Canadian Oil Sands Ltd. COSWF 1.48 % , the largest stakeholder in the Syncrude oil-sands consortium, on Thursday swung to a net loss and posted a sharply lower operating profit in its latest quarter due to falling production volumes and a slump in crude oil prices. The Calgary-based company reported a net loss of 174 million Canadian dollars ($132 million), or 36 Canadian cents a share, for the three months ended Sept. 30, compared with a net profit of C$87 million, or C$0.18 a share, in the year-earlier period. It said that came partly from a C$184 million foreign exchange loss linked to U.S. dollar-denominated debt due to a weaker Canadian currency. Cash flow from operations, which is adjusted to exclude one-time items, slid 73% to C$82 million, or C$0.17 a share, down from C$302 million, or C$0.62 per share, a year ago. Canadian Oil Sands blamed […]