41.   Those gains offset a rise in machinery and steel shares amid hopes for an influx in capital spending.

42.   Those gains offset a rise in machinery and steel shares amid investor hopes for an influx in capital spending.

43.   Those rises were offset by cheaper package tours.

44.   While economists expect exports to continue growing this year, stronger imports will offset the rise, tempering increases in the surplus and trade tensions with the U.S.

45.   A drop in demand for gold for jewelry offset the rise in gold for investment, said Jill Leyland, a senior economist with the council.

46.   A fall in exports to Asia offset rises in shipments to the United States and the European Union.

47.   But a corresponding increase in the number of employed people offset the rise in jobless, keeping the unemployment rate flat from December, the official said.

48.   It said lower vegetable prices in June offset price rises for other commodities.

49.   The company said that strong sales growth helped offset a rise in fuel prices and the cost of integrating regional carriers.

50.   He said more people found work in the import and export business, restaurants and hotels and transport, offsetting a rise in unemployment in manufacturing and in construction.