOLE gr="1">the similar age group</WHOLE>
<n>in</n>
<SOURCE gr="1" ind="1">the 1980 through 1982 surveys</SOURCE>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">55 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<SOURCE gr="1" ind="2">the 1972 through 1975 surveys</SOURCE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="529">
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Standard &amp; Poor 's 500-stock index</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">fell</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">1.69</VALUE>
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">341.16</VALUE>
<n>, and </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">the New York Stock Exchange Composite Index</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">fell</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">0.88</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">188.89</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="530">
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">Net</QUANT>
<n>for</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">the quarter</TIME>
<n>was</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 62.8 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">73 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>, down from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 64.9 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">72 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">a year earlier</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<n>In</n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="1">Los Angeles</LOCATION>
<n>, </n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">Arco Plaza</THEME>
<n>was</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">sold</QUANT>
<n>to</n>
<AGENT gr="1" ind="1">Shuwa Corp.</AGENT>
<n>for</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 620 million</VALUE>
<n>in </n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">1986</TIME>
<n>, and </n>
<AGENT gr="1" ind="2">Sumitomo Life Insurance Co.</AGENT>
<QUANT gr="1">paid</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 300 million</VALUE>
<n>for</n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="2">Atlanta</LOCATION>
<n>'s</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">IBM Tower</THEME>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">last year</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="531">
<n>StatesWest has a 7.25 % stake in</n> 
<AGENT gr="1">Mesa</AGENT>
<n>, which</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">operates</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">20 twin-engine</VALUE>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">two single-engine turboprops</VALUE>
<n>among</n>
<LOCATION gr="1">42 cities in New Mexico , Arizona , Wyoming , Colorado and Texas</LOCATION> 
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="532">
<n>For</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">the nine months</TIME>
<n>,</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]" ind="1">losses</QUANT>
<n>totaled</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 212 million</VALUE>
<n>, or </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">$ 10.83 a share</VALUE>
<n>, compared with</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]" ind="2">net income</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 48.7 million</VALUE>
<n>, or </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">$ 1.11 a share</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">a year earlier</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id='533'>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Ginnie Mae 9 % securities for November delivery</THEME>
<n>ended at</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">97 29\/32</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<MANNER gr="2" ind="1">down</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">7\/32</VALUE>
<n>;</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">9 1\/2 % securities</THEME>
<n>at</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">99 31\/32</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<MANNER gr="2" ind="2">down</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">6\/32</VALUE>
<n>; and</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="3">10 % securities</THEME>
<n>at</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">101 29\/32</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<MANNER gr="2" ind="3">down</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="3">5\/32</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="534">
<THEME gr="1">The new notes</THEME>
<n>will bear</n>
<QUANT gr="1">interest</QUANT>
<n>at</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">5.5 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">through July 31 , 1991</TIME>
<n>, and</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">thereafter</TIME>
<n>at</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">10 %</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="535">
<n>Among</n>
<THEME gr="1">the first trades reported by the securities firm of Jefferies &amp; Co.</THEME>
<n>, which makes a market in UAL after the exchange is closed , were</n>
<VALUE  gr="1" ind="1">10,000 shares</VALUE>
<n>at</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">$ 170</QUANT>
<n>, </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">6,000 shares</VALUE>
<n>at </n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">$ 162</QUANT>
<n>, </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">2,500</VALUE>
<n>at </n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="3">$ 162</QUANT>
<n>, and </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">10,000</VALUE>
<n>at </n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="4">$ 158</QUANT>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="536">
<QUANT gr="1">The death rate from lung cancer</QUANT> 
<n>of</n> 
<THEME gr="1">white males aged 35 to 44</THEME>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the mid-1970s</TIME>
<n>was</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">13.4 per 100,000</VALUE>
<n>, but</n> 
<THEME gr="1">the mortality rate</THEME> 
<n>of</n> 
<THEME gr="1">the same age group</THEME> 
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">the mid-1980s</TIME>
<n>was</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">9.6</VALUE>
<n>, a decline of 28.7 % .</n>
</S>
<S id="537">
<n>His projection indicates</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]">profit</THEME>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">the latest quarter</TIME>
<n>of more than</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 17.4 million</VALUE>
<n>, or </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">55 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>, compared with</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 15.2 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">48 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">a year ago</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="538">
<AGENT gr="1">TVA</AGENT>
<QUANT gr="1">offered</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 2 billion</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<CO_QUANT gr="[1,2]" ind="1">30-year bonds priced to yield 9.06 %</CO_QUANT>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 1 billion</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<CO_QUANT gr="[1,2]" ind="2">10-year notes priced to yield 8.42 %</CO_QUANT>
<n>; and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">$ 1 billion</VALUE>
<n>in </n>
<CO_QUANT gr="[1,2]" ind="3">five-year notes priced to yield 8.33 %</CO_QUANT>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="539">
<n>This includes</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">a working capital facility</QUANT>
<n>for</n> 
<THEME gr="1">Allied Stores</THEME>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 350 million</VALUE>
<n>that</n>
<TIME gr="1">matures March 15 , 1990</TIME>
<n>, and an</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 800 million</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">bridge loan</QUANT>
<TIME gr="1">due April 30 , 1990</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="540" question="every 10 buyers under 30 is technically a whole...">
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">Three of every 10 buyers under 30</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1">would prefer to buy a sports car</QUANT>
<n>, compared with just</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">16 %</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<WHOLE gr="1" ind="2">adults 30 and over</WHOLE>
<n>, according to</n> 
<SOURCE gr="1">the Journal survey</SOURCE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="541">
<THEME gr="1">Matsushita</THEME>
<n>'s</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">share</QUANT> 
<n>in</n> 
<WHOLE gr="1">the venture</WHOLE>
<n>will rise to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">35 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">Oct. 1 , 1990</TIME>
<n>, and to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">50 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">the following Oct. 1</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="542">
<THEME gr="[1,2]">Dow</THEME>
<n>'s</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">third-quarter</TIME>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">net</QUANT>
<n>fell to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 589 million</VALUE>
<n>, or </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">$ 3.29 a share</VALUE>
<n>, from </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 632 million</VALUE>
<n>, or </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">$ 3.36 a share</VALUE>
<n>, </n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">a year ago</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="543">
<n>The three</n>
<WHOLE gr="1">institutions</WHOLE>
<n>are :</n>
<AGENT gr="1" ind="1">Mid Kansas Federal Savings &amp; Loan Association</AGENT>
<n>,</n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="1">Wichita</LOCATION>
<n>, which had</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 830.5 million</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<QUANT gr="1">assets</QUANT>
<n>;</n>
<AGENT gr="1" ind="2">Valley Federal Savings &amp; Loan Association of McAllen</AGENT>
<n>,</n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="2">McAllen , Texas</LOCATION>
<n>, with</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 582.6 million</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<QUANT gr="1">assets</QUANT>
<n>; and </n>
<AGENT gr="1" ind="3">Surety Savings Association</AGENT>
<n>,</n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="3">El Paso</LOCATION>
<n>, with</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">$ 309.3 million</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<QUANT gr="1">assets</QUANT>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="544">
<n>For</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">the nine months</TIME>
<n>,</n> 
<THEME gr="[1,2]">Arco</THEME>
<n>reported</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">net income</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 1.6 billion</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">$ 8.87 a share</VALUE>
<n>, up 33 % from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 1.2 billion</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">$ 6.56 a share</VALUE>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">a year earlier</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="545">
<n>At the other end of the spectrum ,</n>
<LOCATION gr="1">West German</LOCATION>
<QUANT gr="1">inflation</QUANT>
<n>was forecast at</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">3 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">1989</TIME>
<n>and </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">2.75 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">1990</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="546">
<LOCATION gr="[1,2]">Swedish</LOCATION> 
<n>rolling-steel and ball-bearing group</n> 
<THEME gr="[1,2]">AB SKF</THEME> 
<n>said its</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">pretax profit</QUANT>
<n>rose 78 % to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">1.78 billion kronor</VALUE>
<n>-LRB-</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">$ 278 million</VALUE>
<n>-RRB- in</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">the first nine months</TIME>
<n>from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">one billion kronor</VALUE>
<n>-LRB-</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">$ 156 million</VALUE>
<n>-RRB- in</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">the corresponding period a year earlier</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<THEME gr="1">General unsecured creditors</THEME> 
<n>of</n> 
<AGENT gr="1">the parent holding company</AGENT> 
<n>initially will</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">receive</QUANT> 
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 14 million</VALUE>  
<n>in</n> 
<CO_QUANT gr="1" ind="1">cash</CO_QUANT> 
<n>,</n> 
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 22 million</VALUE>  
<CO_QUANT gr="1" ind="2">face amount of senior notes</CO_QUANT>  
<n>and 49 % of the new company 's stock .</n>
</S>
<S id="547">
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">MCA Inc.</THEME>
<n>said</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">third-quarter</TIME>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">net</QUANT>
<n>fell 6.3 % to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 50.8 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">69 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>, from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 54.3 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">74 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">a year earlier</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="548">
<n>Now , in fact ,</n> 
<SOURCE gr="1">he</SOURCE> 
<n>is predicting</n>
<QUANT gr="1">economic growth</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">2.9 %</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">this year</QUANT>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">2.1 %</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">next year</QUANT>
<n>, a more optimistic outlook than the consensus of some four dozen top forecasters surveyed by Blue Chip Economic Indicators newsletter .</n>
</S>
<S id="549">
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="1">Canada</LOCATION>
<n>was the second most pro-NATO</n>
<WHOLE gr="1">country</WHOLE>
<n>with</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">78 %</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1">supporting the alliance</QUANT>
<n>, followed by the</n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="2">U.S.</LOCATION>
<n>with </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">75 %</VALUE>
<n>, </n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="3">Britain</LOCATION>
<n>with </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">71 %</VALUE>
<n>, </n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="4">Belgium</LOCATION>
<n>with </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">69 %</VALUE>
<n>and </n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="5">West Germany</LOCATION>
<n>with </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="5">63 %</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="550">
<n>Separately ,</n> 
<THEME gr="[1,2]">America West Airlines</THEME>
<n>,</n> 
<LOCATION gr="[1,2]">Phoenix , Ariz.</LOCATION> 
<n>, reported</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">third-quarter</TIME>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">profit</QUANT>
<n>jumped 45 % to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 5.8 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">28 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>, from </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 4 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">24 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">a year earlier</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="551">
<n>Analysts generally applaud the performance of</n> 
<THEME gr="1">Campbell U.S.A.</THEME>
<n>, the company 's largest division , which posted</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">6 %</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">unit sales</QUANT>
<MANNER gr="1" sign_scope="1">growth</MANNER>
<n>and a</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">15 %</VALUE>
<MANNER gr="1" sign_scope="2">improvement</MANNER>
<n>in</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">operating profit</QUANT>
<n>for</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">fiscal 1989</QUANT> 
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="552">
<n>Separately ,</n> 
<THEME gr="[1,2]">Esselte Business Systems</THEME>
<n>reported</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">third-quarter</TIME>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">net income</QUANT>
<n>fell 5.9 % to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 9.5 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">46 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>, from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 10.1 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">49 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>, in</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">the year-ago period</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="553">
<n>Through</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the first nine months of the year</TIME>
<n>,</n> 
<THEME gr="1">Kidder</THEME> 
<n>ranks a distant 10th among underwriters of U.S. stocks and bonds , with a</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">2.8 %</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1">market share</QUANT>
<n>, up slightly from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">2.5 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">the year-earlier period</TIME>
<n>, according to</n> 
<SOURCE gr="[1,2]">Securities Data Co</SOURCE> 
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="554" question="true">
<WHOLE gr="1">The $ 4 billion in bonds</WHOLE> 
<n>break down as follows :</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 1 billion</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">five-year bonds</QUANT>
<QUANT_MOD gr="1" ind="1">with a coupon rate of 8.25 % and a yield to maturity of 8.33 %</QUANT_MOD>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 1 billion</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">10-year bonds</QUANT>
<QUANT_MOD gr="1" ind="2">with a coupon rate of 8.375 % and a yield to maturity of 8.42 %</QUANT_MOD>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">$ 2 billion</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="3">30-year bonds</QUANT>
<QUANT_MOD gr="1" ind="3">with five-year call protection , a coupon rate of 8.75 % and a yield to maturity of 9.06 %</QUANT_MOD>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="555">
<n>According to</n> 
<SOURCE gr="1">Chinese customs figures</SOURCE>
<n>,</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="[1,2]">import growth</QUANT>
<n>has slowed in recent months , dropping to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">16 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">July</TIME>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">7.1 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">August</TIME>
<n>from</n> 
<REFERENCE_TIME gr="1">the year-earlier periods</REFERENCE_TIME> 
<n>, compared with an</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="3">average growth rate</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">26 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">the first half</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="556">
<n>The following were barred or , where noted , suspended and consented to findings without admitting or denying wrongdoing :</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">Edward L. Cole</THEME>
<n>,</n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="1">Jackson , Miss.</LOCATION>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 10,000</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1">fine</QUANT>
<n>;</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Rita Rae Cross</THEME>
<n>,</n>
<LOCATION gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Denver</LOCATION>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 2,500</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1">fine</QUANT>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">30-day</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="2">suspension</QUANT>
<n>; </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="3">Thomas Richard Meinders</THEME>
<n>,</n>
<LOCATION gr="[1,2]" ind="3">Colorado Springs , Colo.</LOCATION>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">$ 2,000</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1">fine</QUANT>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="3">five-day</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="2">suspension</QUANT>
<n>and eight-month suspension as a principal ;</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="4">Ronald A. Cutrer</THEME>
<n>,</n>
<LOCATION gr="[1,2]" ind="4">Baton Rouge , La.</LOCATION>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">$ 15,000</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1">fine</QUANT>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="4">one-month</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="2">suspension</QUANT>
<n>; </n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="5">Karl Grant Hale</THEME>
<n>,</n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="5">Midvale , Utah</LOCATION>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="5">$ 15,000</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1">fine</QUANT>
<n>;</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="6">Clinton P. Hayne</THEME>
<n>,</n>
<LOCATION gr="[1,2]" ind="6">New Orleans</LOCATION>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="6">$ 7,500</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1">fine</QUANT>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="6">one-week</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="2">suspension</QUANT>
<n>; </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="7">Richard M. Kane</THEME>
<n>,</n>
<LOCATION gr="[1,2]" ind="7">Coconut Creek , Fla.</LOCATION>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="7">$ 250,000</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1">fine</QUANT>
<n>;</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="8">John B. Merrick</THEME>
<n>,</n>
<LOCATION gr="[1,2]" ind="8">Aurora , Colo.</LOCATION>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="8">$ 1,000</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1">fine</QUANT>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="8">10-day</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="2">suspension</QUANT>
<n>; </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="9">John P. Miller</THEME>
<n>,</n>
<LOCATION gr="[1,2]" ind="9">Baton Rouge</LOCATION>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="9">$ 2,000</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1">fine</QUANT>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="9">two-week</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="2">suspension</QUANT>
<n>; </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="10">Randolph K. Pace</THEME>
<n>,</n>
<LOCATION gr="[1,2]" ind="10">New York</LOCATION>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="10">$ 10,000</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1">fine</QUANT>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="10">90-day</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="2">suspension</QUANT>
<n>; </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="11">Brian D. Pitcher</THEME>
<n>,</n>
<LOCATION gr="[1,2]" ind="11">New Providence , N.J.</LOCATION>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="11">$ 30,000</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1">fine</QUANT>
<n>;</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="12">Wayne A. Russo</THEME>
<n>,</n>
<LOCATION gr="[1,2]" ind="12">Bridgeville , Pa.</LOCATION>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="12">$ 4,000</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1">fine</QUANT>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="12">15-day</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="2">suspension</QUANT>
<n>; </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="13">Orville Leroy Sandberg</THEME>
<n>,</n>
<LOCATION gr="[1,2]" ind="13">Aurora , Colo.</LOCATION>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="13">$ 3,500</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1">fine</QUANT>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="13">10-day</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="2">suspension</QUANT>
<n>; </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="14">Richard T. Marchese</THEME>
<n>,</n>
<LOCATION gr="[1,2]" ind="14">Las Vegas , Nev.</LOCATION>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="14">$ 5,000</VALUE>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="14">one-year</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="2">suspension</QUANT>
<n>;</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="15">Eric G. Monchecourt</THEME>
<n>,</n>
<LOCATION gr="[1,2]" ind="15">Las Vegas</LOCATION>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="15">$ 5,000</VALUE>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="15">one-year</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="2" ind="15">suspension</QUANT>
<n>; and </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="16">Robert Gerhard Smith</THEME>
<n>,</n>
<LOCATION gr="[1,2]" ind="16">Carson City , Nev.</LOCATION>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="16">two-year</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="2" ind="16">suspension</QUANT>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="557">
<n>In late</n> 
<LOCATION gr="[1,2]">New York</LOCATION> 
<n>trading</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">yesterday</TIME>
<n>,</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">the dollar</QUANT>
<n>was quoted at</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">1.8485 marks</VALUE>
<n>, down from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">1.8667 marks</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">late Tuesday</TIME>
<n>, and at</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">141.45 yen</VALUE>
<n>, down from</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">142.75 yen</VALUE>
<TIME gr="2" ind="2">late Tuesday</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="558">
<n>Also ,</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Exxon</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">went down</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">3\/8</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">45 3\/4</VALUE>
<n>and</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Allied-Signal</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">lost</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">7\/8</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">35 1\/8</VALUE>
<n>even though the companies ' results for the quarter were in line with forecasts .</n>
</S>
<S id="559">
<n>Under the agreement with</n> 
<AGENT gr="1">the House and Senate leaders</AGENT> 
<n>,</n>
<QUANT gr="1">the minimum wage</QUANT>
<n>would rise from the</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">current</TIME>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 3.35 an hour</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 4.25 an hour</VALUE>
<n>by</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">April 1991</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="560">
<n>Under</n> 
<THEME gr="1">terms of the plan</THEME>
<n>,</n> 
<AGENT gr="1">independent generators</AGENT>
<n>would be able to</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">compete</QUANT> 
<n>for</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">15 %</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<WHOLE gr="1" ind="1">customers</WHOLE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">until 1994</TIME>
<n>, and for another</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">10 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">between 1994 and 1998</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="561">
<n>Among</n>
<WHOLE gr="1">California savings-and-loan stocks</WHOLE>
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">H.F. Ahmanson</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">eased</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">3\/8</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">22 1\/4</VALUE>
<n>, </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">CalFed</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">slid</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">3\/4</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">24 1\/8</VALUE>
<n>, </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="3">Great Western Financial</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="3">dropped</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">1\/2</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="3">21 1\/4</VALUE>
<n>and </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="4">Golden West Financial</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="4">fell</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">5\/8</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="4">29 1\/4</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="562">
<n>Other</n>
<WHOLE gr="[1,2]">weak blue-chip issues</WHOLE>
<n>included</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Chevron</THEME>
<n>, which</n>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">went down</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="-">2</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">64 7\/8</VALUE>
<n>in Big Board composite trading of 1.3 million shares ; </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Goodyear Tire &amp; Rubber</THEME>
<n>,</n>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">off</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="-">1 1\/2</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">46 3\/4</VALUE>
<n>, and </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="3">American Express</THEME>
<n>,</n>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="3">down</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3" sign="-">3\/4</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="3">37 1\/4</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="563">
<n>For example ,</n> 
<CAUSE gr="[1,2]">their selling</CAUSE> 
<n>caused trading halts to be declared in</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">USAir Group</THEME>
<n>, which</n>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">closed down</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="-">3 7\/8</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">41 1\/2</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Delta Air Lines</THEME>
<n>, which</n>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">fell</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="-">7 3\/4</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">69 1\/4</VALUE>
<n>, and</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="3">Philips Industries</THEME>
<n>, which</n>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="3">sank</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3" sign="-">3</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="3">21 1\/2</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="564">
<THEME gr="1">ECI Environmental Inc.</THEME>
<n>,</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">initial offering</QUANT>
<n>of</n> 
<WHOLE gr="1">1.1 million shares</WHOLE>
<n>, of which</n>
<AGENT gr="1" ind="1">ECI</AGENT>
<n>will</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">sell</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">990,000</VALUE>
<n>and</n>
<AGENT gr="1" ind="2">co-founders</AGENT>
<n>will</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">sell</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">110,000 shares</VALUE>
<n>, via Oppenheimer &amp; Co</n>
</S>
<S id="565">
<THEME gr="1">The key Financial Times-Stock Exchange 100-share index</THEME>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">ended</QUANT>
<n>10.2 points lower at</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">2179.1</VALUE>
<n>, above</n>
<QUANT gr="2" ind="2">its intraday low</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">2176.9</VALUE>
<n>, but off</n>
<QUANT gr="3" ind="3">the day 's high</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">2189</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="565">
<QUANT gr="1">Imports</QUANT>
<n>of</n> 
<THEME gr="1">manmade-fiber sweaters</THEME>
<n>in</n> 
<TIME gr="1">1988</TIME>
<n>totaled about</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 405 million</VALUE>
<n>from</n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="1">Taiwan</LOCATION>
<n>, </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 400 million</VALUE>
<n>from</n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="2">South Korea</LOCATION>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">$ 125 million</VALUE>
<n>from</n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="3">Hong Kong</LOCATION>
<n>, according to</n> 
<SOURCE gr="1">the ITC</SOURCE> 
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="566">
<QUANT gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Trust income</QUANT>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">grew</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">15 %</VALUE>
<n>, to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">$ 49.9 million</VALUE>
<n>, while</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]" ind="2">service charges , fees and commissions</QUANT>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">increased</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">22 %</VALUE>
<n>, to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">$ 79.4 million</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="567">
<AGENT gr="1">Health Care Property Investors Inc.</AGENT>
<n>said it</n>
<QUANT gr="1">acquired</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">three long-term care facilities</VALUE>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">one assisted-living facility</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<WHOLE gr="1">a purchase-and-lease transaction valued at $ 15 million</WHOLE> 
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="568">
<n>For</n> 
<TIME gr="1">third quarter last year</TIME> 
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="1">Keystone</THEME>
<n>reported a</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 1 million</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" indi="1">loss from continuing operations</QUANT>
<n>and a</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 200,000</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">loss from discontinued operations</QUANT>
<n>, for</n> 
<QUANT gr="1" ind="3">a net loss</QUANT> 
<n>of</n> 
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">$ 1.2 million</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="569">
<AGENT gr="1">The Credit Lyonnais</AGENT>
<QUANT gr="1">purchase</QUANT>
<n>, for</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">33,000 regular common shares</VALUE>
<n>and </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">10,000 newly created shares</VALUE>
<n>, is valued at about slightly more than</n> 
<WHOLE gr="1">80 million French francs</WHOLE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="570">
<n>These</n> 
<AGENT gr="1">managers</AGENT>
<n>held</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">9.8 %</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<WHOLE gr="1">assets</WHOLE>
<n>in</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">cash</QUANT>
<n>at</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the end of September</TIME>
<n>, down from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">10.2 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">August</TIME>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">10.6 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">September 1988</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="571">
<THEME gr="[1,2]">Georgia-Pacific Corp.</THEME> 
<n>, exceeding some analysts ' expectations , said</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">third-quarter</TIME>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">earnings</QUANT>
<n>rose 56 % to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 178 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">$ 2.03 a share</VALUE>
<n>, from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 114 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">$ 1.19 a share</VALUE>
<n>, in</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">the year-earlier period</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<THEME gr="1">The Butler , Wis. , manufacturer</THEME> 
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">went public at</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 15.75 a share</VALUE> 
<n>in</n> 
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">August 1987</TIME> 
<n>, and</n> 
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">Mr. Sim 's goal</QUANT> 
<n>then was a</n> 
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 29 per-share price</VALUE>
<n>by</n> 
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">1992</TIME> 
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="572">
<n>In addition to the</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 8 million</VALUE>
<n>for</n> 
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">Citicorp and Chase</THEME>
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="1">Salomon Brothers</THEME>
<n>is also</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">owed</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 3 million</VALUE>
<n>for</n>
<CAUSE gr="1" ind="2">promising to make a $ 200 million bridge loan</CAUSE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="573">
<AGENT gr="1">They</AGENT>
<n>transferred some</n> 
