1.   Argentina has already suffered through four years of recession and large budget cuts to meet its debt payments.

2.   Some old-growth trees would be cut to meet that target, but about two-thirds of them would be preserved.

3.   The dollar has a better chance of holding its gains if the Bundesbank cuts German interest rates at its biweekly policy meeting tomorrow, traders said.

4.   The week before Christmas, many resorted to deep price cutting to meet sales expectations.

5.   When Nokia sharply cut prices to meet the strong consumer demand for inexpensive phones, Motorola was unable to follow suit without drastically reducing profits.

6.   The government could use the privatisation proceeds to spare other organisations from yet another round of budget cuts in order to meet the IMF requirements.