That leaves a generous assortment of tax incentives available to all types of companies, like Electronic Arts, with skilled accounting departments.
In recent weeks, the rich assortment of tax incentives, federal guarantees and loans, and pure pork in the Kerry-Graham-Lieberman bill had begun to tempt so much of corporate America to the trough that they might have whipped the reluctant Republicans into passing it.
More recently, one programme in the Employment Retention and Advancement demonstration in the United States (Texas ERA) provided both financial incentives and a rich assortment of pre- and post-employment services to encourage stable employment.
Instead, he spoke of "incentives".
Morgan Stanley, for instance, sponsors a fund of funds, Liquid Markets Fund I, that puts investors' money into an assortment of hedge funds that each impose one-way incentive fees (plus annual management fees).
The early retirement program, one of an assortment of budget measures proposed by the governor, would have offered incentives to 17,000 of the state's 75,000 employees.
Under the incentive plan at Iscare, nurses can choose from an assortment of cosmetic surgical procedures, ranging from a €1,425 tummy tuck to a €1,300 face lift, in return for signing a three-year contract.
A motley assortment of enterprises reopened.
(Jay Russell plays an assortment of other roles).
