input question: The stock has risen 44 cents in recent days .
The stock had risen 44 cents in the past four trading sessions .
output answer: yes

input question: In addition , the committee noted , " while spending is firming , the labour market has been weakening " .
" The evidence accumulated over the intermeeting period confirms that spending is firming , although the labor market has been weakening .
output answer: yes

input question: Treasury prices rose slightly , sending the 10-year note yield down to 4.38 percent from 4.39 percent late Friday .
Treasury prices gained for the third day in a row , pushing the 10-year note yield down to 4.35 percent from 4.36 percent late Monday .
output answer: yes

input question: In 2001 , Evan helped found an after-school nonviolence program named after a college student shot and killed by a teen gang member , said Alexis Lukas , the program supervisor .
In 2001 , Nash helped found an after-school nonviolence program named after a college student who was fatally shot by a 14-year-old gang member , program supervisor Alexis Lukas said .
output answer:
yes