1.   Analysts said the utilities, which offer low-cost power and have reduced staff, would cut more jobs and become even stronger as a single company.

2.   And though he must reduce staff in preparation for a merger with Earlychildhood.com LLC, he said he is trying to ease the pain by offering generous severance packages.

3.   Banks were also operating, but with reduced staff.

4.   Barricade has been forced to cut its book list in half and reduce its staff to three from nine.

5.   Banks that used to trade directly with each other have begun using the machines to make deals, enabling them to reduce their staffs further.

6.   All he has to do is reduce his staff and see his patients less frequently.

7.   All of the companies reducing staff have been tight-lipped about just where they are making the cuts.

8.   But Dell and other executives pointedly avoided saying whether the company would reduce staff to control costs.

9.   But he said he worried about whether the MTA would use the turnstiles to reduce staff or leave more station entrances unstaffed at night.

10.   But he would not offer more specifics about how the staff would be reduced and how many cuts would be necessary.