(A) The large shareholders of the company decided to buy the shares of small shareholders. (B) The company is suffering loss for the last three quarters.

Directions: Below in each question are given two statements (A) and (B). These statements maybe either independent causes or may be effects of independent causes. One of these statements may be the effect of the other statement. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice - correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements .