[Q]: The SIA said chip sales were expect to rise 16.8 percent to $ 180.9bn next year , followed by a 5.8 in 2005 .
The SIA forecast that chip sales next year will rise 16.8 percent to $ 180.9 billion , followed by a 5.8 percent increase to $ 191.5 billion in 2005 .
(See options at the end). If the first sentence is true, is the second one also true?
OPTIONS:
- no
- yes

[A]: yes

Question:
S1: The company 's shares fell 3.6 percent to close at $ 66.89 on the Nasdaq .
S2: Shares of Express Scripts ESRX.O fell about 4 percent to $ 66.73 on the Nasdaq in late morning trade .
Are S1 and S2 the same?
OPTIONS:
- no
- yes
Answer:
no

QUES: He served as a marine in the Second World War and afterward began submitting articles to magazines .

After serving as a marine in World War II , he began submitting articles to magazines .

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

[Q]: The news sent Cisco shares on a tear in after-hours trading .

Cisco shares gained $ 1.28 in after-hours trading to $ 23.08 .

OPTIONS:
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- yes
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[A]: no

Problem: Wwo sentences:
Long lines formed outside gas stations and people rushed to get money from cash machines Sunday as Israelis prepared to weather a strike that threatened to paralyze the country .
Long lines formed Sunday outside gas stations and people rushed to get money from cash machines as Israelis braced for the strike 's effects .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
- no
- yes

Answer: yes

Here are two sentences:

The technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index < .IXIC > tacked on 5.91 points , or 0.29 percent , to 2,053.27 .

The technology-focused Nasdaq Composite Index < .IXIC > advanced 6 points , or 0.30 percent , to 2,053 , erasing earlier losses .
OPTIONS:
- no
- yes
no