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700 | 205 | 1 Hewlett-Packard Co. said it raised its stake in Octel Communications Corp. to 8.5% of the common shares outstanding.
2 In a Securities and Exchange Commission filing, Hewlett-Packard said it now holds 1,384,119 Octel common shares, including 100,000 shares bought from Aug. 26 to Oct. 20 for $23.31 to $24.25 a share.
3 Hewlett-Packard, a Palo Alto, Calif., computer company, said it acquired the stock 'to develop and maintain a strategic partnership in which each company remains independent while working together to market and sell their products.'
4 Octel said the purchase was expected.
5 Hewlett-Packard affirmed it doesn't plan to obtain control of Octel, a Milpitas, Calif., maker of voice-processing systems.
6 According to the filing, Hewlett-Packard acquired 730,070 common shares from Octel as a result of an Aug. 10, 1988, stock purchase agreement.
7 That accord also called for Hewlett-Packard to buy 730,070 Octel shares in the open market within 18 months.
8 In addition, Hewlett-Packard acquired a two-year option to buy an extra 10%, of which half may be sold directly to Hewlett-Packard by Octel.
| 5 | Hewlett - Packard affirmed it doesn ' t plan to obtain control of Octel , a Milpitas , Calif . , maker of voice - processing systems . | systems | How does Octel compare with its competitors? | 26 | 27 |
701 | 205 | 1 Hewlett-Packard Co. said it raised its stake in Octel Communications Corp. to 8.5% of the common shares outstanding.
2 In a Securities and Exchange Commission filing, Hewlett-Packard said it now holds 1,384,119 Octel common shares, including 100,000 shares bought from Aug. 26 to Oct. 20 for $23.31 to $24.25 a share.
3 Hewlett-Packard, a Palo Alto, Calif., computer company, said it acquired the stock 'to develop and maintain a strategic partnership in which each company remains independent while working together to market and sell their products.'
4 Octel said the purchase was expected.
5 Hewlett-Packard affirmed it doesn't plan to obtain control of Octel, a Milpitas, Calif., maker of voice-processing systems.
6 According to the filing, Hewlett-Packard acquired 730,070 common shares from Octel as a result of an Aug. 10, 1988, stock purchase agreement.
7 That accord also called for Hewlett-Packard to buy 730,070 Octel shares in the open market within 18 months.
8 In addition, Hewlett-Packard acquired a two-year option to buy an extra 10%, of which half may be sold directly to Hewlett-Packard by Octel.
| 5 | Hewlett - Packard affirmed it doesn ' t plan to obtain control of Octel , a Milpitas , Calif . , maker of voice - processing systems . | voice - processing | what is voice processing? | 23 | 26 |
702 | 206 | 1 The following U.S. Treasury, corporate and municipal offerings are tentatively scheduled for sale this week, according to Dow Jones Capital Markets Report:
2 $15.6 billion of three-month and six-month bills. $2 billion of 51-day cash management bills.
3 Associated Natural Gas Corp. -- 1.4 million common shares, via Dillon Read & Co.
4 B & H Crude Carriers Ltd. -- Four million common shares, via Salomon Brothers Inc.
5 Chemical Banking Corp. -- 14 million common shares, via Goldman, Sachs & Co.
6 Chemex Pharmaceuticals Inc. -- 1.2 million units consisting of two shares of common stock and one common warrant, via PaineWebber Inc.
7 Comcast Corp. -- $150 million convertible debentures, via Merrill Lynch Capital Markets.
8 Energy Service Co. -- 9.5 million common shares, via Alex.
9 Brown & Sons Inc.
10 Harmonia Bancorp Inc. -- 4,750,000 common shares, via Shearson Lehman Hutton Inc.
11 Healthsource Inc. -- Two million common shares, via Kidder, Peabody & Co.
12 Immune Response Corp. -- Three million common shares, via Merrill Lynch.
13 Marsam Pharmaceuticals Inc. -- 1.3 million common shares, via Smith Barney Harris Upham & Co.
14 Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. -- 13 million common shares, via Merrill Lynch.
15 Municipal
16 New Jersey Wastewater Treatment Trust -- $75,075,000 of various bonds, including $40.86 million Wastewater Treatment insured bonds, Series 1989A, and $34,215,000 Wastewater Treatment bonds, Series 1989B, via competitive bid.
17 Eastern Municipal Water District, Calif. -- $56,565,000 of 1989 certificates of participation (treatment plant projects), via competitive bid.
18 California Health Facilities Financing Authority -- $114 million of health facility revenue bonds (Catholic Healthcare West), Series 1989A, via a First Boston Corp. group.
19 Detroit -- $130 million of distributable state aid bonds, via a Chemical Securities Inc. group.
20 Maryland Community Development Administration, Department of Housing and Community Development -- $80 million of single-family program bonds, 1989 4th and 5th Series, via a Merrill Lynch group.
21 Matagorda County Navigation District No. 1, Texas -- $70,315,000 of pollution control revenue Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) bonds (South Texas Project Units No. 1 and 2), via a Goldman Sachs group.
22 New York City -- $786,860,000 of bonds, Fiscal 1990 Series C and D, including $729.04 million tax-exempt bonds and $57.82 million taxable bonds, via a Goldman Sachs group.
23 Santa Ana Redevelopment Agency -- $107 million of tax allocation bonds, 1989 Series A-D, via a Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corp. group.
24 Pending Shelby County, Tenn. -- $80 million of refunding bonds, Series 1989, via a First Tennessee Bank group.
| 1 | The following U . S . Treasury , corporate and municipal offerings are tentatively scheduled for sale this week , according to Dow Jones Capital Markets Report : | are tentatively scheduled | Why are the offerings only tentatively scheduled? | 12 | 15 |
703 | 206 | 1 The following U.S. Treasury, corporate and municipal offerings are tentatively scheduled for sale this week, according to Dow Jones Capital Markets Report:
2 $15.6 billion of three-month and six-month bills. $2 billion of 51-day cash management bills.
3 Associated Natural Gas Corp. -- 1.4 million common shares, via Dillon Read & Co.
4 B & H Crude Carriers Ltd. -- Four million common shares, via Salomon Brothers Inc.
5 Chemical Banking Corp. -- 14 million common shares, via Goldman, Sachs & Co.
6 Chemex Pharmaceuticals Inc. -- 1.2 million units consisting of two shares of common stock and one common warrant, via PaineWebber Inc.
7 Comcast Corp. -- $150 million convertible debentures, via Merrill Lynch Capital Markets.
8 Energy Service Co. -- 9.5 million common shares, via Alex.
9 Brown & Sons Inc.
10 Harmonia Bancorp Inc. -- 4,750,000 common shares, via Shearson Lehman Hutton Inc.
11 Healthsource Inc. -- Two million common shares, via Kidder, Peabody & Co.
12 Immune Response Corp. -- Three million common shares, via Merrill Lynch.
13 Marsam Pharmaceuticals Inc. -- 1.3 million common shares, via Smith Barney Harris Upham & Co.
14 Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. -- 13 million common shares, via Merrill Lynch.
15 Municipal
16 New Jersey Wastewater Treatment Trust -- $75,075,000 of various bonds, including $40.86 million Wastewater Treatment insured bonds, Series 1989A, and $34,215,000 Wastewater Treatment bonds, Series 1989B, via competitive bid.
17 Eastern Municipal Water District, Calif. -- $56,565,000 of 1989 certificates of participation (treatment plant projects), via competitive bid.
18 California Health Facilities Financing Authority -- $114 million of health facility revenue bonds (Catholic Healthcare West), Series 1989A, via a First Boston Corp. group.
19 Detroit -- $130 million of distributable state aid bonds, via a Chemical Securities Inc. group.
20 Maryland Community Development Administration, Department of Housing and Community Development -- $80 million of single-family program bonds, 1989 4th and 5th Series, via a Merrill Lynch group.
21 Matagorda County Navigation District No. 1, Texas -- $70,315,000 of pollution control revenue Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) bonds (South Texas Project Units No. 1 and 2), via a Goldman Sachs group.
22 New York City -- $786,860,000 of bonds, Fiscal 1990 Series C and D, including $729.04 million tax-exempt bonds and $57.82 million taxable bonds, via a Goldman Sachs group.
23 Santa Ana Redevelopment Agency -- $107 million of tax allocation bonds, 1989 Series A-D, via a Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corp. group.
24 Pending Shelby County, Tenn. -- $80 million of refunding bonds, Series 1989, via a First Tennessee Bank group.
| 1 | The following U . S . Treasury , corporate and municipal offerings are tentatively scheduled for sale this week , according to Dow Jones Capital Markets Report : | tentatively | Why is the sale tentative? | 13 | 14 |
704 | 206 | 1 The following U.S. Treasury, corporate and municipal offerings are tentatively scheduled for sale this week, according to Dow Jones Capital Markets Report:
2 $15.6 billion of three-month and six-month bills. $2 billion of 51-day cash management bills.
3 Associated Natural Gas Corp. -- 1.4 million common shares, via Dillon Read & Co.
4 B & H Crude Carriers Ltd. -- Four million common shares, via Salomon Brothers Inc.
5 Chemical Banking Corp. -- 14 million common shares, via Goldman, Sachs & Co.
6 Chemex Pharmaceuticals Inc. -- 1.2 million units consisting of two shares of common stock and one common warrant, via PaineWebber Inc.
7 Comcast Corp. -- $150 million convertible debentures, via Merrill Lynch Capital Markets.
8 Energy Service Co. -- 9.5 million common shares, via Alex.
9 Brown & Sons Inc.
10 Harmonia Bancorp Inc. -- 4,750,000 common shares, via Shearson Lehman Hutton Inc.
11 Healthsource Inc. -- Two million common shares, via Kidder, Peabody & Co.
12 Immune Response Corp. -- Three million common shares, via Merrill Lynch.
13 Marsam Pharmaceuticals Inc. -- 1.3 million common shares, via Smith Barney Harris Upham & Co.
14 Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. -- 13 million common shares, via Merrill Lynch.
15 Municipal
16 New Jersey Wastewater Treatment Trust -- $75,075,000 of various bonds, including $40.86 million Wastewater Treatment insured bonds, Series 1989A, and $34,215,000 Wastewater Treatment bonds, Series 1989B, via competitive bid.
17 Eastern Municipal Water District, Calif. -- $56,565,000 of 1989 certificates of participation (treatment plant projects), via competitive bid.
18 California Health Facilities Financing Authority -- $114 million of health facility revenue bonds (Catholic Healthcare West), Series 1989A, via a First Boston Corp. group.
19 Detroit -- $130 million of distributable state aid bonds, via a Chemical Securities Inc. group.
20 Maryland Community Development Administration, Department of Housing and Community Development -- $80 million of single-family program bonds, 1989 4th and 5th Series, via a Merrill Lynch group.
21 Matagorda County Navigation District No. 1, Texas -- $70,315,000 of pollution control revenue Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) bonds (South Texas Project Units No. 1 and 2), via a Goldman Sachs group.
22 New York City -- $786,860,000 of bonds, Fiscal 1990 Series C and D, including $729.04 million tax-exempt bonds and $57.82 million taxable bonds, via a Goldman Sachs group.
23 Santa Ana Redevelopment Agency -- $107 million of tax allocation bonds, 1989 Series A-D, via a Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corp. group.
24 Pending Shelby County, Tenn. -- $80 million of refunding bonds, Series 1989, via a First Tennessee Bank group.
| 1 | The following U . S . Treasury , corporate and municipal offerings are tentatively scheduled for sale this week , according to Dow Jones Capital Markets Report : | tentatively | did they actually happen then? | 13 | 14 |
705 | 206 | 1 The following U.S. Treasury, corporate and municipal offerings are tentatively scheduled for sale this week, according to Dow Jones Capital Markets Report:
2 $15.6 billion of three-month and six-month bills. $2 billion of 51-day cash management bills.
3 Associated Natural Gas Corp. -- 1.4 million common shares, via Dillon Read & Co.
4 B & H Crude Carriers Ltd. -- Four million common shares, via Salomon Brothers Inc.
5 Chemical Banking Corp. -- 14 million common shares, via Goldman, Sachs & Co.
6 Chemex Pharmaceuticals Inc. -- 1.2 million units consisting of two shares of common stock and one common warrant, via PaineWebber Inc.
7 Comcast Corp. -- $150 million convertible debentures, via Merrill Lynch Capital Markets.
8 Energy Service Co. -- 9.5 million common shares, via Alex.
9 Brown & Sons Inc.
10 Harmonia Bancorp Inc. -- 4,750,000 common shares, via Shearson Lehman Hutton Inc.
11 Healthsource Inc. -- Two million common shares, via Kidder, Peabody & Co.
12 Immune Response Corp. -- Three million common shares, via Merrill Lynch.
13 Marsam Pharmaceuticals Inc. -- 1.3 million common shares, via Smith Barney Harris Upham & Co.
14 Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. -- 13 million common shares, via Merrill Lynch.
15 Municipal
16 New Jersey Wastewater Treatment Trust -- $75,075,000 of various bonds, including $40.86 million Wastewater Treatment insured bonds, Series 1989A, and $34,215,000 Wastewater Treatment bonds, Series 1989B, via competitive bid.
17 Eastern Municipal Water District, Calif. -- $56,565,000 of 1989 certificates of participation (treatment plant projects), via competitive bid.
18 California Health Facilities Financing Authority -- $114 million of health facility revenue bonds (Catholic Healthcare West), Series 1989A, via a First Boston Corp. group.
19 Detroit -- $130 million of distributable state aid bonds, via a Chemical Securities Inc. group.
20 Maryland Community Development Administration, Department of Housing and Community Development -- $80 million of single-family program bonds, 1989 4th and 5th Series, via a Merrill Lynch group.
21 Matagorda County Navigation District No. 1, Texas -- $70,315,000 of pollution control revenue Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) bonds (South Texas Project Units No. 1 and 2), via a Goldman Sachs group.
22 New York City -- $786,860,000 of bonds, Fiscal 1990 Series C and D, including $729.04 million tax-exempt bonds and $57.82 million taxable bonds, via a Goldman Sachs group.
23 Santa Ana Redevelopment Agency -- $107 million of tax allocation bonds, 1989 Series A-D, via a Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corp. group.
24 Pending Shelby County, Tenn. -- $80 million of refunding bonds, Series 1989, via a First Tennessee Bank group.
| 1 | The following U . S . Treasury , corporate and municipal offerings are tentatively scheduled for sale this week , according to Dow Jones Capital Markets Report : | following | What is the following? | 1 | 2 |
706 | 206 | 1 The following U.S. Treasury, corporate and municipal offerings are tentatively scheduled for sale this week, according to Dow Jones Capital Markets Report:
2 $15.6 billion of three-month and six-month bills. $2 billion of 51-day cash management bills.
3 Associated Natural Gas Corp. -- 1.4 million common shares, via Dillon Read & Co.
4 B & H Crude Carriers Ltd. -- Four million common shares, via Salomon Brothers Inc.
5 Chemical Banking Corp. -- 14 million common shares, via Goldman, Sachs & Co.
6 Chemex Pharmaceuticals Inc. -- 1.2 million units consisting of two shares of common stock and one common warrant, via PaineWebber Inc.
7 Comcast Corp. -- $150 million convertible debentures, via Merrill Lynch Capital Markets.
8 Energy Service Co. -- 9.5 million common shares, via Alex.
9 Brown & Sons Inc.
10 Harmonia Bancorp Inc. -- 4,750,000 common shares, via Shearson Lehman Hutton Inc.
11 Healthsource Inc. -- Two million common shares, via Kidder, Peabody & Co.
12 Immune Response Corp. -- Three million common shares, via Merrill Lynch.
13 Marsam Pharmaceuticals Inc. -- 1.3 million common shares, via Smith Barney Harris Upham & Co.
14 Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. -- 13 million common shares, via Merrill Lynch.
15 Municipal
16 New Jersey Wastewater Treatment Trust -- $75,075,000 of various bonds, including $40.86 million Wastewater Treatment insured bonds, Series 1989A, and $34,215,000 Wastewater Treatment bonds, Series 1989B, via competitive bid.
17 Eastern Municipal Water District, Calif. -- $56,565,000 of 1989 certificates of participation (treatment plant projects), via competitive bid.
18 California Health Facilities Financing Authority -- $114 million of health facility revenue bonds (Catholic Healthcare West), Series 1989A, via a First Boston Corp. group.
19 Detroit -- $130 million of distributable state aid bonds, via a Chemical Securities Inc. group.
20 Maryland Community Development Administration, Department of Housing and Community Development -- $80 million of single-family program bonds, 1989 4th and 5th Series, via a Merrill Lynch group.
21 Matagorda County Navigation District No. 1, Texas -- $70,315,000 of pollution control revenue Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) bonds (South Texas Project Units No. 1 and 2), via a Goldman Sachs group.
22 New York City -- $786,860,000 of bonds, Fiscal 1990 Series C and D, including $729.04 million tax-exempt bonds and $57.82 million taxable bonds, via a Goldman Sachs group.
23 Santa Ana Redevelopment Agency -- $107 million of tax allocation bonds, 1989 Series A-D, via a Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corp. group.
24 Pending Shelby County, Tenn. -- $80 million of refunding bonds, Series 1989, via a First Tennessee Bank group.
| 2 | $ 15 . 6 billion of three - month and six - month bills . $ 2 billion of 51 - day cash management bills . | three - month and six - month bills | What are three-month and six-month bills? | 6 | 14 |
707 | 206 | 1 The following U.S. Treasury, corporate and municipal offerings are tentatively scheduled for sale this week, according to Dow Jones Capital Markets Report:
2 $15.6 billion of three-month and six-month bills. $2 billion of 51-day cash management bills.
3 Associated Natural Gas Corp. -- 1.4 million common shares, via Dillon Read & Co.
4 B & H Crude Carriers Ltd. -- Four million common shares, via Salomon Brothers Inc.
5 Chemical Banking Corp. -- 14 million common shares, via Goldman, Sachs & Co.
6 Chemex Pharmaceuticals Inc. -- 1.2 million units consisting of two shares of common stock and one common warrant, via PaineWebber Inc.
7 Comcast Corp. -- $150 million convertible debentures, via Merrill Lynch Capital Markets.
8 Energy Service Co. -- 9.5 million common shares, via Alex.
9 Brown & Sons Inc.
10 Harmonia Bancorp Inc. -- 4,750,000 common shares, via Shearson Lehman Hutton Inc.
11 Healthsource Inc. -- Two million common shares, via Kidder, Peabody & Co.
12 Immune Response Corp. -- Three million common shares, via Merrill Lynch.
13 Marsam Pharmaceuticals Inc. -- 1.3 million common shares, via Smith Barney Harris Upham & Co.
14 Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. -- 13 million common shares, via Merrill Lynch.
15 Municipal
16 New Jersey Wastewater Treatment Trust -- $75,075,000 of various bonds, including $40.86 million Wastewater Treatment insured bonds, Series 1989A, and $34,215,000 Wastewater Treatment bonds, Series 1989B, via competitive bid.
17 Eastern Municipal Water District, Calif. -- $56,565,000 of 1989 certificates of participation (treatment plant projects), via competitive bid.
18 California Health Facilities Financing Authority -- $114 million of health facility revenue bonds (Catholic Healthcare West), Series 1989A, via a First Boston Corp. group.
19 Detroit -- $130 million of distributable state aid bonds, via a Chemical Securities Inc. group.
20 Maryland Community Development Administration, Department of Housing and Community Development -- $80 million of single-family program bonds, 1989 4th and 5th Series, via a Merrill Lynch group.
21 Matagorda County Navigation District No. 1, Texas -- $70,315,000 of pollution control revenue Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) bonds (South Texas Project Units No. 1 and 2), via a Goldman Sachs group.
22 New York City -- $786,860,000 of bonds, Fiscal 1990 Series C and D, including $729.04 million tax-exempt bonds and $57.82 million taxable bonds, via a Goldman Sachs group.
23 Santa Ana Redevelopment Agency -- $107 million of tax allocation bonds, 1989 Series A-D, via a Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corp. group.
24 Pending Shelby County, Tenn. -- $80 million of refunding bonds, Series 1989, via a First Tennessee Bank group.
| 2 | $ 15 . 6 billion of three - month and six - month bills . $ 2 billion of 51 - day cash management bills . | cash management bills | What are cash management bills? | 22 | 25 |
708 | 206 | 1 The following U.S. Treasury, corporate and municipal offerings are tentatively scheduled for sale this week, according to Dow Jones Capital Markets Report:
2 $15.6 billion of three-month and six-month bills. $2 billion of 51-day cash management bills.
3 Associated Natural Gas Corp. -- 1.4 million common shares, via Dillon Read & Co.
4 B & H Crude Carriers Ltd. -- Four million common shares, via Salomon Brothers Inc.
5 Chemical Banking Corp. -- 14 million common shares, via Goldman, Sachs & Co.
6 Chemex Pharmaceuticals Inc. -- 1.2 million units consisting of two shares of common stock and one common warrant, via PaineWebber Inc.
7 Comcast Corp. -- $150 million convertible debentures, via Merrill Lynch Capital Markets.
8 Energy Service Co. -- 9.5 million common shares, via Alex.
9 Brown & Sons Inc.
10 Harmonia Bancorp Inc. -- 4,750,000 common shares, via Shearson Lehman Hutton Inc.
11 Healthsource Inc. -- Two million common shares, via Kidder, Peabody & Co.
12 Immune Response Corp. -- Three million common shares, via Merrill Lynch.
13 Marsam Pharmaceuticals Inc. -- 1.3 million common shares, via Smith Barney Harris Upham & Co.
14 Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. -- 13 million common shares, via Merrill Lynch.
15 Municipal
16 New Jersey Wastewater Treatment Trust -- $75,075,000 of various bonds, including $40.86 million Wastewater Treatment insured bonds, Series 1989A, and $34,215,000 Wastewater Treatment bonds, Series 1989B, via competitive bid.
17 Eastern Municipal Water District, Calif. -- $56,565,000 of 1989 certificates of participation (treatment plant projects), via competitive bid.
18 California Health Facilities Financing Authority -- $114 million of health facility revenue bonds (Catholic Healthcare West), Series 1989A, via a First Boston Corp. group.
19 Detroit -- $130 million of distributable state aid bonds, via a Chemical Securities Inc. group.
20 Maryland Community Development Administration, Department of Housing and Community Development -- $80 million of single-family program bonds, 1989 4th and 5th Series, via a Merrill Lynch group.
21 Matagorda County Navigation District No. 1, Texas -- $70,315,000 of pollution control revenue Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) bonds (South Texas Project Units No. 1 and 2), via a Goldman Sachs group.
22 New York City -- $786,860,000 of bonds, Fiscal 1990 Series C and D, including $729.04 million tax-exempt bonds and $57.82 million taxable bonds, via a Goldman Sachs group.
23 Santa Ana Redevelopment Agency -- $107 million of tax allocation bonds, 1989 Series A-D, via a Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corp. group.
24 Pending Shelby County, Tenn. -- $80 million of refunding bonds, Series 1989, via a First Tennessee Bank group.
| 3 | Associated Natural Gas Corp . - - 1 . 4 million common shares , via Dillon Read & Co . | common shares , | what is a common share? | 11 | 14 |
709 | 206 | 1 The following U.S. Treasury, corporate and municipal offerings are tentatively scheduled for sale this week, according to Dow Jones Capital Markets Report:
2 $15.6 billion of three-month and six-month bills. $2 billion of 51-day cash management bills.
3 Associated Natural Gas Corp. -- 1.4 million common shares, via Dillon Read & Co.
4 B & H Crude Carriers Ltd. -- Four million common shares, via Salomon Brothers Inc.
5 Chemical Banking Corp. -- 14 million common shares, via Goldman, Sachs & Co.
6 Chemex Pharmaceuticals Inc. -- 1.2 million units consisting of two shares of common stock and one common warrant, via PaineWebber Inc.
7 Comcast Corp. -- $150 million convertible debentures, via Merrill Lynch Capital Markets.
8 Energy Service Co. -- 9.5 million common shares, via Alex.
9 Brown & Sons Inc.
10 Harmonia Bancorp Inc. -- 4,750,000 common shares, via Shearson Lehman Hutton Inc.
11 Healthsource Inc. -- Two million common shares, via Kidder, Peabody & Co.
12 Immune Response Corp. -- Three million common shares, via Merrill Lynch.
13 Marsam Pharmaceuticals Inc. -- 1.3 million common shares, via Smith Barney Harris Upham & Co.
14 Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. -- 13 million common shares, via Merrill Lynch.
15 Municipal
16 New Jersey Wastewater Treatment Trust -- $75,075,000 of various bonds, including $40.86 million Wastewater Treatment insured bonds, Series 1989A, and $34,215,000 Wastewater Treatment bonds, Series 1989B, via competitive bid.
17 Eastern Municipal Water District, Calif. -- $56,565,000 of 1989 certificates of participation (treatment plant projects), via competitive bid.
18 California Health Facilities Financing Authority -- $114 million of health facility revenue bonds (Catholic Healthcare West), Series 1989A, via a First Boston Corp. group.
19 Detroit -- $130 million of distributable state aid bonds, via a Chemical Securities Inc. group.
20 Maryland Community Development Administration, Department of Housing and Community Development -- $80 million of single-family program bonds, 1989 4th and 5th Series, via a Merrill Lynch group.
21 Matagorda County Navigation District No. 1, Texas -- $70,315,000 of pollution control revenue Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) bonds (South Texas Project Units No. 1 and 2), via a Goldman Sachs group.
22 New York City -- $786,860,000 of bonds, Fiscal 1990 Series C and D, including $729.04 million tax-exempt bonds and $57.82 million taxable bonds, via a Goldman Sachs group.
23 Santa Ana Redevelopment Agency -- $107 million of tax allocation bonds, 1989 Series A-D, via a Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corp. group.
24 Pending Shelby County, Tenn. -- $80 million of refunding bonds, Series 1989, via a First Tennessee Bank group.
| 3 | Associated Natural Gas Corp . - - 1 . 4 million common shares , via Dillon Read & Co . | common shares , | What is a common share? | 11 | 14 |
710 | 206 | 1 The following U.S. Treasury, corporate and municipal offerings are tentatively scheduled for sale this week, according to Dow Jones Capital Markets Report:
2 $15.6 billion of three-month and six-month bills. $2 billion of 51-day cash management bills.
3 Associated Natural Gas Corp. -- 1.4 million common shares, via Dillon Read & Co.
4 B & H Crude Carriers Ltd. -- Four million common shares, via Salomon Brothers Inc.
5 Chemical Banking Corp. -- 14 million common shares, via Goldman, Sachs & Co.
6 Chemex Pharmaceuticals Inc. -- 1.2 million units consisting of two shares of common stock and one common warrant, via PaineWebber Inc.
7 Comcast Corp. -- $150 million convertible debentures, via Merrill Lynch Capital Markets.
8 Energy Service Co. -- 9.5 million common shares, via Alex.
9 Brown & Sons Inc.
10 Harmonia Bancorp Inc. -- 4,750,000 common shares, via Shearson Lehman Hutton Inc.
11 Healthsource Inc. -- Two million common shares, via Kidder, Peabody & Co.
12 Immune Response Corp. -- Three million common shares, via Merrill Lynch.
13 Marsam Pharmaceuticals Inc. -- 1.3 million common shares, via Smith Barney Harris Upham & Co.
14 Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. -- 13 million common shares, via Merrill Lynch.
