Sub-contracting or contracting out was but one of a number of cost-cutting strategies.

That puts it in sharp contrast to the cost-cutting strategy many airlines followed after deregulation.

A cost-cutting strategy is obvious, but with "The Sound of Music" random minimalism doesn't work.

These cost-cutting strategies enabled the unions to sell units appraised at $140,000 for $69,900.

As part of a cost-cutting strategy, Volkswagen chose to divest from its Europcar holdings.

The moves by both CBS and NBC reflect the cost-cutting strategies at both networks.

Pearson, the educational publisher and owner of The Financial Times, announced some management changes today and said that its cost-cutting strategy was beginning to pay dividends.

It is one of the most extreme examples of the cost-cutting strategy of limited animation.

Community members turned out in force last month to protest administrative decisions to deny tenure to seven educators, a move that some critics viewed as a cost-cutting strategy, which administrators denied.

It will also be a while before it is known whether Mr. O'Neal's cost-cutting strategy will reap big long-term benefits.