QUES: The huge bottom-line loss stemmed from a 1.5 billion pound assets writedown , on top of a 3.5 billion first-half charge .

The huge bottom line loss stemmed from a 1.5 billion-pound asset writedown , on top of a 3.5 billion first-half charge .

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QUES: With the economy sluggish , producers have had a tough time trying to raise prices .

Economists said the report on wholesale prices showed producers were having a tough time trying to raise prices .

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QUES: Tenet has been under scrutiny since November , when former Chief Executive Jeffrey Barbakow said the company used aggressive pricing to trigger higher payments for the sickest Medicare patients .

In November , Jeffrey Brabakow , the chief executive at the time , said the company used aggressive pricing to get higher payments for the sickest Medicare patients .

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