15 Municipal
16 New Jersey Wastewater Treatment Trust -- $75,075,000 of various bonds, including $40.86 million Wastewater Treatment insured bonds, Series 1989A, and $34,215,000 Wastewater Treatment bonds, Series 1989B, via competitive bid.
17 Eastern Municipal Water District, Calif. -- $56,565,000 of 1989 certificates of participation (treatment plant projects), via competitive bid.
18 California Health Facilities Financing Authority -- $114 million of health facility revenue bonds (Catholic Healthcare West), Series 1989A, via a First Boston Corp. group.
19 Detroit -- $130 million of distributable state aid bonds, via a Chemical Securities Inc. group.
20 Maryland Community Development Administration, Department of Housing and Community Development -- $80 million of single-family program bonds, 1989 4th and 5th Series, via a Merrill Lynch group.
21 Matagorda County Navigation District No. 1, Texas -- $70,315,000 of pollution control revenue Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) bonds (South Texas Project Units No. 1 and 2), via a Goldman Sachs group.
22 New York City -- $786,860,000 of bonds, Fiscal 1990 Series C and D, including $729.04 million tax-exempt bonds and $57.82 million taxable bonds, via a Goldman Sachs group.
23 Santa Ana Redevelopment Agency -- $107 million of tax allocation bonds, 1989 Series A-D, via a Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corp. group.
24 Pending Shelby County, Tenn. -- $80 million of refunding bonds, Series 1989, via a First Tennessee Bank group.
| 4 | B & H Crude Carriers Ltd . - - Four million common shares , via Salomon Brothers Inc . | B & H Crude Carriers Ltd | What does B&H Crude Carriers Ltd do for business? | 0 | 6 |
711 | 206 | 1 The following U.S. Treasury, corporate and municipal offerings are tentatively scheduled for sale this week, according to Dow Jones Capital Markets Report:
2 $15.6 billion of three-month and six-month bills. $2 billion of 51-day cash management bills.
3 Associated Natural Gas Corp. -- 1.4 million common shares, via Dillon Read & Co.
4 B & H Crude Carriers Ltd. -- Four million common shares, via Salomon Brothers Inc.
5 Chemical Banking Corp. -- 14 million common shares, via Goldman, Sachs & Co.
6 Chemex Pharmaceuticals Inc. -- 1.2 million units consisting of two shares of common stock and one common warrant, via PaineWebber Inc.
7 Comcast Corp. -- $150 million convertible debentures, via Merrill Lynch Capital Markets.
8 Energy Service Co. -- 9.5 million common shares, via Alex.
9 Brown & Sons Inc.
10 Harmonia Bancorp Inc. -- 4,750,000 common shares, via Shearson Lehman Hutton Inc.
11 Healthsource Inc. -- Two million common shares, via Kidder, Peabody & Co.
12 Immune Response Corp. -- Three million common shares, via Merrill Lynch.
13 Marsam Pharmaceuticals Inc. -- 1.3 million common shares, via Smith Barney Harris Upham & Co.
14 Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. -- 13 million common shares, via Merrill Lynch.
15 Municipal
16 New Jersey Wastewater Treatment Trust -- $75,075,000 of various bonds, including $40.86 million Wastewater Treatment insured bonds, Series 1989A, and $34,215,000 Wastewater Treatment bonds, Series 1989B, via competitive bid.
17 Eastern Municipal Water District, Calif. -- $56,565,000 of 1989 certificates of participation (treatment plant projects), via competitive bid.
18 California Health Facilities Financing Authority -- $114 million of health facility revenue bonds (Catholic Healthcare West), Series 1989A, via a First Boston Corp. group.
19 Detroit -- $130 million of distributable state aid bonds, via a Chemical Securities Inc. group.
20 Maryland Community Development Administration, Department of Housing and Community Development -- $80 million of single-family program bonds, 1989 4th and 5th Series, via a Merrill Lynch group.
21 Matagorda County Navigation District No. 1, Texas -- $70,315,000 of pollution control revenue Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) bonds (South Texas Project Units No. 1 and 2), via a Goldman Sachs group.
22 New York City -- $786,860,000 of bonds, Fiscal 1990 Series C and D, including $729.04 million tax-exempt bonds and $57.82 million taxable bonds, via a Goldman Sachs group.
23 Santa Ana Redevelopment Agency -- $107 million of tax allocation bonds, 1989 Series A-D, via a Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corp. group.
24 Pending Shelby County, Tenn. -- $80 million of refunding bonds, Series 1989, via a First Tennessee Bank group.
| 4 | B & H Crude Carriers Ltd . - - Four million common shares , via Salomon Brothers Inc . | common shares , | What is a common share? | 11 | 14 |
712 | 206 | 1 The following U.S. Treasury, corporate and municipal offerings are tentatively scheduled for sale this week, according to Dow Jones Capital Markets Report:
2 $15.6 billion of three-month and six-month bills. $2 billion of 51-day cash management bills.
3 Associated Natural Gas Corp. -- 1.4 million common shares, via Dillon Read & Co.
4 B & H Crude Carriers Ltd. -- Four million common shares, via Salomon Brothers Inc.
5 Chemical Banking Corp. -- 14 million common shares, via Goldman, Sachs & Co.
6 Chemex Pharmaceuticals Inc. -- 1.2 million units consisting of two shares of common stock and one common warrant, via PaineWebber Inc.
7 Comcast Corp. -- $150 million convertible debentures, via Merrill Lynch Capital Markets.
8 Energy Service Co. -- 9.5 million common shares, via Alex.
9 Brown & Sons Inc.
10 Harmonia Bancorp Inc. -- 4,750,000 common shares, via Shearson Lehman Hutton Inc.
11 Healthsource Inc. -- Two million common shares, via Kidder, Peabody & Co.
12 Immune Response Corp. -- Three million common shares, via Merrill Lynch.
13 Marsam Pharmaceuticals Inc. -- 1.3 million common shares, via Smith Barney Harris Upham & Co.
14 Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. -- 13 million common shares, via Merrill Lynch.
15 Municipal
16 New Jersey Wastewater Treatment Trust -- $75,075,000 of various bonds, including $40.86 million Wastewater Treatment insured bonds, Series 1989A, and $34,215,000 Wastewater Treatment bonds, Series 1989B, via competitive bid.
17 Eastern Municipal Water District, Calif. -- $56,565,000 of 1989 certificates of participation (treatment plant projects), via competitive bid.
18 California Health Facilities Financing Authority -- $114 million of health facility revenue bonds (Catholic Healthcare West), Series 1989A, via a First Boston Corp. group.
19 Detroit -- $130 million of distributable state aid bonds, via a Chemical Securities Inc. group.
20 Maryland Community Development Administration, Department of Housing and Community Development -- $80 million of single-family program bonds, 1989 4th and 5th Series, via a Merrill Lynch group.
21 Matagorda County Navigation District No. 1, Texas -- $70,315,000 of pollution control revenue Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) bonds (South Texas Project Units No. 1 and 2), via a Goldman Sachs group.
22 New York City -- $786,860,000 of bonds, Fiscal 1990 Series C and D, including $729.04 million tax-exempt bonds and $57.82 million taxable bonds, via a Goldman Sachs group.
23 Santa Ana Redevelopment Agency -- $107 million of tax allocation bonds, 1989 Series A-D, via a Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corp. group.
24 Pending Shelby County, Tenn. -- $80 million of refunding bonds, Series 1989, via a First Tennessee Bank group.
| 5 | Chemical Banking Corp . - - 14 million common shares , via Goldman , Sachs & Co . | Chemical Banking Corp | What does Chemical Banking Corp do for business? | 0 | 3 |
713 | 206 | 1 The following U.S. Treasury, corporate and municipal offerings are tentatively scheduled for sale this week, according to Dow Jones Capital Markets Report:
2 $15.6 billion of three-month and six-month bills. $2 billion of 51-day cash management bills.
3 Associated Natural Gas Corp. -- 1.4 million common shares, via Dillon Read & Co.
4 B & H Crude Carriers Ltd. -- Four million common shares, via Salomon Brothers Inc.
5 Chemical Banking Corp. -- 14 million common shares, via Goldman, Sachs & Co.
6 Chemex Pharmaceuticals Inc. -- 1.2 million units consisting of two shares of common stock and one common warrant, via PaineWebber Inc.
7 Comcast Corp. -- $150 million convertible debentures, via Merrill Lynch Capital Markets.
8 Energy Service Co. -- 9.5 million common shares, via Alex.
9 Brown & Sons Inc.
10 Harmonia Bancorp Inc. -- 4,750,000 common shares, via Shearson Lehman Hutton Inc.
11 Healthsource Inc. -- Two million common shares, via Kidder, Peabody & Co.
12 Immune Response Corp. -- Three million common shares, via Merrill Lynch.
13 Marsam Pharmaceuticals Inc. -- 1.3 million common shares, via Smith Barney Harris Upham & Co.
14 Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. -- 13 million common shares, via Merrill Lynch.
15 Municipal
16 New Jersey Wastewater Treatment Trust -- $75,075,000 of various bonds, including $40.86 million Wastewater Treatment insured bonds, Series 1989A, and $34,215,000 Wastewater Treatment bonds, Series 1989B, via competitive bid.
17 Eastern Municipal Water District, Calif. -- $56,565,000 of 1989 certificates of participation (treatment plant projects), via competitive bid.
18 California Health Facilities Financing Authority -- $114 million of health facility revenue bonds (Catholic Healthcare West), Series 1989A, via a First Boston Corp. group.
19 Detroit -- $130 million of distributable state aid bonds, via a Chemical Securities Inc. group.
20 Maryland Community Development Administration, Department of Housing and Community Development -- $80 million of single-family program bonds, 1989 4th and 5th Series, via a Merrill Lynch group.
21 Matagorda County Navigation District No. 1, Texas -- $70,315,000 of pollution control revenue Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) bonds (South Texas Project Units No. 1 and 2), via a Goldman Sachs group.
22 New York City -- $786,860,000 of bonds, Fiscal 1990 Series C and D, including $729.04 million tax-exempt bonds and $57.82 million taxable bonds, via a Goldman Sachs group.
23 Santa Ana Redevelopment Agency -- $107 million of tax allocation bonds, 1989 Series A-D, via a Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corp. group.
24 Pending Shelby County, Tenn. -- $80 million of refunding bonds, Series 1989, via a First Tennessee Bank group.
| 5 | Chemical Banking Corp . - - 14 million common shares , via Goldman , Sachs & Co . | 14 million | is that a lot more? | 6 | 8 |
714 | 206 | 1 The following U.S. Treasury, corporate and municipal offerings are tentatively scheduled for sale this week, according to Dow Jones Capital Markets Report:
2 $15.6 billion of three-month and six-month bills. $2 billion of 51-day cash management bills.
3 Associated Natural Gas Corp. -- 1.4 million common shares, via Dillon Read & Co.
4 B & H Crude Carriers Ltd. -- Four million common shares, via Salomon Brothers Inc.
5 Chemical Banking Corp. -- 14 million common shares, via Goldman, Sachs & Co.
6 Chemex Pharmaceuticals Inc. -- 1.2 million units consisting of two shares of common stock and one common warrant, via PaineWebber Inc.
7 Comcast Corp. -- $150 million convertible debentures, via Merrill Lynch Capital Markets.
8 Energy Service Co. -- 9.5 million common shares, via Alex.
9 Brown & Sons Inc.
10 Harmonia Bancorp Inc. -- 4,750,000 common shares, via Shearson Lehman Hutton Inc.
11 Healthsource Inc. -- Two million common shares, via Kidder, Peabody & Co.
12 Immune Response Corp. -- Three million common shares, via Merrill Lynch.
13 Marsam Pharmaceuticals Inc. -- 1.3 million common shares, via Smith Barney Harris Upham & Co.
14 Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. -- 13 million common shares, via Merrill Lynch.
15 Municipal
16 New Jersey Wastewater Treatment Trust -- $75,075,000 of various bonds, including $40.86 million Wastewater Treatment insured bonds, Series 1989A, and $34,215,000 Wastewater Treatment bonds, Series 1989B, via competitive bid.
17 Eastern Municipal Water District, Calif. -- $56,565,000 of 1989 certificates of participation (treatment plant projects), via competitive bid.
18 California Health Facilities Financing Authority -- $114 million of health facility revenue bonds (Catholic Healthcare West), Series 1989A, via a First Boston Corp. group.
19 Detroit -- $130 million of distributable state aid bonds, via a Chemical Securities Inc. group.
20 Maryland Community Development Administration, Department of Housing and Community Development -- $80 million of single-family program bonds, 1989 4th and 5th Series, via a Merrill Lynch group.
21 Matagorda County Navigation District No. 1, Texas -- $70,315,000 of pollution control revenue Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) bonds (South Texas Project Units No. 1 and 2), via a Goldman Sachs group.
22 New York City -- $786,860,000 of bonds, Fiscal 1990 Series C and D, including $729.04 million tax-exempt bonds and $57.82 million taxable bonds, via a Goldman Sachs group.
23 Santa Ana Redevelopment Agency -- $107 million of tax allocation bonds, 1989 Series A-D, via a Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corp. group.
24 Pending Shelby County, Tenn. -- $80 million of refunding bonds, Series 1989, via a First Tennessee Bank group.
| 5 | Chemical Banking Corp . - - 14 million common shares , via Goldman , Sachs & Co . | common shares , | What is a common share? | 8 | 11 |
715 | 207 | 1 Whittle Communications L.P., which for months has fought a public relations battle with education leaders, said it has signed 500 schools in 24 states to subscribe to the controversial Channel One news program and its sister programs.
2 Channel One, a satellite-delivered daily program supported by advertising, is scheduled to be launched next March.
3 Whittle said its field staff signed up the 500 schools in 238 school districts after only eight weeks and company executives now expect to reach their start-up goal of 1,000 schools before the end of this year.
4 Christopher Whittle, chairman of the Knoxville, Tenn., media company that is 50% owned by Time Warner Inc., said that by December 1990 he expects to have Channel One installed in about 8,000 schools with a potential audience of six million.
5 Installation of the TV system, which includes providing free 19-inch TV sets in classrooms, begins in January.
6 'What we've done in eight weeks shows we won't have enormous difficulties getting to the place we want to be,' said Mr. Whittle.
7 He said his sales force is signing up schools at the rate of 25 a day.
8 In California and New York, state officials have opposed Channel One.
9 Mr. Whittle said private and parochial schools in both states will be canvassed to see if they are interested in getting the programs.
10 Subscribing schools get the 12-minute daily Channel One news program, whose four 30-second TV ads during each show have drawn protests from educators.
11 Subscribers also get the Classroom Channel, which will feature ad-free educational programming similar to some public-TV shows, and the Educator's Channel, which will offer instructional programming for teachers and school administrators and will be supported by advertising.
12 Whittle has met some resistance.
13 The Educational Network, as Mr. Whittle has named the three programs, has been offered to 1,290 school districts and Whittle continues to negotiate with 919 districts.
14 About 10% of the school districts approached have rejected the network.
15 Mr. Whittle said that so far, three of the six schools that carried the program in a five-week test last spring have subscribed to the program.
16 One of the test schools, Withrow High School in Cincinnati, rejected the project.
17 John Bruner, associate director of communications for Cincinnati Public Schools, said Channel One was rejected because students watching the program didn't fare particularly better on a 28-question current events quiz than a control school without the program and school absences were almost unchanged during the period when the program was being aired.
18 'The number of correct responses was 45% on the test and school absences didn't change much,' said Mr. Bruner. 'The pilot program was received well (by teachers and students), but there wasn't reason enough to sign up.
19 We even invited the public to stop by and see the program, but there wasn't much interest.'
20 Advertisers are showing interest.
21 Last month, Whittle announced it had sold $150 million in advertising time on the network to national advertisers.
22 Mr. Whittle Friday said several more advertisers have been added.
23 Whittle is spending $150 million initially to launch the network.
24 Installation of satellite dishes, TVs and videocassette equipment will cost the company about $20,000 per school, Mr. Whittle said.
| 1 | Whittle Communications L . P . , which for months has fought a public relations battle with education leaders , said it has signed 500 schools in 24 states to subscribe to the controversial Channel One news program and its sister programs . | the controversial Channel One news program | What is controversial about the Channel One news program? | 32 | 38 |
716 | 207 | 1 Whittle Communications L.P., which for months has fought a public relations battle with education leaders, said it has signed 500 schools in 24 states to subscribe to the controversial Channel One news program and its sister programs.
2 Channel One, a satellite-delivered daily program supported by advertising, is scheduled to be launched next March.
3 Whittle said its field staff signed up the 500 schools in 238 school districts after only eight weeks and company executives now expect to reach their start-up goal of 1,000 schools before the end of this year.
4 Christopher Whittle, chairman of the Knoxville, Tenn., media company that is 50% owned by Time Warner Inc., said that by December 1990 he expects to have Channel One installed in about 8,000 schools with a potential audience of six million.
5 Installation of the TV system, which includes providing free 19-inch TV sets in classrooms, begins in January.
6 'What we've done in eight weeks shows we won't have enormous difficulties getting to the place we want to be,' said Mr. Whittle.
7 He said his sales force is signing up schools at the rate of 25 a day.
8 In California and New York, state officials have opposed Channel One.
9 Mr. Whittle said private and parochial schools in both states will be canvassed to see if they are interested in getting the programs.
10 Subscribing schools get the 12-minute daily Channel One news program, whose four 30-second TV ads during each show have drawn protests from educators.
11 Subscribers also get the Classroom Channel, which will feature ad-free educational programming similar to some public-TV shows, and the Educator's Channel, which will offer instructional programming for teachers and school administrators and will be supported by advertising.
12 Whittle has met some resistance.
13 The Educational Network, as Mr. Whittle has named the three programs, has been offered to 1,290 school districts and Whittle continues to negotiate with 919 districts.
14 About 10% of the school districts approached have rejected the network.
15 Mr. Whittle said that so far, three of the six schools that carried the program in a five-week test last spring have subscribed to the program.
16 One of the test schools, Withrow High School in Cincinnati, rejected the project.
17 John Bruner, associate director of communications for Cincinnati Public Schools, said Channel One was rejected because students watching the program didn't fare particularly better on a 28-question current events quiz than a control school without the program and school absences were almost unchanged during the period when the program was being aired.
18 'The number of correct responses was 45% on the test and school absences didn't change much,' said Mr. Bruner. 'The pilot program was received well (by teachers and students), but there wasn't reason enough to sign up.
19 We even invited the public to stop by and see the program, but there wasn't much interest.'
20 Advertisers are showing interest.
21 Last month, Whittle announced it had sold $150 million in advertising time on the network to national advertisers.
22 Mr. Whittle Friday said several more advertisers have been added.
23 Whittle is spending $150 million initially to launch the network.
24 Installation of satellite dishes, TVs and videocassette equipment will cost the company about $20,000 per school, Mr. Whittle said.
| 1 | Whittle Communications L . P . , which for months has fought a public relations battle with education leaders , said it has signed 500 schools in 24 states to subscribe to the controversial Channel One news program and its sister programs . | fought a public relations battle with education | Why has Whittle been fighting a PR battle with educators? | 11 | 18 |
717 | 207 | 1 Whittle Communications L.P., which for months has fought a public relations battle with education leaders, said it has signed 500 schools in 24 states to subscribe to the controversial Channel One news program and its sister programs.
2 Channel One, a satellite-delivered daily program supported by advertising, is scheduled to be launched next March.
3 Whittle said its field staff signed up the 500 schools in 238 school districts after only eight weeks and company executives now expect to reach their start-up goal of 1,000 schools before the end of this year.
4 Christopher Whittle, chairman of the Knoxville, Tenn., media company that is 50% owned by Time Warner Inc., said that by December 1990 he expects to have Channel One installed in about 8,000 schools with a potential audience of six million.
5 Installation of the TV system, which includes providing free 19-inch TV sets in classrooms, begins in January.
6 'What we've done in eight weeks shows we won't have enormous difficulties getting to the place we want to be,' said Mr. Whittle.
7 He said his sales force is signing up schools at the rate of 25 a day.
8 In California and New York, state officials have opposed Channel One.
9 Mr. Whittle said private and parochial schools in both states will be canvassed to see if they are interested in getting the programs.
10 Subscribing schools get the 12-minute daily Channel One news program, whose four 30-second TV ads during each show have drawn protests from educators.
11 Subscribers also get the Classroom Channel, which will feature ad-free educational programming similar to some public-TV shows, and the Educator's Channel, which will offer instructional programming for teachers and school administrators and will be supported by advertising.
12 Whittle has met some resistance.
13 The Educational Network, as Mr. Whittle has named the three programs, has been offered to 1,290 school districts and Whittle continues to negotiate with 919 districts.
14 About 10% of the school districts approached have rejected the network.
15 Mr. Whittle said that so far, three of the six schools that carried the program in a five-week test last spring have subscribed to the program.
16 One of the test schools, Withrow High School in Cincinnati, rejected the project.
17 John Bruner, associate director of communications for Cincinnati Public Schools, said Channel One was rejected because students watching the program didn't fare particularly better on a 28-question current events quiz than a control school without the program and school absences were almost unchanged during the period when the program was being aired.
18 'The number of correct responses was 45% on the test and school absences didn't change much,' said Mr. Bruner. 'The pilot program was received well (by teachers and students), but there wasn't reason enough to sign up.
19 We even invited the public to stop by and see the program, but there wasn't much interest.'
20 Advertisers are showing interest.
21 Last month, Whittle announced it had sold $150 million in advertising time on the network to national advertisers.
22 Mr. Whittle Friday said several more advertisers have been added.
23 Whittle is spending $150 million initially to launch the network.
24 Installation of satellite dishes, TVs and videocassette equipment will cost the company about $20,000 per school, Mr. Whittle said.
| 2 | Channel One , a satellite - delivered daily program supported by advertising , is scheduled to be launched next March . | Channel One , | is that the channel for everyone? | 0 | 3 |
718 | 207 | 1 Whittle Communications L.P., which for months has fought a public relations battle with education leaders, said it has signed 500 schools in 24 states to subscribe to the controversial Channel One news program and its sister programs.
2 Channel One, a satellite-delivered daily program supported by advertising, is scheduled to be launched next March.
3 Whittle said its field staff signed up the 500 schools in 238 school districts after only eight weeks and company executives now expect to reach their start-up goal of 1,000 schools before the end of this year.
4 Christopher Whittle, chairman of the Knoxville, Tenn., media company that is 50% owned by Time Warner Inc., said that by December 1990 he expects to have Channel One installed in about 8,000 schools with a potential audience of six million.
5 Installation of the TV system, which includes providing free 19-inch TV sets in classrooms, begins in January.
6 'What we've done in eight weeks shows we won't have enormous difficulties getting to the place we want to be,' said Mr. Whittle.
7 He said his sales force is signing up schools at the rate of 25 a day.
8 In California and New York, state officials have opposed Channel One.
9 Mr. Whittle said private and parochial schools in both states will be canvassed to see if they are interested in getting the programs.
10 Subscribing schools get the 12-minute daily Channel One news program, whose four 30-second TV ads during each show have drawn protests from educators.
11 Subscribers also get the Classroom Channel, which will feature ad-free educational programming similar to some public-TV shows, and the Educator's Channel, which will offer instructional programming for teachers and school administrators and will be supported by advertising.
12 Whittle has met some resistance.
13 The Educational Network, as Mr. Whittle has named the three programs, has been offered to 1,290 school districts and Whittle continues to negotiate with 919 districts.
14 About 10% of the school districts approached have rejected the network.
15 Mr. Whittle said that so far, three of the six schools that carried the program in a five-week test last spring have subscribed to the program.
16 One of the test schools, Withrow High School in Cincinnati, rejected the project.
17 John Bruner, associate director of communications for Cincinnati Public Schools, said Channel One was rejected because students watching the program didn't fare particularly better on a 28-question current events quiz than a control school without the program and school absences were almost unchanged during the period when the program was being aired.
18 'The number of correct responses was 45% on the test and school absences didn't change much,' said Mr. Bruner. 'The pilot program was received well (by teachers and students), but there wasn't reason enough to sign up.
19 We even invited the public to stop by and see the program, but there wasn't much interest.'
20 Advertisers are showing interest.
21 Last month, Whittle announced it had sold $150 million in advertising time on the network to national advertisers.
22 Mr. Whittle Friday said several more advertisers have been added.
23 Whittle is spending $150 million initially to launch the network.
24 Installation of satellite dishes, TVs and videocassette equipment will cost the company about $20,000 per school, Mr. Whittle said.
| 3 | Whittle said its field staff signed up the 500 schools in 238 school districts after only eight weeks and company executives now expect to reach their start - up goal of 1 , 000 schools before the end of this year . | executives now expect to reach their start - up | How do executives expect to reach their goal of schools? | 20 | 29 |
719 | 207 | 1 Whittle Communications L.P., which for months has fought a public relations battle with education leaders, said it has signed 500 schools in 24 states to subscribe to the controversial Channel One news program and its sister programs.
2 Channel One, a satellite-delivered daily program supported by advertising, is scheduled to be launched next March.
3 Whittle said its field staff signed up the 500 schools in 238 school districts after only eight weeks and company executives now expect to reach their start-up goal of 1,000 schools before the end of this year.
4 Christopher Whittle, chairman of the Knoxville, Tenn., media company that is 50% owned by Time Warner Inc., said that by December 1990 he expects to have Channel One installed in about 8,000 schools with a potential audience of six million.
5 Installation of the TV system, which includes providing free 19-inch TV sets in classrooms, begins in January.
6 'What we've done in eight weeks shows we won't have enormous difficulties getting to the place we want to be,' said Mr. Whittle.
7 He said his sales force is signing up schools at the rate of 25 a day.
8 In California and New York, state officials have opposed Channel One.
9 Mr. Whittle said private and parochial schools in both states will be canvassed to see if they are interested in getting the programs.
10 Subscribing schools get the 12-minute daily Channel One news program, whose four 30-second TV ads during each show have drawn protests from educators.
11 Subscribers also get the Classroom Channel, which will feature ad-free educational programming similar to some public-TV shows, and the Educator's Channel, which will offer instructional programming for teachers and school administrators and will be supported by advertising.
12 Whittle has met some resistance.
13 The Educational Network, as Mr. Whittle has named the three programs, has been offered to 1,290 school districts and Whittle continues to negotiate with 919 districts.
14 About 10% of the school districts approached have rejected the network.
15 Mr. Whittle said that so far, three of the six schools that carried the program in a five-week test last spring have subscribed to the program.
16 One of the test schools, Withrow High School in Cincinnati, rejected the project.
17 John Bruner, associate director of communications for Cincinnati Public Schools, said Channel One was rejected because students watching the program didn't fare particularly better on a 28-question current events quiz than a control school without the program and school absences were almost unchanged during the period when the program was being aired.
