QUES: The compensation committee will prohibit securities industry directors from sitting on it .

The exchange also said its five-person compensation committee will consist only of directors from outside the securities industry .

The sentences above mean the same or not?
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ANS: yes

QUES: Founded in 1996 , the LendingTree exchange consists of more than 200 banks , lenders , and brokers .

LendingTree matches borrowers via the Internet with more than 200 mortgage brokers , banks and other lenders .

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ANS: no

QUES: At best , Davydenko 's supporters were naively ignorant of tennis etiquette ; at worst , they cheated - yet went without penality from umpire Lars Graf .

At best , Davydenko 's supporters were naively ignorant to tennis etiquette ; at worst , they cheated yet went unpenalised by umpire Lars Graf .

The sentences above mean the same or not?
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yes