At Bank of America, just to continue the example, fourth-quarter profits were down 95% over the previous year, after write offs for credit exposures, trading losses and rising credit costs.
The former number is big because banks are thriving in the low-interest rate environment, but the latter is small or minus because it comes after the write-offs of bad loans.
Italy's Generali cut its dividend 56% after taking large write-downs on its Greek bond portfolio and other assets.
After agreeing to write the libretto, Mr. Shanley went to see "The Marriage of Figaro" at the Metropolitan Opera.
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After a fan write-in campaign, DC revised the issue numbers to reflect the original starting date of the title, resulting in the next issue being numbered 600.
Aurore started to write after the break-up of her marriage to Baron Casimir Dudevant with whom she had two children: Maurice, in 1823, and Solange in 1828.
While there are recent signs that some large institutional investors are warming again to high-risk real-estate funds, many of the biggest remain sour on them after suffering big write-downs.
His victory was challenged after newspapers reported that he could not read or write - but after he passed a basic literacy test, a judge in Sao Paulo ruled that he could take up his seat.
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And your employer can find damaging things you write even after you delete them.
Smart people will learn to read and write, after which success is a function of working hard and smart.
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Mobile phone giant Vodafone has suffered a half-year loss after being forced to write down the value of its operations in Italy and Spain.
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After all, writers write for readers to read their work.
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"When I first started making a lot of money, I really became frustrated with the fact that all I did was write cheque after cheque to this or that charity without really feeling like it was a part of me, " she told America's Newsweek magazine.
Love was inspired to write the music after visiting the slums of Rio de Janeiro.
Somone, after all, had to write the code to enable it to do what it does.
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When she began to write, shortly after the war had ended, it was hard to get hold of cream, let alone capers.
It does not help that insurers have lost their appetite for insuring private equity, after some well-publicised write-downs on banks' private-equity portfolios.
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In my next blog I will write about life after the end of life of a product and how it can be a powerful solution to reducing waste and curtailing pollution.
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Once the hoopla dies down, Goldman Sachs will move on and Greg Smith - no doubt after clinching a deal to write a book that will Blow The Lid Off What We Knew Anyway - will too.
Lisa Murkowski, who is running a write-in campaign after losing in the Republican primary to Mr. Miller.
After all, if you could write off all the things that can go wrong in your life, you certainly would.
After the exams Nausieda would either write up or sign off on the diagnoses, the vast majority of which were manganese-induced Parkinson's.
By letting Ann Lurie write the philanthropic checks after he was gone, moreover, Bob Lurie lowered his family's tax payments a bit.
Mr Hoon disregarded both this and Mr Howard's advice that he should write to the committee after his evidence clarifying the position.
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The most helpful security information, however, is the references that hosts and guests are encouraged to write about each other after every rendezvous.
"Our work shows that sellers into buying climaxes and buyers into selling climaxes are right about 80% of the time after four months, " they write.
Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, had been the only one, but was forced to resign her post when she decided to run as a write-in candidate after losing her GOP primary.
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