Loss: Definition and additional resources from BNET
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Business Definition for: Loss

  • a financial position in which the costs of an activity exceed the income derived from it

Wiktionary Definition for: Loss

  • an instance of losing
  • Ex:''The match ended in their first '''loss''' of the season.''
  • something that is lost
  • Ex:''It was written off as a '''loss'''.''
  • the condition of having lost something or someone
  • Ex:''We mourn his '''loss'''.''
  • #(''plural'') casualties, especially in wartime
  • Ex:''The battle was won, but '''losses''' were great.''
  • #(''financial'') The money a company loses. The expenditures and taxes minus total income, when this difference is positive.
  • # engineering power expended without doing useful work.
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Additional Resources

Property Loss Report
Use the Property Loss Report whenever your business suffers loss to its inventory or property. Fill the form out completely and as soon as possible after the loss. A promptly completed report will carry more evidentiary weight with insurers.
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Tools & templates 2005-07-18
Citi Reports First Quarter Net Loss of $5.1 Billion, Loss Per Share of $1.02
Net Loss Primarily Driven by Fixed Income Results and Higher Consumer Credit Costs
Tags: Citigroup Inc.
Research articles 2008-04-18
Sharper Image Reports Second Quarter Operating Results
SAN FRANCISCO -- Second graph, second sentence of release should read: The Company reported a net loss for the second quarter of $20.6 million, or a loss of $1.36 per share, compared to a net loss of $14.6 million, or a loss of $0.98 per share, in the prior year's...
Tags: Sharper Image Corp.
Research articles 2007-09-10
Ward General Insurance Services, Inc. Vs The Employers Fire Insurance Company
This article discusses summary adjudication seeking the court’s determination whether a first party insurance policy, issued by defendant to plaintiff, covered the loss of stored computer data not accompanied by the loss or destruction of the storage medium. The court found plaintiff’s loss was not covered by the insurance policy...
Tags: Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance, Financial Planning, Insurance, Loss
White papers 2003-12-17
Kmart hires new LP chief to update loss prevention - loss prevention, Ben Guffey
TROY, Mich. -- In a move to modernize its loss prevention operations, Kmart has hired Ben Guffey from an Omaha, Neb., department store chain as its new director of loss prevention.
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Research articles 1992-03-02
Vertis Inc. reports first-quarter net loss of $5.8M
Vertis Inc., of Baltimore, a provider of technology-based marketing and advertising services, reported a first-quarter net loss of $5.8 million, compared to a net loss of $118.8 million in the first quarter of 2002. Much of last year's net loss was the result of an accounting change; excluding that, the...
Tags: Vertis Inc.
Research articles 2003-04-30
FluMist sales blamed for MedImmune's '05 loss
MedImmune Inc.'s $22.4 million fourth-quarter loss and $16.6 million loss for the year disappointed investors yesterday and failed to meet the company's own expectations.The Gaithersburg biotech last year predicted diluted earnings per share for 2005 would be between 4 cents and 10 cents. Instead, the firm announced a loss...
Tags: MedImmune Inc., sales, vaccine
Research articles 2006-02-03
Quaker Fabric Reports First Quarter Financial Results
FALL RIVER, Mass. -- QUAKER FABRIC CORPORATION (NASDAQ Symbol: QFAB) today reported net sales of $32.6 million, an operating loss of ($3.8 million), a loss before taxes of ($5.0 million), a net loss of ($5.1 million), and diluted and basic losses per share of ($0.30) for the three-month period ended...
Research articles 2007-04-19
Badger Reports Second Quarter 2004 Loss
PESHTIGO, Wis. -- Badger Paper Mills, Inc. (Nasdaq SmallCap:BPMI) Badger Paper Mills, Inc., one of the nation's leaders in the manufacture of flexible packaging and specialty papers, reported a loss of $1,668,000 during the second quarter of 2004 compared to a loss of $557,000 for the same period last year....
Research articles 2004-07-30
Gaithersburg-based GenVec Inc.'s loss grows