18 'The number of correct responses was 45% on the test and school absences didn't change much,' said Mr. Bruner. 'The pilot program was received well (by teachers and students), but there wasn't reason enough to sign up.
19 We even invited the public to stop by and see the program, but there wasn't much interest.'
20 Advertisers are showing interest.
21 Last month, Whittle announced it had sold $150 million in advertising time on the network to national advertisers.
22 Mr. Whittle Friday said several more advertisers have been added.
23 Whittle is spending $150 million initially to launch the network.
24 Installation of satellite dishes, TVs and videocassette equipment will cost the company about $20,000 per school, Mr. Whittle said.
| 3 | Whittle said its field staff signed up the 500 schools in 238 school districts after only eight weeks and company executives now expect to reach their start - up goal of 1 , 000 schools before the end of this year . | 1 , 000 schools | why so many schools? | 31 | 35 |
720 | 207 | 1 Whittle Communications L.P., which for months has fought a public relations battle with education leaders, said it has signed 500 schools in 24 states to subscribe to the controversial Channel One news program and its sister programs.
2 Channel One, a satellite-delivered daily program supported by advertising, is scheduled to be launched next March.
3 Whittle said its field staff signed up the 500 schools in 238 school districts after only eight weeks and company executives now expect to reach their start-up goal of 1,000 schools before the end of this year.
4 Christopher Whittle, chairman of the Knoxville, Tenn., media company that is 50% owned by Time Warner Inc., said that by December 1990 he expects to have Channel One installed in about 8,000 schools with a potential audience of six million.
5 Installation of the TV system, which includes providing free 19-inch TV sets in classrooms, begins in January.
6 'What we've done in eight weeks shows we won't have enormous difficulties getting to the place we want to be,' said Mr. Whittle.
7 He said his sales force is signing up schools at the rate of 25 a day.
8 In California and New York, state officials have opposed Channel One.
9 Mr. Whittle said private and parochial schools in both states will be canvassed to see if they are interested in getting the programs.
10 Subscribing schools get the 12-minute daily Channel One news program, whose four 30-second TV ads during each show have drawn protests from educators.
11 Subscribers also get the Classroom Channel, which will feature ad-free educational programming similar to some public-TV shows, and the Educator's Channel, which will offer instructional programming for teachers and school administrators and will be supported by advertising.
12 Whittle has met some resistance.
13 The Educational Network, as Mr. Whittle has named the three programs, has been offered to 1,290 school districts and Whittle continues to negotiate with 919 districts.
14 About 10% of the school districts approached have rejected the network.
15 Mr. Whittle said that so far, three of the six schools that carried the program in a five-week test last spring have subscribed to the program.
16 One of the test schools, Withrow High School in Cincinnati, rejected the project.
17 John Bruner, associate director of communications for Cincinnati Public Schools, said Channel One was rejected because students watching the program didn't fare particularly better on a 28-question current events quiz than a control school without the program and school absences were almost unchanged during the period when the program was being aired.
18 'The number of correct responses was 45% on the test and school absences didn't change much,' said Mr. Bruner. 'The pilot program was received well (by teachers and students), but there wasn't reason enough to sign up.
19 We even invited the public to stop by and see the program, but there wasn't much interest.'
20 Advertisers are showing interest.
21 Last month, Whittle announced it had sold $150 million in advertising time on the network to national advertisers.
22 Mr. Whittle Friday said several more advertisers have been added.
23 Whittle is spending $150 million initially to launch the network.
24 Installation of satellite dishes, TVs and videocassette equipment will cost the company about $20,000 per school, Mr. Whittle said.
| 5 | Installation of the TV system , which includes providing free 19 - inch TV sets in classrooms , begins in January . | free 19 - inch | why so small? | 9 | 13 |
721 | 208 | 1 Thomas Jefferson sold Congress on the idea of the decimal system for currency, thus saving Americans the headaches of pounds, shillings and pence.
2 But he struck out with the decimal system of metric weights and measures the French had invented.
3 Instead, Congress opted for the inches, feet and yards the colonists had brought with them.
4 Americans didn't dislike metrics; they simply ignored them.
5 Scientists felt differently.
6 In 1807, the Swiss mathematician who headed the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey made an 'iron meter' that he had brought from Europe the standard of measure.
7 By the end of the century scientists had embraced the system.
8 Businessmen took their cue from the engineers.
9 When Congress finally passed the Metric Conversion Act in 1975, industry was far ahead.
10 Because the law made compliance voluntary, it inspired little more than jokes. (The press had a field day with questions about what would happen to 'six-footer,' 'yardstick' and 'inchworm.')
11 Today, though the public is barely aware, much of U.S. industry, particularly companies manufacturing or selling overseas, have made metrics routine.
12 General Motors, for example, uses metric terms for its automobile bodies and power trains. (In auto advertising, however, items such as wheelbases are still described in inches.) Farm-machine makers such as Caterpillar and Deere work in the metric system.
13 The liquor industry went metric 10 years ago.
14 The Pentagon has led the charge, particularly as military alliances spread world-wide.
15 New weapons systems will be around until the next century, notes John Tascher, the Defense Department's metric coordinator.
16 Still, like the auto makers, when dealing with Mr. Everyman the Pentagon sticks to the tried and true.
17 Soldiers and sailors are still measured in inches and pounds.
| 1 | Thomas Jefferson sold Congress on the idea of the decimal system for currency , thus saving Americans the headaches of pounds , shillings and pence . | Thomas Jefferson sold Congress on the idea | How did he persuade Congress into making a decimal system for currency? | 0 | 7 |
722 | 208 | 1 Thomas Jefferson sold Congress on the idea of the decimal system for currency, thus saving Americans the headaches of pounds, shillings and pence.
2 But he struck out with the decimal system of metric weights and measures the French had invented.
3 Instead, Congress opted for the inches, feet and yards the colonists had brought with them.
4 Americans didn't dislike metrics; they simply ignored them.
5 Scientists felt differently.
6 In 1807, the Swiss mathematician who headed the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey made an 'iron meter' that he had brought from Europe the standard of measure.
7 By the end of the century scientists had embraced the system.
8 Businessmen took their cue from the engineers.
9 When Congress finally passed the Metric Conversion Act in 1975, industry was far ahead.
10 Because the law made compliance voluntary, it inspired little more than jokes. (The press had a field day with questions about what would happen to 'six-footer,' 'yardstick' and 'inchworm.')
11 Today, though the public is barely aware, much of U.S. industry, particularly companies manufacturing or selling overseas, have made metrics routine.
12 General Motors, for example, uses metric terms for its automobile bodies and power trains. (In auto advertising, however, items such as wheelbases are still described in inches.) Farm-machine makers such as Caterpillar and Deere work in the metric system.
13 The liquor industry went metric 10 years ago.
14 The Pentagon has led the charge, particularly as military alliances spread world-wide.
15 New weapons systems will be around until the next century, notes John Tascher, the Defense Department's metric coordinator.
16 Still, like the auto makers, when dealing with Mr. Everyman the Pentagon sticks to the tried and true.
17 Soldiers and sailors are still measured in inches and pounds.
| 1 | Thomas Jefferson sold Congress on the idea of the decimal system for currency , thus saving Americans the headaches of pounds , shillings and pence . | pounds , shillings and pence | Which countries currently use these? | 20 | 25 |
723 | 208 | 1 Thomas Jefferson sold Congress on the idea of the decimal system for currency, thus saving Americans the headaches of pounds, shillings and pence.
2 But he struck out with the decimal system of metric weights and measures the French had invented.
3 Instead, Congress opted for the inches, feet and yards the colonists had brought with them.
4 Americans didn't dislike metrics; they simply ignored them.
5 Scientists felt differently.
6 In 1807, the Swiss mathematician who headed the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey made an 'iron meter' that he had brought from Europe the standard of measure.
7 By the end of the century scientists had embraced the system.
8 Businessmen took their cue from the engineers.
9 When Congress finally passed the Metric Conversion Act in 1975, industry was far ahead.
10 Because the law made compliance voluntary, it inspired little more than jokes. (The press had a field day with questions about what would happen to 'six-footer,' 'yardstick' and 'inchworm.')
11 Today, though the public is barely aware, much of U.S. industry, particularly companies manufacturing or selling overseas, have made metrics routine.
12 General Motors, for example, uses metric terms for its automobile bodies and power trains. (In auto advertising, however, items such as wheelbases are still described in inches.) Farm-machine makers such as Caterpillar and Deere work in the metric system.
13 The liquor industry went metric 10 years ago.
14 The Pentagon has led the charge, particularly as military alliances spread world-wide.
15 New weapons systems will be around until the next century, notes John Tascher, the Defense Department's metric coordinator.
16 Still, like the auto makers, when dealing with Mr. Everyman the Pentagon sticks to the tried and true.
17 Soldiers and sailors are still measured in inches and pounds.
| 1 | Thomas Jefferson sold Congress on the idea of the decimal system for currency , thus saving Americans the headaches of pounds , shillings and pence . | Jefferson sold Congress | How did Jefferson sell congress on the decimal system? | 1 | 4 |
724 | 208 | 1 Thomas Jefferson sold Congress on the idea of the decimal system for currency, thus saving Americans the headaches of pounds, shillings and pence.
2 But he struck out with the decimal system of metric weights and measures the French had invented.
3 Instead, Congress opted for the inches, feet and yards the colonists had brought with them.
4 Americans didn't dislike metrics; they simply ignored them.
5 Scientists felt differently.
6 In 1807, the Swiss mathematician who headed the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey made an 'iron meter' that he had brought from Europe the standard of measure.
7 By the end of the century scientists had embraced the system.
8 Businessmen took their cue from the engineers.
9 When Congress finally passed the Metric Conversion Act in 1975, industry was far ahead.
10 Because the law made compliance voluntary, it inspired little more than jokes. (The press had a field day with questions about what would happen to 'six-footer,' 'yardstick' and 'inchworm.')
11 Today, though the public is barely aware, much of U.S. industry, particularly companies manufacturing or selling overseas, have made metrics routine.
12 General Motors, for example, uses metric terms for its automobile bodies and power trains. (In auto advertising, however, items such as wheelbases are still described in inches.) Farm-machine makers such as Caterpillar and Deere work in the metric system.
13 The liquor industry went metric 10 years ago.
14 The Pentagon has led the charge, particularly as military alliances spread world-wide.
15 New weapons systems will be around until the next century, notes John Tascher, the Defense Department's metric coordinator.
16 Still, like the auto makers, when dealing with Mr. Everyman the Pentagon sticks to the tried and true.
17 Soldiers and sailors are still measured in inches and pounds.
| 1 | Thomas Jefferson sold Congress on the idea of the decimal system for currency , thus saving Americans the headaches of pounds , shillings and pence . | sold Congress | How did he sell Congress on that idea? | 2 | 4 |
725 | 208 | 1 Thomas Jefferson sold Congress on the idea of the decimal system for currency, thus saving Americans the headaches of pounds, shillings and pence.
2 But he struck out with the decimal system of metric weights and measures the French had invented.
3 Instead, Congress opted for the inches, feet and yards the colonists had brought with them.
4 Americans didn't dislike metrics; they simply ignored them.
5 Scientists felt differently.
6 In 1807, the Swiss mathematician who headed the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey made an 'iron meter' that he had brought from Europe the standard of measure.
7 By the end of the century scientists had embraced the system.
8 Businessmen took their cue from the engineers.
9 When Congress finally passed the Metric Conversion Act in 1975, industry was far ahead.
10 Because the law made compliance voluntary, it inspired little more than jokes. (The press had a field day with questions about what would happen to 'six-footer,' 'yardstick' and 'inchworm.')
11 Today, though the public is barely aware, much of U.S. industry, particularly companies manufacturing or selling overseas, have made metrics routine.
12 General Motors, for example, uses metric terms for its automobile bodies and power trains. (In auto advertising, however, items such as wheelbases are still described in inches.) Farm-machine makers such as Caterpillar and Deere work in the metric system.
13 The liquor industry went metric 10 years ago.
14 The Pentagon has led the charge, particularly as military alliances spread world-wide.
15 New weapons systems will be around until the next century, notes John Tascher, the Defense Department's metric coordinator.
16 Still, like the auto makers, when dealing with Mr. Everyman the Pentagon sticks to the tried and true.
17 Soldiers and sailors are still measured in inches and pounds.
| 1 | Thomas Jefferson sold Congress on the idea of the decimal system for currency , thus saving Americans the headaches of pounds , shillings and pence . | headaches | Why are they considered headaches? | 18 | 19 |
726 | 208 | 1 Thomas Jefferson sold Congress on the idea of the decimal system for currency, thus saving Americans the headaches of pounds, shillings and pence.
2 But he struck out with the decimal system of metric weights and measures the French had invented.
3 Instead, Congress opted for the inches, feet and yards the colonists had brought with them.
4 Americans didn't dislike metrics; they simply ignored them.
5 Scientists felt differently.
6 In 1807, the Swiss mathematician who headed the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey made an 'iron meter' that he had brought from Europe the standard of measure.
7 By the end of the century scientists had embraced the system.
8 Businessmen took their cue from the engineers.
9 When Congress finally passed the Metric Conversion Act in 1975, industry was far ahead.
10 Because the law made compliance voluntary, it inspired little more than jokes. (The press had a field day with questions about what would happen to 'six-footer,' 'yardstick' and 'inchworm.')
11 Today, though the public is barely aware, much of U.S. industry, particularly companies manufacturing or selling overseas, have made metrics routine.
12 General Motors, for example, uses metric terms for its automobile bodies and power trains. (In auto advertising, however, items such as wheelbases are still described in inches.) Farm-machine makers such as Caterpillar and Deere work in the metric system.
13 The liquor industry went metric 10 years ago.
14 The Pentagon has led the charge, particularly as military alliances spread world-wide.
15 New weapons systems will be around until the next century, notes John Tascher, the Defense Department's metric coordinator.
16 Still, like the auto makers, when dealing with Mr. Everyman the Pentagon sticks to the tried and true.
17 Soldiers and sailors are still measured in inches and pounds.
| 1 | Thomas Jefferson sold Congress on the idea of the decimal system for currency , thus saving Americans the headaches of pounds , shillings and pence . | decimal system | Why did Jefferson like the decimal system? | 9 | 11 |
727 | 208 | 1 Thomas Jefferson sold Congress on the idea of the decimal system for currency, thus saving Americans the headaches of pounds, shillings and pence.
2 But he struck out with the decimal system of metric weights and measures the French had invented.
3 Instead, Congress opted for the inches, feet and yards the colonists had brought with them.
4 Americans didn't dislike metrics; they simply ignored them.
5 Scientists felt differently.
6 In 1807, the Swiss mathematician who headed the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey made an 'iron meter' that he had brought from Europe the standard of measure.
7 By the end of the century scientists had embraced the system.
8 Businessmen took their cue from the engineers.
9 When Congress finally passed the Metric Conversion Act in 1975, industry was far ahead.
10 Because the law made compliance voluntary, it inspired little more than jokes. (The press had a field day with questions about what would happen to 'six-footer,' 'yardstick' and 'inchworm.')
11 Today, though the public is barely aware, much of U.S. industry, particularly companies manufacturing or selling overseas, have made metrics routine.
12 General Motors, for example, uses metric terms for its automobile bodies and power trains. (In auto advertising, however, items such as wheelbases are still described in inches.) Farm-machine makers such as Caterpillar and Deere work in the metric system.
13 The liquor industry went metric 10 years ago.
14 The Pentagon has led the charge, particularly as military alliances spread world-wide.
15 New weapons systems will be around until the next century, notes John Tascher, the Defense Department's metric coordinator.
16 Still, like the auto makers, when dealing with Mr. Everyman the Pentagon sticks to the tried and true.
17 Soldiers and sailors are still measured in inches and pounds.
| 2 | But he struck out with the decimal system of metric weights and measures the French had invented . | French had invented | Why was he looking at other counties method's of currency? Wouldn't it be a better idea to be original in your country? | 14 | 17 |
728 | 208 | 1 Thomas Jefferson sold Congress on the idea of the decimal system for currency, thus saving Americans the headaches of pounds, shillings and pence.
2 But he struck out with the decimal system of metric weights and measures the French had invented.
3 Instead, Congress opted for the inches, feet and yards the colonists had brought with them.
4 Americans didn't dislike metrics; they simply ignored them.
5 Scientists felt differently.
6 In 1807, the Swiss mathematician who headed the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey made an 'iron meter' that he had brought from Europe the standard of measure.
7 By the end of the century scientists had embraced the system.
8 Businessmen took their cue from the engineers.
9 When Congress finally passed the Metric Conversion Act in 1975, industry was far ahead.
10 Because the law made compliance voluntary, it inspired little more than jokes. (The press had a field day with questions about what would happen to 'six-footer,' 'yardstick' and 'inchworm.')
11 Today, though the public is barely aware, much of U.S. industry, particularly companies manufacturing or selling overseas, have made metrics routine.
12 General Motors, for example, uses metric terms for its automobile bodies and power trains. (In auto advertising, however, items such as wheelbases are still described in inches.) Farm-machine makers such as Caterpillar and Deere work in the metric system.
13 The liquor industry went metric 10 years ago.
14 The Pentagon has led the charge, particularly as military alliances spread world-wide.
15 New weapons systems will be around until the next century, notes John Tascher, the Defense Department's metric coordinator.
16 Still, like the auto makers, when dealing with Mr. Everyman the Pentagon sticks to the tried and true.
17 Soldiers and sailors are still measured in inches and pounds.
| 2 | But he struck out with the decimal system of metric weights and measures the French had invented . | metric weights and measures | Why was one system approved but not the other? | 9 | 13 |
729 | 208 | 1 Thomas Jefferson sold Congress on the idea of the decimal system for currency, thus saving Americans the headaches of pounds, shillings and pence.
2 But he struck out with the decimal system of metric weights and measures the French had invented.
3 Instead, Congress opted for the inches, feet and yards the colonists had brought with them.
4 Americans didn't dislike metrics; they simply ignored them.
5 Scientists felt differently.
6 In 1807, the Swiss mathematician who headed the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey made an 'iron meter' that he had brought from Europe the standard of measure.
7 By the end of the century scientists had embraced the system.
8 Businessmen took their cue from the engineers.
9 When Congress finally passed the Metric Conversion Act in 1975, industry was far ahead.
10 Because the law made compliance voluntary, it inspired little more than jokes. (The press had a field day with questions about what would happen to 'six-footer,' 'yardstick' and 'inchworm.')
11 Today, though the public is barely aware, much of U.S. industry, particularly companies manufacturing or selling overseas, have made metrics routine.
12 General Motors, for example, uses metric terms for its automobile bodies and power trains. (In auto advertising, however, items such as wheelbases are still described in inches.) Farm-machine makers such as Caterpillar and Deere work in the metric system.
13 The liquor industry went metric 10 years ago.
14 The Pentagon has led the charge, particularly as military alliances spread world-wide.
15 New weapons systems will be around until the next century, notes John Tascher, the Defense Department's metric coordinator.
16 Still, like the auto makers, when dealing with Mr. Everyman the Pentagon sticks to the tried and true.
17 Soldiers and sailors are still measured in inches and pounds.
| 2 | But he struck out with the decimal system of metric weights and measures the French had invented . | French had invented | When did the French invent this system? | 14 | 17 |
730 | 208 | 1 Thomas Jefferson sold Congress on the idea of the decimal system for currency, thus saving Americans the headaches of pounds, shillings and pence.
2 But he struck out with the decimal system of metric weights and measures the French had invented.
3 Instead, Congress opted for the inches, feet and yards the colonists had brought with them.
4 Americans didn't dislike metrics; they simply ignored them.
5 Scientists felt differently.
6 In 1807, the Swiss mathematician who headed the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey made an 'iron meter' that he had brought from Europe the standard of measure.
7 By the end of the century scientists had embraced the system.
8 Businessmen took their cue from the engineers.
9 When Congress finally passed the Metric Conversion Act in 1975, industry was far ahead.
10 Because the law made compliance voluntary, it inspired little more than jokes. (The press had a field day with questions about what would happen to 'six-footer,' 'yardstick' and 'inchworm.')
11 Today, though the public is barely aware, much of U.S. industry, particularly companies manufacturing or selling overseas, have made metrics routine.
12 General Motors, for example, uses metric terms for its automobile bodies and power trains. (In auto advertising, however, items such as wheelbases are still described in inches.) Farm-machine makers such as Caterpillar and Deere work in the metric system.
13 The liquor industry went metric 10 years ago.
14 The Pentagon has led the charge, particularly as military alliances spread world-wide.
15 New weapons systems will be around until the next century, notes John Tascher, the Defense Department's metric coordinator.
16 Still, like the auto makers, when dealing with Mr. Everyman the Pentagon sticks to the tried and true.
17 Soldiers and sailors are still measured in inches and pounds.
| 2 | But he struck out with the decimal system of metric weights and measures the French had invented . | metric weights and measures | Why are these measurements good? | 9 | 13 |
731 | 208 | 1 Thomas Jefferson sold Congress on the idea of the decimal system for currency, thus saving Americans the headaches of pounds, shillings and pence.
2 But he struck out with the decimal system of metric weights and measures the French had invented.
3 Instead, Congress opted for the inches, feet and yards the colonists had brought with them.
4 Americans didn't dislike metrics; they simply ignored them.
5 Scientists felt differently.
6 In 1807, the Swiss mathematician who headed the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey made an 'iron meter' that he had brought from Europe the standard of measure.
7 By the end of the century scientists had embraced the system.
8 Businessmen took their cue from the engineers.
9 When Congress finally passed the Metric Conversion Act in 1975, industry was far ahead.
10 Because the law made compliance voluntary, it inspired little more than jokes. (The press had a field day with questions about what would happen to 'six-footer,' 'yardstick' and 'inchworm.')
11 Today, though the public is barely aware, much of U.S. industry, particularly companies manufacturing or selling overseas, have made metrics routine.
12 General Motors, for example, uses metric terms for its automobile bodies and power trains. (In auto advertising, however, items such as wheelbases are still described in inches.) Farm-machine makers such as Caterpillar and Deere work in the metric system.
13 The liquor industry went metric 10 years ago.
14 The Pentagon has led the charge, particularly as military alliances spread world-wide.
15 New weapons systems will be around until the next century, notes John Tascher, the Defense Department's metric coordinator.
16 Still, like the auto makers, when dealing with Mr. Everyman the Pentagon sticks to the tried and true.
17 Soldiers and sailors are still measured in inches and pounds.
| 3 | Instead , Congress opted for the inches , feet and yards the colonists had brought with them . | Congress opted | What made them opt in to this idea? | 2 | 4 |
732 | 208 | 1 Thomas Jefferson sold Congress on the idea of the decimal system for currency, thus saving Americans the headaches of pounds, shillings and pence.
2 But he struck out with the decimal system of metric weights and measures the French had invented.
3 Instead, Congress opted for the inches, feet and yards the colonists had brought with them.
4 Americans didn't dislike metrics; they simply ignored them.
5 Scientists felt differently.
6 In 1807, the Swiss mathematician who headed the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey made an 'iron meter' that he had brought from Europe the standard of measure.
7 By the end of the century scientists had embraced the system.
8 Businessmen took their cue from the engineers.
9 When Congress finally passed the Metric Conversion Act in 1975, industry was far ahead.
10 Because the law made compliance voluntary, it inspired little more than jokes. (The press had a field day with questions about what would happen to 'six-footer,' 'yardstick' and 'inchworm.')
11 Today, though the public is barely aware, much of U.S. industry, particularly companies manufacturing or selling overseas, have made metrics routine.
12 General Motors, for example, uses metric terms for its automobile bodies and power trains. (In auto advertising, however, items such as wheelbases are still described in inches.) Farm-machine makers such as Caterpillar and Deere work in the metric system.
13 The liquor industry went metric 10 years ago.
14 The Pentagon has led the charge, particularly as military alliances spread world-wide.
15 New weapons systems will be around until the next century, notes John Tascher, the Defense Department's metric coordinator.
16 Still, like the auto makers, when dealing with Mr. Everyman the Pentagon sticks to the tried and true.
17 Soldiers and sailors are still measured in inches and pounds.
| 3 | Instead , Congress opted for the inches , feet and yards the colonists had brought with them . | Congress opted | How many of those in Congress approved this? Were the common folk asked as well? | 2 | 4 |
733 | 208 | 1 Thomas Jefferson sold Congress on the idea of the decimal system for currency, thus saving Americans the headaches of pounds, shillings and pence.
2 But he struck out with the decimal system of metric weights and measures the French had invented.
3 Instead, Congress opted for the inches, feet and yards the colonists had brought with them.
4 Americans didn't dislike metrics; they simply ignored them.
5 Scientists felt differently.
6 In 1807, the Swiss mathematician who headed the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey made an 'iron meter' that he had brought from Europe the standard of measure.
7 By the end of the century scientists had embraced the system.
8 Businessmen took their cue from the engineers.
9 When Congress finally passed the Metric Conversion Act in 1975, industry was far ahead.
10 Because the law made compliance voluntary, it inspired little more than jokes. (The press had a field day with questions about what would happen to 'six-footer,' 'yardstick' and 'inchworm.')
11 Today, though the public is barely aware, much of U.S. industry, particularly companies manufacturing or selling overseas, have made metrics routine.
12 General Motors, for example, uses metric terms for its automobile bodies and power trains. (In auto advertising, however, items such as wheelbases are still described in inches.) Farm-machine makers such as Caterpillar and Deere work in the metric system.
13 The liquor industry went metric 10 years ago.
14 The Pentagon has led the charge, particularly as military alliances spread world-wide.
15 New weapons systems will be around until the next century, notes John Tascher, the Defense Department's metric coordinator.
16 Still, like the auto makers, when dealing with Mr. Everyman the Pentagon sticks to the tried and true.
17 Soldiers and sailors are still measured in inches and pounds.
| 3 | Instead , Congress opted for the inches , feet and yards the colonists had brought with them . | Congress opted | How did they opt for it, was there a vote? | 2 | 4 |
734 | 208 | 1 Thomas Jefferson sold Congress on the idea of the decimal system for currency, thus saving Americans the headaches of pounds, shillings and pence.
2 But he struck out with the decimal system of metric weights and measures the French had invented.
3 Instead, Congress opted for the inches, feet and yards the colonists had brought with them.
4 Americans didn't dislike metrics; they simply ignored them.
5 Scientists felt differently.
6 In 1807, the Swiss mathematician who headed the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey made an 'iron meter' that he had brought from Europe the standard of measure.
7 By the end of the century scientists had embraced the system.
8 Businessmen took their cue from the engineers.
9 When Congress finally passed the Metric Conversion Act in 1975, industry was far ahead.
10 Because the law made compliance voluntary, it inspired little more than jokes. (The press had a field day with questions about what would happen to 'six-footer,' 'yardstick' and 'inchworm.')
11 Today, though the public is barely aware, much of U.S. industry, particularly companies manufacturing or selling overseas, have made metrics routine.
12 General Motors, for example, uses metric terms for its automobile bodies and power trains. (In auto advertising, however, items such as wheelbases are still described in inches.) Farm-machine makers such as Caterpillar and Deere work in the metric system.
