The loss widened from a loss of 140.7 billion won in the fourth quarter of 2001.

D&M reported yesterday that its net loss widened to 717 million yen ($6.5 million) for the first quarter ended June 30, from 530 million yen in the period a year ago.

The net loss widened from a loss of 215.4 billion yen, or $1.99 billion, for the fiscal year ended March 2004.

The company said the net loss widened to $9.23 a share, from $4.17 a share, or $459 million, a year earlier.

The Softbank Corporation, the broadband Internet service provider, said its net loss widened for the year just ended as a costly marketing campaign more than offset growing revenue.

While revenue was flat, the loss widened from 58.3 million euros the prior year, partly because Walt Disney no longer waives some royalty payments.

USAir faces high costs, and its loss widened after the carrier took a $67.2 million charge to account for its decision last month to eliminate 2,500 jobs.

Delta Air Lines said that its first-quarter loss widened to $466 million as the war in Iraq reduced international travel.

TCI Loss Widens Tele-Communications Inc. said its fourth-quarter loss widened to $79 million, reflecting higher operating expenses and a spinoff.

Nextel Communications said yesterday that it would cut 800 jobs, or 5 percent of its United States work force, after its loss widened in the most recent quarter.