51.   The less the company writes off now, the more goodwill, an intangible asset, the company must add to its balance sheet.

52.   The plan would revise Alternative Minimum Tax rules to allow some companies to write off the value of an asset faster.

53.   The plumbing and air-conditioning company wrote down the assets of businesses in Canada, Mexico and France that performed poorly but were still running.

54.   Under these compacts, a company like IBM writes contracts with competitors, like Hitachi.

55.   Weinbach urged lawmakers to change the tax laws to allow companies to write off more of the money that goes into worker pensions.

56.   Will the company simply write a check to the government?

57.   He said he would file a lawsuit against the ruling-party officials who showed copies of checks his company allegedly had written.

58.   Mandatory vehicle insurance was canceled several years ago when it became difficult to find companies to write insurance.

59.   Some large companies already have written agreements or offer guidelines to telecommuting employees setting up home offices in recognition of this responsibility.

60.   The agreement means the two companies will jointly write documents for running their products on networked computer systems and co-sponsor forums and training sessions for customer technicians.