91.   Wells, like First Interstate, instituted hiring freezes late last year.

92.   Wells Fargo currently has hundreds of job vacancies because of a hiring freeze ordered last October, when it made its bid for First Interstate.

93.   Wells Fargo declined to detail where the cuts might occur, but it imposed an immediate hiring freeze yesterday.

94.   When supervisors put a hiring freeze on county departments, Arpaio sued.

95.   A citywide hiring freeze went into effect after the attacks, he said.

96.   A hiring freeze has also been implemented.

97.   A hiring freeze is in effect at the Hearst-owned newspaper.

98.   ABC News has had a hiring freeze in place since last fall, and any jobs that are vacated by attrition will not be filled, the executives said.

99.   After that announcement, the company began a voluntary retirement program, announced a hiring freeze and cut discretionary spending, but avoided immediate layoffs.

100.   Alitalia is expected to resume offering early retirement incentives and adopting hiring freezes.