11.   Gerstner has since cut costs, pushed new products and drove IBM to become a one-stop shopping center for computer buyers.

12.   Interstate Bakeries Corp. said fiscal third-quarter net income rose more than fivefold as the maker of Hostess cupcakes and Twinkies cut costs.

13.   It is a joint project of the two companies, a union of effort designed to take advantage of strengths peculiar to each of the partners and cut costs.

14.   Its shares have more than quadrupled since Kiewit bought in, as Kiewit cut costs and CalEnergy made acquisitions and built power plants worldwide.

15.   One of the ways the weather service cut costs was to defer training and equipment maintenance.

16.   Other banks, of course, cut costs, buy back stock and offer electronic services.

17.   The airlines would also be able cut costs by sharing ticket sales, fuel, catering and baggage handling.

18.   The bank cut costs, shed employees and expanded retail banking and insurance operations in the first half, said Caetano.

19.   The company has since cut costs and moved into emerging markets, particularly Asia.

20.   The challenge has been to cuts costs to keep the wells profitable.