And the exchanges do well, too, because they can offset the fall in fees by higher volumes.
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From a shareholder's viewpoint this is dreadful, because profits in one subsidiary cannot be offset by losses in another.
However, the true magnitude of the risk exposure was distorted because the positions had been offset in our systems with fictitious, forward-settling, cash ETF positions, allegedly executed by the trader.
Foreign exchange (or Forex) investing is the solution to market risk because you can offset your losses in the stock or bond market with your gains in the Forex market.
Ripple's grateful for the boom -- in part because it helps the firm offset pro-bono work.
This is being offset, in part, because Bluetooth released a new version 4.0 in 2012, which significantly reduces energy needs.
And Americans are seeing smaller paychecks this year because of an increase in Social Security taxes, which could offset any benefits from stronger hiring.
The total value of Japan's economic output measured in yen did not increase at all between 1991 and 2011, because increases in the volume of output during the two decade period were entirely offset by falling prices.
Ad revenue also went up, by 2.5 percent, because of higher rates, though that was offset by lower ratings and reductions in content licensing revenue.
They said the reduction in demand in the U.S. because of reduced income and altered diets is being offset by emerging market demand.
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Doctors' salaries are so high not only because of supply and demand but also to offset the amounts they have to invest in education and in malpractice insurance.
Leading executives have complained bitterly that the new approach will paint a misleading picture of corporate finances because firms will have to report swings in the value of their derivatives even though those swings will eventually be offset by changes in their underlying business.
The Affordable Care Act reflects the logical continuation of a decades-long drift toward Washington dominating our lives: not logical as in likely to succeed but logical because, rather than scuttle past failures, Congress has often spawned new funding to offset what prior spending forays merely squandered.
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