Wold says a higher price point would provide a positive offset to increasing costs, in particular for any shift in what it pays the studios for access to their content.
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As I noted in my last post the market needed a super positive employment report to offset several other recent economic reports that indicate the economic recovery is slowing.
For U.S. investors, though, the currency headwinds cannot be ignored, as a continued slide by the euro toward par with the dollar could offset any positive gains in the short term.
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Based upon data from the paper, the cooling climate impact from the decrease in the average global cloud height more than offset the positive forcing from an increase in greenhouse gases from human activities in the last decade.
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"We agree with the FCC that the goal is to keep all customers happy, but we are concerned that prescriptive and costly rules that limit the creative offerings and competitive nature of the industry may threaten to offset these positive trends, " the group said in a statement e-mailed to CNN.
Eleven consecutive quarters of positive GDP growth have been offset by the level of slack still in the economy.
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That positive long-term news is partially offset in the short run by shifts in the production landscape, where the rapid advances and lower costs achieved by some firms have outflanked many others.
In economics it is axiomatic that positive and negative current account balances will ultimately be offset by changes in relative currency valuations.
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But a preponderance of evidence has shown that there are no positive effects on employment of low-skilled workers that offset the negative effects from an increase in the minimum wage.
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Housing starts in Canada did come in about 4K less than expected at 189K. While on the surface this may seem like less than positive news, the fact that the previous report was revised upward by 6K easily offset any ill effects of the expectations miss.
The company highlighted the positive aspects of pricing actions and product cost reduction, but both of these were more than offset by higher costs for materials and labor.
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Higher fuel prices were offset by cost control efforts, an increase in capacity and revenue yields that turned positive for the first time since late 2008, Arison commented.
Both developments put a more positive spin on Germany as a business location than it has enjoyed for a while, and offset somewhat the news that during June the business climate index measured by the Ifo Institute for Economic Research fell by an unexpectedly dramatic 1.4 points.
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