Page A16 FROM THE BUSH PLAYBOOK Over the next year, President Obama will try to exploit social and national security issues to offset his economic vulnerabilities.
WASHINGTON - The last time an incumbent president faced re-election, George W. Bush exploited social and national security issues to offset his economic vulnerabilities.
The value in the swaps won't be there for Raptor, so once again Enron will issue stock to offset these losses.
Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister, has repeatedly raised the issue, apparently to offset any claims for compensation from the Palestinians uprooted in 1948, 750,000 of whom fled abroad and 150,000 of whom were displaced within what became Israel.
The impasse ended when the Federal Emergency Management Agency found enough money to make it through the 2011 fiscal year — which ended on Friday — allowing Congress to sidestep the issue of whether to offset an immediate infusion of cash to the agency.
Because of the lower relative cost of debt-like instruments compared to capital instruments, banks preferred to issue hybrid capital to offset the increase in risk-weighted assets during the expansion period, which deteriorated the quality of regulatory capital.
However, we were aware of this issue, and attempts to offset bias were made by snowballing out from initial contacts and by including open discussion questions in the telephone survey which reached less involved stakeholders.
He said Cablevision would be "issuing a rebate to offset the loss of these additional games," but did not say how the rebate would work.
Governments in countries with their own currency just need to issue more sovereign debt to offset the desirable decline in bank debt.
But colleges, high schools and club teams may be forced to consider severe measures in the face of liability issues, like raising fees to offset higher premiums; capping potential damages; and requiring players to sign away their right to sue coaches and schools.
