Word: offsetting
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...hotel prices could be stiff this summer. Yet an industry building boom has added almost half a million hotel rooms since 1997, outpacing demand in major U.S. cities. For instance, at the Comfort Suites in Seattle, rates are down by $5 to $10. But remember, low rates may be offset by increased parking and minibar prices...
...Boo.com was actually showing some small net earnings, but their paying customer base wasn't growing fast enough to offset the ravages of "cash burn." TIME technology writer Chris Taylor says the British-based company might have had a chance if it had controlled costs and taken one lesson from the Yanks: "Customer service," he says. "The Europeans don't really get that yet. Just as important as a flashy site is an effective support system, with real people manning real phones, making sure shopping online is actually better than shopping in a store. At Boo.com, it wasn...
Third-quarter goals by Christine Meiers, who had three in the game, and Magnuson were not enough to offset the Hawaiian punch of Lisa DeRossi. The Australian junior, who scored four goals three times over the course of the tournament, poured in two of her five in the third...
...such reports are too sketchy to prove that the long-dreaded bidding war on wages has begun. But they do indicate that employers will have to push harder than ever to raise productivity to offset the wage and benefit increases they will be forced to grant. The vastly underrated American work ethic that prompts the most oddly assorted people to snap up jobs when offered a chance has kept the boom boiling longer than anyone expected. But from now on, putting them on the payroll is less likely to be as cheap...
...Deal would be off to a roaring start. Governments need to establish "rules of the road" so that market prices reflect the real social costs of clear-cut forests and other environmental abominations. Again, such a shift could be revenue neutral. Higher taxes on, say, coal burning would be offset by cuts in payroll and profits taxes, thus encouraging jobs and investment while discouraging pollution. A portion of the revenues should be set aside to assure a just transition for workers and companies now engaged in inherently antienvironmental activities like coal mining...