Last year, Intel sold much of its stock to take a loss and offset a big gain it had in another investment.
If you were counting on that loss to offset gains you made this year, however, you need to make sure to play by the rules.
In this case, it would be advantageous to capture that loss to offset gains by replacing it with a similar asset, as per IRS rules.
On land, the huge patterns of habitat loss have been offset by gains in food production.
The primary reason for the slide was the lost Express Scripts user-base though the loss was partially offset by higher incidence of flu and calendar day shifts within the period.
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To be sure, lawmakers can always think of ways to offset the loss in revenue.
This will also help to offset the loss of sales from old-style industry reservation systems.
After the Fukushima Daiichi meltdown, the country has imported more LNG to offset the loss in atomic power generation.
So even if WellPoint loses the local connection to customers, it could offset the loss by being the cheapest option.
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New foreign investment in manufacturing has helped offset the loss of jobs in traditional industries in shipbuilding, steel and coal in the 1980s.
"It shows the role of federal support programs in helping offset the loss of wages, " said Steven Cochrane, an economist at Moody's Analytics.
Pittsburgh also made some noise before the deadline by acquiring center Jussi Jokinen from the Carolina Hurricanes to help offset the loss of Crosby.
Since 1999, the rise in the value of Americans' homes has more than offset the loss on their shares and the latter have also recovered about half their losses.
From a tax perspective, this loss can either be offset against other property income in the same year, or carried forward indefinitely to be relieved against future property income.
The inflated partnership interest is then sold at a loss and the phony loss is used to offset a real gain from the sale of appreciated stock or other assets.
This will mean losing lower-skilled jobs, but that loss will eventually be offset by a gain in higher-paid jobs as British firms specialise further in higher-value and more innovative services.
Discussing her tax-cut proposal, Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin said the reduction in personal income tax will help offset the loss residents saw with the rise in the federal payroll tax.
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The loss is only real if you decide to sell the bond before it matures, therefore forgoing the future coupon payments that would offset the loss in principal, and lock in that sales price below par.
There is every reason to believe that the current state of the economy has, in fact, been substantially contributed to by a net trade imbalance and the reliance on consumer debt to offset the loss of manufacturing.
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One of the simplest ways would be to eliminate payroll taxes, which would lower the cost of labor in the US by roughly 17 percent and offset that loss of revenues with taxes on materials, energy, pollution, and land.
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In a bid to offset the loss of production at Kozloduy and restore its position as a major power exporter in the Balkans, Bulgaria revived plans for a second nuclear power plant, though these were later put on hold because of a lack of funds.
But they'd love to offset their expected loss in the neighboring 1st congressional district.
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Growth in pain drug Lyrica, however, will partly offset the revenue loss due to patent expiries.
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But, the initial signs are that the gains will also be largely offset by the loss of Champions League revenue next season.
Chelsea offset the away loss to Shakhtar with a winner from substitute Victor Moses who scores to make it 3-2 four minutes into added time.
It just seems like making Starcraft free to play would be Blizzard giving away their product with no ideas of how to offset the revenue loss.
Humira will remain a solid contributor, but if new products threaten its standing Abbott has several late-stage pipeline opportunities that could offset any possible loss in Humira sales.
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"The only good sign on jobs for the year has been that state and local governments have been adding jobs, which only mildly offset the great loss in the private sector, " Frank said.
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Although the banks have been raking in loan-arrangement fees, Edward Najarian, an analyst at Merrill Lynch, thinks that these have been partially offset by the loss of servicing fees on the older loans.
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However, Mr Speaker, I can bring forward a proposal for this year that will offset the average loss and which will provide financial support more fairly, quickly and efficiently than any one-off rebate scheme - providing we legislate for it now in this year's Finance Bill.
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