Write-downs also artificially inflate accounting profitability metrics and can make companies with lots of write-downs look more profitable than companies with no write-downs.
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He was too dejected to write and had no support system to help him through that tough time.
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But as only Shakespeare could write it, no one would believe that on the most important game of the season this would be the one time they lose.
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The media has consistently picked on RIMM as having no developers write apps for their devices compared to Apple and Android.
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So no further write-downs, at least for the time being - and investors will be breathing a big sigh of relief.
Usha Chaumar was singled out for her amazing accomplishments: She can read and write now and is no longer doing the dirtiest of work.
In an editorial in the New England Journal, two other veterans of the Vioxx controversy--Bruce Psaty of the University of Washington and Curt Furberg of Wake Forest University--write that there is no clear reason to prescribe Avandia at all now.
Stocks were cheap in 1999, they write, and they were no more risky than bonds.
There is no way to write a six-page, narratively structured memo and not have clear thinking.
You should be able to write down your answer in no more than three sentences.
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Oshkosh bulls write that it has the No. 1 market share in many of its product categories.
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After all, I figure, if he has no time to write, it means he is involved in camp and having fun.
But some euro-zone policy makers feel they have heard these financial stability warnings before, not least over the Greek debt write-down, and no longer find them persuasive.
Despite all the concerns, Merrill Ross, an analyst at Friedman, Billings, Ramsey kept her outperform rating on the company, adding that there is no potential for write-downs from the announcement.
While the write-off would make no difference to a tax-exempt investor, a taxable investor in the 30% tax bracket would get an after-tax income stream comparable to another REIT yielding 7.14%, a substantial difference.
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And with the unpredictability this season has produced there's no need to write off either Button -- who has always been dogged by bad luck in his home grand prix -- or his fellow former world champion Hamilton.
The bank confirmed there was no likelihood of future write-downs, with exposure to further losses contained through risk management.
Needless to say, I had no clue how to write a BusinessWeek article.
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When I sat down to write up the results I had no idea that they might have quite such an impact.
It's no longer enough to write or say something and consign any responses to the letters page or occasional "have your say" programme.
Finally, Missy was able to get the checkbook away from dad and no one else could write checks for this blind man to sign.
The comfort of a patterned route is barred from you: you alone must write your next act, because no one can afford to hire you.
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However, due to the current economic volatility and pressure to be profitable, organizations can no longer afford to write a blank check for their marketing initiatives.
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