QUES: In July , EMC agreed to acquire Legato Systems ( Nasdaq : LGTO ) for about $ 1.2 billion .

In July , the Hopkinton , Mass . , company agreed to buy Legato Systems of Mountain View for $ 1.3 billion .

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

[Q]: Goldman is trying to sell the shares to institutional investors at $ US13.15 each , said the traders , who received calls from the securities firm 's sales force .

Goldman offered the shares for sale to institutional investors at $ 13.15 each , said the traders , who received calls from the securities firm 's sales force .

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[A]: yes

Problem: Wwo sentences:
The rule bars groups from airing ads that promote , support , attack or oppose a candidate at any time .
It upheld fallback rules that bar the same groups from airing ads that promote , support , attack or oppose a candidate at any time .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
- no
- yes

Answer: yes

Here are two sentences:

" SCO has not shown us any evidence that we 've violated our agreements in any way , " IBM spokesperson Trink Guarino told internetnews.com.

" SCO has not shown us any evidence that we violated our agreements , " spokeswoman Trink Guarino said .
OPTIONS:
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- yes

yes

Q: IG Farben 's 500 properties were valued at around 38-million euros ( about R300-million ) and the firm had debts totalling about 28-million .

IG Farben 's 500 properties were valued at around 38 million euros ( $ 43.63 million ) and the firm had debts totalling some 28 million euros .

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

[Q]: " The NAFTA ruling confirms that Canadian producers dump lumber in to the U.S. market , " Rusty Wood , chairman of the coalition , said in a release .
" The NAFTA ruling confirms that Canadian producers dump lumber into the U.S. market , " said Rusty Wood , chairman of the Coalition for Fair Lumber Imports .
(See options at the end). If the first sentence is true, is the second one also true?
OPTIONS:
- no
- yes

[A]:
yes