Mattel immediately recorded a $275 million pretax charge against operations as a result of the acquisition.

Outside of official protests, the only other option that I see is direct action against American operations within our borders.

But these improvements, bought on credit, are a charge against future operations.

But it must once again learn to raise its voice against Israeli settlement expansions and provocative military operations.

Some doctors, however, criticized the bill, saying that its strict conditions would make it difficult to overcome the longstanding taboo against such operations here.

To reduce a company's cost and expenses, warehousing management is carrying the valuable role against operations.

Other services, such as homeland security and actions against drug-trafficking operations, are becoming increasingly important.

But perhaps the best guardians against unnecessary operations are patients themselves.

When implemented consistently, this strategy saw some success against Roman operations.

The company took a pretax charge of $29.5 million against discontinued operations during the fiscal year just ended.