21.   The improvement comes as New York-based Omnicom cuts costs and makes acquisitions that are adding to its share of the global advertising and public relations industry.

22.   The merger comes as Swiss banks cut costs at home and expand abroad in a bid to raise returns for shareholders.

23.   The merger is the latest sign of an industry pushing toward consolidation in an effort to meet new competition, cut costs and deal with sluggish life insurance sales.

24.   The system cuts fuel costs, labor costs, interstate truck traffic and pollution, proponents say.

25.   This has put great pressure on utilities to find merger partners so that they can increase the size of their service areas and cut costs.

26.   This is the latest in a string of moves by companies to broaden their animal health product offering and cut costs by acquiring other businesses.

27.   Until last month, oil-service stocks had surged for about two years as new technology cut exploration costs.

28.   USX-U.S. Steel Group said second-quarter earnings more than tripled as the largest U.S. steelmaker cut costs and increased production amid strong demand.

29.   When revenues are flat, many corporate chiefs now look to combine with similar businesses in order to dominate markets and cut costs by eliminating overlapping operations.

30.   Why then, when baseball owners, concerned about over-expansion of their product, decide to scale back and cut costs are faced with growing public contempt?