QUES: 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 .

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

QUES: The dollar 's slide against the yen was curbed by wariness that Japanese authorities could intervene to stem the yen 's rise .

Despite hefty losses against the euro , the dollar 's slide versus the yen was curbed by wariness that Japanese authorities could intervene to stem the yen 's rise .

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

QUES: Investigators were searching his home in Muenster in the presence of his wife when news of his death came , prosecutor Wolfgang Schweer told The Associated Press .

A prosecutor said investigators were searching his home in Muenster in the presence of his wife when news of his death arrived .

The sentences above mean the same or not?
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yes