51. Bousa also seeks companies that have low price-sales ratios and are cutting costs. 52. Airlines are mitigating lower revenue by cutting costs. 53. Airlines boosted earnings by cutting costs -- mostly by eliminating unpopular flights and cutting jobs. 54. British proponents of the JSF assert that it would allow the Royal Air Force to operate more closely with the U.S. Air Force while cutting costs. 55. Both companies are gaining from cutting costs in recent years and on strong demand from recovering economies, primarily in Europe. 56. Burnham, who was not available for comment Wednesday, is known for cutting costs. 57. Businesses are savvier about their day-to-day operations, about creative ways of cutting costs and about better working relationships with their customers. 58. But cutting costs by cutting salaries may make sense in a business world where workers are fungible commodities. 59. But increased competition in the industry has also forced companies to further reduce premiums by cutting costs and shrinking profit margins. 60. But that may have more to do with cutting costs than fear from the terrorist attacks. |