Over 700,000 homes and businesses lost power from the event.

At least 2,500 homes and businesses had lost power because of the storm.

More than 300,000 homes and businesses lost power - a million people.

Some businesses are losing 10 to 20 percent of their work force each year.

The number does not take into account lost business or other economic costs.

The situation got so bad that the business lost customers.

But with the business losing so much money recently, his dream had been out of the question.

By this standard, American business lost ground steadily from the mid-1960's until just recently.

The business has sales of around £40m a year, but was losing money.

But they are rare today, and it is not because business has lost interest in the subject.