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  • It called the cost-cutting plan an important part of a reorganization plan that will be presented in more detail at a future creditors' meeting.

    Saab Auto Wins Creditor Protection Jens Hansegard 2011

  • Republicans have targeted both agencies for cost-cutting.

    Federal Budget 2012: What to watch for Ed O 2011

  • NEW YORK — The wave of exchange mergers that has surged forth this week could make trading cheaper, thanks to potential cost-cutting in the lucrative fields of technology and market data.

    Exchange Mergers Hold Potential for Lower Data Fees Kristina Peterson 2011

  • The second-largest U.S. beer maker by revenue said Thursday that fourth-quarter profit rose 41% thanks to cost-cutting, but sales volumes remained sluggish because of high unemployment.

    MillerCoors Profit Rises 41% on Lower Costs David Kesmodel 2011

  • "The corporate plant contract has been cancelled due to recent cost-cutting measures," says the memo to staff at the Department for Communities.

    Hugh Muir's diary 2011

  • So certain companies will start to look through that and investors can then start focusing more on the positive fundamentals, such as earnings visibility, the quality of the earnings—not just cost-cutting but from revenue generation and top-line growth.

    Pharma Edges Toward 'Patent Cliff' Sten Stovall 2011

  • He said Caterpillar was offering to advise the governor on cost-cutting based on the company's own experience chopping pay and laying off workers during the 2008-09 recession.

    Caterpillar Urges Illinois to Roll Back Tax Increases James R. Hagerty 2011

  • BERKELEY, Calif. — California reinstated three teams Friday that were slated to be eliminated in a cost-cutting move after an aggressive fundraising campaign to keep the programs, while going ahead with plans to get rid of the baseball and men's gymnastics teams.

    Cal Reinstates 3 Sports, But Baseball Is Gone The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

  • David Cameron was urged to meet cancer charities after he insisted he would press ahead with welfare reforms which will see thousands of seriously ill people lose up to £100 in benefits as part of a wider cost-cutting measure.

    Miliband puts Cameron under pressure over benefit cuts for seriously ill 2011

  • BERKELEY, Calif. — California reinstated three teams Friday that were slated to be eliminated in a cost-cutting move after an aggressive fundraising campaign to keep the programs, while going ahead with plans to get rid of the baseball and men's gymnastics teams.

    Cal Reinstates 3 Sports, But Baseball Is Gone The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

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