13 The liquor industry went metric 10 years ago.
14 The Pentagon has led the charge, particularly as military alliances spread world-wide.
15 New weapons systems will be around until the next century, notes John Tascher, the Defense Department's metric coordinator.
16 Still, like the auto makers, when dealing with Mr. Everyman the Pentagon sticks to the tried and true.
17 Soldiers and sailors are still measured in inches and pounds.
| 3 | Instead , Congress opted for the inches , feet and yards the colonists had brought with them . | Congress opted | Why did they choose that method? | 2 | 4 |
735 | 208 | 1 Thomas Jefferson sold Congress on the idea of the decimal system for currency, thus saving Americans the headaches of pounds, shillings and pence.
2 But he struck out with the decimal system of metric weights and measures the French had invented.
3 Instead, Congress opted for the inches, feet and yards the colonists had brought with them.
4 Americans didn't dislike metrics; they simply ignored them.
5 Scientists felt differently.
6 In 1807, the Swiss mathematician who headed the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey made an 'iron meter' that he had brought from Europe the standard of measure.
7 By the end of the century scientists had embraced the system.
8 Businessmen took their cue from the engineers.
9 When Congress finally passed the Metric Conversion Act in 1975, industry was far ahead.
10 Because the law made compliance voluntary, it inspired little more than jokes. (The press had a field day with questions about what would happen to 'six-footer,' 'yardstick' and 'inchworm.')
11 Today, though the public is barely aware, much of U.S. industry, particularly companies manufacturing or selling overseas, have made metrics routine.
12 General Motors, for example, uses metric terms for its automobile bodies and power trains. (In auto advertising, however, items such as wheelbases are still described in inches.) Farm-machine makers such as Caterpillar and Deere work in the metric system.
13 The liquor industry went metric 10 years ago.
14 The Pentagon has led the charge, particularly as military alliances spread world-wide.
15 New weapons systems will be around until the next century, notes John Tascher, the Defense Department's metric coordinator.
16 Still, like the auto makers, when dealing with Mr. Everyman the Pentagon sticks to the tried and true.
17 Soldiers and sailors are still measured in inches and pounds.
| 3 | Instead , Congress opted for the inches , feet and yards the colonists had brought with them . | colonists had brought with them | How did the colonists get these measurements? | 12 | 17 |
736 | 208 | 1 Thomas Jefferson sold Congress on the idea of the decimal system for currency, thus saving Americans the headaches of pounds, shillings and pence.
2 But he struck out with the decimal system of metric weights and measures the French had invented.
3 Instead, Congress opted for the inches, feet and yards the colonists had brought with them.
4 Americans didn't dislike metrics; they simply ignored them.
5 Scientists felt differently.
6 In 1807, the Swiss mathematician who headed the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey made an 'iron meter' that he had brought from Europe the standard of measure.
7 By the end of the century scientists had embraced the system.
8 Businessmen took their cue from the engineers.
9 When Congress finally passed the Metric Conversion Act in 1975, industry was far ahead.
10 Because the law made compliance voluntary, it inspired little more than jokes. (The press had a field day with questions about what would happen to 'six-footer,' 'yardstick' and 'inchworm.')
11 Today, though the public is barely aware, much of U.S. industry, particularly companies manufacturing or selling overseas, have made metrics routine.
12 General Motors, for example, uses metric terms for its automobile bodies and power trains. (In auto advertising, however, items such as wheelbases are still described in inches.) Farm-machine makers such as Caterpillar and Deere work in the metric system.
13 The liquor industry went metric 10 years ago.
14 The Pentagon has led the charge, particularly as military alliances spread world-wide.
15 New weapons systems will be around until the next century, notes John Tascher, the Defense Department's metric coordinator.
16 Still, like the auto makers, when dealing with Mr. Everyman the Pentagon sticks to the tried and true.
17 Soldiers and sailors are still measured in inches and pounds.
| 4 | Americans didn ' t dislike metrics ; they simply ignored them . | they simply ignored them . | What was the reasoning of Americans ignoring the metrics? | 7 | 12 |
737 | 208 | 1 Thomas Jefferson sold Congress on the idea of the decimal system for currency, thus saving Americans the headaches of pounds, shillings and pence.
2 But he struck out with the decimal system of metric weights and measures the French had invented.
3 Instead, Congress opted for the inches, feet and yards the colonists had brought with them.
4 Americans didn't dislike metrics; they simply ignored them.
5 Scientists felt differently.
6 In 1807, the Swiss mathematician who headed the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey made an 'iron meter' that he had brought from Europe the standard of measure.
7 By the end of the century scientists had embraced the system.
8 Businessmen took their cue from the engineers.
9 When Congress finally passed the Metric Conversion Act in 1975, industry was far ahead.
10 Because the law made compliance voluntary, it inspired little more than jokes. (The press had a field day with questions about what would happen to 'six-footer,' 'yardstick' and 'inchworm.')
11 Today, though the public is barely aware, much of U.S. industry, particularly companies manufacturing or selling overseas, have made metrics routine.
12 General Motors, for example, uses metric terms for its automobile bodies and power trains. (In auto advertising, however, items such as wheelbases are still described in inches.) Farm-machine makers such as Caterpillar and Deere work in the metric system.
13 The liquor industry went metric 10 years ago.
14 The Pentagon has led the charge, particularly as military alliances spread world-wide.
15 New weapons systems will be around until the next century, notes John Tascher, the Defense Department's metric coordinator.
16 Still, like the auto makers, when dealing with Mr. Everyman the Pentagon sticks to the tried and true.
17 Soldiers and sailors are still measured in inches and pounds.
| 4 | Americans didn ' t dislike metrics ; they simply ignored them . | ignored them | Why did Americans ignore them? | 9 | 11 |
738 | 208 | 1 Thomas Jefferson sold Congress on the idea of the decimal system for currency, thus saving Americans the headaches of pounds, shillings and pence.
2 But he struck out with the decimal system of metric weights and measures the French had invented.
3 Instead, Congress opted for the inches, feet and yards the colonists had brought with them.
4 Americans didn't dislike metrics; they simply ignored them.
5 Scientists felt differently.
6 In 1807, the Swiss mathematician who headed the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey made an 'iron meter' that he had brought from Europe the standard of measure.
7 By the end of the century scientists had embraced the system.
8 Businessmen took their cue from the engineers.
9 When Congress finally passed the Metric Conversion Act in 1975, industry was far ahead.
10 Because the law made compliance voluntary, it inspired little more than jokes. (The press had a field day with questions about what would happen to 'six-footer,' 'yardstick' and 'inchworm.')
11 Today, though the public is barely aware, much of U.S. industry, particularly companies manufacturing or selling overseas, have made metrics routine.
12 General Motors, for example, uses metric terms for its automobile bodies and power trains. (In auto advertising, however, items such as wheelbases are still described in inches.) Farm-machine makers such as Caterpillar and Deere work in the metric system.
13 The liquor industry went metric 10 years ago.
14 The Pentagon has led the charge, particularly as military alliances spread world-wide.
15 New weapons systems will be around until the next century, notes John Tascher, the Defense Department's metric coordinator.
16 Still, like the auto makers, when dealing with Mr. Everyman the Pentagon sticks to the tried and true.
17 Soldiers and sailors are still measured in inches and pounds.
| 4 | Americans didn ' t dislike metrics ; they simply ignored them . | they simply ignored them . | Why did they ignore them? | 7 | 12 |
739 | 208 | 1 Thomas Jefferson sold Congress on the idea of the decimal system for currency, thus saving Americans the headaches of pounds, shillings and pence.
2 But he struck out with the decimal system of metric weights and measures the French had invented.
3 Instead, Congress opted for the inches, feet and yards the colonists had brought with them.
4 Americans didn't dislike metrics; they simply ignored them.
5 Scientists felt differently.
6 In 1807, the Swiss mathematician who headed the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey made an 'iron meter' that he had brought from Europe the standard of measure.
7 By the end of the century scientists had embraced the system.
8 Businessmen took their cue from the engineers.
9 When Congress finally passed the Metric Conversion Act in 1975, industry was far ahead.
10 Because the law made compliance voluntary, it inspired little more than jokes. (The press had a field day with questions about what would happen to 'six-footer,' 'yardstick' and 'inchworm.')
11 Today, though the public is barely aware, much of U.S. industry, particularly companies manufacturing or selling overseas, have made metrics routine.
12 General Motors, for example, uses metric terms for its automobile bodies and power trains. (In auto advertising, however, items such as wheelbases are still described in inches.) Farm-machine makers such as Caterpillar and Deere work in the metric system.
13 The liquor industry went metric 10 years ago.
14 The Pentagon has led the charge, particularly as military alliances spread world-wide.
15 New weapons systems will be around until the next century, notes John Tascher, the Defense Department's metric coordinator.
16 Still, like the auto makers, when dealing with Mr. Everyman the Pentagon sticks to the tried and true.
17 Soldiers and sailors are still measured in inches and pounds.
| 5 | Scientists felt differently . | Scientists felt differently | What were their thoughts? | 0 | 3 |
740 | 208 | 1 Thomas Jefferson sold Congress on the idea of the decimal system for currency, thus saving Americans the headaches of pounds, shillings and pence.
2 But he struck out with the decimal system of metric weights and measures the French had invented.
3 Instead, Congress opted for the inches, feet and yards the colonists had brought with them.
4 Americans didn't dislike metrics; they simply ignored them.
5 Scientists felt differently.
6 In 1807, the Swiss mathematician who headed the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey made an 'iron meter' that he had brought from Europe the standard of measure.
7 By the end of the century scientists had embraced the system.
8 Businessmen took their cue from the engineers.
9 When Congress finally passed the Metric Conversion Act in 1975, industry was far ahead.
10 Because the law made compliance voluntary, it inspired little more than jokes. (The press had a field day with questions about what would happen to 'six-footer,' 'yardstick' and 'inchworm.')
11 Today, though the public is barely aware, much of U.S. industry, particularly companies manufacturing or selling overseas, have made metrics routine.
12 General Motors, for example, uses metric terms for its automobile bodies and power trains. (In auto advertising, however, items such as wheelbases are still described in inches.) Farm-machine makers such as Caterpillar and Deere work in the metric system.
13 The liquor industry went metric 10 years ago.
14 The Pentagon has led the charge, particularly as military alliances spread world-wide.
15 New weapons systems will be around until the next century, notes John Tascher, the Defense Department's metric coordinator.
16 Still, like the auto makers, when dealing with Mr. Everyman the Pentagon sticks to the tried and true.
17 Soldiers and sailors are still measured in inches and pounds.
| 5 | Scientists felt differently . | differently . | Why did scientists feel differently? | 2 | 4 |
741 | 208 | 1 Thomas Jefferson sold Congress on the idea of the decimal system for currency, thus saving Americans the headaches of pounds, shillings and pence.
2 But he struck out with the decimal system of metric weights and measures the French had invented.
3 Instead, Congress opted for the inches, feet and yards the colonists had brought with them.
4 Americans didn't dislike metrics; they simply ignored them.
5 Scientists felt differently.
6 In 1807, the Swiss mathematician who headed the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey made an 'iron meter' that he had brought from Europe the standard of measure.
7 By the end of the century scientists had embraced the system.
8 Businessmen took their cue from the engineers.
9 When Congress finally passed the Metric Conversion Act in 1975, industry was far ahead.
10 Because the law made compliance voluntary, it inspired little more than jokes. (The press had a field day with questions about what would happen to 'six-footer,' 'yardstick' and 'inchworm.')
11 Today, though the public is barely aware, much of U.S. industry, particularly companies manufacturing or selling overseas, have made metrics routine.
12 General Motors, for example, uses metric terms for its automobile bodies and power trains. (In auto advertising, however, items such as wheelbases are still described in inches.) Farm-machine makers such as Caterpillar and Deere work in the metric system.
13 The liquor industry went metric 10 years ago.
14 The Pentagon has led the charge, particularly as military alliances spread world-wide.
15 New weapons systems will be around until the next century, notes John Tascher, the Defense Department's metric coordinator.
16 Still, like the auto makers, when dealing with Mr. Everyman the Pentagon sticks to the tried and true.
17 Soldiers and sailors are still measured in inches and pounds.
| 5 | Scientists felt differently . | felt differently | How did scientists feel? | 1 | 3 |
742 | 208 | 1 Thomas Jefferson sold Congress on the idea of the decimal system for currency, thus saving Americans the headaches of pounds, shillings and pence.
2 But he struck out with the decimal system of metric weights and measures the French had invented.
3 Instead, Congress opted for the inches, feet and yards the colonists had brought with them.
4 Americans didn't dislike metrics; they simply ignored them.
5 Scientists felt differently.
6 In 1807, the Swiss mathematician who headed the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey made an 'iron meter' that he had brought from Europe the standard of measure.
7 By the end of the century scientists had embraced the system.
8 Businessmen took their cue from the engineers.
9 When Congress finally passed the Metric Conversion Act in 1975, industry was far ahead.
10 Because the law made compliance voluntary, it inspired little more than jokes. (The press had a field day with questions about what would happen to 'six-footer,' 'yardstick' and 'inchworm.')
11 Today, though the public is barely aware, much of U.S. industry, particularly companies manufacturing or selling overseas, have made metrics routine.
12 General Motors, for example, uses metric terms for its automobile bodies and power trains. (In auto advertising, however, items such as wheelbases are still described in inches.) Farm-machine makers such as Caterpillar and Deere work in the metric system.
13 The liquor industry went metric 10 years ago.
14 The Pentagon has led the charge, particularly as military alliances spread world-wide.
15 New weapons systems will be around until the next century, notes John Tascher, the Defense Department's metric coordinator.
16 Still, like the auto makers, when dealing with Mr. Everyman the Pentagon sticks to the tried and true.
17 Soldiers and sailors are still measured in inches and pounds.
| 5 | Scientists felt differently . | Scientists felt differently . | Why did scientists feel differently? | 0 | 4 |
743 | 209 | 1 PROGRAM TRADING is being curbed by more securities firms, but big institutional investors are expected to continue the practice, further roiling the stock market.
2 Bowing to criticism, Bear Stearns, Morgan Stanley and Oppenheimer joined PaineWebber in suspending stock-index arbitrage trading for their own accounts.
3 Still, stock-index funds are expected to continue launching big programs through the market.
4 Several Big Board firms are organizing to complain about program trading and the exchange's role in it.
5 The effort is being led by Contel.
6 Personal spending rose 0.2% in September, the smallest gain in a year.
7 The slowdown raises questions about the economy's strength because spending fueled much of the third-quarter GNP growth.
8 Meanwhile, personal income edged up 0.3%.
9 Factory owners are buying new machinery at a healthy rate this fall, machine-tool makers say.
10 But weak car sales raise questions about future demand from the auto sector.
11 Southern's Gulf Power unit may plead guilty this week to charges it illegally steered company money to politicians through third parties.
12 The tentative pact would resolve part of a broad investigation of the Atlanta-based company in the past year.
13 LIN Broadcasting and BellSouth sweetened their plan to merge cellular phone operations, offering LIN holders a special $42-a-share payout.
14 But the new pact will force huge debt on the new firm and could still fail to thwart rival suitor McCaw Cellular.
15 Unisys posted a $648.2 million loss for the third quarter as it moved quickly to take write-offs for various problems and prepare for a turnaround.
16 But some analysts wonder how strong the recovery will be.
17 RJR Nabisco agreed to sell three candy businesses to Nestle for $370 million.
18 The accord helps RJR pay off debt and boosts Nestle's 7% share of the U.S. candy market to 12%.
19 GM and Ford are expected to go head to head in the markets to buy up rival 15% stakes in Jaguar.
20 GM confirmed it received U.S. antitrust clearance to boost its holding.
21 Sansui Electric agreed to sell a 51% stake to Polly Peck of Britain for $110 million.
22 Still, analysts said the accord doesn't suggest Japan is opening up to more foreign takeovers.
23 Kellogg suspended work on a $1 billion cereal plant, indicating a pessimistic outlook by the cereal maker, which has been losing market share.
24 Insurers could see claims totaling nearly $1 billion from the San Francisco earthquake, far less than the $4 billion from Hurricane Hugo.
25 Nashua strengthened its poison-pill plan after announcing a Dutch firm is seeking to buy up to 25% of the New Hampshire copier company.
26 Mobil is cutting back its U.S. oil and gas exploration and production group by up to 15% as part of a restructuring of the business.
27 Markets ---
28 Stocks: Volume 170,330,000 shares.
29 Dow Jones industrials 2596.72, off 17.01; transportation 1190.43, off 14.76; utilities 215.86, up 0.19.
30 Bonds: Shearson Lehman Hutton Treasury index 3406.31, off
31 Commodities: Dow Jones futures index 129.49, up 0.27; spot index 130.80, off 0.24.
32 Dollar: 141.65 yen, off 0.45; 1.8300 marks, off 0.0100.
| 1 | PROGRAM TRADING is being curbed by more securities firms , but big institutional investors are expected to continue the practice , further roiling the stock market . | being curbed | Why are they being curbed? | 3 | 5 |
744 | 209 | 1 PROGRAM TRADING is being curbed by more securities firms, but big institutional investors are expected to continue the practice, further roiling the stock market.
2 Bowing to criticism, Bear Stearns, Morgan Stanley and Oppenheimer joined PaineWebber in suspending stock-index arbitrage trading for their own accounts.
3 Still, stock-index funds are expected to continue launching big programs through the market.
4 Several Big Board firms are organizing to complain about program trading and the exchange's role in it.
5 The effort is being led by Contel.
6 Personal spending rose 0.2% in September, the smallest gain in a year.
7 The slowdown raises questions about the economy's strength because spending fueled much of the third-quarter GNP growth.
8 Meanwhile, personal income edged up 0.3%.
9 Factory owners are buying new machinery at a healthy rate this fall, machine-tool makers say.
10 But weak car sales raise questions about future demand from the auto sector.
11 Southern's Gulf Power unit may plead guilty this week to charges it illegally steered company money to politicians through third parties.
12 The tentative pact would resolve part of a broad investigation of the Atlanta-based company in the past year.
13 LIN Broadcasting and BellSouth sweetened their plan to merge cellular phone operations, offering LIN holders a special $42-a-share payout.
14 But the new pact will force huge debt on the new firm and could still fail to thwart rival suitor McCaw Cellular.
15 Unisys posted a $648.2 million loss for the third quarter as it moved quickly to take write-offs for various problems and prepare for a turnaround.
16 But some analysts wonder how strong the recovery will be.
17 RJR Nabisco agreed to sell three candy businesses to Nestle for $370 million.
18 The accord helps RJR pay off debt and boosts Nestle's 7% share of the U.S. candy market to 12%.
19 GM and Ford are expected to go head to head in the markets to buy up rival 15% stakes in Jaguar.
20 GM confirmed it received U.S. antitrust clearance to boost its holding.
21 Sansui Electric agreed to sell a 51% stake to Polly Peck of Britain for $110 million.
22 Still, analysts said the accord doesn't suggest Japan is opening up to more foreign takeovers.
23 Kellogg suspended work on a $1 billion cereal plant, indicating a pessimistic outlook by the cereal maker, which has been losing market share.
24 Insurers could see claims totaling nearly $1 billion from the San Francisco earthquake, far less than the $4 billion from Hurricane Hugo.
25 Nashua strengthened its poison-pill plan after announcing a Dutch firm is seeking to buy up to 25% of the New Hampshire copier company.
26 Mobil is cutting back its U.S. oil and gas exploration and production group by up to 15% as part of a restructuring of the business.
27 Markets ---
28 Stocks: Volume 170,330,000 shares.
29 Dow Jones industrials 2596.72, off 17.01; transportation 1190.43, off 14.76; utilities 215.86, up 0.19.
30 Bonds: Shearson Lehman Hutton Treasury index 3406.31, off
31 Commodities: Dow Jones futures index 129.49, up 0.27; spot index 130.80, off 0.24.
32 Dollar: 141.65 yen, off 0.45; 1.8300 marks, off 0.0100.
| 1 | PROGRAM TRADING is being curbed by more securities firms , but big institutional investors are expected to continue the practice , further roiling the stock market . | curbed by more securities firms , | Which securities firms are curbing program trading? | 4 | 10 |
745 | 209 | 1 PROGRAM TRADING is being curbed by more securities firms, but big institutional investors are expected to continue the practice, further roiling the stock market.
2 Bowing to criticism, Bear Stearns, Morgan Stanley and Oppenheimer joined PaineWebber in suspending stock-index arbitrage trading for their own accounts.
3 Still, stock-index funds are expected to continue launching big programs through the market.
4 Several Big Board firms are organizing to complain about program trading and the exchange's role in it.
5 The effort is being led by Contel.
6 Personal spending rose 0.2% in September, the smallest gain in a year.
7 The slowdown raises questions about the economy's strength because spending fueled much of the third-quarter GNP growth.
8 Meanwhile, personal income edged up 0.3%.
9 Factory owners are buying new machinery at a healthy rate this fall, machine-tool makers say.
10 But weak car sales raise questions about future demand from the auto sector.
11 Southern's Gulf Power unit may plead guilty this week to charges it illegally steered company money to politicians through third parties.
12 The tentative pact would resolve part of a broad investigation of the Atlanta-based company in the past year.
13 LIN Broadcasting and BellSouth sweetened their plan to merge cellular phone operations, offering LIN holders a special $42-a-share payout.
14 But the new pact will force huge debt on the new firm and could still fail to thwart rival suitor McCaw Cellular.
15 Unisys posted a $648.2 million loss for the third quarter as it moved quickly to take write-offs for various problems and prepare for a turnaround.
16 But some analysts wonder how strong the recovery will be.
17 RJR Nabisco agreed to sell three candy businesses to Nestle for $370 million.
18 The accord helps RJR pay off debt and boosts Nestle's 7% share of the U.S. candy market to 12%.
19 GM and Ford are expected to go head to head in the markets to buy up rival 15% stakes in Jaguar.
20 GM confirmed it received U.S. antitrust clearance to boost its holding.
21 Sansui Electric agreed to sell a 51% stake to Polly Peck of Britain for $110 million.
22 Still, analysts said the accord doesn't suggest Japan is opening up to more foreign takeovers.
23 Kellogg suspended work on a $1 billion cereal plant, indicating a pessimistic outlook by the cereal maker, which has been losing market share.
24 Insurers could see claims totaling nearly $1 billion from the San Francisco earthquake, far less than the $4 billion from Hurricane Hugo.
25 Nashua strengthened its poison-pill plan after announcing a Dutch firm is seeking to buy up to 25% of the New Hampshire copier company.
26 Mobil is cutting back its U.S. oil and gas exploration and production group by up to 15% as part of a restructuring of the business.
27 Markets ---
28 Stocks: Volume 170,330,000 shares.
29 Dow Jones industrials 2596.72, off 17.01; transportation 1190.43, off 14.76; utilities 215.86, up 0.19.
30 Bonds: Shearson Lehman Hutton Treasury index 3406.31, off
31 Commodities: Dow Jones futures index 129.49, up 0.27; spot index 130.80, off 0.24.
32 Dollar: 141.65 yen, off 0.45; 1.8300 marks, off 0.0100.
| 1 | PROGRAM TRADING is being curbed by more securities firms , but big institutional investors are expected to continue the practice , further roiling the stock market . | PROGRAM TRADING | what is program trading? | 0 | 2 |
746 | 209 | 1 PROGRAM TRADING is being curbed by more securities firms, but big institutional investors are expected to continue the practice, further roiling the stock market.
2 Bowing to criticism, Bear Stearns, Morgan Stanley and Oppenheimer joined PaineWebber in suspending stock-index arbitrage trading for their own accounts.
3 Still, stock-index funds are expected to continue launching big programs through the market.
4 Several Big Board firms are organizing to complain about program trading and the exchange's role in it.
5 The effort is being led by Contel.
6 Personal spending rose 0.2% in September, the smallest gain in a year.
7 The slowdown raises questions about the economy's strength because spending fueled much of the third-quarter GNP growth.
8 Meanwhile, personal income edged up 0.3%.
9 Factory owners are buying new machinery at a healthy rate this fall, machine-tool makers say.
10 But weak car sales raise questions about future demand from the auto sector.
11 Southern's Gulf Power unit may plead guilty this week to charges it illegally steered company money to politicians through third parties.
12 The tentative pact would resolve part of a broad investigation of the Atlanta-based company in the past year.
13 LIN Broadcasting and BellSouth sweetened their plan to merge cellular phone operations, offering LIN holders a special $42-a-share payout.
14 But the new pact will force huge debt on the new firm and could still fail to thwart rival suitor McCaw Cellular.
15 Unisys posted a $648.2 million loss for the third quarter as it moved quickly to take write-offs for various problems and prepare for a turnaround.
16 But some analysts wonder how strong the recovery will be.
17 RJR Nabisco agreed to sell three candy businesses to Nestle for $370 million.
18 The accord helps RJR pay off debt and boosts Nestle's 7% share of the U.S. candy market to 12%.
19 GM and Ford are expected to go head to head in the markets to buy up rival 15% stakes in Jaguar.
20 GM confirmed it received U.S. antitrust clearance to boost its holding.
21 Sansui Electric agreed to sell a 51% stake to Polly Peck of Britain for $110 million.
22 Still, analysts said the accord doesn't suggest Japan is opening up to more foreign takeovers.
23 Kellogg suspended work on a $1 billion cereal plant, indicating a pessimistic outlook by the cereal maker, which has been losing market share.
24 Insurers could see claims totaling nearly $1 billion from the San Francisco earthquake, far less than the $4 billion from Hurricane Hugo.
25 Nashua strengthened its poison-pill plan after announcing a Dutch firm is seeking to buy up to 25% of the New Hampshire copier company.
26 Mobil is cutting back its U.S. oil and gas exploration and production group by up to 15% as part of a restructuring of the business.
27 Markets ---
28 Stocks: Volume 170,330,000 shares.
29 Dow Jones industrials 2596.72, off 17.01; transportation 1190.43, off 14.76; utilities 215.86, up 0.19.
30 Bonds: Shearson Lehman Hutton Treasury index 3406.31, off
31 Commodities: Dow Jones futures index 129.49, up 0.27; spot index 130.80, off 0.24.
32 Dollar: 141.65 yen, off 0.45; 1.8300 marks, off 0.0100.
| 1 | PROGRAM TRADING is being curbed by more securities firms , but big institutional investors are expected to continue the practice , further roiling the stock market . | being curbed | Why is it being curbed? | 3 | 5 |
747 | 209 | 1 PROGRAM TRADING is being curbed by more securities firms, but big institutional investors are expected to continue the practice, further roiling the stock market.
2 Bowing to criticism, Bear Stearns, Morgan Stanley and Oppenheimer joined PaineWebber in suspending stock-index arbitrage trading for their own accounts.
3 Still, stock-index funds are expected to continue launching big programs through the market.
4 Several Big Board firms are organizing to complain about program trading and the exchange's role in it.
5 The effort is being led by Contel.
6 Personal spending rose 0.2% in September, the smallest gain in a year.
7 The slowdown raises questions about the economy's strength because spending fueled much of the third-quarter GNP growth.
