1.  Another sign of the balance of power is that a number of top Chase executives have no announced jobs in the new organization.

2.  As this newspaper pointed out on Monday, behind those huge announced job cuts you often find quite modest actual job losses.

3.  In April, the bulk of the announced job cuts were in consumer goods, computers, industrial goods, aerospace and defense, the Challenger survey said.

4.  In two of the five cases where the stock price fell, Wall Street analysts suggested it was because the announced job cuts were less than expected or desired.

5.  Most economists, however, expect unemployment will grow if companies carry out their announced job cuts.

6.  On Monday, Cordiant Communications, based in London, slashed its outlook for the rest of the year and announced further job cuts.

7.  Only publicly announced job cuts were included in the survey.

8.  The announcements on Thursday were not part of previously announced job cuts.

9.  The Communications, Electrical and Plumbing Union reacted angrily to the announced job cuts, and claimed as many as twice that number of jobs will be lost.

10.  The move will offset previously announced job cutbacks, which means no net staff reductions in Sunnyvale.