The recent loss reflected a charge to cover the breakup fee for EchoStar's failed merger with rival Hughes Electronics (nyse: GMH - news - people ).
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 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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That loss is not counting a further goodwill impairment charge of an as-yet to be determined amount.
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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CELCo said it developed its system to meet the power needs of MIT--its second-largest client--and the charge was needed to cover the loss.
Think of a company that, say, sells off a division at a loss, incurring a large non-cash charge against its earnings, so the EPS dips temporarily way below the per-share dividend.
Pepsi Bottling, on the other hand, would have taken a 12-cent charge, but only 10% earnings loss.
The loss in 2000 resulted from a one-time charge for abandoning an ill-fated plan to sell organic foods online.
According to council documents, Devon's overall "on-street parking account" is running at a surplus, but the collection of Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) is making a loss and has been for the last five years.
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Excluding the charge, earnings were nine cents per share, versus a loss of 12 cents per share in the same period last year.
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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.
Barker, who moved to fly-half after playing at inside centre in Rugby Canada's 33-8 loss to Scotland in Toronto, gave Canada victory after the Scots looked to be in charge, leading 23-16 in the 67th minute.
Subtract a one-time charge related to its acquisition of graphics chip specialist ATI, and AMD reported a loss of 90 cents per share during its March quarter, far short of analyst expectations of a loss of 48 cents per share--even after AMD had guided estimates lower not once but twice over the preceding quarter.
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.
The charge-off rate of a citizen line of credit program would be considerably lower than the 100% loss rate of the existing welfare system.
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Charge-off rates, the value of loans removed from a company's books and charged against loss reserves, are not necessarily the best indication of lender performance.
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