[Q]: Shares of Corixa fell 12 cents to $ 6.88 as of 3 : 59 p.m.

Shares of Corixa fell 12 cents to $ 6.88 on the Nasdaq stock market .

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[A]: no

Problem: Wwo sentences:
The transfers would reduce P & G 's worldwide work force to slightly less than 100,000 .
The transfers would reduce P & G ' s worldwide work force to slightly less than 100,000 , down from 110,000 several years ago .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
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Answer: no

Here are two sentences:

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 .
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no

Q: " I think we made some mistakes with this exam , and it 's up to us to identify and correct them , " Mills said .

Mills yesterday admitted , " We made some mistakes with this exam and it 's up to us to identify and correct them .

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

Q:
Do these sentences have the same meaning?
Some 26.5 million shares changed hands , more than three times the daily average over 10 days of 6.8 million .
Some 11.8 million shares have changed hands , well above its daily average over 10 days of 6.8 million .

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yes

QUES: Hundreds of reporters and photographers swamped the courthouse grounds before the hearing , which was carried live on national cable networks .

Hundreds of reporters and photographers swamped the town and the short hearing involving the five-time All-Star was carried live on national cable networks .

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