1.   The company is facing heavy losses this quarter.

2.   Apple said last week that reports of merger talks are hurting sales, which will make its fiscal-second quarter loss wider than expected.

3.   Apple said today it expects to post a loss this quarter because of price cuts and lagging sales of computers.

4.   Arnold blamed most of the second quarter loss on the cost of acqusitions and on a high-profile marketing campaign.

5.   Argentine stocks closed lower after pulp and paper company Celulosa Argentina SA reported increased losses last quarter.

6.   But analysts are worried that the cash cushion might be shrinking with a loss last quarter and a loss expected this quarter.

7.   But the airline warned that its operating losses this quarter would be substantially larger than in the third quarter.

8.   But the venture reported steep losses each quarter.

9.   Caldor said in May its first quarter loss more than doubled.

10.   Delta this week will report a second quarter loss, in part because of weaker demand for business travel.