Passage: Price Stern Sloan Inc. said it hired an investment banking firm to assist in evaluating restructuring or merger alternatives and reported a net loss of $8.1 million, or $2.14 a share, for the third quarter ended Sept. 30. These results compare with net income of $1.8 million, or 44 cents a share, for the corresponding period last year.
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