Project delays in Algeria offset increases in the United Kingdom, and will continue to produce price strains in the next quarter.
But IDC expects solid growth in software to offset weakness in hardware.
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Bank bosses claim such diversification has another advantage: good years in one business offset bad years in another.
Growth of output in the manufacturing sector was only moderate, while a marginal rise in new orders offset the fall in new business reported by the service sector.
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The UN reckons that total production of cocaine in the Andes has declined somewhat since 2005, with a fall in Colombia partly offset by rises in Peru and Bolivia.
It requires a big rise in circulation to offset that drop in ad revenue, and few popular broadsheet papers are likely to get the same boost as the Independent, which has a relatively small and young readership.
The revisions offset each other, continuing the recent pattern in which the slowdown in housing is being offset by the pickup in nonresidential construction.
The problem is that better-than-expected performance in Japan was offset by disappointing demand in Europe.
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"It shows the role of federal support programs in helping offset the loss of wages, " said Steven Cochrane, an economist at Moody's Analytics.
An alternative would be to establish a position in one platinum contract with an offset in a miNY gold futures contract that also is 50 ounces.
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The city has invested heavily in trying to attract more technology companies, in part to offset stagnant job growth in more traditional local industries such as finance and law.
Conclusions: as social unrest continues in MENA, and high demand from emerging markets keep the markets tense, Saudi Arabia will have to step in to offset supply constraints. (Read Oil Services Will Gain From Saudi Production Hike).
The 5% increase in average selling price of NAND Flash in Q1 2013 offset 9% volume decline in NAND.
Robust sales in Asia were offset by weaker sales growth in the U.S. and Europe during the holiday sales period, the company said.
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The BRC acknowledged this, but said that the net effect of the Games was minimal as "lower footfall in London was offset by a better performance in the rest of the country".
First, can spending reductions or revenue increases in the program offset spending increases or revenue reductions in other programs?
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According to China observer Shaun Rein, the country is already in a labor shortage, which began during the Great Recession, as many American and European companies stepped up investment in China to offset a sales slow-down in their home markets.
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Growing consumption for jewelry in India and China offset softer demand in Western nations.
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In an attempt to offset the decline in foreign sales, India has been trying to boost its domestic consumption to sustain growth.
Not to be forgotten, the recent and continuing reduction in coal use in America will be offset by increases in coal exports.
Qantas has been shifting its focus on increasing its share of the domestic market in a bid to offset the decline in its international operations.
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Worse, in a bid to offset the decline in music sales, companies raised the price of their CDs, which only increased the incentive to download them illegally.
As a result, Thailand's government implemented various steps to help stoke domestic demand in an attempt to offset the decline in exports and sustain growth in the economy.
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"To keep prices stable, the Fed must see to it that the quantity of money changes in such a way to offset movements in velocity and output, " he wrote in this newspaper in 2003.
They have also changed House rules to ensure that all increases in spending are offset by commensurate cuts, rather than increases in tax.
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As the Tax Policy Center demonstrated, there simply are not enough deductions to eliminate in order to offset the gross tax savings resulting from a reduction in the top rate to 28%.
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"Our solid performance in North America was offset by continued challenges in Europe, " said chief Andrew Mason.
If done right, gains in most assets will more than offset losses in a few.
Between 1994 and 2005, he found, any rise in income inequality was offset by a decline in prices of goods consumed by poorer households.
Although its services and printing business are doing well, the company is not able to show enough growth in these areas to offset it abysmal showing in its low margin areas.
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