41.   An executive said no decisions had yet been reached on job cuts.

42.   An IBM spokesman said the job cuts were the result of a routine skills evaluation.

43.   Among the industries showing the largest increases in planned job cuts in August were in apparel and retailing.

44.   An undisclosed but substantial number of the job cuts will involve layoffs.

45.   Among the major carriers, only Southwest Airlines has yet to announce job cuts.

46.   An announcement about job cuts and changes could come this week, employees at the second-largest U.S. brokerage firm said.

47.   Analysts said that only substantial job cuts would lead to greater shareholder value.

48.   Analysts said the job cuts were necessary as part of the streamlining but were only a start.

49.   Analysts said Westinghouse is considering job cuts to pare costs.

50.   Analysts said they expect MCI to take an unspecified charge for any job cuts.