71.   TCI may soon announce extensive layoffs at both the local and corporate levels as a way to cut overhead expenses, an analyst said.

72.   Still, the cuts would come at a time of Wall Street retrenchment, as Merrill Lynch, J.P. Morgan and others have recently announced layoffs.

73.   That was confirmed by such companies as Cisco Systems, Hewlett Packard and Honeywell, all of which announced layoffs.

74.   The Challenger survey, however, tracks only announced layoffs and does not account for new job creation, which remains strong.

75.   The Challenger survey tracks only announced layoffs and does not account for new job creation, which remains strong.

76.   The latest layoffs were announced more than a month ago, the result of the stock market downturn and the steep drop in trading.

77.   The layoffs were announced as the company reported almost no growth in third-quarter profit.

78.   The layoffs were announced after trading ended.

79.   The layoffs were announced after the market closed.

80.   The last weeks, after the layoff was announced, were the worst, because so many workers refused to believe it was over.