11.   After decades of devotion to sales and size, mounting losses and an economic slowdown are forcing Korean firms to take steps to cut costs and streamline operations.

12.   After five years of streamlining operations and concentrating on existing plans, Kaiser changed its strategy and expanded in the East in April.

13.   Bowman intends to streamline operations and refocus the firm on investments in small- and medium-size technology companies.

14.   Businesses have been able to streamline their operations by introducing technology, in place of people, to hold labor costs down.

15.   But Shell hung back, preferring to streamline its operations, industry analysts said.

16.   But while GM keeps its brand names alive, it will, it hopes, streamline its operations.

17.   By bringing their dot-com divisions back home, though, the big retailers believe they can streamline their operations and improve customer service.

18.   Citicorp plans to streamline its operations in the coming months.

19.   CNN is expected to describe its own cuts as part of an effort to streamline newsgathering operations and to make TV and Internet staffs work as a cohesive unit.

20.   CNN is bracing for a major reorganization in which its operations will be streamlined, and many people will be laid off.