21.   Last month, National reported a smaller than expected loss for its third fiscal quarter.

22.   Marvel Entertainment disclosed the expected loss after the close of U.S. trading.

23.   More specifically, the company blamed its expected losses on poor sales in several areas.

24.   National Semiconductor reported a fourth-quarter loss, and said Thursday that it would post bigger than expected losses for the current quarter.

25.   Netscape also blamed the economic turmoil in Asia, as well as competition in Europe, for the expected losses and weak revenue growth.

26.   The Americans say the tariffs are legal and reject European claims for compensation for expected losses from them.

27.   The acquisition comes as electric companies are expanding into natural gas sales and telecommunications to replace the expected loss of their monopolies on power sales.

28.   The charge will widen its expected loss in the quarter, General DataComm said.

29.   The company is counting on new drugs, such as its pill for baldness, Propecia, to make up the expected loss of revenue.

30.   The expected loss will put Ivax in technical default with lenders supplying the company a revolving line of credit, the company said.