Sentence examples for scaled-back spending from inspiring English sources

PAGE C3 New York Report BLOOMBERG BUDGET CALLS For Scaled-Back Spending Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg proposed a $59.1 billion budget that would virtiually halt the growth in city spending for the first time since the economic downturn after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11.

Since taking control of the Rockies in 2005 he's turned their fortunes around through a mix of smart, scaled-back spending on players and lucrative development at his stadium.

Despite their financial problems in recent times, G.M. and Ford have not scaled back spending on new products.

The scaled back spending would stretch across sectors from groceries and gasoline to health care and recreation.

Multinational companies have scaled back spending because of the global recession, leading to fiercer competition among governments looking to attract investment and create jobs.

Consumer magazine advertisers scaled back spending by 20.2percentt in the first quarter of 2009 compared with the same period in 2008, according to the Publishers Information Bureau.

Clients, including phone and Internet companies and other large corporations, have shut down or scaled back spending as sales of services have not kept up with increases in network capacity.

To save money, Chrysler has idled most of its plants so it can sell off a big backlog of new cars and it drastically scaled back spending to develop new products.

Corporations have scaled back spending on newspaper and magazine advertising to cope with declining profits, crimping business for designers and advertisers that use Adobe's photo-editing software, PhotoShop, and programs like Illustrator.

Along with other oil companies, Occidental had massively scaled back spending as the price of oil had plunged from more than $30 per barrel to $8 in the 1980s compared to today's level of more than $100.

This year, at least 37 states have scaled back spending, resulting in more than $15 billion in lost funds for education, welfare benefits, health insurance, public safety, public works -- you name it.