Sentence examples for business offset from inspiring English sources
Should a business offset its carbon emissions?
I.B.M. reported solid quarterly sales and profits yesterday, matching Wall Street's expectations, as the performance of its services business offset weakness in hardware and software.
Lockheed Martin added 88 cents, to $54.38, as its information technology business offset a slumping space division, helping the company post a 41percentt jump in earnings.
Utilities group Pennon has seen a strong performance at its South West Water business offset disappointing results from Viridor, its waste-management division.
The agricultural processor Archer Daniels Midland said its fiscal first-quarter profit rose 9percentt as improved results at its oilseed-processing business offset higher corn prices.
(AP) — The health insurer Humana posted a 44 percent increase in fourth-quarter profit on Monday as membership in its government-sponsored Medicare Advantage business offset a slumping commercial segment that was dragged down by the sluggish economy.
PARIS — BNP Paribas, the large French bank, reported Thursday a profit for the third quarter that easily topped expectations, as strong growth in its consumer banking and investment management businesses offset a decline in commercial and investment banking.
Wells Fargo & Company, one of the nation's largest banks, said yesterday that its profit rose 11percentt in the third quarter as increased lending to consumers and businesses offset declining revenue from mortgages.
Strengthening revenue in Time Warners networks and filmed entertainment businesses offset weakening sales in its publishing business.
A package of measures announced by the Bank of England earlier this month, including an interest rate cut to 0.25%, was widely seen as an important safety net for households and businesses, offsetting warnings of an impending recession and rising joblessness.
Killinger argues that the origination business offsets some of the volatility in the profits from the loan portfolio.