8 Meanwhile, personal income edged up 0.3%.
9 Factory owners are buying new machinery at a healthy rate this fall, machine-tool makers say.
10 But weak car sales raise questions about future demand from the auto sector.
11 Southern's Gulf Power unit may plead guilty this week to charges it illegally steered company money to politicians through third parties.
12 The tentative pact would resolve part of a broad investigation of the Atlanta-based company in the past year.
13 LIN Broadcasting and BellSouth sweetened their plan to merge cellular phone operations, offering LIN holders a special $42-a-share payout.
14 But the new pact will force huge debt on the new firm and could still fail to thwart rival suitor McCaw Cellular.
15 Unisys posted a $648.2 million loss for the third quarter as it moved quickly to take write-offs for various problems and prepare for a turnaround.
16 But some analysts wonder how strong the recovery will be.
17 RJR Nabisco agreed to sell three candy businesses to Nestle for $370 million.
18 The accord helps RJR pay off debt and boosts Nestle's 7% share of the U.S. candy market to 12%.
19 GM and Ford are expected to go head to head in the markets to buy up rival 15% stakes in Jaguar.
20 GM confirmed it received U.S. antitrust clearance to boost its holding.
21 Sansui Electric agreed to sell a 51% stake to Polly Peck of Britain for $110 million.
22 Still, analysts said the accord doesn't suggest Japan is opening up to more foreign takeovers.
23 Kellogg suspended work on a $1 billion cereal plant, indicating a pessimistic outlook by the cereal maker, which has been losing market share.
24 Insurers could see claims totaling nearly $1 billion from the San Francisco earthquake, far less than the $4 billion from Hurricane Hugo.
25 Nashua strengthened its poison-pill plan after announcing a Dutch firm is seeking to buy up to 25% of the New Hampshire copier company.
26 Mobil is cutting back its U.S. oil and gas exploration and production group by up to 15% as part of a restructuring of the business.
27 Markets ---
28 Stocks: Volume 170,330,000 shares.
29 Dow Jones industrials 2596.72, off 17.01; transportation 1190.43, off 14.76; utilities 215.86, up 0.19.
30 Bonds: Shearson Lehman Hutton Treasury index 3406.31, off
31 Commodities: Dow Jones futures index 129.49, up 0.27; spot index 130.80, off 0.24.
32 Dollar: 141.65 yen, off 0.45; 1.8300 marks, off 0.0100.
| 1 | PROGRAM TRADING is being curbed by more securities firms , but big institutional investors are expected to continue the practice , further roiling the stock market . | further roiling the stock market | Why does this roil the stock market? | 21 | 26 |
748 | 209 | 1 PROGRAM TRADING is being curbed by more securities firms, but big institutional investors are expected to continue the practice, further roiling the stock market.
2 Bowing to criticism, Bear Stearns, Morgan Stanley and Oppenheimer joined PaineWebber in suspending stock-index arbitrage trading for their own accounts.
3 Still, stock-index funds are expected to continue launching big programs through the market.
4 Several Big Board firms are organizing to complain about program trading and the exchange's role in it.
5 The effort is being led by Contel.
6 Personal spending rose 0.2% in September, the smallest gain in a year.
7 The slowdown raises questions about the economy's strength because spending fueled much of the third-quarter GNP growth.
8 Meanwhile, personal income edged up 0.3%.
9 Factory owners are buying new machinery at a healthy rate this fall, machine-tool makers say.
10 But weak car sales raise questions about future demand from the auto sector.
11 Southern's Gulf Power unit may plead guilty this week to charges it illegally steered company money to politicians through third parties.
12 The tentative pact would resolve part of a broad investigation of the Atlanta-based company in the past year.
13 LIN Broadcasting and BellSouth sweetened their plan to merge cellular phone operations, offering LIN holders a special $42-a-share payout.
14 But the new pact will force huge debt on the new firm and could still fail to thwart rival suitor McCaw Cellular.
15 Unisys posted a $648.2 million loss for the third quarter as it moved quickly to take write-offs for various problems and prepare for a turnaround.
16 But some analysts wonder how strong the recovery will be.
17 RJR Nabisco agreed to sell three candy businesses to Nestle for $370 million.
18 The accord helps RJR pay off debt and boosts Nestle's 7% share of the U.S. candy market to 12%.
19 GM and Ford are expected to go head to head in the markets to buy up rival 15% stakes in Jaguar.
20 GM confirmed it received U.S. antitrust clearance to boost its holding.
21 Sansui Electric agreed to sell a 51% stake to Polly Peck of Britain for $110 million.
22 Still, analysts said the accord doesn't suggest Japan is opening up to more foreign takeovers.
23 Kellogg suspended work on a $1 billion cereal plant, indicating a pessimistic outlook by the cereal maker, which has been losing market share.
24 Insurers could see claims totaling nearly $1 billion from the San Francisco earthquake, far less than the $4 billion from Hurricane Hugo.
25 Nashua strengthened its poison-pill plan after announcing a Dutch firm is seeking to buy up to 25% of the New Hampshire copier company.
26 Mobil is cutting back its U.S. oil and gas exploration and production group by up to 15% as part of a restructuring of the business.
27 Markets ---
28 Stocks: Volume 170,330,000 shares.
29 Dow Jones industrials 2596.72, off 17.01; transportation 1190.43, off 14.76; utilities 215.86, up 0.19.
30 Bonds: Shearson Lehman Hutton Treasury index 3406.31, off
31 Commodities: Dow Jones futures index 129.49, up 0.27; spot index 130.80, off 0.24.
32 Dollar: 141.65 yen, off 0.45; 1.8300 marks, off 0.0100.
| 1 | PROGRAM TRADING is being curbed by more securities firms , but big institutional investors are expected to continue the practice , further roiling the stock market . | PROGRAM TRADING | What is \"program trading\"? | 0 | 2 |
749 | 209 | 1 PROGRAM TRADING is being curbed by more securities firms, but big institutional investors are expected to continue the practice, further roiling the stock market.
2 Bowing to criticism, Bear Stearns, Morgan Stanley and Oppenheimer joined PaineWebber in suspending stock-index arbitrage trading for their own accounts.
3 Still, stock-index funds are expected to continue launching big programs through the market.
4 Several Big Board firms are organizing to complain about program trading and the exchange's role in it.
5 The effort is being led by Contel.
6 Personal spending rose 0.2% in September, the smallest gain in a year.
7 The slowdown raises questions about the economy's strength because spending fueled much of the third-quarter GNP growth.
8 Meanwhile, personal income edged up 0.3%.
9 Factory owners are buying new machinery at a healthy rate this fall, machine-tool makers say.
10 But weak car sales raise questions about future demand from the auto sector.
11 Southern's Gulf Power unit may plead guilty this week to charges it illegally steered company money to politicians through third parties.
12 The tentative pact would resolve part of a broad investigation of the Atlanta-based company in the past year.
13 LIN Broadcasting and BellSouth sweetened their plan to merge cellular phone operations, offering LIN holders a special $42-a-share payout.
14 But the new pact will force huge debt on the new firm and could still fail to thwart rival suitor McCaw Cellular.
15 Unisys posted a $648.2 million loss for the third quarter as it moved quickly to take write-offs for various problems and prepare for a turnaround.
16 But some analysts wonder how strong the recovery will be.
17 RJR Nabisco agreed to sell three candy businesses to Nestle for $370 million.
18 The accord helps RJR pay off debt and boosts Nestle's 7% share of the U.S. candy market to 12%.
19 GM and Ford are expected to go head to head in the markets to buy up rival 15% stakes in Jaguar.
20 GM confirmed it received U.S. antitrust clearance to boost its holding.
21 Sansui Electric agreed to sell a 51% stake to Polly Peck of Britain for $110 million.
22 Still, analysts said the accord doesn't suggest Japan is opening up to more foreign takeovers.
23 Kellogg suspended work on a $1 billion cereal plant, indicating a pessimistic outlook by the cereal maker, which has been losing market share.
24 Insurers could see claims totaling nearly $1 billion from the San Francisco earthquake, far less than the $4 billion from Hurricane Hugo.
25 Nashua strengthened its poison-pill plan after announcing a Dutch firm is seeking to buy up to 25% of the New Hampshire copier company.
26 Mobil is cutting back its U.S. oil and gas exploration and production group by up to 15% as part of a restructuring of the business.
27 Markets ---
28 Stocks: Volume 170,330,000 shares.
29 Dow Jones industrials 2596.72, off 17.01; transportation 1190.43, off 14.76; utilities 215.86, up 0.19.
30 Bonds: Shearson Lehman Hutton Treasury index 3406.31, off
31 Commodities: Dow Jones futures index 129.49, up 0.27; spot index 130.80, off 0.24.
32 Dollar: 141.65 yen, off 0.45; 1.8300 marks, off 0.0100.
| 2 | Bowing to criticism , Bear Stearns , Morgan Stanley and Oppenheimer joined PaineWebber in suspending stock - index arbitrage trading for their own accounts . | stock - index arbitrage | What does this mean> | 15 | 19 |
750 | 209 | 1 PROGRAM TRADING is being curbed by more securities firms, but big institutional investors are expected to continue the practice, further roiling the stock market.
2 Bowing to criticism, Bear Stearns, Morgan Stanley and Oppenheimer joined PaineWebber in suspending stock-index arbitrage trading for their own accounts.
3 Still, stock-index funds are expected to continue launching big programs through the market.
4 Several Big Board firms are organizing to complain about program trading and the exchange's role in it.
5 The effort is being led by Contel.
6 Personal spending rose 0.2% in September, the smallest gain in a year.
7 The slowdown raises questions about the economy's strength because spending fueled much of the third-quarter GNP growth.
8 Meanwhile, personal income edged up 0.3%.
9 Factory owners are buying new machinery at a healthy rate this fall, machine-tool makers say.
10 But weak car sales raise questions about future demand from the auto sector.
11 Southern's Gulf Power unit may plead guilty this week to charges it illegally steered company money to politicians through third parties.
12 The tentative pact would resolve part of a broad investigation of the Atlanta-based company in the past year.
13 LIN Broadcasting and BellSouth sweetened their plan to merge cellular phone operations, offering LIN holders a special $42-a-share payout.
14 But the new pact will force huge debt on the new firm and could still fail to thwart rival suitor McCaw Cellular.
15 Unisys posted a $648.2 million loss for the third quarter as it moved quickly to take write-offs for various problems and prepare for a turnaround.
16 But some analysts wonder how strong the recovery will be.
17 RJR Nabisco agreed to sell three candy businesses to Nestle for $370 million.
18 The accord helps RJR pay off debt and boosts Nestle's 7% share of the U.S. candy market to 12%.
19 GM and Ford are expected to go head to head in the markets to buy up rival 15% stakes in Jaguar.
20 GM confirmed it received U.S. antitrust clearance to boost its holding.
21 Sansui Electric agreed to sell a 51% stake to Polly Peck of Britain for $110 million.
22 Still, analysts said the accord doesn't suggest Japan is opening up to more foreign takeovers.
23 Kellogg suspended work on a $1 billion cereal plant, indicating a pessimistic outlook by the cereal maker, which has been losing market share.
24 Insurers could see claims totaling nearly $1 billion from the San Francisco earthquake, far less than the $4 billion from Hurricane Hugo.
25 Nashua strengthened its poison-pill plan after announcing a Dutch firm is seeking to buy up to 25% of the New Hampshire copier company.
26 Mobil is cutting back its U.S. oil and gas exploration and production group by up to 15% as part of a restructuring of the business.
27 Markets ---
28 Stocks: Volume 170,330,000 shares.
29 Dow Jones industrials 2596.72, off 17.01; transportation 1190.43, off 14.76; utilities 215.86, up 0.19.
30 Bonds: Shearson Lehman Hutton Treasury index 3406.31, off
31 Commodities: Dow Jones futures index 129.49, up 0.27; spot index 130.80, off 0.24.
32 Dollar: 141.65 yen, off 0.45; 1.8300 marks, off 0.0100.
| 2 | Bowing to criticism , Bear Stearns , Morgan Stanley and Oppenheimer joined PaineWebber in suspending stock - index arbitrage trading for their own accounts . | PaineWebber | what is painewebber? | 12 | 13 |
751 | 209 | 1 PROGRAM TRADING is being curbed by more securities firms, but big institutional investors are expected to continue the practice, further roiling the stock market.
2 Bowing to criticism, Bear Stearns, Morgan Stanley and Oppenheimer joined PaineWebber in suspending stock-index arbitrage trading for their own accounts.
3 Still, stock-index funds are expected to continue launching big programs through the market.
4 Several Big Board firms are organizing to complain about program trading and the exchange's role in it.
5 The effort is being led by Contel.
6 Personal spending rose 0.2% in September, the smallest gain in a year.
7 The slowdown raises questions about the economy's strength because spending fueled much of the third-quarter GNP growth.
8 Meanwhile, personal income edged up 0.3%.
9 Factory owners are buying new machinery at a healthy rate this fall, machine-tool makers say.
10 But weak car sales raise questions about future demand from the auto sector.
11 Southern's Gulf Power unit may plead guilty this week to charges it illegally steered company money to politicians through third parties.
12 The tentative pact would resolve part of a broad investigation of the Atlanta-based company in the past year.
13 LIN Broadcasting and BellSouth sweetened their plan to merge cellular phone operations, offering LIN holders a special $42-a-share payout.
14 But the new pact will force huge debt on the new firm and could still fail to thwart rival suitor McCaw Cellular.
15 Unisys posted a $648.2 million loss for the third quarter as it moved quickly to take write-offs for various problems and prepare for a turnaround.
16 But some analysts wonder how strong the recovery will be.
17 RJR Nabisco agreed to sell three candy businesses to Nestle for $370 million.
18 The accord helps RJR pay off debt and boosts Nestle's 7% share of the U.S. candy market to 12%.
19 GM and Ford are expected to go head to head in the markets to buy up rival 15% stakes in Jaguar.
20 GM confirmed it received U.S. antitrust clearance to boost its holding.
21 Sansui Electric agreed to sell a 51% stake to Polly Peck of Britain for $110 million.
22 Still, analysts said the accord doesn't suggest Japan is opening up to more foreign takeovers.
23 Kellogg suspended work on a $1 billion cereal plant, indicating a pessimistic outlook by the cereal maker, which has been losing market share.
24 Insurers could see claims totaling nearly $1 billion from the San Francisco earthquake, far less than the $4 billion from Hurricane Hugo.
25 Nashua strengthened its poison-pill plan after announcing a Dutch firm is seeking to buy up to 25% of the New Hampshire copier company.
26 Mobil is cutting back its U.S. oil and gas exploration and production group by up to 15% as part of a restructuring of the business.
27 Markets ---
28 Stocks: Volume 170,330,000 shares.
29 Dow Jones industrials 2596.72, off 17.01; transportation 1190.43, off 14.76; utilities 215.86, up 0.19.
30 Bonds: Shearson Lehman Hutton Treasury index 3406.31, off
31 Commodities: Dow Jones futures index 129.49, up 0.27; spot index 130.80, off 0.24.
32 Dollar: 141.65 yen, off 0.45; 1.8300 marks, off 0.0100.
| 2 | Bowing to criticism , Bear Stearns , Morgan Stanley and Oppenheimer joined PaineWebber in suspending stock - index arbitrage trading for their own accounts . | suspending | Why were they encouraged to suspend this activity? | 14 | 15 |
752 | 209 | 1 PROGRAM TRADING is being curbed by more securities firms, but big institutional investors are expected to continue the practice, further roiling the stock market.
2 Bowing to criticism, Bear Stearns, Morgan Stanley and Oppenheimer joined PaineWebber in suspending stock-index arbitrage trading for their own accounts.
3 Still, stock-index funds are expected to continue launching big programs through the market.
4 Several Big Board firms are organizing to complain about program trading and the exchange's role in it.
5 The effort is being led by Contel.
6 Personal spending rose 0.2% in September, the smallest gain in a year.
7 The slowdown raises questions about the economy's strength because spending fueled much of the third-quarter GNP growth.
8 Meanwhile, personal income edged up 0.3%.
9 Factory owners are buying new machinery at a healthy rate this fall, machine-tool makers say.
10 But weak car sales raise questions about future demand from the auto sector.
11 Southern's Gulf Power unit may plead guilty this week to charges it illegally steered company money to politicians through third parties.
12 The tentative pact would resolve part of a broad investigation of the Atlanta-based company in the past year.
13 LIN Broadcasting and BellSouth sweetened their plan to merge cellular phone operations, offering LIN holders a special $42-a-share payout.
14 But the new pact will force huge debt on the new firm and could still fail to thwart rival suitor McCaw Cellular.
15 Unisys posted a $648.2 million loss for the third quarter as it moved quickly to take write-offs for various problems and prepare for a turnaround.
16 But some analysts wonder how strong the recovery will be.
17 RJR Nabisco agreed to sell three candy businesses to Nestle for $370 million.
18 The accord helps RJR pay off debt and boosts Nestle's 7% share of the U.S. candy market to 12%.
19 GM and Ford are expected to go head to head in the markets to buy up rival 15% stakes in Jaguar.
20 GM confirmed it received U.S. antitrust clearance to boost its holding.
21 Sansui Electric agreed to sell a 51% stake to Polly Peck of Britain for $110 million.
22 Still, analysts said the accord doesn't suggest Japan is opening up to more foreign takeovers.
23 Kellogg suspended work on a $1 billion cereal plant, indicating a pessimistic outlook by the cereal maker, which has been losing market share.
24 Insurers could see claims totaling nearly $1 billion from the San Francisco earthquake, far less than the $4 billion from Hurricane Hugo.
25 Nashua strengthened its poison-pill plan after announcing a Dutch firm is seeking to buy up to 25% of the New Hampshire copier company.
26 Mobil is cutting back its U.S. oil and gas exploration and production group by up to 15% as part of a restructuring of the business.
27 Markets ---
28 Stocks: Volume 170,330,000 shares.
29 Dow Jones industrials 2596.72, off 17.01; transportation 1190.43, off 14.76; utilities 215.86, up 0.19.
30 Bonds: Shearson Lehman Hutton Treasury index 3406.31, off
31 Commodities: Dow Jones futures index 129.49, up 0.27; spot index 130.80, off 0.24.
32 Dollar: 141.65 yen, off 0.45; 1.8300 marks, off 0.0100.
| 3 | Still , stock - index funds are expected to continue launching big programs through the market . | launching big programs | What kind of programs? | 10 | 13 |
753 | 209 | 1 PROGRAM TRADING is being curbed by more securities firms, but big institutional investors are expected to continue the practice, further roiling the stock market.
2 Bowing to criticism, Bear Stearns, Morgan Stanley and Oppenheimer joined PaineWebber in suspending stock-index arbitrage trading for their own accounts.
3 Still, stock-index funds are expected to continue launching big programs through the market.
4 Several Big Board firms are organizing to complain about program trading and the exchange's role in it.
5 The effort is being led by Contel.
6 Personal spending rose 0.2% in September, the smallest gain in a year.
7 The slowdown raises questions about the economy's strength because spending fueled much of the third-quarter GNP growth.
8 Meanwhile, personal income edged up 0.3%.
9 Factory owners are buying new machinery at a healthy rate this fall, machine-tool makers say.
10 But weak car sales raise questions about future demand from the auto sector.
11 Southern's Gulf Power unit may plead guilty this week to charges it illegally steered company money to politicians through third parties.
12 The tentative pact would resolve part of a broad investigation of the Atlanta-based company in the past year.
13 LIN Broadcasting and BellSouth sweetened their plan to merge cellular phone operations, offering LIN holders a special $42-a-share payout.
14 But the new pact will force huge debt on the new firm and could still fail to thwart rival suitor McCaw Cellular.
15 Unisys posted a $648.2 million loss for the third quarter as it moved quickly to take write-offs for various problems and prepare for a turnaround.
16 But some analysts wonder how strong the recovery will be.
17 RJR Nabisco agreed to sell three candy businesses to Nestle for $370 million.
18 The accord helps RJR pay off debt and boosts Nestle's 7% share of the U.S. candy market to 12%.
19 GM and Ford are expected to go head to head in the markets to buy up rival 15% stakes in Jaguar.
20 GM confirmed it received U.S. antitrust clearance to boost its holding.
21 Sansui Electric agreed to sell a 51% stake to Polly Peck of Britain for $110 million.
22 Still, analysts said the accord doesn't suggest Japan is opening up to more foreign takeovers.
23 Kellogg suspended work on a $1 billion cereal plant, indicating a pessimistic outlook by the cereal maker, which has been losing market share.
24 Insurers could see claims totaling nearly $1 billion from the San Francisco earthquake, far less than the $4 billion from Hurricane Hugo.
25 Nashua strengthened its poison-pill plan after announcing a Dutch firm is seeking to buy up to 25% of the New Hampshire copier company.
26 Mobil is cutting back its U.S. oil and gas exploration and production group by up to 15% as part of a restructuring of the business.
27 Markets ---
28 Stocks: Volume 170,330,000 shares.
29 Dow Jones industrials 2596.72, off 17.01; transportation 1190.43, off 14.76; utilities 215.86, up 0.19.
30 Bonds: Shearson Lehman Hutton Treasury index 3406.31, off
31 Commodities: Dow Jones futures index 129.49, up 0.27; spot index 130.80, off 0.24.
32 Dollar: 141.65 yen, off 0.45; 1.8300 marks, off 0.0100.
| 3 | Still , stock - index funds are expected to continue launching big programs through the market . | launching big programs | What sort of programs will they launch? | 10 | 13 |
754 | 209 | 1 PROGRAM TRADING is being curbed by more securities firms, but big institutional investors are expected to continue the practice, further roiling the stock market.
2 Bowing to criticism, Bear Stearns, Morgan Stanley and Oppenheimer joined PaineWebber in suspending stock-index arbitrage trading for their own accounts.
3 Still, stock-index funds are expected to continue launching big programs through the market.
4 Several Big Board firms are organizing to complain about program trading and the exchange's role in it.
5 The effort is being led by Contel.
6 Personal spending rose 0.2% in September, the smallest gain in a year.
7 The slowdown raises questions about the economy's strength because spending fueled much of the third-quarter GNP growth.
8 Meanwhile, personal income edged up 0.3%.
9 Factory owners are buying new machinery at a healthy rate this fall, machine-tool makers say.
10 But weak car sales raise questions about future demand from the auto sector.
11 Southern's Gulf Power unit may plead guilty this week to charges it illegally steered company money to politicians through third parties.
12 The tentative pact would resolve part of a broad investigation of the Atlanta-based company in the past year.
13 LIN Broadcasting and BellSouth sweetened their plan to merge cellular phone operations, offering LIN holders a special $42-a-share payout.
14 But the new pact will force huge debt on the new firm and could still fail to thwart rival suitor McCaw Cellular.
15 Unisys posted a $648.2 million loss for the third quarter as it moved quickly to take write-offs for various problems and prepare for a turnaround.
16 But some analysts wonder how strong the recovery will be.
17 RJR Nabisco agreed to sell three candy businesses to Nestle for $370 million.
18 The accord helps RJR pay off debt and boosts Nestle's 7% share of the U.S. candy market to 12%.
19 GM and Ford are expected to go head to head in the markets to buy up rival 15% stakes in Jaguar.
20 GM confirmed it received U.S. antitrust clearance to boost its holding.
21 Sansui Electric agreed to sell a 51% stake to Polly Peck of Britain for $110 million.
22 Still, analysts said the accord doesn't suggest Japan is opening up to more foreign takeovers.
23 Kellogg suspended work on a $1 billion cereal plant, indicating a pessimistic outlook by the cereal maker, which has been losing market share.
24 Insurers could see claims totaling nearly $1 billion from the San Francisco earthquake, far less than the $4 billion from Hurricane Hugo.
25 Nashua strengthened its poison-pill plan after announcing a Dutch firm is seeking to buy up to 25% of the New Hampshire copier company.
26 Mobil is cutting back its U.S. oil and gas exploration and production group by up to 15% as part of a restructuring of the business.
27 Markets ---
28 Stocks: Volume 170,330,000 shares.
29 Dow Jones industrials 2596.72, off 17.01; transportation 1190.43, off 14.76; utilities 215.86, up 0.19.
30 Bonds: Shearson Lehman Hutton Treasury index 3406.31, off
31 Commodities: Dow Jones futures index 129.49, up 0.27; spot index 130.80, off 0.24.
32 Dollar: 141.65 yen, off 0.45; 1.8300 marks, off 0.0100.
| 3 | Still , stock - index funds are expected to continue launching big programs through the market . | big programs | What kind of big programs? | 11 | 13 |
755 | 209 | 1 PROGRAM TRADING is being curbed by more securities firms, but big institutional investors are expected to continue the practice, further roiling the stock market.
2 Bowing to criticism, Bear Stearns, Morgan Stanley and Oppenheimer joined PaineWebber in suspending stock-index arbitrage trading for their own accounts.
3 Still, stock-index funds are expected to continue launching big programs through the market.
4 Several Big Board firms are organizing to complain about program trading and the exchange's role in it.
5 The effort is being led by Contel.
6 Personal spending rose 0.2% in September, the smallest gain in a year.
7 The slowdown raises questions about the economy's strength because spending fueled much of the third-quarter GNP growth.
8 Meanwhile, personal income edged up 0.3%.
9 Factory owners are buying new machinery at a healthy rate this fall, machine-tool makers say.
10 But weak car sales raise questions about future demand from the auto sector.
11 Southern's Gulf Power unit may plead guilty this week to charges it illegally steered company money to politicians through third parties.
12 The tentative pact would resolve part of a broad investigation of the Atlanta-based company in the past year.
13 LIN Broadcasting and BellSouth sweetened their plan to merge cellular phone operations, offering LIN holders a special $42-a-share payout.
14 But the new pact will force huge debt on the new firm and could still fail to thwart rival suitor McCaw Cellular.
15 Unisys posted a $648.2 million loss for the third quarter as it moved quickly to take write-offs for various problems and prepare for a turnaround.
16 But some analysts wonder how strong the recovery will be.
17 RJR Nabisco agreed to sell three candy businesses to Nestle for $370 million.
18 The accord helps RJR pay off debt and boosts Nestle's 7% share of the U.S. candy market to 12%.
19 GM and Ford are expected to go head to head in the markets to buy up rival 15% stakes in Jaguar.
20 GM confirmed it received U.S. antitrust clearance to boost its holding.
21 Sansui Electric agreed to sell a 51% stake to Polly Peck of Britain for $110 million.
22 Still, analysts said the accord doesn't suggest Japan is opening up to more foreign takeovers.
23 Kellogg suspended work on a $1 billion cereal plant, indicating a pessimistic outlook by the cereal maker, which has been losing market share.
24 Insurers could see claims totaling nearly $1 billion from the San Francisco earthquake, far less than the $4 billion from Hurricane Hugo.
25 Nashua strengthened its poison-pill plan after announcing a Dutch firm is seeking to buy up to 25% of the New Hampshire copier company.
26 Mobil is cutting back its U.S. oil and gas exploration and production group by up to 15% as part of a restructuring of the business.
