QUES: Advancing issues outnumbered decliners about 8 to 5 on the New York Stock Exchange .

Declining issues outnumbered advancers slightly more than 3 to 1 on the New York Stock Exchange .

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

[Q]: Taupo was guiding her owner Paul Kibblewhite , 62 , on a three-day walk with a tramping party of eight .

Taupo had been leading Mr Kibblewhite , 62 , of Rotorua , on a three-day walk with a tramping party of eight .

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[A]: yes

Problem: Wwo sentences:
D 'Cunha said , from a science standpoint , Toronto 's last case was April 19 , so the all-clear day was actually yesterday .
He said , from a science standpoint , the city 's last case was April 19 , so the all clear day was actually yesterday .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
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- yes

Answer: yes

Here are two sentences:

But they are split over whether the Fed will acknowledge risks are tilted toward weakness , or say they are balanced .

Wall Street is debating whether the central bank will say risks are tilted toward weakness or balanced with inflation .
OPTIONS:
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yes

Q: Under the NBC proposal , Vivendi would merge its U.S. film and TV business with NBC 's broadcast network , Spanish-language network and cable channels including CNBC and Bravo .

Under a deal with General Electric 's NBC , Vivendi 's film and TV business would merge with NBC 's broadcast network , Spanish- language network and cable channels including CNBC and Bravo .

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

[Q]: AAA spokesman Jerry Cheske said prices may have affected some plans , but cheap hotel deals mitigated the effect .
AAA spokesman Jerry Cheske said prices might have affected some plans , but cheap hotel deals made up for it .
(See options at the end). If the first sentence is true, is the second one also true?
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[A]:
yes