And that initial reduction in spending on healthcare.gov ads turned out to be a harbinger of more sweeping cutbacks ― not just on advertising but also on the official "navigators" and "assisters" that the Affordable Care Act authorizes to help sign up new customers.
The BellSouth Corporation said yesterday that it would eliminate 1,200 more technical and clerical jobs, the latest announcement of sweeping cutbacks by a telecommunications company.
Some foreign policy analysts ascribed the security problems to a culture that is somewhat resistant to onerous security measures, and to sweeping cutbacks in the department's overall budget.
THE bad news was not unexpected: sweeping cutbacks at the State University of New York at Albany, prompted by sweeping cutbacks in state aid.
In the last year, occupancy has dropped off significantly, he said, as some businesses in the Pleasanton area have closed and others have instituted sweeping cutbacks.
Fujitsu, one of Japan's leading makers of personal computers, semiconductors and communication equipment, joins NEC, Matsushita Electric and other Japanese electronics manufacturers that have announced sweeping cutbacks.
[C13.] I.B.M. to Build New York Chip Plant I.B.M. said that it would spend $2.5 billion to build "the world's most technologically advanced" chip factory in East Fishkill, N.Y., seven years after the company rocked the region with sweeping cutbacks.
"He is now pre-judging the outcome of those talks which have already agreed changes to the sweeping cutbacks he announced last year," he said.
General Motors Co.'s award-winning plug-in hybrid electric vehicle, launched in 2010 as the company was emerging from bankruptcy, is one of the models being ditched as part of sweeping cutbacks GM announced Monday.
It has to bring about a sweeping financial restructuring, including service cutbacks, limits on patronage and concessions on wages and benefits from the work force.
