81.   Kmart also said it would reduce staff.

82.   Meanwhile, a Peregrine Investment executive said staff would be reduced in the face of a region-wide slump in financial markets.

83.   Many Japanese companies, especially manufacturing firms, were forced to reduce their staffs through attrition, promoting early retirement and taking on fewer new graduates.

84.   Mindful of the massive lay-offs at some airlines such as Cathay Pacific, Ota said ANA has also no plans to reduce its staff.

85.   NTT has been streamlining in advance of deregulation, reducing staff through early retirement programs and shifting workers to different units.

86.   Office workers can offer wage reduction as a way of reducing staff cost and defer the painful retrenchment.

87.   One source said the company would likely reduce its staff and fold its research division.

88.   On Wednesday, Secretary-General Kofi Annan proposed the most sweeping organizational changes in U.N. history, vowing to streamline the bureaucracy, reduce staff and cut budgets.

89.   On Wednesday, Annan proposed the most sweeping organizational changes in U.N. history, vowing to streamline the bureaucracy, reduce staff and cut budgets.

90.   Red Cross workers in Chechnya had already endured six kidnappings this year and the agency reduced its staff this month because of security concerns.