27 Markets ---
28 Stocks: Volume 170,330,000 shares.
29 Dow Jones industrials 2596.72, off 17.01; transportation 1190.43, off 14.76; utilities 215.86, up 0.19.
30 Bonds: Shearson Lehman Hutton Treasury index 3406.31, off
31 Commodities: Dow Jones futures index 129.49, up 0.27; spot index 130.80, off 0.24.
32 Dollar: 141.65 yen, off 0.45; 1.8300 marks, off 0.0100.
| 4 | Several Big Board firms are organizing to complain about program trading and the exchange ' s role in it . | Several Big Board firms | Who are these firms? | 0 | 4 |
756 | 209 | 1 PROGRAM TRADING is being curbed by more securities firms, but big institutional investors are expected to continue the practice, further roiling the stock market.
2 Bowing to criticism, Bear Stearns, Morgan Stanley and Oppenheimer joined PaineWebber in suspending stock-index arbitrage trading for their own accounts.
3 Still, stock-index funds are expected to continue launching big programs through the market.
4 Several Big Board firms are organizing to complain about program trading and the exchange's role in it.
5 The effort is being led by Contel.
6 Personal spending rose 0.2% in September, the smallest gain in a year.
7 The slowdown raises questions about the economy's strength because spending fueled much of the third-quarter GNP growth.
8 Meanwhile, personal income edged up 0.3%.
9 Factory owners are buying new machinery at a healthy rate this fall, machine-tool makers say.
10 But weak car sales raise questions about future demand from the auto sector.
11 Southern's Gulf Power unit may plead guilty this week to charges it illegally steered company money to politicians through third parties.
12 The tentative pact would resolve part of a broad investigation of the Atlanta-based company in the past year.
13 LIN Broadcasting and BellSouth sweetened their plan to merge cellular phone operations, offering LIN holders a special $42-a-share payout.
14 But the new pact will force huge debt on the new firm and could still fail to thwart rival suitor McCaw Cellular.
15 Unisys posted a $648.2 million loss for the third quarter as it moved quickly to take write-offs for various problems and prepare for a turnaround.
16 But some analysts wonder how strong the recovery will be.
17 RJR Nabisco agreed to sell three candy businesses to Nestle for $370 million.
18 The accord helps RJR pay off debt and boosts Nestle's 7% share of the U.S. candy market to 12%.
19 GM and Ford are expected to go head to head in the markets to buy up rival 15% stakes in Jaguar.
20 GM confirmed it received U.S. antitrust clearance to boost its holding.
21 Sansui Electric agreed to sell a 51% stake to Polly Peck of Britain for $110 million.
22 Still, analysts said the accord doesn't suggest Japan is opening up to more foreign takeovers.
23 Kellogg suspended work on a $1 billion cereal plant, indicating a pessimistic outlook by the cereal maker, which has been losing market share.
24 Insurers could see claims totaling nearly $1 billion from the San Francisco earthquake, far less than the $4 billion from Hurricane Hugo.
25 Nashua strengthened its poison-pill plan after announcing a Dutch firm is seeking to buy up to 25% of the New Hampshire copier company.
26 Mobil is cutting back its U.S. oil and gas exploration and production group by up to 15% as part of a restructuring of the business.
27 Markets ---
28 Stocks: Volume 170,330,000 shares.
29 Dow Jones industrials 2596.72, off 17.01; transportation 1190.43, off 14.76; utilities 215.86, up 0.19.
30 Bonds: Shearson Lehman Hutton Treasury index 3406.31, off
31 Commodities: Dow Jones futures index 129.49, up 0.27; spot index 130.80, off 0.24.
32 Dollar: 141.65 yen, off 0.45; 1.8300 marks, off 0.0100.
| 4 | Several Big Board firms are organizing to complain about program trading and the exchange ' s role in it . | Several Big Board firms | Which big board firms are complaining about the program? | 0 | 4 |
757 | 209 | 1 PROGRAM TRADING is being curbed by more securities firms, but big institutional investors are expected to continue the practice, further roiling the stock market.
2 Bowing to criticism, Bear Stearns, Morgan Stanley and Oppenheimer joined PaineWebber in suspending stock-index arbitrage trading for their own accounts.
3 Still, stock-index funds are expected to continue launching big programs through the market.
4 Several Big Board firms are organizing to complain about program trading and the exchange's role in it.
5 The effort is being led by Contel.
6 Personal spending rose 0.2% in September, the smallest gain in a year.
7 The slowdown raises questions about the economy's strength because spending fueled much of the third-quarter GNP growth.
8 Meanwhile, personal income edged up 0.3%.
9 Factory owners are buying new machinery at a healthy rate this fall, machine-tool makers say.
10 But weak car sales raise questions about future demand from the auto sector.
11 Southern's Gulf Power unit may plead guilty this week to charges it illegally steered company money to politicians through third parties.
12 The tentative pact would resolve part of a broad investigation of the Atlanta-based company in the past year.
13 LIN Broadcasting and BellSouth sweetened their plan to merge cellular phone operations, offering LIN holders a special $42-a-share payout.
14 But the new pact will force huge debt on the new firm and could still fail to thwart rival suitor McCaw Cellular.
15 Unisys posted a $648.2 million loss for the third quarter as it moved quickly to take write-offs for various problems and prepare for a turnaround.
16 But some analysts wonder how strong the recovery will be.
17 RJR Nabisco agreed to sell three candy businesses to Nestle for $370 million.
18 The accord helps RJR pay off debt and boosts Nestle's 7% share of the U.S. candy market to 12%.
19 GM and Ford are expected to go head to head in the markets to buy up rival 15% stakes in Jaguar.
20 GM confirmed it received U.S. antitrust clearance to boost its holding.
21 Sansui Electric agreed to sell a 51% stake to Polly Peck of Britain for $110 million.
22 Still, analysts said the accord doesn't suggest Japan is opening up to more foreign takeovers.
23 Kellogg suspended work on a $1 billion cereal plant, indicating a pessimistic outlook by the cereal maker, which has been losing market share.
24 Insurers could see claims totaling nearly $1 billion from the San Francisco earthquake, far less than the $4 billion from Hurricane Hugo.
25 Nashua strengthened its poison-pill plan after announcing a Dutch firm is seeking to buy up to 25% of the New Hampshire copier company.
26 Mobil is cutting back its U.S. oil and gas exploration and production group by up to 15% as part of a restructuring of the business.
27 Markets ---
28 Stocks: Volume 170,330,000 shares.
29 Dow Jones industrials 2596.72, off 17.01; transportation 1190.43, off 14.76; utilities 215.86, up 0.19.
30 Bonds: Shearson Lehman Hutton Treasury index 3406.31, off
31 Commodities: Dow Jones futures index 129.49, up 0.27; spot index 130.80, off 0.24.
32 Dollar: 141.65 yen, off 0.45; 1.8300 marks, off 0.0100.
| 4 | Several Big Board firms are organizing to complain about program trading and the exchange ' s role in it . | complain | Why are they complaining about it? What harm do these programs cause? | 7 | 8 |
758 | 209 | 1 PROGRAM TRADING is being curbed by more securities firms, but big institutional investors are expected to continue the practice, further roiling the stock market.
2 Bowing to criticism, Bear Stearns, Morgan Stanley and Oppenheimer joined PaineWebber in suspending stock-index arbitrage trading for their own accounts.
3 Still, stock-index funds are expected to continue launching big programs through the market.
4 Several Big Board firms are organizing to complain about program trading and the exchange's role in it.
5 The effort is being led by Contel.
6 Personal spending rose 0.2% in September, the smallest gain in a year.
7 The slowdown raises questions about the economy's strength because spending fueled much of the third-quarter GNP growth.
8 Meanwhile, personal income edged up 0.3%.
9 Factory owners are buying new machinery at a healthy rate this fall, machine-tool makers say.
10 But weak car sales raise questions about future demand from the auto sector.
11 Southern's Gulf Power unit may plead guilty this week to charges it illegally steered company money to politicians through third parties.
12 The tentative pact would resolve part of a broad investigation of the Atlanta-based company in the past year.
13 LIN Broadcasting and BellSouth sweetened their plan to merge cellular phone operations, offering LIN holders a special $42-a-share payout.
14 But the new pact will force huge debt on the new firm and could still fail to thwart rival suitor McCaw Cellular.
15 Unisys posted a $648.2 million loss for the third quarter as it moved quickly to take write-offs for various problems and prepare for a turnaround.
16 But some analysts wonder how strong the recovery will be.
17 RJR Nabisco agreed to sell three candy businesses to Nestle for $370 million.
18 The accord helps RJR pay off debt and boosts Nestle's 7% share of the U.S. candy market to 12%.
19 GM and Ford are expected to go head to head in the markets to buy up rival 15% stakes in Jaguar.
20 GM confirmed it received U.S. antitrust clearance to boost its holding.
21 Sansui Electric agreed to sell a 51% stake to Polly Peck of Britain for $110 million.
22 Still, analysts said the accord doesn't suggest Japan is opening up to more foreign takeovers.
23 Kellogg suspended work on a $1 billion cereal plant, indicating a pessimistic outlook by the cereal maker, which has been losing market share.
24 Insurers could see claims totaling nearly $1 billion from the San Francisco earthquake, far less than the $4 billion from Hurricane Hugo.
25 Nashua strengthened its poison-pill plan after announcing a Dutch firm is seeking to buy up to 25% of the New Hampshire copier company.
26 Mobil is cutting back its U.S. oil and gas exploration and production group by up to 15% as part of a restructuring of the business.
27 Markets ---
28 Stocks: Volume 170,330,000 shares.
29 Dow Jones industrials 2596.72, off 17.01; transportation 1190.43, off 14.76; utilities 215.86, up 0.19.
30 Bonds: Shearson Lehman Hutton Treasury index 3406.31, off
31 Commodities: Dow Jones futures index 129.49, up 0.27; spot index 130.80, off 0.24.
32 Dollar: 141.65 yen, off 0.45; 1.8300 marks, off 0.0100.
| 5 | The effort is being led by Contel . | Contel | who is contel? | 6 | 7 |
759 | 210 | 1 Jim Pattison Industries Ltd., one of a group of closely held companies owned by entrepreneur James Pattison, said it 'intends to seek control' of 30%-owned Innopac Inc., a Toronto packaging concern.
2 Jim Pattison Industries, a holding company with annual sales of about C$1.9 billion, largely from car dealerships and grocery stores, didn't elaborate on the statement, and a company official declined further comment.
3 The company said it currently holds about 4.2 million of Innopac's 13.8 million common shares outstanding, which have an aggregate market value of about 137.8 million Canadian dollars (US$117.3 million).
4 Separately, Innopac reported a fourth-quarter loss of about C$2.6 million, or 18 Canadian cents a share, reflecting inventory write-downs.
5 The results made net income for the year ended Aug. 31 C$2.7 million, or 20 Canadian cents a share, down from C$9.7 million, or 70 Canadian cents a share last year.
6 Revenue was C$291.6 million, up from C$252 million in 1988.
7 Martin Fabi, Innopac's president and chief executive, said Innopac viewed Mr. Pattison's decision to seek control as a 'very positive' move. 'I'm happy that he feels positively about our company,' he said.
8 Mr. Fabi wouldn't say directly whether Mr. Pattison has disclosed potential terms for his planned bid for control.
9 Among other things, Innopac is involved in recycling polystyrene foam products that are often used by fast food chains, such as McDonald's Corp., for food packaging.
10 A joint venture involving units of Innopac and Mobil Corp. earlier this year opened the first U.S. polystyrene recycling plant, in Leominster, Mass.
| 1 | Jim Pattison Industries Ltd . , one of a group of closely held companies owned by entrepreneur James Pattison , said it " intends to seek control " of 30 % - owned Innopac Inc . , a Toronto packaging concern . | concern | In what way is this a concern? | 40 | 41 |
760 | 210 | 1 Jim Pattison Industries Ltd., one of a group of closely held companies owned by entrepreneur James Pattison, said it 'intends to seek control' of 30%-owned Innopac Inc., a Toronto packaging concern.
2 Jim Pattison Industries, a holding company with annual sales of about C$1.9 billion, largely from car dealerships and grocery stores, didn't elaborate on the statement, and a company official declined further comment.
3 The company said it currently holds about 4.2 million of Innopac's 13.8 million common shares outstanding, which have an aggregate market value of about 137.8 million Canadian dollars (US$117.3 million).
4 Separately, Innopac reported a fourth-quarter loss of about C$2.6 million, or 18 Canadian cents a share, reflecting inventory write-downs.
5 The results made net income for the year ended Aug. 31 C$2.7 million, or 20 Canadian cents a share, down from C$9.7 million, or 70 Canadian cents a share last year.
6 Revenue was C$291.6 million, up from C$252 million in 1988.
7 Martin Fabi, Innopac's president and chief executive, said Innopac viewed Mr. Pattison's decision to seek control as a 'very positive' move. 'I'm happy that he feels positively about our company,' he said.
8 Mr. Fabi wouldn't say directly whether Mr. Pattison has disclosed potential terms for his planned bid for control.
9 Among other things, Innopac is involved in recycling polystyrene foam products that are often used by fast food chains, such as McDonald's Corp., for food packaging.
10 A joint venture involving units of Innopac and Mobil Corp. earlier this year opened the first U.S. polystyrene recycling plant, in Leominster, Mass.
| 1 | Jim Pattison Industries Ltd . , one of a group of closely held companies owned by entrepreneur James Pattison , said it " intends to seek control " of 30 % - owned Innopac Inc . , a Toronto packaging concern . | Jim Pattison Industries Ltd | who are Jim Pattison Industries Ltd | 0 | 4 |
761 | 210 | 1 Jim Pattison Industries Ltd., one of a group of closely held companies owned by entrepreneur James Pattison, said it 'intends to seek control' of 30%-owned Innopac Inc., a Toronto packaging concern.
2 Jim Pattison Industries, a holding company with annual sales of about C$1.9 billion, largely from car dealerships and grocery stores, didn't elaborate on the statement, and a company official declined further comment.
3 The company said it currently holds about 4.2 million of Innopac's 13.8 million common shares outstanding, which have an aggregate market value of about 137.8 million Canadian dollars (US$117.3 million).
4 Separately, Innopac reported a fourth-quarter loss of about C$2.6 million, or 18 Canadian cents a share, reflecting inventory write-downs.
5 The results made net income for the year ended Aug. 31 C$2.7 million, or 20 Canadian cents a share, down from C$9.7 million, or 70 Canadian cents a share last year.
6 Revenue was C$291.6 million, up from C$252 million in 1988.
7 Martin Fabi, Innopac's president and chief executive, said Innopac viewed Mr. Pattison's decision to seek control as a 'very positive' move. 'I'm happy that he feels positively about our company,' he said.
8 Mr. Fabi wouldn't say directly whether Mr. Pattison has disclosed potential terms for his planned bid for control.
9 Among other things, Innopac is involved in recycling polystyrene foam products that are often used by fast food chains, such as McDonald's Corp., for food packaging.
10 A joint venture involving units of Innopac and Mobil Corp. earlier this year opened the first U.S. polystyrene recycling plant, in Leominster, Mass.
| 1 | Jim Pattison Industries Ltd . , one of a group of closely held companies owned by entrepreneur James Pattison , said it " intends to seek control " of 30 % - owned Innopac Inc . , a Toronto packaging concern . | packaging concern | What is a packaging concern? | 39 | 41 |
762 | 210 | 1 Jim Pattison Industries Ltd., one of a group of closely held companies owned by entrepreneur James Pattison, said it 'intends to seek control' of 30%-owned Innopac Inc., a Toronto packaging concern.
2 Jim Pattison Industries, a holding company with annual sales of about C$1.9 billion, largely from car dealerships and grocery stores, didn't elaborate on the statement, and a company official declined further comment.
3 The company said it currently holds about 4.2 million of Innopac's 13.8 million common shares outstanding, which have an aggregate market value of about 137.8 million Canadian dollars (US$117.3 million).
4 Separately, Innopac reported a fourth-quarter loss of about C$2.6 million, or 18 Canadian cents a share, reflecting inventory write-downs.
5 The results made net income for the year ended Aug. 31 C$2.7 million, or 20 Canadian cents a share, down from C$9.7 million, or 70 Canadian cents a share last year.
6 Revenue was C$291.6 million, up from C$252 million in 1988.
7 Martin Fabi, Innopac's president and chief executive, said Innopac viewed Mr. Pattison's decision to seek control as a 'very positive' move. 'I'm happy that he feels positively about our company,' he said.
8 Mr. Fabi wouldn't say directly whether Mr. Pattison has disclosed potential terms for his planned bid for control.
9 Among other things, Innopac is involved in recycling polystyrene foam products that are often used by fast food chains, such as McDonald's Corp., for food packaging.
10 A joint venture involving units of Innopac and Mobil Corp. earlier this year opened the first U.S. polystyrene recycling plant, in Leominster, Mass.
| 1 | Jim Pattison Industries Ltd . , one of a group of closely held companies owned by entrepreneur James Pattison , said it " intends to seek control " of 30 % - owned Innopac Inc . , a Toronto packaging concern . | closely held | Why are they held \"closely\"? | 11 | 13 |
763 | 210 | 1 Jim Pattison Industries Ltd., one of a group of closely held companies owned by entrepreneur James Pattison, said it 'intends to seek control' of 30%-owned Innopac Inc., a Toronto packaging concern.
2 Jim Pattison Industries, a holding company with annual sales of about C$1.9 billion, largely from car dealerships and grocery stores, didn't elaborate on the statement, and a company official declined further comment.
3 The company said it currently holds about 4.2 million of Innopac's 13.8 million common shares outstanding, which have an aggregate market value of about 137.8 million Canadian dollars (US$117.3 million).
4 Separately, Innopac reported a fourth-quarter loss of about C$2.6 million, or 18 Canadian cents a share, reflecting inventory write-downs.
5 The results made net income for the year ended Aug. 31 C$2.7 million, or 20 Canadian cents a share, down from C$9.7 million, or 70 Canadian cents a share last year.
6 Revenue was C$291.6 million, up from C$252 million in 1988.
7 Martin Fabi, Innopac's president and chief executive, said Innopac viewed Mr. Pattison's decision to seek control as a 'very positive' move. 'I'm happy that he feels positively about our company,' he said.
8 Mr. Fabi wouldn't say directly whether Mr. Pattison has disclosed potential terms for his planned bid for control.
9 Among other things, Innopac is involved in recycling polystyrene foam products that are often used by fast food chains, such as McDonald's Corp., for food packaging.
10 A joint venture involving units of Innopac and Mobil Corp. earlier this year opened the first U.S. polystyrene recycling plant, in Leominster, Mass.
| 1 | Jim Pattison Industries Ltd . , one of a group of closely held companies owned by entrepreneur James Pattison , said it " intends to seek control " of 30 % - owned Innopac Inc . , a Toronto packaging concern . | one of a group of closely held companies | What other companies does James Pattison own? | 6 | 14 |
764 | 210 | 1 Jim Pattison Industries Ltd., one of a group of closely held companies owned by entrepreneur James Pattison, said it 'intends to seek control' of 30%-owned Innopac Inc., a Toronto packaging concern.
2 Jim Pattison Industries, a holding company with annual sales of about C$1.9 billion, largely from car dealerships and grocery stores, didn't elaborate on the statement, and a company official declined further comment.
3 The company said it currently holds about 4.2 million of Innopac's 13.8 million common shares outstanding, which have an aggregate market value of about 137.8 million Canadian dollars (US$117.3 million).
4 Separately, Innopac reported a fourth-quarter loss of about C$2.6 million, or 18 Canadian cents a share, reflecting inventory write-downs.
5 The results made net income for the year ended Aug. 31 C$2.7 million, or 20 Canadian cents a share, down from C$9.7 million, or 70 Canadian cents a share last year.
6 Revenue was C$291.6 million, up from C$252 million in 1988.
7 Martin Fabi, Innopac's president and chief executive, said Innopac viewed Mr. Pattison's decision to seek control as a 'very positive' move. 'I'm happy that he feels positively about our company,' he said.
8 Mr. Fabi wouldn't say directly whether Mr. Pattison has disclosed potential terms for his planned bid for control.
9 Among other things, Innopac is involved in recycling polystyrene foam products that are often used by fast food chains, such as McDonald's Corp., for food packaging.
10 A joint venture involving units of Innopac and Mobil Corp. earlier this year opened the first U.S. polystyrene recycling plant, in Leominster, Mass.
| 1 | Jim Pattison Industries Ltd . , one of a group of closely held companies owned by entrepreneur James Pattison , said it " intends to seek control " of 30 % - owned Innopac Inc . , a Toronto packaging concern . | seek control " | Why does James Pattison seek to control Innopac? | 25 | 28 |
765 | 210 | 1 Jim Pattison Industries Ltd., one of a group of closely held companies owned by entrepreneur James Pattison, said it 'intends to seek control' of 30%-owned Innopac Inc., a Toronto packaging concern.
2 Jim Pattison Industries, a holding company with annual sales of about C$1.9 billion, largely from car dealerships and grocery stores, didn't elaborate on the statement, and a company official declined further comment.
3 The company said it currently holds about 4.2 million of Innopac's 13.8 million common shares outstanding, which have an aggregate market value of about 137.8 million Canadian dollars (US$117.3 million).
4 Separately, Innopac reported a fourth-quarter loss of about C$2.6 million, or 18 Canadian cents a share, reflecting inventory write-downs.
5 The results made net income for the year ended Aug. 31 C$2.7 million, or 20 Canadian cents a share, down from C$9.7 million, or 70 Canadian cents a share last year.
6 Revenue was C$291.6 million, up from C$252 million in 1988.
7 Martin Fabi, Innopac's president and chief executive, said Innopac viewed Mr. Pattison's decision to seek control as a 'very positive' move. 'I'm happy that he feels positively about our company,' he said.
8 Mr. Fabi wouldn't say directly whether Mr. Pattison has disclosed potential terms for his planned bid for control.
9 Among other things, Innopac is involved in recycling polystyrene foam products that are often used by fast food chains, such as McDonald's Corp., for food packaging.
10 A joint venture involving units of Innopac and Mobil Corp. earlier this year opened the first U.S. polystyrene recycling plant, in Leominster, Mass.
| 2 | Jim Pattison Industries , a holding company with annual sales of about C $ 1 . 9 billion , largely from car dealerships and grocery stores , didn ' t elaborate on the statement , and a company official declined further comment . | holding company | what is a holding company? | 5 | 7 |
766 | 210 | 1 Jim Pattison Industries Ltd., one of a group of closely held companies owned by entrepreneur James Pattison, said it 'intends to seek control' of 30%-owned Innopac Inc., a Toronto packaging concern.
2 Jim Pattison Industries, a holding company with annual sales of about C$1.9 billion, largely from car dealerships and grocery stores, didn't elaborate on the statement, and a company official declined further comment.
3 The company said it currently holds about 4.2 million of Innopac's 13.8 million common shares outstanding, which have an aggregate market value of about 137.8 million Canadian dollars (US$117.3 million).
4 Separately, Innopac reported a fourth-quarter loss of about C$2.6 million, or 18 Canadian cents a share, reflecting inventory write-downs.
5 The results made net income for the year ended Aug. 31 C$2.7 million, or 20 Canadian cents a share, down from C$9.7 million, or 70 Canadian cents a share last year.
6 Revenue was C$291.6 million, up from C$252 million in 1988.
7 Martin Fabi, Innopac's president and chief executive, said Innopac viewed Mr. Pattison's decision to seek control as a 'very positive' move. 'I'm happy that he feels positively about our company,' he said.
8 Mr. Fabi wouldn't say directly whether Mr. Pattison has disclosed potential terms for his planned bid for control.
9 Among other things, Innopac is involved in recycling polystyrene foam products that are often used by fast food chains, such as McDonald's Corp., for food packaging.
10 A joint venture involving units of Innopac and Mobil Corp. earlier this year opened the first U.S. polystyrene recycling plant, in Leominster, Mass.
| 2 | Jim Pattison Industries , a holding company with annual sales of about C $ 1 . 9 billion , largely from car dealerships and grocery stores , didn ' t elaborate on the statement , and a company official declined further comment . | didn ' t elaborate | Why didn't they choose to elaborate? | 27 | 31 |
767 | 210 | 1 Jim Pattison Industries Ltd., one of a group of closely held companies owned by entrepreneur James Pattison, said it 'intends to seek control' of 30%-owned Innopac Inc., a Toronto packaging concern.
2 Jim Pattison Industries, a holding company with annual sales of about C$1.9 billion, largely from car dealerships and grocery stores, didn't elaborate on the statement, and a company official declined further comment.
3 The company said it currently holds about 4.2 million of Innopac's 13.8 million common shares outstanding, which have an aggregate market value of about 137.8 million Canadian dollars (US$117.3 million).
4 Separately, Innopac reported a fourth-quarter loss of about C$2.6 million, or 18 Canadian cents a share, reflecting inventory write-downs.
5 The results made net income for the year ended Aug. 31 C$2.7 million, or 20 Canadian cents a share, down from C$9.7 million, or 70 Canadian cents a share last year.
6 Revenue was C$291.6 million, up from C$252 million in 1988.
7 Martin Fabi, Innopac's president and chief executive, said Innopac viewed Mr. Pattison's decision to seek control as a 'very positive' move. 'I'm happy that he feels positively about our company,' he said.
8 Mr. Fabi wouldn't say directly whether Mr. Pattison has disclosed potential terms for his planned bid for control.
9 Among other things, Innopac is involved in recycling polystyrene foam products that are often used by fast food chains, such as McDonald's Corp., for food packaging.
10 A joint venture involving units of Innopac and Mobil Corp. earlier this year opened the first U.S. polystyrene recycling plant, in Leominster, Mass.
| 2 | Jim Pattison Industries , a holding company with annual sales of about C $ 1 . 9 billion , largely from car dealerships and grocery stores , didn ' t elaborate on the statement , and a company official declined further comment . | a company official declined further comment . | Which company official? | 36 | 43 |
768 | 210 | 1 Jim Pattison Industries Ltd., one of a group of closely held companies owned by entrepreneur James Pattison, said it 'intends to seek control' of 30%-owned Innopac Inc., a Toronto packaging concern.
2 Jim Pattison Industries, a holding company with annual sales of about C$1.9 billion, largely from car dealerships and grocery stores, didn't elaborate on the statement, and a company official declined further comment.
3 The company said it currently holds about 4.2 million of Innopac's 13.8 million common shares outstanding, which have an aggregate market value of about 137.8 million Canadian dollars (US$117.3 million).
4 Separately, Innopac reported a fourth-quarter loss of about C$2.6 million, or 18 Canadian cents a share, reflecting inventory write-downs.
5 The results made net income for the year ended Aug. 31 C$2.7 million, or 20 Canadian cents a share, down from C$9.7 million, or 70 Canadian cents a share last year.
6 Revenue was C$291.6 million, up from C$252 million in 1988.
7 Martin Fabi, Innopac's president and chief executive, said Innopac viewed Mr. Pattison's decision to seek control as a 'very positive' move. 'I'm happy that he feels positively about our company,' he said.
