1.   For now that means cutting labour to cut costs.

2.   Cutting jobs has proved a popular choice when cutting costs.

3.   In an agreement that pilots struck with the company Thursday to cut costs, that provision, and many others, were eliminated in a greatly simplified new contract.

4.   Other drugmakers also rose on what analysts said was optimism they too could join the merger trend in the drug industry, thereby cutting costs and boosting earnings.

5.   The move comes as the large baking companies are consolidating by buying smaller bakers, extending the reach of their products and cutting costs.

6.   The plan is intended to cut Long Island power costs, now the highest in the continental U.S.

7.   To cut costs, more big retailers centralize buying, or are moving in that direction, than do not.

8.   To cut costs quickly, they slash budgets and staff across the board.

9.   The company also said it planned a reorganization aimed at cutting costs and that would affect an undetermined number of employees.