QUES: Shares of LendingTree rose $ 6.21 , or 42 percent , to $ 20.90 after hitting $ 21.36 earlier .

LendingTree shares rose 43 percent , or $ 6.31 , to $ 21 , more than doubling in the last two months .

The sentences above mean the same or not?
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ANS: no

QUES: " We believe that it is not necessary to have a divisive confirmation fight over a Supreme Court appointment .

" We believe that it is not necessary to have a divisive confirmation fight , " Daschle of South Dakota wrote the Republican president .

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

QUES: Analysts have estimated that Vivendi Uni could fetch $ 12 billion- $ 14 billion for VUE .

Analysts have estimated that the two networks could fetch as much as $ 7 billion .

The sentences above mean the same or not?
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no