<WHOLE gr="1">$ 28 million from the Community Development Block Grant program designated largely for low - and moderate-income projects</WHOLE> 
<n>and</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">funneled</QUANT>
<n>it into such items as : --</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 1.2 million</VALUE>
<n>for</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">a performing-arts center in Newark</THEME>
<n>, -- </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 1.3 million</VALUE>
<n>for</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">`` job retention '' in Hawaiian sugar mills</THEME>
<n>. -- </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">$ 400,000</VALUE>
<n>for</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="3">a collapsing utility tunnel in Salisbury</THEME>
<n>, -- </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">$ 500,000</VALUE>
<n>for</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="4">`` equipment and landscaping to deter crime and aid police surveillance '' at a Michigan park</THEME>
<n>. -- </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="5">$ 450,000</VALUE>
<n>for</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="5">`` integrated urban data based in seven cities . ''</THEME>
<n>No other details . -- </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="6">$ 390,000</VALUE>
<n>for</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="6">a library and recreation center at Mackinac Island , Mich</THEME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="574">
<n>The provision rate was far above</n>
<THEME gr="1">BankAmerica</THEME>
<n>'s</n>
<QUANT gr="1">actual net credit losses</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 24 million</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the third quarter</TIME>
<n>, compared with </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">$ 18 million</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">the second period</TIME>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="3" ind="3">$ 38 million</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">a year earlier</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="575">
<n>Now only three of the 12</n> 
<WHOLE gr="1">judges</WHOLE> 
<n>-- Pauline Newman ,</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">Chief Judge Howard T. Markey</THEME>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">68</VALUE>
<n>, and</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">Giles Rich</THEME>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">85</VALUE>
<n>-- have patent-law backgrounds .</n>
</S>
<S id="576">
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Apple Computer</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">improved</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">7\/8</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">47 5\/8</VALUE>
<n>; </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Intel</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">slipped</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">1\/4</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">33 1\/4</VALUE>
<n>, and</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="3">Valley National Corp.</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="3">was up</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">1\/8</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="3">15 1\/8</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="577">
<n>They commonly give two scenarios : One is based on</n>
<QUANT gr="1">interest rates that the company guarantees</QUANT>
<n>-LRB- usually</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">4 % to 4.5 %</VALUE>
<n>-RRB-</n>
<n>and the other on</n>
<QUANT gr="1">the rate it is currently getting on investment</QUANT>
<n>, often</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8.5 %</VALUE>
<n>or more .</n>
</S>
<S id="578">
<n>The</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">normal term</QUANT>
<n>for</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">the 1986 and 1987 model 323</THEME>
<n>is</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">two years</VALUE>
<n>or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">24,000 miles</VALUE>
<n>;</n>
<n>the</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">term</QUANT>
<n>for</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">the 1988 323</THEME>
<n>is</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">three years</VALUE>
<n>or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">50,000 miles</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="579">
<n>In</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">the first nine months</TIME>
<n>,</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">net</QUANT>
<n>rose 21 % to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 93 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">$ 4.52 a share</VALUE>
<n>, from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 77 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">$ 3.62 a share</VALUE>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">a year ago</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="580">
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">Merck &amp; Co.</THEME>
<n>reported a</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">25 %</VALUE>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">increase</MANNER>
<n>in</n>
<QUANT gr="1">earnings</QUANT>
<n>;</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">Warner-Lambert Co.</THEME>
<n>'s</n>
<QUANT gr="1">profit</QUANT>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">rose</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">22 %</VALUE>
<n>and</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="3">Eli Lilly &amp; Co.</THEME>
<n>'s</n>
<QUANT gr="1">net income</QUANT>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="3">rose</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3" sign="+">24 %</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="581">
<n>While</n>
<QUANT gr="1">domestic orders</QUANT>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="[1,2]">climbed</MANNER>
<n>an</n>
<QUANT_MOD gr="1" ind="1">adjusted</QUANT_MOD>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">8 %</VALUE>
<n>and a</n>
<QUANT_MOD gr="1" ind="2">nominal</QUANT_MOD>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">11 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n> 
<TIME gr="[1,2]">September</TIME> 
<n>,</n>
<QUANT gr="2">foreign orders</QUANT>
<MANNER gr="2" ind="[1,2]">declined</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1" sign="-">4 %</VALUE>
<QUANT_MOD gr="2" ind="1">after inflation</QUANT_MOD>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2" sign="-">1 %</VALUE>
<QUANT_MOD gr="2" ind="2">on a nominal basis</QUANT_MOD>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="582">
<THEME gr="[1,2]">Corning Inc.</THEME>
<n>posted a 38 % decline in</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">third-quarter</TIME>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">net income</QUANT>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 76.5 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">80 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>, from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 123.9 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">$ 1.37 a share</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">a year earlier</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="583">
<n>Using</n> 
<CAUSE gr="1">estimates of the company 's future earnings under a variety of scenarios</CAUSE> 
<n>,</n> 
<SOURCE gr="1">First Boston</SOURCE> 
<n>estimated</n>
<THEME gr="1">UAL</THEME> 
<n>'s</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">value</QUANT>
<n>at</n> 
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 248 to $ 287 a share</VALUE>
<n>if</n> 
<CONDITION gr="1" ind="1">its future labor costs conform to Wall Street projections</CONDITION>
<n>;</n> 
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 237 to $ 275</VALUE>
<n>if</n>
<CONDITION gr="1" ind="2">the company reaches a settlement with pilots similar to one at NWA</CONDITION>
<n>;</n> 
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">$ 98 to $ 121</VALUE>
<CONDITION gr="1" ind="3">under an adverse labor settlement</CONDITION>
<n>, and</n> 
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">$ 229 to $ 270</VALUE>
<CONDITION gr="1" ind="4">under a pilot contract imposed by the company following a strike</CONDITION>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="584">
<AGENT gr="1">The Treasury</AGENT>
<n>will raise $ 10 billion in fresh cash by</n>
<THEME gr="1">selling</THEME> 
<WHOLE gr="1">$ 30 billion of securities</WHOLE>
<n>, including</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 10 billion</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<CO_QUANT gr="1" ind="1">new three-year notes</CO_QUANT>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 10 billion</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<CO_QUANT gr="1" ind="2">new 10-year notes</CO_QUANT>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="585">
<TIME gr="1">Last year</TIME> 
<n>,</n> 
<THEME gr="1">the company</THEME> 
<n>had</n> 
<WHOLE gr="1">a net loss of $ 6.5 million</WHOLE>
<n>, including a</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 6.1 million</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">loss from continuing operations</QUANT>
<n>and a</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 400,000</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">loss from discontinued operations</QUANT>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="586">
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">Net</QUANT>
<n>for</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">the nine months</TIME>
<n>was</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 254 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">$ 5.94 a share</VALUE>
<n>, up 56 % from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 163 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">$ 4.06 a share</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">a year earlier</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="588">
<n>Citing</n> 
<SOURCE gr="1">figures on home-equity loans</SOURCE> 
<n>,</n> 
<n>he notes that ``</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">11 %</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<WHOLE gr="1" ind="1">homeowners</WHOLE>
<QUANT gr="1">had home-equity credit accounts</QUANT>
<n>, but the proportion rises to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">16 %</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<WHOLE gr="1" ind="2">homeowners in the $ 45,000-$60,000 income range</WHOLE>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">23 %</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<WHOLE gr="1" ind="3">homeowners with income above $ 60,000</WHOLE>
<n>. ''</n>
</S>
<S id="589">
<AGENT gr="1">He</AGENT>
<QUANT gr="1">bought</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 4 billion</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<CO_QUANT gr="1" ind="1">prepositioning ships</CO_QUANT>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 7 billion</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<CO_QUANT gr="1" ind="2">ammo and equipment</CO_QUANT>
<n>to fill them , and parked them at a new $ 6 billion base at Diego Garcia in the middle of the Indian Ocean .</n>
</S>
<S id="590">
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">Fidelity 's junk fund</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">has fallen</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="-">2.08 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1">this year through Oct. 19</TIME> 
<n>,</n> 
<SOURCE gr="1">Lipper</SOURCE> 
<n>says ; </n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">the Vanguard fund</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">rose</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">1.84 %</VALUE>
<n>; and </n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="3">the T. Rowe Price fund</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="3" sign="+">edged up</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">0.66 %</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="591">
<THEME gr="[1,2]">The insurance and financial services concern</THEME>
<n>said</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">profit</QUANT>
<n>for</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">the quarter</TIME>
<n>rose 1.1 % to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 93.9 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">$ 1.19 a share</VALUE>
<n>, compared with</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 92.9 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">$ 1.18 a share</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">the year earlier</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="592">
<n>Within</n>
<WHOLE gr="1">the building-materials group</WHOLE>
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Georgia-Pacific</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">climbed</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">1 1\/4</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">58</VALUE>
<n>and</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Louisiana-Pacific</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">added</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">1</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">40 3\/4</VALUE>
<n>after</n> 
<CAUSE gr="[1,2]">Merrill Lynch recommended the forest-products issues</CAUSE> 
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="593">
<n>In</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">the nine months</TIME>
<n> ,</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">earnings</QUANT>
<n>rose 12 % to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 555.6 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">$ 1.49 a share</VALUE>
<n>, from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 494.4 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">$ 1.31 a share</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind='2'>a year earlier</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="594">
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Pioneer</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">was down</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="-">90</VALUE>
<n>at</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">5,810</VALUE>
<n>, and</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Sony</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">lost</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="-">40</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">8,550</VALUE>
<n>, down 10 % from its record set Oct. 11 .</n>
</S>
<S id="595">
<LOCATION gr="1">Switzerland</LOCATION> 
<n>'s</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">wholesale price index</QUANT>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">increased</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">0.3</VALUE>
<n>in</n> 
<TIME gr="1">September</TIME>
<n>from</n> 
<REFERENCE_TIME gr="1" ind="1">August</REFERENCE_TIME>
<n>, and</n>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">was up</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">3.9</VALUE>
<n>from</n> 
<REFERENCE_TIME gr="1" ind="2">a year ago</REFERENCE_TIME>
<n>, marking the first time this year that the index has fallen below 4 % on a year-to-year basis , the government reported .</n>
</S>
<S id="596">
<THEME gr="1">Chemical Waste Management Inc.</THEME>
<n>,</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">proposed global offering</QUANT>
<n>of</n> 
<WHOLE gr="1">8,500,000 shares of common stock</WHOLE>
<n>, of which</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">seven million of the shares</VALUE>
<QUANT  gr="1">will be offered</QUANT>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="1">in the U.S.</LOCATION>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">1,500,000 shares</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1">will be offered</QUANT>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="2">overseas</LOCATION>
<n>, via Merrill Lynch Capital Markets -LRB- domestic -RRB- and Kidder , Peabody &amp; Co . -LRB- international -RRB- .</n>
</S>
<S id="597">
<n>Mr. Meek said his suspicions were aroused by several</n> 
<WHOLE gr="1">foreign investments</WHOLE>
<n>by</n> 
<AGENT gr="1">Lincoln</AGENT>
<n>, including</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 22 million</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">paid</QUANT> 
<n>to</n> 
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">Credit Suisse of Switzerland</THEME>
<n>, an </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 18 million</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">interest</QUANT> 
<n>in</n> 
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">Saudi European Bank in Paris</THEME>
<n>, a </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">$ 17.5 million</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="3">investment</QUANT> 
<n>in</n> 
<THEME gr="1" ind="3">a Bahamas trading company</THEME>
<n>, and a recently discovered holding in a Panama-based company , Southbrook Holdings .</n>
</S>
<S id="598">
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">Net</QUANT>
<n>for</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">the quarter ended Sept. 30</TIME>
<n>climbed to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 551 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">$ 1.66 a share</VALUE>
<n>, from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 400 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">$ 1.18 a share</VALUE>
<n>, </n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">a year earlier</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="599">
<THEME gr="[1,2]">Bear Stearns</THEME>
<n>said</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">net</QUANT>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">the first quarter ended Sept. 29</TIME>
<n>reached</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 22.1 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">23 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>, from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 20.5 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">20 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>, in</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">the year-earlier quarter</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="600">
<THEME gr="[1,2]">RMS</THEME>
<n>said it had a</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]" ind="1">loss</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 158,666</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">10 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>, in</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">the third quarter</TIME>
<n>, compared with a</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">year-earlier</TIME>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]" ind="2">loss</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 26,956</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">two cents a share</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="601">
<WHOLE gr="1">$ 107 million of tax allocation bonds</WHOLE>
<n>, 1989 Series A-D , due 1991-1999 , 2009 and 2019 , tentatively priced by</n> 
<AGENT gr="1">a Donaldson Lufkin &amp; Jenrette Securities Corp. group</AGENT> 
<n>to</n>
<QUANT gr="1">yield</QUANT>
<n>from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">6.40 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">1991</TIME>
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">7.458 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">2019</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="602">
<SOURCE gr="1">The company</SOURCE> 
<n>said it estimates</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">the Desert Inn remodeling</THEME>
<n>will</n>
<QUANT gr="1">cost</QUANT>
<n>about</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 32 million</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<n>and</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">the refurbishment of the three DC-8-62 aircraft</THEME>
<n>, made by McDonnell Douglas Corp. ,</n>
<n>will</n>
<QUANT gr="1">cost</QUANT>
<n>around</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 24.5 million</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="603">
<AGENT gr="1">He</AGENT>
<n>smoked</n> 
<THEME gr="1">Toronto</THEME> 
<n>in the playoffs with</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">six hits</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">seven walks</VALUE>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">eight stolen bases</VALUE>
<n>in 22 at bats , and continued that by going 3-for-3 at the plate Sunday , along with walking , stealing a base and scoring a run .</n>
</S>
<S id="604">
<n>But at</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">2.3 million</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1">weekly paid circulation</QUANT>
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">U.S. News</THEME>
<n>still ranks third behind Time Warner Inc. 's</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">Time magazine</THEME>
<n>, with</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">4.4 million</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1">circulation</QUANT>
<n>, and Washington Post Co. 's</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="3">Newsweek</THEME>
<n>, with</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">3.3 million</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1">circulation</QUANT>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="605">
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Microsoft</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">advanced</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">1 7\/8</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">80 1\/2</VALUE>
<n>and </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Lotus Development</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">added</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">1 1\/4</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">32 1\/2</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="606">
<THEME gr="[1,2]">Holiday</THEME>
<n>said</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">third-quarter</TIME>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">earnings</QUANT>
<n>rose to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 39.8 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">$ 1.53 a share</VALUE>
<n>, from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 21 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">84 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">a year earlier</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="607">
<n>Under</n> 
<WHOLE>the terms of the three-year contract</WHOLE> 
<n>, similar to one reached at Torstar Corp. 's Toronto Star newspaper earlier this month ,</n>
<THEME gr="1">the 500 Globe and Mail workers</THEME>
<n>will see a</n>
<QUANT gr="1">raise</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">8 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the contract 's first year</TIME>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">7 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">each of the following two years</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="608">
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">In October 1989</TIME>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">16.9 %</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1">said more jobs will be created in the coming six months</QUANT>
<n>, compared with</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">17.4 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">September</TIME>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">18.6 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">October 1988</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="609">
<THEME gr="[1,2]">Mattel Inc.</THEME>
<n>said</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">third-quarter</TIME>
<THEME gr="[1,2]">net income</THEME>
<n>rose 73 % , to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 38 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">76 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>, from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 21.9 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">45 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">a year ago</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="610">
<THEME gr="1">Shares of Rally 's Inc.</THEME>
<n>, an operator of fast-food restaurants ,</n> 
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">closed at</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 17</VALUE>
<n>each , up from its</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 15</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">offering price</QUANT>
<n>and</n> 
<THEME gr="2">shares of Employee Benefit Plans Inc.</THEME>
<n>, a health-care consultant ,</n> 
<QUANT gr="2" ind="1">closed at</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">$ 14.125</VALUE>
<n>, up from its</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">$ 12</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="2" ind="2">offering price</QUANT>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="611">
<n>In late</n> 
<LOCATION gr="[1,2]">New York</LOCATION> 
<n>trading</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">yesterday</TIME>
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]">the dollar</THEME>
<n>was quoted at</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">1.8355 marks</VALUE>
<n>, down from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">1.8470 marks</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">Monday</TIME>
<n>, and at</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">141.45 yen</VALUE>
<n>, down from</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">141.90 yen</VALUE>
<TIME gr="2" ind="2">late Monday</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="612">
<n>For</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">the quarter ended Sept. 30</TIME>
<n>,</n> 
<THEME gr="[1,2]">Delta</THEME>
<n>posted</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">net income</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 133.1 million</VALUE>
<n>, or </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">$ 2.53 a share</VALUE>
<n>, up from </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 100 million</VALUE>
<n>, or </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">$ 2.03 a share</VALUE>
<n>, </n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">a year earlier</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="613">
<THEME gr="1">The chain</THEME>
<TIME gr="1">currently</TIME> 
<n>has</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">90 retail outlets</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="1">Japan</LOCATION>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">seven</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="2">the U.S.</LOCATION>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">three</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="3">Hong Kong</LOCATION>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">a dozen</VALUE>
<n>more</n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="4">scattered around the globe</LOCATION>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="614">
<SOURCE gr="1">Coastal</SOURCE>
<n>said</n> 
<AGENT gr="1">the refinery</AGENT>
<n>'s</n>
<QUANT gr="1">expected daily production</QUANT>
<n>will include</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">34,000 barrels</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<CO_QUANT gr="1" ind="1">jet fuel</CO_QUANT>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">32,000 barrels</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<CO_QUANT gr="1" ind="2">low-sulfur diesel fuel</CO_QUANT>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">30,000 barrels</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<CO_QUANT gr="1" ind="3">naphtha</CO_QUANT>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">17,000 barrels</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<CO_QUANT gr="1" ind="4">residual fuel oil</CO_QUANT>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="5">8,000 barrels</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<CO_QUANT gr="1" ind="5">asphalt</CO_QUANT>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="6">25,000 barrels</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<CO_QUANT gr="1" ind="6">low-sulfur catalytic cracker feedstock</CO_QUANT>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="615">
<QUANT gr="1">The index</QUANT>
<n>, which registered</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">156.8</VALUE>
<n>at</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the end of September</TIME>
<n>, has a base of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">100</VALUE>
<n>set</n>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">1983</TIME>
<n>and is n't seasonally adjusted .</n>
</S>
<S id="616">
<n>Other</n>
<WHOLE gr="1">rumored takeover and restructuring candidates to attract buyers</WHOLE> 
<n>included</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Woolworth</THEME>
<n>, which</n>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">went up</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">1 3\/4</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">59 1\/2</VALUE>
<n>; </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Avon Products</THEME>
<n>,</n>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">up</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">1 3\/4</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">29 1\/4</VALUE>
<n>;</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="3">Paramount Communications</THEME>
<n>,</n>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="3">up</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3" sign="+">2</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="3">57 7\/8</VALUE>
<n>, and</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="4">Ferro</THEME>
<n>,</n>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="4">up</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4" sign="+">2 5\/8</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="4">28 3\/4</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="617">
<n>In</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">the first nine months</TIME>
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]">NCNB</THEME>
<n>'s</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">net income</QUANT>
<n>climbed 65 % to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 310.9 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">$ 3.30 a share</VALUE>
<n>, from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 188.2 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">$ 2.22 a share</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">a year earlier</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="618">
<n>Taking into account nonrecurring gains and losses ,</n>
<THEME gr="1">Hachette 's group</THEME>
<QUANT gr="1">net income</QUANT>
<n>for</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the first six months of this year</TIME>
<n>totaled</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">246.6 million francs</VALUE>
<n>, practically double</n>
<n>the</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">year-earlier</TIME>
<n>figure of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">124.5 million francs</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="619"> 
<AGENT gr="1">The Senate</AGENT> 
<n>estimates that</n> 
<THEME gr="1">its version of the provision</THEME> 
<n>would</n>
<QUANT gr="1">yield</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 17 million</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the first year</TIME>
<n>and a total of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 409 million</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">over five years</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="619">
<TIME gr="1">Between 1985 and 1988</TIME> 
<n>,</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">sales</QUANT>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">multipled</MANNER>
<n>more than</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">10 times</VALUE>
<n>and</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">pretax profit</QUANT>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">surged</MANNER>
<n>almost</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">twelvefold</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="620">
<n>Among other</n>
<WHOLE gr="[1,2]">technology issues</WHOLE>
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Cray Research</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">rose</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">1 5\/8</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">37</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Hewlett-Packard</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">added</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">1 1\/4</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">50 1\/4</VALUE>
<n>, </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="3">Tandem Computers</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="3">rallied</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3" sign="+">1 1\/8</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="3">25 3\/4</VALUE>
<n>, </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="4">Data General</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="4">rose</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4" sign="+">3\/4</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="4">14 1\/2</VALUE>
<n>and </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="5">Motorola</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="5">gained</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="5" sign="+">2 3\/8</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="5">59 1\/4</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="621">
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">Charles D. Phipps Sr.</THEME>
<n>,</n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="1">Hermitage , Pa.</LOCATION>
<n>,</n>
<QUANT gr="1">fined</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 10,000</VALUE>
<n>;</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">David Scott Rankin</THEME>
<n>,</n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="2">Lake St. Louis , Mo.</LOCATION>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 15,000</VALUE>
<n>;</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="3">Leigh A. Sanderoff</THEME>
<n>,</n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="3">Gaithersburg , Md.</LOCATION>
<n>,</n>
<QUANT gr="1">fined</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">$ 45,000</VALUE>
<n>, ordered to disgorge $ 12,252</n>
<n>;</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="4">Sandra Ann Smith</THEME>
<n>,</n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="4">Ridgefield , N.J.</LOCATION>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">$ 15,000</VALUE>
<n>;</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="5">James G. Spence</THEME>
<n>,</n>
<LOCATION gr="[1,2]" ind="5">Aloha , Ore.</LOCATION>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="5">$ 5,000</VALUE>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="5">six-month</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="2">suspension</QUANT>
<n>;</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="6">Mona Sun</THEME>
<n>,</n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="6">Jamaica Estates , N.Y.</LOCATION>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="6">$ 60,000</VALUE>
<n>;</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="7">William Swearingen</THEME>
<n>,</n>
<LOCATION gr="[1,2]" ind="7">Minneapolis</LOCATION>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="7">$ 15,000</VALUE>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="7">six-month</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="2">suspension</QUANT>
<n>;</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="8">John Bew Wong</THEME>
<n>,</n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="8">San Francisco</LOCATION>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="8">$ 25,000</VALUE>
<n>;</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="9">Rabia M. Zayed</THEME>
<n>,</n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="9">San Francisco</LOCATION>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="9">$ 50,000</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="622">
<n>In addition ,</n> 
<THEME gr="[1,2]">CMS</THEME>
<n>reported</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">third-quarter</TIME>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">net</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 68.2 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">83 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>, up from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 66.8 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">81 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">a year ago</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="623">
<n>For</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">the first nine months of the year</TIME>
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]">Dow</THEME>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">earned</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 2.06 billion</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">$ 11.41 a share</VALUE>
<n>, up 17 % from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 1.76 billion</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">$ 9.32 a share</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">a year ago</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="624">
<AGENT gr="1">Granges</AGENT>
<n>said it also plans in</n> 
<TIME gr="1">the third quarter</TIME> 
<n>to</n> 
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">write down</QUANT>
<CO_QUANT gr="1">the carrying value</CO_QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">the Tartan mine</THEME>
<n>by </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">2.5 million Canadian dollars</VALUE>
<n>-LRB- US$ 2.12 million -RRB- , and to</n> 
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">write off</QUANT>
<n>most of the</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">C$ 6.3 million</VALUE>
