Falling coal prices and rising operational costs have been blamed for causing losses and "significant cash flow pressures".

BBC: Open cast mining

If many of these projects do not ultimately crash and burn, causing losses to the banks, I will be most surprised.

FORBES: Financial Institution Shorts

Many of the cases charge the firms with causing the losses by plying biased stock research.

FORBES: Wall Street Braces For Damning Evidence

"The banking and housing crisis and the trade deficit are central culprits dragging the economy into recession and causing steep job losses, " Morici said.

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He declares that extreme weather changes are causing ever greater economic losses, that is, more property damage and disruptions to the economy.

FORBES: Magazine Article

Mr Cameron will urge EU leaders to back global action against tax evasion and "aggressive" tax avoidance that is causing nations "staggering" losses.

BBC: Republic of Ireland calls for international tax action

Shiv found that his healthy test subjects allowed their prior losses to cloud their judgment, causing them to be excessively risk averse.

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The delicate issue now is how to manage excess debt without causing a convulsive situation such as additional job losses and a contraction of our economy.

FORBES: Weaning Ourselves from Economic Steroids - Excess Debt

Or, worse than that, if the losses are accelerating because of us - by tearing up habitats or causing pollution or simply slaughtering every member of a species?

BBC: Why such a fuss about extinction?

The global solar market has been beset by a glut of solar panels in the past two years, causing the prices to crash and many manufactures to go out of business or incur significant financial losses.

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