41.   The charges were partly offset by gains from the sale of investments in the quarter, the company said in a statement.

42.   The company said it expects that any charge taken for its restaurant businesses would be offset by gains from selling company-owned restaurants to franchisees.

43.   The declines were offset by gains in automakers like Nissan Motor Co. and Honda Motor Co.

44.   The effects of weak economies and the strength of the dollar in Asia and Europe could be offset by gains in Latin America.

45.   The decline was partly offset by gains in health-care stocks.

46.   The drops in spending on food and clothing were offset by gains in spending on commuting and communications.

47.   The declines in benchmark stocks were offset by gains in telecommunications and power shares.

48.   The gain should offset some of the earnings decrease from the StrataCom acquisition, Cisco said.

49.   The gain will offset charges that analysts expect GE to take to reorganize some of its industrial businesses.

50.   The profit gains offset higher taxes.