1.   As companies in the semiconductor industry slash jobs, others are hiring at a record pace.

2.   At one point, some investigators were laid off as the company continued to slash jobs.

3.   At the same time jobs are being slashed, hiring has dried up.

4.   Certainly, Raytheon is not the only company in the state that has slashed jobs.

5.   If the buyer can slash enough jobs and make enough new loans at its new property, it will eventually be able to make up this earnings dilution.

6.   In a country where layoffs were once rare even in hard times, companies large and small are slashing jobs as the economy slumps and sales and profits erode.

7.   In October, the bank said it will consider selling businesses, closing branches and slashing jobs from the payroll.

8.   Last November, the Michigan bank said it would reorganize management, slash jobs and consolidate operating units to reduce costs.

9.   New York-based Lehman Brothers, in an attempt to pare costs, has been getting out of its least profitable businesses, closing offices and slashing jobs.

10.   Opponents said the wage increase would cause businesses to slash jobs.