QUES: Their groundbreaking contributions commercialize technologies , create jobs , improve productivity and stimulate the nation 's growth and development . "

" Their groundbreaking contributions commercialise technologies , create jobs , improve productivity and stimulate the nation 's growth and development , " it said .

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

QUES: He said that most of the 250 persons living near the disaster site were asleep when the cloudburst took place late on Thursday evening .

Most of the 250 persons living near the disaster site were asleep when the cloudburst took place , the second such incident in three weeks .

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

QUES: CS 's other main division , Financial Services , made a 666 million franc net profit , six percent below the prior quarter .

CS Financial Services made a 666 million franc net profit , six percent less than in the fourth quarter of last year .

The sentences above mean the same or not?
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yes