QUES: The announcement comes one day after Microsoft ' s global security chief , Scott Charney , reiterated Microsoft ' s promises to simplify the way it distributes patches to users .

The announcement comes one day after Scott Charney , Microsoft 's global security chief , reiterated Microsoft 's promises to simplify the way it distributes patches to customers .

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

QUES: Since March 11 , when the market 's major indices were at their lowest levels since hitting multi-year lows in October , the tech-laden Nasdaq has climbed nearly 20 per cent .

Since March 11 , when the markets major indexes were at their lowest levels since hitting multiyear lows in October , the tech-laden Nasdaq has climbed nearly 20 percent .

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

QUES: America Online last quarter lost 846,000 dial-up subscribers .

No wonder AOL lost 846,000 subscribers last quarter .

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