<CO_QUANT gr="1">carrying value</CO_QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">its Windflower gold property</THEME>
<n>in</n>
<LOCATION gr="1">British Columbia</LOCATION> 
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="625">
<SOURCE gr="1">The state agency</SOURCE> 
<n>, which usually publishes the data on monthly basis , but traditionally combines the index for the two summer-holiday months , said the advance was led by</n>
<QUANT gr="1">output of consumer goods</QUANT>
<n>,</n>
<n>which</n>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">rose</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">3.5 %</VALUE>
<n>from</n> 
<REFERENCE_TIME gr="1" ind="1">June</REFERENCE_TIME>
<n>and </n>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">was up</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">7.2 %</VALUE>
<n>from</n> 
<REFERENCE_TIME gr="1" ind="2">a year earlier</REFERENCE_TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="626">
<QUANT gr="1">The 30-day simple yield</QUANT>
<n>fell to an average</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">8.19 %</VALUE>
<n>from</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">8.22 %</VALUE>
<n>;</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">the 30-day compound yield</QUANT>
<n>slid to an average</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8.53 %</VALUE>
<n>from</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">8.56 %</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Exports</QUANT>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]">October</TIME> 
<n>stood at</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 5.29 billion</VALUE>
<n>, a mere</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1" sign="+">0.7 %</VALUE>
<MANNER gr="2" ind="1">increase</MANNER>
<n>from</n> 
<REFERENCE_TIME gr="2" ind="1">a year earlier</REFERENCE_TIME>
<n>, while</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]" ind="2">imports</QUANT>
<n>increased sharply to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 5.39 billion</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<MANNER gr="2" ind="2">up</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2" sign="+">20 %</VALUE>
<n>from</n> 
<REFERENCE_TIME gr="2" ind="2">last October</REFERENCE_TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="628">
<n>The fact that</n>
<AGENT gr="1" ind="1">New England</AGENT>
<QUANT gr="1">proposed</QUANT> 
<n>lower</n>
<CO_QUANT gr="1">rate</CO_QUANT> 
<MANNER gr="1" >increases</MANNER>
<n>--</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">4.8 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1">over seven years</TIME>
<n>against around</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">5.5 %</VALUE>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">boosts</MANNER>
<QUANT gr="1">proposed</QUANT> 
<n>by</n>
<AGENT gr="1" ind="2">the other two outside bidders</AGENT>
<n>-- complicated negotiations with state officials , Mr. Ross asserted .</n>
</S>
<S id="629">
<SOURCE gr="1">The department</SOURCE> 
<n>said</n>
<QUANT gr="1">orders for nondurable goods</QUANT>
<n>-- those intended to last fewer than three years --</n>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">fell</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="-">0.3 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">September</TIME>
<n>to $ 109.73 billion after</n>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">climbing</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">0.9 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">the month before</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="630">
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Centerbank</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">added</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">5\/8</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">8 3\/4</VALUE>
<n>;</n> 
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">shares of NESB</THEME>
<n>, a New London-based bank holding company ,</n>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">rose</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">5\/8</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">5 7\/8</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="631">
<WHOLE gr="1">Chateau Yquem</WHOLE>
<n>, the leading Sauternes , now</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">goes for</QUANT>
<n>well over</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 100 a bottle</VALUE>
<n>for</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">a lighter vintage like 1984</THEME>
<n>;</n>
<n>the spectacularly rich</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">1983</THEME>
<QUANT gr="1">runs</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 179</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="632">
<n>With</n> 
<WHOLE gr="1">the 1985 vintage</WHOLE> 
<n>, they soared higher :</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">La Tache</THEME>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 195</VALUE>
<n>;</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">Richebourg</THEME>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 180</VALUE>
<n>;</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="3">Romanee-Conti</THEME>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">$ 225</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="633">
<SOURCE gr="1">PaineWebber Inc.</SOURCE> 
<n>, for instance , is forecasting</n>
<QUANT gr="1">growth</QUANT>
<n>in</n> 
<THEME gr="1">S&amp;P 500 dividends</THEME>
<n>of just under</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">5 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">1990</TIME>
<n>, down from an estimated</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">11 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">this year</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="634">
<THEME gr="1">FEDERAL FUNDS</THEME>
<n>:</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">9 1\/2 %</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">high</QUANT>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8 3\/4 %</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">low</QUANT>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">8 3\/4 %</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="3">near closing bid</QUANT>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">9 %</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="4">offered</QUANT>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="635">
<THEME gr="1">COMMERCIAL PAPER</THEME> 
<n>placed directly by</n> 
<AGENT gr="1">General Motors Acceptance Corp.</AGENT>
<n>:</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">8.55 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">30 to 44 days</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8.25 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">45 to 59 days</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">8.45 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">60 to 89 days</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">8 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="4">90 to 119 days</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="5">7.90 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="5">120 to 149 days</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="6">7.80 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="6">150 to 179 days</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="7">7.55 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="7">180 to 270 days</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="636">
<THEME gr="1">COMMERCIAL PAPER</THEME>
<n>: High-grade unsecured notes sold through dealers by major corporations in multiples of $ 1,000</n>
<n>:</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">8.65 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">30 days</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8.575 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">60 days</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">8.50 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">90 days</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="637">
<THEME gr="1">CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT</THEME> 
<n>:</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">8.07 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">one month</TIME>
<n>; </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8.06 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">two months</TIME>
<n>; </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">8.04 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">three months</TIME>
<n>; </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">7.95 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="4">six months</TIME>
<n>; </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="5">7.88 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="5">one year</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="638">
<QUANT gr="1">Typical rates in the secondary market</QUANT>
<n>:</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">8.60 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">one month</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8.55 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">three months</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">8.35 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">six months</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="639">
<QUANT gr="1">BANKERS ACCEPTANCES</QUANT>
<n>:</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">8.50 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">30 days</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8.48 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">60 days</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">8.30 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">90 days</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">8.15 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="4">120 days</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="5">8.07 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="5">150 days</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="6">7.95 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="6">180 days</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="640">
<THEME gr="1">LONDON LATE EURODOLLARS</THEME> 
<n>:</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">8 3\/4 % to 8 5\/8 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">one month</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" range="true">8 13\/16 % to 8 11\/16 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">two months</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3" range="true">8 3\/4 % to 8 5\/8 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">three months</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4" range="true">8 5\/8 % to 8 1\/2 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="4">four months</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="5" range="true">8 1\/2 % to 8 7\/16 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="5">five months</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="6" range="true">8 1\/2 % to 8 3\/8 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="6">six months</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="641">
<QUANT gr="1">LONDON INTERBANK OFFERED RATES</QUANT>
<n>-LRB-</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">LIBOR</QUANT> 
<n>-RRB- :</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">8 3\/4 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">one month</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8 3\/4 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">three months</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">8 1\/2 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">six months</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">8 7\/16 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="4">one year</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="642">
<QUANT gr="1">FOREIGN PRIME RATES</QUANT>
<n>:</n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="1">Canada</LOCATION>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">13.50 %</VALUE>
<n>;</n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="2">Germany</LOCATION>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">9 %</VALUE>
<n>;</n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="3">Japan</LOCATION>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">4.875 %</VALUE>
<n>;</n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="4">Switzerland</LOCATION>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">8.50 %</VALUE>
<n>;</n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="5">Britain</LOCATION>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="5">15 %</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="643">
<AGENT gr="1">FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION</AGENT> 
<n>-LRB-</n>
<AGENT gr="1">Fannie Mae</AGENT>
<n>-RRB- :</n>
<QUANT gr="1">Posted yields</QUANT>
<n>on</n> 
<WHOLE gr="1">30 year mortgage commitments for delivery within 30 days</WHOLE>
<n>-LRB- priced at par -RRB-</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">9.75 %</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">standard conventional fixed-rate mortgages</THEME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8.70 %</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">6\/2 rate capped one-year adjustable rate mortgages</THEME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="644">
<THEME gr="1">COMMERCIAL PAPER</THEME> 
<n>: High-grade unsecured notes sold through dealers by major corporations in multiples of $ 1,000 :</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">8.62 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">30 days</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8.55 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">60 days</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">8.45 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">90 days</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="646">
<THEME gr="1">Typical rates in the secondary market</THEME> 
<n>:</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">8.53 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">one month</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8.50 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">three months</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">8.30 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">six months</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="647">
<THEME gr="1">BANKERS ACCEPTANCES</THEME> 
<n>:</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">8.49 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">30 days</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8.44 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">60 days</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">8.27 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">90 days</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">8.12 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="4">120 days</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="5">8.05 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="5">150 days</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="6">7.98 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="6">180 days</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="648">
<THEME gr="1">LONDON LATE EURODOLLARS</THEME> 
<n>:</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">8 3\/4 % to 8 5\/8 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">one month</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8 3\/4 % to 8 5\/8 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">two months</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">8 11\/16 % to 8 9\/16 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">three months</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">8 9\/16 % to 8 7\/16 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="4">four months</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="5">8 1\/2 % to 8 3\/8 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="5">five months</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="6">8 7\/16 % to 8 5\/16 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="6">six months</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="649">
<QUANT gr="1">LONDON INTERBANK OFFERED RATES</QUANT>
<n>-LRB-</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">LIBOR</QUANT> 
<n>-RRB- :</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">8 3\/4 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">one month</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8 11\/16 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">three months</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">8 7\/16 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">six months</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">8 7\/16 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="4">one year</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="650">
<THEME gr="1">Serial bonds</THEME>
<n>are priced at par to</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">yield</QUANT>
<n>from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">6.40 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">1991</TIME>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">7.15 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">1999</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="651">
<THEME gr="1">Serial bonds</THEME> 
<n>are priced to</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">yield</QUANT> 
<n>from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">6.20 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">1991</TIME>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">7 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">2000</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="652">
<THEME gr="1">Fourth series serial bonds</THEME>
<n>are priced at par to</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">yield</QUANT>
<n>from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">6.25 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">1992</TIME>
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">7 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">1999</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="653">
<n>In</n>
<TIME  gr="1" ind="1">the first nine months</TIME>
<n>,</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">net</QUANT>
<n>was</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 306 million</VALUE>
<n>, compared with a</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">loss</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 195 million</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME  gr="1" ind="2">the 1988 period</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="654">
<THEME gr="1">Sales</THEME>
<n>for</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the year</TIME>
<n>rose 5 % to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 12.52 billion</VALUE>
<n>from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 11.95 billion</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">fiscal 1988</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="655">
<THEME gr="1">Nissan Motor Co.</THEME>
<n>,</n>
<LOCATION gr="1">Japan</LOCATION> 
<n>'s second-largest car maker , announced Wednesday that the parent concern 's</n>
<QUANT gr="1">pretax earnings</QUANT>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the first half ended last Sept. 30</TIME>
<n>rose 14 % to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">88.32 billion yen</VALUE>
<n>-LRB- $ 618.1 million -RRB- from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">77.6 billion yen</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">a year earlier</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="656">
<n>For</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the period ended Sept.30</TIME>
<n>,</n> 
<THEME gr="1">it</THEME>
<QUANT gr="1">earned</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">16.68 billion yen</VALUE>
<n>, -LRB- US$ 116.7 million -RRB- up from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">12.68 billion yen</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">the year before</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<THEME gr="1">Komatsu</THEME>
<n>predicted that for</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">the fiscal year ending March 31</TIME>
<QUANT gr="1">sales</QUANT>
<n>will climb to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">600 billion yen</VALUE>
<n>from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">566.54 billion yen</VALUE>
<n>;</n>
<QUANT gr="2">pretax profit</QUANT>
<n>was forecast at</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">35 billion yen</VALUE>
<n>, up from</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">28.53 billion yen</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">fiscal 1989</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="657">
<THEME gr="[1,2]">Dow Jones industrials</THEME>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">2645.90</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<MANNER gr="2" ind="1">up</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1" sign="+">0.82</VALUE>
<n>;</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">transportation</THEME>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">1206.26</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<MANNER gr="2" ind="2">up</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2" sign="+">1.25</VALUE>
<n>;</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="3">utilities</THEME>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">220.45</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<MANNER gr="2" ind="3">up</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="3" sign="+">1.26</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="659">
<WHOLE gr="[1,2]">Commodities</WHOLE>
<n>:</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Dow Jones futures index</THEME>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">129.91</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<MANNER gr="2" ind="1">up</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">0.28</VALUE>
<n>;</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">spot index</THEME>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">131.01</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<MANNER gr="2" ind="2">up</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">1.17</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="660">
<THEME gr="1">FEDERAL FUNDS</THEME>
<n>:</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">9 %</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">high</QUANT>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8 13\/16 %</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">low</QUANT>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">8 7\/8 %</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="3">near closing bid</QUANT>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">8 15\/16 %</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="4">offered</QUANT>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="661">
<AGENT gr="1">FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION</AGENT> 
<n>-LRB-</n> 
<AGENT gr="1">Fannie Mae</AGENT> 
<n>-RRB- :</n>
<QUANT gr="1">Posted yields</QUANT>
<n>on</n> 
<WHOLE gr="1">30 year mortgage commitments for delivery within 30 days</WHOLE>
<n>-LRB- priced at par -RRB-</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">9.75 %</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">standard conventional fixed-rate mortgages</THEME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8.75 %</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">6\/2 rate capped one-year adjustable rate mortgages</THEME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="662">
<n>Altogether ,</n>
<QUANT gr="1">annual Japanese investment</QUANT> 
<n>in</n> 
<CO_QUANT gr="1">U.S. commercial real estate</CO_QUANT>
<n>grew from about</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 1.3 billion</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">1985</TIME>
<n>to about</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 7.1 billion</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">1988</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="663">
<THEME gr="1">Nissan</THEME>
<n>had record</n>
<QUANT gr="1">net income</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">114.63 billion yen</VALUE>
<n>-LRB- $ 868 million -RRB- in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the fiscal year ended last March 31</TIME>
<n>, a remarkable recovery from the</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">20.39 billion yen</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">two years earlier</TIME>
<n>, when the company lost money on operations .</n>
</S>
<S id="664">
<QUANT gr="1">THE MILEAGE RATE</QUANT>
<n>allowed for</n> 
<THEME gr="[1,2]">business use of a car</THEME>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">1989</TIME>
<n>has risen to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">25.5 cents a mile</VALUE>
<n>for</n> 
<CONDITION gr="[1,2]" ind="1">the first 15,000</CONDITION>
<n>from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">24 cents</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">1988</TIME>
<n>,</n> 
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">the IRS</QUANT> 
<n>says ;</n> 
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">the rate</QUANT> 
<n>stays</n> 
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">11 cents</VALUE> 
<n>for</n> 
<CONDITION gr="2" ind="2">each added mile</CONDITION> 
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="665">
<n>From</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">1987</TIME>
<n>to</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">1988</TIME>
<n>,</n>
<n>the</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">value</QUANT>
<n>of</n> 
<THEME gr="1">Chemical 's option contracts outstanding</THEME>
<n>mushroomed to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 37 billion</VALUE>
<n>from </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 17 billion</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="666">
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Broiler</THEME>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">prices</QUANT>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">fell</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="-">6.5 cents</VALUE>
<n>in</n> 
<TIME gr="[1,2]">October</TIME>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">30.6 cents a pound</VALUE>
<n>, while </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">turkey</THEME>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">prices</QUANT>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">rose</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">1.2 cents a pound</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">38.5 cents</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="667">
<THEME gr="1">Bouygues S.A.</THEME>
<n>, a diversified construction concern based in</n> 
<LOCATION gr="1">Paris</LOCATION> 
<n>, said its</n>
<QUANT gr="1">consolidated profit</QUANT>
<n>for</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the 1989 first half</TIME>
<n>, after payments to minority interests , surged to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">188 million French francs</VALUE>
<n>-LRB- $ 30.2 million -RRB- from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">65 million francs</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">a year earlier</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="668">
<QUANT gr="[1,2,3]" ind="1">Sales</QUANT>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">increased</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">11 %</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1"># 2.5 billion</VALUE>
<n>from</n>
<VALUE gr="3" ind="1"># 2.25 billion</VALUE>
<n>, while</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2,3]" ind="2">operating profit</QUANT>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">climbed</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">13 %</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2"># 225.7 million</VALUE>
<n>from</n>
<VALUE gr="3" ind="2"># 199.8 million</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="668">
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Dow Jones industrials</THEME>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">2645.08</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<MANNER gr="2" ind="1">up</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1" sign="+">41.60</VALUE>
<n>;</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">transportation</THEME>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">1205.01</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<MANNER gr="2" ind="2">up</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2" sign="+">13.15</VALUE>
<n>;</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="3">utilities</THEME>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">219.19</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<MANNER gr="2" ind="3">up</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="3" sign="+">2.45</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="669">
<WHOLE gr="[1,2]">Commodities</WHOLE>
<n>:</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Dow Jones futures index</THEME>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">129.63</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<MANNER gr="2" ind="1">up</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1" sign="+">0.25</VALUE>
<n>;</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">spot index</THEME>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">129.84</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<MANNER gr="2" ind="2">off</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2" sign="-">0.25</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="670">
<THEME gr="1">The debt</THEME>
<n>was reoffered priced to</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">yield</QUANT>
<n>from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">6 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">1991</TIME>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">7.15 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">2008-2009</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="671">
<LOCATION gr="[1,2]">Germany</LOCATION>
<n>'s</n> 
<THEME gr="[1,2]">7 % bond due October 1999</THEME>
<n>was unchanged at</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">99.35</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<QUANT gr="2">yield</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">7.09 %</VALUE>
<n>while</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]">the 6 3\/4 % notes due July 1994</THEME>
<n>rose 0.025 point to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">97.275</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<QUANT gr="2">yield</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">7.445 %</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="672">
<LOCATION gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Britain</LOCATION> 
<n>'s</n> 
<THEME gr="[1,2]">benchmark 11 3\/4 % bond due 2003\/2007</THEME>
<n>rose 2\/32 to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">111 1\/2</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<QUANT gr="2">yield</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">10.14 %</VALUE>
<n>while</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]">the 11 3\/4 % notes due 1991</THEME>
<n>were unchanged at</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">98 21\/32</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<QUANT gr="2">yield</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">12.95 %</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="673">
<THEME gr="[1,2,3]" ind="1">The benchmark 11 3\/4 % bond due 2003\/2007</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">rose</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">10\/32</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">111 14\/32</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<QUANT gr="3" ind="1">yield</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="3" ind="1">10.14 %</VALUE>
<n>, while </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2,3]" ind="2">the Treasury 's 12 % notes due 1995</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">rose</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">7\/32</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">103 5\/8</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<QUANT gr="3" ind="2">yield</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="3" ind="2">11.04 %</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="674">
<THEME gr="[1,2,3]" ind="1">The 7 % Treasury bond due October 1999</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">ended off</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">0.60 point</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">99.35</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<QUANT gr="3" ind="1">yield</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="3" ind="1">7.09 %</VALUE>
<n>, while </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2,3]" ind="2">the 6 3\/4 % notes due 1994</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">fell</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">0.35 point</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">97.25</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<QUANT gr="3" ind="2">yield</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="3" ind="2">7.45 %</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="675">
<SOURCE gr="[1,2]">Outplacement consultant Right Associates</SOURCE>
<n> says the</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">average pay</QUANT>
<n>of</n> 
<THEME gr="[1,2]">its clients</THEME>
<n>fell to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 66,743</VALUE>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">last year</TIME>
<n>from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 70,765</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">1987</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<QUANT gr="2">severance pay</QUANT>
<n>dropped to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">25 weeks</VALUE>
<n>from</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">29</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="676">
<n>The numbers behind such fears :</n>
<QUANT gr="1">The average debt</QUANT>
<n>of</n> 
<THEME gr="1">medical school graduates who borrowed to pay for their education</THEME>
<n>jumped 10 % to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 42,374</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">this year</TIME>
<n>from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 38,489</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">1988</TIME>
<n>, says</n> 
<SOURCE gr="1">the Association of American Medical Colleges</SOURCE> 
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="677">
<THEME gr="1">FEDERAL FUNDS</THEME> 
<n>:</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">8 3\/4 %</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">high</QUANT>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8 11\/16 %</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">low</QUANT>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">8 3\/4 %</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="3">near closing bid</QUANT>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">8 3\/4 %</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="4">offered</QUANT>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="678">
<THEME gr="1">COMMERCIAL PAPER</THEME> 
<n>placed directly by</n> 
<AGENT gr="1">General Motors Acceptance Corp.</AGENT> 
<n>:</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">8.50 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">30 to 44 days</TIME>
<n>; </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8.25 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">45 to 62 days</TIME>
<n>; </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">8.375 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">63 to 89 days</TIME>
<n>; </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">8 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="4">90 to 119 days</TIME>
<n>; </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="5">7.90 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="5">120 to 149 days</TIME>
<n>; </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="6">7.80 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="6">150 to 179 days</TIME>
<n>; </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="7">7.55 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="7">180 to 270 days</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="679">
<THEME gr="1">COMMERCIAL PAPER</THEME> 
<n>: High-grade unsecured notes sold through dealers by major corporations in multiples of $ 1,000 :</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">8.55 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">30 days</TIME>
<n>; </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8.50 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">60 days</TIME>
<n>; </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">8.45 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">90 days</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="680">
<THEME gr="1">CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT</THEME> 
<n>:</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">8.09 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">one month</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8.04 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">two months</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">8.03 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">three months</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">7.96 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="4">six months</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="5">7.92 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="5">one year</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="681">
<QUANT gr="1">Typical rates in the secondary market</QUANT>
<n>:</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">8.55 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">one month</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8.55 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">three months</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">8.35 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">six months</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="682">
<QUANT gr="1">BANKERS ACCEPTANCES</QUANT>
<n>:</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">8.47 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">30 days</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8.42 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">60 days</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">8.25 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">90 days</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">8.10 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="4">120 days</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="5">8.02 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="5">150 days</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="6">7.95 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="6">180 days</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="683">
<THEME gr="1">LONDON LATE EURODOLLARS</THEME> 
<n>:</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">8 3\/4 % to 8 5\/8 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">one month</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8 13\/16 % to 8 11\/16 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">two months</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">8 11\/16 % to 8 9\/16 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">three months</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">8 9\/16 % to 8 7\/16 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="4">four months</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="5">8 1\/2 % to 8 3\/8 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="5">five months</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="6">8 7\/16 % to 8 5\/16 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="6">six months</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="685">
<QUANT gr="1">FOREIGN PRIME RATES</QUANT>
<n>:</n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="1">Canada</LOCATION>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">13.50 %</VALUE>
<n>;</n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="2">Germany</LOCATION>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">9 %</VALUE>
<n>;</n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="3">Japan</LOCATION>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">4.875  %</VALUE>
<n>;</n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="4">Switzerland</LOCATION>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">8.50 %</VALUE>
<n>;</n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="5">Britain</LOCATION>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="5">15 %</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="686">
<THEME gr="1">TREASURY BILLS</THEME> 
<n>: Results of the Monday , October 30 , 1989 , auction of short-term U.S. government bills , sold at a discount from face value in units of $ 10,000 to $ 1 million :</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">7.78 %</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">13 weeks</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">7.62 %</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">26 weeks</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="687">
<QUANT gr="1">Yields</QUANT>
<n>for</n> 
<THEME gr="1">tax-exempt bonds</THEME>
<n>range from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">6 1\/2 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">1990</TIME>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">7.88 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">2003-2005</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="688">
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Dow Jonesindustrials</THEME>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">2603.48 </VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<MANNER gr="2" ind="1">up</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1" sign="+">6.76</VALUE>
<n>;</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">transportation</THEME>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">1191.86</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<MANNER gr="2" ind="2">up</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2" sign="+">1.43</VALUE>
<n>;</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="3">utilities</THEME>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">216.74 </VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<MANNER gr="2" ind="3">up</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="3" sign="+">0.88</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="689">
<WHOLE gr="[1,2]">Commodities</WHOLE>
<n>:</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Dow Jones futures index</THEME>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">129.38</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<MANNER gr="2" ind="1">off</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">0.11</VALUE>
<n>;</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">spot index</THEME>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">130.09</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<MANNER gr="2" ind="2">off</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">0.71</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="690">
<THEME gr="1">The index</THEME>
<n>, which uses a base of</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">1981</TIME>
<n>as</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">100</VALUE>
<n>, was calculated at</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">140.91 points</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">October</TIME>
<n>, from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">140.74</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">September</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="691">
<n>For</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the year</TIME>
<n>, </n>
<QUANT gr="1">sales</QUANT>
<n>were up 5.6 % to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 6.97 billion</VALUE>
<n>compared with</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 6.61 billion</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">fiscal 1988</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="692">
<THEME gr="1">Macy</THEME>
<n>reported a</n>
<QUANT gr="1">net loss</QUANT>
<n>for</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">fiscal 1989</TIME>
<n>of </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 53.7 million</VALUE>
<n>compared with a</n>
<QUANT gr="1">net loss</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 188.2 million</VALUE>
<n>for</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">fiscal 1988</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="693">
<THEME gr="1">Unisys</THEME>
<n>, whose</n>
<QUANT gr="1">revenue</QUANT>
<n>inched up 3.7 % in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the quarter</TIME>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 2.35 billion</VALUE>
<n>from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 2.27 billion</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">the year-earlier quarter</TIME>
<n>, had an operating loss of about $ 30 million .</n>
</S>
<S id="694">
<n>In</n> 
<LOCATION gr="1">New York Stock Exchange</LOCATION> 
<n>composite trading</n> 
<TIME gr="1">Friday</TIME> 
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Milton Roy shares</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">leaped</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">$ 2</VALUE>
<n>, to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">$ 18.375 each</VALUE>
<n>, while</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Crane</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">sank</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="-">$ 1.125</VALUE>
<n>, to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">$ 21.125 each</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="695">
<n>Last month ,</n> 
<THEME gr="1">Polly Peck</THEME>
<n>posted a</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">38 %</VALUE>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">jump</MANNER>
<n>in</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">pretax profit</QUANT>
<n>for the first half to # 54.8 million from # 39.8 million on a</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">63 %</VALUE>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">rise</MANNER>
<n>in</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">sales</QUANT>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="696">
<SOURCE gr="1">The British balance-of-payments statistics</SOURCE> 
<n>show that after the top tax rate was cut to 40 % ,</n>
<QUANT gr="1">the flow</QUANT> 
<LOCATION gr="1">abroad</LOCATION> 
<n>of</n> 
<THEME gr="1">British capital</THEME>
<n>slowed , to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">50 billion pounds</VALUE>
<n>-LRB- $ 79 billion at the current rate -RRB- in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">1988</TIME>
<n>from </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">93 billion pounds</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">1986</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="697">
<n>In national over-the-counter trading ,</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">LIN shares</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">soared</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">$ 4.625</VALUE>
<n>to closed at</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">$ 112.625</VALUE>
<n>, while</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">McCaw</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">fell</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="-">$ 2.50 a share</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">$ 37.75</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="698">
<THEME gr="1">FEDERAL FUNDS</THEME> 
<n>:</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">8 3\/4 %</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">high</QUANT>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8 11\/16 %</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">low</QUANT>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">8 5\/8 %</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="3">near closing bid</QUANT>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">8 11\/16 %</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="4">offered</QUANT>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="699">
<THEME gr="1">COMMERCIAL PAPER</THEME> 
<n>placed directly by General Motors Acceptance Corp. :</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">8.50 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">30 to 44 days</TIME>
<n>; </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8.25 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">45 to 65 days</TIME>
<n>; </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">8.375 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">66 to 89 days</TIME>
<n>; </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">8 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="4">90 to 119 days</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="5">7.875 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="5">120 to 149 days</TIME>
<n>; </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="6">7.75 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="6">150 to 179 days</TIME>
<n>; </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="7">7.50 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="7">180 to 270 day</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="700">
<THEME gr="1">COMMERCIAL PAPER</THEME> 
<n>: High-grade unsecured notes sold through dealers by major corporations in multiples of $ 1,000 :</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">8.575 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">30 days</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8.475 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">60 days</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">8.40 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">90 days</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="701">
<THEME gr="1">CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT</THEME>
<n>:</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">8.09 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">one month</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8.04 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">two months</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">8.03 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">three months</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">7.96 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="4">six months</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="5">7.92 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="5">one year</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="702">
<QUANT gr="1">Typical rates</QUANT> 
<n>in</n> 
<LOCATION gr="1">the secondary market</LOCATION>
<n>:</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">8.55 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">one month</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8.50 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">three months</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">8.40 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">six months</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="703">
<QUANT gr="1">BANKERS ACCEPTANCES</QUANT>
<n>:</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">8.52 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">30 days</TIME>
<n>; </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8.35 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">60 days</TIME>
<n>; </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">8.33 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">90 days</TIME>
<n>; </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">8.17 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="4">120 days</TIME>
<n>; </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="5">8.08 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="5">150 days</TIME>
<n>; </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="6">8 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="6">180 days</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="704">
<THEME gr="1">LONDON LATE EURODOLLARS</THEME>
<n>:</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">8 11\/16 % to 8 9\/16 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">one month</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8 5\/8 % to 8 1\/2 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">two months</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">8 11\/16 % to 8 9\/16 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">three months</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">8 9\/16 % to 8 7\/16 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="4">four months</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="5">8 1\/2 % to 8 3\/8 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="5">five months</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="6">8 7\/16 % to 8 5\/16 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="6">six months</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="705">
<QUANT gr="1">LONDON INTERBANK OFFERED RATES</QUANT>
<n>-LRB-</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">LIBOR</QUANT> 
<n>-RRB- :</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">8 11\/16 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">one month</TIME>
<n>; </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8 11\/16 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">three months</TIME>
<n>; </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">8 7\/16 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">six months</TIME>
<n>; </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">8 3\/8 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="4">one year</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="706">
<QUANT gr="1">FOREIGN PRIME RATES</QUANT>
<n>:</n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="1">Canada</LOCATION>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">13.50 %</VALUE>
<n>; </n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="2">Germany</LOCATION>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">9 %</VALUE>
<n>; </n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="3">Japan</LOCATION>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">4.875 %</VALUE>
<n>; </n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="4">Switzerland</LOCATION>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">8.50 %</VALUE>
<n>; </n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="5">Britain</LOCATION>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="5">15 %</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="708">
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">Imports</QUANT>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">rose</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">11 %</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">18.443 trillion lire</VALUE>
<n>in</n> 
<TIME gr="[1,2]">September</TIME> 
<n>from</n> 
<REFERENCE_TIME gr="1">a year earlier</REFERENCE_TIME> 
<n>, while</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">exports</QUANT>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">rose</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">17 %</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">16.436 trillion lire</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="709">
<n>In</n> 
<TIME gr="[1,2]">the nine months</TIME> 
<n>,</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]" ind="1">imports</QUANT>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">rose</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">20 %</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">155.039 trillion lire</VALUE>
<n>, while </n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]" ind="2">exports</QUANT>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">grew</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">18 %</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">140.106 trillion lire</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="710">
<n>As a result ,</n>
<QUANT gr="1">the volume</QUANT> 
<n>of</n> 
<THEME gr="1">Banco Exterior 's export credit portfolio</THEME>
<n>plunged from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">824 billion pesetas</VALUE>
<n>-LRB- $ 7.04 billion -RRB- as of</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">Dec. 31 , 1986</TIME>
<n>, to its</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">current</TIME>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">522 billion pesetas</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="711">
<n>In</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">1980</TIME>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">18 %</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<WHOLE gr="1" ind="1">federal prosecutions</WHOLE>
<QUANT gr="1">concluded at trial</QUANT>
<n>;</n>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">1987</TIME>
<n>,</n>
<n>only</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">9 %</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">did</QUANT>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="712">
<n>The</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 6 billion</VALUE>
<n>that</n>
<AGENT gr="1" sind="1">some 40 companies</AGENT> 
<n>are looking to</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">raise</QUANT> 
<n>in</n> 
<TIME gr="1">the year ending March 31</TIME>
<n>compares with only</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 2.7 billion</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1">raised</QUANT>
<n>on</n> 
<LOCATION gr="1">the capital market</LOCATION> 
<n>in</n> 
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">the previous fiscal year</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="713">
<THEME gr="1">Shiseido</THEME>
<n>predicted that</n>
<QUANT gr="1">sales</QUANT>
<n>for</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the year ending next March 31</TIME>
<n>will be</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">318 billion yen</VALUE>
<n>, compared with</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">340.83 billion yen</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">the year ended Nov. 30 , 1988</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="714">
<n>In</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the first nine months</TIME>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">1,977 transactions</VALUE>
<n>were</n>
<QUANT gr="1">announced</QUANT>
<n>, up 15 % from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">1,716</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">the year-earlier period</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="715">
<THEME gr="1">Sharp Corp.</THEME>
<n>,</n> 
<LOCATION gr="1">Tokyo</LOCATION> 
<n>, said</n>
<QUANT gr="1">net income</QUANT>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">its first half</TIME>
<n>rose 59 % to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">18.32 billion yen</VALUE>
<n>-LRB- $ 128.9 million -RRB- from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">11.53 billion yen</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">a year earlier</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="716">
<THEME gr="1">Ajinomoto Co.</THEME>
<n>, a</n> 
<LOCATION gr="1">Tokyo-based</LOCATION> 
<n>food-processing concern , said</n>
<QUANT gr="1">net income</QUANT>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">its first half</TIME>
<n>rose 8.9 % to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">8.2 billion yen</VALUE>
<n>-LRB- $ 57.7 million -RRB- from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">7.54 billion yen</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">a year earlier</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="717">
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">Currently</TIME> 
<n>,</n>
<AGENT gr="1" ind="1">Mr. Merksamer</AGENT>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">owns</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">20 %</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<WHOLE gr="1">the company</WHOLE>
<n>;</n>
<AGENT gr="1" ind="2">L.J. Hooker</AGENT>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">acquired</QUANT>  
<n>its</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">80 %</VALUE>
<CO_QUANT gr="1">interest</CO_QUANT>
<n>in</n> 
<WHOLE gr="1">the firm</WHOLE>
<n>in</n> 
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">May 1986</TIME> 
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="718">
<LOCATION gr="1">New York City</LOCATION> 
<n>'s</n> 
<THEME gr="1">6 % bonds due 2018</THEME>
<n>, for example , were quoted</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">late Friday</TIME>
<n>at a price to</n>
<QUANT gr="1">yield</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">7.80 %</VALUE>
<n>, compared with </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">7.60 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">Thursday</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="719">
<QUANT gr="1">Typical rates</QUANT> 
<n>in</n> 
<LOCATION gr="1">the secondary market</LOCATION>
<n>:</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">8.55 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">one month</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8.50 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">three months</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">8.40 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">six months</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="720">
<SOURCE gr="[1,2]">He</SOURCE> 
<n>expects</n> 
<THEME gr="[1,2]">Aldus</THEME>
<n>to report</n>
<QUANT gr="1">earnings</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">21 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>on</n>
<QUANT gr="2">revenues</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">$ 19.5 million</VALUE>
<n>for</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">its third quarter</TIME>
<n>, compared with</n>
<QUANT gr="1">earnings</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">30 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>on</n>
<QUANT gr="2" ind="2">revenue</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">20.4 million</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">the year-earlier period</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="722">
<THEME gr="1">COMMERCIAL PAPER</THEME>
<n>: High-grade unsecured notes sold through dealers by major corporations in multiples of $ 1,000 :</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">8.50 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">30 days</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8.40 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">60 days</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">8.375 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">90 days</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="723">
<QUANT gr="1">Revenue</QUANT>
<n>for</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the quarter ended Sept. 30</TIME>
<n>fell 20 % , to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 41.3 million</VALUE>
<n>from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 51.9 million</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">the year-earlier period</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="724">
<THEME gr="1">Typical rates in the secondary market</THEME> 
<n>:</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">8.55 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">one month</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8.50 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">three months</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">8.35 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">six months</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="725">
<QUANT gr="1">BANKERS ACCEPTANCES</QUANT>
<n>:</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">8.42 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">30 days</TIME>
<n>; </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8.30 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">60 days</TIME>
<n>; </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">8.28 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">90 days</TIME>
<n>; </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">8.15 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="4">120 days</TIME>
<n>; </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="5">8.05 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="5">150 days</TIME>
<n>; </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="6">7.95 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="6">180 days</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="726">
<THEME gr="1">COMMERCIAL PAPER</THEME>
<n>placed directly by</n> 
<AGENT gr="1">General Motors Acceptance Corp.</AGENT> 
<n>:</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">8.50 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">2 to 44 days</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8.25 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">45 to 69 days</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">8.40 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">70 to 89 days</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">8.20 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="4">90 to 119 days</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="5">8.05 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="5">120 to 149 days</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="6">7.90 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="6">150 to 179 days</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="7">7.50 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="7">180 to 270 days</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="727">
<SOURCE gr="1">A report last month by the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America</SOURCE> 
<n>found that</n> 
<THEME gr="1">pipelines</THEME>
<n>'</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">settlement costs</QUANT>
<n>had jumped in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the three months before the deadline</TIME>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">39 cents on the dollar</VALUE>
<n>, from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">22 cents on the dollar</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">1988</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="728">
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">The Treasury 11 3\/4 % bond due 2003\/2007</TIME>
<n>was down 2\/32 at</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">111 29\/32</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<QUANT gr="2" ind="1">yield</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">10.09 %</VALUE>
<n>, while</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">the 11 3\/4 % notes due 1991</TIME>
<n>were unchanged at</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">98 19\/32</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<QUANT gr="2" ind="2">yield</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">12.94 %</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="729">
<THEME gr="1">LONDON LATE EURODOLLARS</THEME>
<n>:</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">8 5\/8 % to 8 1\/2 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">one month</TIME>
<n>; </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8 9\/16 % to 8 7\/16 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">two months</TIME>
<n>; </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">8 9\/16 % to 8 7\/16 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">three months</TIME>
<n>; </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">8 1\/2 % to 8 3\/8 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="4">four months</TIME>
<n>; </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="5">8 7\/16 % to 8 5\/16 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="5">five months</TIME>
<n>; </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="6">8 7\/16 % to 8 5\/16 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="6">six months</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="730">
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" range="true">8 13\/16 % to 8 11\/16 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">one month</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" range="true">8 13\/16 % to 8 11\/16 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">two months</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3" range="true">8 13\/16 % to 8 11\/16 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">three months</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4" range="true">8 3\/4 % to 8 5\/8 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="4">four months</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="5" range="true">8 11\/16 % to 8 9\/16 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="5">five months</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="6" range="true">8 5\/8 % to 8 1\/2 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="6">six months</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="731">
<WHOLE gr="[1,2]">Commodities</WHOLE>
<n>:</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Dow Jones futures index</THEME>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">130.13</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<MANNER gr="2" ind="1">up</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1" sign="+">0.23</VALUE>
<n>;</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">spot index</THEME>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">130.46</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<MANNER gr="2" ind="2">up</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2" sign="+">0.10</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="732">
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="1">Canada</LOCATION>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">13.50 %</VALUE>
<n>; </n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="2">Germany</LOCATION>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8.50 %</VALUE>
<n>; </n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="3">Japan</LOCATION>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">4.875 %</VALUE>
<n>; </n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="4">Switzerland</LOCATION>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">8.50 %</VALUE>
<n>; </n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="5">Britain</LOCATION>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="5">15 %</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="733">
<QUANT gr="1">Typical rates</QUANT> 
<n>in</n> 
<LOCATION gr="1">the secondary market</LOCATION>
<n>:</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">8.40 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">one month</TIME>
<n>; </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8.40 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">three months</TIME>
<n>; </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">8.40 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">six months</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="734">
<n>On average ,</n> 
<THEME gr="1">something</THEME>
<n>that</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">cost</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 100</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">30 years ago</TIME>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">now</TIME>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">costs</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 425</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="735">
<n>Despite the narrowing of the monthly trade gap ,</n> 
<SOURCE gr="1">economists</SOURCE> 
<n>expect</n>
<QUANT gr="1">the current account deficit</QUANT>
<n>for</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">all of 1989</TIME>
<n>to swell to about</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1"># 20 billion</VALUE>
<n>from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2"># 14.6 billion</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">1988</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="736">
<CAUSE gr="1">That</CAUSE> 
<n>will bring</n>
<QUANT gr="1">the total</QUANT>
<n>for </n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the year</TIME>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">10</VALUE>
<n>, from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">five</VALUE>
<n>during </n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">fiscal 1989</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="737">
<QUANT gr="1">Sales</QUANT>
<n>for</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the latest nine months</TIME>
<n>rose 7.7 % to </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 13.34 billion</VALUE>
<n>from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 12.38 billion</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">the year-ago period</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="738">
<n>In</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the six months since the current fiscal year began April 1</TIME>
<n>, the</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">surplus</QUANT>
<n>totaled</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1"># 500 million</VALUE>
<n>, compared with a</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">surplus</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2"># 3.6 billion</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">the year-earlier period</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="739">
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">8.65 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">one month</TIME>
<n>; </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8.65 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">three months</TIME>
<n>; </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">8.55 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">six months</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="740">
<THEME gr="1">COMMERCIAL PAPER</THEME>
<n>: High-grade unsecured notes sold through dealers by major corporations in multiples of $ 1,000 :</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">8.55 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">30 days</TIME>
<n>; </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8.475 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">60 days</TIME>
<n>; </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">8.45 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">90 days</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="741">
<n>The</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">year-to-date</TIME>
<QUANT gr="1">total</QUANT>
<n>was</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">12,006,883 tons</VALUE>
<n>, up 7.8 % from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">11,141,711 tons</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">a year earlier</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="742">
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">8.15 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">one month</TIME>
<n>; </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8.15 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">two months</TIME>
<n>; </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">8.13 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">three months</TIME>
<n>; </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">8.11 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="4">six months</TIME>
<n>; </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="5">8.08 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="5">one year</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="743">
<WHOLE gr="1">Commodities</WHOLE>
<n>:</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">Dow Jones futures index</THEME>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">129.24</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<MANNER gr="2" ind="1">off</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1" sign="-">0.25</VALUE>
<n>;</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">spot index</THEME>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">130.76</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<MANNER gr="2" ind="2">off</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2" sign="-">0.88</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="744">
