91.   Generally after a merger, most utilities have cut jobs and joined operations.

92.   He also said he expects both companies to cut jobs.

93.   He declined to specify how many jobs would be cut.

94.   He cut city jobs, although because of ongoing fights over cutback plans, exact numbers are hard to come by.

95.   He also said that it was too early to predict whether the two companies would cut some jobs.

96.   He said at a news conference that jobs might be cut but that wherever possible, employees would be reassigned or retrained and the company would rely on attrition.

97.   He revived that business in part by cutting jobs and outsourcing work.

98.   He said that Alcatel will have to cut jobs in spite of the politically charged unemployment situation in most European countries.

99.   He said, for instance, that jobs could be cut in public health and education.

100.   He would not be more specific about the size or speed of savings, nor many jobs would be cut.