NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hess Corporation (NYSE: HES) today reported an adjusted net loss, which excludes items affecting comparability, of $279 million or $0.98 per common share, for the first quarter of 2015 compared with adjusted net income of $446 million or $1.38 per share in the first quarter of 2014. Lower realized selling prices reduced adjusted net income by approximately $700 million, after-tax compared with the prior-year quarter. In addition, first quarter 2015 results benefitted