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">8 3\/4 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">one month</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8 3\/4 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">three months</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">8 9\/16 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">six months</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">8 9\/16 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="4">one year</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="745">
<THEME gr="1">COMMERCIAL PAPER</THEME>
<n>placed directly by</n> 
<AGENT gr="1">General Motors Acceptance Corp.</AGENT> 
<n>:</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">8.40 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">30 to 44 days</TIME>
<n>; </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8.325 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">45 to 59 days</TIME>
<n>; </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">8.10 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">60 to 89 days</TIME>
<n>; </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">8 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="4">90 to 119 days</TIME>
<n>; </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="5">7.85 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="5">120 to 149 days</TIME>
<n>; </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="6">7.70 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="6">150 to 179 days</TIME>
<n>; </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="7">7.375 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="7">180 to 270 days</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="746">
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">9.83 %</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">standard conventional fixedrate mortgages</THEME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">7.875 %</VALUE>
<n>, </n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">2 % rate capped one-year adjustable rate mortgages</THEME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="747">
<QUANT gr="1">BANKERS ACCEPTANCES</QUANT> 
<n>:</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">8.47 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">30 days</TIME>
<n>; </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8.30 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">60 days</TIME>
<n>; </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">8.27 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">90 days</TIME>
<n>; </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">8.08 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="4">120 days</TIME>
<n>; </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="5">7.98 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="5">150 days</TIME>
<n>; </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="6">7.90 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="6">180 days</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="748">
<THEME gr="1">Matra</THEME>
<n>said the sharp improvement in net profit partly reflected a decline of 59 million francs in the group 's</n>
<QUANT gr="1">net loss from nonrecurring items</QUANT>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the first half of this year</TIME>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">104 million francs</VALUE>
<n>from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">163 million</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">a year earlier</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="750">
<THEME gr="1">Prescription-drug</THEME>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="1">world-wide</LOCATION>
<QUANT gr="1">sales</QUANT>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">rose</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">9 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1">the quarter</TIME>
<n>to $ 340 million ;</n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="2">U.S.</LOCATION>
<QUANT gr="1">sales</QUANT>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">rose</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">15 %</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="752">
<SOURCE gr="1">Officials</SOURCE> 
<n>said</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]" ind="1">South Korean exports</QUANT> 
<n>to</n> 
<LOCATION gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Europe</LOCATION>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">dropped</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="-">5.3 %</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">$ 3.02 billion</VALUE>
<n>while</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]" ind="2">imports</QUANT>
<n>from</n> 
<LOCATION gr="[1,2]" ind="2">there</LOCATION>
<MANNER gr="[1,2]" ind="2">went up</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">17 %</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">$ 2.61 billion</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="753">
<QUANT gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Exports</QUANT>
<n>reached</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 5.12 billion</VALUE>
<n>, up from</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">$ 4.52 billion</VALUE>
<TIME gr="2" ind="1">a year earlier</TIME> 
<n>, while</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]" ind="2">imports</QUANT>
<n>rose to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 6.81 billion</VALUE>
<n>from</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">$ 5.33 billion</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="754">
<QUANT gr="[1,2]" ind="1">December gold</QUANT>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">was up</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">$ 3.20 an ounce</VALUE>
<n>at</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">$ 373.40</VALUE>
<n>;</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]" ind="2">December silver</QUANT>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">gained</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">5.7 cents</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">$ 5.1950 an ounce</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="755">
<QUANT gr="1">Typical rates</QUANT> 
<n>in</n> 
<LOCATION gr="1">the secondary market</LOCATION>
<n>:</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">8.53 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">one month</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8.45 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">three months</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">8.27 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">six months</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="756">
<THEME gr="1">LIN Broadcasting</THEME>
<n>slid 1 3\/8 to 108 3\/4 , despite reporting</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">third-quarter</TIME>
<QUANT gr="1">net</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">46 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>, up from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">39 cents</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">the previous year</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="757">
<QUANT gr="1">FOREIGN PRIME RATES</QUANT>
<n>:</n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="1">Canada</LOCATION>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">13.50 %</VALUE>
<n>;</n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="2">Germany</LOCATION>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">9 %</VALUE>
<n>;</n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="3">Japan</LOCATION>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">4.875 %</VALUE>
<n>;</n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="4">Switzerland</LOCATION>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">8.50 %</VALUE>
<n>;</n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="5">Britain</LOCATION>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="5">15 %</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="758">
<THEME gr="1">The strike</THEME> 
<n>at</n> 
<LOCATION gr="1">five De Beers mines</LOCATION>
<n>began</n> 
<TIME gr="1">last Thursday</TIME> 
<n>, with</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">9,500</VALUE> 
<n>out of</n> 
<WHOLE gr="1">a total 10,000 NUM members employed on De Beers mines</WHOLE>
<QUANT gr="1">participating</QUANT> 
<n>,</n>
<SOURCE gr="1" ind="1">according to the union</SOURCE>
<n>, while</n>
<SOURCE gr="1" ind="2">De Beers</SOURCE>
<n>said there were</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">7,800 participants</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="759">
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">Dow Jones industrials</THEME>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">2569.26</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<MANNER gr="2" ind="1">off</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1" sign="-">190.58</VALUE>
<n>;</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">transportation</THEME>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">1406.29</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<MANNER gr="2" ind="2">off</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2" sign="-">78.06</VALUE>
<n>;</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="3">utilities</THEME>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">211.96</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<MANNER gr="2" ind="3">off</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="3" sign="-">7.29</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="760">
<THEME gr="1">Georgia Gulf</THEME>
<n>had</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">24.9 million shares outstanding</VALUE>
<n>on average in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the quarter</TIME>
<n>, compared with</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">28.6 million</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">the third quarter of 1988</TIME>
<n>, adjusted for a stock split paid in January 1989 .</n>
</S>
<S id="761">
<QUANT gr="1">The wholesale price index</QUANT>
<n>, based on</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">1963</TIME>
<n>as</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">100</VALUE>
<n>, was</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">180.9</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">September</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="761">
<THEME gr="1">LONDON LATE EURODOLLARS</THEME>
<n>:</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">8 11\/16 % to 8 9\/16 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">one month</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8 11\/16 % to 8 9\/16 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">two months</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">8 11\/16 % to 8 9\/16 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">three months</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">8 5\/8 % to 8 1\/2 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="4">four months</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="5">8 9\/16 % to 8 7\/16 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="5">five months</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="6">8 9\/16 % to 8 7\/16 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="6">six months</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="762">
<QUANT gr="1">BANKERS ACCEPTANCES</QUANT>
<n>:</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">8.45 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">30 days</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8.33 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">60 days</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">8.32 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">90 days</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">8.15 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="4">120 days</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="5">8.06 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="5">150 days</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="6">7.96 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="6">180 days</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="763">
<QUANT gr="1">Typical rates</QUANT> 
<n>in</n> 
<LOCATION gr="1">the secondary market</LOCATION>
<n>:</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">8.60 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">one month</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8.60 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">three months</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">8.40 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">six months</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="764">
<THEME gr="1">CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT</THEME>
<n>:</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">8.05 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">one month</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8.02 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">two months</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">8 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">three months</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">7.98 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="4">six months</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="5">7.95 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="5">one year</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="765">
<LOCATION gr="1">Canadian</LOCATION>
<QUANT gr="1">steel ingot production</QUANT>
<n>totaled</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">276,334 metric tons</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the week ended Oct. 14</TIME>
<n>, down 5.3 % from</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">the preceding week</TIME>
<n>'s total of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">291,890 tons</VALUE>
<n>,</n> 
<SOURCE gr="1" ind="2">Statistics Canada</SOURCE> 
<n>, a federal agency , said .</n>
</S>
<S id="766">
<n>-LRB-</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">Industrial output</QUANT> 
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">surged</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">21 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">1988</TIME>
<n>, while</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">inflation</QUANT> 
<n>peaked</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">last February</TIME>
<n>at nearly</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">30 %</VALUE>
<n>. -RRB-</n>
</S>
<S id="767">
<THEME gr="1">COMMERCIAL PAPER</THEME>
<n>placed directly by</n> 
<AGENT gr="1">General Motors Acceptance Corp.</AGENT> 
<n>:</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">8.45 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">30 to 44 days</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8.25 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">45 to 68 days</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">8.30 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">69 to 89 days</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">8.125 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="4">90 to 119 days</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="5">8 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="5">120 to 149 days</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="6">7.875 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="6">150 to 179 days</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="7">7.50 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="7">180 to 270 days</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="768">
<THEME gr="1">FEDERAL FUNDS</THEME> 
<n>:</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">8 3\/4 %</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">high</QUANT>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8 11\/16 %</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">low</QUANT>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">8 11\/16 %</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="3">near closing bid</QUANT>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">8 3\/4 %</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="4">offered</QUANT>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="769">
<THEME gr="1">FEDERAL FUNDS</THEME>
<n>:</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">8 11\/16 %</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">high</QUANT>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8 5\/8 %</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">low</QUANT>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">8 5\/8 %</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="3">near closing bid</QUANT>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">8 11\/16 %</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="4">offered</QUANT>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="770">
<n>-LRB-</n>
<THEME gr="1">CenTrust shares</THEME>
<n>have fallen sharply in</n>
<QUANT gr="1">price</QUANT>
<n>from a high of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 15.125</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">1986</TIME>
<n>to close</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">yesterday</TIME>
<n>at</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 2.875</VALUE>
<n>. -RRB-</n>
</S>
<S id="771">
<n>In fact , </n>
<AGENT gr="1">they</AGENT>
<n>'ve spent billions of dollars to boost</n>
<QUANT gr="1">the percentage of continously cast steel</QUANT>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">60.9 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">1988</TIME>
<n>, from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">39.6 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">five years before</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="772">
<QUANT gr="1">LONDON INTERBANK OFFERED RATES</QUANT>
<n> -LRB-</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">LIBOR</QUANT> 
<n>-RRB- :</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">8 3\/4 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">one month</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8 11\/16 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">three months</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">8 9\/16 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">six months</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">8 9\/16 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="4">one year</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="773">
<THEME>LONDON LATE EURODOLLARS</THEME>
<n>:</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">8 5\/8 % to 8 1\/2 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">one month</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8 5\/8 % to 8 1\/2 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">two months</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">8 9\/16 % to 8 7\/16 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">three months</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">8 1\/2 % to 8 3\/8 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="4">four months</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="6">8 1\/2 % to 8 3\/8 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="5">five months</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="7">8 1\/2 % to 8 3\/8 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="6">six months</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<n>On average ,</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">Mr. Lynford</QUANT> 
<n>says , it</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">now</TIME>
<n>takes</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">three to 3 1\/2 years</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1">to fill new office space</QUANT>
<n>, compared with</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">2 1\/2 years</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">1988</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="774">
<THEME gr="1">CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT</THEME>
<n> :</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">8.09 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">one month</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8.09 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">two months</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">8.06 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">three months</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">8 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="4">six months</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="5">7.94 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="5">one year</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="775">
<THEME gr="1">LONDON LATE EURODOLLARS</THEME>
<n> :</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">8 11\/16 % to 8 9\/16 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">one month</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8 5\/8 % to 8 1\/2 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">two months</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">8 5\/8 % to 8 1\/2 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">three months</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">8 9\/16 % to 8 7\/16 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="4">four months</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="5">8 1\/2 % to 8 3\/8%</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="5">five months</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="6">8 1\/2 % to 8 3\/8 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="6">six months</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="776">
<WHOLE>Commodities</WHOLE> 
<n>:</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Dow Jones futures index</THEME>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">129.49</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<MANNER gr="2" ind="1">off</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1" sign="-">0.13</VALUE>
<n>;</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">spot index</THEME>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">131.64</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<MANNER gr="2" ind="2">up</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2" sign="+">0.30</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="778">
<QUANT gr="1">LONDON INTERBANK OFFERED RATES</QUANT>
<n> -LRB-</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">LIBOR</QUANT> 
<n>-RRB- :</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">8 3\/4 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">one month</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8 3\/4 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">three months</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">8 9\/16 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">six months</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">8 1\/2 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="4">one year</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="779">
<THEME gr="1">The bonds</THEME>
<n>are tentatively priced to</n>
<QUANT gr="1">yield</QUANT>
<n>from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">6.90 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">1996</TIME>
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">7.55 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">2023</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="780">
<QUANT gr="1">Typical rates</QUANT> 
<n>in</n> 
<LOCATION gr="1">the secondary market</LOCATION>
<n>:</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">8.60 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">one month</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8.60 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">three months</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">8.45 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">six months</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="781">
<THEME gr="1">COMMERCIAL PAPER</THEME>
<n>: High-grade unsecured notes sold through dealers by major corporations in multiples of $ 1,000 :</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">8.575 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">30 days</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8.50 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">60 days</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">8.45 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">90 days</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="782">
<QUANT gr="1">Revenue</QUANT>
<n>for</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the nine months</TIME>
<n>is expected to be about</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 230.5 million</VALUE>
<n>, up about 21 % from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 190.4 million</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">last year</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="783">
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">7.63 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">13 weeks</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">7.60 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">26 weeks</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="784">
<n>Yesterday ,</n> 
<THEME gr="[1,2]">Southam</THEME>
<n>reported</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">third-quarter</TIME>
<QUANT gr="1">earnings</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">C$ 10.8 million</VALUE>
<n>on</n>
<QUANT gr="2">revenue</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">C$ 395.4 million</VALUE>
<n>, down from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">C$ 14.6 million</VALUE>
<n>on</n>
<QUANT gr="2">revenue</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">C$ 389.6 million</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">the year-ago quarter</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="785">
<QUANT gr="1">LONDON INTERBANK OFFERED RATES</QUANT>
<n>-LRB-</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">LIBOR</QUANT> 
<n>-RRB- :</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">8 5\/8 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">one month</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8 9\/16 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">three months</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">8 7\/16 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">six months</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">8 7\/16 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="4">one year</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="787">
<n>Overall ,</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]">Saab-Scania</THEME>
<n>'s</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">pretax profit</QUANT>
<n>during</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">the first eight months of the year</TIME>
<n>plunged 48.9 % to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">1 billion Swedish kronor</VALUE>
<n>-LRB-</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">$ 155.1 million</VALUE>
<n>-RRB- from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">1.96 billion kronor</VALUE>
<n>-LRB-</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">$ 303.9 million</VALUE>
<n>-RRB-</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">a year earlier</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="788">
<n>Since</n> 
<REFERENCE_TIME gr="1">1983</REFERENCE_TIME> 
<n>,</n>
<AGENT gr="1">Westinghouse</AGENT>
<n>has</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">shed</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">70 businesses</VALUE>
<n>that it did n't expect to produce 10 % operating margins while</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">acquiring</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">55 businesses</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="789">
<QUANT gr="1">FOREIGN PRIME RATES</QUANT>
<n>:</n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="1">Canada</LOCATION>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">13.50 %</VALUE>
<n>;</n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="2">Germany</LOCATION>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8.50 %</VALUE>
<n>;</n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="3">Japan</LOCATION>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">4.875 %</VALUE>
<n>;</n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="4">Switzerland</LOCATION>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">8.50 %</VALUE>
<n>;</n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="5">Britain</LOCATION>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="5">15 %</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="790">
<QUANT gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Pretax profit</QUANT>
<n>is seen at </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">45.00 billion yen</VALUE>
<n>, down from </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">47.17 billion yen</VALUE>
<n>, while </n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]" ind="2">net income</QUANT>
<n>is estimated at </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">23.500 billion yen</VALUE>
<n>, up from </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">23.031 billion yen</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="791">
<n>About</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">33 %</VALUE>
<n>``</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">considered another crash likely</QUANT>
<n>, '' while about</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">63 %</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">said one is `` unlikely</QUANT>
<n>. ''</n>
</S>
<S id="792">
<n>In</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">1988</TIME>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">10 %</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<WHOLE gr="1">those aged 65 to 74</WHOLE>
<QUANT gr="1">lived with relatives other than spouses</QUANT>
<n>, down from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">15 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">1970</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="793">
<n>In </n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the latest nine months</TIME>
<n>,</n> 
<SOURCE gr="1">Mr. Hutchinson said</SOURCE> 
<n>, </n>
<QUANT gr="1">total coal sales</QUANT>
<n>rose to about </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">14.6 million tons</VALUE>
<n>from about </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">14.3 million tons</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">a year earlier</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="794">
<THEME gr="1">COMMERCIAL PAPER</THEME>
<n>: High-grade unsecured notes sold through dealers by major corporations in multiples of $ 1,000 :</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">8.55 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">30 days</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8.45 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">60 days</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">8.40 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">90 days</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="795">
<QUANT gr="1">LONDON INTERBANK OFFERED RATES</QUANT>
<n>-LRB-</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">LIBOR</QUANT> 
<n>-RRB- :</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">8 1\/2 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">one month</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8 1\/2 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">three months</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">8 7\/16 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">six months</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">8 3\/8 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="4">one year</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="796">
<n>For</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">all of fiscal 1989</TIME>
<n>, however ,</n>
<QUANT gr="1">the average gross margin</QUANT>
<n>was</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">49 %</VALUE>
<n>, below the average</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">1988</TIME>
<QUANT gr="1">gross margin</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">51 %</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="797">
<n>--</n>
<QUANT gr="1">Per capita income</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">blacks</THEME>
<n>, though still only 60 % that of whites ,</n>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">rose</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">3.9 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n> 
<TIME gr="1">1988</TIME>
<n>, while</n>
<QUANT gr="1">per capita income</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">whites</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">rose</MANNER>
<n>only</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">1.5 %</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="798">
<THEME gr="1">FEDERAL FUNDS</THEME> 
<n>:</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">8 3\/4 %</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">high</QUANT>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8 5\/8 %</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">low</QUANT>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">8 11\/16 %</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="3">near closing bid</QUANT>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">8 11\/16 %</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="4">offered</QUANT>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="799">
<THEME gr="1">TREASURY BILLS</THEME>
<n>: Results of the Monday , October 16 , 1989 , auction of short-term U.S. government bills , sold at a discount from face value in units of $ 10,000 to $ 1 million :</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">7.37 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">13 weeks</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">7.42 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">26 weeks</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S id="800">
<n>An ebullient</n> 
<SOURCE gr="1">Kenneth Iverson</SOURCE>
<n>,</n> 
<AGENT gr="1" ind="1">Nucor</AGENT> 
<n>'s chairman , says</n>
<AGENT gr="1" ind="1">the company 's plant</AGENT>
<n>eventually will</n>
<QUANT gr="1">make</QUANT> 
<THEME gr="1">a ton of steel</THEME>
<n>in</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">1.5 man hours</VALUE>
<n>, compared with</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">four to six man hours</VALUE>
<n>at</n>
<AGENT gr="1" ind="2">a conventional mill</AGENT>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">Sales</QUANT>
<n>at</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">general merchandise</THEME>
<n>stores</n>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">rose</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">1.7 %</VALUE>
<n>after</n>
<MANNER gr="2" ind="1" sign="-">declining</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">0.6 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n> 
<TIME gr="2">August</TIME>
<n>, while </n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">sales</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">building materials</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2" sign="-">fell</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">1.8 %</VALUE>
<n>after</n>
<MANNER gr="2" ind="2" sign="+">rising</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">1.7 %</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<AGENT gr="1" ind="1">L.L. Bean</AGENT>
<QUANT gr="1">hires</QUANT>
<n>about</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">2,700 workers</VALUE>
<n>for</n>
<TIME gr="1">the season rush</TIME>
<n>, about 300 more than last year ;</n>
<AGENT gr="1" ind="2">Land 's End</AGENT>
<QUANT gr="1">hires</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">2,000</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Dow Jones industrials</THEME>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">2689.14</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<MANNER gr="2" ind="1">up</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1" sign="+">5.94</VALUE>
<n>;</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">transportation</THEME>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">1230.80</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<MANNER gr="2" ind="2">off</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2" sign="-">32.71</VALUE>
<n>;</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="3">utilities</THEME>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">215.48</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<MANNER gr="2" ind="3">up</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="3" sign="+">0.06</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<AGENT gr="1">FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION</AGENT>
<n>-LRB-</n> 
<AGENT gr="1">Fannie Mae</AGENT>
<n>-RRB- : Posted</n>
<QUANT gr="1">yields</QUANT>
<n>on</n> 
<WHOLE gr="1">30 year mortgage commitments for delivery within 30 days</WHOLE>
<n>-LRB- priced at par -RRB-</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">9.81 %</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">standard conventional fixed-rate mortgages</THEME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8.70 %</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">6\/2 rate capped one-year adjustable rate mortgages</THEME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<THEME gr="1">COMMERCIAL PAPER</THEME>
<n>: High-grade unsecured notes sold through dealers by major corporations in multiples of $ 1,000 :</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">8.40 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">30 days</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8.33 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">60 days</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">8.26 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">90 days</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<QUANT gr="1">LONDON INTERBANK OFFERED RATES</QUANT>
<n>-LRB-</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">LIBOR</QUANT> 
