21.   Incentive costs cut deeply into earnings and, earlier this week, top executives of Ford and Chrysler criticized zero percent financing as unsustainable.

22.   Its corporations will have to cut costs and downsize to remain globally competitive.

23.   KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Skyrocketing paper costs are cutting into company profits and consumer pocketbooks.

24.   Niagara is going to be forced to compete for customers, and wants to cut its costs before that occurs.

25.   Newspapers were closed, businesses sold, hundreds of employees laid off and costs cut, leaving a trail of bitter bystanders.

26.   Niagara Mohawk is going to be forced to compete for customers, and wants to cut its costs before that occurs so it can reduce electric rates.

27.   Part of the current problem is a failure to move quickly to cut costs as revenues fell during the recession.

28.   Prudential is trying to cut costs by closing smaller funds and waiving fees on tax-exempt offerings.

29.   Rising borrowing costs cut earnings and trim the size of dividends paid to shareholders -- making equities less attractive than fixed-income securities to investors.

30.   Reichman commended the HMO for moving swiftly to cut costs.