You know it's a crazy week when you see an airline cut capacity by more than 8 percent, and all you can do is shrug it off. I mean, after United's massive cuts, yesterday's cuts from Continental seem, well, minor. But of course, they aren't. There are...
Cuts of nearly $50 million in OSHA's fiscal 1996 budget can seriously hamper its abilities to inspect the workplace and enforce its rules for safety and health of American workers. Several proposals for limiting OSHA's authority and even deeper budget cuts are being hashed out in Congress.
With blades and a frame that can be configured in four different ways, Cooper Hand Tools' Nicholson Pro Series 4-in-1 high-tension hacksaw allows users to make standard cuts, as well as flush cuts, cuts in tight spaces, and inside cuts. The hacksaw's high-tension technology allows the blade to be tensioned...
A House-Senate compromise to cut $3 billion in Agriculture Department expenditures over the next five years rejects the Bush administration's proposals to make deep cuts in farm program spending. The compromise announced on April 28 calls for cuts of only $173 million in fiscal year 2006 that begins Oct. 1.
There are numerous direct benefits to either not cutting staff or, if cuts must be made, to minimizing them. And if cuts are necessary, highly selective surgical cuts should be utilized wherever possible to remove only under-performing or marginal employees rather than implementing massive across-the-board cuts. In the long term,...
US food giant Kraft Foods, part of the massive Phillip Morris group, has announced jobs cuts as it continues to blend its Nabisco biscuit manufacturer into its operations.
The Senate axed its cuts to mandatory spending March 17 when it passed an amendment that stopped $15 billion in Medicaid spending cuts. That turned the "gap" between Senate and House cuts into a "canyon." ... The Senate axed...
On Mar. 26, the Senate passed a Budget Resolution that contains no cuts in Child Nutrition Programs. In contrast, the House Budget Resolution calls for cuts for deep cuts to feeding programs, with estimates ranging as high as $9.7 billion, over 10 ye On Mar. 26,...
Two congressmen have proposed what is being called the A-to-Z spending cuts plan, in which the House would hold a special 56-hour session in which spending cuts could be proposed and voted on. It is unlikely the plan will pass, though its sponsors say theTwo congressmen have proposed what is...
Chevron Corp. and Phillips Petroleum Co. each recently announced major spending cuts for 1999. Phillips officials said the company's plastics businesses won't be affected much by the cuts, but at Chevron, it could be a different story. Both compan Chevron Corp. and Phillips...
NEW YORK -- Intel's two-stage price cuts on 486 and Pentium microprocessors for early 1994 arguably can reflect either the dominant vendor's traditional new-product tactic or a nervous answer to MPU competition, but a major ponderable remains the effect on the industry.
Fourth quarter price cuts announced by Intel Corp. last week show that the company's attempt to focus on higher performance microprocessors is still being tempered by price pressure. Intel said it is cutting prices on its highest performance Pentium II and Xeon MPUs ranging up to 450MHz by as much...
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