Q: More than 100 officers launched the raids in the final phase of a two-year operation investigating a cocaine import and money laundering ring .

More than 100 police officers were involved in the busts that were the culmination of a two-year operation investigating the cocaine importing and money laundering gang .

Please tell me if the sentences above mean the same.
A: yes
Q: Ryland Group ( nyse : RYL - news - people ) , a homebuilder and mortgage-finance company , sank $ 9.65 , or 11.6 percent , to $ 73.40 .

Swedish telecom equipment maker Ericsson ( nasdaq : QCOM - news - people ) jumped $ 2.88 , or 15.7 percent , to $ 21.28 .

Please tell me if the sentences above mean the same.
A: no
Q: The captain , Michael J. Gansas , was notified yesterday by the city 's Department of Transportation that an agency hearing officer recommended that he be fired .

Gansas got more bad news yesterday from the city Department of Transportation - a hearing officer recommended that he be fired .

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A:
yes