111.   It is true that stock prices initially suffer when a company cuts its payout and immediately gain when there is an increase.

112.   Iverson said shipments are up this year at Nucor, whose mills have expanded production even as the company cut prices.

113.   Japanese companies have cut costs by reducing payrolls and asking subcontractors to slash prices.

114.   Jane Norris is a junior clerical worker, one of the categories the company is cutting deeply.

115.   Johnson said the company had also cut spending on airline travel and administrative costs.

116.   Japanese companies have cut costs, retooled plants and moved expensive factories overseas.

117.   Kato says he still likes the stock because the company has cut costs and owns valuable land and shares.

118.   Konolige said the competitive future for utilities is approaching at a slow pace while the companies have cut costs faster than revenues have fallen.

119.   Large companies will cut jobs for at least five more years, he said.

120.   Last month the company cut its quarterly dividend in half, and left open the possibility that it could be slashed again.