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frames- [ARGM-TMP In August] , [ARG0 the company] [rel took] [ARG1 a $ 343 million *U* pretax charge against fiscal 1989 earnings] when it announced a world-wide restructuring plan *T*-1 .
- [ARG0 Valley Federal Savings & Loan Association] [rel took] [ARG1 an $ 89.9 million *U* charge] [ARGM-TMP as it reported a third-quarter loss of $ 70.7 million *U* , or $ 12.09 *U* a share] .
- The quarter-to-quarter comparison was also enhanced *-1 by [ARG1 charges] [rel taken] * [ARGM-TMP in the year-earlier period] , including $ 11 million *U* related to the modernization of a pulp and newsprint mill in Alabama .
- [ARG0 Ocean Drilling & Exploration Co.] will sell its contract-drilling business , and *-1 [rel took] [ARG1 a $ 50.9 million *U* loss from discontinued operations] [ARGM-TMP in the third quarter] [ARGM-CAU because of the planned sale] .
- Unisys Corp. 's announcement Friday of a $ 648.2 million *U* loss for the third quarter showed that [ARG0 the company] is moving even faster than * expected *-1 to [rel take] [ARG1 write-offs] [ARGM-LOC on its various problems] and prepare for a turnaround next year .
- [ARGM-DIS On top of that] , [ARG0 the Blue Bell , Pa. , concern] [rel took] [ARG1 a $ 230 million *U* charge related to the layoffs of 8,000 employees] .
- The company also took a write-off of $ 150 million *U* *-1 to cover losses on some fixed-price defense contracts , as [ARG0 some new managers] [rel took] [ARG1 a hard look at the prospects for that slow-growing business] .
- Unisys posted a $ 648.2 million *U* loss for the third quarter as [ARG0 it] moved quickly *-1 to [rel take] [ARG1 write-offs] for [ARG2-for various problems] and prepare for a turnaround .
- A few days later , [ARG0 American Medical] announced sharply lower earnings , *-1 [rel taking] [ARG1 charges of $ 24 million *U* for insurance reserves and canceled real estate leases] .
- The price of Columbia shares has been cut *-1 nearly in half since August , when they traded at about $ 10 *U* *T*-2 , as investors apparently realized that [ARG0 the thrift] would be forced *-3 to [rel take] [ARG1 a big write-down] .
- Dealers said 0 [ARG0 they] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel took] [ARG1 profits] [ARGM-PNC *-1 to reduce holdings in their own account] [ARGM-TMP at the end of the October transaction period] .
- For the nine months , profit skidded about 35 % , * reflecting [ARG1 charges] [rel taken] * [ARGM-TMP in this year 's second quarter] and the effect of translations of weaker foreign currencies into the stronger U.S. dollar .
- The environmental services company said that the discontinuation of unsuccessful product lines and an increase in baddebt reserves probably will result in [ARG1 charges of $ 2.5 million to $ 4 million *U*] , most of which *T*-2 [ARGM-MOD will] be [rel taken] *-1 against [ARG2-against third-quarter results] .
- [ARG0 Takeover speculators] -- who *T*-1 have [ARGM-TMP already] [rel taken] [ARG1 a record loss estimated * at more than $ 700 million *U* on UAL] -- started *-2 selling other stocks as well as S&P futures in an attempt * to hedge against a further UAL blood bath .
- [ARG0 Ashland] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel took] [ARG1 a $ 25 million *U* after-tax charge 0 *T*-1 to cover anticipated costs] [ARGM-PNC *-2 to correct problems with boilers built * by one of its subsidiaries] .
- Although Exxon spent heavily during the latest quarter *-2 to clean up the Alaskan shoreline blackened * by its huge oil spill , those expenses as well as the cost of a continuing spill-related program are covered *-1 by $ 880 million *U* in [ARG1 charges] [rel taken] * [ARGM-TMP during the first half] .
- Raymond Corp. lost 1 to 10 after it said late Thursday that [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel take] [ARG1 a $ 4.4 million *U* charge in its third quarter for reserves 0 *T*-1 to cover potential charges in connection with the closing and sale of a manufacturing plant] .
- [ARG0 New York-based Chase Manhattan Corp.] [rel took] [ARG1 an $ 85 million *U* Arizona-related charge] .
- Examiners from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency had been combing through First Interstate 's real-estate portfolio since last month ; they first recommended that [ARG0 First Interstate] [rel take] [ARG1 a provision that *T*-1 was less than the eventual $ 350 million *U* third-quarter hit] .
- [ARG0 First Interstate] [rel took] [ARG1 a huge $ 350 million *U* provision for loan losses] [ARGM-LOC at the Arizona bank] .
- But in a TV interview Sunday Mr. Bond said , `` [ARG0 We] 've [rel taken] [ARG1 a big loss] .
- But an official at a long-term credit bank explained that since [ARG0 some larger banks] have [ARGM-TMP already] [rel taken] [ARG1 loss provisions for loans to other Third World nations] , further write-offs could be viewed *-1 as intolerable .
- Ashland Oil Inc. said 0 [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel take] [ARG1 after-tax charges of $ 78 million *U* , or $ 1.40 *U* a share ,] [ARGM-TMP in its fiscal fourth quarter , ended Sept. 30] .
- Hasbro said 0 it had net income of $ 31.3 million *U* , or 53 cents a share , up from $ 18.1 million *U* , or 31 cents a share , [ARGM-TMP a year earlier] , when [ARG0 it] [rel took] [ARG1 a pretax charge of $ 10 million *U*] [ARGM-TMP after *-2 dropping development of an interactive video entertainment system] *T*-1 .
- FileNet Corp. , Costa Mesa , Calif. , said 0 it expects *-2 to report a third-quarter loss of about $ 1.8 million *U* , or 17 cents a share , because of [ARG1 a $ 2.5 million *U* reserve] 0 *T*-3 to be [rel taken] *-1 [ARGM-MNR against potential losses on a contract with the state of California] .
- In July , Moody 's downgraded $ 400 million *U* of the company 's debt , *-1 saying 0 [ARG0 the bank holding company] had [ARGM-NEG n't] [rel taken] [ARG1 adequate write-offs against potential losses on real estate loans] [ARGM-ADV despite its second-quarter write-down] .
- `` [ARG0 They] 've stepped up to the plate *-2 to [rel take] [ARG1 the write-downs] , but when markets head down *T*-3 , a company is always exposed *-4 to further negative surprises , '' Mr. Hoyt said *T*-1 .
- [ARG0 Trinova Corp. , Maumee , Ohio ,] said 0 it is launching an extensive restructuring of its core business , and [rel took] [ARG1 a charge that *T*-1 resulted in a loss of $ 29.7 million *U* , or 87 cents a share , for the third quarter] .