71.   He said the Finance Ministry wanted to delay reporting the losses.

72.   Hurt by a slump in business travel, Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines reported quarterly losses Thursday and joined other major carriers in announcing cutbacks.

73.   In addition, Case told investors Tuesday that the company would report a loss in its second fiscal quarter ending in December but break even by March.

74.   In both the current and year-earlier quarters, Biocraft reported losses, Teva said.

75.   In May, the company also reported a loss for the third quarter and suspended dividend payments.

76.   In part, that may be because new accounting rules force the banks to report losses on many bonds when market prices decline.

77.   In the last two months, however, lobstermen working closer to the mid-coast and Casco Bay regions have reported growing losses, Bayer said.

78.   In the first quarter, credit card lenders reported higher losses.

79.   In the corresponding quarter last year, Apple reported a loss because of charges it had taken for a corporate revamping.

80.   INFORMIX STOCK PLUNGES Informix, a leading producer of data base software, said that it expected to report a loss for the first quarter because of weak sales.