[Q]: IDEC shareholders would own 50.5 percent of the stock of the combined company , and Biogen shareholders the remaining 49.5 percent .

The companies said Idec holders would own about 50.5 percent of the stock of the combined company .

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[A]: no

Problem: Wwo sentences:
" They did not read footnotes in a 90-page document , " said the official , referring to the section that contained the State Department 's dissent .
" They did not read footnotes in a 90-page document , " he said , referring to the annex .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
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Answer: yes

Here are two sentences:

Last year , the board raised rents by 2 percent on one-year renewals , 4 percent on two-year leases .

For lofts , the board proposed increases of 4 percent for one-year leases and 7 percent for two-year renewals .
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yes

Q: The SIA says the DRAM market is expected to grow 2.9 percent to $ 15.7 billion in 2003 and 43 percent to $ 22.5 billion in 2004 .

The Americas market will decline 2.1 percent to $ 30.6 billion in 2003 , and then grow 15.7 percent to $ 35.4 billion in 2004 .

Please tell me if the sentences above mean the same.
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A: no

Q:
Do these sentences have the same meaning?
On Oct. 10 , an 18-year-old freshman member of the men 's swim team jumped from the same 10th-floor ledge .
On Oct. 10 , an 18-year-old freshman from Dayton , Ohio , climbed over the same 10th-floor ledge and plunged to his death .

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yes

QUES: Stony Brook University launched the study in 1996 , after earlier studies indicated a possible connection between electromagnetic fields and cancer .

The State University at Stony Brook launched the study in 1996 , after earlier studies indicated a possible connection .

The sentences above mean the same or not?
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yes