Indicate a text span in the passage about which an inquisitive question is asked. (note, don't answer the question).
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Question: Sentence: This contrasts with the year - ago quarter , when the company had net income of $ 11 . 7 million , or 45 cents a share , on revenue of $ 75 . 7 million .<sep>Question: What happened compared to a year-ago?

Answer: income

Question: Sentence: The group is led by Jay Shidler , chief executive officer of Shidler Investment Corp . in Honolulu , and A . Boyd Simpson , chief executive of the Atlanta - based Simpson Organization Inc . Mr . Shidler ' s company specializes in commercial real - estate investment and claims to have $ 1 billion in assets ; Mr . Simpson is a developer and a former senior executive of L . J . Hooker .<sep>Question: How did Jay Shidler and A. Boyd Simpson meet?

Answer: and

Question: Sentence: Mr . Mosbacher called for concrete results by next spring in negotiations over fundamental Japanese business practices that supposedly inhibit free trade .<sep>Question: What are Japanese businesses doing that inhibit free trade?

Answer:
business practices