That loss is not counting a further goodwill impairment charge of an as-yet to be determined amount.
Including its restructuring plan and an asset impairment charge, it forecast full-year earnings of 62 cents to 73 cents per share.
In the quarter, Alcatel lost 1.37 billion Euros, or 60 Euro cents a share, reflecting a 1.41 billion Euro asset impairment charge.
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Staples rose 4% despite swinging to a third-quarter loss, largely due to a large impairment charge and double-digit drop in international sales.
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T-Mobile USA anticipates that it will record a material non-cash impairment charge related to its indefinite-lived assets for the fourth quarter of 2011.
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The impairment charge of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, for instance, was 1.9 billion yuan lower in Q3 than a year earlier.
The balance of the impairment charge is linked to the recent trading value of HP stock and headwinds against anticipated synergies and marketplace performance.
On Wednesday the New York-based media conglomerate said an impairment charge for its cable, publishing and AOL units would result in a fourth-quarter operating loss.
There will be no cash impact associated with the impairment charge.
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The loss was mainly due to an impairment charge of 3.1bn Swiss francs that UBS is taking to cover the cost of the changes to its investment bank.
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Advanced Micro Devices reported a wider than expected loss after the closing bell Thursday, largely the result of a previously announced impairment charge related to its acquisition of ATI Technologies.
On January 19th Royal Bank of Scotland's shares collapsed as the British government raised its stake and the battered lender said it could report Britain's largest-ever corporate loss after an impairment charge on its takeover of ABN AMRO, a Dutch bank.
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The goodwill impairment charge, or lowered book value of an asset, arose after the Advanced Micro Devices conducted an analysis of the businesses and determined that they weren't performing to its expectations, making it the second ATI-related write-down that the chipmaker has had to stomach since buying the company in July 2006.
The goodwill impairment charge, or lowered book value of an asset, arose after the Advanced Micro Devices (nyse: AMD - news - people ) conducted an analysis of the businesses and determined that they weren't performing to its expectations, making it the second ATI-related write-down that the chipmaker has had to stomach since buying the company in July 2006.
Except for a punishing asset-impairment accounting charge a few years ago, earnings have been generally consistent, improving a bit since a new CEO arrived in 2009.
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