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The law effectively eliminated the old 10% Investment Tax Credit (some of you may still remember those days) as well as the old longer term depreciation, with a new, more attractive shorter recovery period, referred to as the Modified Asset Cost Recovery System (MACRS).

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These relocation expenses are associated with accelerated depreciation of property and equipment, incremental rent during a transition period (the move will occur in the second quarter), and payments related to terminating leases for certain floors in existing buildings.

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Earnings before interest taxes depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) grew at an 85% clip in the six-month interim period ended in June 2005.

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