31.   Comerica Inc. said it hired a prominent consulting firm specializing in cost controls to help it become more efficient and improve customer service.

32.   Continued cost control will also help BCH in the half as the bank continues to tighten its belt and cut its workforce.

33.   Cost controls have a new, high priority.

34.   Cost controls and unit volume increases in Central and Eastern Europe contributed to the improved results.

35.   Cost control has taken on more urgency in the U.S. utilities business, which is being deregulated by Congress and opened up to greater competition.

36.   Cost controls and higher unit sales offset the lower prices, Hurvitz said.

37.   Dayton Hudson Corp. said fiscal third-quarter profits more than doubled, beating estimates, on cost controls and strong sales at its Target discount stores.

38.   Despite their effort, the goal of cost control has been lost in the current debate.

39.   Federal health expenditures may slow in the next few years because of cost controls passed by Congress last year.

40.   Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan warned last month that health-care cost controls may no longer be a moderating influence on inflation.