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By the time it was scaled back to cover the prison service alone, its cost had doubled to £512m.More often, though, big government projects stagger into operation but work badly.

IT experts predicted the system's delivery could be completed on time and on budget only if it was scaled back.

A draft order had been written on Monday night to expel journalists working for the networks from Iraq for a month but it was scaled back without explanation.

Fairburn had been in line for a £110m payout before it was scaled back in the face of political and public outrage.

It was scaled back by the mayor and the Council because of concern that the larger cut might have left the city with budget deficits.

Several people familiar with the program said it was scaled back after AOL's chief executive, Robert Pittman, decided not to confront Microsoft so directly.

Deutsche Bank A.G., which has spent billions of dollars over the last few years to build up a global investment banking business but achieved only mixed results, sent its clearest signals yet today that it was scaling back its ambitions.

Vietnam has extended its search for the missing plane, a day after suggesting it was scaling back its part in the operation.

In the meantime, Barclays confirmed to staff that it was scaling back its global commodities business.

The downgrade was prompted by G.M.'s announcement last month that it was scaling back its projections for earnings and cash flow for this year.

MetLife said it was scaling back its profit estimates for the rest of the year because the decline in stocks would probably continue to reduce its investment income.