Nosedives
Ranked by absolute dollar change from profit to loss in one year.
| Rank |
Company
Name |
1998
Net
Loss
(millions) |
1997
Net
Income
(millions) |
Change
in
Income
(millions) |
| 1 |
Boston Scientific Corp. |
$264.4 |
$131.5 |
$395.9 |
| 2 |
Wang Global |
$329.2 |
$.1 |
$329.3 |
| 3 |
Data General Corp. |
$139.4 |
$49.0 |
$188.4 |
| 4 |
LTX Corp. |
$85.9 |
$4.4 |
$90.3 |
| 5 |
Stone & Webster |
$49.3 |
$33.5 |
$82.8 |
| 6 |
Pioneer Group Inc. |
$27.0 |
$29.7 |
$56.7 |
| 7 |
GC Companies Inc. |
$43.3 |
$12.3 |
$55.5 |
| 8 |
PRI Automation Inc. |
$29.1 |
$22.3 |
$51.4 |
| 9 |
GenRad Inc. |
$9.1 |
$41.3 |
$50.4 |
| 10 |
CTC Communications Corp. |
$36.9 |
$4.4 |
$41.3 |
| Source: Nordby
International, Inc., Boulder, Co. |
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