"It's a white-collar crime, and prosecutors don't take them on because the dollar loss in each individual case does not meet their minimum requirement."

State and Federal authorities were still working to estimate the dollar loss.

In 2004, the city sold the property to Mills Corp. at a $20 million dollar loss.

Last year they recorded a 500 million dollar loss.

Donato is expected to lower the building at a million dollar loss.

Newspaper editorialists quoted the dollar loss that could be expected if the killer was not quickly caught.

"Huge dollar losses will begin mounting the day this plan becomes law because there just isn't enough money to pay for claims."

Also, if the market turns down, individual shares do not show as much of a dollar loss, often a psychological advantage.

Also, the loss to families separated from friends and community may far exceed the dollar loss in income.

It is also understandable that universities would fear the dollar loss connected to this proposal.