No matter which star NBC eventually chose as host of the "Tonight" show, the network would end up in the minus column: down one star from its current, hugely profitable late-night lineup.

Travel Industry Association figures did not put air travel out of the minus column until May.

A late flurry of selling pushed the stock market into the minus column yesterday in a relatively active session.

Biting 'the Ultimate Bullet' Westinghouse Electric lost $1.7 billion on its financial-services businesses last year, dragging its overall results deep into the minus column, and investors were not amused.

"I'd say, as far as the game goes, old friend, you're in the minus column."

Indeed, three such stocks - Chevron, General Motors and Caterpillar - nudged the Dow into the minus column.

"We are in the minus column now," she said, laughing.

So already he was one in the minus column as far as Tia was concerned.

And the next year, the investment would still be in the minus column with a value of $3,887.

In the minus column, Erik Rucker seems to be saying that the new Jet engine won't be redistributable.