[Q]: Earlier this month , RIM had said it expected to report second-quarter earnings of between 7 cents and 11 cents a share .

Excluding legal fees and other charges it expected a loss of between 1 and 4 cents a share .

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[A]: no

Problem: Wwo sentences:
The blue-chip Dow Jones industrial average .DJI climbed 179.97 points , or 2.09 percent , to 8,781.35 , ending at its highest level since mid-January .
The blue-chip Dow Jones industrial average .DJI tacked on 97 points , or 1.14 percent , to 8,699 .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
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Answer: no

Here are two sentences:

These plans would offer preventive health coverage as well as protection against catastrophic health-care expenses , neither of which is currently available under the government-run program .

The latter would offer preventive health coverage as well as protection against unexpected healthcare expenses , neither of which is currently available under Medicare .
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yes

Q: The budget fell steadily until dropping as low as $ 2.93 billion in 1998 and has gradually risen to $ 3.27 billion for fiscal 2002 .

It fell steadily until it dropped as low as $ 2.93 billion in 1998 and rose gradually to $ 3.27 billion for fiscal 2002 .

Please tell me if the sentences above mean the same.
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A: yes

Q:
Do these sentences have the same meaning?
The WHO says the latest case does not fit its profile of SARS and is not a public health concern .
The WHO has said the Singapore case did not fit its profile of SARS and was " not an international public health concern . "

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yes

QUES: For proof , look no further than this week 's Consumer Electronics Show ( CES ) in Las Vegas .

The company is expected to unveil the console on Thursday at the Consumer Electronics Show ( CES ) in Las Vegas .

The sentences above mean the same or not?
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no