 Shares of Cheesecake Factory Inc. CAKE, -4.69 dropped more than 10 in the extended session Tuesday after the restaurant chain surprised investors with a quarterly loss and sales that were below Wall Street expectations, saying that inflation and higher costs continued to eat away at its operations. Cheesecake Factory lost 2.4 million, or 5 cents a share, in the fiscal third quarter, swinging from earnings of 33 million, or 64 cents a share, in the year-ago period. 