1.   But some Massachusetts operations have been downsized due to overlapping jobs, particularly in finance and administration.

2.   Laboring to cut costs, the company is chopping overlapping jobs, and most of those targeted jobs were in US West pre-merger, said spokesman Tyler Gronbach.

3.   PacifiCare will eliminate overlapping jobs in marketing, administration and sales.

4.   Some leading European banks have also cut many thousands of overlapping jobs after mergers.

5.   Abbey National would not say whether the deal could result in the removal of workers with overlapping jobs.

6.   Glaxo said overlapping jobs would be slashed to make the deal work financially, although it has not hinted a precise numbers.

7.   Glaxo plans to cut costs by eliminating overlapping jobs.

8.   Some overlapping administrative jobs may be eliminated, but there are no plans to cut professional or technical positions, said Rex Ross, a Schlumberger spokesman.

9.   The combination likely will involve some overlapping jobs, but the executives from the two banks declined to say Wednesday whether many layoffs could result to cut costs.

10.   The consolidations have come as the pharmaceuticals industry tries to cut costs and eliminate overlapping jobs.