[Q]: The lawyer representing Torch Concepts , Rich Marsden did not respond to repeated phone calls .

Officials with Torch and JetBlue did not respond to repeated phone calls from the Mercury News seeking comment .
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[A]: no

[Q]: The loonie , meanwhile , continued to slip in early trading Friday .

The loonie , meanwhile , was on the rise again early Thursday .
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[A]: no

[Q]: In the first stage of the attack , the Lovsan worm began fouling computers around the world .

The first stage of the malicious software began Monday , when the Lovsan worm began spreading around the world .
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[A]: yes

[Q]: Energy prices dropped by 8.6 percent , the biggest decline since July 1986 .

Excluding food and energy prices , the PPI fell 0.9 per cent , the biggest drop since August 1993 .
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[A]:
no