**FILE** Employees get ready for the day at an H&R Block office, in this Feb. 22, 2007 file photo, in Salt Lake City, Utah. H&R Block Inc. on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2007 said its first-quarter loss ballooned as it struggled with its mortgage lending arm and said it is trying to renegotiate the sale of the unit. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac, file)