To date, OPEC's cutbacks in supply have been far too small to offset the decrease in demand.
Lenovo's nascent efforts selling to consumers and small companies in emerging markets like India and Brazil, and in rich countries like the U.S., were simply too small to offset the damage.
The use of ethanol has offset a small amount of oil consumption, but it has also contributed to sharp increases in food prices that have led to hunger demonstrations, and in some cases, riots, from Haiti to Egypt.
However, the condition may be offset by eating small amounts regularly, drinking lots of fluids, resting exercising and avoiding foods that make the woman feel nauseous.
School-aid advisers say the strategy helps both parents and children, since the kids get valuable experience while earning a small salary that can help offset tuition or other expenses.
Instead of the normal two years, small businesses are now allowed to offset their losses during this downturn against the income they've earned over the last five years.
As reported on May 2 in a Forbes.com article, " Rich College Kids: Take A Tax Hike, " Congress wants children and college students who come from wealthier families to pay more taxes to offset tax breaks given to small businesses.
Last summer, when temperatures climbed to the low 100s, they used a small air-conditioning unit but offset much of its energy use with the solar panels soaking up the Arizona sun.
In the legislation, the kiddie tax is considered to be an offset provision for tax breaks given to small businesses, but there is more to the story.
The small growth in the smokeless division is not nearly enough to offset the hemorrhage in mainstay cigarettes.
Its offset presses (mechanical structures the size of two small cars) are used to churn out millions of pages of magazines, catalogs and annual reports.
The idea is that e-commerce is a such a powerful economic engine that any short-term tax revenue drop would be offset by greater economic growth and the creation of more small businesses, more jobs, higher incomes, greater income tax collection and, ultimately, a larger tax base.
Already, small business owners are taking advantage of the new health care tax credit that can offset as much as 35 percent of the cost of covering their employees.
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That equated to a small rise in disposable income during those months, which may have just done enough to offset the current rise in gasoline prices.
Small businesses are more dependent on external sources of financing because they have less ability to offset their exposure to financial crises through hedging and have less access to the bond markets, he said.
Though there are some notable exceptions, most of them have small budget deficits (another change from the past), so they can boost spending to offset weaker exports if need be.
Even in North America, it has been trying to push up prices of its small cars like the Focus and Fiesta by loading them with premium features in a bid to offset lost profits from slower-selling SUVs.
The company is working to "offset" the potential impact, "including obtaining from MasterCard and Visa rates for small dollar transactions, " Coinstar said.
Its fearsome levels of organisation and conformity are offset by a relaxed, outdoorsy culture, and the openness that goes with being a small, maritime country.
The company also said it plans to offset the mine-job cuts by creating the same number of jobs focused on housing and small business development in areas, including Rustenburg.
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