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- noun Plural form of
writedown .
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Examples
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Right now, the main reason that banks have been slow in taking the writedowns is because (IMO) a number of them would be out of business if they took the full hit.
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European banks have already raised $115 billion from investors to replenish capital after reporting $134 billion in writedowns, Goldman analysts led by Christoffer Malmer said in a note to clients today
Eschaton 2008
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The writedowns are the largest to be announced so far in the capital markets and LBO lending operations of the big U.S. banks, but the firm's shares rose 2.5%.
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The International Monetary Fund said four months ago that British and Eurozone banks were only about 40 percent through their writedowns, which is consistent with wider doubts lingering over the value of poorer quality properties on their balance sheets.
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Core earnings, which exclude costs such as writedowns and merger expenses, were 1.45 euros a share, beating the 1. 25-euro average estimate of 15 analysts surveyed by Bloomberg.
BusinessWeek.com -- 2010
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Core earnings, which exclude costs such as writedowns and merger expenses, were 1.45 euros a share, beating the 1. 25-euro average estimate of 15 analysts surveyed by Bloomberg.
BusinessWeek.com -- 2010
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Third-quarter profit rose to 2.47 billion euros ($3.41 billion), or 1.89 euros a share, excluding costs such as writedowns and merger expenses, from 2.27 billion euros, or 1.74 euros a share, a year earlier.
Sanofi-Aventis Raises Its 2010 Profit Forecast as Lovenox Resists Generics - Bloomberg 2010
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We've also reported on the spending reductions lawmakers made in this session to offset the $300 million in revenue "writedowns" projected by the state comptroller.
Blog updates 2009
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We've also reported on the spending reductions lawmakers made in this session to offset the $300 million in revenue "writedowns" projected by the state comptroller.
Blog updates 2009
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We've also reported on the spending reductions lawmakers made in this session to offset the $300 million in revenue "writedowns" projected by the state comptroller.
Blog updates 2009
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