The fact is we take great heart from the statements of leaders of both parties in both houses who have made clear that default is not an acceptable option and will not happen and that Congress will act accordingly.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

And in such situations, the committee does and should place a great deal of reliance on the statements of the members.

CNN: AllPolitics - Ethics Transcript

Analyzing financial statements from banks requires a great deal of imagination and a lot of assumptions.

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Goldberg has stated that the defendants, Amiworld, Saito and Takahito et al, are trying to avoid providing financial statements (EBOA, ODIN, Great Voyages) that the lawsuit seeks to gain through discovery.

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Witness statements will have to be parsed with great care, especially where they appear to support Zimmerman's version of events.

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But within the company description and history, you can often discover all kinds of great tidbits of information that might not be included in the financial statements itself.

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While you might have great products, a uniquely skilled workforce and exclusive marketing partnerships, if your income statements and balance sheets are weak, then your value is limited.

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Clearly Bangladesh were so disappointing again - with the exception of Tamim Iqbal - that it's hard to make too many concrete judgements or bold statements, but what I have learned from this series is that Steven Finn is a bowler of great potential.

BBC: Jonathan Agnew column