1.   And, faced with shrinking profit margins, utilities have slashed costs by shutting outmoded plants and dismissing workers.

2.   Bailey said the Kettering plant could be shut as early as next week.

3.   A few utilities have faced such severe problems with nuclear plants that they have decided to shut the plants permanently, a costly and lengthy process.

4.   But it is also preparing to shut the plant by mid-July if an acceptable buyer cannot be found.

5.   Chrysler said it had shut its plant in Belvidere, Ill., until it could find what was causing a peculiar noise in the front ends of Neon subcompacts.

6.   Con Ed said the release of radiation was too small to be measured, but the plant has been shut for analysis and repairs ever since.

7.   Corning, the fiber industry leader, has shut its plants until the end of the year.

8.   General Motors said last week that its January sales were unexpectedly strong, and DaimlerChrysler has canceled plans to temporarily shut two plants this month, citing consumer demand.

9.   General Motors shut the plant three years ago.

10.   It also shut six plants for a week because of a parts shortage.