When that happens we just sell it, cut our loss and move on.
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PulteGroup managed to cut its quarterly loss thanks to smaller charges, but that wasn't good enough for Wall Street, as investors are hungry to see real business growth from the home builder.
Of course, Greeks probably do not understand that 25% cut in salaries and loss of the bonus months is a lot softer option than what an uncontrolled exit from euro would create.
But the risk is this: if the company cuts the dividend, not only is there a loss of income, but the loss of confidence that often comes with a cut in the dividend can result in loss of principal.
Freddie Mac's dividend cut and wider than anticipated loss is a confirmation that the housing market is weak and will probably stay that way for a while.
Even fewer pointed out that although the annual loss has been cut by 50% the club is even further from a sustainable business model than it was at the end of the 2009 financial year.
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Dr. Fox suggested an easy first step to get her into the weight-loss mind set: Cut back the number of Chick-O-Sticks by one box per week.
Other elements central to the negotiation that would impact middle income earners, mainly the extension of Bush era tax cuts for incomes below the border, patching the alternative minimum tax, and the potential loss in the payroll tax cut, suggest that the economic situation of the middle class as a result of the fiscal reorganization will remain the status quo at best.
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The company, reeling from heavy exposure to mortgages and other deteriorating assets, announced a big quarterly loss this week and plans to cut 4, 000 jobs, or 15% of its workforce.
Mr Montgomery cut costs, remodelled the presses and turned the loss into a profit.
Rio Tinto's new CEO, Sam Walsh, said the miner will review investments and cut costs, after it notched its first annual loss following a drop in commodity prices and large impairment charges.
He said he struggles to "make ends meet" at present and the extra loss of benefit will mean he has to cut his food bill.
For people with very high incomes, the rise in marginal tax rates would be smaller, but to the extent that itemized deductions rise with income, the loss of those itemized deductions means that the cut in marginal effective tax rates on high income people will be less than the cut in statutory rates.
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When budgets eventually are cut, as they will have to be, the economic loss and political pain will be even greater.
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Amplats said Monday that it would post a loss for 2012 because of the walkouts, which cut output by 306, 000 ounces.
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Many economists were worried last year that the wealth loss from falling share prices would force consumers to cut their spending.
Yesterday, Jefferies analyst Cynthia Meng cut her rating on the stock out of concerns about the loss of revenue due to Qihoo.
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Mr Jospin came to power last June on a hard-left, Euro-hesitant programme promising the creation of 350, 000 public-sector jobs, a cut in the working week from 39 to 35 hours without loss of pay, big increases in wages and social benefits, a halt to privatisation, a rise in the wealth tax, a rejection of the single currency's stability pact and so on.
The loss of one of them, fictional as it was, cut me to the quick.
The government is currently considering plans to cut funding to Remploy, a move which employees fear could mean the loss of about 500 jobs in Yorkshire.
If you scare the public sector into pay freezes with the implied job loss threats of austerity, you have in effect let inflation cut your overheads by a quarter.
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But her book also tells a more universal story - of a mother's love and a mother's loss, and a tribute to a young life that was cut short before its time.
If loss projections look too great, companies may dump coastal policies to cut risk.
Even worse, it turns out that the first 400 of these aeroplanes are being sold at a loss, because the company's four-year programme to cut costs by 25% has stalled.
Normally, the first generics cut 50% of a drug's value, and this news meant the loss could be even more severe.
"This would cause a global catastrophe wherever it hit the Earth, via a climate change, and this would lead to a rapid cut-off of the food supply and ultimately within a few months to a loss of probably a quarter of the world's population, " he told BBC radio.
Cuts in defence budgets across Europe are worrying NATO, not just because of the loss of military strength, but because cash-strapped ministries may be tempted to cut spending on NATO.
Just missing the cut: the 1969 Orioles, whose expansion-aided 109 wins preceded a famous World Series loss to the "Miracle Mets, " and the 1958 Milwaukee Braves, who took the National League pennant by eight games before blowing a three-games-to-one series lead to the Yankees.
Its chief executive, Manfred Schneider, has sold off peripheral businesses and spun off the loss-making fibres division into a separate subsidiary, requiring workers to take a pay cut.
The loss of Lehman and Bear, and the retrenchment of wannabes such as UBS, has cut out a lot of competition (though new rivals are emerging, such as Barclays Capital).
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