<n>-RRB- :</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">8 11\/16 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">one month</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8 11\/16 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">three months</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">8 1\/2 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">six months</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">8 1\/2 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="4">one year</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<QUANT gr="1">Typical rates</QUANT> 
<n>in</n> 
<LOCATION gr="1">the secondary market</LOCATION>
<n>:</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">8.53 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">one month</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8.48 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">three months</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">8.40 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">six months</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">The 235 general-purpose funds</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">increased</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">$ 2.53 billion</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">$ 116.56 billion</VALUE>
<n>, while</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">96 broker-dealer funds</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">increased</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">$ 1.3 billion</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">$ 154.05 billion</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<THEME gr="1">COMMERCIAL PAPER</THEME>
<n>placed directly by</n> 
<AGENT gr="1">General Motors Acceptance Corp.</AGENT> 
<n>:</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">8.45 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">30 to 44 days</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8.20 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">45 to 67 days</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">8.325 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">68 to 89 days</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">8 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="4">90 to 119 days</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="5">7.875 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="5">120 to 149 days</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="6">7.75 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="6">150 to 179 days</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="7">7.50 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="7">180 to 270 days</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<QUANT>BANKERS ACCEPTANCES</QUANT>
<n>:</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">8.50 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">30 days</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8.32 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">60 days</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">8.32 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">90 days</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">8.16 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="4">120 days</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="5">8.05 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="5">150 days</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="6">7.96 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="6">180 days</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<THEME gr="1">The company</THEME>
<n>said</n>
<QUANT gr="1">earnings</QUANT>
<n>for</n>
<TIME gr="1">the year ending Jan. 28 , 1990</TIME>
<n>, are expected to be</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" range="true">25 to 35 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>, compared with</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">a previous estimate</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">50 to 60 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<QUANT>FOREIGN PRIME RATES</QUANT>
<n>:</n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="1">Canada</LOCATION>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">13.50 %</VALUE>
<n>;</n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="2">Germany </LOCATION>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">9 %</VALUE>
<n>;</n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="3">Japan</LOCATION>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">4.875 %</VALUE>
<n>;</n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="4">Switzerland</LOCATION>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">8.50 %</VALUE>
<n>;</n>
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="5">Britain</LOCATION>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="5">15 %</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<SOURCE gr="1">Mr. Simmons</SOURCE> 
<n>said </n>
<AGENT gr="1">Keystone 's new mill</AGENT>
<n>is expected to</n>
<QUANT gr="1">produce</QUANT>
<n>about</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">585,000 tons of steel rods</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">this year</QUANT>
<n>, up from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">413,000 tons</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">1988</QUANT>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<THEME gr="[1,2]">Dow Jones industrials</THEME>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">2683.20</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<MANNER gr="2" ind="1">up</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1" sign="+">39.55</VALUE>
<n>;</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">transportation</THEME>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">1263.51</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<MANNER gr="2" ind="2">up</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2" sign="+">15.64</VALUE>
<n>;</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="3">utilities</THEME>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">215.42</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<MANNER gr="2" ind="3">up</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="3" sign="+">1.45</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<WHOLE gr="1">Commodities</WHOLE>
<n>:</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Dow Jones futures index</THEME>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">129.72</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<MANNER gr="2" ind="1">off</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1" sign="-">0.15</VALUE>
<n>;</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">spot index</THEME>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">130.16</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<MANNER gr="2" ind="2">up</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2" sign="+">0.91</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<n>For</n> 
<TIME gr="[1,2]">the year-earlier month</TIME>
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">the Big Board</THEME>
<n>reported</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">461,539,056 shares</VALUE>
<n>, indicating a</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1" sign="+">13.5 % year-to-year</VALUE>
<MANNER gr="2" ind="1">rise</MANNER>
<n>, while</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">the Amex</THEME>
<n>reported</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">36,015,194 shares</VALUE>
<n>, a</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2" sign="+">48 %</VALUE>
<MANNER gr="2" ind="2">leap</MANNER>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">9.86 %</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">standard conventional fixed-rate mortgages</THEME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8.85 %</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">6\/2 rate capped one-year adjustable rate mortgages</THEME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<n>To confuse matters further , when </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]">UAL Corp. stock</THEME>
<n>finally opened on</n> 
<LOCATION gr="[1,2]">the New York Stock Exchange</LOCATION> 
<n>at</n> 
<TIME gr="[1,2]">11:08 a.m.</TIME> 
<n>, the price was</n> 
<QUANT gr="[1,2]" ind="1">listed</QUANT>
<n>at</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 324.75 a share</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<MANNER gr="2" ind="1">up</MANNER>
<n>about</n> 
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">$ 45</VALUE> 
<n>from</n> 
<REFERENCE_TIME gr="2">Friday</REFERENCE_TIME> 
<n>; in fact ,</n> 
<THEME gr="[1,2]">its</THEME>
<CO_QUANT gr="[1,2]" ind="2">true price</CO_QUANT>
<n>was</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 224.75</VALUE> 
<n>,</n>
<MANNER gr="2" ind="2">down</MANNER> 
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2" sign="-">$ 55</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<n>Per-share earnings were enhanced by</n> 
<CAUSE gr="1">the company 's share buy-back program</CAUSE> 
<n>, which reduced</n>
<QUANT gr="1">the average shares outstanding</QUANT>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">87.5 million</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the quarter</TIME>
<n>from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">95.8 million</VALUE>
<n>in </n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">the same quarter of 1988</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<THEME gr="1">The Oakland grocery retailer</THEME>
<n>, closely held since a $ 4.2 billion leveraged buy-out in 1986 , said</n>
<QUANT gr="1">profit</QUANT>
<n>for</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the three months ended Sept. 9</TIME>
<n>was</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 7.1 million</VALUE>
<n>, compared with</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 23 million</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">a year earlier</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<THEME gr="1">CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT</THEME>
<n>:</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">8.05 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">one month</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8.02 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">two months</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">8 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">three months</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">7.98 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="4">six months</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="5">7.95 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="5">one year</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<n>``</n> 
<THEME gr="1">We</THEME>
<n>went</n>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">down</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="-">3\/4 point</VALUE>
<n>in 10 minutes</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">right before lunch</TIME>
<n>, then</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">after lunch</TIME>
<THEME gr="1">we</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">went up</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">3\/4 point</VALUE>
<n>in 12 minutes , '' he said .</n>
</S>
<S>
<n>It said</n>
<QUANT gr="1">debt</QUANT>
<n>remained at the</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 1.22 billion</VALUE>
<n>that has prevailed</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">since early 1989</TIME>
<n>, although that compared with</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 911 million</VALUE>
<n>at</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">Sept. 30 , 1988</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<n>Meanwhile ,</n>
<QUANT gr="1">the average yield</QUANT>
<n>on</n> 
<THEME gr="1">six-month CDs of more than $ 90,000</THEME>
<n>fell to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">7.93 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the latest week</TIME>
<n>, according to</n> 
<SOURCE gr="1">Banxquote</SOURCE> 
<n>, from </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8.10 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">the week before</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S> 
<AGENT gr="1">FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTGAGE CORP .</AGENT>
<n>. -LRB-</n> 
<AGENT gr="1">Freddie Mac</AGENT> 
<n>-RRB- : Posted </n>
<QUANT gr="1">yields</QUANT>
<n>on 30-year mortgage commitments for delivery within 30 days .</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">9.86 %</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">standard conventional fixed-rate mortgages</THEME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">7.875 %</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">2 % rate capped one-year adjustable rate mortgages</THEME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<THEME gr="1">Loral</THEME>
<n>also reported that its</n>
<QUANT gr="1">bookings</QUANT>
<n>more than doubled to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 654 million</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the quarter , ended Sept. 30</TIME>
<n>, from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 257 million</VALUE>
<n>, in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">the year-before period</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<THEME gr="1">FEDERAL FUNDS</THEME>
<n>:</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">8 3\/4 %</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">high</QUANT>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8 11\/16 %</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">low</QUANT>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">8 3\/4 %</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="3">near closing bid</QUANT>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">8 13\/16 %</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="4">offered</QUANT>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<n>According to</n> 
<SOURCE>the ministry</SOURCE> 
<n>,</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">retail sales</QUANT>
<n>at</n>
<LOCATION gr="[1,2]" ind="1">major department stores</LOCATION>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">were up</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">12 %</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">745.7 billion yen</VALUE>
<n>, while</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">sales</QUANT>
<n>at</n>
<LOCATION gr="[1,2]" ind="2">supermarkets</LOCATION>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">rose</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">6.7 %</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">642 billion yen</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<CONDITION gr="1" ind="1">Growth of 10 %</CONDITION> 
<n>would make</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">sales</QUANT> 
<n>for</n> 
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the latest quarter</TIME> 
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 269 million</VALUE> 
<n>,</n> 
<n>compared with</n> 
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 244.6 million</VALUE> 
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">a year ago</TIME> 
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<THEME gr="1">American Express Bank</THEME>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">earnings</QUANT>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">fell</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="-">50 %</VALUE>
<n>to $ 21.3 million from $ 42.5 million despite a</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">29 %</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">revenue</QUANT>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">gain</MANNER>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<AGENT gr="1">FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION</AGENT>
<n>-LRB-</n> 
<AGENT gr="1">Fannie Mae</AGENT>
<n>-RRB-: Posted </n>
<QUANT gr="1">yields</QUANT>
<n>on 30 year mortgage commitments for delivery within 30 days -LRB- priced at par -RRB-</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">9.80 %</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">standard conventional fixed-rate mortgages</THEME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8.70 %</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">6\/2 rate capped one-year adjustable rate mortgages</THEME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<AGENT gr="1">Beneficiaries aged 65 through 69</AGENT>
<n>will be able to</n>
<QUANT gr="1">earn</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 9,360</VALUE>
<n>without losing any Social Security benefits in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">1990</TIME>
<n>, up from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 8,880</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">this year</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<THEME gr="1">Sun</THEME>
<n>, a maker of computer workstations , reported</n>
<QUANT gr="1">sales</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 538.5 million</VALUE>
<n>for</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the quarter ended Sept. 29</TIME>
<n>, up 39 % from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 388.5 million</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">a year earlier</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<QUANT gr="1">BANKERS ACCEPTANCES</QUANT>
<n>:</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">8.45 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">30 days</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8.32 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">60 days</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">8.32 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">90 days</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">8.17 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="4">120 days</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="5">8.08 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="5">150 days</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="6">7.98 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="6">180 days</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<QUANT gr="1">The backlog of undelivered orders</QUANT>
<n>at</n> 
<THEME gr="1">Northrop</THEME>
<n>on</n>
<TIME  gr="1" ind="1">Sept. 30</TIME>
<n>was</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 4.68 billion</VALUE>
<n>, down from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 5.16 billion</VALUE>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">a year earlier</THEME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">8.52 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">30 days</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8.37 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">60 days</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">8.15 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">90 days</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">7.98 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="4">120 days</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="5">7.92 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="5">150 days</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="6">7.80 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="6">180 days</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<THEME gr="1">TREASURY BILLS</THEME>
<n>: Results of the Monday , October 23 , 1989 , auction of short-term U.S. government bills , sold at a discount from face value in units of $ 10,000 to $ 1 million :</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">7.52 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">13 weeks</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">7.50 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">26 weeks</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<AGENT gr="1">Detroit Edison</AGENT>
<n>, the plan pioneer ,</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">generated</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 54,000</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<CO_QUANT gr="1">matching funds</CO_QUANT>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">this year</TIME>
<n>, up from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 39,000</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">1988</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<CAUSE gr="1">The inflation adjustment</CAUSE> 
<n>also means that</n>
<QUANT gr="1">the maximum annual level of earnings</QUANT>
<n>subject to the wage tax that generates revenue for the Social Security trust fund will rise to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 50,400</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">1990</TIME>
<n>from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 48,000</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">this year</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<n>For</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the nine months</TIME>
<n>,</n> 
<THEME gr="1">the company</THEME> 
<n>said</n>
<QUANT gr="1">profit</QUANT>
<n>fell 49 % to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 23.5 million</VALUE>
<n>from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 46 million</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">the year-earlier quarter</TIME>
<n>, which included divestiture-related gains of $ 50.6 million .</n>
</S>
<S>
<THEME gr="1">PepsiCo Inc.</THEME>
<n>'s chairman said he is `` more than comfortable with '' analysts ' estimates that</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">third-quarter</TIME>
<QUANT gr="1">earnings</QUANT>
<n>rose to at least</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">98 cents to $ 1 a share</VALUE>
<n>from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">91 cents</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">the year earlier</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<THEME gr="1">The apparel holding company</THEME>
<n>had</n>
<QUANT gr="1">sales</QUANT>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the quarter ended Aug. 27</TIME>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 1 billion</VALUE>
<n>, up 12 % from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 908.8 million</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">a year ago</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<TIME gr="1">The latest month</TIME> 
<n>'s figures show that</n> 
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">imports of steel</QUANT>
<n>from</n> 
<LOCATION gr="[1,2]" ind="1">European Community nations</LOCATION>
<n>fell to</n> 
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">466,000 tons</VALUE>
<n>from</n> 
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">481,000</VALUE> 
<TIME gr="2" ind="1">a month earlier</TIME> 
<n>, while</n>  
<THEME gr="1">imports</THEME>
<n>from</n> 
<LOCATION gr="1" ind="2">Japan</LOCATION>
<n>rose to</n> 
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">323,000 tons</VALUE> 
<n>from</n> 
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">288,000</VALUE> 
<n>in</n> 
<TIME gr="2" ind="2">July</TIME> 
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<THEME gr="1">FEDERAL FUNDS</THEME>
<n>:</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">8 3\/4 %</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">high</QUANT>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8 1\/2 %</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">low</QUANT>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">8 5\/8 %</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="3">near closing bid</QUANT>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">8 3\/4 %</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="4">offered</QUANT>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<SOURCE gr="1">The Big Board</SOURCE> 
<n>reported that</n>
<QUANT gr="1">short interest</QUANT>
<n>dropped to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">523,920,214 shares</VALUE>
<n>as of</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">Oct. 13</TIME>
<n>from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">547,347,585 shares</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">mid-September</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<QUANT gr="1">The cumulative total</QUANT>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">1989</TIME>
<n>was</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">12,283,217 tons</VALUE>
<n>, up 7.5 % from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">11,429,243 tons</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">a year earlier</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<TIME gr="1">A year ago this fall</TIME> 
<n>,</n>
<WHOLE gr="1" ind="[1,2]">New Jersey voters under 30</WHOLE>
<n>favored</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">George Bush</QUANT>
<n>by</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">56 %</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">39 %</VALUE>
<n>over</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">Michael Dukakis</QUANT>
<n>, according to</n> 
<SOURCE gr="1">a survey then by Rutgers University 's Eagleton Institute</SOURCE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<THEME gr="1">COMMERCIAL PAPER</THEME>
<n>placed directly by</n> 
<AGENT gr="1">General Motors Acceptance Corp.</AGENT> 
<n>:</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">8.30 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">5 to 44 days</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8.20 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">45 to 59 days</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">8 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">60 to 89 days</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">7.875 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="4">90 to 119 days</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="5">7.75 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="5">120 to 149 days</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="6">7.625 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="6">150 to 179 days</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="7">7.375 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="7">180 to 270 days</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<n>The</n> 
<THEME gr="1">Philippine merchandise</THEME>
<QUANT gr="1">trade deficit</QUANT>
<n>widened to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 1.71 billion</VALUE>
<n>during</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the first eight months of 1989</TIME>
<n>from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 807 million</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">a year earlier</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<QUANT gr="1">BANKERS ACCEPTANCES</QUANT>
<n>:</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">8.38 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">30 days</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8.28 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">60 days</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">8.23 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">90 days</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">8.13 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="4">120 days</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="5">8.03 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="5">150 days</TIME>
<n>;</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="6">7.93 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="6">180 days</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<n>As a result , </n>
<THEME gr="1">BankAmerica</THEME>
<n>said</n>
<THEME gr="1">its</THEME> 
<QUANT gr="1">reserve against troubled foreign-country loans</QUANT>
<n>,</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">once</TIME>
<n>below</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">25 %</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">now</TIME>
<n>amounts to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">45 %</VALUE>
<n>of</n> 
<WHOLE gr="1">the $ 6.4 billion of non-trade debt it calculates it is owed by those nations</WHOLE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Third-quarter</TIME>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">net income</QUANT>
<n>dropped to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 221 million</VALUE>
<n>, or </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">$ 1.55 a share</VALUE>
<n>, from </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 230 million</VALUE>
<n>, or </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">$ 1.60 a share</VALUE>
<n>, in </n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">the year-earlier period</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">August</TIME>
<QUANT gr="1">imports</QUANT>
<n>claimed</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">18.5 %</VALUE>
<n>of </n>
<WHOLE gr="1">the U.S. market</WHOLE>
<n>, compared with</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">19.3 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">July</TIME>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">20.5 %</VALUE>
<n>in </n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">August 1988</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<SOURCE gr="1">The government</SOURCE>
<n>said</n>
<QUANT gr="1">the consumer price index</QUANT>
<MANNER gr="1">rose</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">2.3 %</VALUE> 
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1">the quarter ended Sept. 30</TIME>
<n>from</n>
<REFERENCE_TIME gr="1" ind="1">the previous quarter</REFERENCE_TIME>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">8 %</VALUE> 
<n>from</n>
<REFERENCE_TIME gr="1" ind="2">a year ago</REFERENCE_TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>	
<S>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">TDK</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">fell</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="-">120</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">5,960</VALUE>
<n>,</n> 
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Fuji Photo Film</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">declined</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="-">160</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">4,830</VALUE>
<n>, and</n> 
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="3">Fanuc</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="3">dropped</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3" sign="-">160</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="3">7,440</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>	
<S>
<THEME gr="[1,2]">The No. 3 U.S. auto maker</THEME>
<n>had a</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="-">23.7 %</VALUE> 
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">plunge</MANNER>
<n>in</n> 
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">car sales</QUANT>
<n>to</n> 
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">22,336</VALUE>
<n>and a </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="-">17.5 %</VALUE> 
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">drop</MANNER>
<n>in</n> 
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">truck sales</QUANT>
<n>to</n> 
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">22,925</VALUE>
<n>, which include its minivans and Jeeps .</n>
</S>	
<S>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Wells Fargo &amp; Co.</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">fell</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="-">50 cents</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">$ 81.50</VALUE>
<n>, and </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">BankAmerica Corp.</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">fell</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="-">50 cents</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">$ 31.875</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<TIME gr="1">The latest period</TIME>
<n>included a </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 54 million</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">gain</QUANT>
<n>from </n>
<CAUSE gr="1" ind="1">the sale of various oil and gas properties</CAUSE>
<n>, a </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 22 million</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">charge</QUANT>
<n>from </n>
<CAUSE gr="1" ind="2">the restructuring of Occidental 's domestic oil and gas operations</CAUSE>
<n>, and </n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="3">tax credits</QUANT>
<n>of </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">$ 42 million</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>	
<S>
<n>In </n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">late Friday afternoon</TIME>
<LOCATION gr="[1,2]">New York</LOCATION>
<n>trading , </n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">the dollar</QUANT>
<n>was at </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">1.8300 marks</VALUE>
<n>and </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">141.65 yen</VALUE>
<n>, off from </n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">late Thursday</TIME>
<n>'s </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">1.8400 marks</VALUE> 
<n>and </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">142.10 yen</VALUE> 
<n>.</n>
</S>	
<S>
<n>The rise came a day after the year 's biggest drop on</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">Monday</TIME>
<n>, when</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">the Nikkei</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">fell</MANNER>
<n>647.33 , or</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="-">1.8 % </VALUE>
<n>, in response to</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">Friday</TIME>
<n>'s</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="-">6.9 % </VALUE>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">plunge</MANNER>
<n>on</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">Wall Street</THEME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<n>On</n> 
<WHOLE gr="[1,2]">the life insurance side</WHOLE> 
<n>, </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Pearl Group</THEME>
<n>finished</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="-">5</VALUE>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1" >lower</MANNER>
<n>at </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1" >640</VALUE>
<n>, and </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Sun Life</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">dropped</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="-">15</VALUE>
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2"># 11.53</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">Nestle</THEME>
<n>'s</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">share</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">7 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">before Friday 's purchases</TIME>
<n>is far below the</n>
<QUANT gr="1">shares</QUANT>
<n>of market leaders</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">Hershey Foods Corp.</THEME>
<n>and</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="3">Mars Inc.</THEME>
<n>, which have about</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">40 %</VALUE>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">36 %</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<WHOLE gr="1">the market</WHOLE>
<n>, respectively .</n>
</S>
<S>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Late yesterday</TIME>
<n>in</n>
<LOCATION gr="[1,2]">New York</LOCATION>
<n>, </n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">the dollar</QUANT>
<n>rose to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">142.75 yen</VALUE>
<n>from</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">141.80 yen</VALUE>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Monday</TIME>
<n>, but fell to </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">1.8667 marks</VALUE>
<n>from </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">1.8685 marks</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">Between 1981 and 1986</TIME>
<n>, the most recent five-year period for which figures are available ,</n>
<THEME gr="1">Lloyd 's </THEME>
<n>reported over</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1"># 3.6 billion</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<QUANT gr="1">claims and reserves against future losses</QUANT>
<n>-LRB- $ 5.7 billion at today 's exchange rates -RRB- , more than double the </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2"># 1.35 billion</VALUE>
<n>posted in </n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">the previous five-year period</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>	
<S>
<n>The average</n> 
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">two-year</TIME>
<n>and</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">five-year</TIME>
<QUANT gr="1">jumbos</QUANT>
<n>were up 0.02 of a percentage point to </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">7.91 %</VALUE>
<n>and </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">7.96 %</VALUE>
<n>, respectively .</n>
</S>	
<S>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Sapporo</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">gained</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">80</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">1,920</VALUE>
<n>and </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Kirin</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">added</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">60</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">2,070</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>	
<S>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Mead</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">rose</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" sign="+" ind="1">3\/4</VALUE>
<n>to</n> 
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">39 1\/2</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Federal Paper Board</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">added</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" sign="+" ind="2">1\/2</VALUE>
<n>to</n> 
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">24 3\/8</VALUE>
<n>and</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="3">Scott Paper</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="3">gained</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" sign="+" ind="3">1\/2</VALUE>
<n>to</n> 
<VALUE gr="2" ind="3">48 3\/8</VALUE>
