Here are two sentences:

In the second quarter last year , the company experienced a net loss of $ 185 million , or 54 cents a share , on sales of $ 600 million .

The company posted a net loss of $ 185 million , or 54 cents per share , in the year-earlier period , it said in a statement Wednesday .
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yes

Q: Lloyds TSB confirmed on Tuesday it was " considering its options " over the sale of its National Bank of New Zealand subsidiary .

Lloyds TSB yesterday confirmed that it had received bids for its National Bank of New Zealand operation .

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

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Do these sentences have the same meaning?
Those searches have not found stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons or significant evidence of a nuclear weapons program .
Alleged stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons have not turned up , nor has significant evidence of a nuclear-weapons program .

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yes

input question: Mason said al-Amoudi was arrested at Dulles International Airport on Sunday as he came into the country .
Al-Amoudi was arrested at Dulles International Airport after arriving on a British Airways flight from London .

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output answer: yes

[Q]: Island Def Jam must pay $ 52 million in punitive damages , and Cohen must pay the remaining $ 56 million , the jury said .
TVT Records sought $ 360 million in punitive damages and $ 30 million in compensatory damages , officials said .
(See options at the end). If the first sentence is true, is the second one also true?
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[A]: no

Q: " He wasnt like that , except for getting in a couple fights with his dad .

As far as I know , he wasnt like that , except for getting in a couple fights with his dad . "

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yes