21.   Also announcing staff reductions were major supermarket operators and department stores that have suffered as frugal consumers stayed away, the Nikkei said.

22.   Applied Materials announced the reductions as it released third-quarter earnings.

23.   Dallas-based Southwest Airlines remains the only major airline that has not announced job reductions.

24.   Dallas-based Southwest remains the only major airline that has not announced job reductions.

25.   He announced a reduction in electricity costs.

26.   He said Ford officials announced the reduction at a meeting Thursday.

27.   Mexican water officials announced some reductions on irrigation to save remaining supplies for border cities.

28.   More recently, China announced a reduction in the number of governmental ministries.

29.   No employment reductions have been announced yet by the private Ri-Bus company.

30.   On Wednesday, state TV announced a reduction of electricity prices and the resignation of a hard-line Socialist Party leader in the provincial city of Nis.