61.   That helps some of its biggest corporations such as Sony remain profitable and avoid layoffs, despite the weak demand at home and across the rest of Asia.

62.   The attendants continued to work under protest to avoid layoffs.

63.   The company is hoping to avoid layoffs if business continues to slump, Mathison said.

64.   The company put most of its workers in Germany on a four-day work week early this year, in a pact to avoid big layoffs.

65.   The company, which provides local telephone, long-distance and Internet services, had been hoping to raise additional outside funds and avoid further layoffs, Scott said.

66.   The newspaper said some companies are already resorting to pay cuts, rather than compulsory leave, to avoid layoffs and to stay profitable.

67.   The union proposed a reduction in working hours or a work-sharing program to avoid layoffs, but the company rejected that as a makeshift solution.

68.   They also say they want to slim the city bureaucracy, but avoid outright layoffs.

69.   While asking businesses to try to avoid mass layoffs, the government has said it would allow them as a last resort.

70.   Zimmerli said the decision will allow Bund to continue its own printing operation and thus avoid layoffs.