8 Mr. Fabi wouldn't say directly whether Mr. Pattison has disclosed potential terms for his planned bid for control.
9 Among other things, Innopac is involved in recycling polystyrene foam products that are often used by fast food chains, such as McDonald's Corp., for food packaging.
10 A joint venture involving units of Innopac and Mobil Corp. earlier this year opened the first U.S. polystyrene recycling plant, in Leominster, Mass.
| 3 | The company said it currently holds about 4 . 2 million of Innopac ' s 13 . 8 million common shares outstanding , which have an aggregate market value of about 137 . 8 million Canadian dollars ( US $ 117 . 3 million ) . | Innopac ' s | What are the details of Innopac's business and what makes them so profitable? | 12 | 15 |
769 | 210 | 1 Jim Pattison Industries Ltd., one of a group of closely held companies owned by entrepreneur James Pattison, said it 'intends to seek control' of 30%-owned Innopac Inc., a Toronto packaging concern.
2 Jim Pattison Industries, a holding company with annual sales of about C$1.9 billion, largely from car dealerships and grocery stores, didn't elaborate on the statement, and a company official declined further comment.
3 The company said it currently holds about 4.2 million of Innopac's 13.8 million common shares outstanding, which have an aggregate market value of about 137.8 million Canadian dollars (US$117.3 million).
4 Separately, Innopac reported a fourth-quarter loss of about C$2.6 million, or 18 Canadian cents a share, reflecting inventory write-downs.
5 The results made net income for the year ended Aug. 31 C$2.7 million, or 20 Canadian cents a share, down from C$9.7 million, or 70 Canadian cents a share last year.
6 Revenue was C$291.6 million, up from C$252 million in 1988.
7 Martin Fabi, Innopac's president and chief executive, said Innopac viewed Mr. Pattison's decision to seek control as a 'very positive' move. 'I'm happy that he feels positively about our company,' he said.
8 Mr. Fabi wouldn't say directly whether Mr. Pattison has disclosed potential terms for his planned bid for control.
9 Among other things, Innopac is involved in recycling polystyrene foam products that are often used by fast food chains, such as McDonald's Corp., for food packaging.
10 A joint venture involving units of Innopac and Mobil Corp. earlier this year opened the first U.S. polystyrene recycling plant, in Leominster, Mass.
| 3 | The company said it currently holds about 4 . 2 million of Innopac ' s 13 . 8 million common shares outstanding , which have an aggregate market value of about 137 . 8 million Canadian dollars ( US $ 117 . 3 million ) . | common shares | What is a common share? | 19 | 21 |
770 | 210 | 1 Jim Pattison Industries Ltd., one of a group of closely held companies owned by entrepreneur James Pattison, said it 'intends to seek control' of 30%-owned Innopac Inc., a Toronto packaging concern.
2 Jim Pattison Industries, a holding company with annual sales of about C$1.9 billion, largely from car dealerships and grocery stores, didn't elaborate on the statement, and a company official declined further comment.
3 The company said it currently holds about 4.2 million of Innopac's 13.8 million common shares outstanding, which have an aggregate market value of about 137.8 million Canadian dollars (US$117.3 million).
4 Separately, Innopac reported a fourth-quarter loss of about C$2.6 million, or 18 Canadian cents a share, reflecting inventory write-downs.
5 The results made net income for the year ended Aug. 31 C$2.7 million, or 20 Canadian cents a share, down from C$9.7 million, or 70 Canadian cents a share last year.
6 Revenue was C$291.6 million, up from C$252 million in 1988.
7 Martin Fabi, Innopac's president and chief executive, said Innopac viewed Mr. Pattison's decision to seek control as a 'very positive' move. 'I'm happy that he feels positively about our company,' he said.
8 Mr. Fabi wouldn't say directly whether Mr. Pattison has disclosed potential terms for his planned bid for control.
9 Among other things, Innopac is involved in recycling polystyrene foam products that are often used by fast food chains, such as McDonald's Corp., for food packaging.
10 A joint venture involving units of Innopac and Mobil Corp. earlier this year opened the first U.S. polystyrene recycling plant, in Leominster, Mass.
| 4 | Separately , Innopac reported a fourth - quarter loss of about C $ 2 . 6 million , or 18 Canadian cents a share , reflecting inventory write - downs . | inventory write - downs | what are inventory write-downs? | 26 | 30 |
771 | 210 | 1 Jim Pattison Industries Ltd., one of a group of closely held companies owned by entrepreneur James Pattison, said it 'intends to seek control' of 30%-owned Innopac Inc., a Toronto packaging concern.
2 Jim Pattison Industries, a holding company with annual sales of about C$1.9 billion, largely from car dealerships and grocery stores, didn't elaborate on the statement, and a company official declined further comment.
3 The company said it currently holds about 4.2 million of Innopac's 13.8 million common shares outstanding, which have an aggregate market value of about 137.8 million Canadian dollars (US$117.3 million).
4 Separately, Innopac reported a fourth-quarter loss of about C$2.6 million, or 18 Canadian cents a share, reflecting inventory write-downs.
5 The results made net income for the year ended Aug. 31 C$2.7 million, or 20 Canadian cents a share, down from C$9.7 million, or 70 Canadian cents a share last year.
6 Revenue was C$291.6 million, up from C$252 million in 1988.
7 Martin Fabi, Innopac's president and chief executive, said Innopac viewed Mr. Pattison's decision to seek control as a 'very positive' move. 'I'm happy that he feels positively about our company,' he said.
8 Mr. Fabi wouldn't say directly whether Mr. Pattison has disclosed potential terms for his planned bid for control.
9 Among other things, Innopac is involved in recycling polystyrene foam products that are often used by fast food chains, such as McDonald's Corp., for food packaging.
10 A joint venture involving units of Innopac and Mobil Corp. earlier this year opened the first U.S. polystyrene recycling plant, in Leominster, Mass.
| 4 | Separately , Innopac reported a fourth - quarter loss of about C $ 2 . 6 million , or 18 Canadian cents a share , reflecting inventory write - downs . | inventory write - downs | What is an inventory write-down? | 26 | 30 |
772 | 210 | 1 Jim Pattison Industries Ltd., one of a group of closely held companies owned by entrepreneur James Pattison, said it 'intends to seek control' of 30%-owned Innopac Inc., a Toronto packaging concern.
2 Jim Pattison Industries, a holding company with annual sales of about C$1.9 billion, largely from car dealerships and grocery stores, didn't elaborate on the statement, and a company official declined further comment.
3 The company said it currently holds about 4.2 million of Innopac's 13.8 million common shares outstanding, which have an aggregate market value of about 137.8 million Canadian dollars (US$117.3 million).
4 Separately, Innopac reported a fourth-quarter loss of about C$2.6 million, or 18 Canadian cents a share, reflecting inventory write-downs.
5 The results made net income for the year ended Aug. 31 C$2.7 million, or 20 Canadian cents a share, down from C$9.7 million, or 70 Canadian cents a share last year.
6 Revenue was C$291.6 million, up from C$252 million in 1988.
7 Martin Fabi, Innopac's president and chief executive, said Innopac viewed Mr. Pattison's decision to seek control as a 'very positive' move. 'I'm happy that he feels positively about our company,' he said.
8 Mr. Fabi wouldn't say directly whether Mr. Pattison has disclosed potential terms for his planned bid for control.
9 Among other things, Innopac is involved in recycling polystyrene foam products that are often used by fast food chains, such as McDonald's Corp., for food packaging.
10 A joint venture involving units of Innopac and Mobil Corp. earlier this year opened the first U.S. polystyrene recycling plant, in Leominster, Mass.
| 4 | Separately , Innopac reported a fourth - quarter loss of about C $ 2 . 6 million , or 18 Canadian cents a share , reflecting inventory write - downs . | inventory write - downs | Why did Innopac do inventory write-downs? | 26 | 30 |
773 | 210 | 1 Jim Pattison Industries Ltd., one of a group of closely held companies owned by entrepreneur James Pattison, said it 'intends to seek control' of 30%-owned Innopac Inc., a Toronto packaging concern.
2 Jim Pattison Industries, a holding company with annual sales of about C$1.9 billion, largely from car dealerships and grocery stores, didn't elaborate on the statement, and a company official declined further comment.
3 The company said it currently holds about 4.2 million of Innopac's 13.8 million common shares outstanding, which have an aggregate market value of about 137.8 million Canadian dollars (US$117.3 million).
4 Separately, Innopac reported a fourth-quarter loss of about C$2.6 million, or 18 Canadian cents a share, reflecting inventory write-downs.
5 The results made net income for the year ended Aug. 31 C$2.7 million, or 20 Canadian cents a share, down from C$9.7 million, or 70 Canadian cents a share last year.
6 Revenue was C$291.6 million, up from C$252 million in 1988.
7 Martin Fabi, Innopac's president and chief executive, said Innopac viewed Mr. Pattison's decision to seek control as a 'very positive' move. 'I'm happy that he feels positively about our company,' he said.
8 Mr. Fabi wouldn't say directly whether Mr. Pattison has disclosed potential terms for his planned bid for control.
9 Among other things, Innopac is involved in recycling polystyrene foam products that are often used by fast food chains, such as McDonald's Corp., for food packaging.
10 A joint venture involving units of Innopac and Mobil Corp. earlier this year opened the first U.S. polystyrene recycling plant, in Leominster, Mass.
| 5 | The results made net income for the year ended Aug . 31 C $ 2 . 7 million , or 20 Canadian cents a share , down from C $ 9 . 7 million , or 70 Canadian cents a share last year . | down | What were the factors that caused this decline? | 26 | 27 |
774 | 210 | 1 Jim Pattison Industries Ltd., one of a group of closely held companies owned by entrepreneur James Pattison, said it 'intends to seek control' of 30%-owned Innopac Inc., a Toronto packaging concern.
2 Jim Pattison Industries, a holding company with annual sales of about C$1.9 billion, largely from car dealerships and grocery stores, didn't elaborate on the statement, and a company official declined further comment.
3 The company said it currently holds about 4.2 million of Innopac's 13.8 million common shares outstanding, which have an aggregate market value of about 137.8 million Canadian dollars (US$117.3 million).
4 Separately, Innopac reported a fourth-quarter loss of about C$2.6 million, or 18 Canadian cents a share, reflecting inventory write-downs.
5 The results made net income for the year ended Aug. 31 C$2.7 million, or 20 Canadian cents a share, down from C$9.7 million, or 70 Canadian cents a share last year.
6 Revenue was C$291.6 million, up from C$252 million in 1988.
7 Martin Fabi, Innopac's president and chief executive, said Innopac viewed Mr. Pattison's decision to seek control as a 'very positive' move. 'I'm happy that he feels positively about our company,' he said.
8 Mr. Fabi wouldn't say directly whether Mr. Pattison has disclosed potential terms for his planned bid for control.
9 Among other things, Innopac is involved in recycling polystyrene foam products that are often used by fast food chains, such as McDonald's Corp., for food packaging.
10 A joint venture involving units of Innopac and Mobil Corp. earlier this year opened the first U.S. polystyrene recycling plant, in Leominster, Mass.
| 5 | The results made net income for the year ended Aug . 31 C $ 2 . 7 million , or 20 Canadian cents a share , down from C $ 9 . 7 million , or 70 Canadian cents a share last year . | Aug . 31 | Aug. 31 of what year? | 9 | 12 |
775 | 211 | 1 The premium the elderly pay for coverage of doctor's bills under Part B of the Medicare health insurance plan will rise to $29 a month in 1990 from $27.90, the Department of Health and Human Services said.
2 In addition, a second Part B premium to cover the cost of the new program of insurance against catastrophic illness will rise to $4.90 a month from $4, if Congress doesn't change the program.
3 The House has voted to repeal most of the Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988, however, which would end the monthly catastrophic-care premium, as well as an unpopular income surtax paid by about 40% of the wealthier Medicare beneficiaries.
4 Under a less-sweeping Senate plan, the catastrophic-care monthly premium would continue, rising to $4.90 next year, but the surtax would be abolished.
5 Medicare Part B pays 80% of a beneficiary's allowable doctor's bills after an annual deductible of $75.
6 The Catastrophic Coverage Act would add a stop-loss provision next year to limit the maximum beneficiaries must pay for doctors.
7 Both the House and Senate bills to reduce the cost and coverage of the catastrophic-care plan would eliminate the cap on doctor's bills.
8 If the House prevails in its efforts to kill the catastrophic-care plan, the monthly Part B premium will be $29 next year.
9 If the Senate plan prevails, the premium will be $33.90, with the additional $4.90 going to pay for expanded hospital coverage under Part A of Medicare.
10 Most of Part A's costs are paid by a payroll tax on workers and employers.
| 1 | The premium the elderly pay for coverage of doctor ' s bills under Part B of the Medicare health insurance plan will rise to $ 29 a month in 1990 from $ 27 . 90 , the Department of Health and Human Services said . | elderly | What age is considered elderly? | 3 | 4 |
776 | 211 | 1 The premium the elderly pay for coverage of doctor's bills under Part B of the Medicare health insurance plan will rise to $29 a month in 1990 from $27.90, the Department of Health and Human Services said.
2 In addition, a second Part B premium to cover the cost of the new program of insurance against catastrophic illness will rise to $4.90 a month from $4, if Congress doesn't change the program.
3 The House has voted to repeal most of the Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988, however, which would end the monthly catastrophic-care premium, as well as an unpopular income surtax paid by about 40% of the wealthier Medicare beneficiaries.
4 Under a less-sweeping Senate plan, the catastrophic-care monthly premium would continue, rising to $4.90 next year, but the surtax would be abolished.
5 Medicare Part B pays 80% of a beneficiary's allowable doctor's bills after an annual deductible of $75.
6 The Catastrophic Coverage Act would add a stop-loss provision next year to limit the maximum beneficiaries must pay for doctors.
7 Both the House and Senate bills to reduce the cost and coverage of the catastrophic-care plan would eliminate the cap on doctor's bills.
8 If the House prevails in its efforts to kill the catastrophic-care plan, the monthly Part B premium will be $29 next year.
9 If the Senate plan prevails, the premium will be $33.90, with the additional $4.90 going to pay for expanded hospital coverage under Part A of Medicare.
10 Most of Part A's costs are paid by a payroll tax on workers and employers.
| 1 | The premium the elderly pay for coverage of doctor ' s bills under Part B of the Medicare health insurance plan will rise to $ 29 a month in 1990 from $ 27 . 90 , the Department of Health and Human Services said . | will rise | Why is the premium for Medicare Part B rising? | 21 | 23 |
777 | 211 | 1 The premium the elderly pay for coverage of doctor's bills under Part B of the Medicare health insurance plan will rise to $29 a month in 1990 from $27.90, the Department of Health and Human Services said.
2 In addition, a second Part B premium to cover the cost of the new program of insurance against catastrophic illness will rise to $4.90 a month from $4, if Congress doesn't change the program.
3 The House has voted to repeal most of the Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988, however, which would end the monthly catastrophic-care premium, as well as an unpopular income surtax paid by about 40% of the wealthier Medicare beneficiaries.
4 Under a less-sweeping Senate plan, the catastrophic-care monthly premium would continue, rising to $4.90 next year, but the surtax would be abolished.
5 Medicare Part B pays 80% of a beneficiary's allowable doctor's bills after an annual deductible of $75.
6 The Catastrophic Coverage Act would add a stop-loss provision next year to limit the maximum beneficiaries must pay for doctors.
7 Both the House and Senate bills to reduce the cost and coverage of the catastrophic-care plan would eliminate the cap on doctor's bills.
8 If the House prevails in its efforts to kill the catastrophic-care plan, the monthly Part B premium will be $29 next year.
9 If the Senate plan prevails, the premium will be $33.90, with the additional $4.90 going to pay for expanded hospital coverage under Part A of Medicare.
10 Most of Part A's costs are paid by a payroll tax on workers and employers.
| 2 | In addition , a second Part B premium to cover the cost of the new program of insurance against catastrophic illness will rise to $ 4 . 90 a month from $ 4 , if Congress doesn ' t change the program . | catastrophic illness | What is considered a catastrophic illness? | 19 | 21 |
778 | 211 | 1 The premium the elderly pay for coverage of doctor's bills under Part B of the Medicare health insurance plan will rise to $29 a month in 1990 from $27.90, the Department of Health and Human Services said.
2 In addition, a second Part B premium to cover the cost of the new program of insurance against catastrophic illness will rise to $4.90 a month from $4, if Congress doesn't change the program.
3 The House has voted to repeal most of the Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988, however, which would end the monthly catastrophic-care premium, as well as an unpopular income surtax paid by about 40% of the wealthier Medicare beneficiaries.
4 Under a less-sweeping Senate plan, the catastrophic-care monthly premium would continue, rising to $4.90 next year, but the surtax would be abolished.
5 Medicare Part B pays 80% of a beneficiary's allowable doctor's bills after an annual deductible of $75.
6 The Catastrophic Coverage Act would add a stop-loss provision next year to limit the maximum beneficiaries must pay for doctors.
7 Both the House and Senate bills to reduce the cost and coverage of the catastrophic-care plan would eliminate the cap on doctor's bills.
8 If the House prevails in its efforts to kill the catastrophic-care plan, the monthly Part B premium will be $29 next year.
9 If the Senate plan prevails, the premium will be $33.90, with the additional $4.90 going to pay for expanded hospital coverage under Part A of Medicare.
10 Most of Part A's costs are paid by a payroll tax on workers and employers.
| 2 | In addition , a second Part B premium to cover the cost of the new program of insurance against catastrophic illness will rise to $ 4 . 90 a month from $ 4 , if Congress doesn ' t change the program . | catastrophic illness | what is considered a catastrophic illness? | 19 | 21 |
779 | 211 | 1 The premium the elderly pay for coverage of doctor's bills under Part B of the Medicare health insurance plan will rise to $29 a month in 1990 from $27.90, the Department of Health and Human Services said.
2 In addition, a second Part B premium to cover the cost of the new program of insurance against catastrophic illness will rise to $4.90 a month from $4, if Congress doesn't change the program.
3 The House has voted to repeal most of the Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988, however, which would end the monthly catastrophic-care premium, as well as an unpopular income surtax paid by about 40% of the wealthier Medicare beneficiaries.
4 Under a less-sweeping Senate plan, the catastrophic-care monthly premium would continue, rising to $4.90 next year, but the surtax would be abolished.
5 Medicare Part B pays 80% of a beneficiary's allowable doctor's bills after an annual deductible of $75.
6 The Catastrophic Coverage Act would add a stop-loss provision next year to limit the maximum beneficiaries must pay for doctors.
7 Both the House and Senate bills to reduce the cost and coverage of the catastrophic-care plan would eliminate the cap on doctor's bills.
8 If the House prevails in its efforts to kill the catastrophic-care plan, the monthly Part B premium will be $29 next year.
9 If the Senate plan prevails, the premium will be $33.90, with the additional $4.90 going to pay for expanded hospital coverage under Part A of Medicare.
10 Most of Part A's costs are paid by a payroll tax on workers and employers.
| 2 | In addition , a second Part B premium to cover the cost of the new program of insurance against catastrophic illness will rise to $ 4 . 90 a month from $ 4 , if Congress doesn ' t change the program . | change | How does Congress need to change the program for the premium not to rise? | 39 | 40 |
780 | 211 | 1 The premium the elderly pay for coverage of doctor's bills under Part B of the Medicare health insurance plan will rise to $29 a month in 1990 from $27.90, the Department of Health and Human Services said.
2 In addition, a second Part B premium to cover the cost of the new program of insurance against catastrophic illness will rise to $4.90 a month from $4, if Congress doesn't change the program.
3 The House has voted to repeal most of the Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988, however, which would end the monthly catastrophic-care premium, as well as an unpopular income surtax paid by about 40% of the wealthier Medicare beneficiaries.
4 Under a less-sweeping Senate plan, the catastrophic-care monthly premium would continue, rising to $4.90 next year, but the surtax would be abolished.
5 Medicare Part B pays 80% of a beneficiary's allowable doctor's bills after an annual deductible of $75.
6 The Catastrophic Coverage Act would add a stop-loss provision next year to limit the maximum beneficiaries must pay for doctors.
7 Both the House and Senate bills to reduce the cost and coverage of the catastrophic-care plan would eliminate the cap on doctor's bills.
8 If the House prevails in its efforts to kill the catastrophic-care plan, the monthly Part B premium will be $29 next year.
9 If the Senate plan prevails, the premium will be $33.90, with the additional $4.90 going to pay for expanded hospital coverage under Part A of Medicare.
10 Most of Part A's costs are paid by a payroll tax on workers and employers.
| 3 | The House has voted to repeal most of the Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988 , however , which would end the monthly catastrophic - care premium , as well as an unpopular income surtax paid by about 40 % of the wealthier Medicare beneficiaries . | unpopular income surtax | What is this surtax? | 31 | 34 |
781 | 211 | 1 The premium the elderly pay for coverage of doctor's bills under Part B of the Medicare health insurance plan will rise to $29 a month in 1990 from $27.90, the Department of Health and Human Services said.
2 In addition, a second Part B premium to cover the cost of the new program of insurance against catastrophic illness will rise to $4.90 a month from $4, if Congress doesn't change the program.
3 The House has voted to repeal most of the Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988, however, which would end the monthly catastrophic-care premium, as well as an unpopular income surtax paid by about 40% of the wealthier Medicare beneficiaries.
4 Under a less-sweeping Senate plan, the catastrophic-care monthly premium would continue, rising to $4.90 next year, but the surtax would be abolished.
5 Medicare Part B pays 80% of a beneficiary's allowable doctor's bills after an annual deductible of $75.
6 The Catastrophic Coverage Act would add a stop-loss provision next year to limit the maximum beneficiaries must pay for doctors.
7 Both the House and Senate bills to reduce the cost and coverage of the catastrophic-care plan would eliminate the cap on doctor's bills.
8 If the House prevails in its efforts to kill the catastrophic-care plan, the monthly Part B premium will be $29 next year.
9 If the Senate plan prevails, the premium will be $33.90, with the additional $4.90 going to pay for expanded hospital coverage under Part A of Medicare.
10 Most of Part A's costs are paid by a payroll tax on workers and employers.
| 3 | The House has voted to repeal most of the Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988 , however , which would end the monthly catastrophic - care premium , as well as an unpopular income surtax paid by about 40 % of the wealthier Medicare beneficiaries . | income surtax | what is income surtax ? | 32 | 34 |
782 | 211 | 1 The premium the elderly pay for coverage of doctor's bills under Part B of the Medicare health insurance plan will rise to $29 a month in 1990 from $27.90, the Department of Health and Human Services said.
2 In addition, a second Part B premium to cover the cost of the new program of insurance against catastrophic illness will rise to $4.90 a month from $4, if Congress doesn't change the program.
3 The House has voted to repeal most of the Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988, however, which would end the monthly catastrophic-care premium, as well as an unpopular income surtax paid by about 40% of the wealthier Medicare beneficiaries.
4 Under a less-sweeping Senate plan, the catastrophic-care monthly premium would continue, rising to $4.90 next year, but the surtax would be abolished.
5 Medicare Part B pays 80% of a beneficiary's allowable doctor's bills after an annual deductible of $75.
6 The Catastrophic Coverage Act would add a stop-loss provision next year to limit the maximum beneficiaries must pay for doctors.
7 Both the House and Senate bills to reduce the cost and coverage of the catastrophic-care plan would eliminate the cap on doctor's bills.
8 If the House prevails in its efforts to kill the catastrophic-care plan, the monthly Part B premium will be $29 next year.
9 If the Senate plan prevails, the premium will be $33.90, with the additional $4.90 going to pay for expanded hospital coverage under Part A of Medicare.
10 Most of Part A's costs are paid by a payroll tax on workers and employers.
| 3 | The House has voted to repeal most of the Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988 , however , which would end the monthly catastrophic - care premium , as well as an unpopular income surtax paid by about 40 % of the wealthier Medicare beneficiaries . | income surtax | What is the income surtax? | 32 | 34 |
783 | 211 | 1 The premium the elderly pay for coverage of doctor's bills under Part B of the Medicare health insurance plan will rise to $29 a month in 1990 from $27.90, the Department of Health and Human Services said.
2 In addition, a second Part B premium to cover the cost of the new program of insurance against catastrophic illness will rise to $4.90 a month from $4, if Congress doesn't change the program.
3 The House has voted to repeal most of the Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988, however, which would end the monthly catastrophic-care premium, as well as an unpopular income surtax paid by about 40% of the wealthier Medicare beneficiaries.
4 Under a less-sweeping Senate plan, the catastrophic-care monthly premium would continue, rising to $4.90 next year, but the surtax would be abolished.
5 Medicare Part B pays 80% of a beneficiary's allowable doctor's bills after an annual deductible of $75.
6 The Catastrophic Coverage Act would add a stop-loss provision next year to limit the maximum beneficiaries must pay for doctors.
7 Both the House and Senate bills to reduce the cost and coverage of the catastrophic-care plan would eliminate the cap on doctor's bills.
8 If the House prevails in its efforts to kill the catastrophic-care plan, the monthly Part B premium will be $29 next year.
9 If the Senate plan prevails, the premium will be $33.90, with the additional $4.90 going to pay for expanded hospital coverage under Part A of Medicare.
10 Most of Part A's costs are paid by a payroll tax on workers and employers.
| 5 | Medicare Part B pays 80 % of a beneficiary ' s allowable doctor ' s bills after an annual deductible of $ 75 . | allowable doctor ' s bills | What are allowable doctors bills? | 11 | 16 |
784 | 212 | 1 National Intergroup Inc. said it expects to report a charge of $5.3 million related to the sale of its aluminum unit's extrusion division for the third quarter.
2 The company said it has agreed to sell the extrusion division for $15 million to R.D. Werner Co., a closely held firm based in Greenville, Pa.
3 The charge is offset by an after-tax gain of about $30 million in the quarter from the previously announced pact to sell National Aluminum's rolling division.
4 National Intergroup in the year-ago third quarter earned $22.5 million, or 97 cents a share, including a gain of $18 million from the sale of a steel tube company.
5 Revenue was $778.6 million.
6 The company also said it continues to explore all options concerning the possible sale of National Aluminum's 54.5% stake in an aluminum smelter in Hawesville, Ky.
7 The sale of the extrusion division is subject to audit adjustments for working capital changes through the closing.
8 The agreement also provides for potential payments of additional proceeds to National Aluminum over the next two years, depending on the plant's shipping levels.
9 The extrusion unit produces bare and painted custom extrusions for building products and construction industries.
10 In fiscal 1989, it had sales of about $40 million and an operating loss of $1.5 million.
| 1 | National Intergroup Inc . said it expects to report a charge of $ 5 . 3 million related to the sale of its aluminum unit ' s extrusion division for the third quarter . | of its aluminum unit ' s extrusion | Why were so many sales reported for the aluminum units extrusion division? | 21 | 28 |
785 | 212 | 1 National Intergroup Inc. said it expects to report a charge of $5.3 million related to the sale of its aluminum unit's extrusion division for the third quarter.
2 The company said it has agreed to sell the extrusion division for $15 million to R.D. Werner Co., a closely held firm based in Greenville, Pa.
