BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : MARCH 29, 1999 ISSUE
COVER STORY

The Biggest Earnings Decline


BOTTOM TEN
(TWELVE-MONTH LOSS)

                                   MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
COMPAQ COMPUTER                       -$2743.0
MCI WORLDCOM                           -2540.0
NEXTEL COMM.                           -1518.9
SPRING PCS GROUP                       -1089.6
MOTOROLA                                -962.0
UNION PACIFIC RESOURCES GROUP           -883.1
WASTE MANAGEMENT                        -766.8
BLACK & DECKER                          -754.8
OWENS CORNING                           -666.0
ATLANTIC RICHFIELD                      -655.0


DATA: STANDARD & POOR'S COMPUSTAT, A DIVISION OF THE McGRAW-HILL COMPANIES


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