Word: forma
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Cisco has come under the lens, as have a slew of other tech companies, for its use of so-called pro forma earnings, which may leave out recurring expenses and are often referred to as "earnings before all the bad stuff." Last year Cisco asked investors to ignore a $2.2 billion charge for inventory loss, which most accountants consider to be a normal business expense rather than something extraordinary...
...dark tree behind her--a juniper, ginevra in the Italian of the day, her given name. Then, on the back of the panel, is the explanatory inscription. A branch of laurel and a palm frond--for glory and virtue--enclose a twig of juniper, with the inscription "Virtutem forma decorat" (Beauty adorns virtue...
...violation of privacy that most Americans would find objectionable. Beyond that, the system requires a degree of ethnic profiling that would be viewed here as bigoted. Even with the moderate traffic at Ben Gurion, the Israelis can't grill everyone at length. So Israeli Jews get only pro forma questions like "Who packed your bag?" Foreign Jews get a relatively light going over. Foreign Gentiles get half an hour or so. And Arabs, including Arab citizens of Israel, get a full inquisition...
...Amazon, having posted a loss in each of its five years in existence, may not know much about making money, but Bezos has promised investors a "pro-forma" profit (excluding debt payments and the like) by the end of 2001. No one doubts his company's skill at the e-tailing game - it's the game itself that has the shaky business model - and by now, Bezos must have learned pretty much all there is to know about how to squeeze every available penny to the utmost...
Last week, when the Senate opened for business, Democrat majority leader Tom Daschle whizzed through a half dozen apparently ceremonial and pro forma resolutions that were quickly approved by voice vote. Republican committee chairmen are angry that one of the floor resolutions Daschle got passed made Democrats chairmen of the committees until Jan. 20. The Republican chairmen didn't know that Daschle was offering the resolution because Lott apparently never alerted his committee chairmen that the Democrats would control their panels for 17 days. "Only Lott knew," says a GOP aide. "But he didn't pass...