03:49 PM EST - Loblaw Cos. : posted a fourth-quarter loss of $756 million Thursday and booked its first annual loss in 19 years after a big writedown related to its Provigo stores in Quebec. Canada's largest supermarket chain said Thursday that quarterly losses per share were $2.76 for the period ended Dec. 30, from a year-earlier profit of $201 million, or 73 cents per share. Sales rose to $6.8 billion from $6.6 billion. Loblaw Cos.
shares T.L are trading off 29 cents at $47.56.
