1.   It can protect your equipment from hazardous brownouts that occur when electric companies reduce voltage during periods of peak demand.

2.   The company has reduced the number of staff by half.

3.   The report also calls for the provision of strong incentives for the regional power companies to reduce fuel consumption and increase energy efficiency.

4.   Although the company sharply reduced its activity in that area by ending retail sales last year and through stringent cost costing, it still lost money on desktops.

5.   Analysts said the combination would make sense because a combined company could reduce costs mainly by cutting the work force.

6.   Analysts will be looking for signs that the company can reduce fulfillment costs, sustain sales and cling to improvements in gross margins.

7.   And Stauth said that the company would reduce its loans to troubled retail customers, a step that might exacerbate defections to other wholesalers.

8.   And while companies have reduced their vulnerability to currency swings, many domestic loans are still backed by stocks.

9.   And while the company reduced some of its overhead, total costs increased as a percentage of sales.

10.   As the company reduces its cash spending, it also is trying to make its fuel cells less expensive.