1.   Because lower revenue is eroding earnings, companies are freezing wages and cutting workers.

2.   Because lower revenue erodes earnings, some companies are freezing wages and reducing their workforce.

3.   Because lower revenue erodes earnings, companies are freezing wages and cutting staff.

4.   But around the time Enron disclosed serious financial problems last month, the company froze the assets in the plan because of an administrative change.

5.   But GM did manage to turn down union demands that the company freeze job descriptions and assembly line speeds.

6.   Existing companies must freeze their rates for four to five years during the transition to a open marketplace.

7.   To cope with falling prices, companies are freezing wages and trimming workers -- causing consumers to hold back on spending.

8.   To protect profit margins, companies are freezing wages and trimming excess workers.

9.   To protect profit margins, some companies are freezing salaries and cutting the size of their workforce.

10.   Polisario Front representative Ahmed Boukhari said in an interview that the two oil companies should freeze the contracts and wait to negotiate with the legitimate authority in Western Sahara.