101.   The agreements unite the marketing of tickets and, in some cases, allow airlines to jointly set fares and cut costs by linking operations such as baggage handling.

102.   The annual April price cuts by the Japanese government also impacted sales.

103.   The central bank last lowered the reserve ratio in April when it cut it by two percentage points.

104.   The committee cut by one to four the number of full-length timeouts each team is allowed in a non-televised game.

105.   The company is also dealing directly with the mills in some cases, which cuts costs by eliminating the middleman, Doviak said.

106.   The Democrats, trying to blunt furious tax cutting by Republicans, are flocking to limited tax proposals aimed at promoting individual saving.

107.   The Fed has cut costs by reducing the number of computer facilities it uses to process its operations, Guynn said.

108.   The Fed also cut by half a percentage point its highly symbolic discount rate, what the Fed charges commercial banks for loans.

109.   The FCC, for example, wants Telmex to cut by half the prices it charges U.S. long-distance companies completing calls in Mexico in the next two years.

110.   The industry is consolidating as banks buy rivals to expand geographically, and cut costs by closing overlapping branches.