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The income number might have been skewed as government statisticians try to make sense of the massive write-offs being recorded by banks.

Reliable sources inform us that the bank's second half results will disclose further losses and write- offs of bad debts.

Nor had they reached agreement on how steep the write-offs would be that holders of Greek debt might be required to take.

Massive capital infusions have failed to stem write-offs and losses, and financial firms are running out of options to escape the damage.

These days lenders are in a spin as they struggle to cope with write-offs, a regulatory crackdown and changes in consumer behaviour.

The regulation that long-lived asset write-offs are not permitted to be reversed can reduce overinvestment effectively.

Cumulative write offs The total amounts written off since operations began .

Lenders had to make write-offs, most of the new economy stocks proved valueless and many structured products became unmarketable.

Analyze company policies and assess compliance with the policies for minimizing inventory levels, reserves, and write-offs.

He thinks the ratio will revert to around 12% through a combination of lower interest rates, debt repayments and write-offs.

The implied profits exceed the $50bn-odd of subprime write-offs that global banks have announced so far.

Any write-offs or amortization of noncurrent items deducted on the income statement must be added back to net income .

Banks like UBS or Citigroup have had write-offs far beyond this, equivalent to 8-15% of risk-weighted assets.

Anecdotal evidence of misplaced investment and corruption make some fear eventual heavy write offs .

The decline was due in part to increased write-offs made by institutions in relation to personal bankruptcies.

Bad debt write- offs require many times their amount in additional sales before profit making starts again.

As a result, a secretary sat on important correspondence for over a month, jeopardizing a client's tax write-offs.

But if history is a guide, investors need not worry about unexpected goodwill write-offs this year.

There are rumors around the country that another big round of write-offs is imminent.

Bears note that bank profits are due in part to government support, which has reduced the need for write-offs.

Assuming all of the questionable loans go bad (a very unlikely occurrence in our view) write offs would total $230 billion.

Loans at least 30 days overdue, a leading indicator for write-offs, fell to 2. 7 percent.

Governments should insist on a level of capitalisation that allows for further write-offs.

In upswings banks are keen to extend loans because write-offs seem unlikely.

Review provision, write-offs and other adjustments immediately prior to month end.

and write-offs of such exposures are made according to standard policies and processes.

Write-offs on bank-held commercial-property loans rose sevenfold in 2008.

But what else do you call it when the president starts lobbying for more than $200 billion in tax write-offs for big business?

Write-offs are running at around 2% of banks' secured loans in America but close to zero in the euro zone and Britain.

What is more, it is becoming ever clearer that the big banks face a wave of write-offs on their loans.

the worry is that they are simply postponing inevitable repossessions in the hope of avoiding debt write-offs now.

He says he will think about Prof. Siegel's concern about the big write-offs.

this is related to the possible , larger mortgage loan write - offs during these months.

The S& P likely earned about $72 in 2008, before massive write-offs.