Sentence examples for intangible asset from inspiring English sources

Determining the actual value of this intangible asset is a difficult nut to crack.

Jacuzzi's intangible asset is the distribution network of a company it acquired.

AOL had pretax restructuring costs of $19 million and noncash intangible asset impairments of $25 million related to Patch.

Reputation is one such intangible asset; ask Mattel about its value, after its third recall of toys this summer.

UBS said it was carrying the PaineWebber brand on its balance sheet as an intangible asset worth $770 million.

Before the offering, the private equity firm used complex partnership structures to create large deductions for good will, a type of intangible asset.

And it allowed underfinanced plans to show an intangible asset -- G.M.'s is now $6.2 billion -- that made a bad situation look better than it was.

Yet United, which filed for bankruptcy protection yesterday, has an intangible asset as it struggles to ride out the crisis: the loyalty of its longtime business customers.

But absent a sale, either of the intangible asset or of the company that owns it, it is hard to fix a value for many such assets.

Such premiums are normally viewed as a cost of doing business, but Alliance considers them to be an intangible asset, which it amortizes over time.

Brand value, that intangible asset often finding its way on a company's balance sheet, is another important reason why CFOs must drive sustainability thinking throughout their organisations.