GenVec Inc., of Gaithersburg, a biopharmaceutical company developing treatments for cancer, heart disease and vision loss and vaccines for infectious diseases, said it had a net loss of $4.1 million, or 6 cents per diluted share, in the second quarter, versus a net loss of $3 million, or 5 cents...
Research articles 2006-08-09
Versata Reduces Quarterly Pro-Forma Loss to $0.04 Per Share; Loss Per Share Beats September 2001 Quarterly Loss Per Share of $0.15 by 76%
Business Editors/High-Tech Writers
Research articles 2002-02-28
Oklahoma loses millions from Enron investments
Oklahoma suffered a gross loss of more than $15.8 million from Enron investments between Oct. 1, 1998, and Jan. 28, 2002, Attorney General Drew Edmondson reported Friday. The state's net loss for the same period was more than $10.5 million. Edmondson said that both gross and net loss figures are...
Tags: Enron Corp.
Research articles 2002-04-08
Kmart loss 'disappointing,' but not unexpected - company reports loss, negative comparable-store sales
TROY, MICH.--While Kmart's monstrous loss of $3.22 billion for fiscal 2002 came as expected, recent financial results show slight signs of progress as the retailer positions itself to exit bankruptcy later this month.
Tags: K Mart, sales
Research articles 2003-04-07
MathSoft Releases Preliminary Fourth Quarter Results
(NASDAQ:MATH) announced today that it anticipates it will report a net loss for the fourth quarter ended June 30, 1995 in the range of $650,000 to $750,000, or a 9 to 10 cents loss per share. This compares to a $1.4 million net loss for fiscal 1994's corresponding fourth...
Tags: MathSoft
Research articles 1995-07-06
Wood serves as concierge of loss prevention; Marriott's risk manager works to 'avoid the losses before they happen'.(Risk Management Honor Roll)
Byline: MARK A. HOFMANN The easiest loss to adjust is the one that never happens. At Bethesda, Md.-based Marriott International Inc., the safety of guests and employees is paramount. Loss transfer isn't enough-loss prevention comes first. The Byline:...
Tags: Marriott International Inc., risk management, Risk Manager, Wood, workers compensation
Research articles 2005-04-18
Merrill Lynch Predicts AMR Losses Will Run Deeper Than Expected
Merrill Lynch this week cut its June quarter estimate for American Airlines parent company AMR Corp. from a loss of $0.15 to a loss of $1.00 and its full year 2001 estimate from a loss of $0.10 to a loss of $1.15. The decision by the investment...
Tags: AMR Research, Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.
Research articles 2001-06-22
StorageTek announces first-quarter results
LOUISVILLE, Colo.--BUSINESS WIRE--April 25, 1995--Storage Technology Corp. (NYSE:STK) today reported a net loss for the first quarter of $8.9 million, compared with a net loss of $17 million for the same period in 1994. Earnings available to common shares reflect a loss of $.23 per share compared with a...
Research articles 1995-04-25
Aquila Net Loss Narrowed to $1.13 Per Share in 2004 from Net Loss of $1.73 Per Share in 2003; Conference Call and Webcast Are Today at 11:00 a.m. Eastern
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Aquila, Inc. (NYSE: ILA) today reported a narrower fully diluted loss of $1.13 per share for the year ended December 31, 2004, or a net loss of $292.5 million, compared to a loss of $1.73 per fully diluted share, or net loss of $336.4 million, in...
Tags: Aquila Mining Systems, Webcast
Research articles 2005-03-07
LTX logs better 4Q but $31M '94 loss - LTX's 4th qtr FY 1994 financial report
WESTWOOD, MASS. - Stressing strength in orders and a narrowing sequential quarterly loss, LTX reported a fiscal 1994 net loss of $31.3 million, or $1.23 per share, compared to a net loss of $4.3 million, or 20 cents per share, in 1993. Sales came to $168.3 million versus $172.9 million.
Tags: financial
Research articles 1994-09-19
Conexant Posts a $188M Quarterly Loss - Company Financial Information
Newport Beach, Calif.-based Conexant Systems Inc. last week posted a pro forma net loss of $187.5 million for its second fiscal quarter ended March 31. This was a pro forma net loss per share of 77 cents, 40 cents below analysts' predictions, according to Boston-based First Call, a Thomson Financial...
Tags: financial
Research articles 2001-04-23
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