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Yahoo's Loss Breaks Pattern Among S&P 500 Stocks: David Wilson

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Yahoo! Inc. became an exception to the rule yesterday among members of the Standard & Poor's 500 index.

The company's shares dropped in each quarter of last year, and showed a 14 percent loss for this year through yesterday's close. The latest decline occurred after the owner of the most often-used Internet search service reduced its sales and earnings forecasts for the first quarter and 2001.