31.   Hollands says corporate America loses billions of dollars every year on red-ink employees.

32.   Hospitals also are on board, for the time being, though they stand to lose billions of dollars in projected Medicare payments under the Republican plan.

33.   If farmers abandoned biotechnology seeds because of the protests, the companies could lose billions of dollars.

34.   If the company cannot adequately restructure its debt and find a market for its product, investors stand to lose billions of dollars.

35.   In a matter of weeks, investors have lost billions of dollars in share value.

36.   In both the House and the Senate plans, hospitals stand to lose billions of dollars in payments.

37.   In July, the Socialist government of Prime Minister Lionel Jospin will sell its stake in Credit Lyonnais, the nationalized bank that has lost billions.

38.   Investors say they lost billions of dollars in the limited partnerships.

39.   Investors stand to lose billions of dollars.

40.   Investors who lost billions in the misleadingly hyped dot-coms have filed class-action suits.