Q: " The actions reflect our strong forward momentum as we intensify our business focus and work to achieve profitability . "

The actions reflect our strong forward momentum as we intensify our business focus and work to achieve profitability , " said Katsumi Ihara , president of Sony Ericsson .

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

Q:
Do these sentences have the same meaning?
BOCHK chief executive Liu Jinbao was transferred abruptly to Beijing last month .
He was chief executive of BOCHK until he was suddenly recalled to Beijing last month .

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A:
yes

input question: But Abraham said changes in air-pollution rules would be up to the Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA ) .
Changes in air pollution rules would be up to the Environmental Protection Agency .

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output answer: yes

[Q]: It reports a mailing list of 50,000 and support from about 500 congregations and 50 bishops .
The group has the support of about 215 churches and an estimated 25 bishops .
(See options at the end). If the first sentence is true, is the second one also true?
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[A]: no

Question:
S1: Advancing issues outnumbered decliners nearly 2 to 1 on the New York Stock Exchange .
S2: Declining issues outnumbered advancers slightly more than 3 to 1 on the New York Stock Exchange .
Are S1 and S2 the same?
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Answer:
no

input question: Shares of USA Interactive rose $ 2.28 , or 7 percent , to $ 34.96 on Friday in Nasdaq Stock Market composite trading and have gained 53 percent this year .
Shares of LendingTree rose $ 6.03 , or 41 percent , to close at $ 20.72 on the Nasdaq stock market yesterday .

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output answer:
no