Its losses narrowed in the first half of 1988, to $50 million.

Its loss narrowed by 7 percent, to $1.37 billion from $1.46 billion in the period a year earlier.

The loss narrowed from $162 million a year earlier.

Digital also announced that its loss for the year had narrowed substantially.

For the first six months of 1997, the loss narrowed to $66.9 million, while sales rose to $236.8 million.

The loss narrowed slightly from the second quarter a year earlier, when the company posted a deficit of $73.9 million.

Cablevision's loss narrowed to $63 million in the third quarter as sales increased 20 percent from the same period a year ago.

The company's net loss narrowed to $6.3 million, from $14.7 million in the second quarter of 1997.

Revlon also reported that its loss last year narrowed to $154 million from $287 million in 2002.

The loss for the third quarter narrowed considerably compared with the same period a year earlier, but was still larger than Wall Street had expected.