Sentence examples for offset investments from inspiring English sources

Drugstore chain CVS said Wednesday that fourth-quarter earnings rose 12.2%, as healthy sales and a tax benefit helped to offset investments the company made to integrate recently acquired Eckerd stores.

Offset investments rarely make money, according to Mr Johnson.

Some companies try to offset investment write-downs with gains on appreciated bond holdings.

The capital allowances let companies to offset investment in plant, buildings and patents against corporation tax.

Many banks were now required to maintain higher levels of capital to offset investment risks like Kerviel's forward contracts.

If, for example, a firm was entitled to tax relief to offset investment in R&D, the rating would accommodate this – as long as these reasons were disclosed.

Labor wants to limit negative gearing to new housing from 1 July 2017 (while losses from new investments in shares and existing properties could still be used to offset investment income tax liabilities).

UBS, Switzerland's largest bank, said on Friday that it expected its second-quarter results to be "at or slightly below break-even" because of a tax credit that would at least partly offset investment losses.

For example, the special committee in its report said that a group of four partnerships that were purportedly used to offset investment risks of Enron were instead used to manipulate earnings of the company.

Although the plunging stock market has certainly alarmed officials, who worry that it could drive down tax collections while forcing the city to make larger contributions to the city's pension funds to offset investment losses, the mayor says that he is confident that his economic projections will more or less hold.

Quality of care may also decrease (e.g. greater waiting times, poor provider behaviour) with higher levels of utilisation, unless there are offsetting investments in staff and supplies.