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Flying Monkey
What am I missing? This may have been covered already, but who's got it right. Or are they looking at two different numbers.
"On Tuesday Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines ( DAL - news - people ) said it narrowed its fourth-quarter losses to $25 million, or 3 cents' loss per share, compared with..." Forbes
"On Tuesday Delta reported financial results for the December quarter and the full year of 2009, with a net loss excluding special items for the December quarter of $225 million, or $0.27 per share...." The company
DONT FORGET TO ADD IN THESE NUMBERS TO FURTHER CONFUSE YOU 
Delta Air Lines Reports 2009 Financial Results - Yahoo! Finance
ATLANTA, Jan. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) today reported financial results for the December quarter and full year 2009. Key points include:
Delta's net loss excluding special items
(1) for the December 2009 quarter was $225 million, or $0.27 per share. This result is $285 million better than the prior year quarter on a combined basis
(2) excluding special items.
Delta's net loss was $25 million, or $0.03 per share, for the December 2009 quarter.
Delta's net loss for 2009 was $1.2 billion, including $169 million in special
items.
Excluding special items and $1.4 billion of fuel hedge losses, Delta's net profit for 2009 was $291 million.
Delta ended 2009 with $5.4 billion in unrestricted liquidity,
a $400 million increase year over year.
Delta continued its successful integration of Northwest Airlines and received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration for a single operating certificate at year end.