3 The charge is offset by an after-tax gain of about $30 million in the quarter from the previously announced pact to sell National Aluminum's rolling division.
4 National Intergroup in the year-ago third quarter earned $22.5 million, or 97 cents a share, including a gain of $18 million from the sale of a steel tube company.
5 Revenue was $778.6 million.
6 The company also said it continues to explore all options concerning the possible sale of National Aluminum's 54.5% stake in an aluminum smelter in Hawesville, Ky.
7 The sale of the extrusion division is subject to audit adjustments for working capital changes through the closing.
8 The agreement also provides for potential payments of additional proceeds to National Aluminum over the next two years, depending on the plant's shipping levels.
9 The extrusion unit produces bare and painted custom extrusions for building products and construction industries.
10 In fiscal 1989, it had sales of about $40 million and an operating loss of $1.5 million.
| 1 | National Intergroup Inc . said it expects to report a charge of $ 5 . 3 million related to the sale of its aluminum unit ' s extrusion division for the third quarter . | expects to report a charge of $ 5 . 3 million | Why expects? Did it not already sell? | 6 | 17 |
786 | 212 | 1 National Intergroup Inc. said it expects to report a charge of $5.3 million related to the sale of its aluminum unit's extrusion division for the third quarter.
2 The company said it has agreed to sell the extrusion division for $15 million to R.D. Werner Co., a closely held firm based in Greenville, Pa.
3 The charge is offset by an after-tax gain of about $30 million in the quarter from the previously announced pact to sell National Aluminum's rolling division.
4 National Intergroup in the year-ago third quarter earned $22.5 million, or 97 cents a share, including a gain of $18 million from the sale of a steel tube company.
5 Revenue was $778.6 million.
6 The company also said it continues to explore all options concerning the possible sale of National Aluminum's 54.5% stake in an aluminum smelter in Hawesville, Ky.
7 The sale of the extrusion division is subject to audit adjustments for working capital changes through the closing.
8 The agreement also provides for potential payments of additional proceeds to National Aluminum over the next two years, depending on the plant's shipping levels.
9 The extrusion unit produces bare and painted custom extrusions for building products and construction industries.
10 In fiscal 1989, it had sales of about $40 million and an operating loss of $1.5 million.
| 1 | National Intergroup Inc . said it expects to report a charge of $ 5 . 3 million related to the sale of its aluminum unit ' s extrusion division for the third quarter . | extrusion division | What is an extrusion division? | 27 | 29 |
787 | 212 | 1 National Intergroup Inc. said it expects to report a charge of $5.3 million related to the sale of its aluminum unit's extrusion division for the third quarter.
2 The company said it has agreed to sell the extrusion division for $15 million to R.D. Werner Co., a closely held firm based in Greenville, Pa.
3 The charge is offset by an after-tax gain of about $30 million in the quarter from the previously announced pact to sell National Aluminum's rolling division.
4 National Intergroup in the year-ago third quarter earned $22.5 million, or 97 cents a share, including a gain of $18 million from the sale of a steel tube company.
5 Revenue was $778.6 million.
6 The company also said it continues to explore all options concerning the possible sale of National Aluminum's 54.5% stake in an aluminum smelter in Hawesville, Ky.
7 The sale of the extrusion division is subject to audit adjustments for working capital changes through the closing.
8 The agreement also provides for potential payments of additional proceeds to National Aluminum over the next two years, depending on the plant's shipping levels.
9 The extrusion unit produces bare and painted custom extrusions for building products and construction industries.
10 In fiscal 1989, it had sales of about $40 million and an operating loss of $1.5 million.
| 2 | The company said it has agreed to sell the extrusion division for $ 15 million to R . D . Werner Co . , a closely held firm based in Greenville , Pa . | The company said it has agreed to sell | Why did the company agree to sell? | 0 | 8 |
788 | 212 | 1 National Intergroup Inc. said it expects to report a charge of $5.3 million related to the sale of its aluminum unit's extrusion division for the third quarter.
2 The company said it has agreed to sell the extrusion division for $15 million to R.D. Werner Co., a closely held firm based in Greenville, Pa.
3 The charge is offset by an after-tax gain of about $30 million in the quarter from the previously announced pact to sell National Aluminum's rolling division.
4 National Intergroup in the year-ago third quarter earned $22.5 million, or 97 cents a share, including a gain of $18 million from the sale of a steel tube company.
5 Revenue was $778.6 million.
6 The company also said it continues to explore all options concerning the possible sale of National Aluminum's 54.5% stake in an aluminum smelter in Hawesville, Ky.
7 The sale of the extrusion division is subject to audit adjustments for working capital changes through the closing.
8 The agreement also provides for potential payments of additional proceeds to National Aluminum over the next two years, depending on the plant's shipping levels.
9 The extrusion unit produces bare and painted custom extrusions for building products and construction industries.
10 In fiscal 1989, it had sales of about $40 million and an operating loss of $1.5 million.
| 2 | The company said it has agreed to sell the extrusion division for $ 15 million to R . D . Werner Co . , a closely held firm based in Greenville , Pa . | extrusion | what is extrusion? | 9 | 10 |
789 | 212 | 1 National Intergroup Inc. said it expects to report a charge of $5.3 million related to the sale of its aluminum unit's extrusion division for the third quarter.
2 The company said it has agreed to sell the extrusion division for $15 million to R.D. Werner Co., a closely held firm based in Greenville, Pa.
3 The charge is offset by an after-tax gain of about $30 million in the quarter from the previously announced pact to sell National Aluminum's rolling division.
4 National Intergroup in the year-ago third quarter earned $22.5 million, or 97 cents a share, including a gain of $18 million from the sale of a steel tube company.
5 Revenue was $778.6 million.
6 The company also said it continues to explore all options concerning the possible sale of National Aluminum's 54.5% stake in an aluminum smelter in Hawesville, Ky.
7 The sale of the extrusion division is subject to audit adjustments for working capital changes through the closing.
8 The agreement also provides for potential payments of additional proceeds to National Aluminum over the next two years, depending on the plant's shipping levels.
9 The extrusion unit produces bare and painted custom extrusions for building products and construction industries.
10 In fiscal 1989, it had sales of about $40 million and an operating loss of $1.5 million.
| 2 | The company said it has agreed to sell the extrusion division for $ 15 million to R . D . Werner Co . , a closely held firm based in Greenville , Pa . | $ 15 million | If it is selling for 15 million why is the charge only 5.3 million? | 12 | 15 |
790 | 212 | 1 National Intergroup Inc. said it expects to report a charge of $5.3 million related to the sale of its aluminum unit's extrusion division for the third quarter.
2 The company said it has agreed to sell the extrusion division for $15 million to R.D. Werner Co., a closely held firm based in Greenville, Pa.
3 The charge is offset by an after-tax gain of about $30 million in the quarter from the previously announced pact to sell National Aluminum's rolling division.
4 National Intergroup in the year-ago third quarter earned $22.5 million, or 97 cents a share, including a gain of $18 million from the sale of a steel tube company.
5 Revenue was $778.6 million.
6 The company also said it continues to explore all options concerning the possible sale of National Aluminum's 54.5% stake in an aluminum smelter in Hawesville, Ky.
7 The sale of the extrusion division is subject to audit adjustments for working capital changes through the closing.
8 The agreement also provides for potential payments of additional proceeds to National Aluminum over the next two years, depending on the plant's shipping levels.
9 The extrusion unit produces bare and painted custom extrusions for building products and construction industries.
10 In fiscal 1989, it had sales of about $40 million and an operating loss of $1.5 million.
| 3 | The charge is offset by an after - tax gain of about $ 30 million in the quarter from the previously announced pact to sell National Aluminum ' s rolling division . | National Aluminum ' s rolling division . | How was this aluminum tax established? | 25 | 32 |
791 | 212 | 1 National Intergroup Inc. said it expects to report a charge of $5.3 million related to the sale of its aluminum unit's extrusion division for the third quarter.
2 The company said it has agreed to sell the extrusion division for $15 million to R.D. Werner Co., a closely held firm based in Greenville, Pa.
3 The charge is offset by an after-tax gain of about $30 million in the quarter from the previously announced pact to sell National Aluminum's rolling division.
4 National Intergroup in the year-ago third quarter earned $22.5 million, or 97 cents a share, including a gain of $18 million from the sale of a steel tube company.
5 Revenue was $778.6 million.
6 The company also said it continues to explore all options concerning the possible sale of National Aluminum's 54.5% stake in an aluminum smelter in Hawesville, Ky.
7 The sale of the extrusion division is subject to audit adjustments for working capital changes through the closing.
8 The agreement also provides for potential payments of additional proceeds to National Aluminum over the next two years, depending on the plant's shipping levels.
9 The extrusion unit produces bare and painted custom extrusions for building products and construction industries.
10 In fiscal 1989, it had sales of about $40 million and an operating loss of $1.5 million.
| 3 | The charge is offset by an after - tax gain of about $ 30 million in the quarter from the previously announced pact to sell National Aluminum ' s rolling division . | after - tax gain | what is an after tax gain? | 6 | 10 |
792 | 212 | 1 National Intergroup Inc. said it expects to report a charge of $5.3 million related to the sale of its aluminum unit's extrusion division for the third quarter.
2 The company said it has agreed to sell the extrusion division for $15 million to R.D. Werner Co., a closely held firm based in Greenville, Pa.
3 The charge is offset by an after-tax gain of about $30 million in the quarter from the previously announced pact to sell National Aluminum's rolling division.
4 National Intergroup in the year-ago third quarter earned $22.5 million, or 97 cents a share, including a gain of $18 million from the sale of a steel tube company.
5 Revenue was $778.6 million.
6 The company also said it continues to explore all options concerning the possible sale of National Aluminum's 54.5% stake in an aluminum smelter in Hawesville, Ky.
7 The sale of the extrusion division is subject to audit adjustments for working capital changes through the closing.
8 The agreement also provides for potential payments of additional proceeds to National Aluminum over the next two years, depending on the plant's shipping levels.
9 The extrusion unit produces bare and painted custom extrusions for building products and construction industries.
10 In fiscal 1989, it had sales of about $40 million and an operating loss of $1.5 million.
| 3 | The charge is offset by an after - tax gain of about $ 30 million in the quarter from the previously announced pact to sell National Aluminum ' s rolling division . | rolling division | What is a rolling division? | 29 | 31 |
793 | 212 | 1 National Intergroup Inc. said it expects to report a charge of $5.3 million related to the sale of its aluminum unit's extrusion division for the third quarter.
2 The company said it has agreed to sell the extrusion division for $15 million to R.D. Werner Co., a closely held firm based in Greenville, Pa.
3 The charge is offset by an after-tax gain of about $30 million in the quarter from the previously announced pact to sell National Aluminum's rolling division.
4 National Intergroup in the year-ago third quarter earned $22.5 million, or 97 cents a share, including a gain of $18 million from the sale of a steel tube company.
5 Revenue was $778.6 million.
6 The company also said it continues to explore all options concerning the possible sale of National Aluminum's 54.5% stake in an aluminum smelter in Hawesville, Ky.
7 The sale of the extrusion division is subject to audit adjustments for working capital changes through the closing.
8 The agreement also provides for potential payments of additional proceeds to National Aluminum over the next two years, depending on the plant's shipping levels.
9 The extrusion unit produces bare and painted custom extrusions for building products and construction industries.
10 In fiscal 1989, it had sales of about $40 million and an operating loss of $1.5 million.
| 4 | National Intergroup in the year - ago third quarter earned $ 22 . 5 million , or 97 cents a share , including a gain of $ 18 million from the sale of a steel tube company . | steel tube company | which tube company? | 34 | 37 |
794 | 212 | 1 National Intergroup Inc. said it expects to report a charge of $5.3 million related to the sale of its aluminum unit's extrusion division for the third quarter.
2 The company said it has agreed to sell the extrusion division for $15 million to R.D. Werner Co., a closely held firm based in Greenville, Pa.
3 The charge is offset by an after-tax gain of about $30 million in the quarter from the previously announced pact to sell National Aluminum's rolling division.
4 National Intergroup in the year-ago third quarter earned $22.5 million, or 97 cents a share, including a gain of $18 million from the sale of a steel tube company.
5 Revenue was $778.6 million.
6 The company also said it continues to explore all options concerning the possible sale of National Aluminum's 54.5% stake in an aluminum smelter in Hawesville, Ky.
7 The sale of the extrusion division is subject to audit adjustments for working capital changes through the closing.
8 The agreement also provides for potential payments of additional proceeds to National Aluminum over the next two years, depending on the plant's shipping levels.
9 The extrusion unit produces bare and painted custom extrusions for building products and construction industries.
10 In fiscal 1989, it had sales of about $40 million and an operating loss of $1.5 million.
| 4 | National Intergroup in the year - ago third quarter earned $ 22 . 5 million , or 97 cents a share , including a gain of $ 18 million from the sale of a steel tube company . | $ 18 million from the sale of a steel tube company | Why are they selling off so much of their business? | 26 | 37 |
795 | 212 | 1 National Intergroup Inc. said it expects to report a charge of $5.3 million related to the sale of its aluminum unit's extrusion division for the third quarter.
2 The company said it has agreed to sell the extrusion division for $15 million to R.D. Werner Co., a closely held firm based in Greenville, Pa.
3 The charge is offset by an after-tax gain of about $30 million in the quarter from the previously announced pact to sell National Aluminum's rolling division.
4 National Intergroup in the year-ago third quarter earned $22.5 million, or 97 cents a share, including a gain of $18 million from the sale of a steel tube company.
5 Revenue was $778.6 million.
6 The company also said it continues to explore all options concerning the possible sale of National Aluminum's 54.5% stake in an aluminum smelter in Hawesville, Ky.
7 The sale of the extrusion division is subject to audit adjustments for working capital changes through the closing.
8 The agreement also provides for potential payments of additional proceeds to National Aluminum over the next two years, depending on the plant's shipping levels.
9 The extrusion unit produces bare and painted custom extrusions for building products and construction industries.
10 In fiscal 1989, it had sales of about $40 million and an operating loss of $1.5 million.
| 4 | National Intergroup in the year - ago third quarter earned $ 22 . 5 million , or 97 cents a share , including a gain of $ 18 million from the sale of a steel tube company . | steel tube company | Which steel tube company? | 34 | 37 |
796 | 212 | 1 National Intergroup Inc. said it expects to report a charge of $5.3 million related to the sale of its aluminum unit's extrusion division for the third quarter.
2 The company said it has agreed to sell the extrusion division for $15 million to R.D. Werner Co., a closely held firm based in Greenville, Pa.
3 The charge is offset by an after-tax gain of about $30 million in the quarter from the previously announced pact to sell National Aluminum's rolling division.
4 National Intergroup in the year-ago third quarter earned $22.5 million, or 97 cents a share, including a gain of $18 million from the sale of a steel tube company.
5 Revenue was $778.6 million.
6 The company also said it continues to explore all options concerning the possible sale of National Aluminum's 54.5% stake in an aluminum smelter in Hawesville, Ky.
7 The sale of the extrusion division is subject to audit adjustments for working capital changes through the closing.
8 The agreement also provides for potential payments of additional proceeds to National Aluminum over the next two years, depending on the plant's shipping levels.
9 The extrusion unit produces bare and painted custom extrusions for building products and construction industries.
10 In fiscal 1989, it had sales of about $40 million and an operating loss of $1.5 million.
| 5 | Revenue was $ 778 . 6 million . | $ 778 . 6 million . | How was revenue $778.6 million? | 2 | 8 |
797 | 213 | 1 Wall Street is just about ready to line the bird cage with paper stocks.
2 For three years, a healthy economy and the export-boosting effects of a weak dollar propelled sales and earnings of the big paper companies to record levels.
3 As the good times rolled they more than doubled their prices for pulp, a raw material used in all sorts of paper, to $830 a metric ton this past spring from $380 a ton at the start of 1986.
4 But now the companies are getting into trouble because they undertook a record expansion program while they were raising prices sharply.
5 Third-quarter profits fell at several companies.
6 'Put your money in a good utility or bank stock, not a paper company,' advises George Adler of Smith Barney.
7 Other analysts are nearly as pessimistic.
8 Gary Palmero of Oppenheimer & Co. expects a 30% decline in earnings between now and 1991 for 'commodity-oriented' paper companies, which account for the majority of the industry.
9 Robert Schneider of Duff & Phelps sees paper-company stock prices falling 10% to 15% in 1990, perhaps 25% if there's a recession.
10 Paper companies concede that business has been off recently.
11 But they attribute much of the weakness to customer inventory reductions.
12 Generally they maintain that, barring a recession and a further strengthening of the dollar against foreign currencies, the industry isn't headed for a prolonged slump. 'It won't be an earthshaking drop,' a Weyerhaeuser spokesman says.
13 Last week Mr. Adler lowered his rating from hold to 'avoid' on Boise Cascade, Champion International, Great Northern Nekoosa, International Paper, Louisiana Pacific and Weyerhaeuser.
14 Oppenheimer's Mr. Palmero, meanwhile, is steering clear of Gaylord Container, Stone Container and Federal Paper Board.
15 Mr. Schneider is cool to Georgia Pacific and Abitibi-Price.
16 Lawrence Ross of PaineWebber would avoid Union Camp.
17 The companies in question believe the analysts are too pessimistic.
18 Great Northern Nekoosa said, 'The odds of the dire predictions about us being right are small.' International Paper emphasizes that it is better positioned than most companies for the coming overcapacity because its individual mills can make more than one grade of paper.
19 A Boise-Cascade spokesman referred to a speech by Chairman John Fery, in which he said that markets generally are stable, although some risk of further price deterioration exists.
20 Stone Container Chairman Roger Stone said that, unlike for some other paper products, demand for Stone's principal commodity, unbleached containerboard, remains strong.
21 He expects the price for that product to rise even more next year.
22 Gaylord Container said analysts are skeptical of it because it's carrying a lot of debt.
23 Champion International said, 'We've gotten our costs down and we're better positioned for any cyclical downturn than we've ever been.'
24 Louisiana Pacific and Georgia Pacific said a number of other analysts are recommending them because of their strong wood-products business.
25 Federal Paper Board said, 'We're not as exposed as the popular perception of us.' The company explained that its main product, bleached paperboard, which goes into some advertising materials and white boxes, historically doesn't have sharp price swings.
26 Because the stock prices of some paper companies already reflect an expected profit slump, PaineWebber's Mr. Ross says he thinks that next year the share prices of some companies may fall at most only 5% to 10%.
27 A company such as Federal Paper Board may be overly discounted and looks 'tempting' to him, he says, though he isn't yet recommending the shares.
28 Wall Street isn't avoiding everything connected with paper.
29 Mr. Palmero recommends Temple-Inland, explaining that it is 'virtually the sole major paper company not undergoing a major capacity expansion,' and thus should be able to lower long-term debt substantially next year.
30 A Temple-Inland spokesman said the company expects record earnings in 1989, and 'we're still pretty bullish' on 1990.
31 The analysts say their gloomy forecasts have a flip side.
32 Some take a warm view of consumer-oriented paper companies, which buy pulp from the commodity producers and should benefit from the expected declines in pulp prices.
33 Estimates on how much pulp prices will fall next year currently run between $150 and $250 a metric ton.
34 Analysts agree that the price drop should especially benefit the two big tissue makers, Scott Paper and Kimberly-Clark.
35 A spokesman for Scott says that assuming the price of pulp continues to soften, 'We should do well.'
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2 For three years, a healthy economy and the export-boosting effects of a weak dollar propelled sales and earnings of the big paper companies to record levels.
3 As the good times rolled they more than doubled their prices for pulp, a raw material used in all sorts of paper, to $830 a metric ton this past spring from $380 a ton at the start of 1986.
4 But now the companies are getting into trouble because they undertook a record expansion program while they were raising prices sharply.
5 Third-quarter profits fell at several companies.
6 'Put your money in a good utility or bank stock, not a paper company,' advises George Adler of Smith Barney.
7 Other analysts are nearly as pessimistic.
8 Gary Palmero of Oppenheimer & Co. expects a 30% decline in earnings between now and 1991 for 'commodity-oriented' paper companies, which account for the majority of the industry.
9 Robert Schneider of Duff & Phelps sees paper-company stock prices falling 10% to 15% in 1990, perhaps 25% if there's a recession.
10 Paper companies concede that business has been off recently.
11 But they attribute much of the weakness to customer inventory reductions.
12 Generally they maintain that, barring a recession and a further strengthening of the dollar against foreign currencies, the industry isn't headed for a prolonged slump. 'It won't be an earthshaking drop,' a Weyerhaeuser spokesman says.
13 Last week Mr. Adler lowered his rating from hold to 'avoid' on Boise Cascade, Champion International, Great Northern Nekoosa, International Paper, Louisiana Pacific and Weyerhaeuser.
14 Oppenheimer's Mr. Palmero, meanwhile, is steering clear of Gaylord Container, Stone Container and Federal Paper Board.
15 Mr. Schneider is cool to Georgia Pacific and Abitibi-Price.
16 Lawrence Ross of PaineWebber would avoid Union Camp.
17 The companies in question believe the analysts are too pessimistic.
18 Great Northern Nekoosa said, 'The odds of the dire predictions about us being right are small.' International Paper emphasizes that it is better positioned than most companies for the coming overcapacity because its individual mills can make more than one grade of paper.
19 A Boise-Cascade spokesman referred to a speech by Chairman John Fery, in which he said that markets generally are stable, although some risk of further price deterioration exists.
20 Stone Container Chairman Roger Stone said that, unlike for some other paper products, demand for Stone's principal commodity, unbleached containerboard, remains strong.
21 He expects the price for that product to rise even more next year.
22 Gaylord Container said analysts are skeptical of it because it's carrying a lot of debt.
23 Champion International said, 'We've gotten our costs down and we're better positioned for any cyclical downturn than we've ever been.'
24 Louisiana Pacific and Georgia Pacific said a number of other analysts are recommending them because of their strong wood-products business.
25 Federal Paper Board said, 'We're not as exposed as the popular perception of us.' The company explained that its main product, bleached paperboard, which goes into some advertising materials and white boxes, historically doesn't have sharp price swings.
26 Because the stock prices of some paper companies already reflect an expected profit slump, PaineWebber's Mr. Ross says he thinks that next year the share prices of some companies may fall at most only 5% to 10%.
27 A company such as Federal Paper Board may be overly discounted and looks 'tempting' to him, he says, though he isn't yet recommending the shares.
28 Wall Street isn't avoiding everything connected with paper.
29 Mr. Palmero recommends Temple-Inland, explaining that it is 'virtually the sole major paper company not undergoing a major capacity expansion,' and thus should be able to lower long-term debt substantially next year.
30 A Temple-Inland spokesman said the company expects record earnings in 1989, and 'we're still pretty bullish' on 1990.
31 The analysts say their gloomy forecasts have a flip side.
32 Some take a warm view of consumer-oriented paper companies, which buy pulp from the commodity producers and should benefit from the expected declines in pulp prices.
33 Estimates on how much pulp prices will fall next year currently run between $150 and $250 a metric ton.
34 Analysts agree that the price drop should especially benefit the two big tissue makers, Scott Paper and Kimberly-Clark.
35 A spokesman for Scott says that assuming the price of pulp continues to soften, 'We should do well.'
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2 For three years, a healthy economy and the export-boosting effects of a weak dollar propelled sales and earnings of the big paper companies to record levels.
3 As the good times rolled they more than doubled their prices for pulp, a raw material used in all sorts of paper, to $830 a metric ton this past spring from $380 a ton at the start of 1986.
4 But now the companies are getting into trouble because they undertook a record expansion program while they were raising prices sharply.
5 Third-quarter profits fell at several companies.
6 'Put your money in a good utility or bank stock, not a paper company,' advises George Adler of Smith Barney.
7 Other analysts are nearly as pessimistic.
8 Gary Palmero of Oppenheimer & Co. expects a 30% decline in earnings between now and 1991 for 'commodity-oriented' paper companies, which account for the majority of the industry.
9 Robert Schneider of Duff & Phelps sees paper-company stock prices falling 10% to 15% in 1990, perhaps 25% if there's a recession.
10 Paper companies concede that business has been off recently.
11 But they attribute much of the weakness to customer inventory reductions.
12 Generally they maintain that, barring a recession and a further strengthening of the dollar against foreign currencies, the industry isn't headed for a prolonged slump. 'It won't be an earthshaking drop,' a Weyerhaeuser spokesman says.
13 Last week Mr. Adler lowered his rating from hold to 'avoid' on Boise Cascade, Champion International, Great Northern Nekoosa, International Paper, Louisiana Pacific and Weyerhaeuser.
14 Oppenheimer's Mr. Palmero, meanwhile, is steering clear of Gaylord Container, Stone Container and Federal Paper Board.
15 Mr. Schneider is cool to Georgia Pacific and Abitibi-Price.
16 Lawrence Ross of PaineWebber would avoid Union Camp.
17 The companies in question believe the analysts are too pessimistic.
18 Great Northern Nekoosa said, 'The odds of the dire predictions about us being right are small.' International Paper emphasizes that it is better positioned than most companies for the coming overcapacity because its individual mills can make more than one grade of paper.
19 A Boise-Cascade spokesman referred to a speech by Chairman John Fery, in which he said that markets generally are stable, although some risk of further price deterioration exists.
20 Stone Container Chairman Roger Stone said that, unlike for some other paper products, demand for Stone's principal commodity, unbleached containerboard, remains strong.
21 He expects the price for that product to rise even more next year.
22 Gaylord Container said analysts are skeptical of it because it's carrying a lot of debt.
23 Champion International said, 'We've gotten our costs down and we're better positioned for any cyclical downturn than we've ever been.'
24 Louisiana Pacific and Georgia Pacific said a number of other analysts are recommending them because of their strong wood-products business.
25 Federal Paper Board said, 'We're not as exposed as the popular perception of us.' The company explained that its main product, bleached paperboard, which goes into some advertising materials and white boxes, historically doesn't have sharp price swings.
26 Because the stock prices of some paper companies already reflect an expected profit slump, PaineWebber's Mr. Ross says he thinks that next year the share prices of some companies may fall at most only 5% to 10%.
27 A company such as Federal Paper Board may be overly discounted and looks 'tempting' to him, he says, though he isn't yet recommending the shares.
28 Wall Street isn't avoiding everything connected with paper.
29 Mr. Palmero recommends Temple-Inland, explaining that it is 'virtually the sole major paper company not undergoing a major capacity expansion,' and thus should be able to lower long-term debt substantially next year.
30 A Temple-Inland spokesman said the company expects record earnings in 1989, and 'we're still pretty bullish' on 1990.
31 The analysts say their gloomy forecasts have a flip side.
32 Some take a warm view of consumer-oriented paper companies, which buy pulp from the commodity producers and should benefit from the expected declines in pulp prices.
33 Estimates on how much pulp prices will fall next year currently run between $150 and $250 a metric ton.
34 Analysts agree that the price drop should especially benefit the two big tissue makers, Scott Paper and Kimberly-Clark.
35 A spokesman for Scott says that assuming the price of pulp continues to soften, 'We should do well.'
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