losing money

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While SpaceX dominates at its core businesses of rocket launches and satellite internet, xAI was losing money and had few customers when it was acquired.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 17, 2026

Prediction market users trade on the outcome of future events, making money if they’re correct and losing money if they’re wrong.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2026

The strategy combines a standard spread—buying one put and selling another with a lower strike—with selling a cash-secured put, which limits the risk of losing money if stocks advance.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

There again, we don’t really know how many people are losing money to fraud, because so many don’t report it.

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

We worked and worked and worked, but no matter how many hours we put in, the business kept losing money.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah