11. The banks need profit margins high to continue writing off a pile of problem loans. 12. You can't write off a political pro like Reilly. 13. "When people write off a team off, I don't think they're talking from inside knowledge. 14. The lender will have to write off as losses the amount the borrower cannot repay. 15. But Bernson cautions against prematurely writing off a new burst of enthusiasm for a breakup. 16. This time, with industry sales booming, victory would be impossible to write off as just luck. 17. That left $ 1.9 billion worth of inventories and related assets to write off as worthless. 18. So there is a real motivation to write off as early and as much as possible. 19. Obviously, employers cannot write off a whole generation of workers as a passel of disloyal whiners. 20. Declining core profitability means banks can't afford to write off as much bad debt next year.
