But the company will make another in a series of cost-cutting announcements later this week, according to a person close to the company's planning.
BBC director general Mark Thompson described this as "one of the tougher pieces of news" in yesterday's cost-cutting announcement.
Downing Street regards the double tax-cutting announcement as one of the most significant announcements of the parliament as the prime minister sought to assure middle and lower income earners that the years of austerity would eventually ease.
SANTA FE, N.M. — Gov. Bill Richardson tried to return to the public routine of being governor last week, cutting ribbons and making announcements, but at every turn reporters peppered him with questions about a federal investigation into whether his aides had steered a consulting contract to a political backer.
The fact is that John Baird, Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs, made the announcement about cutting ties with Iran shortly (3 days) after Terry Nelson announced that he will be leading an official delegation of First Nations chiefs to Iran next October.
Mr. Pataki was also on the road constantly, showing up for every ribbon cutting and economic development announcement he could.
The process has been boosted by recent developments, including a joint announcement on cutting carbon by the US and China.
Then came notice that the Tories were cutting arts funding, an announcement that could only hope to appeal to voters in the Prairies and other like-minded provinces beyond Quebec.
The new inflation figures were released ahead of the Federal Reserve's announcement yesterday afternoon cutting its benchmark interest rate by an unexpectedly large half a percentage point, a move that was warmly greeted by Wall Street investors dealing with a credit squeeze caused by this summer's subprime mortgage crisis.
His critics in the Legislature have said he attends too many ribbon cuttings and announcements instead of working in the Capitol on legislation and the budget.
A row has broken out over the timing of Manchester City Council's announcement that it faces cutting 2,000 jobs as a result of government spending cuts.
