Pulte Homes 4Q Loss Widens Amid Slowdown

``In the three months ended Dec. 31, the home builders net loss expanded to $874.7 million, or $3.46 per share, from a loss of $8.4 million, or 3 cents per share, during the same period a year earlier. The report came after the close of trading Wednesday, when shares fell $1.28, or 8.6 percent, to $13.57. The most recent quarter included $543.3 million of charges for inventory, land and goodwill impairment.''