AOL Time Warner made financial history in the States by announcing the biggest losses on record.
The firm, which pioneered the hit TV show Sex in the City, recorded a $45bn (£29bn) loss for the final three months of 2002 which left the company $98.7bn in the red for the year. The statement, which included the resignation of vice-chairman Ted Turner, was the largest loss in US corporate history.
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