QUES: The technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index dipped 0.08 of a point to 1,646 .

The technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index < .IXIC > added 1.92 points , or 0.12 percent , at 1,647.94 .

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

[Q]: It would now take place some time before August 8 in Auckland .

The meeting would now be held before August 8 .

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[A]: no

Problem: Wwo sentences:
U.S. manufacturing growth expanded for the third straight month in September but at a slower pace , according to a report released shortly after the opening bell .
US manufacturing grew for the third consecutive month in September , but at a slower rate than in previous months , according to a survey released Wednesday .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
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- yes

Answer: yes

Here are two sentences:

As of Wednesday , there were 65 probable SARS cases in the Toronto region .

As of Monday , there were 66 probable cases in and around Toronto , a city of 4 million people .
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yes

Q: The discovery was published yesterday in the New England Journal of Medicine .

They appear in the Oct. 23 issue of The New England Journal of Medicine .

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

[Q]: He said Qualcomm has enjoyed many years of selling CDMA chips without much competition .
" Qualcomm has enjoyed many years of selling ... against little or no competition , " Hubach said in the statement .
(See options at the end). If the first sentence is true, is the second one also true?
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[A]:
yes