intangible

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U.S. accounting rules for intangible assets have been subject to criticism for potentially understating their true value or sometimes excluding some internally developed assets entirely.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 18, 2026

"But at the same time, we are stable, we are predictable. We are reliable and we are trusted, and these are intangible assets that others would die to have."

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

A new U.S. accounting standard approved in 2024 will require companies to disaggregate quarterly expenses into five specific categories, including depreciation, amortization of intangible assets, and employee compensation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

The U.S. pioneered a foreign minimum tax by adopting the global intangible low-taxed income regime in its 2017 tax reform.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026

There was no escaping, none, from these spongy intangible fingers that pulled him on, on, on, irresistibly insistent, coaxing, maternal.

From "Beowulf: A New Telling" by Robert Nye