<n>, while</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="4">International Paper</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="4">fell</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" sign="-" ind="4">7\/8</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="4">48 7\/8</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="5">Champion International</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="5">lost</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" sign="-" ind="5">3\/8</VALUE> 
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="5">31 1\/2</VALUE>
<n>and</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="6">Louisiana-Pacific</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="6">dropped</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" sign="-" ind="6">1\/8</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="6">40 1\/4</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>	
<S>
<THEME gr="1">The Oklahoma City energy and defense concern</THEME>
<n>said it will record a</n>
<WHOLE gr="1">$ 7.5 million reserve for its defense group</WHOLE>
<n>, including a</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 4.7 million</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">charge</QUANT>
<n>related to</n>
<CAUSE gr="1" ind="1">problems under a fixed-price development contract</CAUSE>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 2.8 million</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">overhead costs</QUANT>
<n>that wo n't be reimbursed .</n>
</S>	
<S>
<CAUSE gr="1">The offering</CAUSE> 
<n>, Series 107 , is backed by Freddie Mac 15-year , 9 % securities , and brings</n> 
<THEME gr="1">Freddie Mac</THEME> 
<n>'s</n> 
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">1989</TIME>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">Remic issuance</QUANT>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 32.8 billion</VALUE>
<n>and</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">its total volume</QUANT>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 46.8 billion</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">since the program began in February 1988</TIME> 
<n>.</n>
</S>	
<S>
<n>With</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">700 branches</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<LOCATION gr="1">Spain</LOCATION>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">12 banking subsidiaries</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">five branches</VALUE>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">12 representative offices</VALUE>
<LOCATION gr="2">abroad</LOCATION>
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]">the Banco Exterior group</THEME>
<n>has a lot to offer a potential suitor .</n>
</S>	
<S>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">For the nine months</TIME>
<n>, </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]">Honeywell</THEME>
<n>reported </n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">earnings</QUANT>
<n>of </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 212.1 million</VALUE>
<n>, or </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">$ 4.92 a share</VALUE>
<n>, compared with </n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">earnings</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 47.9 million</VALUE>
<n>, or </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">$ 1.13 a share</VALUE>
<n>, </n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">a year earlier</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>		
<S>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Aetna Life &amp; Casualty</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">gained</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" sign="+" ind="1">1 3\/8</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">61 1\/8</VALUE>
<n>,</n> 
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Cigna</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">advanced</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" sign="+" ind="2">7\/8</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">64 3\/4</VALUE>
<n>,</n> 
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="3">Travelers</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="3">added</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" sign="+" ind="3">1\/2</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="3">40 3\/8</VALUE>
<n>and</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="4">American International Group</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="4">rose</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" sign="+" ind="4">3 1\/8</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="4">107 3\/4</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<n>For</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">the six months</TIME>
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]">the company</THEME>
<n>reported a more than sixfold increase in</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">earnings</QUANT>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 4.7 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">26 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>, from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 625,000</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">four cents a share</VALUE>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">a year ago</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>		
<S>
<n>Separately , </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]">Pitney Bowes</THEME>
<n>said </n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">third-quarter</TIME>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">net income</QUANT>
<n>gained 15 % to </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 62 million</VALUE>
<n>, or </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">78 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>, from </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 54 million</VALUE>
<n>, or </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">68 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>, </n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">a year ago</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>	
<S>
<n>For</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">fiscal 1989</TIME>
<n>,</n> 
<THEME gr="[1,2]">the company</THEME>
<n>posted</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">net</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 734.9 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">$ 2.87 a share</VALUE>
<n>, down from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 811.9 million</VALUE>
 <n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">$ 3.04 a share</VALUE>
<n>, in</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">fiscal 1988</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<n>Within</n>
<WHOLE gr="1">the paper sector</WHOLE>
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Mead</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">climbed</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" sign="+" ind="1">2 3\/8</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">38 3\/4</VALUE>
<n>on 1.3 million shares ,</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Union Camp</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">rose</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" sign="+" ind="2">2 3\/4</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">37 3\/4</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="3">Federal Paper Board</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="3">added</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" sign="+" ind="3">1 3\/4</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="3">23 7\/8</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="4">Bowater</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="4">gained</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" sign="+" ind="4">1 1\/2</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="4">27 1\/2</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="5">Stone Container</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="5">rose</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" sign="+" ind="5">1</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="5">26 1\/8</VALUE>
<n>and</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="6">Temple-Inland</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="6">jumped</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" sign="+" ind="6">3 3\/4</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="6">62 1\/4</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<AGENT gr="1">Trinova</AGENT>
<n>said it will</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">close , move or overhaul</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">40 of its 170 manufacturing facilities</VALUE>
<n>and</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">over the next three years</TIME>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">cut</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">1,500 jobs </VALUE>
<n>from</n>
<WHOLE gr="1" ind="2">its current world-wide payroll of 22,300 employees</WHOLE>
<n>.</n>
</S>	
<S>
<WHOLE gr="[1,2]">Auto shares</WHOLE>
<n>were mixed , as</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Daimler-Benz</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">firmed</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" sign="+" ind="1">2</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">723</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">Bayerische Motoren Werke</THEME>
<n>lost the same amount to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">554</VALUE>
<n>, and </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="3">Volkswagen</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="3">inched down</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" sign="-" ind="3">1.4</VALUE>
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="3">451.6</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<n>In addition to Unocal 's 153,000 barrel-a-day refinery near Lemont , Ill. ,</n> 
<AGENT gr="1">the new venture</AGENT> 
<n>would</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">control</QUANT> 
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">17 distribution terminals</VALUE>
<n>, </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">a lubricating-oil blending and packaging plant</VALUE>
<n>, and </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">131 company-owned Unocal service stations</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Aluminum Co. of America</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">dropped</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" sign="-" ind="1">1 1\/2</VALUE> 
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">70 1\/4</VALUE>
<n>,</n> 
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Phelps Dodge</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">fell</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" sign="-" ind="2">4</VALUE> 
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">59 7\/8</VALUE>
<n>,</n> 
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="3">Asarco</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="3">lost</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" sign="-" ind="3">1 3\/8 </VALUE>
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="3">31 3\/4</VALUE>
<n>,</n> 
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="4">Reynolds Metals</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="4">slid</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" sign="-" ind="4">1 3\/8</VALUE> 
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="4">50 3\/8</VALUE>
<n>,</n> 
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="5">Amax</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="5">dropped</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" sign="-" ind="5">1 1\/8</VALUE> 
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="5">21 5\/8</VALUE>
<n>and</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="6">Cyprus Minerals</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="6">skidded</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" sign="-" ind="6">2</VALUE> 
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="6">26 3\/4</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>	
<S>
<WHOLE gr="1">$ 68,230,000 of various bonds</WHOLE>
<n>, including </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 32 million</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">hotel occupancy tax revenue bonds , Series 1989A</QUANT>
<n>, and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 36.23 million</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">convention center revenue bonds , Series 1989B</QUANT>
<n>, via </n>
<AGENT gr="1">a Morgan Stanley &amp; Co. group</AGENT>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">For the nine months</TIME>
<n>,</n> 
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">net</QUANT>
<n>totaled</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 526 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">$ 3.74 a share</VALUE>
<n>, up 5 % from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 501 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">$ 3.71 a share</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">a year ago</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>	
<S>
<n>Counting all state and federal benefit programs ,</n>
<n>the number of</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">people receiving unemployment benefits</QUANT>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the week ended Sept. 30</TIME>
<n>fell to </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">1,809,300</VALUE>
<n>from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">1,838,200</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">a week earlier</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Paramount Communications</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">rose</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" sign="+" ind="1">5\/8</VALUE>
<n>to</n> 
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">58 3\/4</VALUE>
<n>,</n> 
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Time Warner</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">climbed</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" sign="+" ind="2">1 7\/8</VALUE>
<n>to</n> 
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">138 5\/8</VALUE>
<n>,</n> 
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="3">Walt Disney</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="3">advanced</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" sign="+" ind="3">3 1\/8</VALUE>
<n>to</n> 
<VALUE gr="2" ind="3">127 1\/2</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="4">MCA</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="4">rose</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" sign="+" ind="4">1 1\/8</VALUE>
<n>to</n> 
<VALUE gr="2" ind="4">65 5\/8</VALUE>
<n>and</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="5">McGraw-Hill</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="5">added</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" sign="+" ind="5">1\/2</VALUE>
<n>to</n> 
<VALUE gr="2" ind="5">67 1\/8</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>	
<S>
<n>In</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2,3]" ind="1">the first nine months</TIME>
<n>,</n> 
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">profit</QUANT>
<n>was</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 113 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">$ 3.04 a share</VALUE>
<n>, on</n>
<QUANT gr="3">sales</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="3" ind="1">$ 3.19 billion</VALUE>
<n>, compared with</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 204.5 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">$ 5.76 a share</VALUE>
<n>, on</n>
<QUANT gr="3">sales</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="3" ind="2">$ 3.03 billion</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2,3]" ind="2">a year earlier</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>	
<S>
<n>Other strong sectors were indicated in gains of</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">the Transportation Index</THEME>
<n>,</n> 
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">up</MANNER> 
<VALUE gr="1" sign="+" ind="1">7.55</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">475.35</VALUE>
<n>, and</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">the Utility Index</THEME>
<n>,</n> 
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">up</MANNER> 
<VALUE gr="1" sign="+" ind="2">8.68</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">730.37</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<n>Despite labor-shortage warnings ,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">80 %</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">aim for first-year wage increases of under 4 %</QUANT> 
<n>; and </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">77 %</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">say they 'd try to replace workers , if struck , or would consider it</QUANT> 
<n>.</n>
</S>	
<S>
<n>However ,</n> 
<THEME gr="1">HomeFed</THEME> 
<n>'s</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">loan originations and purchases</QUANT> 
<n>plunged 26 % in</n> 
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the quarter</TIME> 
<n>, to </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 1.4 billion</VALUE>
<n>from </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 1.9 billion</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">a year earlier </TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>	
<S>
<TIME gr="1">Eight trading days after Oct. 12</TIME> 
<n>,</n> 
<TIME gr="1">the day before the stock market plunge</TIME>
, for instance ,
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">the Nasdaq Composite</THEME>
<n>had</n>
<MANNER gr="1">fallen</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" sign="-" ind="1">4.3 %</VALUE>
<n>, compared with</n>
<VALUE gr="1" sign="-" ind="2">3.3 %</VALUE>
<n>for</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">the S&amp;P 500</THEME>
<n>, </n>
<VALUE gr="1" sign="-" ind="3">3.5 %</VALUE>
<n>for</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="3">the New York Stock Exchange Composite Index</THEME>
<n>and </n>
<VALUE gr="1" sign="-" ind="4">3.6 %</VALUE>
<n>for</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="4">the industrial average</THEME>
<n>.</n>
</S>	
<S>
<QUANT gr="1">Aerospace earnings</QUANT>
<MANNER gr="1">sagged</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="-">37 %</VALUE>
<n>for </n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the quarter</TIME>
<n>and </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="-">15 %</VALUE>
<n>for </n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">the year</TIME>
<n>, largely due to</n>
<CAUSE gr="1">lower B-1B program profit</CAUSE> 
<n>; the last of the bombers rolled out in April 1988 .</n>
</S>	
<S>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Hogs</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">rose</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 3.40</VALUE> 
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">$ 46.80 a hundredweight</VALUE>
<n>in </n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]">October</TIME>
<n>, while </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">beef cattle</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">slipped</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">80 cents</VALUE> 
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">$ 67.40 for each hundred pounds</VALUE>
<n>and </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="3">calves</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="3">dropped</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">90 cents</VALUE> 
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="3">$ 90.20</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>	
<S>
<TIME gr="1">After the transaction</TIME>
<n>,</n> 
<AGENT gr="1" ind="1">current common unitholders</AGENT>
<n>will</n>
<QUANT gr="1">own</QUANT>
<n>about</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">21.3 %</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<WHOLE gr="1">Edisto</WHOLE>
<n>,</n>
<AGENT gr="1" ind="2">current acquisition preferred holders</AGENT>
<n>will </n>
<QUANT gr="1">own</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">72.3 %</VALUE>
<n>, and</n>
<AGENT gr="1" ind="3">current stockholders of Edisto</AGENT>
<n>will </n>
<QUANT gr="1">own</QUANT>
<n>about</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">6.4 %</VALUE>
<n>, about the same stake as Edisto owns now in NRM .</n>
</S>	
<S>
<THEME gr="[1,2]">The bank holding company</THEME>
<n>also reported that</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">third-quarter</TIME>
<n>profit dropped 41 % , to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 42.7 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">61 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>, from </n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">the year-earlier</TIME>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 72.3 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">$ 1.04 a share</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>	
<S>
<n>PWA would n't estimate the value of</n>
<THEME gr="1">Wardair</THEME> 
<n>'s</n> 
<WHOLE gr="1">aircraft</WHOLE> 
<n>, which include</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">12 Airbus A310-300s</VALUE>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">three Boeing 747-100s</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>	
<S>
<QUANT gr="1">Shipments</QUANT>
<n>of</n> 
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">its Lemans</THEME> 
<n>to</n>
<LOCATION gr="1">GM 's Pontiac division</LOCATION>
<n>are</n>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">off</MANNER>
<n>about</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="-">65 %</VALUE>
<n>from</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">a year ago</TIME>
<n>, versus a </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="-">44 %</VALUE>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">decline</MANNER>
<n>for </n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">Hyundai</THEME>
<n>and an </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3" sign="+">18 %</VALUE>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="3" sign="+">increase</MANNER>
<n>for </n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="3">Kia</THEME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<SOURCE gr="1">Philips Industries Inc.</SOURCE>
<n>said</n>
<AGENT gr="1">its board</AGENT>
<n>authorized the redemption</n>
<TIME gr="1">Dec. 6</TIME> 
<n>of</n> 
<SOURCE gr="1">the company</SOURCE> 
<n>'s </n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">$ 1 cumulative convertible special preferred stock</THEME>
<n>at</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 37.50 a share</VALUE>
<n>, not including a 25 cent dividend for the current quarter , and the </n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">$ 3 cumulative convertible preferred stoc</THEME>
<n>at</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 75</VALUE>
<n>, plus a 75 cent dividend for the current quarter .</n>
</S>
<S>
<AGENT gr="[1,2]" ind="1">THE CHIEF NURSING officer</AGENT>
<n>can be </n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">responsible</QUANT>
<n>for more than</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">1,000 employees</VALUE>
<n>and at least</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">one-third </VALUE>
<n>of a</n>
<WHOLE gr="2">hospital 's budget</WHOLE>
<n>;</n>
<AGENT gr="[1,2]" ind="2">a head nurse typically</AGENT>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">oversees</QUANT>
<n>up to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">80 employees</VALUE>
<n>and</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 8 million</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<n>In</n>
<TIME gr="1">the fiscal year ended Sept. 30 , 1988</TIME>
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="1">Cluett</THEME>
<n>had</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">operating profit</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 37 million</VALUE>
<n>on </n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">sales</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 757 million</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<THEME gr="1">Amdura Corp.</THEME>
<n>said</n>
<AGENT gr="1">its bank group</AGENT>
<n>, led by Chicago-based Continental Bank , agreed to</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">extend</QUANT>
<THEME gr="1">its</THEME>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 40 million</VALUE>
<CO_QUANT gr="1" ind="1">bridge loan</CO_QUANT>
<n>until</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">March 31 , 1990</TIME>
<n>, and</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">gave</QUANT>
<THEME gr="1">it</THEME>
<n>a new</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 30 million</VALUE>
<CO_QUANT gr="1" ind="2">credit line</CO_QUANT>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<THEME gr="[1,2]">Dana Corp.</THEME>
<n>said its </n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">third-quarter</TIME>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]">net income</QUANT>
<n>fell 27 % to </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 29.6 million</VALUE>
<n>, or </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">72 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>, from </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 40.7 million</VALUE>
<n>, or </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">$ 1 a share</VALUE>
<n>, </n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">a year earlier</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">Philip Morris</THEME>
<n>slipped 1\/2 to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">43 7\/8</VALUE>
<n>, while </n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">Sara Lee</THEME>
<n>closed unchanged at</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">60 1\/8</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<n>For</n> 
<TIME gr="1">1988</TIME> 
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="1">BellSouth</THEME>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">earned</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 1.7 billion</VALUE>
<n>, or $ 3.51 a share , on</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">revenue</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 13.6 billion</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<n>On a pro-forma basis ,</n>
<CONDITION gr="1">assuming the merger was effective Jan 1 , 1988</CONDITION> 
<n>, including</n> 
<WHOLE gr="1">the results from both Time Inc. and all of Warner</WHOLE>
<n>, that</n>
<QUANT gr="1">cash flow</QUANT>
<n>figure would be</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 526 million</VALUE>
<n>fo</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the latest quarter</TIME> 
<n>, more than double the comparable figure</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">a year ago</TIME> 
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 242 million</VALUE>
<n>, according to </n>
<SOURCE gr="1">Time Warner</SOURCE> 
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<SOURCE gr="1">The JSP</SOURCE> 
<n>admitted Oct. 13 that</n>
<AGENT gr="1" ind="1">its members</AGENT>
<QUANT gr="1">received</QUANT>
<n>about</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">eight million yen</VALUE>
<n>from</n>
<THEME gr="1">the pachinko organization</THEME>
<n>, and charged </n>
<AGENT gr="1" ind="2">LDP members</AGENT>
<n>with </n>
<QUANT gr="1">receiving</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">125 million yen</VALUE>
<n>-LRB- $ 880,000 -RRB- and </n>
<AGENT gr="1" ind="3">other opposition parties</AGENT>
<n>with </n>
<QUANT gr="1">taking</QUANT>
<n>about </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">2.5 million yen</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<THEME gr="1">The Series</THEME>
<n>got off to a lukewarm start </n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">Oct. 14</TIME>
<n>with a</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">16.2 %</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1">rating</QUANT>
<n>; </n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">the next night</TIME>
<n>it drew </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">17.4 %</VALUE>
<n>of </n>
<WHOLE gr="1">homes</WHOLE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<WHOLE gr="1">The results</WHOLE>
<n>included a</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">A$ 453.4 million</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">write-off</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<CO_QUANT gr="1" ind="2">future income-tax benefits</CO_QUANT>
<n>and</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">a provision</QUANT>
<n>for a</n>
<CO_QUANT gr="1" ind="1">loss</CO_QUANT> 
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">A$ 149.5 million</VALUE>
<n>on</n> 
<CAUSE gr="1" ind="1">the sale of a stake of about 20 % in Lonrho PLC</CAUSE> 
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<n>For</n> 
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the nine months</TIME>
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">the mining company</THEME>
<n>posted a</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="-">40 %</VALUE>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">drop</MANNER>
<n>in</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">profit</QUANT>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">$ 30.1 million</VALUE>
<n>, or 31 cents a share , from</n>
<VALUE gr="3" ind="1">$ 50.6 million</VALUE>
<n>, or 52 cents a share , on a</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">6 %</VALUE>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">rise</MANNER>
<n>in</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">revenue</QUANT>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">$ 323.2 million</VALUE>
<n>from</n>
<VALUE gr="3" ind="2">$ 305.7 million</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">It</THEME>
<n>was assigned a</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">mark</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">80</VALUE>
<n>out of</n>
<WHOLE gr="1">a possible 100</WHOLE>
<n>, compared with</n>
<QUANT gr="1">scores</QUANT>
<n>ranging as low as</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">69</VALUE>
<n>for</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">the other components</THEME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">Quarter</TIME>
<QUANT gr="1">revenue</QUANT>
<n>was </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 232.6 million</VALUE>
<n>, up 12 % from </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 206 million</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">last year</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">9.86 %</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">standard conventional fixed-rate mortgages</THEME>
<n>;</n> 
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">7.875 %</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">2 % rate capped one-year adjustable rate mortgages</THEME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">Third-quarter</TIME>
<QUANT gr="1">revenue</QUANT>
<n>is expected to be </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 40 million to $ 45 million</VALUE>
<n>, up from </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 38.2 million</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">a year earlier</TIME>
<n>, according to</n>
<SOURCE gr="1">Neil Gordon , treasurer</SOURCE> 
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<SOURCE gr="1">R.H. MACY &amp; Co. , New York</SOURCE>
<n>, retailer , annual sales of $ 7 billion , said there was</n>
<QUANT>minor damage</QUANT>
<n>to</n>
<SOURCE gr="1">its</SOURCE>
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">24 Macy stores</THEME>
<n>and</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">nine I. Magnin stores</THEME>
<n>in</n> 
<LOCATION gr="1">the Bay area</LOCATION> 
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<WHOLE gr="1">The issue</WHOLE>
<n>is in two parts :</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">200 million Swiss francs</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">privately placed notes</QUANT>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">100 million Swiss francs</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">publicly listed bonds</QUANT>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<QUANT gr="1">Yields</QUANT>
<n>on</n>
<WHOLE gr="1">money-market deposits</WHOLE>
<n>were unchanged at an average</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">6.96 %</VALUE>
<n>for</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">$ 50,000 and less</THEME>
<n>and down just a hundredth of a percentage point to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">7.41 %</VALUE>
<n>for</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">jumbo deposits</THEME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<n>At</n> 
<LOCATION gr="1">Bear Stearns Cos.</LOCATION> 
<n>, for example ,</n>
<THEME gr="1">the 15 executive officers led by Chairman Alan `` Ace '' Greenberg</THEME>
<n>got a </n>
<QUANT gr="1">pay</QUANT>
<n>increase to </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 35.9 million</VALUE>
<n>for </n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the 14-month period ended June 30</TIME>
<n>from </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 22.9 million</VALUE>
<n>for </n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">the 12 months ended April 30 , 1988</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<WHOLE gr="1">Another approach</WHOLE> 
<n>:</n>
<AGENT gr="1">An investor with $ 100 million</AGENT>
<n>might</n>
<QUANT gr="1">use</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 75 million</VALUE>
<n>to buy</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">the S&amp;P 500 index</THEME>
<n>and</n>
<QUANT gr="1">spend</QUANT>
<n>the other</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 25 million</VALUE>
<n>on</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">a favorite group of stocks</THEME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<THEME gr="1">The index</THEME>
<n>was</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">178.5</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">August</TIME>
<n>and is based on</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">1980</TIME>
<n>equaling</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">100</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<THEME gr="1">Michaels Stores Inc.</THEME>
<n>, which owns and operates a chain of specialty retail stores , said</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">October</TIME>
<QUANT gr="1">sales</QUANT>
<n>rose 14.6 % to </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 32.8 million</VALUE>
<n>from </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 28.6 million</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">a year earlier</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">The 7 5\/8 % bonds due 2009</THEME> 
<n>are priced to</n>
<QUANT gr="1">yield</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">7.65 %</VALUE>
<n>, and </n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">7 5\/8 % bonds due 2029</THEME> 
<n>are priced at 98 1\/2 to</n>
<QUANT gr="1">yield</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">7.74 %</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">For the nine months</TIME>
<n>,</n> 
<THEME gr="[1,2]">Mercury</THEME>
<n>posted a</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]" ind="1">loss</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 5.4 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">86 cents share</VALUE>
<n>, against</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]" ind="2">net income</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 4 million</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">63 cents share</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">a year earlier</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<AGENT gr="1">FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION</AGENT>
<n>-LRB-</n>
<AGENT gr="1">Fannie Mae</AGENT>
<n>-RRB- : Posted</n>
<QUANT gr="1">yields</QUANT>
<n>on 30 year mortgage commitments for delivery within 30 days -LRB- priced at par -RRB- .</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">9.80 % </VALUE>
<n>,</n> 
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">standard conventional fixed-rate mortgages</THEME>
<n>;</n> 
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8.75 %</VALUE>
<n>,</n> 
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">6\/2 rate capped one-year adjustable rate mortgages</THEME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<QUANT gr="1">The number of U.S. temporary workers</QUANT> 
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">fell</MANNER>
<n>about </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="-">1 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the 12 months ending Aug. 31</TIME>
<n>, after</n>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">sliding</MANNER>
<n>nearly</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="-">3.5 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">July</TIME>
<n>, said</n>
<SOURCE gr="1">Kidder Peabody 's Mr. Arthur</SOURCE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<n>A total of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">672 transactions</VALUE>
<n>were announced during </n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the latest quarter</TIME>
<n>, up 13 % from </n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">the year-earlier period</TIME>
 <n>'s</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">597</VALUE>
<n>, </n>
<SOURCE gr="1">Grimm</SOURCE>
<n>said .</n>
</S>
<S>
<WHOLE gr="1">$ 813.4 million of general obligation bonds , Fiscal 1990 Series C and D</WHOLE>
<n>, including</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 757.4 million</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">tax-exempt bonds</QUANT>
<n>an</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 56 million</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">taxable bonds</QUANT>
<n>, tentatively priced by</n>
<AGENT gr="1">a Goldman Sachs &amp; Co. group</AGENT>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<LOCATION gr="1">Bordeaux</LOCATION>
<n>'s</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">first growths</THEME>
<n>from</n>
<TIME gr="1">1985 and 1986</TIME>
