And in a sign that colleagues are taking to mean that the suicide was premeditated, the bishop ended the letter by saying that "dedicated persons do not countthecost of the sacrifices they have to offer".
Count IBM in as one of the many companies looking to skyrocket thecost of our future cars, er, protect our lives by developing must-have active safety systems that are sure to become the standard fare in vehicles of the future.
The banks get to deduct the "dividends" of their trust-preferred stock as interest expense (thus lowering the after-tax cost of borrowing) and get tocount it as capital.