<n>are</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 60 to $ 80 each</VALUE>
<n>-LRB- except for the smallest in terms of production ,</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">Chateau Petrus</THEME>
<n>, which </n>
<QUANT gr="1">costs</QUANT>
<n>around </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 250</VALUE>
<n>! -RRB- .</n>
</S>
<S>
<CONDITION gr="1">If all the bondholders and holders of one million common shares accept the offer</CONDITION> 
<n>,</n> 
<AGENT gr="1">BSN</AGENT> 
<n>will</n> 
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">increase</QUANT> 
<CO_QUANT gr="1" ind="1">its debt</CO_QUANT> 
<n>by</n> 
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 9 million</VALUE>
<n>, but it also will recognize a</n> 
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 2 million</VALUE> 
<n>gain from</n> 
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">retiring</QUANT>
<CO_QUANT gr="1" ind="2">the old debt</CO_QUANT> 
<n>, said</n>
<SOURCE gr="1">Michael J. Blumenfeld</SOURCE> 
<n>, president .</n>
</S>
<S>
<n>In</n>
<TIME gr="1">the previous year</TIME> 
<n>,</n> 
<THEME gr="1">it</THEME> 
<n>had a</n> 
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">loss</QUANT> 
<n>of</n> 
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 22.5 million</VALUE> 
<n>, or $ 6.52 a share , on</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">revenue</QUANT> 
<n>of</n> 
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 41.1 million</VALUE> 
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<AGENT gr="1">Cray Computer</AGENT>
<n>, which </n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">currently</TIME>
<QUANT gr="1">employs</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">241 people</VALUE>
<n>, said</n>
<AGENT gr="1">it</AGENT>
<n>expects a</n>
<QUANT gr="1">work force</QUANT>
<n>of </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">450</VALUE>
<n>by</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">the end of 1990</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<n>As president ,</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">Mr. Lung</THEME> 
<n>,</n> 
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">42 years old</VALUE>
<n>, succeeds </n>
<n>his father ,</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">Mervin D. Lung</THEME>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">66</VALUE>
<n>, who founded the company in 1959 .</n>
</S>
<S>
<THEME gr="1">Fireman 's Fund property-liability subsidiaries</THEME> 
<n>reported a</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">120.7 %</VALUE> 
<QUANT gr="1">combined underwriting ratio</QUANT> 
<n>for</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the nine months</TIME>
<n>, up from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">108.4 %</VALUE>
<n>for</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">the year-ago period</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<AGENT gr="1">The manufacturers</AGENT> 
<n>said</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">14.2 %</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<WHOLE gr="1">their spending</WHOLE> 
<n>is</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">designed to improve products or add new ones</QUANT> 
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">17.5 %</VALUE>
<n>is</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">to cut costs</QUANT>
<n>,</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">12.5 %</VALUE>
<n>is</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="3">for research and development</QUANT>
<n>, and the rest is for maintenance and other purposes .</n>
</S>
<S>
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">The first three games</THEME>
<n>were</n>
<QUANT gr="1">seen</QUANT> 
<n>by an average of only</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">17 %</VALUE>
<n>of</n> 
<WHOLE gr="1">U.S. homes</WHOLE>
<n>, a sharp decline from the</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">23.7 %</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1">rating</QUANT>
<n>for</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">last year 's Series</THEME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<n>For</n> 
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">the nine months</TIME>
<n>,</n> 
<THEME gr="[1,2]">the company</THEME>
<n>reported a</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]" ind="1">net loss</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 608,413</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">39 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>, compared with </n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">year-earlier</TIME>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]" ind="2">net income</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 967,809</VALUE>
<n>, or</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">62 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<n>In</n>
<TIME gr="1">the 1988 third quarter</TIME>
<n>, </n>
<THEME gr="1">the company</THEME>
<n>posted a </n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">net loss</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 876,706</VALUE>
<n>, or 22 cents a share , on </n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">revenue</QUANT>
<n>of about</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 5.1 million</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<AGENT gr="1">They</AGENT>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">paid $ 15 million for</QUANT> 
<n>a</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">1 %</VALUE>
<CO_QUANT gr="1">stake</CO_QUANT>
<n>and</n> 
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">received</QUANT>
<n>an additional</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">9 %</VALUE> 
<n>of</n> 
<WHOLE gr="1">the company</WHOLE> 
<n>at no additional cost .</n>
</S>
<S>
<n>During</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the current crop year</TIME>
<n>,</n>
<AGENT gr="1">Brazil</AGENT> 
<n>was expected to</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">produce</QUANT> 
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">6.9 million tons of sugar</VALUE> 
<n>, a drop from</n> 
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8.1 million tons</VALUE> 
<n>in</n> 
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">1988-89 </TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<THEME gr="1">Index `` B ''</THEME> 
<n>, which monitors price changes for the 30 % of urban households that spend between HK$ 6,500 and HK$ 9,999 a month ,</n>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">rose</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">9.9 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1">last month</TIME>
<n>from</n>
<REFERENCE_TIME ind="1">a year earlier</REFERENCE_TIME>
<n>and </n>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">was up</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">1.3 %</VALUE>
<n>from</n>
<REFERENCE_TIME gr="1" ind="2">the preceding month</REFERENCE_TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<n>In</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">its fiscal-first quarter ended Sept. 30</TIME>
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="1">the biomedical-products maker</THEME>
<QUANT gr="1">earned</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">10 cents a share</VALUE>
<n>, up from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">eight cents a share</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">the 1988 quarter</TIME>
<n>, which included an extraordinary credit .</n>
</S>
<S>
<TIME gr="1">A year earlier</TIME>
<n>,</n> 
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">net income</QUANT>
<n>was</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 2.1 million</VALUE>
<n>, or six cents a share , on </n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">revenue</QUANT>
<n>of </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 169.9 million</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<n>In</n>
<TIME gr="1">the year-earlier quarter</TIME>
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="1">the automobile and trucking insurer</THEME>
<n>had</n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">earnings</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 1.4 million</VALUE>
<n>, or 48 cents a share on a restated basis , on </n>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">revenue</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 16.5 million</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<n>For</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]">the six months ended Sept. 30</TIME>
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]">Daiwa</THEME>
<n>reported</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]" ind="1">unconsolidated -LRB- parent company -RRB- net income</QUANT>
<n>of </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">79.03 billion yen</VALUE>
<n>-LRB- </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">$ 556.5 million</VALUE>
<n>-RRB- on </n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]" ind="2">revenue</QUANT>
<n>of </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">332.38 billion yen</VALUE>
<n>-LRB- </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">$ 2.34 billion</VALUE>
<n>-RRB- .</n>
</S>
<S>
<QUANT gr="1">IRA account assets</QUANT>
<n>have grown to about $ 400 billion from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 393 billion</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">last year</TIME>
<n>and just</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 26 billion</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">1981</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<n>In</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the six months ended Sept. 30</TIME>
<n>, </n>
<QUANT gr="1">pretax profit</QUANT>
<n>at </n>
<THEME gr="1">the British clothing and food retailer</THEME>
<n>rose to </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1"># 208.7 million</VALUE>
<n>-LRB- $ 330.1 million -RRB- from </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2"># 185.5 million</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">a year ago</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">Currently</TIME> 
<n>only</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">one in 38 South Koreans</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1">owns a car</QUANT>
<n>, up from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">one in 200</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1">a decade ago</TIME> 
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<TIME gr="[1,2]">In 1989 's first seven months</TIME>
<n>,</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]" ind="1">domestic exports</QUANT>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">fell</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" sign="-" ind="1">29 %</VALUE>
<n>, to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">HK$ 3.87 billion</VALUE>
<n>, while </n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]" ind="2">re-exports</QUANT>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">rose</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" sign="+" ind="2">56 %</VALUE>
<n>, to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">HK$ 11.28 billion</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<n>Indeed ,</n>
<SOURCE gr="1">USX</SOURCE>
<n>said it expects</n>
<QUANT gr="1">the market for coated sheet steel</QUANT> 
<n>to reach</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">12 million tons annually</VALUE>
<n>by</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">1992</TIME>
<n>, compared with</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">10.2 million tons</VALUE>
<n>shipped in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">1988</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">8.60 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">30 to 44 days</TIME>
<n>;</n> 
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8.55 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">45 to 59 days</TIME>
<n>;</n> 
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">8.375 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">60 to 79 days</TIME>
<n>;</n> 
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">8.50 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="4">80 to 89 days</TIME>
<n>;</n> 
<VALUE gr="1" ind="5">8.25 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="5">90 to 119 days</TIME>
<n>;</n> 
<VALUE gr="1" ind="6">8.125 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="6">120 to 149 days</TIME>
<n>;</n> 
<VALUE gr="1" ind="7">8 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="7">150 to 179 days</TIME>
<n>;</n> 
<VALUE gr="1" ind="8">7.625 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="8">180 to 270 days</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<THEME gr="1">COMMERCIAL PAPER</THEME> 
<n>placed directly by</n> 
<AGENT gr="1">General Motors Acceptance Corp.</AGENT> 
<n>:</n> 
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">8.50 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">15 to 44 days</TIME>
<n>;</n> 
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8.25 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">45 to 72 days</TIME>
<n>;</n> 
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">8.375 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">73 to 96 days</TIME>
<n>;</n> 
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">8.125 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="4">97 to 119 days</TIME>
<n>;</n> 
<VALUE gr="1" ind="5">8 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="5">120 to 149 days</TIME>
<n>;</n> 
<VALUE gr="1" ind="6">7.875 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="6">150 to 179 days</TIME>
<n>;</n> 
<VALUE gr="1" ind="7">7.50 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="7">180 to 270 days</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<THEME gr="[1,2]">Equitec</THEME>
<n>posted a</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 3.3 million</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1">net loss</QUANT>
<n>in </n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">the second quarter</TIME>
<n>on</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">$ 11.8 million</VALUE>
<n>of </n>
<QUANT gr="2">revenue</QUANT>
<n>, compared with a </n>
<QUANT gr="1">net loss</QUANT>
<n>of </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 12.9 million</VALUE>
<n>in </n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">the year-earlier period</TIME>
<n>on</n>
<QUANT gr="2">revenue</QUANT>
<n>of </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">$ 9.1 million</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<QUANT gr="1">LONDON INTERBANK OFFERED RATES</QUANT>
<n>-LRB-</n>
<QUANT gr="1">LIBOR</QUANT>
<n>-RRB- :</n> 
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">8 11\/16 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">one month</TIME>
<n>;</n> 
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8 5\/8 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">three months</TIME>
<n>;</n> 
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">8 7\/16 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">six months</TIME>
<n>;</n> 
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">8 3\/8 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="4">one year</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<LOCATION gr="[1,2]" ind="1">The EC</LOCATION>
<n>, with a</n>
<QUANT gr="1">population</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">320 million</VALUE>
<n>, has</n> 
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">8.5 million farmers</VALUE>
<n>, while</n>
<LOCATION gr="[1,2]" ind="2">the U.S.</LOCATION>
<n>, with a</n>
<QUANT gr="1">population</QUANT>
<n>of about</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">245 million</VALUE>
<n>, has</n> 
<n>only</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">two million farmers</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<QUANT gr="1">Canadian steel-ingot production</QUANT>
<n>totaled</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">291,890 metric tons</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the week ended Oct. 7</TIME>
<n>, up 14.8 % from</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">the preceding week</TIME>
<n>'s total of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">254,280 tons</VALUE>
<n>, </n>
<SOURCE gr="1">Statistics Canada</SOURCE>
<n>, a federal agency , said .</n>
</S>
<S>
<n>In</n>
<LOCATION gr="[1,2]">New York Stock Exchange</LOCATION>
<n>composite trading</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]">Friday</TIME> 
<n>,</n> 
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Milton Roy shares</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">leaped</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">$ 2</VALUE>
<n>, to</n> 
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">$ 18.375 each</VALUE> 
<n>, while</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Crane</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">sank</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="-">$ 1.125</VALUE>
<n>, to</n> 
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">$ 21.125 a share</VALUE> 
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Nellcor</THEME>
<n>, a maker of electronic patient monitoring systems , was up 3\/4 to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">16 7\/8</VALUE>
<n>on</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">258,000 shares</VALUE>
<TIME gr="[1,2]">yesterday</TIME>
<n>, while retailing issue</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Office Club</THEME>
<n>was unchanged at</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">10 3\/4</VALUE>
<n>on</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">65,200 shares</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Dow Jones industrials</THEME>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">2603.48</VALUE>
<n>,</n> 
<MANNER gr="2" ind="1">up</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">6.76</VALUE>
<n>;</n> 
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">transportation</THEME>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">1191.86</VALUE>
<n>,</n> 
<MANNER gr="2" ind="2">up</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">1.43</VALUE>
<n>;</n> 
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="3">utilities</THEME>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">216.74</VALUE>
<n>,</n> 
<MANNER gr="2" ind="3">up</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="3">0.88</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>

<S>
<n>Only</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">five of 496 branches</VALUE>
<LOCATION gr="1">statewide</LOCATION>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">remain closed</QUANT>
<n>, while</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">23 of 600 automated-teller machines</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">remained  out of order</QUANT>
<n>.</n>
</S>


<S>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">9.88 %</VALUE>
<n>,</n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="1">standard conventional fixed-rate mortgages</THEME>
 <n>;</n> 
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">7.875 %</VALUE>
<n>, </n>
<THEME gr="1" ind="2">2 % rate capped one-year adjustable rate mortgages</THEME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<THEME gr="1">COMMERCIAL PAPER</THEME>
<n>placed directly by</n>
<AGENT gr="1">General Motors Acceptance Corp.</AGENT>
<n>:</n> 
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">8.50 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">30 to 44 days</TIME>
<n>;</n> 
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8.25 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">45 to 65 days</TIME>
<n>;</n> 
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">8.375 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">66 to 89 days</TIME>
<n>;</n> 
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">8 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="4">90 to 119 days</TIME>
<n>;</n> 
<VALUE gr="1" ind="5">7.875 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="5">120 to 149 days</TIME>
<n>;</n> 
<VALUE gr="1" ind="6">7.75 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="6">150 to 179 days</TIME>
<n>;</n> 
<VALUE gr="1" ind="7">7.50 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="7">180 to 270 days</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<THEME gr="[1,2]">Dow Jones industrials</THEME>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">2657.38</VALUE>
<n>,</n> 
<MANNER gr="2" ind="1">up</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1" sign='+'>88.12</VALUE>
<n>;</n> 
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind='2'>transportation</THEME>
<VALUE gr="1" ind='2'>1304.23</VALUE>
<n>,</n> 
<MANNER gr="2" ind='2'>off</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="2" sign='-' ind='2'>102.06</VALUE>
<n>;</n> 
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">utilities</THEME>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">214.73</VALUE>
<n>,</n> 
<MANNER gr="2" ind="1">up</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="2" sign="+" ind="3">2.77</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<QUANT gr="1">LONDON INTERBANK OFFERED RATES</QUANT>
<n>-LRB-</n>
<QUANT gr="1">LIBOR</QUANT>
<n>-RRB- :</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">8 3\/4 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">one month</TIME>
<n>;</n> 
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8 11\/16 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">three months</TIME>
<n>;</n> 
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">8 9\/16 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">six months</TIME>
<n>;</n> 
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">8 1\/2 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="4">one year</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<THEME gr="1">The current interest serial bonds</THEME> 
<n>are priced to</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">yield</QUANT> 
<n>from</n> 
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">6.15 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n> 
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">1991</TIME>
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">7.10 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n> 
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">2000</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<QUANT gr="1">Revenue</QUANT> 
<n>for</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">1989</TIME>
<n>is expected to be about </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 300 million</VALUE>
<n>, up about 21 % from </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 247.3 million</VALUE>
<n>in </n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">1988</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<n>From about</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">200,000</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">six years ago</TIME> 
<n>,</n>
<QUANT gr="1">the number of mountain bikes</QUANT>
<n>in</n>
<LOCATION gr="1">the U.S.</LOCATION> 
<n>is expected to grow to </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">10 million</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">1990</TIME> 
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<THEME gr="1">It</THEME>
<n>largely rested on its hard-to-fault</n>
<QUANT gr="1">demographics</QUANT>
<n>:</n> 
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">10.8 million subscribers</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the first half</TIME>
<n>, up from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">10.5 million</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">a year ago</TIME>
<n>; an average age of 42 for readers -- at the height of their consuming years ; loyalty to the tune of an 85 % average subscription renewal rate .</n>
</S>
<S>
<n>After reaching an intraday high of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 107.50</VALUE> 
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the day Mr. Trump disclosed his bid Oct. 5</TIME> 
<n>,</n> 
<THEME gr="1">AMR 's stock</THEME> 
<n>had retreated as low as</n> 
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 97.75</VALUE> 
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">last week</TIME> 
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<WHOLE gr="1">The aim of the austerity measures</WHOLE> 
<n>was to slice</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">economic growth</QUANT> 
<n>, which soared to</n> 
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">20.7 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">last year</TIME>
<n>, to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n> 
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">1990</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<THEME gr="1">They</THEME>
<n>were priced to</n>
<QUANT gr="1">yield</QUANT>
<n>from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">6.00 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">1990</TIME>
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">7.20 %</VALUE>
<n>in </n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">2009</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<WHOLE gr="1">Her goal</WHOLE>
<n>: to top</n> 
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">300 ad pages</VALUE> 
<n>in</n> 
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">1990</TIME> 
<n>, up from about</n> 
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">274</VALUE> 
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">this year</TIME> 
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Dow Jones industrials</THEME>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">2653.28</VALUE>
<n>,</n> 
<MANNER gr="2" ind="1">off</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1" sign="-">5.94</VALUE>
<n>;</n> 
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">transportation</THEME>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">1199.32 </VALUE>
<n>,</n> 
<MANNER gr="2" ind="2">off</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2" sign="-">11.38</VALUE>
<n>;</n> 
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="3">utilities</THEME>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">216.49 </VALUE>
<n>,</n> 
<MANNER gr="2" ind="3">up</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="3" sign="+">1.45</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<THEME gr="1">LONDON LATE EURODOLLARS</THEME>
<n>:</n> 
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">8 11\/16 % to 8 9\/16 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">one month</TIME>
<n>;</n> 
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">8 9\/16 % to 8 7\/16 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">two months</TIME>
<n>;</n> 
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">8 5\/8 % to 8 1\/2 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">three months</TIME>
<n>;</n> 
<VALUE gr="1" ind="4">8 1\/2 % to 8 3\/8 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="4">four months</TIME>
<n>;</n> 
<VALUE gr="1" ind="5">8 7\/16 % to 8 5\/16 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="5">five months</TIME>
<n>;</n> 
<VALUE gr="1" ind="6">8 7\/16 % to 8 5\/16 %</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="6">six months</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<QUANT gr="1">The discount rate</QUANT>
<n>on</n> 
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">three-month Treasury bills</THEME>
<n>was quoted at</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">7.52 %</VALUE>
<n>for a</n>
<QUANT gr="2">bond-equivalent yield</QUANT>
<n>of</n> 
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">7.75 %</VALUE>
<n>, while </n>
<QUANT gr="1">the rate</QUANT>
<n>on</n> 
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">six-month Treasury bills</THEME>
<n>was quoted at</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">7.47 %</VALUE>
<n>for a </n>
<QUANT gr="2" ind="2">yield</QUANT>
<n>of</n> 
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">7.85 %</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]" ind="1">GM 's car sales</QUANT>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">dropped</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" sign='-' ind="1">24.8 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="[1,2]">mid-October</TIME>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">69,980</VALUE>
<n>, while</n>
<QUANT gr="[1,2]" ind="2">truck sales</QUANT>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">fell</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" sign='-' ind="2">26 %</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">37,860</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<n>In other active shares ,</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Trusthouse Forte</THEME>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="1">shed</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">10</VALUE>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="1">294</VALUE>
<n>on volume of 6.4 million shares after</n>
<CAUSE gr="[1,2]" ind="1">a Barclays De Zoete Wedd downgrading</CAUSE>
<n>, while</n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Hillsdown Holdings</THEME>
<n>, a food products concern , was</n>
<MANNER gr="1" ind="2">boosted</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">2</VALUE>
<n>to </n>
<VALUE gr="2" ind="2">271</VALUE>
<n>after </n>
<CAUSE gr="[1,2]" ind="2">it disclosed it would seek shareholder approval to begin share repurchases</CAUSE> 
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<QUANT gr="1">Nonperforming loans</QUANT> 
<n>grew slightly to</n> 
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 1.75 billion</VALUE> 
<n>at</n> 
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">Sept. 30</TIME> 
<n>, from</n> 
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 1.7 billion</VALUE> 
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">a year ago</TIME> 
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<n>At</n> 
<THEME gr="1">the American Express Travel Related Services Co. unit</THEME> 
<n>,</n> 
<QUANT gr="1" ind="1">net</QUANT> 
<MANNER gr="1">rose</MANNER> 
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1" sign="+">17 %</VALUE> 
<n>to a record $ 240.8 million on a</n> 
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2" sign="+">19 %</VALUE> 
<QUANT gr="1" ind="2">revenue</QUANT> 
<MANNER gr="1">increase</MANNER>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<THEME gr="1">Lufthansa AG</THEME>
<n>said</n>
<QUANT gr="1">passenger volume</QUANT>
<n>climbed 5.2 % for</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the first nine months of 1989</TIME>
<n>to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">15.3 million passengers</VALUE>
<n>from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">14.5 million passengers</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">the year-earlier period</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<THEME gr="1">Merchants Bank of New York</THEME>
<n>lost 1 to 106 after reporting that its</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">third-quarter</TIME>
<QUANT gr="1">net income</QUANT>
<n>fell to</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 1.62 a share</VALUE>
<n>from </n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">last year</TIME>
<n>'s</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 1.67 a share</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<n>As a result ,</n>
<QUANT gr="1">the volume</QUANT>
<n>of</n>
<THEME gr="1">Banco Exterior 's export credit portfolio</THEME>
<n>plunged from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">824 billion pesatas</VALUE>
<n>-LRB- $ 7.04 billion -RRB- as of </n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">Dec. 31 , 1986</TIME>
<n>, to its</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">current</TIME>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">522 billion pesetas</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<SOURCE gr="1">A new Census Bureau study of the noninstitutionalized population</SOURCE>
<n>shows that</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">64 %</VALUE>
<n>of</n>
<WHOLE gr="1">people aged 65 to 74</WHOLE>
<n>were</n>
<QUANT gr="1">living with a spouse</QUANT>
<n>in </n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">1988</TIME>
<n>, up from </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">59 %</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">1970</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<n>The previous</n>
<QUANT gr="1">sale</QUANT>
<n>was</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 436,000</VALUE>
<n>on</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">Oct. 17</TIME>
<n>; the last time</n>
<QUANT gr="1">prices </QUANT>
<n>were that low was</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">November 1985</TIME>
<n>, when a seat</n>
<QUANT gr="1">sold for </QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 425,000</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<THEME gr="1">Lopid</THEME>
<QUANT gr="1">sales</QUANT>
<n>are expected to be about</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 300 million</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">this year</TIME>
<n>, up from </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 190 million</VALUE>
<n>in </n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">1988</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<THEME gr="1">Silver</THEME>
<n>,</n> 
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">now</TIME>
<n>trading around </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 5 an ounce</VALUE>
<n>, surged to an all-time peak of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 50 an ounce</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">January 1980</TIME>
<n>from around </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="3">$ 9</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="3">mid-1979</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<QUANT gr="1">Initial claims for regular state unemployment benefits</QUANT>
<n>rose to a seasonally adjusted </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">396,000</VALUE>
<n>during </n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the week ended Oct. 7</TIME>
<n>from </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">334,000</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">the previous week</TIME>
<n>, </n>
<SOURCE gr="1">the Labor Department</SOURCE>
<n>said .</n>
</S>
<S>
<THEME gr="1">First Fidelity</THEME> 
<n>said</n> 
<QUANT gr="1">non-performing assets</QUANT> 
<n>increased to</n> 
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 482.3 million</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">Sept. 30</TIME>
<n>from </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 393.1 million</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">June 30</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<QUANT gr="1">Sales</QUANT>
<n>for</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the nine months</TIME>
<n>were up 8 % to </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 5.44 billion</VALUE>
<n>from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 5.04 billion</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">the same period in 1988</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<THEME gr="1">PS of New Hampshire</THEME>
<n>amended its plan to call for</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">two years</TIME>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">5.5 %</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1">rate increases</QUANT>
<n>followed by </n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">five years</TIME>
<n>of</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">4.5 %</VALUE>
<QUANT gr="1">increases</QUANT>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<THEME gr="1">Security Pacific</THEME>
<n>reported a 33 % increase in</n>
<QUANT gr="1">net credit losses</QUANT>
<n>for</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the quarter</TIME>
<n>, to </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 109 million</VALUE>
<n>from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 81.9 million</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">the year-ago period</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<n>`` If you </n>
<QUANT gr="1">invested</QUANT>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 10,000</VALUE>
<n>in</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">the initial public offering in 1962</TIME>
<n>, it would be worth</n>
<n>well over </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 5 million</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">today</TIME> 
<n>, '' says</n> 
<SOURCE gr="1">Fredric E. Russell</SOURCE> 
<n>, a Tulsa , Okla. , money manager .</n>
</S>
<S>
<THEME gr="1">Knight-Ridder</THEME>
<n>said it agreed with estimates that</n>
<QUANT gr="1">net income</QUANT>
<n>for</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">all of 1989</TIME>
<n>would be around </n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 2.86 a share</VALUE>
<n>, compared with</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 2.59 a share</VALUE>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">a year earlier</TIME>
<n>.</n>
</S>

<S>
<n>In</n>
<LOCATION gr="[1,2]">New York Stock Exchange</LOCATION>
<n>composite trading</n>
<n>,</n> 
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="1">Time Warner</THEME>
<n>closed at</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">$ 138.625 a share</VALUE>
<n>,</n> 
<MANNER gr="2" ind="1">up</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="2" sign='+' ind="1">$ 1.875</VALUE>
<n>, while </n>
<THEME gr="[1,2]" ind="2">Warner</THEME>
<n>closed at</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">$ 63.875 a share</VALUE>
<n>,</n> 
<MANNER gr="2" ind="2">up</MANNER>
<VALUE gr="2" sign='+' ind="2">12.5 cents</VALUE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
<S>
<CAUSE gr="1">The expansion</CAUSE>
<n>, which could cost as much as US$ 5.7 billion over the next eight years , will expand</n>
<QUANT gr="1">the fleet</QUANT>
<n>to about</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="1">43 planes</VALUE>
<n>by</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="1">1991</TIME>
<n>, up from</n>
<VALUE gr="1" ind="2">30</VALUE>
<n>at</n>
<TIME gr="1" ind="2">the end of last year</TIME>
<n>, according to </n>
<SOURCE gr="1">Sun Hung Kai Securities Ltd</SOURCE>
<n>.</n>
</S>
</DOC>